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Real Name

Rachel

About My Library

Most of my print books (those under the "Your Library" collection) were found at resale shops, library sales, and used bookstores. I preorder the new releases of a handful of authors, though. I've also started acquiring or borrowing significantly more e-books and audiobooks, but those are added only as I read them and are placed in separate collections, along with borrowed print books.

As far as physical storage, my books are finally all unboxed after a move in summer 2022. Some tags are used for tagging purposes and will be rearranged as time and interest permit. Prior to the move, I carried out a large-scale weeding/deaccession project, and books that I had read but did not keep or have replaced with eBooks are in the "Withdrawn" collection.

As for the favorite authors, I initially added just about everyone who had written several books I enjoyed. The list has been edited and expanded somewhat over the past 10+ years and remains reasonably representative.

About Me

I'm an academic librarian in northern Illinois, currently in an electronic resources role. Thus far, I've worked in a variety of public and academic libraries, as well as teaching part-time for several years. Reading in all forms is my favorite hobby, though I also enjoy cooking/baking and, more actively, hiking and nature walks (often while listening to audiobooks or podcasts).

I share my home with three cats--Tara, Ralph, and Zuki--accentuating the stereotype of the bespectacled, cat-loving, spinster-librarian. My profile pictures also feature Tim and Sylvester (Bester), two other feline companions who passed in 2016 and are much missed. In the summer of 2022, we adopted Sam, a very mixed breed dog, despite the cats' misgivings.

Location

Illinois

Memberships

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Currently Reading

Wondrous encounters : scripture for Lent by Richard Rohr

Korval's game by Sharon Lee

The Jewish study Bible by Adele Berlin

Memory's legion : the complete expanse story collection by James S. A. Corey

The life and afterlife of Isabeau of Bavaria by Tracy Adams

The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch

Favorite Authors

Kate Beaton, Kate Bowler, Walter R. Brooks, Robert Browning, Bill Bryson, Frederick Buechner, Lois McMaster Bujold, Jim Butcher, Robert Farrar Capon, Becky Chambers, G. K. Chesterton, Agatha Christie, Susanna Clarke, Beverly Cleary, Richmal Crompton, Annie Dillard, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edward Eager, T. S. Eliot, Peter Enns, Jasper Fforde, Cornelia Funke, Ursula K. Le Guin, Frances Hardinge, O. Henry, Georgette Heyer, Robin Hobb, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Diana Wynne Jones, Laurie R. King, Stephen R. Lawhead, Madeleine L'Engle, C. S. Lewis, Melina Marchetta, Seanan McGuire, Patricia A. McKillip, A. A. Milne, Randall Munroe, E. Nesbit, Naomi Novik, Baroness Orczy, Tim Powers, Terry Pratchett, Spencer Quinn, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Dorothy L. Sayers, John Scalzi, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rex Stout, James Thurber, J. R. R. Tolkien, Anthony Trollope, Megan Whalen Turner, Ursula Vernon, Bill Watterson, Elizabeth Wein, Martha Wells, Connie Willis, P. G. Wodehouse, Gene Wolfe

Local Favorites

Libraries: Aurora Public Library - Eola Road Branch, Aurora Public Library - Santori Library, Aurora University - Charles B. Phillips Library, DeKalb Public Library, Founders Memorial Library - Northern Illinois University, Fountaindale Public Library District, Lewis University - Romeoville (Main) Campus Library, Naperville Public Library - Naper Boulevard Library, Naperville Public Library - Nichols Library, Northern Illinois University - College of Law - David C. Shapiro Memorial Law Library, Sycamore Public Library, Wheaton College - Buswell Memorial Library

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