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CollectionsYour library (1,205), Currently reading (4), To read (2), Favorites (91), All collections (1205)

Reviews63 reviews — see reviews

Tagsfiction (910), crime fiction (306), non-fiction (214), fantasy fiction (181), classic (140), illustrated (119), horror (93), favourite (90), natural history (80), humour (76) — see all tags

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GroupsAgatha Christie, Bookcases: If You Build/Buy Them, They Will Fill, Crime, Thriller & Mystery, Early Reviewers, King's Dear Constant Readers, Livejournalers, Science Fiction Fans

Favorite authorsIsaac Asimov, Jean M. Auel, Jane Austen, banksiainm, John Berendt, John Betjeman, Ray Bradbury, Lewis Carroll, Agatha Christie, Roald Dahl, Charles Dickens, Gerald Durrell, Stephen Fry, Neil Gaiman, David Gemmell, Thomas Harris, Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, Ted Hughes, Kazuo Ishiguro, Ken Kesey, Stephen King, Jeff Lindsay, Jack London, A. A. Milne, Terry Pratchett, J. B. Priestley, Bernice Rubens, Richard Russo, Patrick Süskind, Shaun Tan, Andrew Taylor, Dylan Thomas, H. G. Wells, Joss Whedon, Oscar Wilde, P. G. Wodehouse (Shared favorites)

About my library "A town isn't a town without a bookstore. It may call itself it a town, but without a bookstore, it knows it isn't fooling a soul."
--Neil Gaiman, 'American Gods'

My preferred genres are crime, fantasy, horror and British and American contemporary and classic literature. And, well, everything else. *sigh* My book collection is an evolving thing; it's consistently fiction-heavy because I cannot resist a good story!

I love children's fiction, especially well illustrated children's fiction - most of it is so strange. I like graphic novels, coffee table books, obscure poetry anthologies, and I love discovering classics that have escaped my attention... I inherited my Grandfather's very British taste in books early; the desire for more eclectic reading material came later.

Many of my books were purchased second-hand (I'm not trying to screw over my favourite authors, I used to work in the Wise Owl bookshop, in Bristol and got myself hooked on old copies there, with creased dust-jackets and bent corners), but all of them are owned by myself at present. Okay, some of them were technically purchased by my husband for his own entertainment/education, but all books that cross the threshold of this house actually belong to me *cue evil book-overlord laughter*

My [arbitrary, fluid] List of [around] Top Twenty Favourite Books
We Need to Talk about Kevin - Lionel Shriver
And The Ass saw the Angel - Nick Cave
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
The Automated Alice - Jeff Noon
The Poet and the Murderer: A True Story of Literary Crime and the Art of Forgery - Simon Worrall
Legend - David Gemmell
The Waiting Game - Bernice Rubens
The Dark Tower (series) - Stephen King
Duma Key - Stephen King
The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon - Stephen King
The Clan of the Cave Bear - Jean M. Auel
The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
The Cider House Rules - John Irving
Nobody's Fool - Richard Russo
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - John Berendt
Small Gods - Terry Pratchett
Guards! Guards! - Terry Pratchett
The ABC Murders - Agatha Christie
Shadow Divers - Robert Kurson
Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons

"Printer's ink has been running a race against gunpowder these many, many years. Ink is handicapped, in a way, because you can blow up a man with gunpowder in half a second, while it may take twenty years to blow him up with a book. But the gunpowder destroys itself along with its victim, while a book can keep on exploding for centuries."
--Christopher Morley, 'The Haunted Bookshop'

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Trish, thanks so much for your comments on my review of Vilnius Poker. It was a challenging book in many ways, but I do respect what the author was trying to do. In my opinion, it's a courageous book (though not always easy, or comfortable, to read).

Best,
Gwen

posted by gwendolyndawson at 7:47 pm (EST) on Apr 7, 2009

Saw you liked Trainspotting, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in reviewing my new novel and posting your comments here (as well as on a few other book-related sites). Thought you might like it since it's also about a group of disturbed kids and a bit dark. I'd be glad to e-mail you the novel in an e-book format if you'd like. Let me know if you're interested. Here's a link to a summary in case you're interested:

http://christophertusa.com/blog/?page_id...

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 2:36 pm (EST) on Mar 30, 2009

Glad you liked the review. And before you award me the medal of bravery, I didn't actually read the whole thing. : )

posted by Bookmarque at 10:23 am (EST) on Dec 11, 2008

Hi,

My name is Dawn and I am a librarian and the host of Toronto Public Library’s online book club: Book Buzz and a fellow LibraryThing member.

This month we are reading Shadow Divers, by Robert Kurson. I noticed that you include Shadow Divers in your library and gave it a 5-star review. I’d just like to invite you to visit us and share your thoughts about Kurson’s book. It’s a friendly easy-going book club with over 600 members and we are always looking for new points of view.
If you are interested, visit us at http://bookbuzz.torontopubliclibrary.ca .

Thank-you for your time,
Dawn
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Book...

posted by BookBuzz at 6:42 pm (EST) on Jun 12, 2008

Hi again-
I didn't even realize that Tey had more Alan Grant books until it popped up as a listing under her name. I definately want to read more from her. She sounds so modern yet Daughter of Time was written 50 years ago. Do you have a favorite from her?

posted by mstrust at 4:25 pm (EST) on Apr 6, 2008

Hi trishtrash-
I hope you don't mind me adding your library to my list. We have many books in common and I'm particularly interested in your Agatha Christies and Lewis Carrolls. Great editions!

posted by mstrust at 10:48 am (EST) on Apr 6, 2008

Hi trishtrash, thanks for adding me too! I'm slightly envious over the number of books you entered, but I know I'll get there too - eventually. And it's true, my job is the greatest job in the world. If I want to calm down after a stressy meeting, sometimes all I have to do is gently pat a 300 year old volume ;-)

posted by Steven_VI at 8:07 am (EST) on Apr 4, 2008

Thanks for answering my question. I couldn't have had a nicer reply if I had been actively fishing for compliments. :o) About children's books and expenditure: Many or most of my children's books cost very little indeed, a quarter apiece at the thrift store (back in the day when - but even now the thrift stores often price children's books at 50 cents) or a dollar a bag as library discards. With all the library discards, my books don't always look that pretty on the shelves, but it's what's between the covers that I was interested in. I started buying children's books before I had children myself - although since I was 16 when I left home and 19 when I got married, I guess it's arguable whether I was still a child myself at the time.

Also thanks for the Shaun Tan recommendation. The Arrival really does look like a book I would love. I added it to LT and tagged it as a wanted book.

Last night I brought home a wonderful book from the library ($3 a bag sale), The Rabbi's Cat by Joann Sfar. The library had just done a clear-out of their graphic novels! I think they should have never got rid of that one. Their loss, my gain.

posted by muumi at 10:23 am (EST) on Jan 30, 2008

Thank you for adding my collection to your list of interesting libraries! I wouldn't mind spending a few days with your books either (there are a few Discworld books I've never been able to get my hands on - Nanny Ogg's cookbook, yes! - and you have TWO Molesworths I've never seen, and that's just for starters). I'm curious to know what aspect of my library you found interesting - if you don't mind telling me? Meanwhile I shall mark your library as interesting so I don't lose track of it. :D

posted by muumi at 10:37 pm (EST) on Jan 28, 2008

I really liked Heart-Shaped Box and am reading 20th Century Short Stories now. I am liking it as well. I think he has some real talent and am looking forward to his next novel. H-SBox was very different as far as ghost stories go and that's what caught me. That and it is very well written. It was VERY hard to put it down and I wound up reading it in a day and a half which is pretty fast for me these days!

As far as my collection goes, yes, my interests are pretty varied. I tend to look for the unusual as well. The cult type stories and just new, bizarre stuff. I still love my favorite science fiction and fantasy. Always will. But I like to explore as well.

Thanks again.

brett

posted by battlinjack at 7:58 pm (EST) on Jan 25, 2008

Thanks for your interest in my collection. I'm always curious as to what draws people to it.

Have you read 'Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill yet? What did you think?

brett

posted by battlinjack at 4:45 am (EST) on Jan 25, 2008

Hello,
Many thanks for adding me to your list of 'Interesting Libraries'. I am always pleased when someone does this as it seems to prove that I am doing something right with my collection. It has taken me a long,long time to put it together,but it has been a true labour of love.
Looking through your list I see that you have an interesting load of books yourself,with strong lists of Crime fiction and Fantasy.I shall have to trawl through these for ideas when I've got a little time to spare.
In the meantime I hope that you enjoy going through my Library,and if you have any questions or want any titles recommending do let me know and I will try to help.
Finally I spotted that your Neil Gaiman quotation on your Profile page is similar to the one on mine quoted from 'The Anatomy of Bibliomania'.
Best wishes from one part of the UK to another.

posted by devenish at 12:22 pm (EST) on Jan 9, 2008

hi :) gotcha in Contacts now!
this is gonna take up a lotta time innit?! LOL

posted by meglimir at 2:31 pm (EST) on Jul 5, 2007

Thanks for your message - I haven't logged in to librarything for a while so I only just found your message. I find that the 1st eds of Christies are affordable if they are the books published later (50's 60's 70's) those early ones though are very expensive. However I think the prices are sometimes inflated by sellers on ebay for instance. I'm glad you liked "...Kevin" I went to a talk by Lionel shriver in October - it was great - it really set her work in context.

posted by Heaven-Ali at 3:38 pm (EST) on Mar 29, 2007

I recognize your assessment of Buick 8, and it's comparison with Christine. I agree, and also that it represents an expanded frame of reference and maturity in Stephen King himself.

Damn Opin

posted by damnopin at 9:33 am (EST) on Mar 11, 2007

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