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Lena Phoenix

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Friends: bibliotheque, goldiebear, JeremyCShipp, lunaverse, Mikal9000, Mr.Durick, Naren559, prelingerlibrary, quinnrosie, shakespearelibrary, teelgee, theoldman

Interesting libraries: bibliotheque, goldiebear, Mr.Durick, prelingerlibrary, quinnrosie, raindiva1

LibraryThing authors: Daniel Drennan (DanielDrennan), Lena Phoenix (Lenaphoenix), Eliezer Sobel (eliezering), Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson (jeffreymasson), Jennifer Niesslein (jenniferniesslein)

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Member: Lenaphoenix

CollectionsYour library (264)

Reviews75 reviews

Tagsfiction (97), non-fiction (44), memoir (44), humor (16), writing (12), spirituality (8), essays (7), Memoir (7), Children's (6), plays (5) — see all tags

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Favorite authorsPico Iyer, Barbara Kingsolver (Shared favorites)

About my libraryThe books in my library are those I have read and enjoyed. While they may not be perfect, they have something to recommend them. I am primarily a fan of good fiction and narrative non-fiction, particularly memoir. To pull me in, a book must tell a really, really good story, make me laugh, or make me look at why we believe the things we do and how those beliefs affect our lives.

More detailed reviews of many of the books in my library can be found in my blog at theheartofacult.com.

Homepagehttp://theheartofacult.com

Real nameLena Phoenix

LocationBoulder, CO

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Member sinceJul 27, 2007

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Noticed you liked White Oleander, 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 dysfunctional family (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). Here's a link to a summary (and a sample chapter) in case you'd like to read more before you commit:

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 10:17 pm (EST) on Sep 4, 2009

"Constantly think of the Universe as one living creature, embracing one being and one soul; how all is absorbed into the one consciousness of this living creature; how it compasses all things with a single purpose, and how all things work together to cause all that comes to pass, and their wonderful web and texture."

-Marcus Aurelius

posted by theoldman at 12:46 pm (EST) on Nov 20, 2008

Hi Lena,

Liked your review of Goodman's "The Sonnet Lover." I'm disappointed that the consensus seems to be that her early stuff is great, while she seems to tail off creatively & artistically as the books go by. I'm just finishing up her debut, "The Lake of Dead Languages," and while I see some of your criticisms of The Sonnet Lover here also (i.e. use of coincidence in furthering plot) I'm nonetheless quite impressed with this first novel. Goodman, I'm afraid, (though she's young yet and time, I hope, proves me wrong) may ultimately be the victim of her own early success a la Richard Yates, where no predecessor quite matches the promise of the first. Hope you have a chance to give The Lake of Dead Languages a whirl.

Warmly,
EF

posted by EnriqueFreeque at 10:24 pm (EST) on Nov 13, 2008

Perhaps you might want to check out this: Belle Yang at Redroom.com. where the writers are

posted by Naren559 at 2:31 pm (EST) on Mar 21, 2008

Although, the "statistics", on the right, state that we have only four books in common, after checking out your "inventory", I can see that I have had (and read), at various times, at least 40 percent of your library (e.g. Herman Hesse, etc.). I also noted that you have the book, Namesake. We have the DVD of this Mira Nair movie, with Kal Penn as Gogol. After watching this movie so much I ordered, from Amazon, The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol; when the book arrived, I immediately read "The Overcoat". What did you think of the book?

posted by Naren559 at 7:45 pm (EST) on Mar 20, 2008

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