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Real Name

Therese

About My Library

Semi-organized, but I can usually put my finger on what I want.

About Me

Some favorite genres/subjects: fiction--Southern US, Latin American, Northern European, mystery, literary, historical, humor; nonfiction--birding, natural history, American & European history, historical biography, medicine, health, science, travel, Italy and all things Italian

Location

Philadelphia, PA

Memberships

TinyCat

Currently Reading

The Case of the Missing Maid (Harriet Morrow Investigates Book 1) by Rob Osler

The Odyssey by Homer

Favorite Authors

Fredrik Backman, Chris Bohjalian, Michael Chabon, Anita Diamant, Clyde Edgerton, Joseph J. Ellis, Louise Erdrich, Jeffrey Eugenides, Barbara Gowdy, Ursula Hegi, Carl Hiaasen, Jonas Jonasson, Halldór Laxness, Donna Leon, Gabriel García Márquez, Claire Messud, Howard Norman, Stewart O'Nan, Jodi Picoult, Annie Proulx, Mary Roach, Richard Russo, Cynthia Shearer, Carol Shields, Georges Simenon, Jane Smiley, Lee Smith, Brady Udall, Scott Weidensaul, Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Favorite Lists

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, Banned or Challenged Books, Best Biographies of Notable Women, Best Mysteries With a Historical Setting, Books That Changed Our Perspective, Books We Discovered On LibraryThing, Books We Loved As Children, Books We Want To Read Again For The First Time, Books With the Most Memorable Titles, EU Fiction: 1950-2022, Favorite Animal Non-Fiction, The Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read, Pleasant Surprises: Books That Exceeded Our Expectations, Pre-1969 LGBTQ Literature, School Made Us Read It, Stories of War and Revolution

Local Favorites

Bookstores: AIA Bookstore & Design Center (Philadelphia Center for Architecture), Baldwin's Book Barn, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Willow Grove, Brattleboro Books, Commonplace Reader, Drury Lane Books, Everyone's Books, Giovanni's Room, Labyrinth Books, Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Mystery Lovers Bookshop, Newtown Bookshop, Philly AIDS Thrift At Giovanni's Room, The Book Cellar, The Doylestown Bookshop

Libraries: Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Horsham Township Library, National Constitution Center, North Hills Community Branch, Upper Dublin Public Library, Penn Museum Library, The Library Company of Philadelphia, The Rosenbach Museum & Library, University of Pennsylvania Van Pelt Library, Yardley-Makefield Branch, Bucks County Public Libraries

Other: The Franklin Institute Science Museum

Member Connections

Friends

chained_bear, colleenkane, dawnlovesbooks, dojero, dvdbokbulimiker, Ecrivaine32, elgiad007, faceinbook, freelancer27, frindley, lampbane, nana_walrus, oroboros, picoultfan, Prolagus, rolig, slumry, Treeseed, VanishedOne, yarb

Interesting Library

BenjaminFranklin, C.S._Lewis, CarsonMcCullers, ChrisBohjalian, dawnlovesbooks, DDEisenhower, dojero, Ecrivaine32, FlanneryOConnor, FrederickDouglass, GeorgeWCarver, HannahArendtLibrary, IntlSpaceStation, JohnFKennedy, JohnMuirLibrary, lampbane, LouisArmstrong, marilynmonroelibrary, marktwainlib, MartinLutherKingJr, NYCAudubon, picoultfan, Prolagus, RosaParksBooks, RuthBaderGinsburg, SteinToklasLibrary, WoolfLibrary

Contacts

ChrisBohjalian, ColumMcCann, matthewpearl, treid23, wanteng