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Member: ShelBeck

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Tagsfiction (434), memoir (79), NYC (72), made into a movie (68), addiction/alcoholism (56), single/divorced women (47), dating relationships (39), L.A. (32), non-fiction (28), infidelity (27) — see all tags

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Favorite authorsAnita Brookner, Kate Christensen, Pat Conroy, Douglas Coupland, John Irving, A. L. Kennedy, Rosemary Mahoney, Tim Sandlin, David Sedaris, Jane Smiley, Jerry Stahl, Paul Theroux, Bruce Wagner (Shared favorites)

About meWhat would we do with books? I think I came out of the womb with my nose stuck in a book.

I am in my early 40s, single, married, no children. "One bad relationship away from becoming a crazy cat lady!"
Not surprisingly, I like books that reflect my life's current status. Single women facing the 'middle age'. Among my favorite books are memoirs, as are fictional and non-fictional accounts of struggles with depression...you know, the fun trendy stuff authors are writing about and we are reading.

I've lived in the Seattle area for two years having moved here from Chicago where I lived for almosty 20 years. I work as a contractor in marketing progrsm/project management, currently with a large software company that everyone knows and loves (or not)....

About my libraryA lover of lists, nearly two years ago I started keeping my own of every book I've ever read...populated much by memory (all my books are currently in storage)...It's not even reached 500, so there certainly must be some missing! My library here is comprised primarily of books I liked or if not, I recogize their literary worth. There are dozen or so books included that I had initially omitted because I was embarassed to have read them---as long ago as it might have been e.g. The Bridges of Madison County.

LocationRedmond, Washington

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Member sinceNov 10, 2006