(IF YOU DON'T HEAR FROM ME FOR A WHILE, DON'T WORRY; WE OFTEN HAVE INTERNET PROBLEMS HERE.) READING is my life in one word –- enjoying fabulous books and also a career in Chicago and New York that included being an editor, as well as a part-time book seller and college English comp instructor. Naturally, before that I was a librarian. I'm also a...
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(IF YOU DON'T HEAR FROM ME FOR A WHILE, DON'T WORRY; WE OFTEN HAVE INTERNET PROBLEMS HERE.) READING is my life in one word –- enjoying fabulous books and also a career in Chicago and New York that included being an editor, as well as a part-time book seller and college English comp instructor. Naturally, before that I was a librarian. I'm also a published writer of boring, work-for-hire books and now working on hopefully less boring books. Now perhaps READING HISTORY is my life in two words; I went back to grad school to NYU and Univ of Cambridge to study history and archaeology, and now I'm working on how people lived ages ago in South Asia –- which has brought me to India. My interests include history (of everything except politics and war), art (including fashion, interior design, "fine arts"), world cuisine (especially Italian, Korean, Middle Eastern), architecture (from palaces to hovels), languages (especially French, plus all writing systems and historical linguistics), animals (as in both biology and the actual animal persons), archaeology (though basically only what the finds are and the theory behind their interpretation), and philosophy (but not religion). I love reading mysteries especially in interesting settings, science fiction, fantasy, and well-written nonfiction. If something makes me think and laugh at the same time, I adore it.
Um, I'm not entering everything, though I'm aiming at at least having a favorite book from each favorite author, and I'm sure I've entered some wrong editions into my library -- I tried to find the closest that had a cover picture if it were available. I also probably entered some wrong "I read it" dates, especially entertaining if one read a book before it existed. Also, I'm only including books I read for research if I think somewhat general readers would be interested. And one last thing -- my rating is strictly how I liked it personally –- you very well may disagree.
My writing blog which you very well may find completely boring is at http://diaryofahistorywriter.blogspot.com/ . And for a short time only! my attempt at fiction at http://www.nanowrimo.org///eng/user/530133
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