funambule
From St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Canada
Age 41
Joined Sunday, February 9, 2003
Home page www.theleytongallery.com/curtis.html
Recent Book Activity

A Map of the World

Fat Lightning

When Eight Bells Toll

A Confederacy of Dunces

Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe

The Wind's Twelve Quarters

Always Coming Home

Valentine Pontifex

Les choses: une histoire des années soixante

The Collector

Fear of Flying

L'oeil du héron

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

The Remains of the Day (Vintage International)

Flesh and Blood

The Shawl

The Stone Angel

Merchant of Alphabets

Grand Passion

Scarlett: The Sequel to Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With the Wind"
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books registered | 0 | 40 |
released in the wild | 0 | 5 |
controlled releases | 0 | 0 |
releases caught | 0 | 3 |
controlled releases caught | 0 | 0 |
books found | 0 | 6 |
tell-a-friend referrals | 0 | 1 |
new member referrals | 0 | 3 |
forum posts | 0 | 176 |
Extended Profile
I'm an unrepentant bookworm, infamous in familial circles for the ability to completely lose myself in a book while everyone is mocking my utter remove from the 'real' world. I'll read just about anything if it's there in front of me,
but i have a preference for...the novels of Ursula K. LeGuin, Barbara Kingsolver,
Terry Pratchett and many others who fail to spring to mind right now.
I live in fabulous St. John's, Newfoundland, where I (mis)manage a used bookstore. This means that I have a large stack of books behind the counter at all times waiting for payday, but it also means I get a 30% discount on everything. It also means that I'm constantly surrounded by books that I can't read because I'm working.
Besides books, I like hiking/camping, good food, spending time in my favourite pubs, movies (especially foreign language ones with subtitles), and gardening. I have a wonderful boyfriend who is a
struggling artist as well as a sweetie-pie. I have also a large and far-flung family, of which my brother and I are the only two left in Newfoundland (although my mum and dad will be back in two weeks).
My bookshelf is a total mess - most of those books are no longer in my possession, but in storage at an ex-boyfriend's house. Luckily he's the friendly type of ex, so when I get my act together I can go rescue them. I've been a bookcrosser for over two years, but I'm not very active - I'll get better, I swear.
Anyway, I've blethered (new favourite word - heard in in the fora) on long enough now. Off to register a book and send it to Scotland!

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I live in fabulous St. John's, Newfoundland, where I (mis)manage a used bookstore. This means that I have a large stack of books behind the counter at all times waiting for payday, but it also means I get a 30% discount on everything. It also means that I'm constantly surrounded by books that I can't read because I'm working.
Besides books, I like hiking/camping, good food, spending time in my favourite pubs, movies (especially foreign language ones with subtitles), and gardening. I have a wonderful boyfriend who is a
struggling artist as well as a sweetie-pie. I have also a large and far-flung family, of which my brother and I are the only two left in Newfoundland (although my mum and dad will be back in two weeks).
My bookshelf is a total mess - most of those books are no longer in my possession, but in storage at an ex-boyfriend's house. Luckily he's the friendly type of ex, so when I get my act together I can go rescue them. I've been a bookcrosser for over two years, but I'm not very active - I'll get better, I swear.
Anyway, I've blethered (new favourite word - heard in in the fora) on long enough now. Off to register a book and send it to Scotland!
My Wish List
My Weather Pixie!
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My pet!
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