Member: cwc790411

CollectionsTo read (739), Currently reading (2), Wishlist (80), Your library (154), recycle (34), at home (1), being borrowed (1), Read but unowned (340), read in 2009 (33), read in 2008 (71), read in 2007 (59), read in 2000-2006 (188), Favorites (121), All collections (1,473)

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GroupsAuthor Theme Reads, Club Read 2009, Reading Globally, The Prizes

Favorite authorsJames Baldwin, Roberto Bolaño, Raymond Carver, John Cheever, Gustave Flaubert, Franz Kafka, Milan Kundera, Gabriel García Márquez, Cormac McCarthy, John McPhee, Henry Miller, Haruki Murakami, Orhan Pamuk, Philip Roth, Tomaz Salamun, W. G. Sebald, Vikram Seth, Paul Theroux, Leo Tolstoy, Derek Walcott (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresBig Jar Book Store & Cafe, Books Kinokuniya - Shinjuku Main Store, Harvard Book Store, Kinokuniya Shinjuku Main Store 紀伊国屋書店　新宿本店, Powell's City of Books, Shakespeare and Sons, St. Mark's Bookshop, Strand Bookstore

Favorite librariesActon Memorial Library, Brooklyn Public Library - Central Library, Concord Free Public Library, Městská knihovna v Praze - ústřední knihovna, Multnomah County Library - Central Library, New York Public Library - Humanities and Social Sciences Library, New York Public Library - Mid-Manhattan Library

About meEnglish teacher in Tokyo, Japan & MATESOL student at The New School.

About my libraryWhat I've read in 2009 and 2008.

Here are my favorite books.

Real nameChristopher

LocationTokyo, Japan

Account typepublic, lifetime

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Common KnowledgeSeries (108), Awards (321), Characters (2558), Places (674)

Member sinceAug 20, 2008

Currently readingJuly's People by Nadine Gordimer
Dogs and Demons: Tales From the Dark Side of Modern Japan by Alex Kerr