Member: ablachly
CollectionsYour library (1,787), Currently reading (1), Jasper's Books (489), on deck (24), Movies (125), At Brightwater (46), For Sara to read (32), ebooks (75), To read (5), Read but unowned (121), on loan (9), All collections (2,032)
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About meLibraryThing's Head Librarian. I run LibraryThing for Libraries.
About my libraryLimited by the confines of a city-sized apartment, but we pack as much in as we can. Our library* is full of media studies, gender studies, cultural American history books, and a growing pile of board books. In my not so copious free time, I'm getting back into reading fiction (and am taking suggestions)! I just realized that I've been unconsciously been working my way through Booker Prize winners...
*This LT account is a combined library with my wife and son. Separating out whose books are whose would be more trouble than it's worth. Plus we like to share.
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Favorite authorsAugusten Burroughs, Lisa Carey, e. e. cummings, Jasper Fforde, Diana Gabaldon, Laurie R. King, Jhumpa Lahiri, Gregory Maguire, Gabriel García Márquez, Ian McEwan, Haruki Murakami, Iris Murdoch, Ann Patchett, Salman Rushdie, David Sedaris, Clay Shirky, Gertrude Stein, Sarah Waters (Shared favorites)
VenuesFavorites | Visited
Favorite bookstoresBrookline Booksmith, Harvard Book Store, Porter Square Books, Raven Used Books, Strand Bookstore, The Harvard Coop, Trident Booksellers & Cafe
Favorite librariesBeatley Library - Simmons College, Boston Public Library, Cambridge Public Library - Main Branch, Cambridge Public Library, Boudreau Branch, Cambridge Public Library, Central Square Branch, Mattapoisett Free Public Library, Mount Holyoke College Library, Information, and Technology Services, Somerville Public Library
Other favoritesLibraryThing H.Q., Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (museum and shop)
Favorite publishersCandlewick Press, O'Reilly Media, Orbit Books
Also onFacebook, Flickr, metafilter [num], RunKeeper, Skype, Twitter
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Real nameAbby Blachly
LocationCambridge, MA
Emailabby
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Account typepublic, lifetime
URLs
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/catalog/ablachly (library)
TinyCathttps://www.librarycat.org/lib/ablachly
Member sinceDec 12, 2005
Currently readingThe Improbability of Love: A Novel by Hannah Rothschild
