Member: saraslibrary

Library2,205 books

Favorite authorsNicholas Adams, V.C. Andrews, K.A. Applegate, Judy Blume, Eve Bunting, Ellen Conford, Caroline B. Cooney, Stephen Cosgrove, Roald Dahl, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Gary Larson, Edward Lee, Tanith Lee, Mark Nykanen, Francine Pascal, Christopher Pike, Louise Rennison, Anne Rice, John Saul, Shel Silverstein, Bill Watterson (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresHalf Price Books - Tacoma, Powell's City of Books

Favorite librariesPierce County Library - Lakewood Branch

About my library My rating system is similar to Amazon's:

1/5 stars = (I don't give 1 stars; if it's that bad, I sell it)

2/5 stars = Not for me, but I've kept it anyway, whether to complete a series or because I like the author, etc.

3/5 stars = It's OK

4/5 stars = I liked it, but . . . (1 or 2 little things that bugged me)

5/5 stars = I loved it (I'm pretty forgiving with juvenile books, so you'll probably see a lot of them with 5 stars.)

Mysteries and thrillers I've lumped into the "suspense" category, just to make it easier for me. Same with childrens and teens: lumped into "juvenile." Ditto with occult, paranormal, urban fantasy, etc. (into "horror"), and novellas (into "short stories").

UPDATES:

6/7/2008 — My library is now private.

2/7/2008 — [work in progress] I'm adding year tags to the books I've finished reading (starting in 2001), just to get an idea of how many books I read per year. However, several of these books are rereads/skim-throughs (mainly the juvenile books), so it's not entirely accurate.

1/27/08 — I no longer review books. Too many books; so little time to review them. :)

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Real nameSara

LocationWA, USA

Emailsara_ccyahoo.com

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Member sinceNov 27, 2005

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Thanks for stopping by my library, Sara, and "Hi" back to you. The cat in the picture (of my profile) is my daughter's cat, Silvia. She is sitting in her favorite spot. I'm glad I found your library since I'm always on the look-out for good juvenile and YA books to recommend. I look forward to browsing through your library.

posted by ToReadToNap at 7:01 am (EST) on Apr 16, 2008

Hi, thanks for clearing that up for me. I never thought that WA stood for Washington, I thought it was the first and last letter of the state in the abbreviation.

I haven't seen the other book about what pets do while you are out but I will definately look for it now. The other book was so funny. I've often wondered what my dog does while I am out and have thought about setting up a web cam on her. My husband laughs at me because I sometimes call the answer machine to 'talk' to her while we are out. He comes home to a message saying "Scottie, what are you doing Scottie? Sit! Good Girl!" and for some reason he thinks that is funny. I'd love to know what she gets up to while we are out.

posted by Jodyreadseverything at 11:40 am (EST) on Mar 15, 2008

Just stopping by to say hi back to you.

Where is WA? I'm not very good with remembering all the states and their abbreviations but am guessing Witcheta. Sorry if that's wrong.

I've just had a look at your library and seen you have the Bad Dogs book. I just borrowed that from my SiL and it's really funny. I love the dog that says "The only difference between lovable old me and a hideous creature is half an inch of gum."

posted by Jodyreadseverything at 7:17 pm (EST) on Mar 14, 2008

Hey!! I owe it all to you for leading me here! :) I've been a bit slow...at many things lately, but that's the way it goes. Hope you are doing well, I miss you over at Blurty! ~Jen

posted by clowndust at 12:23 pm (EST) on Mar 12, 2008

Oh I wish I was organised! I keep starting on one thing and then getting sidetracked by another. The best thing though is finding out about books that I didn't read when I was a kid because no one told us what was good and what wasn't. I just used to wander about reading anything I could find - it was very hit and miss! Anyway, thanks for stopping by ^_~ (I am going to peek in your library now!)

posted by credo at 11:37 am (EST) on Feb 21, 2008

Serendipity, Christopher Pike, Richie Tankersley Cusick, Laurell K. Hamilton... fabulous books we have in common!! I love those Serendipitys too. :) And all of the old juvenile thrillers were great! (Sorry, I haven't been on in a while)

posted by rkaine at 10:38 pm (EST) on Jan 26, 2008

Looking at your catalog, we share a lot more books that I just haven't entered yet because of the restrictions of not being a paid member! lol I think I may have to pay, just to enter all my Babysitter's Club books and stuff.

posted by Heather19 at 10:25 pm (EST) on Apr 13, 2007

Wow, you and I share 99 books ... looks like we had the same taste in YA novels. :D

posted by themstandsformonster at 5:56 am (EST) on Mar 19, 2007

Huzzah to oldschool YA thrillers! Have you read Richie T. Cusick's Unseen series? I can't seem to get past the 2nd half of BK#2... her new stuff makes me sad.

Nice Roger icon thingy ^_^

posted by AmethystFaerie at 6:05 am (EST) on Dec 3, 2006

Sorry it took so long to respond. I always forget that there is a comments section here. Some of the books we share are my favorite books of all time, so don't worry about numbers. Thanks, I tend to see my collection as more daunting than impressive. I just don't know when I'm going to get the time to read all of these books, but it's fun to buy and trade for them.

posted by Quaisior at 12:32 pm (EST) on Jul 4, 2006

Hi! I'm surprised we don't share more books, or maybe we do, and they are just different editions hast don't recognise each other.

I'm having fun adding more cover images right now.

posted by Aquila at 2:25 pm (EST) on Dec 20, 2005

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