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Nom réel

Keri

A propos de ma bibliothèque

My library pretty much represents the books I own or have owned while a member of LT. I collected American Girl and other series books, so there's a huge skew that way. Also, I used to want to be a children's or YA librarian, and I never got rid of books I bought as a kid or teenager, so they fill another chunk. And then there are the books I had to get for my undergrad courses - lots of English and American lit.

My rating system:
3 is an average book. I enjoyed it, or didn't regret reading it. Most books are a 3.
4 and 5 stars are for books I had a strong, positive emotional reaction to or identify with strongly as a book I would carry on multiple moves or buy my own copy.
2 is a book I didn't care overly much for, but isn't really bad.
1 or less are truly awful books with little (or nothing) to redeem

I revise my 4 and 5 star ratings down to 3 if my emotional connection fades.

My Collections
I have four primary collections. I don't use "My Library" because of debates about what that means, back when collections were introduced and through 2012 or so.
Books I Own - books I own and want to admit to owning
Read But Unowned - I don't own them, but feel a connection to them // I want recommendations/connections based on them
I Have Read This Once (or More) in the Past - I read this book and want a record of having read it, but don't really care one way or the other about them; mostly this is because my LT recommendations were like 60% books I'd already read and I thought it was kind of useless like that
No Recs/No Connex - books that I own but don't want associated with me or that I don't want to have included in my statistics (but I don't want to not have them in my catalogue, because they're on my shelves...)

A propos de moi

In general, my interests are in folklore, linguistics, history, and children's books. Also, I love YA fantasy. I was an English major and never lost my love for early modern literature, Postmodernism, or funky literary techniques, though I tend to reach for easier reads now that I work full-time as a database admin. (PS: totally got into that field because of my aborted attempt at library school and LibraryThing) I previous worked for 7 years in visitor and member services at a contemporary art museum.

My absolute favorite things ever in fiction? Unordinary narrative structure, unreliable narrators, and well-done time travel. My favorite novels ever (which may or may not include those elements) are Fantomina, Adios, Happy Homeland!, The Monk, If on a winter's night a traveler, Of Fire and Stars, Bloody Jack, The Areas of My Expertise, and Julio Cortes's short story collection Blow-Up.

I am queer and on the autistic spectrum. I no longer participate in Talk because of anxiety, but I am nostalgic for the years when it was my big social scene.

My 5 favorite movies of all-time are We're Rich Again (1934), The Mark of Zorro (1920), Theodora Goes Wild (1936), Shadow of a Doubt (1943), and Design for Living (1933).

I have a blog where I share screencaps of handwriting from old movies. It is very niche and obsessive and I've been running it since 2015.

Lieu (géographique)

Jacksonville, FL

Adhésions

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En cours de lecture

Three Novellas (Early Women Writers 1650-1800 Series) par Eliza Fowler Haywood

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman par Lawrence Sterne

Rough Passage to London : A Sea Captain's Tale par Robin Lloyd

Dark Mirror : The medieval origins of anti-Jewish iconography par Sara Lipton

Masks and Shadows par Stephanie Burgis

The Peculiar Miracles of Antoinette Martin par Stephanie Knipper

Winterglass par Benjanun Sriduangkaew

The Hidden Art of Disney's Mid-Century Era : The 1950s and 1960s par Didier Ghez

The Reader (Book One of Sea of Ink and Gold) par Traci Chee

Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse, volume 1: "Race to Death Valley" par Floyd Gottfredson

Once & Future par Amy Rose Capetta

The Movie Musical! par Jeanine Basinger

Quilting with a Modern Slant : people, patterns, and techniques inspiring the modern quilt community par Rachel May

A Bold and Dangerous Family : the remarkable story of an Italian mother, her two sons, and their fight against fascism par Caroline Moorehead

Auteurs favoris

Kozue Amano, Kathleen Ernst, Eliza Haywood, Karen Hesse, Robin McKinley, L. A. Meyer, J. D. Salinger, Mark Twain, Yumi Unita

Listes de favoris

Books Featured in "Paperback Crush"

Connexions des membres

Amis

BeccaStareyes, Bluedano, kindervenom, lusciouslibrary, marnanel, meggyweg, meridianfey, Nethilia, the1butterfly

Bibliothèque intéressante

AGangi, EarlyReviewers, fyrefly98, marnanel