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CollectionsYour library (3,560), Wishlist (1,881), Currently reading (1), To read (167), Read but unowned (2), All collections (3602)

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Tagsfiction (2,217), NMO (2,112), wishlist (1,802), sale stock (632), non-fiction (392), already read (347), house of israelis (264), fantasy (250), romance (246), history (186) — see all tags

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Groups20-Something LibraryThingers, 200 Books in 2009 Challenge, Alternative Sexuality, Bookcases: If You Build/Buy Them, They Will Fill, BookCrossers, BookMooching, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Children's Fiction, Fforde Ffans, genderqueer — show all groups , Girls Fiction, Hogwarts Express, Horses, I Love Jane Austen, It's a LondonThing, Livejournalers, Persephone Readers, Read YA Lit, The Drones Club (all things P.G. Wodehouse), UK BDSM

Favorite authorsCecelia Ahern, Susan Wittig Albert, Louisa May Alcott, Naomi Alderman, Maggie Alderson, Samantha Alexander, Victoria Alexander, Mabel Esther Allan, Catherine Alliott, Michael Argyle, Andrea Askowitz, Jane Austen, Louise Bagshawe, Tilly Bagshawe, Antonia Barber, Marcelle Bernstein, Margaret Biggs, Isobel Bird, Judy Blume, Julia Blythe, Enid Blyton, Michael Bond, Ann Brashares, Angela Brazil, Herbie Brennan, Elinor M. Brent-Dyer, Theresa Breslin, Angela Brown, Dorita Fairlie Bruce, Katherine Bruce, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Taylor Caldwell, B. B. Calhoun, Joanna Campbell, Thad Carhart, Humphrey Carpenter, Lewis Carroll, Cathy Cassidy, Harriet Castor, Agatha Christie, Jenny Colgan, Joseph Connolly, Susan Coolidge, Judy Corbett, Emily Costello, Richmal Crompton, Jennifer Crusie, Roald Dahl, Annie Dalton, Paula Danziger, , Jeffery Deaver, R. F. Delderfield, Grace Dent, Jude Deveraux, Monica Dickens, Anne Digby, Edward Eager, Imogen Edwards-Jones, Suzanne Enoch, Mabel Esther Allan, Janet Evanovich, Lynne Ewing, Ruby Ferguson, Jasper Fforde, Louise Fitzhugh, Catherine Forde, Antonia Forest, Neil Gaiman, Mike Gayle, Adèle Geras, Jane Green, Philippa Gregory, Ursula K. Le Guin, Laurell K. Hamilton, Lorna Hill, Wendy Holden, Mary Hooper, Nick Hornby, Anthony Horowitz, Rebecca Horsfall, James Howe, Angela Elwell Hunt, Eloisa James, Lisa Jewell, Catherine Jinks, Pete Johnson, Allan Frewin Jones, Belinda Jones, Mal Lewis Jones, Sherryl Jordan, Marilyn Kaye, Cathy Kelly, Marian Keyes, Sophie Kinsella, India Knight, Mary Kruger, Jen Lancaster, Kathy Lette, C. S. Lewis, Lois Lowry, Katie MacAlister, Mary Mackie, Michelle Magorian, Jahnna N. Malcolm, Chris Manby, Jill Mansell, Ann M. Martin, Helen McClelland, Karen McCombie, Lurlene McDaniel, Hilary Mckay, Gil McNeil, Melinda Metz, Karen Miller, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Christine Palamidessi Moore, Alexandra Moss, Jill Murphy, Melissa Nathan, Freya North, Sheila O'Flanagan, Philippa Pearce, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, Tamora Pierce, Josephine Pullein-Thompson, Philip Pullman, Julia Quinn, Naomi Ragen, Chloe Rayban, Celia Rees, Jean Richardson, Christie Ridgway, Nora Roberts, J. K. Rowling, Rosie Rushton, Andrea Semple, Anna Sewell, William Shakespeare, Wendy Shalit, Wendy Shanker, Gena Showalter, Paullina Simons, Lemony Snicket, Noel Streatfeild, Cate Tiernan, Jean Ure, Alice Walker, Fiona Walker, Jean Webster, Jane Wenham-Jones, Oscar Wilde, Pat Willimott, Jacqueline Wilson, P. G. Wodehouse, Cecily Von Ziegesar (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresAdrian Harrington Rare Books, Any Amount of Books, Barnes Bookshop, BFI Filmstore, Bolingbroke Bookshop, Book and Comic Exchange, Bookends, Bookmarks, Books for Amnesty International, Books Ink, Bookstop, Borders - Brent Cross, Borders - Charing Cross Road, Borders - Oxford Street, Camden Lock Books, Childrens Bookshop, Church House Bookshop, Church Street Bookshop, Clapham Books, Daunt Books - Chelsea, Eastside Books, Finchley Bookshop, Forbidden Planet - London, Foyles, Foyles at Southbank Centre, Francis Edwards Antiquarian Bookseller, Freedom Bookshop, Gay's the Word (Bloomsbury, London), Gloucester Road Bookshop, Goldsboro Books, Hatchards, Henry Stokes & Co., High Stakes Bookshop, Holborn Books, Houben's Bookshop, John Carpenter Bookshop, John Sandoe (Books) Ltd., Joseph's, Kew Bookshop, Koenig Books, Lovejoys, Marchpane, Metropolitan Books, Murder One (London), Muswell Hill Bookshop, Nigel Williams Rare Books, Nomad Books, Ocean Books, Offstage Books, Ottakar's Bookshop, Oxfam Books & Music, Oxfam Books & Music, Turnham Green, Oxfam Bookshop, Oxfam Bookshop (Bloomsbury St, London), Palmers Green Bookshop, Persephone Books, Persephone Books, Kensington, Red Snapper Books, Ripping Yarns, Riverside Bookshop, South Bank Book Market, Stoke Newington Bookshop, Tate Britain Shop, Tate Modern Shop, The Big Green Bookshop, The Bookworm, The Broadway Bookshop, The Children's Book Centre, The Children's Bookshop, The Dover Bookshop - London, The Italian Bookshop, The Kew Bookshop, The Open Book, The Owl and the Pussycat, The Pan Bookshop, Treadwell's, Trinity Hospice Bookshop, Two Jays Bookshop, Victoria Park Books, W. H. Smith, Waterstone's Covent Garden, Waterstone's King's Road, Waterstones - Islington, Waterstones - Walthamstow, World's End Bookshop, Zwemmer

Favorite librariesArchway Library, British Library, Burnt Oak Library, Camomile Street Library, Church End Library, Clapton Library, CLR James Library, Coombes Croft Library, Ealing Central Library, Edmonton Green Library, Friern Barnet Library, Golders Green Library, Hackney Central Library, Hampstead Garden Suburb Library, Hendon Library, Homerton Library, Hornsey Library, John Harvard Library, Kensington Central Library, Kingsbury Library, Lewis Carroll Childrens Library, Library and Local Service Centre @ The Gate, Marcus Garvey Library, Middlesex University - Sheppard Library, Mill Hill Library, Muswell Hill Library, Newington Library, North Finchley Library, Osidge Library, Shoreditch Library, South Place Ethical Society Library at Conway Hall, Southwark Local History Library, St. Ann's Library, Stamford Hill Library, Stoke Newington Library, Wellcome Library, Willesden Green Library, Wood Green Central Library

Other favoritesJewish Book Week, London Book Fair 2009

About meHello everybody :)
I love books, technology, music, films, fandom and writing. My stamping ground is a cross between a library, art gallery and a big mess. I love making new friends anywhere online and in RL so feel free to add me.

I read 192 books in 2008.

I challenged myself to read 200 books in 2009 and am slowly doing so :) My regularly updated list of my progress is here http://www.librarything.com/topic/56613. Feel free to join my 200 books in 2009 challenge group.

About my libraryEverything - there is an emphasis on fiction because of my illness, though. I need escapism more often than not. It's what books are for - I love how there are books and music and films for every mood and every occasion, there will always be something for everyone. I think that's awesome :) I'm a big fan of children's fiction, especially that centred around boarding schools, horses and ballet.

Please get in touch if you're interested in buying or swapping any of them :) The tag 'NMO' means 'not my own' so I've either sold on these books or borrowed them originally. All the other books are owned by me, so if you are in the UK feel free to make friends with me and borrow some :) As far as I can see all the other tags are fairly self-evident. I even retag things sometimes.

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Member sinceFeb 12, 2008