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About My Library
Reading and horses! The two constant obsessions of my life. OK--my family (young adult daughter and son), elderly golden retrieiver and a couple cats figure in there somewhere too.

I enjoy great mysteries, women's biographies and memoirs along with history, especially local history. And I'm trying to 'beef up' my knowledge of classical and world literature.

I love the tag clouds--both my own and looking at others' and considering how they reflect the interests of their owners.

I always have at least half a dozen books that I'm reading and my to-be-read mountain requires bottled Oxygen to get to the top. I've decided to add my TBR mountain to my LT catalog to eliminate buying doubles of interesting books and to give a better idea of my current interests.

75 Book Challenge for 2014
75 Book Challenge for 2013 ; Second Thread ; Thread Three
2012 75 Book Challenge Thread 2
2012 75 Book Challenge Thread 1
My 75 book challenge for 2009 http://www.librarything.com/topic/53777
My 75 book challenge for 2008: http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=37256

About Me
I am a recently retired microbiologist (technician) in a research lab. I also raise Appaloosa horses, and, in the past, have had a small web based business of out-of-print and hard to find Appaloosa books. I worked as an out-of-print book searcher in college and still enjoy book scouting, unusual bindings and first editions. No web site at the current time.
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Love is eternal; a novel about Mary Todd Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln by Irving Stone
Perma Red by Debra Magpie Earling
Meditations (Penguin Classics) by Marcus Aurelius
Fire on the Rim: A Firefighter's Season at the Grand Canyon by Stephen J. Pyne
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
Jesus and the Victory of God (Christian Origins and the Question of God, Volume 2) by N. T. Wright
The bedside book of bastards by Dorothy M. Johnson
Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life by Dacher Keltner
The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee by Marja Mills
Bitch In a Bonnet: Reclaiming Jane Austen From the Stiffs, the Snobs, the Simps and the Saps (Volume 2) by Robert Rodi
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson
The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey
Get It Done When You're Depressed by Julie A. Fast
Satantango by László Krasznahorkai
North American Sport Horse Breeder by Kathleen Hiney Kirsan
Ten Days That Shook the World (Penguin Classics) by John Reed
Bad Feminist: Essays by Roxane Gay
American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America by Colin Woodard
Words Under the Words: Selected Poems (A Far Corner Book) by Naomi Shihab Nye
The Essential Rumi by Jalal al-Din Rumi
These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore
Dick Francis Omnibus 'Blood Sport' , 'Nerve' , 'in the Frame (No. 7) by Dick Francis
Start Your Farm: The Authoritative Guide to Becoming a Sustainable 21st Century Farmer by Forrest Pritchard
Malina by Ingeborg Bachmann
Beyond Babylon by Igiaba Scego
Flights by Olga Tokarczuk
Beginning Operations: A Sector General Omnibus: Hospital Station, Star Surgeon, Major Operation by James White
Be Joyful (Philippians): Even When Things Go Wrong, You Can Have Joy (The BE Series Commentary) by Warren W. Wiersbe
Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor by Steven Greenhouse
The New McDougall Cookbook: 300 Delicious Low-Fat, Plant-Based Recipes by John A. McDougall
IQ (An IQ Novel (1)) by Joe Ide
Fever Dream: A Novel by Samanta Schweblin
Exit Strategy: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
Nasty Women by Samhita Mukhopadhyay
Finding Mother God: Poems to Heal the World by Carol Lynn Pearson
When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry by LeAnne Howe
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House: A Novel by Cherie Jones
The Big Book of Kombucha: Brewing, Flavoring, and Enjoying the Health Benefits of Fermented Tea by Hannah Crum
Square Haunting: Five Writers in London Between the Wars by Francesca Wade
In Search of the Mount Cleveland Five by Terry G. Kennedy
Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done by Jon Acuff
Winning at Halter by Lynda Bloom Layne
Women Elders Speak: Reflecting on the Pandemic by Jo Anne Salisbury Troxel et.al
How to Heal Our Divides: A Practical Guide by Brian Allain
Radiant Truths: Holistic Coaches Share How Radiant Your Life Can Really Be by Sumaya Jeeva
The Trial of Adolf Hitler: The Beer Hall Putsch and the Rise of Nazi Germany by David King
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope (P.S.) by William Kamkwamba
Robert E. Lee and Me by Ty Seidule
Birnam Wood: A Novel by Eleanor Catton
The White Mirror: A Mystery (Li Du Novels Book 2) by Elsa Hart
Annie Dunne by Sebastian Barry
Solving the Climate Crisis: A Community Guide to Solving the Biggest Problem On the Planet by Palmer Owyoung
The Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel by Laura Dave
Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes
Come Together, Fall Apart by Cristina Henríquez
The Future by Naomi Alderman
The Buddha in the Attic (Pen/Faulkner Award - Fiction) by Julie Otsuka
The Heart of Jesus: Discovering Hope in a Fractured World by Persh Parker
Tenacious Beasts: Wildlife Recoveries That Change How We Think about Animals by Christopher J. Preston
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein
The White Rhino Hotel (Anton Rider Book 1) by Bartle Bull
Jewish Literacy Revised Ed: The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People, and Its History by Joseph Telushkin
The Wren, the Wren: A Novel by Anne Enright
Summer: A Novel (Seasonal Quartet) by Ali Smith
LONG BRIGHT RIVER: Roman by Liz Moore
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 1st (first) edition Text Only by Haruki Murakami
The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times (Global Icons Series) by Jane Goodall
Go as a River: A Novel by Shelley Read
Damascus Nights by Rafik Schami
The Big Questions of Philosophy by David Kyle Johnson
James: A Novel by Percival Everett
The Comfort of Crows (Reese's Book Club Pick): A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl
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