Member: CharlesFerdinand

It is dangerous. And obsessional. I would need to quit my job to read them in a reasonable amount of time. I dipped my toe into Steampunk with [New Amsterdam] by [[Elizabeth Bear]]. I love, love this author and have since collected her other books (hence the troublesome TBR).

Here is the link for the list of Steampunk books I have so far. And I have read all of 3 of them!
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Girl...

[Boneshaker] by [[Cherie Priest]] is incredible so far and I really enjoyed [Salamander] by [[Thomas Wharton]] as it twists all over the place. I did not enjoy the Chaos trilogy; good Steampunk, liked the characters, but it is heavily, heavily based in mythology and, as I have never studied this, I was lost.

posted by GirlMisanthrope at 10:02 pm (EST) on Nov 10, 2009

Mm, good question. I am presently immersed in Steampunk and have utterly neglected by vampire fiction, although I do have one of his books in my TBR pile (presently 200 books). Shall let you know once I read it; I noticed his books do seem to be highly rated.

posted by GirlMisanthrope at 5:32 pm (EST) on Nov 6, 2009

http://www.librarything.com/work/book/52...

I uploaded a cover for this book if you are interested.

posted by yeremenko at 10:48 pm (EST) on Nov 3, 2009

Noticed you liked Clockwork Orange, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in reviewing my new novel and posting your comments here as well as a few other book-related sites. Thought you might like my book since it's also about a group of violent kids (and also a bit dark). I could e-mail you the novel in an e-book format if you'd like (I'm out of physical copies at the moment). Let me know if you're interested. Here's a link to a summary (and a sample chapter) in case you'd like to read more about the book before you commit:

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 10:56 pm (EST) on Sep 13, 2009

I never joke about Abe. Check out Amazon. There's a whole slew of classics being reimagined with a paranormal twist. Should be interesting.....

posted by GirlMisanthrope at 9:52 pm (EST) on Aug 10, 2009

But wait, there's more. By the end of the year "Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter" will be published!

posted by GirlMisanthrope at 11:20 pm (EST) on Aug 8, 2009

You're probably right! I haven't read Courouble's book yet but it looks like the story is true -- in which form, I'll be interested to see.

posted by airminded at 1:17 pm (EST) on Jul 11, 2009

The "riddle of the wooden bombs" is explained here: http://airminded.org/2005/11/01/levity-t...

posted by airminded at 6:20 am (EST) on Jul 10, 2009

I see that you too have just added Third World War. What did you think of it

posted by carterchristian1 at 10:42 pm (EST) on May 16, 2009

Aw, shucks! Glad to help. First, can I ask you what type of books, what authors is she currently reading? (aside from Ms. Love ;)?)

posted by GirlMisanthrope at 7:45 pm (EST) on May 11, 2009

FYI
I have uploaded a cover for The Killing Ground: The British Army, the Western Front, and the Emergence of Modern Warfare, 1900–1918 by Tim Travers. This is from the 1987 Allen & Unwin hardcover edition.

posted by DVanderlinde at 2:02 pm (EST) on May 9, 2009

Cheers - I hadn't noticed this group. Funnily enough I wrote an undergraduate paper on "urban monsters" in London during the fin de Siecle - so I'm verrrry interested in this stuff. It will take me a while to go through all the postings, though! Jen.

posted by MysteryWatcher at 3:49 am (EST) on Oct 24, 2007

Not-so-swift reply, but... do Danes ever get the joke? ;P

posted by desideo at 3:21 pm (EST) on Oct 18, 2007

Book buying is the only addiction I have and I am happy to have it. There have been times when I have reviewed my Wish List on Amazon several times a day just for the sake of reviewing it. Purchasing a book gives me a high that can not be described nor compared to anything else. Thank you for understanding.

posted by artgirl74 at 7:56 am (EST) on Oct 15, 2007

Greetings! You have good taste in books. Impressive library.

artgirl74

posted by artgirl74 at 5:58 pm (EST) on Oct 8, 2007

Hi,
Thanks! You've got an excellent library as well! And I see that we have common interests in books too. I checked and Bekker's 'Hitler's Naval War' is the English translation of 'Verdammte See', so you can combine them.
Steve

posted by rudel519 at 4:15 pm (EST) on Sep 29, 2007

That was very spot-on.

posted by desideo at 7:03 am (EST) on Sep 22, 2007

You're getting quite proficient in Swedish. Knowing German definitely helps, right?

Catrines intressanta blekhet; Catrine's interesting paleness, indeed!

It's a dissertation examining parallels between young women's class/education and their thoughts on marriage (whether marrying for love was necessary or not). Bjurman also discusses whether the growth of the middle class had an impact on the 'models', or social codes of love.

posted by desideo at 5:31 pm (EST) on Sep 18, 2007

Thanks,
I'll do that.
Jenny.

posted by MysteryWatcher at 9:52 am (EST) on Sep 10, 2007