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Vienna 1900: Art, Architecture & Design by Kirk Varnedoe
Knit with Beads: Beautiful Gifts (Knit with Beads) by Scarlet Taylor
Chain Mail Jewelry: Contemporary Designs from Classic Techniques by Terry Taylor
Things a Woman Should Know about Style by Karen Homer
Flashman: A Novel (Flashman) by George MacDonald Fraser
Gilead: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson
Holidays on Ice: Stories by David Sedaris
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LibraryThing authors: Chitra Divakaruni (chitradivakaruni), David Liss (davidliss), Diana Gabaldon (diana.gabaldon), David Weinberger (dweinberger), Lisa See (lisasee)
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CollectionsYour library (596), Wishlist (3), Currently reading (5), All collections (596)
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TagsOwn (168), Fiction (104), Current reading list (44), Read (24), History (18), English (17), Books and Reading (13), own (13), Biography (13), Self Improvement (11) — see all tags
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Groups50 Book Challenge, Books on Books, The Coffee Trader: Early Winter 2009 Reading Group
Favorite bookstoresAvol's Bookstore, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - West Towne Mall, Borders - Madison West, The University Book Store
Favorite librariesMadison Public Library - Central Library, Memorial Library at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin Historical Society - Library and Archives
Other favoritesWisconsin Book Festival
About meThinking about joining the 999 Challenge (will overlap with 50 Book Challenge 2009) - this list is a work in progress:
I. Books about books, libraries, reading:
1. [A Universal History of the Destruction of Books], F. Baez
2. [Every Book Its Reader], Nicholas A. Basbanes
3. [The Library at Night], Alberto Manguel
II. Jane Austen-related:
1. [Tea with Jane Austen], Kim Wilson
2. [Northanger Abbey]
3. [Sense and Sensibility]
4. [Searching for Jane Austen], Emily Auerbach
5. [Jane Austen's Letters]
III. Other classics:
1. [Tess of the d'Urbervilles], Thomas Hardy
2. [Villette], Charlotte Bronte
3. [The Oxford Companion to the Brontes]
IV. Arts and Crafts:
1. [The Craftsman], R. Sennett
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V. History, especially the Middle Ages:
1. [The Making of the Middle Ages], R. W. Southern
2. [A World Lit Only by Fire], William Manchester
VI. Award winners:
1. [The Road], Cormac McCarthy
2. [March], Geraldine Brooks
VII. Started but not finished:
1. [Three Junes]
2. [Kafka on the Shore], Murakami
3. [You Are Not A Stranger Here], Adam Haslett
VIII. Radio books (NPR, TTBOOK, WPR, BBC, etc.):
1. [The Dark Flower], John Galsworthy
IX. A Wisconsin connection:
X. Personal development (self help!):
1. [Getting Things Done], David Allen
XI. Persephone Books:
XII. Biographies, Memoirs:
1. [Shakespeare: The World as Stage], Bill Bryson
About my librarystill cataloging....
LocationMadison, Wisconsin
Favorite authorsNone
Account typepublic, lifetime
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http://www.librarything.com/catalog/wi_jessamine (library)
Common KnowledgeSeries (50), Awards (176), Characters (1317), Places (308)
Member sinceFeb 1, 2007
Currently readingObama's Challenge: America's Economic Crisis and the Power of a Transformative Presidency by Robert Kuttner
The Library at Night by Alberto Manguel
Tea with Jane Austen by Kim Wilson
Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman (Modern Library Classics) by Thomas Hardy
The Mind-Beauty Connection: 9 Days to Reverse Stress Aging and Reveal More Youthful, Beautiful Skin (RealAge Books) by Amy Wechsler
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~Corrina
posted by callen610 at 8:14 am (EST) on Jan 1, 2009
Ok, here's some info to assist you with entering data:
For magazines, I try and enter collections of 25+ using a spreadsheet. If you want my sample spreadsheet, privately post your email address. It helps a HUGE amount for large magazine collections.
Here is a single issue of a couple magazines that were entered:
http://www.librarything.com/work/7118548... (the date is probably wrong; I'll get to that later)
http://www.librarything.com/work/details...
If you do have a collection, you might benefit by studying the Common Knowledge Details of the Needlecraft magazine; that allows you to post a single issue within the entire magazine's framework, both to see what you are missing and to create a series.
let me know if you need any more info; I'd be glad to help.
My fashion items go back to the 1800's, so I apparently have a rare library, but I never thought of it as rare until the last year or so! I think as more people start entering magazines, you and I will find more vintage fashion lovers. :)
vintage_books
posted by vintage_books at 6:01 pm (EST) on Dec 31, 2008
Thanks for your welcome, vintage_books. I'm looking forward to discussing The Coffee Trader, which I just started at lunch today. So far, so good. I'll head over to Highly Rated and join up. Just one question...do we start discussing the first 100 pages right away on Jan. 1, or do we wait until the end of the first period (Jan. 11, I think it was?).
On another note, I'm enthralled by your extensive colleciton of vintage fashion and clothing books and magazines. I love Selvedge magazine, but cringe everytime I spend the $ on one! I have good number of books (not vintage) about fashion, style, etc. which I have yet to enter in LT.
posted by wi_jessamine at 4:19 pm (EST) on Dec 30, 2008
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You asked such a great question be warned: I am going to re-post it in the Coffee Thread! Starting January 5, I will be posting Chapter Headings and questions. See the last group read for how we do it; it is amazingly simply to understand.
I wish you livd closer; I'd revel in the chance to share these with someone! Right now everything is in boxes; most everything is in storage. Do you like vintage fashion? What does your fashion library focus on?
Selvedge is a great magazine (like Baseline, a typography magazine also based out of the UK) and I find many of the foreign magazines much more in-depth for their subject matter than the US magazines. But those price tags are hefty indeed! :)
posted by vintage_books at 5:22 pm (EST) on Dec 30, 2008
We are so pleased you could join us, and hope you can also sign up for our Highly Rated Book Group Main page, where we list our book group reads!
See here for details:
http://www.librarything.com/groups/thehi...
Best,
vintage_books
posted by vintage_books at 1:37 pm (EST) on Dec 30, 2008