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About meI am a young retiree with a lifelong love of reading, of libraries and of bookstores. As I travel part time, I get to explore libraries and bookstores around the country. If I am feeling blue I go to the local library (within walking distance of my home) to feel invigorated by "the written word."

My best memories of growing up in Florida was riding my bike to the library and bringing home several Nancy Drew books and escaping into the hammock in the back yard or hiding in the mango tree with my books.

Other interests are the personalities in current events, traveling, hiking/walking, birding, grandchildren. My personal mantras are "everyone deserves a 'family'" and "the opportunity to read needs to be available to all."

About my libraryMy home library is an eclectic collection of fiction and non-fiction, religion and politics, how-to and how-not-to. No one could ever go to one section of the library or a bookstore and say "this reminds me of you......" And the beauty of it all is that I am always open to reading something new and different.

My on-line library will be much bigger than my at home library. Unless a book really grabs me or I want it for reference or to write in I will either get it from the library or if I am in possession, I will give it away. Books are to be shared!!!

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Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison

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The Order of Things: A Novel by Lynne Hinton

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A Church of Her Own: What Happens When a Woman Takes the Pulpit by Sarah Sentilles

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Intervention by Robin Cook

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Double Cross: A Novel by James David Jordan

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Crazy in Love by Luanne Rice

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Noticed you liked The Glass Castle, 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 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 learn a little more about the book before you commit:

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 2:07 pm (EST) on Sep 2, 2009

PAX! Thank you for your kind words and you are very welcome. You may be interested to know that the official school in Rome for the training of Exorcist has an increasing number of Priest from the U.S.A. It is just a shame that some diocese will not send the priest they should, the man with the most faith, love and that is hardworking. Though I must admit that once you have become a working Exorcist your life is never the same again. As many people have heard many times and laugh when they hear, "the greatest trick that Satan ever performed was making people believe he did not exist." He does! I shall keep you in my prayers. God bless you!

posted by hermit at 9:16 am (EST) on Aug 29, 2009

Paranormal romance - so it's a romance novel first, but also has paranormal stuff in it. Normally, as a rule, I avoid romance novels, but I thought that paranormal romance and urban fantasy had to be similar, right? Superficially they are (setting is current times, cities, etc; otherwise normal people start encountering fantasy-type stuff) but, to simplify things greatly, in urban fantasy, it's the fantasy that is the plot and in paranormal romance, it's the romance (or "romance") that is the plot.

At least, that's my assumption about how it works.

posted by bluesalamanders at 10:59 pm (EST) on Nov 13, 2008

This is re your post in the Any Given Doomsday ER thread a few days ago.

I just wanted to point out that Any Given Doomsday isn't, in fact, urban fantasy. It is paranormal romance - I know, I know, but there really is a difference. And from what I've seen people say, it's a crappy example of paranormal romance at that. PR is not my genre of choice, so I can't judge it in regards to the genre, but I couldn't even finish the book, myself. If you're interested in trying some real urban fantasy, this might be a good place to start. Personally, I really like Charles de Lint's The Blue Girl and Robin McKinley's Sunshine.

I hope you find something you like better! There's a lot of good stuff out there.

posted by bluesalamanders at 7:20 am (EST) on Nov 13, 2008

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