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- Jan 28, 2026
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- Kim Odenweller
- About My Library
Some about my library:
My house contains approximately 2500 - 3000 physical books. My kindle has about 1000 non-physical books. This current library of mine is on the small side. I used to have many more physical books however, I lost quite a few of them of them moving back and forth across the USA several times and not being able to take all of them with me.
More about my library later.
Additional: Reading The Coffee Trader by David Liss back in '04 led to an intense interest in Amsterdam on my part and so some twenty plus years later I still am discovering more and more fascinating things about the city all the time. Thanks David Liss! :)
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- About Me
Some about me:
I immensely love books and reading. I thank my parents for my love of books. My mother taught me to read when I was two years old. By second grade I was reading college level books. I read mostly nonfiction as a child and on up until half way through my twenties. I have however, always had a soft spot for science-fiction (and fantasy). These days I read both fiction and nonfiction regularly. I'm a fast reader, although as I'm now a senior citizen I have slowed down a slight bit. Also, I need new glasses. Haha!
My mother was a librarian. My father is a book collector. His library contains many more books than mine. He has warehouses full.
Oh yeah ~ I'm also an artist.
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- Madison, Wisconsin 53703
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- Michelle Alexander, Sherman Alexie, Jane Austen, Martin Gardiner Bernal, William Blake, Ray Bradbury, E. A. Wallis Budge, Octavia E. Butler, A. S. Byatt, Joseph Campbell, Caleb Carr, John le Carré, Gail Carriger, Lewis Carroll, Phyllis Chesler, Bernard Cornwell, Mary Daly, Angela Y. Davis, Samuel R. Delany, William G. Dever, Philip K. Dick, Arthur Conan Doyle, Dorothy Dunnett, Umberto Eco, Barbara Ehrenreich, Robert H. Eisenman, Susan Faludi, Israel Finkelstein, Betty Friedan, Elizabeth Gaskell, William Gibson, Robert Graves, Claudia Gray, Germaine Greer, Luo Guanzhong, Ursula K. Le Guin, Janice Hadlow, Stephen Hawking, Douglas Hofstadter, India Holton, bell hooks, Aldous Huxley, Naomi Klein, Edward Kritzler, Fonda Lee, Shannon Lee, Charles de Lint, David Liss, Karen Maitland, Marguerite de Navarre, John McWhorter, Ian Mortimer, Bill Moyers, Charles Nicholl, Raphael Patai, Iain Pears, Ellis Peters, Nathaniel Philbrick, Christine de Pizan, Edgar Allan Poe, Tim Powers, Mary Renault, Russell Shorto, Neil Asher Silberman, Rosemary Sutcliff, Gore Vidal, Colson Whitehead, Herwig Wolfram
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Bookstores: A Room of One's Own, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - East Towne Mall, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - West Towne Mall, Frugal Muse Books, Half Price Books - Essex Square, Half Price Books - Whitney Way, Lake City Books, Leopold's Books, Bar, Caffè, Madison Public Library - Hawthorne Library, Madison Textbooks, Mimosa Books and Gifts, Paul's Bookstore, St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store, The University Book Store, The University Book Store at Hilldale, The University Book Store at the Health Sciences Learning Center, Underground Textbook Exchange, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Arboretum Visitor Center and Bookstore, Wisconsin Historical Society - Store
Libraries: Arboretum Research Library, Dane County Legal Resource Center, Herzing University-Madison Library, Madison Area Technical College Library (Truax Location), Madison InfoShop, Madison Public Library - Central Library, Madison Public Library - Goodman South Madison, Madison Public Library - Hawthorne Branch, Madison Public Library - Lakeview Branch, Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies, Monona Public Library, Naeseth Library - Norwegian-American Genealogical Center, National Wildlife Health Center Library, Oscar Rennebohm Library, Edgewood College, Schumacher Library - Olbrich Botanical Gardens, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Anthropology Dept., University of Wisconsin - Madison - Biology Library, University of Wisconsin - Madison - C.K. Leith Library of Geology & Geophysics, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Ebling Library for the Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Geography Library, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Kohler Art Library, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Steenbock Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Torgerson Cooperative Library, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Wendt Library (Engineering), University of Wisconsin - Madison - Woodman Astronomical Library, University of Wisconsin Law Library, Wisconsin Historical Society - Library and Archives, Wisconsin State Law Library
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