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GroupsAsian Fiction & Non-Fiction, BookMooching, Historical Fiction, Japanese Culture, Literary Snobs, Modern Library Collectors, New York Review Books, PaperBackSwap, SF Bay Area Librarythingers, What Are You Reading Now?

Favorite authorsMargaret Atwood, T. C. Boyle, Liza Crihfield Dalby, Chitra Divakaruni, Firoozeh Dumas, Michael Faber, Ron Hansen, Jonathan Harr, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Nick Hornby, Erica Jong, Barbara Kingsolver, Sinclair Lewis, Daphne Du Maurier, Vladimir Nabokov, Yôko Ogawa, Ruth L. Ozeki, Betty Smith, Su Tong, Evelyn Waugh, P.G. Wodehouse (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresBook-Go-Round, Bookshop Santa Cruz, Kepler's Books, Recycle Book Store - San Jose

Favorite librariesDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, San José Public Library - Rose Garden Branch Library, Santa Clara County Library - Cupertino Library, Santa Clara County Library - Los Altos Library, Santa Clara County Library - Saratoga Library

About me========================================...
I've been trying to read more lately and keep track of it all here, along with reviews and/or ratings whenever possible.

I like to read well-written fiction, including historical fiction, contemporary fiction, and the occasional classic novel.

I really like reading paperback books, especially trade-sized. Hardcover books just don't have the same feel for me, though some older ones can be nice.

I love going to local library book sales.

I don't keep most books I read, swapping them through BookMooch and PaperBackSwap, or selling them on Half.com or Amazon instead.

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About my libraryI've logged just about every book I own, plus a good number of the ones I've read over the past several years.

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Member sinceJul 18, 2006

Currently readingThe Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
The Story of Psychology by Morton Hunt
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food by Jennifer 8 Lee
Laughing Without an Accent: Adventures of a Global Citizen by Firoozeh Dumas
Fancies and Goodnights (New York Review Books) by John Collier