clockworkdance
clockworkdance t1_j25nm9q wrote
Reply to comment by Jenniferinfl in How big is your personal library? Which genre takes up the majority? by G0Huskies
>mostly juvenile fiction, vintage picture books, vintage dog/horse books.
We are now best friends.
clockworkdance t1_j257jrh wrote
Reply to Of the books you've shelved on Goodreads, which has the highest & lowest average rating? by ChaDefinitelyFeel
Lowest: Double Vision by Diana Hendry at 1.8 (based off of 5 ratings...); next is Not Just A Summer Crush by C.S. Adler at 2.2, with 15 ratings. I helped ding the former, but I quite liked the latter!
Highest: I've got ten with 5.0 ratings, mostly because I am the only person who rated them (or sometimes 1 other person agreed with me)
Otherwise it's Camp Hope by Sara L. Foust with a 4.79 after 33 ratings -- 4 stars to me.
clockworkdance t1_j21jkqz wrote
Around 1200 titles, I suppose the majority would just be classed as realistic/contemporary fiction? Within that it's a fairly even mix of books for adults, YA and children's books. A chunk of it is also vintage children's books (40-60s), most of which feature horses, dogs or wildlife.
clockworkdance t1_j1erqy0 wrote
Reply to What are some techniques used in books that you just love for some weird reason by shorttompkins
I love it when the chapter's title or epigraph references an object that has some significance within the chapter. I've also seen books do this with a playlist, one song per chapter, where the song comes up in some way.
clockworkdance t1_ivoxxeg wrote
I pick a few good reviews on books I like, click on the reviewers' names and use the "compare books" link. If we have a lot of books in common and their member page shows recent activity (especially of the review or comment variety), out goes the friend request. This is a more time-consuming method but I find it a fun activity on its own.
clockworkdance t1_ir287jt wrote
Reply to Any other cookbook readers? by My_Poor_Nerves
"picture books for adults" -- I love that!
I don't cook very much and I struggle with anything beyond basics, but I am always checking out random color-photo-laden cookbooks by women from the library, partly for the pictures and partly because, exactly, I love the personal stories they include to introduce each recipe.
I've collected a few of Susan Branch's cookbooks, just because her hand-drawn illustration style is so perfectly whimsical (and her recipes aren't half-bad, either). It's not summer until I've cracked open The Summer Book.
clockworkdance t1_j25qjr2 wrote
Reply to comment by Jenniferinfl in How big is your personal library? Which genre takes up the majority? by G0Huskies
I do have a few floating around here! I don't run across them that often but I know I've picked up The Sorrel Stallion (who is clearly bay or buckskin on this dust jacket, what is happening) and Cinchfoot: The Story of a Range Horse in recent months. Haven't read them yet though. (edit: oh! and Bluegrass Champion, which I definitely have; I love Dorothy Lyons)