Member: mcfitz

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About meI'm a reader, not a collector, but I keep books I really enjoy and know I will read again. I prefer paperbacks to hardcovers, read mostly ebooks using the Kindle app on my iPad, and listen to many audiobooks.

I like to read series books in order. I don't skip ahead and I hate spoilers. If I don't like a book, I don't finish it for the sake of finishing it -- I move on to another. I often have more than one book going at a time, as long as they are different genres.

I buy new and used books, online and at retail stores. I should own stock in Amazon.com... I love Half Price Books stores and Audible.com. My husband is a big reader, too, and like many of you, our home is overflowing with books. We need more shelves!

About my libraryThese are mostly my historical mysteries. I also read (some) contemporary mysteries, historical novels, fantasies, adventure/thrillers, many non-fiction histories, and have seemingly endless shelves of reference books on everything from writing and editing to computer (Macintosh and web development, etc.) and nature field guides (mostly birds).

CAVEAT: I have NOT read all of the books in my list. There are many there that I'm waiting to acquire and/or that are on my TO BE READ list.

GroupsAncient History, Bloggers, Build the Open Shelves Classification, Fforde Ffans, Historical Fiction, Historical Mysteries, History: On learning from and writing history, Mac Users at LibraryThing

Favorite authorsSusan Wittig Albert, Rhys Bowen, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Lindsey Davis, Jasper Fforde, Nigel G. Tranter, Arthur Upfield (Shared favorites)

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Favorite bookstoresBarnes & Noble Booksellers - Bandera, Borders - San Antonio, Half Price Books - Bandera Rd.

Favorite librariesCastroville Public Library, San Antonio Public Library - Central Library

Other favoritesGEMINI INK

Homepagehttp://weneedmoreshelves.com/

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Real nameJanice

LocationTexas

Account typepublic, lifetime

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Member sinceAug 13, 2007

Currently readingThe Tainted Coin (Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon) by Mel Starr