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About meMy dad's been a librarian all my life, so I really grew up in libraries. Now that I'm disabled and unable to work I spend loads of time reading. I listen to audio books pretty constantly. My sister and I managed an independent bookstore for a couple years. There's nothing more amazing than being responsible for which books are in the store.

About my libraryAbout one quarter of my books are ones that my family owned when I was growing up and the rest are things I've bought over the years. I have a large YA and children's collection and loads of comics. I also collect YA and children's books from the turn of the 19th century through about 1930.

I mostly only buy books that I've already read and loved. I re-read a lot but new books I always get from the library.

Groups100 Books in 2012 Challenge, 100 Books in 2013 Challenge, All Things Discworldian - The Guild of Pratchett Fans, Ancient History, Audiobooks, Beautiful Game, Charleston WV Non-Fiction Book Club, Feminist Theory, Livejournalers, Name that Book —show all groups

Favorite authorsCarl Barks, Elsa Beskow, Walter R. Brooks, David Corbin, Shaenon K. Garrity, Allen Ginsberg, Walt Kelly, Maxine Hong Kingston, Juliet Marillier, Jaclyn Moriarty, Daniel Pinkwater, Terry Pratchett, Damon Runyon, Carl Sandburg, John Steinbeck, Donald E. Westlake (Shared favorites)

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Favorite bookstoresNice Price Books - Durham, Taylor Books

Favorite librariesKanawha County Public Library

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Real nameMeredith

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Member sinceSep 6, 2011

Currently readingThe Life and Ideas of James Hillman: Volume I: The Making of a Psychologist (Vol. 1) by Dick Russell
Trouping; how the show came to town, by Philip C Lewis

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Hi - I am just dropping by to say I totally agree with you. I just finished reading Yokohama Yankee and the lack of captions drove me a bit nutty. Fascinating book, though. I read your review after I had already written and posted mine, but obviously we both viewed the book in similar ways. Isola Blue

posted by IsolaBlue at 1:06 pm (EST) on Mar 1, 2013

Thank you so much for my fun books! The Year 1000 looks especially cool, but all of them are great! Thanks! :)

posted by KarenElissa at 5:13 pm (EST) on Dec 26, 2012

I'm glad you like the books and hope you enjoy reading them. I will have to re-read the section of American Nations on Appalachia now! Happy reading!

posted by brewergirl at 8:37 pm (EST) on Dec 25, 2012

I love your Tintin and Obelix cross-stitches. Knowing absolutely nothing about the craft, I have to ask: Are these original patterns that you created? If you used commercial patterns, where did you get them, and would they have patterns for other comic characters?

Mike, a fellow Pogophile

posted by burnit99 at 10:40 pm (EST) on Apr 16, 2012

Hi Meredith- I see you are a Steinbeck fan. There is currently a Steinbeckathon going on over at the 75 Book Challenge, featuring one of his books per month. It's been terrific so far. You should stop by:
http://www.librarything.com/topic/130105#3238271

Mark

posted by msf59 at 7:56 pm (EST) on Apr 1, 2012

thpught you might be interested by an article in Ode magazine entitled "Reading, writing and revelation."

or not. :)

cheers,

ellie

posted by mirrordrum at 12:42 pm (EST) on Mar 21, 2012

Thanks, again. Will see about getting the books and reading to him. And keeping the books in my possession as he tends to want to devour books . . .
Penn

posted by HarlequinBooks at 12:41 pm (EST) on Mar 14, 2012

Thank you! We try to remind Mr. Geek in our house (okay, everyone except me and the dog are geeks, but this child even more so) that it's good to explore things, so your recommendations sound like we could get him to start listening and then guide discussions about life and not just geekdom. :-)

Penn

posted by HarlequinBooks at 9:32 pm (EST) on Mar 13, 2012

Lorca--i have his monstrous 900-page bilingual collected poems. unfortunately, i keep reading over and over Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías. i prefer the translation in the book, actually, but this is the only complete version i could find online. there's a great narration in Spanish of part 1 here. scroll down through the text to the playlist where it says "Recitado por Margarita Xirgu." prepare to have your socks blown off. i'd love to hear her do the entire poem.

i also recommend Pablo Neruda's Full Woman, Fleshly Apple, Hot Moon: Selected Poems bilingual edition.

and one last one, one of my favorite poems, again read over and over and over A disused shed in Co. Wexford by Derek Mahon.

lord, i hope i got the html right.

ellie

posted by mirrordrum at 1:54 am (EST) on Mar 10, 2012

When you join our "series" group we would love to hear your opinion in some of our many harry potter topics.

posted by mrmcfluff at 7:30 pm (EST) on Dec 22, 2011

Oh, I'm probably too late, but the first 2 adventures are probably NOT the way TO START READING CP.I recon. He gets into his "stride" from about #5 onwards. Yes do read these first 2 adventures later, but to my mind they are NOT definitive.

Guido.

posted by guido47 at 5:29 am (EST) on Dec 20, 2011

Hi Meredith,

Thanks for the following post:
"Trying to listen to Mossflower by Brian Jacques. I say trying because it's the *dramatization* style of audio book which different actors doing the dialogue for the characters."

I'm a narrator for the Library of Congress' Talking Books program and this is something I wrestle with quite often. When I began many years ago, our instructions were to "suggest" the characters through our voices rather that give a flat out performance. But since commercial audio books have become so popular, sometimes I wonder if clients expect more of a performance than we're supposed to give.

Hopefully most people do like it when the narrator sort of steps aside and presents the story so the reader can use his own imagination. I know that I do. Your post makes me think that it's probably still the best way to go.

Anne

posted by NarratorLady at 1:21 am (EST) on Dec 18, 2011

Hi Meredith,

I just noticed that you also have the 1st "Carl Barks".
Will you be getting them all?

I have been waiting for the "complete" POGO for quite a while now :-)
and have just ordered the 1st one, the Sunday Suppliments.

If you find the cartoonist I do love (Arthur Horner) interesting, I can add you to the "members list" (requested by the copyright holders) which gives you access to all 54 of his adventures!

Yours, Guido.

posted by guido47 at 12:13 pm (EST) on Dec 17, 2011

yw, happy reading!

posted by Ammianus at 9:46 am (EST) on Dec 17, 2011

Hi Meredith,
I thought you might be interested in a few of my titles, check in my library under the TAGS:Roman, Roman Britain,&, my fav, LATE ROMAN. Regards & happy holidays, Ammianus

posted by Ammianus at 6:48 am (EST) on Dec 17, 2011

I gather we have in common being West Virginians. I am in Salem WV.
Of your recent books, I have read the Falco mysteries, though I think my copies are not yet cataloged.

posted by antiquary at 8:53 pm (EST) on Dec 3, 2011

Pleased to meet you! The mine wars are certainly a fascinating period.

posted by Dogberryjr at 10:24 am (EST) on Nov 30, 2011