Lidartturnerjr

Verzamelingen
Trefwoorden
tbr (373), don't own (286), ebook (190), comics (185), kindle (183), mmpb (160), superhero (146), rock (134), attic (131), Deep Ones reading group (119), free (110), cd (108), lovecraftian (86), mp3 (81), unfinished (71), speculative fiction (47), PAID (39), Deep Ones reading group x2 (32), batman (31), SHORT STORY COLLECTION (28), box 1 (25), NOVELLA (24), in omnibus (20), ebook and print book (20), Deep Ones reading group x3 (19), SHORT STORY (17), non-superhero (17), SHORT FICTION COLLECTION (16), cell (16), uncollected (16), Deep Ones reading group x4 (15), recommendations generator (15), reading online (15), tbr 2014 (15), tbr 2010s (14), LIBRARY (13), NON-FICTION (13), dvd (13), daredevil (12), superman (12), fantastic four (11), sold (10), tbr 2011 (9), various dc (9), OMNIBUS (8), x-men (7), invincible (7), spider-man (7), Deep Ones reading group x6 (7), Deep Ones reading group x5 (7), tbrr (7), favorite non-fiction (6), religion (6), various marvel (6), at old house (6), r&b (6), prose (5), for fantasy recommendations (5), wwe list (5), tbr 2016 (5), favorite fiction (5), unread (5), planetary (5), reference (5), tbr 2013 (4), swamp thing (4), michele (4), film (4), Deep Ones reading group x7 (4), crime (4), spawn (4), COLLECTION (3), jla (3), 5 m (3), miracleman (3), general visual arts (3), Deep Ones reading group x8 (3), hulk (3), squadron supreme (3), watchmen (3), rick (3), read online (3), science fiction (3), loeg (3), drama (2), signed (2), tbr challenge 2015 (2), 3 vh (2), audiobook (2), current events (2), green lantern (2), 5 vh (2), Deep Ones reading group x11 (2), Deep Ones reading group x10 (2), Deep Ones reading group x9 (2), genre: speculative fiction (2), 5 h (2), FIX-UP (2), carrie (2), folk (2), biography (2), documentary (2), elektra (2), silver surfer (2), history (2), games (2), pdf (2), need new copy (2), 5 vl (2), read and review (2), NOVELLA? (1), brin list (1), get trade? (1), source of "CoC" quote (1), ebook and audiobook (1), magazine version? (1), tbr 2012 noms start (1), genre: ghost story (1), nugs.net (1), aka The Wonder (1), rec for mkc (1), includes "A Story of the Days to Come" (1), 2014 edition (1), aka The Lost Continent (1), Deep Ones reading group x12 (1), Deep Ones reading group x14 (1), Deep Ones noms (1), bad formatting (1), aeroman (1), steal softly thru snow (1), tbr 2015 (1), Deep Ones reading group x13 (1), at old house? (1), Deep Ones reading group x15 (1), various wildstorm (1), cthulhuchick version (1), decisions decisions (1), "watchmen" (1), comics and prose (1), GREAT WORK OF TIME (1), tbr 2017 (1), tbr 2014? (1), captain maximum (1), Deep Ones reading group x16 (1), 3 actual (1), rpl has ebook (1), v (1), reread and review (1), philosophy (1), ballantine adult fantasy (1), true crime (1), hard to classify (1), justice society (1), henry rollins (1), about (1), pre-ordered (1), avengers (1), captain america (1), blues (1), joker (1), playaway (1), overdrive (1), x-factor (1), the boys (1), kelley jones (1), killer (1), monica (1), kick-ass (1), gutenberg (1), spirit (1), experimental (1), omnibus (1), dm (1), apt (1), box 2 (1), humor (1), blog (1), stardust (1), priority point 5 (1), fantomah (1), fantastic four family (1), x-men family (1), stopped with "tired old man" (1), 3 m (1), 4 vh (1), read 2019 (1), read 2014 (1), living room left bookshelf (1), plutonian (1), genre: literary fiction (1), genre: horror (1), sfbc 50th anniversary collection (1), danse macabre (1), early reviewers (1), joshi (1), promethea (1), captain marvel (1), genre: science fiction (1), new mutants (1), supergirl (1), riley (1), indigo (1), penguin classics (1), book and cd set (1), killraven (1), paid (1), jessica jones (1), sara o (1)
Wolken
Trefwoordenwolk, Auteurswolk, Trefwoordenspiegel
Media
Groepen
Lid sinds
Nov 21, 2008
Echte naam
Art
Over mijn bibliotheek
"One seeks, in vain, through the mutable, mercurial universe, for the compleat guide. To everything. And, failing in the search, one makes do the best one can."

- Harlan Ellison, "On the Downhill Side"

"...a novel is to be read with enjoyment. If it doesn't give the reader that, it is, so far as he is concerned, valueless. In this respect every reader is his own best critic, for he alone knows what he enjoys and what he doesn't. I think, however, that the novelist may claim that you do not do him justice unless you admit that he has the right to demand something of his readers. He has the right to demand that they should possess the small amount of application that is needed to read a book of three or four hundred pages. He has the right to demand that they should have sufficient imagination to be able to interest themselves in the lives, joys and sorrows, tribulations, dangers and adventures of the characters of his invention. Unless a reader is able to give something of himself he cannot get from a novel the best it has to give. And if he isn't able to do that, he had better not read it at all. There is no obligation to read a work of fiction."

- W. Somerset Maugham, TEN NOVELS AND THEIR AUTHORS

"I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us. If the book we are reading doesn't wake us up with a blow on the head, what are we reading it for? ...we need the books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us."

- Franz Kafka, 1904

I've been a fan of comics, pop music, and all kinds of fiction since my teen years (if not longer), and this shows in my collection. I dislike attempting to shoehorn my interests into a concise description, but if I had to articulate my overarching fascination over the last quarter-century or so, it would be exploring art that dwells along the borderlands (to use Michael Chabon's phrase) between so-called "high" and "low" cultures.

I use LT primarily for recommendations (and for chat) - as a result there are some books that I own that I have not catalogued as I don't want them to screw up the recommendations algorithm. I am currently cataloging books as I begin to read them or when I recall that I have read them. Additionally, I am slowly (VERY slowly) adding my music collection to LT.
Over mij
Fortysomething male Virgo; employed as a service provider at a residential group home for disabled adults; proud father of a beautiful little grade-school-aged girl; almost as geeked out on music and film as I am books and comics.

If anyone cares, my five favorite albums are...

(1) TROUT MASK REPLICA - Captain Beefheart (1969)
(2) LIVE AT LEEDS - The Who (1970)
(3) ASTRAL WEEKS - Van Morrison (1968)
(4) PRESENCE - Led Zeppelin (1976)
(5) NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS, HERE'S THE SEX PISTOLS (1977)

...and my five favorite films are...

(1) 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
(2) TAXI DRIVER (Martin Scorsese, 1976)
(3) THE GODFATHER PART II (Francis Coppola, 1974)
(4) THE GODFATHER (Coppola, 1972)
(5) RESERVOIR DOGS (Quentin Tarantino, 1992)
Woonplaats
Rockford, IL USA
Homepage
http://desirousofeverythingatthesametime.blogspot.com
Lidmaatschappen
Ook op
Momenteel aan het lezen
Favoriete auteurs
Favoriete lijsten
Lokale favorieten

Boekwinkels: Half Price Books Outlet, Toad Hall Books & Records

Bibliotheken: Miskatonic University Library, Rockford Public Library - Main Library

Leden connecties

Vrienden
Interessante bibliotheek