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Aaron
About My Library
I use LibraryThing as a reading diary. I'm interested in Scottish writing (e.g. Muriel Spark, Alasdair Gray, Robert Louis Stevenson) the Gothic (Mervyn Peake, Neil Gaiman, Kelly Link) and YA (John Green, Rainbow Rowell, Maureen Johnson), amongst other things.
About Me
Nerdfighter, music snob, ex-literature student, lover of Americana, melancholic, ex-fundamentalist Christian. If you're reading this, say hi!
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