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Member: yosarian

CollectionsYour library (681), Currently reading (4), To read (228), e-books and online stories (12), bookshop stock read (41), library books (33), All collections (755)

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TagsTBR (229), folio society (131), sci-fi (85), 999 challenge (85), humour (71), crime (66), audio book (66), short stories (59), history (51), english literature (45) — see all tags

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Groups1001 Books to read before you die, 999 Challenge, Ancient History, Audiobooks, Club Read 2009, Folio Society devotees, Gardening, James Bond: Double-0 Heaven, Reviews reviewed, The Europe Endless Challenge — show all groups , What the Dickens...?

Favorite authorsJ. G. Ballard, Ray Bradbury, Raymond Chandler, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Jasper Fforde, Ian Fleming, Dashiell Hammett, Joseph Heller, Ernest Hemingway, James Herriot, Jack Kerouac, Elmore Leonard, George Orwell, Will Self, P. G. Wodehouse (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresBarter Books, Black Flame Books

Favorite librariesEast End Library, The Literary and Philosophical Society (The Lit and Phil)

About meI've been reading LibraryThing chat forums for a long time now and have bought and read some very interesting books from the conversations and recommendations on it. So many in fact that I finally decided to join myself and to try and follow some of the challenges if for no other reason than to keep track of what I do read. One of the worst things I find is I read a book and after a couple of years can remember no more about it than I read it.
I hope to be able to add reviews of books I read from now on here to try and stop this memory-deficient problem and as I go along to add books from my library onto here as well based on the proviso than not only have I read them but that I can remember them!
I'm very fortunate because my partner is an avid reader as well and we enjoy nothing more than relaxing after work and reading, trying not to be too distracted by our attention seeking cat who always wants more food than is good for him. Our dream is to open up an old fashioned bookstore with plenty of quiet corners for regular visitors to come and enjoy books and share with us their thoughts on their favourite books.

My 999 Challenge - so far - can be found here;
http://www.librarything.com/topic/54572

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About my libraryI'm a sucker for weekly / fortnightly collections as I find it's a good way to get books I wouldn't normally buy, so I have a quite varied collection of fiction, from The Great Writer's collection of authors over the last 400 years to the Banned Books collection published recently by a newspaper which are mainly 20th century writers.
I'm also very interested in History and historical figures so have a lot of biographies I have yet to get around to reading. I'm hoping that by using the idea of reading so many books per year from several different categories I can get through more than just my usual mix of crime or sci-fi I tend to read.
I've joined the 999 challenge, I think that the categories of books I've chosen there tell you more about my library than I could say here and I look forward to talking to people who have read books I am reading or have read and sharing ideas and opinions on them.

LocationNewcastle upon Tyne

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Member sinceJan 7, 2009

Currently readingLondon: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd
Crime Stories from the Strand by Various
People of the Book: A Novel by Geraldine Brooks
Panic by Jeff Abbott