Member floremolla(she/her)
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- All collections (1,216), Non-fiction completed (24), biography/autobiography/memoir (4), Part of Complete Works (1), Walking/climbing (7), Children/YA (35), ebook (20), antiquarian (28), audiobook (41), Lifestyle (4), Travel (6), Landscapes and nature (30), Humour (6), Health and fitness (4), History (40), Plants, gardens and gardening (96), Planning and related (24), Politics and philosophy (13), Unfinished (18), 1001 BYMRBYD (264), Low priority for reading (6), Fiction completed (455), Interiors (10), Art (41), Poetry (24), English language, grammar etc (11), Cookery (26), Your library (991), Wishlist (148), Currently reading (1), To read (122), Read but unowned (64), Favorites (15)
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- fiction (39), audiobook (13), romantic poetry (4), poetry (4), classic fiction (4), antiquarian (4), historical fiction (3), crime (3), Audiobook (2), Fiction (2), Scotland (2), cookery (2), interiors (2), quotations (1), WW1 (1), short stories (1), fish cookery (1), Plants (1), landscape architecture (1), gardening (1), lifestyle (1), Glasgow (1), history (1), non-fiction (1), English grammar (1)
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- Apr 19, 2015
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- Donna
- About My Library
- My library reflects the fact I much prefer fiction - the non-fiction tends to be interest-related (gardening, art, interiors, cooking) or books I've been given as gifts.
Some books are favourites because I read them at a particular time in my life and they made an impression, some for sheer enjoyment or for admiration for the writer's craft. They include To Kill a Mockingbird, First Love, Last Rites, Waiting for the Barbarians, Cloud Atlas, and Pride and Prejudice.
As well as classic authors such as Austen and Dickens, favourites I return to often include David Mitchell, Jim Crace, JM Coetzee, Kazuo Ishiguro, Haruki Murakami, Julian Barnes, William Boyd, Donna Tartt, Ali Smith, Sebastian Barry and Ian McEwan.
I use [1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die] as a sort of guide, not to be followed slavishly, and once read, I tend to keep these in my library. - About Me
b. 1959 - Scot, mother of two, retired town planner, garden designer, dabbler in various arty activities
Reading aims are to mix ambitious reads with a few potboilers and to learn something new along the way.- Location
- Perthshire, Scotland
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