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About My Library
I am using LibraryThing to record everything that I have read. Due to a few moves, I have had to substantially reduce the number of books I own. However, I still want to keep track of what I have read and my thoughts regarding the book. I also keep track of my 'to read' list here. Everything is tagged appropriately. For books that I have read in the last few years, I have added a date tag.

Included here are books, books on CD and some music CD's. My primary reading interests are fantasy, mystery and biography.
About Me
I am a librarian by profession and a self-professed book-a-holic. I have been reading voraciously since I was 10. I usually have about three books going at any given time. Also, I have no qualms about not finishing a book I do not like. Life is too short to read bad books!
Location
Oak Park, IL
Currently Reading
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick M. Lencioni
The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
The brief history of the dead by Kevin Brockmeier
Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea by Nancy Atherton
Against the Brotherhood by Quinn Fawcett
Hand in Glove by Ngaio Marsh
Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
The night watch by Sarah Waters
The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue
Long Spoon Lane by Anne Perry
Hollywood Stuff : A Jane Wheel Mystery by Sharon Fiffer
Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan
Highgate Rise by Anne Perry
Something rotten by Jasper Fforde
To say nothing of the dog, or, How we found the bishop's bird stump at last by Connie Willis
Grief: A Novel by Andrew Holleran
Cardington Crescent by Anne Perry
Cycle of Fire Trilogy by Janny Wurts
The Big Over Easy: A Nursery Crime by Jasper Fforde
Fragile things : short fictions and wonders by Neil Gaiman
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
The BFG by Roald Dahl
Freedom & Necessity by Steven Brust
Building a Legacy: The Restoration of Frank Lloyd Wright's Oak Park Home and Studio
Firebirds Rising: An Original Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy by Francesca Lia Block
Casseroles: A Collection of Over 440 One-Pot Recipes - Straight from the Kitchens of Taste of Home Readers by Taste of Home Magazine Editors
Death in the Orchid Garden by Ann Ripley
The body in the ivy : a Faith Fairchild mystery by Katherine Hall Page
Valiant : a modern tale of faerie by Holly Black
Hood by Stephen R. Lawhead
Waking the moon by Elizabeth Hand
The Art of Mingling: Proven Techniques for Mastering Any Room by Jeanne Martinet
The Annotated Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
Snobbery with violence by Marion Chesney
Richard Nickel's Chicago : photographs of a lost city by Richard Cahan
The cake book by Tish Boyle
Unhinged: A Home Repair is Homicide Mystery by Sarah Graves
Awareness heals : the Feldenkrais method for dynamic health by Steven Shafarman
Horst : his work and his world by Valentine Lawford
Many Bloody Returns
Sick of Shadows by Marion Chesney
The Sceptred Isle Club by Brent Monahan
The First Year: IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)--An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed by Heather Van Vorous
Guided Meditations: For Calmness, Awareness, and Love by Bodhipaksa
No vulgar hotel : the desire and pursuit of Venice by Judith Martin
Cook's Illustrated 2006 by Cook's Illustrated Magazine
Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations by Georgina Howell
Flora Segunda by Ysabeau S. Wilce
The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
How the Hangman Lost His Heart by K. M. Grant
The Lighthouse by P. D. James
Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
Hero by Perry Moore
When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Screen doors and sweet tea : recipes and tales from a Southern cook by Martha Hall Foose
Someday this pain will be useful to you by Peter Cameron
You, on a diet : the owner's manual to waist management by Michael F. Roizen
The Red Tent: A Novel by Anita Diamant
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
For the Sake of Elena by Elizabeth George
The Order of Odd-Fish by James Kennedy
The House at Riverton: A Novel by Kate Morton
Why didn't they ask Evans? by Agatha Christie
The Actor's Guide To Adultery by Rick Copp
American Country Houses of the Gilded Age (Sheldon's "Artistic Country-Seats") by A. Lewis
Baked To Death (Simon Kirby-Jones Mysteries) by Dean James
The Kiss Murder by Mehmet Murat Somer
North Shore Chicago: Houses of the Lakefront Suburbs, 1890-1940 (Suburban Domestic Architecture Series) by Stuart Earl Cohen
Ranger's Apprentice: The Sorcerer of the North by John Flanagan
The Bellini Card: A Novel by Jason Goodwin
The Second Siege: Book Two of The Tapestry by Henry H. Neff
A Spoonful of Poison by M.C. Beaton
Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 9) by Charlaine Harris
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance - Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! by Jane Austen
Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
AIA Guide to Chicago by Alice Sinkevitch
Death of a Witch: A Hamish Macbeth Mystery (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries) by M. C. Beaton
Brini Maxwell's Guide to Gracious Living: Tips, Tricks, Recipes, and Ideas to Make Your Life Bloom by Brini Maxwell
Flannery: A Life of Flannery O'Connor by Brad Gooch
Sad Cypress: A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie
The Navigator (The Navigator Trilogy) by Eoin McNamee
Five Little Pigs: A Hercule Poirot mystery by Agatha Christie
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Andromeda Klein by Frank Portman
The Fleet Street Murders by Charles Finch
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma by Trenton Lee Stewart
The Case of the Missing Servant: A Vish Puri Mystery by Tarquin Hall
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Bookstores: Barbara's Bookstore - Oak Park, Borders - Oak Park, Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore, Left Bank Books, Magic Tree Bookstore, The Book Table

Libraries: Oak Park Public Library - Main Library, Oak Park Public Library - Maze Branch

Other: Friends of the Oak Park Public Library Annual Book Fair

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