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Member: dandelion1

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About meI am a reader, I've always loved to read. I prefer fiction, and just hit the non-fiction when I have a specific information interest. Fiction is an escape to another world. My father didn't allow my family to have a television until I was twelve. So, I read. By 4th grade I was making it through things like David Copperfield, because I liked it.

I often read and re-read books that I like for the sheer pleasure, or sometimes to distract myself from my own life. I get lazy about finding other, new, good fiction titles to keep myself growing with. However, recently I have alot of reading to do just in order to know the literature and be better able to promote the books to my prime clientele, the teens. I began working as a Young Adult Librarian at the Los Angeles Public Library late in 2005.

So, this site is a true find for me at this point in time! One of the reasons I can re-read books so often is that I immerse myself in them and totally forget the story once I've put the book down. I can't afford to forget anymore, though.

!!Thank You!! for creating this site so I can catalog, make book lists and write reviews to go back to and track my progress. I hope my comments on the titles will be as useful to others as they will be to myself. I expect I'll become a life member by April, 2006. :)

Cheers!

About my libraryI try not to keep 'em at home anymore. I only buy the ones I live by these days.

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LocationLos Angeles

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Member sinceFeb 20, 2006