Michael

(Image: Sigurð slays the worm Fafnir; from a Norwegian church door.)

It can be said without much exaggeration that books have ruled my entire life. Though I mostly read fiction, my reading list in nonfiction reflects my interests: namely folklore and traditional cultures (especially Japanese, Scandinavia, Western Europe, Africa, and... more »

(Image: Sigurð slays the worm Fafnir; from a Norwegian church door.)

It can be said without much exaggeration that books have ruled my entire life. Though I mostly read fiction, my reading list in nonfiction reflects my interests: namely folklore and traditional cultures (especially Japanese, Scandinavia, Western Europe, Africa, and the Americas, etc.), history, traditions and traditional philosophy, Christianity, and some sparing science. Of fiction, my favorite authors are J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Haruki Murakami, Gabriel García Márquez, and Kunio Yanagita, to name a brief few.

I work at a bookstore, and so I am constantly seeing or hearing of something new I want to read, and as a consequence my bookshelves at home are stacked with volumes I've yet to open, and I have a to-read list at least a hundred and fifty titles long.

I have recently created a separate shelf for all the books I plan on reading, so that I don't forget them. That shelf can be seen at: http://www.shelfari.com/o1514556071/ « less