Member: quondame

CollectionsNon-Fiction (203), Online (3), Did Not Finish (13), Dolls (5), Goodreads (581), F&SF (2,915), Read but unowned (2,737), Your library (1,374), Clothing, Costume and Fashion (125), Crafts (98), Food, Cooking (15), SCA (87), Part of Owned Omnibus (58), Haven't read, unlikely to (13), Wishlist (32), To read (27), Favorites (20), All collections (4,332)

Reviews1,694 reviews

TagsRe-Read (724), 2019 (391), 2020 (339), 2021 (292), Historic (247), Mike's (246), Special Shelf (239), Costume (104), 2022 (89), 1970s (82) — see all tags

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About meI have a book problem. If I am not reading I get anxious. I read between 200&300 books a year, mostly F&SF from one of our wonderful local libraries. I am retired from being a computer geek, and like dressing up in historic costume and sitting outdoors in the park with my SCA friends, but am likely to bring my kindle with me.
I rate books based both on how much I like them and on narrative integrity and the lack of what seems to me to be authorial self indulgence. If the setting of the book is minimally presented or relentlessly unappealing, the characters, style, pacing, and plot had best be excellent. That said, I have about 200 books on a shelf that I go to when I need a comfort read. These aren't always the books I would rate most highly.

About my libraryThere are thousands of books, comic books, records and DVDs at our house. I've been buying F&SF book and costuming books for decades, my husband also buys F&SF plus comics, DVDs, vinyl lps, and we still can play laser discs. We both like Gene Wolfe, Terry Pratchett, Lois McMaster Bujold and J.K. Rowling, but after that our preferences split.

Groups2018 ROOT (READ OUR OWN TOMES), 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, Caid, Club Read 2019, Club Read 2020, Club Read 2021 —show all groups, Club Read 2022, Name that Book, SCA, Science Fiction Fans, The Attolian Conspiracy, The Green Dragon

Favorite authorsJane Austen, Lois McMaster Bujold, C. J. Cherryh, Jo Clayton, Kate Elliott, Ursula K. Le Guin, Terry Pratchett, J. R. R. Tolkien, Connie Willis, Gene Wolfe (Shared favorites)

VenuesFavorites

Favorite bookstoresChildren's Book World

Favorite librariesCounty of Los Angeles Public Library - Culver City, Los Angeles Public Library - Palms-Ranch Park Branch, Santa Monica Public Library - Main Library

Favorite listsTML 200 Best Books 1950-1999, Top Five Books of 2020

MembershipER. LibraryThing Early Reviewers

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Real nameSusan

LocationLos Angeles

Account typepublic

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Member sinceNov 28, 2017