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CollectionsAudiobooks (14), Manuscripts & proofs (38), The Patersonian (91), Kotona (190), Ebooks (134), Currently reading (3), Read but unowned (282), Favorites (18), Work (18), All collections (741)

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Tagsfiction (527), british (218), 2010s (196), 2000s (187), non-fiction (180), britain (162), classic (150), Finnish (125), American (113), read in 2009 (102) — see all tags

MediaNot set (32), Book (699), Paper Book (553), Audiobook (13), Ebook (131), Unknown (10)

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About my libraryI use LibraryThing to record what I've read (but not what I have in my bookshelf or wishlist). Everything I've read – from cover to cover – since joining the site is here, plus everything I can recall having read before that, except non-classic children's and YA books.

I read anything that catches my attention but tend to like literary fiction the most. And I have a squishy-soft spot for personal development books. Some of my favourite themes in fiction are nostalgia, reforming oneself, succeeding against all odds and ordinary heroes. Why I like to read has been put into words perfectly in The History Boys by Alan Bennett:

The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – which you had thought special and particular to you. Now here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out and taken yours.

GroupsBug Collectors, Finnish Librarythingers

Favorite authorsJane Austen, Alan Bennett, Gerald Durrell, Virpi Hämeen-Anttila, Hugh Howey, Väinö Linna, Mary Renault, Laura Vanderkam, Maarit Verronen, Sarah Waters, P. G. Wodehouse (Shared favorites)