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to-read (1,843), non-fiction (498), historical-fiction (433), few-from-the-mists-of-time-pre1996 (228), audiobooks (212), fantasy (201), you-had-to-be-there (182), biography-memoir (175), book-group-reads (171), 52-countries (161), read-2012 (155), rainbow-book-challenge (148), foolishly-suckd-n-by-glowing-review (144), ending-goes-south (137), lets go to the movies (126), read-2013 (123), young-adult (120), self-satisfied-author-alert (103), razzle-dazzled-by-authorial-bs (98), no-escapism-here-advisory (95), around-the-world (92), before-kindle-pickd-in-desperation (90), history (87), everybody-else-is-reading-it (86), mary-sue-alert (84), read-2011 (83), pretty-pretty-writing (75), read-2010 (73), just-plain-clunky-writing (71), dry-very-dry (68), soak-up-the-atmosphere (68), head-hopping-headache (68), i-am-starting-to-lose-patience (67), art (67), read 2015 (67), improbable-in-any-known-universe (66), read-2004 (66), self-indulgent-author-warning (66), arch-very-arch (64), thin-very-thin (62), heavy-handed-symbolism-pissd-me-off (62), read-2009 (60), unlikeable-to-say-the-least-protago (59), everything-but-the-kitchen-sink (57), read-2003 (56), read 2021 (56), bashed-over-head-by-author (55), finally-read-it (55), it-s-a-mystery (53), unreliable-author (51), read-2002 (50), read-2008 (50), read-2001 (49), read 2019 (49), read-1998 (49), rainbow (48), take-your-prozac-first-dreary (47), read-2006 (47), glad-i-re-read-it (47), read 2017 (47), read-2007 (46), stockholm-syndrome (45), read-1997 (44), read 2018 (44), audio-enhanced-by-narrator (44), puppet-strings-show-too-much (44), read-1999 (43), getting-into-mind-of-other-sex-not (43), read 2016 (42), science-fiction (41), italy (41), serious-pacing-issues (39), what-the-hell-was-this (38), just-pile-on-the-tragedy (38), unreliable-narrator (37), magic-realism (37), read-2005 (36), gettng-into-mind-of-othr-cultur-not (36), frivolous-fun (35), overripe-writing (35), picked-up-because-of-cover-title (35), abandoned-on-a-plane (35), it-s-all-about-the-gimmick (34), hopelessly-out-of-depth-advisory (34), hobby-horse-riding (34), japan (34), not-my-cup-of-tea (33), off-with-their-heads (32), read 2020 (32), to read (32), read 2022 (31), tiresome-gratuitous-sex-advisory (31), emotionl-manipulation-bynd-the-pale (31), trying-too-hard-to-be-clever (31), develpd-healthy-dislike-of-author (29), read-2000 (29), food-glorious-food (28), fallng-n-love-wth-research (27), romance (27), dire-dialogue (25), he-is-a-she (24), not-so-hidden-agenda (24), idiot-heroine-flagging (23), i-give-up-on-this-author (23), set-myself-on-fire-first (23), 2-5 (21), read-1996 (20), disorganized-mess (20), try-again-sometime (19), alphabet-fantasy (19), author-s-tics-tick-me-off (19), 3-5 (19), annoying-hipster-undertone (19), flashes-of-brilliances (19), read 2023 (18), fatal-case-of-the-cutes (18), excrement-prominently-featured-warn (18), around-the-world-2013 (17), imposing-modern-views-on-historical (17), ripped-from-the-headlines (17), china (16), nmah-training (16), preaching-to-the-choir (16), train-wreck (15), gunning-for-persn-who-suggestd-this (15), painfully-earnest (15), flashback-whiplash (15), audio-marred-by-reader (15), sorry-i-re-read-it (14), revenge-memoir (13), disney-villain (13), poetry (11), 2013 (11), gives-chick-lit-a-bad-name (11), sorry-i-read-it-i-m-outdated (11), re-read (10), feel-good-trauma (10), portentous-beyond-endurance (10), sad-decline-of-once-great-author (10), bloated-as-a-tick (10), trying-too-hard-to-shock (10), 4-5 (10), irritating-wasp-problems (10), contrived-beyond-belief (9), written-with-eye-to-screenplay (8), wanted-to-like-it-more (8), read 2014 (8), NMAH book group (8), good-idea-meh-execution (7), subject-gone-awol (7), fakery-by-author (7), read-2014 (7), too-much-time-at-iowa-writers (7), very-sloggy-in-bits (7), let-s-go-to-the-movies (6), creepy-ill-thought-out-ideas (6), manly-men-doing-manly-things (6), anachronisms-ahoy (6), never-saw-it-coming (6), death-by-foreshadowing (6), self-help (6), the trendiness (6), drowning-in-detail (6), crap-world-building (6), serviceable-writing-that-s-all (6), audio-sample-god-awful (5), book group reads (5), saw-it-coming-a-mile-away (5), read 2024 (5), one-note-wonder (5), facile-exploration-of-ideas (5), series-goes-splatt (5), left-cold-by-authorial-brilliance (5), ends-with-a-bang (5), clunk-clunk-narration (5), short stories (4), coincidence-city (4), terrifyingly-quirky (4), vicarious-thrill-from-violence (4), droppd-names-broke-my-toe (4), oh-the-angst-n-drama (4), currently-reading (4), should-have-read-it-before-outdated (3), newbery (3), kindle-sample-god-awful (3), graphic novel (3), 1-5 (3), you had to have been there (3), state challenge (3), skewering-trope-trope (3), too-cool-for-you (3), on-the-nightstand (3), audiobook (3), ends with a splat (2), worthy very worthy (2), read 2020; 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Nov 9, 2013
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These books are mostly from my paper catalogue that I have maintained since 1996, though I add an older book from time to time.
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I was a bookstore buyer for an indie chain that folded under big-box bookstore pressures, but that was long ago. I spent almost twenty years overseas; now I am home to stay--perhaps--in the DC area. Edit: I returned to the UK.


I am a double bolter. First I was on LT, where I found my real world book. I was confused by the interface and wished for an LT app to add books, so I used my GR app and profile for a few years, though I always missed LT's more highly developed search capacities. Now I am back.

I love literary fiction, historical fiction, and history, though I won't say "no" to any genre except true crime and philosophy. I love audio books, too--very much so as I do a great deal of handwork.
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