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Jäsen: stringcat3

Kirjasto2,553 kirjaa — katso kirjasto

Arvostelut7 arvostelua — katso arvostelut

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Avainsanatfiction (912), history (431), biography (189), classic (181), poetry (168), food (133), short stories (115), kids (107), cookbook (101), reference (98) — kaikki avainsanat

Ryhmät50 Book Challenge, All Things Discworldian - The Guild of Pratchett Fans, Baker Street and Beyond, Books with Food Titles, Early Reviewers, Historical Fiction, HMS Surprise, I Love Jane Austen, Trollope lovers unite or fight

Tietoja minusta Currently reading: (1) A Question of Upbringing - Anthony Powell (2) A Shorter History of Byzantium - John Julius Norwich

Tietoja kirjastostani The books that stay on my shelves tend to be those that I will read again, that have personal associations, are old or rather hard to find - although I have nothing terribly obscure or very valuable. Many years ago I had to abandon the practice of keeping every book I read (I mean, that I legally acquired - I wasn't ransacking public libraries). My mother, landlords and several cross-country moves underscored the wisdom of that decision, and the availability of online books put a nail in the whole topic. Where once it could take years to find a copy of something out-of-print, now it takes some minor clicking and a credit card. I used to run an annual booksale for the city's Friends of the Library group and sort through about 30,000 donated books a year so I've developed a "catch and release" approach to most books - they have to be pretty special to win a place on the shelves. There aren't many weeks that go by without my culling at least one book from the shelf, and usually a full grocery bag goes, so the collection size stays roughly the same.

RE: the photo. That's Twoey the Bad Cat on the top shelf of a 7' bookcase where I put him to get him out from underfoot for a few minutes. The Patrick O'Brien books are forward on the shelf, so there's plenty of room for him to sit behind them with his paws up - a favorite posture of his we call "half-cat." Don't be fooled by the cute face! He's a desperate criminal! He once whizzed on two volumes of a four-volume set of George Orwell's letters, essays and journalism. Bad cat.

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SijaintiCentral Coast of California

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RekisteröitymispäiväMar 6, 2007