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Fiction modern (809), Natural history (254), Travel writing (206), Fiction 19C (154), Birds (116), Fiction 20C Early (110), Fiction children (103), North American literature (102), Memoir (post-1900) (81), RTW (65), Literary biography (63), Literary criticism (59), History (World Wars) (59), European history (54), Biography (Georgian) (51), Germany (49), French literature (48), Essays (47), Poetry (45), Memoir (pre-1900) (44), History (Tudor-Stuart) (43), Woolf (42), Society and Politics (42), Food (41), England (Yorkshire) (39), Publisher Penguin Monarch (38), London history (37), North American history (36), RUS (36), Naval history (35), Biography (20C) (35), Rivers and Canals (34), Napoleonic Wars (33), History (Georgian) (33), Scotland (33), North America (33), London (32), History (Postwar) (30), Art (30), Local history (30), Cycling (29), Polar (29), Biography (Imperial) (29), England (29), Maritime (27), Publisher New Naturalist (26), Britain (26), Language (26), Charles Dickens (26), Biography (Tudors-Stuarts) (26), Fiction short stories (26), Islands (25), Reading (25), Cultures (25), Myths and Legends (25), Sport (24), Trollope (24), Literary history (24), History (Imperial) (23), World history (23), Railways (22), Literary geography (22), Asia (22), Science (22), Landscape history (22), Biography (Post War) (21), England (East Anglia) (21), in German (21), Health and Fitness (21), Publisher Fitzcarraldo (21), Books (21), Ransome (20), History (Medieval) (20), British history (20), Agriculture (20), France (19), Conservation (19), Austen (19), Geoscience (18), History (Ancient) (18), Walking (18), Asian history (18), African literature (18), Psychology (18), Media and Journalism (18), Science history (18), Architecture guide (18), History (Hanoverian) (17), Exploration (17), Benelux (17), Greece (16), Religion and Philosophy (16), Travel guide (16), Maps (16), Meteorology (16), Latin America literature (15), Nordic literature (15), Nordic Europe (15), Publisher Library of America (14), Publisher Peirene (14), Horticulture (14), VSI (14), Middle East (14), in French (13), Space exploration (13), German literature (13), Mountaineering (12), Literary reference (12), Architecture (12), Europe (12), England (South West) (12), Science fiction (11), History (20C) (11), Spanish literature (11), Biography (Medieval) (11), Asian literature (11), Publisher Everyman (11), England (North West) (11), Italy (11), Biography (10), Publisher Little Toller Nature (10), Women (10), Fiction 18C- (10), Travel history (10), British Empire (10), Domestic animals (10), Fiction graphic (9), Oceania (9), African history (9), Theatre (9), Switzerland (9), Churches (9), England (South East) (8), Nordic noir (8), East European literature (8), Shakespeare (8), Mathematics (8), Economics (8), American Civil War (8), England (Midlands) (8), Wales (8), Italian literature (7), Africa (7), Aviation history (7), Domestic history (7), England (North East) (6), Caribbean literature (6), Medical history (6), Engineering and Technology (6), Film and Photography (6), Latin America (5), REC (5), Historiography (5), England (Marches) (5), Cultural history (5), Quizzes (5), Walking guide (5), Military science (4), Austria (4), Spain (4), Middle East literature (4), Russian literature (4), Biography (Contemporary) (4), Theatre playscripts (4), Instruments (3), England (Thames) (3), Human ecology (3), Law (3), Horology (2), Ireland (2), Education (2), Prehistory (2), Household (2), Music (2), Biography (Ancient) (2), Flemish literature (2), Roads (2), Poland (1), Portugese literature (1), Swiss literature (1), in Catalan (1), San Marino (1), Portugal (1), Philosophy (1), Amierican Civil War (1)
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Dec 11, 2008
Sobre mi biblioteca

Books include those in my library, those I've read since 2003, and some of those from before then.

I personally use a 6-star rating system which doesn't exactly map on to the LT system, but it's close enough:

5 stars: a favourite (6 star in my ratings)
4.5 excellent, but doesn't quite make a favourite, even if sometimes can't really tell why! (6 stars as well)
4 stars: very good, pretty much unputdownable or provides real insight (5-star)
3.5 stars: good - books that insist on being picked up again (4-star)
2.5-3 stars: solid reads, if not compulsive. Want to read to the end, but they don't positively demand to be picked up once put down. See note below about non-fiction books (3-star)
2 stars: disappointing, or not particularly liked even if can recognise their merits. Often not finished. (2-star)
1 star: positively dislike, sometimes even wondering why anybody would want to read them! Rarely finished, and rarely a book I've chosen to read - most of the books in this category are book group choices! (1-star)

I don't usually rate reference/text books used as such, but 3* has come to include non-fiction books, read as continuous books, which have been perfectly functional, decently written, and have provided the information/knowledge wanted, but where this has perhaps prioritised function over literary engagement!

Notes on history/biography time spans. Inevitably these are British history related:
Ancient: anything prior to the retreat of Rome from Britain (c.450AD)
Medieval: from then until the end of the Wars of the Roses (1485)
16C-17C: 1485-1714, Tudors and Stuarts (or until United Kingdom created, first half of Early Modern)
18C: 1714-1837,Hanoverians to William IV, second half of Early Modern
19C: 1837-1914, Victorian-Edwardian, Imperial age
20C: 1914 onwards, with 2 subsets: World Wars and Postwar.



Sobre mí

Life-time bookworm, reading about 60% fiction, 40% non-fiction. Currently enjoying two long-term reading projects: a 'Tour of the USA' and 'Reading The World' (see the respective LT groups) which I intersperse with, by preference, classic fiction, natural history (esp. birds), history, historical biography and travel, although I don't read enough of any, having a ludicrously large to-read collection.

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