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Favorite authorsLouisa May Alcott, Jane Austen, Roald Dahl, Charles Dickens, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nick Hornby, James Joyce, Sinclair Lewis, Jack London, H. L. Mencken, George Orwell, Chuck Palahniuk, Dorothy Parker, Tom Perrotta, Edgar Allan Poe, Katherine Anne Porter, Dawn Powell, Bertrand Russell, Hunter S. Thompson, Henry David Thoreau, Mark Twain, Gore Vidal, Bill Walsh, E. B. White, Oscar Wilde (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresBarbara's Bookstore - Oak Park, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Briargate, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Champaign, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Coronado Mall, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Dana Park Village Square, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Joliet, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Westport, Books Kinokuniya - Sydney, Books Upstairs, Bookstór, Dymocks Melbourne, Foyles, Half Price Books - Mesa, Harvard Book Store, Hay Cinema Bookshop, Hooked on Books, Poor Richard’s, Second Tome Around, Tattered Cover Book Store - Historic LoDo, The Book Corral, The Harvard Coop, Tome on the Range

Favorite librariesMarseilles Public Library, Pikes Peak Library District - Briargate Branch, Pikes Peak Library District - East Library

Other favoritesPrinters Row Book Fair

About meAh, would you just look at all of this space allotted to me to fill with all the self-aggrandizing fodder I can muster. Well, let me see ... It all started on a cold April morning in 1978. I was ripped from my warm, happy home and forced to live here, in this cruel world. Since that incident, on that most revolting of days, I have acquiesced that this is the reality of things, and eventually I found a way to deal with the idea—mostly.

I am one of those contemplative, philosophical types who spends much of his time trying to answer the big questions like, “Why am I here?” and “What’s the meaning of life?” I figure that I will eventually come very close to answering those big questions, and just then, old age and senility will set in and I will forget what I was doing altogether.

I enjoy reading (obviously, eh?) writing, learning new things, camping, hiking, snowshoeing, and mountain biking. I am also a big fan of rugby and football (or soccer, if you will), though I have a difficult time deciding which I like better. There was a time when hockey would have topped that list; however, it dropped a couple of spots after the ridiculous new rules went into effect. However, it has since begun its climb back onto the list.

I also love to travel. I have been to almost half of the states in the US, and I have seen a fair portion of the world, though I want to see much more before my time here is up. My favorite places (so far) are Colorado, New Mexico, New England, New York (city that is), Boston, Chicago, Newport Beach, Dublin and Ireland in general, London, North and Mid-Wales, Sydney and the southern coast of Australia.

About my libraryI'm a bookseller, and as such, books have slowly taken over my home (a "problem" I'm sure many have experienced) so I've started selling off some of my library to make room for newer things that I'll actually read.

I mostly read general/literary fiction, as well as non-fiction in the areas of philosophy, comparative religion, history, sociology, and personal essays. I also enjoy graphic novels, though for a long time I viewed them as a guilty pleasure (I admit, I used to be a bit of a literary snob). Oh, and just for the record, I am one of the few males on this planet who will admit to liking Jane Austen.

I have read most of the books in my library (though you may notice that 'tbr' is one of my most common tags--that pile keeps growing!). I am usually reading several books at once, though rarely do I read more than one novel at a time, unless they are very different stories. My penchant for multi-book reading makes going out of the house stressful. I always bring a book with me everywhere I go (even for the shortest of trips), but I can never decide what kind of book to bring. When I’m leaving, I might be in the mood for a novel, but later in the day, I may be more in the mood for essays, or perhaps philosophy. So, I usually end up toting multiple books around with me. It is a sickness, and once I find a reputable twelve-step program for it, perhaps I will seek help.

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