Member divinenanny(she/her)

About My Library

What kind of books do I like?
My taste in books has changed a lot over the years. When I started really reading a lot (as a young teenager) I loved fantasy. My dad gave me some books of his to read, even though he liked SF better. In my late teens/early twenties I read a lot of historical fiction (early medieval/medieval period) and historical adventures (Da Vinci Code and anything like it). Slowly I gravitated back to fantasy, and discovered science fiction.

Science fiction is my main passion now. I collect it, analyse it, read it, love it. I try to read outside of my own bubble, from fantasy and horror, to main stream literature.

I used to read almost exclusively books I own, and almost never borrow. I am always "a bit" behind in reading of my shelves, although recently I have been trying to at least read what I have last bought first, before buying more. My collection is mainly science fiction. When collecting I nearly always buy second hand, in English. I don't mind the edition or form (hardcover/paperback) that much, but do have a soft spot for old books and pretty editions.

Anything I read before I started keeping lists of dates read I give the read dates of 2003-01-01/2003-01-02, even if the book is published after that time. I just have no clue when I read them. I need to work on tagging. I'll at least keep genre tags (my own genres :D) and am working on subject tags, at least for time, location and historical personalities.

About Me

I studied Cultural Heritage and love to read. I work as a software tester. I'm a fan of Bette Midler (that explains my four copies of A view from a broad). I love history, especially the middle ages (preferably early middle ages). I also game, crochet, knit, cross stitch, diamond paint, and sew.

In my spare time I channel my LT grievances into my own digital book catalogue, written in MySQL and PHP (Laravel). For me these grievances are:
- import/export/backup
- registration of stories/novelettes/novella's/poems in magazines, anthologies and collections
- registration of magazines/magazine issues
- stats about my collection and reading behavior
- clean data about works/editions and "authors"
- registration of lists/awards
- link/dataloading from known trusted sources (ISFDB + WWE)

It's also a great side-project for me to learn more about database design, PHP development, MVC frameworks, servers, automated tests, code quality, repositories, scripts, scraping, connecting databases, data quality, mobile development etc. The code/design isn't (and won't be) available online, but I am always happy to talk to people about it.

Location

NL

Homepage

http://www.divinenanny.nl

Memberships

TinyCat

Currently Reading

Middlemarch by George Eliot

The Big Book of Science Fiction by Ann VanderMeer

Favorite Authors

Douglas Adams, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Isaac Asimov, Margaret Atwood, Iain M. Banks, Greg Bear, Steve Berry, Alfred Bester, Max Brooks, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Arthur C. Clarke, David Eddings, Stephen Fry, Ursula K. Le Guin, Joe Haldeman, Frank Herbert, Tom Holland, Kazuo Ishiguro, Elizabeth Kostova, Bette Midler, China Miéville, Rita Monaldi, Haruki Murakami, Rick Riordan, Patrick Rothfuss, Neal Stephenson, Thomas Thiemeyer, J. R. R. Tolkien, Philipp Vandenberg, John Wyndham

Member Connections

Friends

clamairy, cmbohn, DebbievdZande, FiveBooks, hfglen, HiramHolliday, ijderaap, KellyManzo, LauraBethR, Lotusbibliotheek, Luchtpint, MartijnL, Oodwerc, sabdasagar, Storeetllr, Tammiejx, Travis1259, wookiebender

Interesting Library

Bibliotecaboy, boekenwijs, Busifer, cactus, cushlareads, DevourerOfBooks, dkathman, katylit, libraryhermit, luklaer, PhilipPoulenc, s.e.c.