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A Girl Like Any Other
The Warlock in Spite of Himself

Cold Sassy Tree
New Skies

A Christmas Carol
Before There Was Mozart
Itty-Bitty Animals

The Story of George Washington Carver

The Story of Jackie Robinson

The Story of Harriet Tubman

The Story of Wilma Rudolph
Skin Again
Trapped
Tricked
hammered
Dinosaurs Before Dark
Once Upon a Tim
Hooper Finds a Family
On Becoming a Swan
The F-Word
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books registered | 0 | 4,143 |
released in the wild | 0 | 4,037 |
controlled releases | 0 | 349 |
releases caught | 0 | 997 |
controlled releases caught | 0 | 249 |
books found | 4 | 2,441 |
tell-a-friend referrals | 0 | 576 |
new member referrals | 0 | 40 |
forum posts | 0 | 2,929 |
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My username is the name of the villain in Castle Perilous by John DeChancie. The book itself is pretty mediocre, but I got an online handle out of it which I've been using since around 1993. It's all one word: muh-LID-ee-uh. My name is not Lydia. :)
As of 4 April 2025...
Longest time between release and catch: 16 years, 3 months
Check out my wild catches.
Currently Reading:
* The Butcher's Masquerade by Matt Dinniman (unabridged audiobook)
* How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster
The ever-growing TBR pile.
Books Read in 2025:
1. Quackery by Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen
2. Journal by Joyce Atkinson and Kristine Atkinson
3. On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
4. Breasts by Florence Williams
5. The Explainer by Slate Magazine
6. So You Wanna Run a Country? by Kevin Holohan
Audiobooks Listened to in 2025:
1. System Failure by Joe Zeija
2. Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
3. Tricked by Kevin Hearne
4. What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell
5. Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
6. Trapped by Kevin Hearne
7. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
8. Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
9. Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
10. Carl's Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman
11. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman
12. The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman
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My username is the name of the villain in Castle Perilous by John DeChancie. The book itself is pretty mediocre, but I got an online handle out of it which I've been using since around 1993. It's all one word: muh-LID-ee-uh. My name is not Lydia. :)
As of 4 April 2025...
Longest time between release and catch: 16 years, 3 months
Check out my wild catches.
Currently Reading:
* The Butcher's Masquerade by Matt Dinniman (unabridged audiobook)
* How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster
The ever-growing TBR pile.
Books Read in 2025:
1. Quackery by Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen
2. Journal by Joyce Atkinson and Kristine Atkinson
3. On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
4. Breasts by Florence Williams
5. The Explainer by Slate Magazine
6. So You Wanna Run a Country? by Kevin Holohan
Audiobooks Listened to in 2025:
1. System Failure by Joe Zeija
2. Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
3. Tricked by Kevin Hearne
4. What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell
5. Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
6. Trapped by Kevin Hearne
7. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
8. Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
9. Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
10. Carl's Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman
11. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman
12. The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman
Previous years: 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | Review Archive