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Sobre mimI am originally from Canada (Ottawa) but moved to Australia to marry my wonderful husband, Graeme. We live in country Victoria with our three cats, Hugo, Kasper and Maggie.

Sobre a minha bibliotecaI love books. I love the look of them, the feel of them, even the smell of them. So despite my Kindle, I find myself unable to stop collecting the real things.

The books I have included in my library are books that I love, books that I own and books that I want to read. I have not included hundreds of trashy books I read, mostly in my youth, although some of the more memorable ones have been added.

My reading taste tends toward history, biographies, sociology and well-written fiction.

My rating system:

* Frightfully bad.
** Sorry I bothered.
*** Enjoyed but did not love it. Might recommend it to a friend.
**** Loved it. Would recommend freely to friends.
***** An all-time favourite. Tell friends they should read it.

“Even when reading is impossible, the presence of books acquired produces such an ecstasy that the buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching towards infinity...we cherish books even if unread, their mere presence exudes comfort, their ready access reassurance.”
― A. E. Newton

Grupos50-Something Library Thingers, Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction, Australian LibraryThingers, BBC Radio 3 Listeners, Booker Prize, Canadian Bookworms, French Connection, Language, Middle Eastern Literature, Non-Fiction Readers —mostrar todos os grupos, Pro and Con, Progressive & Liberal!, Reading Globally, Vegetarians and vegans, What Are You Reading Now?

Autores favoritosLouisa May Alcott, Kate Atkinson, Margaret Atwood, Jane Austen, Bill Bryson, Noam Chomsky, Agatha Christie, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Jasper Fforde, Ken Follett, Stephen Fry, Elizabeth Gaskell, Amitav Ghosh, Ernest Hemingway, Patricia Highsmith, Michael Moore, David Sedaris, Mark Twain, Minette Walters, Sarah Waters, Alison Weir, Edith Wharton, P. G. Wodehouse, Herman Wouk (Favoritos partilhados)

Locais de eventosFavoritos

Bibliotecas favoritasGoldfields Libraries - Bendigo

Página inicialhttp://www.strikingwood.com.au

Nome realJan

LocalizaçãoStrathfieldsaye, VIC, Australia

Tipo de contapública

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Membro desdeAug 2, 2011

Em leituraDeath on the Nile: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot Mysteries) por Agatha Christie
A World Champion's Guide to Chess: Step-by-step instructions for winning chess the Polgar way por Susan Polgar
Chess Made Simple por Milton L. Hanauer
All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel por Anthony Doerr
Grade Four Music Theory: for ABRSM Candidates (MyMusicTheory Complete Courses) (Volume 4) por Victoria Williams
The Year of You: 365 Journal Writing Prompts for Creative Self-Discovery por Hannah Braime
Calvin et Hobbes, Tome 11 : Chou bi dou wouah! por Bill Watterson
Violin For Dummies: Book Online Video & Audio Instruction por Katharine Rapoport
You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?!: The Classic Self-Help Book for Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder por Kate Kelly
Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood por Edward M. Hallowell
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets por J. K. Rowling
The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook, Fourth Edition por Edmund J. Bourne
"Twas the Bite Before Christmas por Lee Charles Kelley
The 12 Terrors of Christmas: A Christmas Horror Anthology por Claudette Melanson
365 Days With Self-Discipline: 365 Life-Altering Thoughts on Self-Control, Mental Resilience, and Success (Simple Self-Discipline) por Martin Meadows
The Unbreakable Miss Lovely: How the Church of Scientology tried to destroy Paulette Cooper por Tony Ortega
Scandal of Scientology por Paulette Cooper
Pork Pie Pandemonium: Albert Smith's Culinary Capers Recipe 1 por steve higgs
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