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About me*School*: University of Toronto
*Program of Study*: Psychology Major, Human Biology Major, Sociology Minor

*Age*: 26

*Interests*:
Mental illness (and recovery), Psychology, Biology, Sociology, Ethics (particularly biomedical ethics)

*Career Goals*: Social worker (with an emphasis on individuals struggling with eating disorders, anxiety, and depression)

*Some of my favourite books(in no particular order)*:

Title: The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur
Author: Daoud Hari

Title: The Story of Forgetting
Author: Stefan Block

Title: Into Thin Air A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Author: Jon Krakauer

Title: If I Am Missing or Dead Library Edition
Author: Janine Latus

Title: A Thousand Splendid Suns
Author: Khaled Hosseini

Title: Nineteen Minutes
Author: Jodi Picoult

Title: The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
Author: Maggie OFarrell

Title: We Need to Talk About Kevin
Author: Lionel Shriver

Title: The Body Myth Adult Women And The Pressure To Be Perfect
Author: Joe Kelly,Margo Maine

Title: My Sister's Keeper
Author: Jodi Picoult

Title: A Long Way Gone Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Author: Ishmael Beah

Title: The Giver
Author: Lois Lowry

About my libraryPeople often criticise me for spending as much money on books as I do. "You have more books than you can read in a lifetime!", they proclaim. My answer is quite simple: "Books are my life. They are a comfort ... an escape ... an endless source of joy. Many people spend hours watching tv or talking on the phone. I prefer to spend my time reading. Many people spend money on clothing and electronics. I prefer to spend my money on something that will stay with me forever. There are books that have made me feel less alone in my struggles ... books that have made me think about the world in a different way ... books that have made me laugh ... books that have angered me ... books that made my heart break into tiny pieces. Books such as these have changed my life ... and that, my friends, is priceless.

Groups1001 Books to read before you die, 50 Book Challenge, 888 Challenge, A Pearl of Wisdom and Enlightenment, AltPublishing, Audiobooks, Awful Lit., Banned Books, Book Collectors, Book reviewers —show all groups

Favorite authorsJeffrey Eugenides, Khaled Hosseini, Lois Lowry, Maggie O'Farrell, Jodi Picoult (Shared favorites)

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Favorite bookstoresABC Book Store, Chapters - World's Biggest Book Store, Indigo Books - Eaton Centre, University of Toronto Bookstore

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Real namePaulina

LocationToronto, Ontario, Canada

Account typepublic, lifetime

URLs http://www.librarything.com/profile/solitude1984 (profile)
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/solitude1984 (library)

Member sinceMar 4, 2007

Currently readingLetter to a Christian Nation (Vintage) by Sam Harris

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Noticed you liked Lovely Bones, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in reviewing my new novel and posting your comments here, as well as a few other book-related sites. Thought you might like my book since it also contains a young female narrator struggling with a series of tragic circumstances. I could e-mail you the novel in an e-book format if you'd like (I'm out of physical copies at the moment). Here's a link to a summary (and a sample chapter) in case you'd like to read more about the book before you commit:

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 6:30 pm (EST) on Sep 18, 2009

hi, hooking up with bookmooch members

posted by ablueidol at 10:03 am (EST) on Jul 26, 2007

Hello! How are you? :) I see lots of other books in your list which I love too, but I am going really slooooowly at cataloging my books (only listing the ones that I have just read in the past week & month), so not sure when they will appear :)

wow you have a huge collection of Ebooks! I've only recently switched to ebooks, and am having a real hassle trying to enter their titles, seems that ebooks are using a different isbn from the normal physical books, so i simply gave up...

So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading…by Sara Nelson - that was previously on my to-read list, but am now thinking twice after reading your review - I'm not too fond of book-snobs myself - and reading is a very personal thing after all...better to stick to recommendations by the regular LibraryThingers here :D

posted by asiandivergal at 12:57 pm (EST) on Jul 14, 2007

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