JäsenWilloyd

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Kaikki kokoelmat (2,937), Oma kirjasto (2,255), E-library (163), Folio Society (289), Slightly Foxed (53), Omnibus (35), E-collection (16), Aion lukea (1,417), Reference (290), Public library (36), The Leeds Library (50), Recycled (499)
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Fiction modern (777), Natural history (249), Travel writing (218), Fiction 19C (151), Birds (114), Fiction 20C Early (107), Fiction children (103), North American literature (91), Memoir (post-1900) (76), Literary biography (69), History (World Wars) (62), Biography (19C) (57), Biography (18C) (54), Literary criticism (54), History (Hanoverian) (52), Essays (47), Reading the World (46), Germany (45), Virginia Woolf (45), Memoir (pre-1900) (44), Poetry (44), History (Tudor-Stuart) (43), Society and Politics (42), French literature (40), Food (40), European history (37), England (Yorkshire) (36), London history (36), Rivers and Canals (35), North America (35), Reading the American States (35), Naval history (33), History (Imperial) (33), Biography (20C) (32), North American history (32), Polar (32), London (32), Napoleonic Wars (32), Scotland (31), History (Postwar) (31), Cycling (31), Maritime (29), Local history (27), Biography (16C-17C) (27), Art (27), Charles Dickens (26), England (26), Sport (26), Cultures (26), Language (26), Asia (25), Penguin Monarch (25), World history (24), Britain (24), Science (24), Trollope (24), Books (23), Fiction short stories (23), New Naturalist (23), Landscape history (22), Literary geography (22), Folklore (22), Railways (21), Literary history (21), Exploration (20), British history (20), Islands (20), Conservation (20), in German (20), England (East Anglia) (20), France (20), History (Medieval) (20), Ransome (20), Agriculture (19), Science history (19), History (Ancient) (19), Jane Austen (19), Reading (19), Health and Fitness (19), Walking (18), Psychology (18), Media and Journalism (18), Asian history (17), Maps (17), Architecture guide (17), Geoscience (17), Religion and Philosophy (17), Meteorology (16), African literature (15), Middle East (15), Nordic Europe (15), Travel guide (15), VSI (14), LOA (14), Nordic literature (14), in French (13), Horticulture (13), Asian literature (13), Architecture (13), Greece (13), Europe (13), Persephone Press (13), Space exploration (12), Literary reference (12), Peirene Press (12), Benelux (12), Fiction 18C- (11), England (North West) (11), England (South West) (11), Mountaineering (11), Science fiction (11), Italy (11), Biography (Medieval) (11), Biography (11), Little Toller Nature (10), Latin America literature (10), Travel history (10), History (20C) (10), Oceania (10), African history (9), Fiction graphic (9), British Empire (9), Wales (9), Churches (9), German literature (9), Switzerland (9), Theatre (9), England (Midlands) (9), Everyman (9), Fitzcarraldo (8), European literature (8), England (South East) (8), Nordic noir (8), Domestic history (8), Shakespeare (8), Mathematics (8), Economics (8), Spanish Literature (8), Aviation history (7), Domestic animals (7), Italian literature (7), Africa (7), Gilbert White (6), Medical history (6), England (North East) (6), Film and Photography (6), Historiography (6), Spain (6), Quizzes (6), Walking guide (5), Reading the English Counties (5), Latin America (5), Austria (4), Caribbean literature (4), England (Marches) (4), Theatre playscripts (4), Russian literature (4), Biography (Contemporary) (4), England (Thames) (3), Instruments (3), Law (3), Ireland (2), Household (2), Anthology (2), Horology (2), Biography (Ancient) (2), Music (2), Education (2), Prehistory (2), Poland (1), Engineering and Technology (1), San Marino (1), Roads (1), Portugal (1), Philosophy (1), in Catalan (1)
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Dec 11, 2008
About My Library

Books include those in my library, those I've read since 2003, and some of those from before then.

I personally use a 6-star rating system which doesn't exactly map on to the LT system, but it's close enough:

5 stars: a favourite (6 star in my ratings)
4.5 excellent, but doesn't quite make a favourite, even if sometimes can't really tell why! (6 stars as well)
4 stars: very good, pretty much unputdownable or provides real insight (5-star)
3.5 stars: good - books that insist on being picked up again (4-star)
2.5-3 stars: solid reads, if not compulsive. Want to read to the end, but they don't positively demand to be picked up once put down. See note below about non-fiction books (3-star)
2 stars: disappointing, or not particularly liked even if can recognise their merits. Often not finished. (2-star)
1 star: positively dislike, sometimes even wondering why anybody would want to read them! Rarely finished, and rarely a book I've chosen to read - most of the books in this category are book group choices! (1-star)

I don't usually rate reference/text books used as such, but 3* has come to include non-fiction books, read as continuous books, which have been perfectly functional, decently written, and have provided the information/knowledge wanted, but where this has perhaps prioritised function over literary engagement!

Notes on history/biography time spans. Inevitably these are British history related:
Ancient: anything prior to the retreat of Rome from Britain (c.450AD)
Medieval: from then until the end of the Wars of the Roses (1485)
16C-17C: 1485-1714, Tudors and Stuarts (or until United Kingdom created, first half of Early Modern)
18C: 1714-1837,Hanoverians to William IV, second half of Early Modern
19C: 1837-1914, Victorian-Edwardian, Imperial age
20C: 1914 onwards, with 2 subsets: World Wars and Postwar.



About Me

Life-time bookworm, reading about 60% fiction, 40% non-fiction. Currently enjoying two long-term reading projects: a 'Tour of the USA' and 'Reading The World' (see the respective LT groups) which I intersperse with, by preference, classic fiction, natural history (esp. birds), history, historical biography and travel, although I don't read enough of any, having a ludicrously large to-read collection.

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