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1,657 Books 11 Collections 182 Reviews 4 Recommendations

Collections: All collections (1,657), Your library (958), Wishlist (130), Currently reading (1), To read (154), Read but unowned (568), Gardening (78), Bill's Books (59), Piano Books (28), Scan Cover (430), Abandoned (4), To Donate (3)
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Groups: Almack's, Atwoodians, Awful Lit., Birds, Birding & Books, Board for Extreme Thing Advances, Club Read 2009, Club Read 2010, Club Read 2011, Crime, Thriller & Mystery, Girlybooks, Historical Fiction, Historical Mysteries, Le Salon Littéraire du Peuple pour le Peuple, Legacy Libraries, Monthly Author Reads, National Novel Writing Month (Nanowrimo), Needlearts, Orange January/July, The Random Group for Fogies and Curmudgeons of All Ages, Virago Modern Classics, What Are You Reading Now?
Joined: Nov 2, 2006

Real Name

Tracy

About My Library

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Most of the books in my library are 20th and 21st century fiction along with a good selection of American and English poetry and fiction from earlier days. I have a more-sizable-than-expected gardening/environmental collection as well. I enjoy a good mystery, but usually end up donating those to the local library.

My Rating System

I may seem rather capricious in the way in which I rate books, but my system makes sense - or at least it does to me. Generally, I rate like books against other like books. My rational for this is that standards for a spy novel are different from those for literary fiction, which is different from historical fiction, which is different from cookbooks or gardening books. So, If you see that both a mass market mystery and a Willa Cather book are rated with 4 stars, then just remember that I hold Cather to a different standard than the mystery writer.

My Collections and Tags

I think my collections are fairly self-explanatory.

The first 4-5 tags of all my books are very similar:

Genre - Century Written - Nationality of Author (a bit fuzzy, I know) - Sub-Genre (sometimes) - A Few Other Standards (Early Reviewer, VMC)

Once I've read the book, I'll first add the following tags where applicable:

Significant Places in the Book - Decade of the Book (i.e., 1970s) - Year I Read It (only noted since I joined LT)

Then I'll add several subject tags, or other tags that signify something I found of interest in the book.

About Me

I live in the the suburbs of Minneapolis, Minnesota. My hobbies are gardening, reading, music and cooking. I have a wonderful husband who reads but doesn't "get" LT. Huh? That cute mutt in my profile picture is Brix. He would rather lounge in the sun than read a book, but I love him anyway.

My 2011 Reading Thread

My Wishlist

My 2010 Reading Thread
My 2009 Reading Thread - Part II (May - December)
My 2009 Reading Thread - Part I (January - April)
My 2008 50 Book Challenge Thread
Christiguc's Virago Modern Classics List

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