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Member: TonyH

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Tagsfiction (199), read (195), part read (187), unread (107), history (98), 2nd hand (81), poetry (59), philosophy (54), psychology (52), counselling (45) — see all tags

Groups1001 Books to read before you die, 50 Book Challenge, A Pearl of Wisdom and Enlightenment, All the World's a Stage, Ancient History, Anglophiles, BBC Radio 3 Listeners, BBC Radio 4 Listeners, Best of British, Books Comparedshow all groups

Favorite authorsPeter Ackroyd, Douglas Adams, Michael Chabon, Piero Ferrucci, John Fowles, Erich Fromm, Thom Gunn, Martin Heidegger, Joseph Heller, Ernest Hemingway, Ted Hughes, Ken Kesey, Milan Kundera, Hanif Kureishi, R.D. Laing, Philip Larkin, Dave Mearns, David Mitchell, Robert M. Pirsig, Sylvia Plath, Marcel Proust, Thomas Pynchon, Carl R. Rogers, Salman Rushdie, J.D. Salinger, R.S. Thomas, Brian Thorne, Leo Tolstoy, William Trevor, Ludwig Wittgenstein (Shared favorites)

About me I like books but I’m an intermittent bookworm, going through binges and dry spells. I joined the 50 book challenge group, hoping that aim might help boost my consistency, and it has, though I’m not really bothered how many books I read in a year as long as the books I do read are doing what I like them to do for me. The non-fiction side of my library was shaped by the courses I have done. I don’t read much history these days but still have an ongoing interest in philosophy and counselling (humanistic especially person centred). Fiction wise I’m glad I have never really studied literature beyond a basic level so it’s all fresh discovery for me untainted by academic knowledge, poetry too. At the moment I’m enjoying getting to grips with classics I know a bit about for some reason but have never actually read. I like to dabble with writing poetry amongst other things. I'm trying to keep on top of reading all the books I own, but my buying is always ahead of my reading.

My progress on the 50 book challenge is here:

1 March 07- 29 Feb 08

1 March 08 - 28 Feb 09

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Member sinceMar 26, 2007

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Well enough explained :) Thanks for visiting my profile and library anyhow!

I see your 50project is going fine - lot of interesting books as well. I think I´ll be seeing you somewhere along with our books.

.Tiina
Yes, you have some of my favorites here--I look forward to finding more. Your thread continues to entertain & enlighten--thanks. BTW, you may just love Norwegian Wood, lots do, but I've always been a little puzzled by the cult following the book attained. I like almost all of his novels better. Just a thought, in case you read that one first and end up wanting to put Murakami aside.
I have also a shelfari account
which is almost like librarything, slightly less practical, but all free

http://www.shelfari.com/o1518188571

I import all my stuff from shelfari to goodreads and librarything
importing has allowed me to exceed the 200 books limit at librarything
at least for now
curious, though
Quote" I'm trying to actually read a stack of the books I own before I buy more - I know, you've heard that one before. Unquote

No, I haven't. I'm so glad to know I'm not weird, wasteful, foolish. I love owning books; enough. If I get around to reading them, great; if I don't, also great. Not everyone understands that but I'm relieved to find others who do. And Proust, haven't read any Proust. Tell me why I should
Hi Tony,

I like your selection of psychology/counseling books. I love Rogers! Any books you'd recommend?
Welcome to Books Compared. Hope you'll join the discussion and perhaps feel inspired to contribute a comparison review!

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