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I have fairly eclectic taste in reading material, and my library tends to reflect that. My high school English courses instilled a great love for the classics; a love which only seems to grow as time goes on. I love a good mystery; Sherlock Holmes, Mary Russell, Miss Marple and Amelia Peabody are old friends. Young adult and children's literature never fails to take me back to the joyous summers of my youth, which were always filled with reading. Movie and television tie-in novels are a guilty pleasure. My thirst for science fiction started at the age of 13, after reading Sphere by Michael Crichton. It's a thirst that will never be quenched. My love of history -- specifically ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, colonial America and Victorian England -- often makes me wonder if I happened to be born in the time period.]]> 27 female Spring City, PA 02/2008 12/2009 6760 Laurie R. King 115 489 351 true 5725158 read 0 true 1950238 currently-reading 138 true 1950237 to-read 27 false 2089599 doctor-who http://www.goodreads.com/trivia http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1206207188p2/953626.jpg 953626 Ruth http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1206207188p2/953626.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/953626-ruth Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:41:56 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/769 http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1206207188p2/953626.jpg 953626 Ruth http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1206207188p2/953626.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/953626-ruth Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:05:53 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/434 http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1206207188p2/953626.jpg 953626 Ruth http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1206207188p2/953626.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/953626-ruth Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:02:48 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/939 http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1206207188p2/953626.jpg 953626 Ruth http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1206207188p2/953626.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/953626-ruth Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:02:03 -0800 Angel's Advocate (A Beaufort & Company Mystery, #2) by Mary Stanton]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56013485 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LIwCrdscL._SL75_.jpg 953626 Ruth http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1206207188p2/953626.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/953626-ruth Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:00:14 -0700 The Language of Bees (Hardcover) by Laurie R. King]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56012282 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236115850s/5226845.jpg 953626 Ruth http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1206207188p2/953626.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/953626-ruth Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:57:36 -0700 The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (The BuckShaw Chronicles, #1) by Alan Bradley]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56012937 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255740234s/6218281.jpg 953626 Ruth http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1206207188p2/953626.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/953626-ruth Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:17:48 -0700 The Science of Sherlock Holmes: From Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear, The Real Forensics Behind the Great Detective's Greatest Cases (Hardcover) by E.J. Wagner]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56013112 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1164045514s/3584.jpg 953626 Ruth http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1206207188p2/953626.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/953626-ruth Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:17:22 -0700 Classic Starts: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Classic Starts Series) by Arthur Conan Doyle]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57914121 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178745979s/831277.jpg 953626 Ruth http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1206207188p2/953626.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/953626-ruth Sat, 30 May 2009 21:06:42 -0700 Classic Starts: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes features abridged versions of six short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The language is simplified for younger readers, but the essence of the original stories is not compromised. The book includes "A Scandal in Bohemia", "The Red-H...more...]]>