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Joined: Jan 25, 2006

Real Name: Anne
About My Library: I have found LibraryThing a wonderful distraction from the demands of real life.

My books reflect my interests in
* SF - books
* fiction - C19 and early C20, obscure stuff from Project Gutenberg, reprints etc.
* mental health/madness/Mad Studies
* community education/development,
* social theory/sociology,
* LGBT/gender/sexuality
* women's fiction
* old Penguins and Pelicans (which I collect)
* Ireland (where I am from)
* Scotland (where I live)
and a whole lot else besides.

My rating system is
1 star - hated it/couldn't finish it/disagreed vehemently with it
2 star - meh, I read it/don't regret it but...
3 star - enjoyed it, learnt some stuff, happy not to own it
4 star - enjoyed it, learnt a lot from it, agreed with lots of it, will recommend it widely, would like to own it
5 star - love it, want to buy it if I don't already own it
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Homepage: http://ayenomaybe.tumblr.com
Also On: BookMooch
Favorite Authors: Karen Armstrong, Eleanor Arnason, Iain Banks, Alison Bechdel, Octavia E. Butler, Jonathan Coe, Samuel R. Delany, Jane Duncan, Elizabeth Gaskell, Nicola Griffith, Ursula K. Le Guin, Xiaolu Guo, Robin Hobb, bell hooks, Annie Lawson, Ed McBain, Nell McCafferty, Alice Miller, Flann O'Brien, Dorothy Rowe, Alison Sinclair, Joan Slonczewski, Sheri S. Tepper, Angela Thirkell, Sarah Waters, Cherry Wilder, Irvin Yalom
Local Favorites: Bookstores: Leakey's Bookshop, Word Power Bookshop