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About my libraryI'm more interested in keeping track of what I read than what I own, so for now I'm only entering books I have read, although I own most of them. I have decided that for children's lit, YA, and textbooks, I will only add those that were significant in some way. My original thought was to review and rate all the books I've read, then add the unread portion of my library, but reviewing hundreds of books takes a lot of time. My "reviews" aren't true reviews in most cases—more like notes to myself. I have a hard time rating a lot of the books as well, so my rating system probably only makes sense in my own head. Basically, I'm rating against similar books, so, for example, mysteries are rated mostly against other mysteries, not against the entire body of literature known to me. I'm stingy with the fives.

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The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

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Postcards from the Bump: A Chick's Guide to Getting to Know the Baby in Your Belly (Lifelong Books) by Ame Mahler Beanland

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Always Coming Home (California Fiction) by Ursula K. Le Guin

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Heir to Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier

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Baby Bargains, 8th Edition: Secrets to Saving 20% to 50% on Baby Furniture, Gear, Clothes, Toys, Maternity Wear and Much, Much More! by Denise Fields

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Land That Moves, Land That Stands Still by Kent Nelson

Noticed you liked The Bluest Eye, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in reviewing my new novel and posting your comments here as well as a few other book-related sites. Thought you might like my book since it's also southern and a bit dark. I could e-mail you the novel in an e-book format if you'd like (I'm out of physical copies at the moment). Let me know if you're interested. Here's a link to a summary in case you're interested:

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 11:06 pm (EST) on Apr 22, 2009

I was just browsing the libraries as I tend to do and saw that "The Thirteenth Tale" was high on the list of books most reviewed. I was interested in the book so I clicked over and found your review listed first (for 12/8/07). Though, thinking back after reading the review, I had little more information about the book than I had before, the picture you described of your dog and the snow was just wonderful. I was envious even though I totally hate the cold.
I will have to read more of your reviews now and in the future. Thanks for them.

Donna Goldman

posted by dgg207 at 4:39 pm (EST) on Dec 11, 2007

Like your selection of books. You are an interesting person.

posted by agricolaoval at 7:13 pm (EST) on May 12, 2007

Enjoyed reading through your reviews -- we have a decent number of books in common and feel the same way about them -- esp. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Toni Morrison, Gabaldon. You write reviews the way I do: No B.S., Short and sweet with no long drawn out plot summary.

Come visit my library sometime. I, too, try to write about all the books I've read. A daunting task, but fun.

posted by jhowell at 9:57 am (EST) on Mar 9, 2007

Hi - I enjoyed looking through your reviews and library. Got here because I completely disagree with your review of Anne Lamott's Operating Instructions and had to see what kind of junk you must actually like. Then found that despite that disagreement, we have similar tastes in genres and a similar purpose for LibraryThing. Lesson in prejudgment learned again! I've also had a similar challenge with reviewing, still trying to decide whether or not I want them to be notes to myself or brief capsules for others.

Anyway, as I'm only adding books as I read them (or if I remember a spectacular past read and am inspired) my catalog will never be the resource yours is, but perhaps you'd like to look at it. Take care!

posted by bookmindful at 12:35 pm (EST) on Nov 6, 2006

You're welcome! Just doing my nerdly duty. :)

posted by Leah.Hannah at 7:33 pm (EST) on Oct 7, 2006

Hi there!

I noticed that you entered Madeleine Is Sleeping with the spelling "Madeline." If you want to see who you actually share the title with, that correction should do the trick! Seems as though you liked the book (which I am just getting ready to read) and would want to know who you had it in common with.

Have a great day!

posted by Leah.Hannah at 1:15 pm (EST) on Oct 5, 2006

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