Random books from guernicus's library
The William Ashbless Memorial Cookbook by James P. Blaylock
The Medieval Spains (Cambridge Medieval Textbooks) by Bernard F. Reilly
The Second Virago Book of Fairy Tales by Angela Carter
A Perfect Spy by John Le Carre
The Age of Alexander: Nine Greek Lives (Penguin Classics, L286) by Plutarch
The Once and Future King by T. H. White
The Graveyard Game by Kage Baker
Members with guernicus's books
Member connections
Interesting libraries: cuffindell
LibraryThing authors: Brandon Sanderson (BrandonSanderson), John Kelly (JohnKelly), Sharon Kay Penman (Sharonkay), Stephen Dedman (StephenDedman), David Mitchell (davidmitchell), Elizabeth Bear (matociquala), Andrew Brown (seatrout)
RSS feeds
Member: guernicus
CollectionsYour library (784)
Reviews8 reviews
TagsFiction (358), History (272), Medieval (149), Fantasy (126), Science Fiction (124), SF (121), Primary (64), Islamic (51), Urban fantasy (43), Gender (43) — see all tags
Cloudstag cloud, author cloud
GroupsGraduate Students, Medieval Europe
Favorite authorsRobert Bartlett, John Crowley, Samuel R. Delany, China Mieville, Tim Powers, R. W. Southern, Giraldus Cambrensis (Shared favorites)
About meI am a Brit ex-pat living in sunny, downtown Burbank, CA. My husband and I have been here since 2000, leaving behind cold, foggy Cambridge for sunshine, his job in the movie industry and my enforced unemployment (thanks, immigration service!) To forestall boredom, I have become a student again. I received my BA in History in 2005 and am now working on a MA in History (Medieval Europe and the Middle East). My particular interest in 12th century English intellectual and political history, especially the chroniclers Giraldus Cambrensis and Walter Map.
About my libraryOne of the most traumatic things about moving was leaving behind hundreds and hundreds of books, accumulated with such great pleasure over the years, in our attic in Cambridge. The catalog of my current library does not include any of these and LT has made me acutely aware of the gaps. Do I purchase duplicates? Do I get our lodger to ship them? Where would I put them?
The result of this is a library that is weighted towards history (naturally) and genre fiction. When I'm not reading through the former for classes or my thesis or pleasure, I have so little time or energy for reading weighty classics. Lazy, I know, but there are always the vacations...
LocationBurbank, CA
Emailhelen
guernicus.com
Account typepublic, lifetime
Connection NewsConnection News
URLs
http://www.librarything.com/profile/guernicus (profile)
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/guernicus (library)
Common KnowledgeSeries (141), Awards (232), Characters (2206), Places (503)
Member sinceNov 8, 2006









Leave a comment
Sign up or sign in to leave a comment.
Steven
http://steventill.com
posted by StevenTill at 9:24 pm (EST) on Feb 7, 2009
What are you taking this semester?
Take care,
-- "Robertus Minimus"
posted by transmutations at 8:34 pm (EST) on Sep 11, 2007
Thanks.
posted by mujahid7ia at 7:32 pm (EST) on May 17, 2007
Looks like we're both grad students focusing on Medieval History! Let's "trade notes" sometime.
Happy reading!
-- Robertus Minimus at Transmutations
posted by transmutations at 11:29 pm (EST) on Jan 19, 2007