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About my librarySplit between Buckinghamshire and Bristol right now. Slowly smuggling more to Bristol despite a lack of room.

Groups1001 Books to read before you die, 50 Book Challenge, Christianity, Feminist Theory, It's a LondonThing, Narniaweb, Non-Fiction Readers, Philosophy and Theory, Tea!, The Green Dragon —show all groups, Vegetarians and vegans

Favorite authorsMikhaíl Bulgakov, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Stephen King, Ian McEwan, Sylvia Plath, Leo Tolstoy (Shared favorites)

Real nameChloe

LocationBristol, England

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Member sinceMar 16, 2007

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East of the West by Miroslav Penkov

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Hunger by Knut Hamsun

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The Book of Barely Imagined Beings by Caspar Henderson

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From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers by Marina Warner

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Katherine Mansfield: Twelve Stories by Jane (selected & intro); Jennifer Campbell (illus) Miller

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Quidditch Through the Ages by J. K. Rowling

Happy New Year, Shantih! :) I noticed in the Books thread that you mentioned wanting to read Infinite Jest in 2010. There's a group on LT that is planning on reading it starting in March, if you wanted to peek in: http://www.librarything.com/groups/thequestforthelastpa. I'm not sure if I'll join them or not; don't know if it's my cup of tea. Maybe...

posted by wisewoman at 8:03 pm (EST) on Dec 31, 2009

For all our different tastes, you and I share a lot of books...second only to wisewoman I think.^^

posted by kotwcs at 3:04 pm (EST) on Mar 25, 2009

Hee hee. Yes, your eyes do not deceive you. I have to admit I felt funny adding it, and wondered if it would cause a scandal. I better confess in the Books thread right away :-P

Anyhow, yes, yesterday evening I stopped at the library to pick up some things I had on hold. I always check their sale shelves when I go there (surprise surprise) and I'd found five passable paperbacks to adopt (they are five for a dollar). And then I glanced at the special price shelf, almost as an afterthought... and there the Pullman omnibus sat with a $1 tag on it. It was in good shape and I did some quick soul-searching. I had recently been thinking I might want to read the Dark Materials books eventually, and Pullman had been brought to mind again because of the Magician's Book review I just did. Anyhow, I decided that owning and reading these books wasn't going to turn me into an atheist; I hope I am mature enough in my faith and as a person to be able to enjoy the works of authors whose views I disagree with. I could be snarky and say that doesn't seem to be the case with Pullman himself, but I won't :-P. So anyhow, yes, the book came home with me and I'm sure it and the rest of my library are eying one another askance as it sits on my computer desk. I hope they are able to get along.

At the very least, reading Pullman's books will give me a lot more credibility when discussing him and his vicious criticism of Lewis and Narnia. I do find it funny that Pullman denounces Lewis for instilling his personal values into his books, yet Pullman seems to have done the very same thing. It should be a fun review to write :-P

posted by wisewoman at 8:07 am (EST) on Nov 26, 2008

Heehee, thanks. It's all library booksales and thrift stores, mostly. I see it as insurance for when I won't be able to pop into a sale whenever I feel like it. I will always have something to read — and my kids won't have a chance NOT to like books :-P

posted by wisewoman at 2:42 pm (EST) on Dec 26, 2007

Hey!
Just wanted to stop by and say thanks for adding me as a friend.
~PA aka Andrea

posted by AndieRae at 4:46 pm (EST) on Oct 31, 2007

LOL HAI.

You be a spy, indeed.

And yah, I have Never Let Me Go.

posted by wiggles_amour at 7:27 pm (EST) on Jul 9, 2007

Is King's Everything's Eventual good? I tried to find it last night at the library and had no luck. I'm guessing 1408 has stirred up interest in it.

posted by Cymrugirl at 11:26 am (EST) on Jul 6, 2007

Hurro Chloe :]
Your picture is cute ^_^

posted by fallen_star_27 at 3:11 pm (EST) on Jun 20, 2007