Member: spiphany

CollectionsYour library (630), Across the Pond (509), Ebooks (25), Reference library (14), Deutschsprachige Literatur (275), Englischsprachige Literatur (69), Russische und (post)sowjetische Literatur (83), Andere Literaturen (91), Historische Romane (96), Altphilologie (91), Antikenrezeption (60), Folklore & Mythology (68), Sozialwissenschaften (25), Literaturwissenschaft (59), Sprachwissenschaft (25), SF & Fantasy (131), Hobby (28), Read but unowned (112), Discarded (63), All collections (1,338)

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Tagsliterary fiction (156), plays (74), Erzählungen (61), poetry (58), Greek (56), literary criticism (45), Russian (44), bilingual (42), fairy tales & folklore (37), German themes (35) — see all tags

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About meTrained as a literary scholar (German and classics). Language geek. Reenactor and amateur seamstress.

Originally from Colorado. Now an academic editor and translator in Germany.

About my libraryMostly literary fiction, foreign language titles and linguistics/lit crit/philosophy, plus sf/fantasy and historical fiction for leisure. Approximately half my library is still in storage on the other side of the Atlantic.

I've mostly listed only books that I actually possess, as my tastes in books have changed tremendously since adolescence; although the "read but unowned" collection does include a sampling of books I've read over the years which are still meaningful to me in some way.

GroupsAncient History, Combiners!, Fairy Tales Retold, Fans of Russian authors, Feminist Theory, Fiber Arts, German Library Thingers, I Survived the Great Vowel Shift, Reading Globally, Sustainability

VenuesFavorites

Favorite bookstoresAntiquariat Carina Lugauer, Boulder Book Store, Café Tasso, Lehmkuhl, Müller & Böhm - Literaturhandlung im Heine Haus, Red Letter Second Hand Books, Rotschildt Bücher, Shakespeare and Sons Berlin-Friedrichshain, The Bookworm

Favorite librariesNorlin Library, University of Colorado

Favorite lists500 Great Books by Women, Amusing Book Titles, Anticipated SFF 2021, Beauty and the Beast Tales, Beginner's Guide to Climate Fiction, Best African Books, Best Books About Plagues and Epidemics, Best Feminist Literature, Best Feminist Science Fiction, Best public-transport fiction, Best Science Books for Non-Scientists, BingoDOG - Language in Fiction, Booker Prize, Books as Objects & Metatextual Works, Climate Change, Diversity in Fantasy and Science Fiction, the dog was the hero, Exploration of alternative economical systems, Fantasy of manners, Fate vs. Free Will, Favorite Caribbean Books, Favorite Science Fiction by Women Authors, Favorite Short Fiction, Favourite Medieval Books, Fiction to Read for Earth Day, Fish Out of Water: The Perils of Abroad, Genesis in literature, Good LGBT fiction for LGBT folk and friends, Handweavers Classics, Handweavers Tablets, The Immigrant's Stories, Indo-European Studies, the law is an ass, Literary Forgeries, Modern Arthurian Fiction, Must-Read Books by Black Authors, Novels That Take Place In Colorado or Wyoming, the old and the restless, Pants on fire, Recommended Speculative Fiction by Women and People of Color, Rising water, Schweizer Literatur 2020, Science fiction novels with a female protagonist, SF & Fantasy in Translation, SFF Down Under, SFF Novels by Muslim Authors, Stories Inspired by Other Fiction, tell me where it hurts, This is the Canon: Decolonize Your Bookshelf in 50 Books, Viral Outbreaks and Pandemics

Real nameBrenda

LocationHalle (Saale)

Favorite authorsNot set

Account typepublic

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Member sinceSep 15, 2010