Member: digitalmaven

CollectionsYour library (582), Wishlist (267), Currently reading (10), To read (318), Read but unowned (234), Favorites (24), Attempted to read but quit (150), All collections (1,232)

Reviews156 reviews

Tagsfiction (612), collection (581), used (474), bought (392), wishlist (265), read (263), swap (240), new (237), library book (191), library (191) — see all tags

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Recommendations6 recommendations

GroupsAnglophiles, Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction, BookMooching, Bug Collectors, Common Knowledge, WikiThing, HelpThing, Hacking LibraryThing, Historical Fiction, Japanese Culture, Literary Snobs, Modern Library Collectors —show all groups, New York Review Books, PaperBackSwap, Reading Globally, Tea!, What Are You Reading Now?

Favorite authorsMargaret Atwood, Kevin Baker, T. C. Boyle, Gabrielle Burton, Susanna Clarke, Liza Dalby, Chitra Divakaruni, Firoozeh Dumas, Ron Hansen, Jonathan Harr, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Nick Hornby, Barbara Kingsolver, Sinclair Lewis, Daphne du Maurier, Vladimir Nabokov, Janis Cooke Newman, Yoko Ogawa, Ruth L. Ozeki, Helen Simonson, Betty Smith, Su Tong, P. G. Wodehouse (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresBook-Go-Round, Books Kinokuniya - San Jose, Bookshop Santa Cruz, Kepler's Books, Recycle Book Store - Campbell, Recycle Book Store - San Jose

Favorite librariesSanta Clara County Library - Saratoga Library

About me==================================================​
I like to read well-written fiction, including historical and literary fiction, and the occasional classic novel. I'm always trying to find good book recommendations though.

I try to track all of my reads (and attempted reads), as well as my personal collection and wishlist. I don't always post a review, but I usually rate a book when I complete (or quit on) it.

I really like paperback books, especially trade-sized, but I also like old and plastic-wrapped (library) hardcover books too.

I love going to local library book sales and used bookstores.

I don't keep most books I read, unless I think I'll read them again sometime. I usually swap them on BookMooch or PaperBackSwap, but occasionally I'll sell them online or donate them to a local library.

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About my libraryI've logged just about every book I own, plus a good number of the ones I've read over the past several years.

I've also started adding wishlist books to track those.

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Real nameValerie

LocationCupertino, CA

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Member sinceJul 18, 2006

Currently readingUp in the Old Hotel by Joseph Mitchell
Fancies and Goodnights (New York Review Books) by John Collier
Midsummer Night by Uwe Timm
England Calling by Julia Bell
The Good Soldier Svejk: and His Fortunes in the World War by Jaroslav Hasek
Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The World According to Garp by John Irving
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Best European Fiction 2012 (Best European Fiction) by Aleksandar Hemon
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