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Member: ablachly

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Favorite authorsAugusten Burroughs, Lisa Carey, E. E. Cummings, Jasper Fforde, Jhumpa Lahiri, Gregory Maguire, Mabel Maney, Gabriel García Márquez, Ian McEwan, Haruki Murakami, Iris Murdoch, Ann Patchett, Salman Rushdie, Clay Shirky, Gertrude Stein, Sarah Waters (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresBrookline Booksmith, Harvard Book Store, Lorem Ipsum Books, McIntyre and Moore Booksellers, Porter Square Books, Raven Used Books, Strand Bookstore, The Harvard Coop, Trident Booksellers & Cafe

Favorite librariesBeatley Library - Simmons College, Boston Public Library (Central Library, Copley Square), Cambridge Public Library, Boudreau Branch, Cambridge Public Library, Central Square Branch, Mount Holyoke College Library

Other favoritesNational Book Festival, LibraryThing H.Q., BookExpo America, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (museum and shop)

About meLibraryThing's Librarian. I'm now running LibraryThing for Libraries, so send your questions about Early Reviewers and the site in general to Sonya!

About my libraryLimited by the confines of a city-sized apartment, but we pack as much in as we can. Our library* is full of media studies, gender studies, cultural American history books, and a growing pile of board books. In my not so copious free time, I'm getting back into reading fiction (and am taking suggestions)! I just realized that I've been unconsciously been working my way through Booker Prize winners...

*This LT account is a combined library with my wife and son. Separating out whose books are whose would be more trouble than it's worth. Plus we like to share.

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Real nameAbby Blachly

LocationCambridge, MA

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Member sinceDec 12, 2005

Currently readingThe Swan Thieves: A Novel by Elizabeth Kostova