Member: phillyexpat

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GroupsEarly Reviewers, Knitters Inc., MyPeopleConnection Book Clubs, Readers Against Struggling Through Books We Hate, Washington, DC

Favorite authorsMargaret Atwood, Augusten Burroughs, Michael Cunningham, Don DeLillo, T. S. Eliot, Bret Easton Ellis, John Feinstein, A. M. Homes, John Irving, John Keats, Jon Krakauer, Erik Larson, Ian McEwan, Arthur Miller, John Milton, Chuck Palahniuk, Tom Perrotta, Philip Roth, Tom Wolfe (Shared favorites)

About meI'm 29 years old, originally from Philadelphia and now live in Washington, DC. Reading has been a passion of mine since childhood-my mother tells many stories of me weaving through crowded malls with books and sneaking off to read under the nightlight.

I studied Literature in college, with an emphasis on 17th and 18th century British fiction and poetrty, 20th Century American literature, and creative writing. My honors thesis was on Milton's perfection and further development of poetic genre in the interest of furthering his literary career.

About my libraryMy library is definitely eclectic! I tend to gravitate toward realism, naturalism, and dystopic fiction, as well as "non-celebrity" memoirs, but I am willing to explore all types of genres.

I am equally passionate about cinema, so I am also using LibraryThing to catalog my large DVD collection. I tend to like independent cinema, horror films, and action-oriented epic dramas, but I have my share of guilty pleasures also.

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Real nameMiriam

LocationWashington, DC

Emailmir2677yahoo.com

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Member sinceFeb 17, 2006

Currently readingThe Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond