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Groups1001 Books to read before you die, 20-Something LibraryThingers, Romance - from historical to contemporary, What Are You Reading Now?, Writer-readers

Favorite authorsMichael Chabon, Umberto Eco, Anne Fadiman, Neil Gaiman, Amy Hempel, Etgar Keret, Vladimir Nabokov, Audrey Niffenegger, Muriel Spark, Kurt Vonnegut, David Foster Wallace, Evelyn Waugh, Oscar Wilde (Shared favorites)

About meSince I was tiny I was obsessed with reading and books (yes, books themselves- being surrounded by them makes me really happy and content- and don't get me started on the smell!) thanks to my mom, who is a research librarian.

I buy the majority of my books at discount, but I'm lucky enough to have a lot of great used bookstores around me and a library bookstore with insane finds, so my library has grown hugely lately with finding amazing books from 25 cents to - $1. The UBS right by my house actually sells newish tradebacks for $1 each. I try to buy new as much as possible to support authors, but my classic books are basically all used, and I can't pass up a great deal when I see one! (I'm an addict, but do I want help at this point? Hm...)

Some of my fave recents finds (none are ex-library books): A hardcover of "The Monsters of Templeton" for $1 @ library / "Shanghai Girls" by Lisa See (hardcover) for $5 after my credit at my fave UBS / "Call For the Dead" by John le Carre, the original 60's paperback for 25 cents @ the library / A copy of "The Man with the Golden Arm" for 50 cents, the cover- like the credits- actually designed by the amazing Saul Bass! For some reason the cover isn't here on LT, though.

About my libraryShort Stories (not in books) Recently Read:
I Stay with Syd by Amy Hempel
What, of this Goldfish, Would You Wish? by Etgar Keret
Current Library Books Checked Out/ Reading:
Library Books Recently Read:
Tattoo Machine by Jeff Johnson
Why We Read What We Read by Adams & Heath
Brothers by Yu Hua
Making the List by Michael Korda
Charles Bukowski- Slouching Towards Nirvana, The People Look Like Flowers At Last, Come On In!
Flannery: A Life of Flannery O’Conner by Brad Gooch
Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee by Rebecca Miller
Library: An Unquiet History by Matthew Battles
Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading by Maureen Corrigan
Book by Book: Notes on Reading and Life by Michael Dirda
Warmly Inscribed: The New England Forger and Other Book Tales by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone
An Open Book by Michael Dirda
Classics for Pleasure by Michael Dirda
The Well-Educated Mind by Susan Wise Bauer
Bookbanning in America by William Noble
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
Fakers: Hoaxers, Con Artists, Counterfeiters, and Other Great Pretenders by Paul Maliszewski

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Member sinceOct 26, 2008