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Member: chearst

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Favorite authorsIsaac Asimov, Margot Benary-Isbert, Jorge Luis Borges, Roald Dahl, Stephen King, C. S. Lewis, David Markson, David Foster Wallace (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresAardvark Books, Stacey's Bookstore

About me I used to be a book editor, but I left publishing because the pay was dismal. Now I read purely for fun and make a decent living. I read fiction, fiction, fiction--preferably contemporary. It may look like I'm into classics, but most of those volumes were assigned reading at some point. I studied the history of books as part of my literature major. How cool is that?

About my library Unfortunately, my library includes almost nothing I read before the age of 17, when I read constantly and largely indiscriminately. When I was in high school, I decided I wanted to have my own library, so I abandoned the public library and started buying all my books. Expensive, yes, but necessary if you want to build any kind of collection. Besides, books are really the only non-necessity I spend money on (except travel). I do still use the library sometimes to read up on drier subjects that I don't necessarily want to spend hundreds buying books about, like health or investment.

So ten years later, I have 500+ books. That works out to about 50 books per year. Not bad—I have actually read almost everything I own. There are so many books and so little time, so I'm always looking for quality, trying to find the best books out there...unless I'm in the mood for fluff.

What I'm Reading Now
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life by Daniel Amen (public library)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norell by Susanna Clark

What I've Read Recently
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole
Making a Good Brain Great by Daniel Amen (public library)
Slowly by Thy Hand Unfurled by Romulus Linney
Jewels by Danielle Steele (I'm embarassed to admit it)
A Walk through the Woods by Bill Bryson

LocationSan Francisco

Account typepublic, lifetime

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Member sinceMay 20, 2008