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Kate

Over mijn bibliotheek

My library reflects mostly books that I currently own but also includes some that I have read but is not yet a part of my home library. I am a true bibliophile and this fights my natural inclination towards simple and uncluttered spaces...the books are winning.

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"Let me tell you something, funny boy... You know that little stamp? The one that says New York Public Library? Well, that may not mean anything to you, but that means a lot to me. One whole helluva lot. Sure, go ahead, laugh if you want to. I've seen your type before -- flashy, making the scene, flaunting convention. Yeah, I know what you're thinking... Why's this guy making such a big stink about old library books? Let me give you a hint, junior. Maybe we can live without libraries, people like you and me.... Maybe. Sure, we're too old to change the world. What about that kid, sitting down, opening a book right now in a branch of the local library and finding pictures of pee-pees and wee-wees in The Cat in the Hat and The Five Chinese Brothers. Doesn't he deserve better? Look, if you think this is about overdue fines and missing books, you'd better think again. This is about that kid's right to read a book without getting his mind warped. Or maybe that turns you on, Seinfeld... Maybe that's how you get your kicks... You and your goodtime buddies... I've got a flash for you, joy boy. Partytime is over."
- Lt. Bookman, in "The Library"

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Rhode Island

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Favoriete auteurs

Margaret Atwood, Geraldine Brooks, Bill Bryson, Robert Cormier, Donna Cross, Anita Diamant, John Dunning, Dave Eggers, Jeffrey Eugenides, Naomi Fearn, Arthur Golden, S. E. Hinton, Tony Horwitz, Khaled Hosseini, A. J. Jacobs, Stephen King, Jon Krakauer, Robert Kurson, Bernadette Mayer, Toni Morrison, Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Marisha Pessl, Jon Ronson, Marjane Satrapi, Amy Sedaris, David Sedaris, Sarah Waters, Jeanette Winterson, Howard Zinn

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Vrienden

davidliss, maberry, MikeMcQueen, PICADOR, vttwinmama

Interessante bibliotheek

nefernika, SeriousGrace