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About meI spent years working in bookstores. I have a "to be read" list that is ridiculously long, added to substantially by deciding to try to get through the 1001 Books list. (That "to be read" list has become so long that I no longer keep a list, in fact.) I'd read more, but I have too many other things I want to do as well!

Things I enjoy doing when I'm not reading - drawing, taking photographs, knitting, cross-stitching, crocheting, and watching tennis (I like Rafa Nadal, David Ferrer, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga), soccer (I prefer the Italian Serie A, but the Colorado Rapids will do in a pinch) and football (I'm a Broncos fan by geography).

About my libraryI'm kind of over keeping a lot of books - I have invested a fair amount of time in trying to read and get rid of books on my shelves. Accordingly, I expect the "My Library" category to get and stay small, but the "Read but Unowned" to expand. Eventually, I hope the listings here will really reflect what I have on the shelves, but it's not there yet.

Unless it's specifically tagged with "unread" or "unfinished," I've read it.

Groups1001 Books to read before you die, 75 Books Challenge for 2013, Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction, Club Read 2013, Colorado Bibliophiles, Fiber Arts, HMS Surprise, Knitters Inc., Made into a Movie, Non-Fiction Readers —show all groups, What Are You Reading Now?

Favorite authorsKen Kesey, Haruki Murakami (Shared favorites)

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Real nameUrsula

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Member sinceOct 5, 2005

Currently readingThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Bossypants by Tina Fey
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin

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Thanks for posting your thoughts on The Passage. I never noticed before that it's "retch" and not "wretch"! --Jenny

posted by GCPLreader at 11:55 am (EST) on Nov 26, 2011

Good luck at your Jeopardy audition! Please let us know if you make it.

posted by PaperbackPirate at 3:10 pm (EST) on Sep 26, 2010

Lovely profile picture. :)

posted by perlle at 8:25 pm (EST) on Sep 16, 2010

Noticed you liked The Virgin Suicides, 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's also about a dysfunctional family and a bit dark. 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). Let me know if you're interested. Here's a link to a summary in case you're interested:

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 11:03 am (EST) on Jul 14, 2009

Thanks for the update on the new Daniel Mason. Every now and again I do pick up a "old" reader's copy...I read Allegra Goodman's Intuition after it came out. I just finished an ARC called "Blood Spilt" by Swedish author Asa Larsson. It's a psychological thriller populated by a fair number of interesting female characters and quite a few animals (wild and domestic). I liked it. I often read mysteries as literary "palate cleansers" between other kinds of books; helps the transition, I suppose. Now I have to decide which one next...

posted by avaland at 11:39 am (EST) on Nov 14, 2006

Have you read the new Daniel Mason yet? We are two of three that have it (I also work in a bookstore and I mailed an extra ARC to a LThinger in AUS; she has the third copy). I was a big fan of the Piano Tuner. My pile of ARCs (old and new) is ridiculously large...as yours also must be...

posted by avaland at 11:11 am (EST) on Nov 3, 2006