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Member: mefs

Library523 books — see library

Reviews47 reviews — see reviews

Cloudstag cloud, author cloud

TagsFiction (36), Memoir (16), History (9), French History (6), Biography (5), Historical biography (4) — see all tags

GroupsAsian Fiction & Non-Fiction, Early Reviewers, Historical Fiction, Medieval Europe, Non-Fiction Readers

Favorite authorsIsabel Allende, Pearl S. Buck, John Irving, Jhumpa Lahiri, Nancy Mitford, Amy Tan (Shared favorites)

About me I love to read and always have a book on me. Unfortunately I am a slow reader and only get through about 15-20 books per year, so I fear I may never finish all of the wonderful books I have acquired! I am a former university administrator and am currently home with my 4-year-old (who no doubt will be polishing off more books than me very soon!). My husband teaches history and political science in the state university system and is a tireless source of great books! We live on the Jersey shore with two dogs and a cat, and there is nothing better than sneaking down to the beach to read whenever I get the chance. I also love cooking/baking and travel.

About my library I love history and historical biography - and by chance (or not) most of my subjects tend to be women. I tend to read in "genre phases." I have a large collection of Asian literature (from classic to contemporary), as well as collections of English history, French History, Russian History, European Medieval history; Ancient Egyptian history; Ancient Roman history, Japanese literature, and English literature from the 30s,40s & 50s (mostly by female authors including but not limited to Nancy Mitford, Barbara Pym, Dodie Smith, Stella Gibbons & E.M. Delafield). Aside from that, I also read contemporary fiction, and favorite authors include Isabel Allende, Barbara Kingsolver, and John Irving (author of my all-time favorite fiction book - A Son of the Circus).

Membership LibraryThing Early Reviewers

Real nameMichelle

LocationBy the beach, New Jersey - USA

Emailm.e.finogmail.com

Account typepublic, lifetime

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Member sinceMar 4, 2007