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Jan 20, 2006
Real Name
Graham McGrew
About My Library
Kept in a hermetically sealed underground vault with unvarying humidity and temperature. Can be admired through crystal portals. Can be read with iron gauntlets. Can be seen with holes in night. Holds steady at 88 volumes, one for each of the fallen heroes. Identification of a fallen hero garners a prize. Unfurl your banner at the old stump. Wait.
About Me
I have made temporary nightstands out of stacked books. Disrespectful? No! And some of them lasted for months or years. Don't use any books in heavy rotation. I have been known to bring in books to trade for sandwiches and instead come home with fresh used book finds. My three favorite books are The Royal Family by William Vollmann, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Murakami, and Ada by Nabokov. The book I added to my LibraryThing catalog most recently is The Animal Family by Randall Jarrell. Watch this space
Location
Santa Cruz, CA
Homepage
http://adeerinthemeadowasandwichinthenight.blogspot.com/
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