Member lauralkeet(she/her)
- Collections
- All collections (1,946), Your library (955), Removed from Library (951), Contained-Ins (40), To read (171), Currently reading (3), Favorites (62), Virago Modern Classics (315), Great Britain & Ireland (848), North America (790), Rest of World (268), Pending (7)
- Tags
- Clouds
- Tag Cloud, Author Cloud, Tag Mirror
- Media
- Groups
- 75 Books Challenge for 2015, 75 Books Challenge for 2016, 75 Books Challenge for 2018, 75 Books Challenge for 2019, 75 Books Challenge for 2020, 75 Books Challenge for 2021, 75 Books Challenge for 2022, 75 Books Challenge for 2023, 75 Books Challenge for 2024, 75 Books Challenge for 2025, 75 Books Challenge for 2026, A Group Thank You, Anglophiles, Barbara Pym, Booker Prize, Needlearts, One LibraryThing, One Book, Orange January/July, The Prizes, The Red Room, Virago Modern Classics
- Joined
- Oct 13, 2006
- Real Name
- Laura
- About My Library
This library consists of books I've read (tagged by year), or plan to read (tagged "tbr"). I don't own all of the books listed, and there are many in my home that I haven't cataloged. I try to review every book I read.
I track and talk about my reading in the 2026 75 Books Challenge group:Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
my Wiki Page is an archive of links to personal threads from a variety of LT groups and group reads, past & present.
My Rating System
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Bleah
- About Me
I live in Purcellville, Virginia and am married with 2 adult daughters. My husband Chris and I are both retired, and spend a lot of our time on projects in and around our 1791 farmhouse and gardens. We are both avid readers as well. I also enjoy knitting, weaving, gardening, cooking/baking, and music of just about any genre.
I read mostly fiction and especially enjoy books by and about women, prizewinners, and classics (including Virago Modern Classics & Persephone Classics). I also enjoy intelligent, well-written mystery and suspense novels. I don't read as much non-fiction as I should but definitely appreciate narrative non-fiction and memoirs.
- Location
- Purcellville, Virginia, USA
- Homepage
- http://https://willowgreens.substack.com/
- Also On
- Currently Reading
- Favorite Authors
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Elizabeth von Arnim, Kate Atkinson, Jane Austen, Wendell Berry, Anita Brookner, Willa Cather, Louise Erdrich, Tana French, Elizabeth Gaskell, Kate Grenville, Kent Haruf, Winifred Holtby, Claire Keegan, Barbara Kingsolver, Jhumpa Lahiri, Penelope Lively, Hilary Mantel, Toni Morrison, Sarah Moss, Iris Murdoch, Ann Patchett, Barbara Pym, Marilynne Robinson, Donal Ryan, Vita Sackville-West, Wallace Stegner, John Steinbeck, Elizabeth Strout, Elizabeth Taylor, Rose Tremain, Anthony Trollope, Jesmyn Ward, Edith Wharton, Niall Williams, Jacqueline Woodson
- Favorite Lists
- Local Favorites
Bookstores: Baldwin's Book Barn, Birch Tree Bookstore, Book Trader, Bookhaven, Books and Other Found Things, Harriett's Bookshop, Harts Books, Joseph Fox Bookshop, Kennett Square Resale Book Shoppe, McNally Jackson - Nolita, Middleburg Books, Persephone Books, Skoob Books, Strand Bookstore, The Bibliobarn, The Book Thing of Baltimore, Inc., Winchester Book Gallery
Libraries: Purcellville Library
Recent Activity
Member Connections
- Friends
- alcottacre, aluvalibri, AMQS, atozgrl, avaland, BLBera, bleuroses, brenzi, cabegley, Cariola, Caroline_McElwee, Christopher_Lindsay, Crazymamie, dchaikin, Donna828, dudes22, EBT1002, gautherbelle, japaul22, juliette07, kambrogi, katiekrug, KimB, kiwidoc, laytonwoman3rd, Liz1564, LizzieD, MaggieO, marise, MickyFine, mrstreme, msf59, raidergirl3, rbhardy3rd, Sakerfalcon, SandDune, scaifea, sibylline, souloftherose, Soupdragon, teelgee, tiffin, vancouverdeb, vivians, Whisper1, witchyrichy, writestuff
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