Member: pshaw

Library699 books — see library

Reviews23 reviews — see reviews

Cloudstag cloud, author cloud

Tagsfiction (120), nonfiction (57), fantasy (20), spirituality (19), art (17), want list (16), short stories (14), buddhism (11) — see all tags

GroupsCrescent City Connection, Early Reviewers, Otherkin and Therianthropy

Favorite authorsEdward Gorey, Marilyn Jaye Lewis, H. P. Lovecraft, Patrick O'Brian, Gene Wolfe (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresBeckham's Books, Bent Pages

Favorite librariesTerrebonne Parish Main Library

About me Hi, I'm P'shaw.

I'm a bit morbid, and I enjoy horror films and ghost stories. Ruins, cemetaries, and abandoned places are attractive to me. My mother was a geneaologist, and as I was growing up she would push me around in a stroller while she took gravestone rubbings. Before I turned three I had been in every public and private burial ground in Sevier, Knox, and Blount counties.

Currently I'm an apartment dweller, packed into my little home with books stacked everywhere, "like a gherkin in its vinegar." Cataloging and tagging my collection is a monumental task, and I have bursts of tagging.

I used to use Book Crossing, but I found the interface unwieldy, and it seemed like no one ever logged when they found a book I released, so I became inactive there.

About my library My tastes are pretty varied and eclectic. I tend to buy far more books than I can read, and I always make it to the Friends of the Library book sale. I'm also a used book shop enthusiast and it's hard to drag me out once I've found a good one. Much of what I am currently cataloging is from my reading journal, which I've been keeping since 1992.

I have a small, but growing, collection of vintage and local cookbooks. My husband and I also collect books about music (Beatles, Dylan, etc.).

Happily, my home has a concrete slab foundation, because I'm pretty sure anything else would sag under the weight of books.

Homepagehttp://www.avians.net/~ravenworks

Also onEtsy, Last.fm, LiveJournal

Membership LibraryThing Early Reviewers

Real nameJessie Thomas

LocationHouma, Lousiana

Emailpshaw.ravengmail.com

Account typepublic, lifetime

Connection NewsConnection News

URLs http://www.librarything.com/profile/pshaw (profile)
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/pshaw (library)

Member sinceOct 14, 2006