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About meI am a librarian and a book reader and cook. I am good at baking bread and pastries. Physically I live in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Spiritually I reside in my hometown of Munden, Kansas. I just moved into my first detached house. I am a renter and like the house, but will hate the lawn. Lawn mowers, walmart, car washes, and inadequate public transportation will be the ruination of this country.
About my libraryMy library is a cumulative list of books that I have read at any point in my life. I started with books in my possession when I joined Librarything and add books from my past as I remember them. Of course, I add books to my collection, it seems daily, and these go into my list when I acquire them.
Favorite Books of 2021
Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR's Great Supreme Court Justices by Noah Feldman
Jim Crow's Children: The Broken Promise of the Brown Decision by Peter Irons
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer
River-Horse: Across America By Boat by William Least Heat-Moon
Boat People by Sharon Bala
Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Bruno, Chief of Police series by Martin Walker
To Serve Them All My Days by R. F. Delderfield
Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
Favorite Books of 2020
Books by Deon Meyer
Bobiverse Trilogy by Dennis E. Taylor
Tidelands by Philippa Gregory
Black in Selma: The Uncommon Life of J. L. Chestnut, Jr. by J.L. Chestnut, Jr. and Julia Cass
Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Sugar by Bernice L. McFadden
Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradel
Labyrinth of the Spirits by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel
Book Collectors by Delphine Minoui
Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City by Russell Shorto
Glass House: The Shattering of the All-American Town by Brian
Favorite Books of 2019
Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
Empire Made: My Search For An Outlaw Uncle Who Disappeared in British India by Kief Hillsbery
Seventh Daughter: My Culinary Journey from Beijing to San Francisco by Cecilia Chiang
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Riding With Rilke: Reflections on Motorcycles and Books by Ted Bishop
Fasting and Feasting: The Life of Visionary Food Writer Patience Gray by Adam Federman
Travels With Herodotus by Ryszand Kapuscinski
Shanghai Faithful: Betrayal and Forgivness in a Chinese Christian Family by Jennifer Lin
Favorite Books of 2018
Machineries of Empire by Yoon Ha Lee
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
An American Insurrection: Battle for Oxford, Mississippi, 1962 by William Doyle
Dresden: Tuesday, February 13, 1945 by Frederick Taylor
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek by Maya Van Wagenen
American Canopy: Trees, Forests, and the Making of a Nation by Eric Rutkow
Illuminae Files by Amie Kaufmann and Jay Kristoff
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William FInnegan
Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies by Ross King
Seeing in the Dark: How Backyard Stargazers are Probing Deep Space and Saving Earth from Interplanetary Peril by Timothy Ferris
Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
Favorite Books of 2017
Queen of the Tearling series by Erika Johansen
Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neill
War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
Summerland by Michael Chabon
Red Queen series by Victoria Aveyard
Secret of Magic by Deborah Johnson
Favorite Books of 2016
Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay
Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas
Goddess War - trilogy by Kendare Blake
Favorite Books of 2015
Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively
Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the International Hunt for His Assassin by Hampton Sides
Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn series by Tony Hillerman
Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas
Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child by Bob Spitz
Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie
Favorite Books of 2014
Rotters by Daniel Kraus
Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain by Maria Rosa Menocal
Daughter of Smoke and Bone series by Liani Taylor
Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
Graceling series by Kristin Cashore
Wild Swans by Jung Chang
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Favorite Books of 2013
The Cousins' War series by Philippa Gregory
Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant
American Green: The Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Lawn by Ted Steinberg
Trudeau Vector by Juris Jurjevics
Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman
Master Butcher's Singing Club by Louise Erdrich
Favorite Books of 2012
Keeping the Faith: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives: A Memoir by Wayne Flynt
Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson
Piano Teacher by Janice Y. K. Lee
Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh
Out of This Furnace by Thomas Bell
Devil's Peak & Thirteen Hours by Deon Meyer
Favorite Books of 2011
Philosopher Fish: Sturgeon, Caviar, and the Geography of Desire by Richard Adams Carey
Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay
White Rhino Hotel, Cafe on the Nile, & Devil's Oasis by Bartle Bull
Redbreast, Nemesis, Devil's Star, & Snowman by Jo Nesbo
Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet by David Mitchell
Pompeii by Robert Harris
Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Favorite Books of 2010
D-Day: The Battle for Normandy by Antony Beevor
Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies
Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson
Piano Tuner by Daniel Philippe Mason
Sparrow & Children of God by Mary Doria Russell
Favorite Books of 2009
Manual of Detection by Jedediah Barry
Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by Gordon Dahlquist
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Oil on the Brain by Lisa Margonelli
$20 Per Gallon by Christopher Steiner
Favorite Books of 2008
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier
Possession by A. S. Byatt
Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
My Life in France by Julia Child
Groups2015 ROOT Challenge - (Read Our Own Tomes), 2016 ROOT Challenge - (Read Our Own Tomes), 2017 ROOT (READ OUR OWN TOMES), 2018 ROOT (READ OUR OWN TOMES), 2019 ROOT (READ OUR OWN TOMES), 2020 ROOT CHALLENGE, 2021 ROOT CHALLENGE, 2022 Category Challenge, 2022 ROOT CHALLENGE, 75 Books Challenge for 2010 —show all groups, 75 Books Challenge for 2014, 75 Books Challenge for 2015, 75 Books Challenge for 2016, 75 Books Challenge for 2017, 75 Books Challenge for 2018, 75 Books Challenge for 2019, 75 Books Challenge for 2020, 75 Books Challenge for 2021, 75 Books Challenge for 2022, Atlanta Bibliophiles, Books off the Shelf Challenge, Club Read 2016, Club Read 2017, Club Read 2020, Club Read 2021, Club Read 2022, LT Treasure Hunts, One LibraryThing, One Book, Reading Globally, ROOT - 2014 Read Our Own Tomes, The Green Dragon, What Are You Reading Now?
Favorite authorsMargaret Atwood, Libba Bray, Bartle Bull, Stieg Larsson, Colleen McCullough, Kate Morton, Haruki Murakami, Jo Nesbø (Shared favorites)
VenuesFavorites
Favorite bookstoresBarnes & Noble Booksellers - Tuscaloosa, Bookmiser - Roswell, GA, Causeway Books, Eclipse Coffee and Books - Montevallo, AL, Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe, Little Professor Book Center - Homewood, Page & Palette, Square Books, Tattered Cover Book Store - Historic LoDo, The Dusty Bookshelf, Trident Booksellers & Cafe, Von's Books
Favorite librariesHale Library (Main Library) - Kansas State University, Linen Hall Library - Belfast, Northern Ireland, Tuscaloosa Public Library, University of Alabama Libraries
Other favoritesBluestem Bistro - Manhattan, KS, Radina's Coffeehouse - Manhattan, KS
Favorite listsBooks Read in 2021
Real namebenita strnad
Locationtuscaloosa, alabama and munden, kansas
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Member sinceJan 20, 2008
Currently readingDoctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
Hill Road by Patrick O'Keeffe
Great War and Modern Memory: The Illustrated Edition by Paul Fussell
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein
Blacklisted!: Hollywood, the Cold War, and the First Amendment by Larry Dane Brimner
Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission by Barry Friedman
The Whole Shebang: A State-of-the-Universe(s) Report by Timothy Ferris
The Tilted World: A Novel by Tom Franklin
Henry Huggins (Morrow Junior Books) by Beverly Cleary
Sisters of the Resistance: A Novel of Catherine Dior's Paris Spy Network by Christine Wells
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