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Member: pmarshall

CollectionsYour library (3,318), Currently reading (3), Owned but Unread (26), Childhood Books (110), Books I Published (32), Audio Books (16), Audio Books to Hear (9), Wishlist (80), Gifted (8), All collections (3,601)

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TagsLegal mystery (131), Sleuth (127), Canadian fiction (120), Biography (110), Scotland Yard (100), Mystery fiction (97), Medieval mystery (80), P. I. (76), Police procedural - U. S. (73), (68) — see all tags

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GroupsAll Books Africa, Biographies, Memoirs and Autobiographies, Build the Open Shelves Classification, Crime, Thriller & Mystery, Female Sleuths, Reviews reviewed, Tennis, Tennis, Anyone?, Travel and Exploration literature, What Are You Reading Now? — show all groups , Women of Mystery

Favorite authorsKate Charles, Deborah Crombie, Thomas Rendell Curran, Deborah Ellis, Barbara Fradkin, Margaret Frazer, Sue Grafton, Ann Granger, Mary Evelyn Grannan, Helene Hanff, Lee Harris, P. D. James, Quintin Jardine, William X. Kienzle, Ladies' Killing Circle, Margaret Laurence, Hugh MacLennan, Henning Mankell, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Marcia Muller, Robert Munsch, Sara Paretsky, Freeman Wilford Patterson, Chaim Potok, Bill Pronzini, Spider Robinson, Alexander McCall Smith (Shared favorites)

About meReader, librarian (retired), publisher (retired), stitcher, hooker, aunt, #108,810 LT member

About my libraryMy library has grown and shrunk over the years as I moved about Canada - what do I move and what do I ditch. It has also been depended on the size of my apartment. I read many books and pass them on to others. I am also on the receiving end of books bought by others, which helps widen my reading range.

I have a broad interest in mysteries and particular enjoy ecclesiastical mysteries. These over the years have spread from mainly Catholic (Father Brown, Father Kesler) and Jewish (Rabbi Small) to many Protestant denominations as well as present day and historical. This is a genre that has developed over the years.

I am moving away from cozies and looking for mysteries that I can learn something from as well as enjoy. Historical mysteries fit in this category, as do translations of some foreign authors, e.g., Qiu Xiaolong and Henning Mankell. They provide insight to the country and its history and culture as well as a good mystery. I also like books about books - that's the librarian/publisher in me I guess and I read biographies from across the spectrum.

I buy most of my books on-line although I get many 'old friends' at a local second hand store. I enjoy getting re-acquainted with them. One of my favourite things to do is to read a complete series in order; e.g.; Nameless by Bill Pronzini, the CatherineLeVendeur mysteries by Sharan Newman. To see the growth of both the author and the characters over the years is very interesting.

In 1974 I visited my parents in Botswana and in 1975 did a 5-month safari from Victoria Falls to London. Since then I have been interested in reading about Africa and this expanded into an interest in literary travel, both current and historical.

My entries in LT include books I now own or have owned in the past as well as books I borrowed from others or from libraries to read. I have been sporadic in keeping lists of books I have read. The dates given for when I read a book do not always reflect the first reading. I am using LT as both my library catalog and my history of books read; it is an interesting journey through my past.

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Real namePenny Marshall

LocationFredericton, NB, Canada

Emailpenny.j.marshallgmail.com

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Member sinceNov 26, 2006

Currently readingThe servant's tale by Margaret Frazer
Princesses: The Six Daughters of George III by Flora Fraser
Jewels: A Secret History by Victoria Finlay