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Tietoja minusta I am fanatical about books and have never been without a book for as long as I've been able to read on my own. I have two children (5 and 2) that I read to every single day, because my worst fear is that the next generation will prefer electronic entertainment over books.

I currently work part-time in the electronic payments industry, returning to my company after a 2 year break. However, when my daughter starts kindergarten this fall, I am going to start writing full time, which is what I've always wanted to do. Time to get serious and follow my dreams! Besides reading, my other hobbies include running, hiking, skiing, cooking, traveling and of course, writing. The photo in my profile was taken right in front of the Boulder Bookstore and cafe (listed in my favorites).

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Tietoja kirjastostani My favorite type of book to read, and thus my largest collection, is literary fiction. I also love cooking and have many cookbooks. Ditto for travel books. In fact, if you are looking to travel anywhere in the Rocky Mountain West, check out my Colorado Guides and Travel, Mountain West tags. You will find much there. I enjoy the memoir genre and have recently added quite a few of those to my collection. I've also been reading and collecting books on spirituality lately, primarily related to mindfulness and the deeper meaning to life.

Because there is no way to separate collections, I've included my kids' favorite books in my library so I can keep track of them. We have many, many more children books in our house than the ones listed here, but these are the best of the best. I would recommend any of the children's books in my collection without hesitation (tagged children's literature or children's books).

Feel free to send me a comment if you have thoughts/questions on my collection. I love chatting with fellow LTers!

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Oikea nimiJulie

SijaintiBoulder, CO

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RekisteröitymispäiväFeb 28, 2008

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Hello,

I saw your post about Greek cooking and Halloumi -- it's good stuff! My husband is from Cyprus, so we look for it regularly, and it freezes well, so if you find it you can buy a lot. I can usually find it at Whole Foods, though it is expensive. If you're ever in Denver, there are two places I go to for Halloumi and other Greek/Middle Eastern food: one is the Middle East Market on Colorado and Evans, and the other is Pete's Fruit and Vegetables on Holly and Cedar. Pete's in particular is a wonderful market. If you like feta, go there and ask for the "good Greek" feta from the back. Both markets are good, fairly inexpensive sources for olives.

okay, I'm hungry now...

Take care,
Anne

Lähettänyt: AMQS 10:23 pm (EST) Jul 5, 2008

Before we adopted the knee-biters, I used to get to the UK about every other year. I would pack a medium-sized suitcase, then pack THAT inside a large suitcase and fill the large one with tea and biscuits. Fortunately customs never opened my bags, because I think there was something like a 2lb limit on tea or so. It was all for personal use! It would last me about 6 months.

I got loads of reading done when my first was an infant. I used to rock and read through her 2-hour naps. Never happened with #2, though, since #1 was jumping up and down demanding attention whenever the baby was on my lap.

Now I read after they are in bed. Much less than I used to!

(That's my 3-year old in the profile picture. She was about 10 weeks old there, and we were giving her the Grand Tour of family visitation all over the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic!)

Lähettänyt: lilysea 2:16 pm (EST) Jul 3, 2008

Hi again,

I just noticed that you've listed Elizabeth Gilbert as one of your favourite writers. I'm in the middle of reading Eat, Pray, Love and thoroughly enjoying it. Have you read any of her other books?

Have a great holiday weekend too!

Lähettänyt: avisannschild 12:02 pm (EST) Jul 3, 2008

Hi Julie,

I just got The Wishing Year in the mail today; thank you so much! I'm looking forward to reading it. I'm afraid your book is not going to be send your way for a while yet; our move is taking longer than anticipated. (Sorry about that.) I'll let you know as soon as I've sent it.

I just noticed you're reading The Time Traveler's Wife. Are you enjoying it? I loved that book - it was definitely one of my top reads last year.

Thanks again!
Avis

Lähettänyt: avisannschild 2:37 pm (EST) Jun 30, 2008

hi there

My computer says that our libraries are similar. That is cool. I am new here and trying to figure this site out. I only have 31 books up. I noticed that you have 740. Wow, have you read most of them?

Lähettänyt: melissagagnon 4:47 pm (EST) Jun 27, 2008

Thank you:-) I was hesitant about posting a "downer" review when the other readers at that point had all enjoyed the book, but figured if nothing else it would let the publisher know that fans of Conrad are not the demographic they should be targeting with this particular novel.

Lähettänyt: Trismegistus 3:34 pm (EST) Jun 27, 2008

I'm glad we agree on Corelli's Mandolin. I don't care about the children or grandchildren. I cared about the original characters. And if De Bernieres wanted to see the mandolin passed down several generations, well, it could have been done much better.

Lähettänyt: sanja 1:26 pm (EST) Jun 18, 2008

Which chapter of David Copperfield are you on?

Lähettänyt: Estrellita228 12:07 pm (EST) Jun 2, 2008

Hi Julie,

I keep coming back to your library (clicking on your username because of a comment you've left in one of the threads), so I figured it was about time I checked your library out more fully! We have quite a few books in common... Plus you mentioned you got The Wishing Year from the April bonus batch, which I was hoping to get, so I'm looking forward to reading your review eventually!

Lähettänyt: avisannschild 4:45 pm (EST) May 5, 2008

I TAed Greek Mythology :)

Lähettänyt: timspalding 11:48 pm (EST) Mar 31, 2008

Yeah, I went to classics graduate school at UMich Ann Arbor, dropping out in '00 I think. You there now?

T

Lähettänyt: timspalding 11:23 pm (EST) Mar 31, 2008

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