Medlemazriona

My library is also my husband's library - and thus incredible eclectic. His favorite "smut" books are historical, dealing with Central Asia or the Middle East or the (American) Civil War. Mine tend to be either fiction or historic centering on whatever strikes my fancy. Currently I'm amassing a number of books about post-war Britain.

I live in the Washington DC area where I work for a local theatre company in their costume shop. I've always been something of a voracious reader, which is why I don't actually buy a lot of the books I read - I rely heavily on the local library, where I check out five to six books a week. The good thing about living in the suburbs and using public transportation is that it leaves me plenty of time to read - good thing, too, because there's always another book to add to the list.

Going with the free-book theme, I've been a member of BookCrossing for nearly two years now, but because until recently I was living overseas in a Russian-speaking part of the world, I really wasn't able to participate. I'm awfully pleased to be back in civilization now, where English-language bookstores are the norm and I can actually read the signs around me!