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Member: marco_nj

CollectionsYour library (193), Wishlist (2), Currently reading (2), To read (2), Read but unowned (1), Favorites (1), All collections (195)

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GroupsAtwoodians, I Love Jane Austen, Love and Death: for Woody Allen fans, Short Stories, Vissi d'Arte: Lorrie Moore fans unite!

Favorite authorsMargaret Atwood, Jane Austen, Julian Barnes, Aimee Bender, Judy Budnitz, Elizabeth Crane, Junot Díaz, Helen Dewitt, Charles Dickens, Elyse Friedman, Ursula K. Le Guin, Elizabeth McCracken, Lorrie Moore, Grant Morrison, James Thurber (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstores192 Books, Forbidden Planet NYC, Jim Hanley's Universe, Montclair Book Center, Posman Books @ GCT, Spoonbill & Sugartown, Booksellers, St. Mark's Bookshop, Strand Bookstore, Three Lives & Company

Other favoritesPete's Candy Store

About meFavorite quiet place to sit and read: Bryant Park, New York
Most likely: riding NJ Transit.

I am all for brick-and-mortar libraries, but I'm also a Kindle-curious advocate of Google Book Search and ebook torrentry, at least when it comes to nonfiction, reference, and public domain material. Books are more than the medium of bound pages, and besides, with increased an font size, casual and deep reading is possible on any screen, so I honestly don't agree with the appeal for the tactile feel of paper.

That said, I am absolutely materialistic about my favorite authors, and am a bit of a 1st ed completionist when it comes to their fiction.

About my libraryNot organized in any way whatsoever, although I do weed them to the 'essentials' every other month. Some stacks usually pop up around the floor and on my bed. I think book collecting is like gardening - it's important to embrace diversity and a little bit of entropy.

Homepagehttp://www.google.com/profiles/Mark.Deocampo

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Real nameMark Deocampo

LocationNorth New Jersey

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Member sinceMar 5, 2006