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Linda Maxie

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Born

Martinsville, Virginia, USA, The United States

Website

https://librarylin.com

Genre

Nonfiction, Biography

Influences

Nancy Pearl [67412]; James Mustich [17513754]

Member Since

May 2019

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Linda Maxie is a retired librarian with a passion for matching the right book with the right reader. After earning an MLS from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, she spent her library career obsessively poring over book reviews to build outstanding collections to connect her patrons with perfect books. After retirement, she continued her quest with Library Lin’s Curated Collection of Superlative Nonfiction (LCCN), a portable library of outstanding nonfiction covering the entire Dewey Decimal Classification system. She follows that effort with this volume of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. She lives in Virginia with her husband Roger, and their rescued mixed-breed canine, Dusty Marie.

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Average rating: 4.72 · 18 ratings · 13 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Library Lin's Curated Collection of Superlative Nonfiction 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Library Lin's Biographies, Autobiographies, and Memoirs 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Library Lin’s Curated Collection of Superlative Nonfiction: Reading Lists for Book Lovers 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

by Betty Edwards

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Linda Maxie is now following Mary Innis Ansell Author of Lydia: The Ugly Duckling
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Linda Maxie rated a book liked it Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
It’s a good book. Clarke is an excellent writer. The idea is compelling, for me, at least. And yet… What bothered me about it was the weight of detail. I adored the weirdness. I think I understood her jokes poking fun at academia. But all the informat ...more
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Linda Maxie rated a book really liked it In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Chilling. A fascinating small piece of the puzzle that illuminates the rise of Nazi ideology in 1930s Germany. Full of complicated people and relationships, none of them perfect, all human, none up to the task of stopping a massive catastrophe. I thi ...more
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Linda Maxie made a comment on Erin Turner’s review of Jane Eyre " I could not stand Mr. Rochester! Honestly, I like Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights better. I could understand why he was an a**. What was Rochester’s e ...more "
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Linda Maxie and 1 other person liked Erin Turner's review of Jane Eyre: "4.5⭐️ While I did really enjoy the love story element, Mr Rochester did give me the ick. "
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Linda Maxie and 4 other people liked Rambling Raconteur's review of The Gnostic Gospels: "This is a solid introduction to gnostic thought in early Christianity, emphasizing the contrasts in key topics between what emerged as orthodox trinitarian Christianity and alternative views. Pagels provides periodic contrasts within the alternative " Read more of this review »
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Linda Maxie liked Helena's review of New Seeds of Contemplation: "This book makes a good daily companion - and there is much to contemplate within it. I far from ‘agree’ with much of it, but luckily that is not the aim. To agree. No. Rather, I have been given a deep dive into Merton’s view on contemplation, on man," Read more of this review »
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Linda Maxie made a comment on Elena’s review of The Glass Castle " I read this years ago. I still think about it occasionally. Mental illness is a serious issue. Some people are fortunate enough to escape dealing with ...more "
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Linda Maxie wants to read From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers by Marina Warner	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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