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Secret Garden by Frances Hod Burnett

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Prey by Michael Crichton

So Long and Thanks for all the Fish by Douglas Adams

Elementary Analysis by Richard F Mccoart

Moo by Jane Smiley

I Am Spock by Leonard Nimoy

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Member: clamairy

Library1,690 books — see library

Reviews17 reviews — see reviews

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TagsClassic (146), Green Dragon (117), Fiction (98), Basement (82), Fantasy (76), Science Fiction (49), History (40), Biography (35), Pagan (34) — see all tags

GroupsAll Things New England, Arthurian Legends, Banned Books, Beowulf, Bestsellers over the Years, Birds, Birding & Books, Book Clubs, Cheese!, Connecticut Nutmeggers, Druidry — show all groups

Favorite authorsMargaret Atwood, Jane Austen, T. C. Boyle, Bill Bryson, Pearl S. Buck, Michael Chabon, James Clavell, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Graham Greene, Thomas Hardy, Nathaniel Hawthorne, John Irving, Sinclair Lewis, Toni Morrison, Dorothy Parker, E. Annie Proulx, Mary Roach, Richard Russo, Carl Sagan, J. R. R. Tolkien, Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Evelyn Waugh, Edith Wharton, Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf, W. B. Yeats (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresBarnes & Noble Booksellers - Canton, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Enfield, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - West Hartford, Borders Books - Simsbury

About me I wish I had more time to read books, but I'm also an internet junkie. Too bad I lose one third of every day to this nasty sleeping habit I've developed. I still have a big bunch of books to add. I'm putting it off because they are very old, and will have to be entered manually.

I'm just crazy about LibraryThing, and I am often to be found drinking virtual pints and nibbling virtual cheeses in LibraryThing's best pub, The Green Dragon, which has become my second home.

About my library I started collecting books at the age of 15. As I've grown older I've been collecting them at a much faster rate than I can actually read them, much to my distress. I have recently
realized I've read less than half of what I own. So, why am I always in here yammering, when I should have my nose in my books? Because it addicting, that's why.

CURRENTLY READING WAITING IN THE STACKS

CURRENTLY LISTENING TO ON CD

The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo

BOOKS READ IN 2008

Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dodge
Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen
Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic by John de Graaf
Girls of Tender Age by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith
Sweetsmoke by David Fuller (LibraryThing Early Reviewers)
Survival of the Sickest by Sharon Moalem
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
The Girl With No Shadow by Joanne Harris
That Old Ace in the Hole by Annie Proulx (Library Book Club)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
The Memory Keeper's Daughter Kim Edwards (Library Book Club)
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (Women's Book Club)
Deep Ancestry by Spencer Wells
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (Green Dragon Selection)
Love Marriage by V.V. Ganeshananthan (LibraryThing Early Reviewers)
The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Dave Barry's History of the Millennium (So Far) by Dave Barry
The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner (Women's Book Club)
So Many Books, So Little Time by Sara Nelson
You Can Prevent Global Warming (and Save Money!) by Jeffrey Langholz (LibraryThing Early Reviewers)
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (The Big Read)
The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Library Book Club)
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal by Jared Diamond
god is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens
Skeleton of a Bridge by Robert Mirabal
Have a Nice Doomsday by Nicholas Guyatt
How to Find Morels by Milan Pelouch (LibraryThing Early Reviewers)
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson (Library Book Club)
Doctors Killed George Washington by Erin Barrett
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Women's Book Club)
Shadow of Colossus: A Seven Wonders Novel by T. L. Higley (LibraryThing Early Reviewers)
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
A Cold Treachery by Charles Todd (Library Book Club)
The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
Rescuing Sprite: A Dog Lover's Story of Joy and Anguish by Mark R. Levin
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
Foreigner by C. J. Cherryh (Green Dragon Selection)
Bitter Sweets by Roopa Farooki (Women's Book Club)
Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann (SantaThing Gift)
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman

LAST LISTENED TO ON CD

Don't Know Much About History by Kenneth C. Davis
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan

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Real nameClare

LocationConnecticut, US

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Member sinceApr 27, 2006

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Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence Stars:

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In Our Time by Ernest HemingwayNEW!

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Naked by David SedarisNEW!

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In My Father's Court by Isaac Bashevis SingerNEW!

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What Maisie Knew by Henry JamesNEW!

Your profile is looking good these days. Love the profile pic. (Another month of this jazz and then it'll be over, for better or worse. My interest has been waxing and waning for months now, and yet I *cannot* stop compulsively news-surfing. :-p)

posted by Medellia12 at 9:46 am (EST) on Oct 6, 2008

Things are OK. Actually, I hardly ever stop by here because I'm on soooo many database sites in my free time that I think I'll never get around to even starting to enter my library. And that's sort of the point here.... :D

But I check up on ya'll from time to time....hope all is well.

posted by Titano at 10:26 pm (EST) on Oct 3, 2008

Good grief, I stopped by the kkn book club and read some threads. I wondered why the forums emptied out...

But then, the internet is often mean and petty, it's because the stakes are so low... ;)

posted by Titano at 8:42 pm (EST) on Oct 3, 2008

Thank you for joining Pro and Con (Religion). I hope this is a place where the comfortable are afflicted and the afflicted are comforted. Let’s go it with all seriousness, but I hope we can have great fun at the same time. If I were God, I would part the waters of distance, and instantly transport us all to this great pub I used to frequent in Germany with a group of other Auslanders, but alas, I am but a lowly mortal, and so we have to do this via the internet.

All I ask is that every one remain respectful, even if there are times when you are spewing your coffee over the screen.

posted by Arctic-Stranger at 2:57 pm (EST) on Oct 2, 2008

Ok, Clamairy, I will let you know if I have the "outside" reaction again. Little ole school teacher me does have a tendency to jump on a "potential problem", probably not so needed here as it was in the 6th grade. LOL, and ROTFLMAO (or whatever that string of letters is...)

France was a great deal of fun and next time you are on Flickr be sure to look at my snap shots.

BTW, I love your new profile picture. Keeping my fingers crossed, my thumbs held.

*hugs back*

posted by maggie1944 at 12:20 pm (EST) on Sep 30, 2008

So did you leave anything behind for the Sunday shoppers?

posted by sisaruus at 7:36 am (EST) on Sep 28, 2008

Ick. Stomach troubles are the worst. Hope you're feeling better!

posted by dodger at 3:19 am (EST) on Sep 28, 2008

Ha! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiQJ9Xp0x...

posted by dodger at 5:19 pm (EST) on Sep 27, 2008

Got to the Granby sale at 9:05 this morning. I'm not sure I left anything for you. ;-)

posted by sisaruus at 11:25 am (EST) on Sep 27, 2008

I went both days. Sigh... I'm still cataloging the books. My sister works for an addiction psychiatrist. I wonder if I can get a family discount. Do you know the dates of the Granby sale?

posted by sisaruus at 9:52 pm (EST) on Sep 18, 2008

Thanks for adding BannedBooksLibrary to your Interesting Libraries, clam!

posted by PhoenixTerran at 9:00 am (EST) on Sep 15, 2008

*waves* Hi Clare, just dropping by for a quick visit, to let you know I'm thinkin' 'bout ya :-) *big hug* Hope you're doing okay my friend.

posted by katylit at 10:21 am (EST) on Sep 11, 2008

That would be a great exchange, if you're willing to part with it! I had requested that one, being a mystery/history fan. :) I'll let you know when I'm done with mine and we can exchange addresses, thank you!

posted by MrsLee at 3:20 pm (EST) on Sep 6, 2008

I thought about the female abolitionist, but I'd have to play her mother! :)

My reading has taken a serious halt lately. I've finished a few books that I had started, but time is so short! The classes I'm taking for the gifted endorsement are taking up all my free time. We have so much to read for that class and papers to write. The funny thing is that we're all perfectionists when it comes to our assignments.

I'm headed to the local library to help my mom with a few things. She's still going in 3 days a week and I don't want her going in on Saturday by herself. I reshelve and put books back in order on the shelves. It irritates me to find books out of order! (See the perfectionist comment above. hehe)

Have a good day!

posted by GeorgiaDawn at 9:26 am (EST) on Sep 6, 2008

uumm...I'm not sure who I would be! There aren't many parts to choose from. I could be the mistress of the neighboring plantation, I guess. Or maybe we could write in a couple of characters. Surely there had to be a couple of old gossips around. Every southern town has those! :)

posted by GeorgiaDawn at 11:09 pm (EST) on Sep 5, 2008

Thanks! I was really surprised when I got the message from Abby.

I do think Sweetsmoke would make a good movie. Hey, I know! Since you thought of it and I agree, we should be considered for major parts. What do you think? :)

Yes, we do share alot of books. I think I share more with you than anyone else in the GD. Great minds and all that stuff.

Have a great weekend!

posted by GeorgiaDawn at 9:18 pm (EST) on Sep 5, 2008

Hey Clamairy,
following the link from your profile I did the nerd test....

Call me Uber-Dorky Nerd God wahahahahaha

posted by J_ipsen at 8:55 pm (EST) on Sep 1, 2008

*waves back*

posted by dodger at 7:12 pm (EST) on Aug 30, 2008

B will only be upset with me about the books until she starts to read one of them. The benefits of a 20+ yr long friendship.

The meetup was really fun. I look forward to the next one. =)

posted by Irisheyz77 at 9:19 pm (EST) on Aug 27, 2008

Hey Great minds and such.Persuasion is good so far. I read more of my new children's books I bought this summer. Can we list children's books as well in GD? I wasn't sure.

posted by jewels at 10:10 pm (EST) on Aug 24, 2008

Hi there,

I'm a newbie to LibraryThing. I've only listed about 140 books but I see that you listed half of my small library! And, my name is Clare also and we spell it the same way ( I haven't found many people who spell it this way!)

Love your list!

Clare

posted by Branwell211 at 7:02 pm (EST) on Aug 8, 2008

Thanks!

posted by mrgrooism at 7:46 pm (EST) on Aug 5, 2008

*waves*

posted by JPB at 10:45 am (EST) on Aug 5, 2008

whew! you're back!

I missed you....but hope that wherever you were it was nice for you

fun even!

k

posted by mckait at 9:58 am (EST) on Jul 28, 2008

A review of the movie or of the shenanigans?

posted by dodger at 1:50 am (EST) on Jul 25, 2008

Oh yes! I can highly recommend Wodehouse, he is truly a delight, his vocabulary is wonderful, "Jeeves trickled in the door" and the stories just make you smile. The Drones Club - thorold is a member - are wonderfully knowledgable. You could start with anything, The Inimitable Jeeves would probably be a good one in the J & W series, but I've discovered there are lots of other characters, Mr. Mulliner, Psmith, Ukridge, The Blandings Castle people. Fun to be had for sure. What's one or two more on the tottering TBR tower? ;-)

And see? Now I seem to have added The Girl with no Shadow to my TBR pile! I need a better head and more hours to the day.

:-D Katherine

posted by katylit at 9:32 pm (EST) on Jul 24, 2008

Oh, I think I'm OK. But this week's posts are brought to you by the letters P, M, & S. ;)

posted by fleela at 11:18 am (EST) on Jul 14, 2008

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