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CollectionsYour library (1,330), Currently reading (2), Read but unowned (24), All collections (1,354)

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Tagschildren's/young adult (302), poetry (254), fantasy (231), read 2010 (149), Richard Aldington (142), read 2011 (138), history (117), read 2012 (117), historical fiction (113), medieval literature (91) — see all tags

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About meTechnical writer and would-be writer-writer. Likes to read children's books and call it 'research'.

About my libraryMostly genre or period lit, children's books and nonfiction.

Mostly secondhand, though if I like a living author I do try to buy at least some of his or her books new.

Mostly read... though only because my TBR pile isn't catalogued.

All proudly made from paper and ink.

GroupsBrits, List Five Books Parlour Game, Name that Book, ROOT - 2013 Read Our Own Tomes

Favorite authorsJoan Aiken, Richard Aldington, Lloyd Alexander, Jorge Luis Borges, Peter Dickinson, Catherine Fisher, Leon Garfield, Elizabeth Gaskell, Louise Glück, Ursula K. Le Guin, Georgette Heyer, Diana Wynne Jones, Una McCormack, Garth Nix, Thomas Love Peacock, Ellis Peters, Terry Pratchett, Rosemary Sutcliff, J. R. R. Tolkien (Shared favorites)

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Favorite bookstoresBooks for Amnesty, G. David, Heffers Cambridge, Oxfam Bookshop - Cambridge, Plurabelle Books, Topping & Company

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Real nameGemma Bristow

LocationEly, Cambridgeshire, UK

Account typepublic, lifetime

URLs http://www.librarything.com/profile/konallis (profile)
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Member sinceJan 30, 2008

Currently readingCaptives: Britain, Empire and the World, 1600-1850 by Linda Colley
The Mark of the Beast and Other Fantastical Tales by Rudyard Kipling

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Glass Wings by Fleur Adcock

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The Mark of the Beast and Other Fantastical Tales by Rudyard Kipling

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Short!: A Book of Very Short Stories by Kevin Crossley-Holland

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The Folklore of East Anglia by Enid Porter

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Farewell Victoria by T. H. White

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Sword Song by Rosemary Sutcliff

Hello Gemma,
Thank you for adding to my list of children's books about WW1 & WW2!

casaloma

posted by casaloma at 2:55 pm (EST) on Nov 20, 2012

Thanks for the interesting library add! I'm curious, how did you bump into me? :)

posted by wisewoman at 4:14 pm (EST) on Jan 31, 2012

Thanks! I love the eighteenth century and collecting books. If you have questions about any of the books, I'm happy to help.

posted by cherlee at 10:58 pm (EST) on Jun 20, 2011

Thank you for your comments. The Dickinson books you recommend are among those I have not read, so I may try them; likewise the Oracle series.

posted by antiquary at 8:02 pm (EST) on Jan 23, 2011

I am glad you found my library interesting. I think we will have more in common when I have time to catalog more of my fantasy/sf books.
I haven't had time to explore your library much, but looking at your recent additions, I greatly enjoyed T. H. White's The Age i=of Scandal years ago, and it is currently on my rereading pile, though so are a lot of other books, so I don't get to it very often.
I have not read the Oracle series, but it sounds interesting. The reviews remind me of Peter Dickinson's The Blue Hawk, which I like very much --also set in a quasi-ancient Egyptian/ancient Mesopotamian fantasy civilization.
I see you list Dickinson as a favorite author, so I expect you have read it. My own feelings on Dickinson are mixed --I am very fond of Blue Hawk and Tulku, but did not much enjoy some of his others.

posted by antiquary at 9:38 pm (EST) on Jan 18, 2011

I'm about halfway through Sabriel now (my 'update when read' rule is a bit flaky *g*). But like I said on LJ, I'm really liking it: his narrative style reminds me of Rosemary Sutcliff's.

posted by Altariel at 11:01 am (EST) on Jun 6, 2008

Hi Gemma -it's always good to meet people with whom you can exchange Frasier quotes! Fascinating poetry collection you have there.

posted by brunhilde at 9:56 am (EST) on Mar 18, 2008

I'm going to be here for ALL TIME. It'll be like The Nine Billion Names of God. When I finish cataloguing, the stars will start going out.

posted by Altariel at 3:17 pm (EST) on Feb 6, 2008