Member: asukamaxwell

CollectionsOwned but not read (131), Your library (227), Wishlist (6), Currently reading (22), Favorites (53), All collections (245)

ReviewsNone

TagsNone

Cloudsauthor cloud

GroupsDiana Wynne Jones Fans, What Are You Reading Now?

Favorite authorsGiacomo Casanova, Robert Darnton, Brothers Grimm, Rhys Isaac, Thomas Jefferson, Diana Wynne Jones, Dumas Malone, Stendahl, Jules Verne, Voltaire, Oscar Wilde (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresCaliban Bookshop, Griffin Bookshop & Coffee Bar, Riverby Books, Southworth Antiques and Rare Books, Wounded Bookshop

About meI'm a senior history major in college, and I'm known for my addiction to books. Even if I arrive at the beginning of the school year with none, I assure you by the end of even a single semester, my desk and the floor will be covered in books. Back home, I'm actually running out of space to put them! But mind you, I don't just buy any books for the sake of buying them. No, I read all the books I buy, although it is hard to keep up with my spending. And my philosophy towards books is, "read what satisfies your interests, and do not cast away your curiosity in favor of a "must-read". One mustn't limit oneself to what one's "told" to read, as the field of literature is boundless! I am not going to "add" all of the books I own to my list, as I want to be able to control what shows up in my recommendations. :)

About my libraryI currently own 366 books:
- History: 201
- Manga: 49
- Other: 70
- Classics: 43

Oldest published: 1820
Newly purchased: "Tom Jefferson: A Boy in Colonial Days" by Helen Albee Monsell
Number of books on Wishlist: 512 (always growing!)
Best literature secret: I have cosplayed as Oscar Wilde!

I prefer to read early American history, French Revolution, English History, the Enlightenment, and the Reformation.

Homepagehttp://laurenscommonplacebook.blogspot.com/

Also ondeviantART

Account typepublic, paid

Connection NewsConnection News

URLs http://www.librarything.com/profile/asukamaxwell (profile)
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/asukamaxwell (library)

Common KnowledgeSeries (17), Awards (55), Characters (500), Places (119)

Member sinceSep 10, 2009

Currently readingA shorte and briefe narration of the two navigations and discoveries to the northweast partes called newe Fraunce by Jacques Cartier
Letters On England by Voltaire
History of My Life. 6 Vols. by Giacomo; Translated By Willard R. Trask Casanova
Clever Maids: The Secret History of the Grimm Fairy Tales by Valerie Paradiz
Undaunted Courage : Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen Ambrose
Salons: Colonial and Republican. With Numerous Reproductions of Portraits and Miniatures of Men and Women Prominent in Colonial Life and in the Early Days of the Republic. by
The Republic of Letters: A Cultural History of the French Enlightenment by Dena Goodman
The Oxford Book of Royal Anecdotes by Elizabeth Longford
Monsieur d'Eon Is a Woman: A Tale of Political Intrigue and Sexual Masquerade by Gary Kates
George Washington's False Teeth: An Unconventional Guide to the Eighteenth Century by Robert Darnton
Mesmerism and the End of the Enlightenment in France by Robert Darnton
Memoirs of the Courts of Europe Memoirs of Marie Antoinette by Madame Campan
The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper by Maxim Jakubowski
The Lewis and Clark Companion: An Encyclopedic Guide to the Voyage of Discovery by Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs
Journals of Lewis and Clark (National Geographic Adventure Classics) by Meriwether Lewis
Jefferson the Virginian (Volume One) by
French Chivalry: Chivalric Ideals and Practices in Mediaeval France by Sidney Painter
The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France by Robert Darnton
A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE MAJOR GENERAL IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAIn the War of the Revolution Embracing an Account of His Late Tour through the Us to the Time of His Departure Sept 1825 by N/a
Adopted Son: Washington, Lafayette, and the Friendship that Saved the Revolution by David A. Clary
The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams by John Adams
Jefferson Himself The Personal Narrative of a Many-Sided American by Thomas Jefferson
show all (22)