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About meI'm the Patients' Librarian at Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison, WI. I'm also a single (and looking) 41-year-old fun person who loves choral music, reading, traveling, historical re-creation (SCA Laurel in Bardic Arts), languages, all kinds of crafts (knitting is the main one right now, but I also paint, embroider, and make costumes).

About my libraryIt's a lot like a small public library, but I don't have a board, state certification requirements, or, well, any money. (That last one is pretty recent.) We have esp. thorough collection concentrations in self-help and mental health, as you may imagine. Not open to the public; we are on WISCAT, and if you need something we have, ask your local public (or academic, if you are a student) for it, and we'll lend.

At home, I have too many books to even THINK about cataloging them in any way, except to keep them in rough shelf-based categories like "Reference", "Books in French", "Jewish Stuff", "Humor", "Things I Haven't Read Yet But Might Someday Or Maybe I'll Donate Them to the Public Library Booksale", and "Historical Fiction Set in Spain and/or Portugal pre-1600 And Dealing With Persecution of Jews". (Yes, those are ALL actual categories in my book collection. That last one is threatening to spill onto a second shelf.)

GroupsBookCrossers, Cheeseheads of Wisconsin (COW), En français, Food History, French Connection, Historical Fiction, History Fans, I Survived the Great Vowel Shift, Jewish Bibliophiles, Knitters Inc. —show all groups, Librarians who LibraryThing, Medieval Europe, Metafilter, Progressive & Liberal!, ravelry, SCA, SCA Bards, Travel and Exploration literature

Favorite authorsDouglas Adams, Louisa May Alcott, Jane Austen, Jalal al-Din Rumi, Berkeley Breathed, Roald Dahl, Ariana Franklin, Faye Kellerman, Madeleine L'Engle, Sharan Newman, J. K. Rowling, Geoff Ryman, Oliver Sacks, Dr. Seuss, William Shakespeare, Alexander McCall Smith, Neal Stephenson, Mark Twain, Barry Unsworth, Laura Ingalls Wilder (Shared favorites)

VenuesFavorites

Favorite bookstoresA Room of One's Own, Booked for Murder, Frugal Muse West, Half Price Books - Whitney Way, Paul's Bookstore, Pearl Street Books, Powell's City of Books (Portland), Prairie Bookshop

Favorite librariesCollege Library, Fitchburg Public Library, Kohler Art Library at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison Public Library - Sequoya Branch, Marshfield Public Library, Memorial Library at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Mendota Mental Health Institute Patients' Library, Middleton Public Library, North Dakota State Library, Olbrich Botanical Gardens - Schumacher Horticultural Library, University of Wisconsin - Jim Dan Hill Library, Verona Public Library

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Real nameJennifer

LocationMadison, WI

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Member sinceNov 1, 2010