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Welcome to A Land Serene, a place for me (

sanalith) to organize my ever-growing collection of books. I decided to do this because my collection is getting too large for me to handle without some form of reference. I tried sites like LibraryThing, but I couldn't get the customizations I wanted, and most of them have a limit.as to how many books you you can list at one time.

What you can expect to find here:

A master list of all the novels I currently own, alphabetized by author's last name and subdivided into "Completed" and "To Be Read" sections. (Note: This list does not include the multitude of children's and YA novels I left at my parents' house when I got married, only the ones I cared enough about to take with me.)
An individual entry for each novel, which contains title, author, publishing information, a short summary, and my review. At some later date, I hope to possibly post pictures for each book, but we'll see.
A list of relevant shelves (tags) that describe each book. This will help me locate novels of a certain genre when I'm bored and need something to read, and will hopefully assist all of you to browse my shelves to find new books you might be interested in.
A master list of all the manga/graphic novels I currently own. These will eventually have their own posts as well, but I will probably group them together by series as opposed to doing a review for each individual book.
The post immediately below this one will always contain the books I am currently reading. I joined two book clubs this summer, plus I have my own list of novels I want to read, so this will hopefully keep me on track.

Some notes on my shelves:

Most of my shelves are genre-related - fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction etc.
The multi-read shelf indicates books I have read at least FIVE times, and have probably skimmed even more than that.
The desert island shelf includes my most treasured novels, the ones I would take with me anywhere, anytime. These are the books that never change, and yet evolve constantly each time I read them.
Anything on the meh shelf contains books that I've read and didn't like, or started to read and never finished out of dislike or boredom. I'd love to be the type of person who finishes everything she starts just because, but there are so many books out there I want to read that I just can't. However, once I've spent the money on a book I'm loathe to give it away, just in case I ever want to try it again. They're not books I would recommend, however.
Each book has an actual shelf number attached to it. This is for my own person edification, as I often want to read a specific book and can't actually find it. I have now mentally numbered each of my physical shelves, and thus tagged each book with that number.

Please enjoy your stay and I hope you find something on my shelves to interest you!

Completed

1.) Mercedes Lackey, The Black Swan {01/05}
2.) Jean Sasson, Princess Sultana's Circle {01/07}
3.) Keith R.A. DeCandido, Star Trek: The Next Generation - Q & A {01/11}
4.) Eloisa James, When the Duke Returns {01/23}
5.) Helen Halstead Mr. Darcy Presents His Bride {01/28}
6.) Ellis Avery, The Teahouse Fire {02/08}
7.) Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha * {02/15}
8.) Mineko Iwasaki, Geisha, A Life {02/17}
9.) Joan Haslip, The Lonely Empress: Elizabeth of Austria {02/23}
10.) Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching: The Definitive Edition, trans. Jonathan Star** {02/24}
11.) Mercedes Lackey, Magic's Pawn * {03/12}
12.) Confucius, The Analects, trans. D.C. Lau** {03/16}
13.) Philippa Gregory, The Constant Princess {04/08}
14.) Andrew Sinclair, Death by Fame: A Life of Elisabeth, Empress of Austria {04/15}
15.) Mercedes Lackey, The Fire Rose {04/23}
16.) Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice * {04/24}
17.) Stephanie Mayer, Twilight {04/24}
18.) Cathy Maxwell, Temptation of a Proper Governess {04/24}
19.) Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, The Flame and the Flower {0428}
20.) A.C. Crispin, Star Trek: Time For Yesterday * {04/30}
21.) Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland * {05/04}
22.) Ann Nibbs, The Elusive Empress {05/04}
23.) Susan Adriani, Affinity and Affection {05/06}
24.) Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass * {05/13}
25.) Count Egon Corti, Elizabeth: Empress of Austria, trans. Catherine Alison Phillips {05/15}

Currently Reading

Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre

This is the current list of all novels I own. As I am pretty much always buying new books, this post will be a continuous work in progress.

( Completed Books )

( To Be Read )