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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 meI 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. Isn't that cool?

About my libraryUnfortunately, my library includes almost nothing I read before the age of 17, when I read constantly and mostly 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. Sometimes expensive, 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.

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What I'm Reading Now
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

What I've Read Recently
Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
Dr. Denese's Secrets for Ageless Skin: Younger Skin in 8 Weeks by Adrienne Denese
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
The Cider House Rules by John Irving
Expat: Women's True Tales of Life Abroad edited by Christina Henry de Tessan
Wittgenstein's Mistress by David Markson
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norell by Susanna Clark
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life by Daniel Amen (public library)
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

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