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Real Name

Cynthia Frakes

About My Library

My library consists of books about comparative religion and Christian theology; mathematics, computers, technology and science; politics and history; food, cooking and gastronomy; health and exercise; psychology and sociology; knitting, crochet and fiber arts; and animals, nature, and, last but not least, cats (I live with four of them).

With respect to fiction, I read both classic literature and contemporary fiction, including but not limited to, mysteries, true crime and short stories.

About Me

I treasure the life of the mind and the written word and believe that what we choose to read contributes to who we are. I am an avid reader of all formats--hardcover, paperback and digital and tend to read five or more books continuously--usually one each about politics, history, religion/spirituality, technology and fiction.

Location

New York, NY

Memberships

TinyCat

LibraryThing Early Reviewers

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Amazon, Facebook, Goodreads, Ravelry, Twitter

Currently Reading

Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man: The Early Years by Thomas Mann

Philosophy as a Way of Life: History, Dimensions, Directions (Re-inventing Philosophy as a Way of Life) by Matthew Sharpe

Favorite Authors

Karen Armstrong, Margaret Atwood, Mark Bittman, G. K. Chesterton, Forrest Church, Paulo Coelho, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, George Eliot, Betty Friedan, Eric Hobsbawm, Pam Johnson-Bennett, Barbara Kingsolver, Wally Lamb, C. S. Lewis, Thomas Mann, Thomas Mann, Toni Morrison, Joyce Carol Oates, Lorna J. Sass, Francis A. Schaeffer, Howard Thurman, John Walkenbach, Jim Wallis

Favorite Lists

Exposing the Man Behind the Curtain, Non-Fiction Worth Reading

Local Favorites

Bookstores: Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Lincoln Triangle, BookCourt, Books of Wonder (Downtown), Borders - Manhattan - Columbus Circle, Heights Books, Shakespeare and Co. Broadway, Shakespeare and Co. Gramercy, Strand Bookstore

Libraries: Brooklyn Public Library - Central Library, New York Public Library - Donnell Library Center, New York Public Library - Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, New York Public Library - Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL), New York Public Library - Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

Other: Brecht Forum, New York Society for Ethical Culture, Union Theological Seminary campus, The American Museum of Natural History (New York, USA), Brooklyn Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of the City of New York

Member Connections

Friends

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Interesting Library

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