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Tagsvirago (165), biography (25), non fiction (17), short stories (13), anthology (7), women's press (5), nonfiction (5), Virago (5), history (4), poetry (4) — see all tags

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Groups50 Book Challenge, Atwoodians, BBC Radio 4 Listeners, Best of British, Bloggers, BookCrossers, Brits, Club Read 2009, EmilyDickinson, Feminist Theoryshow all groups

Favorite authorsIsabel Allende, Maya Angelou, Elizabeth von Arnim, Margaret Atwood, William Blake, Vera Brittain, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Emily Holmes Coleman, Stevie Davies, Charles Dickens, Emily Dickinson, Patricia Duncker, Elizabeth Gaskell, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Thomas Hardy, Winifred Holtby, A. L. Kennedy, Richard Mabey, Daphne Du Maurier, Julie Myerson, Wilfred Owen, Dorothy Parker, Michèle Roberts, Vita Sackville-West, Cora Sandel, Mary Shelley, Ali Smith, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Sarah Waters, Rebecca West, Virginia Woolf (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresAddyman Annex, Addyman Books, Books for Amnesty, David's Bookshop, Eric T. Moore Books, G. David, Galloway and Porter, Hay Castle Bookshop, Libra Aries Books, Oxfam Books, Cambridge, Southwold Books, The Aldeburgh Bookshop, The Haunted Bookshop (Sarah Key Books), The Orwell Bookshop, The Poetry Bookshop, Topping & Company

Favorite librariesArbury Court Library, British Library, Cambridge University Library, London Metropolitan University - The Women's Library

Other favoritesADC Theatre, Hay-on-Wye book festival

About meAn avid reader; will read almost anything but particularly women's fiction of the 19th century. Currently working in the library at Cambridge University, writing a novel and trying to keep control of my 7 year old daughter and a manic cat.

About my libraryIt will take me the rest of my life to upload my whole library. Right now I'm starting with my Virago Collection.

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Member sinceFeb 4, 2007

Currently readingPlaying Sardines by Michele Roberts

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*waves* :-)
Hi purpleelphant

Glad to find another Holtby admirer!

Louise
Well hello PurpleElephant!

I just came across your library from lizzybee's post in the Persephone Readers group, and saw that you have 146 Viragos! Excellent.
Aluvalibri has 172! You probably know her as she began the VMC group.

Anyway, nice to make your acquaintance
Hello PurpleElephant! There is a BookCrossing group on here but I have no idea how to invite you. Enjoy LT - it's a bit addictive though...
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