Membro: clamato

ColecçõesA sua biblioteca (1,856), Gary's books (4), Em leitura (3), Para ler (215), Favoritos (1), Advanced Reading Copy (1), Have read (1), Todas as colecções (1,861)

Resenhas75 resenhas

EtiquetasFiction (1,125), Memoir (107), Biography (97), Mystery (93), Kids (84), History (84), Humour (77), Decor (58), Fiction - Stories (54), Gardening (41) — ver todas as etiquetas

Nuvensnuvem de etiquetas, nuvem de autores

Grupos50 Book Challenge, Canada, Canadian Bookworms, Canadian Fiction/Non-Fiction Reading Challenge, Canadian LibraryThingers trade!, Cats, books, life is good., Early Reviewers, MyPeopleConnection Book Clubs, What Are You Reading Now?

Autores favoritosNick Bantock, Tess Gerritsen, Mary Jane Maffini, Rick Mofina, Lisa Scottoline (Favoritos partilhados)

Livrarias favoritasBook Bazaar, Britton's Glebe, By The Book - Greenboro District Library, Chapters - Gloucester, Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeebar, Prime Crime, The Book Stop, The Book Stop, The RA Centre

Bibliotecas favoritasCarleton University Library, Morriset Library, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Public Library - Alta Vista Branch, Ottawa Public Library - Blackburn Hamlet Branch, Ottawa Public Library - Greenboro District Library, Ottawa Public Library - North Gloucester Branch, Ottawa Public Library - Orléans Branch, Ottawa Public Library - Rockcliffe Park Branch, Ottawa Public Library - St-Laurent Branch, Ottawa Public Library - Sunnyside Branch, Ottawa Public Library - Vanier Branch

Outros favoritosUsed Book Sale at Rockcliffe Park Public Library, Rockcliffe Park Public School BOOKFAIR !, Saint Brigid's Centre for the Arts and Humanities, National Arts Centre, Bells Corners Legion, St. Laurent Shopping Centre, Tudor Hall, Canadian Museum of Civilization

Sobre mim"Book collecting is a full-time occupation, and one wouldn't get far if one took time off for frivolities like reading."
- A.N.L. Munby

I collect old bookmarks and have hundreds and hundreds of them. Some of the best have been found while working at book sales. So many friends know I collect them, have contributed and I'm now trying to figure out a way to preserve them. One I found recently was from a bookstore called "Arnold's Books" in Traverse City, Michigan & had the following Wilbur D. Nexbit poem:

Who hath a book
Hath friends at hand,
And gold and gear
At his command,
And rich estates,
If he but look,
Are held by him
Who hath a book.

Who hath a book
Hath but to read
And he may be
A king, indeed.
His kingdom is
His inglenook-
All this is his
Who hath a book.

Finally we are having some real summer weather. It's been a very rainy for most of it. Now I have to give jugs of water to my planters.
I have been reading like crazy and dropped into a rival book group this week to discuss The Thirteenth Tale which was an interesting read. It was good to talk about it with others but I think we barely scraped the surface of it. I have been trying to read my ER books but because 13th Tale was going to be discussed it was an opportunity to see what other groups in the library system do and also discuss a book that mine wouldn't want me to choose due to it's size! I know they don't want to read anything over 300 pages which is fairly limiting! I just started "The Story of Forgetting".

Sobre a minha bibliotecaHave topped 1800 books and well on my way to 1900 - perhaps by the end of the year? As always, the fiction is separate from the non-fiction, the hardcover fiction from trade & the books about books are grouped together. I have taken out all the paperbacks (mass market) and put them on a separate shelf which has freed up a lot of room for the trade books. Other than that, I just don't have the room to group by genre but would like to do that one day. I had a dream once, long ago about a library that I thought my maternal grandfather had. I never met him, but had heard often about how much he loved to read. I received and read some of his books as a teenager and it made me feel connected to him in spirit. I have never forgotten that library and it's a dream to recreate that room. For now however, I will keep building my collection for that day.

WHAT I AM CURRENTLY READING: (Still) "Eva Cassidy" - Her story by those who knew her (huge fan), my first e-book (slowly): "Heroic Measures" by Jill Ciment, and "The Uncommon Reader" by Alan Bennett .

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Nome realClamato Tomato

LocalizaçãoOttawa, Ontario CANADA

Tipo de contapública, vitalícia

Novidades das LigaçõesNovidades das Ligações

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Conhecimento ComumSéries (209), Prémios (442), Personagens (3924), Lugares (872)

Membro desdeApr 6, 2007

Em leituraTurtle Valley por Gail Anderson-Dargatz
Eva Cassidy: Songbird: By Those Who Knew Her: Songbird - By Those Who Knew Her Authorised by Hugh and Barbara Cassidy por Rob Burley
Heroic Measures: A Novel por Jill Ciment