Member: recalcitrantreader

Library201 books — see library

ReviewedNone so far

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TagsARC (8), fiction (5), Wales (2), Nobel Prize (1) — see all tags

GroupsFolio Society devotees, Inklings, Reading Globally

Favorite authorsCharles Dickens, John Gardner, J.R.R. Tolkien (Shared favorites)

About me Lifelong bookseller, now on "permanent sabbatical" with my retired partner. Trying to care less about what's new, trying to use the library more, now that I'm without a discount. Still regretting the half of my library I sold when I moved from Chicago. BA in English from a sad little state university. Addicted to books since I first learned to read. Must have them, must. Can't help it.

Also, was sprayed by a tapir at the Calgary Zoo when I was eight.

Two quotes I like:
"To read a novel is to practice for real life."
Jerzy Kosinski

"To have more books than one can read is only an example of one's soul reaching for infinity."
(I can't remember the source, and it's probably not exact, but I thought it a great rationalization. If anyone knows the source of this, I'd love to be reminded."

About my library Lots of advanced reading copies from publishers, some of value, many I can only hope will be. I tend to buy older books that I'm afraid I won't find again if I pass up. I know you can find lots of out of print titles online, but I like prowling through secondhand shops, thrift stores, library sales, rummage sales. Very fond of Folio Society editions, illustrated editions in general. Trying to pick up more international writers in translation, build a functional Old & Middle English library, find more used Maigret mysteries, catch up on the 19th & 20th century notables I've missed: Steinbeck, Proust, those guys.

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Real nameTim

LocationWest Puget Sound

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Member sinceApr 30, 2007