Member: PhantomScribbler

And now we have Mothering Without a Map in common, too.

My sister gave me that one as a gift, snuck it out to me so our mom couldn't see it.

Tell me I'm not the only person who wanted, by the end of the book, to tell Black to get over her bad childhood already. Because I wanted to, a LOT, but then felt incredibly guilty about my response. Because really. How radically inappropriate.

posted by hombiblio at 8:18 pm (EST) on Jul 11, 2007

I love that we both have "Now Everybody Really Hates Me."

Totally perfect overlap if you ask me. Makes me smile.

posted by raisingweg at 9:31 pm (EST) on Nov 24, 2005

Only a couple of Colwin's books are short stories. Happy All the Time, Goodbye Without Leaving, and A Big Storm Knocked It Over are all novels you might like.

posted by Genevieve1 at 12:27 pm (EST) on Nov 20, 2005

Phantom, have you read any Laurie Colwin? I think you might like her books. Try "Happy All the Time" (fiction), or "Home Cooking" (essays about cooking).

posted by Genevieve1 at 4:16 pm (EST) on Nov 18, 2005

Up to 26 now... one more bookshelf to go!

posted by ranaverde at 12:07 am (EST) on Nov 11, 2005

Hi Phantom! You have a lot of books I want to check out. And some that I love but don't own (like "Love, Stars, and All That" - I didn't know anyone else who's read it!)

posted by Genevieve1 at 1:13 pm (EST) on Nov 3, 2005

We're up to 15! Two more bookcases to go...

posted by ranaverde at 3:08 pm (EST) on Nov 1, 2005

Hmmmm. We share 13 children's books (I have the 13th Harry Potter twice, because that was the book that came out about 3 weeks earlier in England and I ordered through Amazon.co.uk) and five adult books so far. That's not bad at all, really.

posted by raisingweg at 12:04 am (EST) on Oct 29, 2005

Oops, we're sharing five. When we have coffee, we'll have to talk Said. HAHAHAHAHA.

posted by hombiblio at 12:01 am (EST) on Oct 29, 2005

We're up to four, and I'm done with the academic shelves (almost). Now I have to fight off the urge to cart down the fiction boxes from the attic. You know I'm going to lose that battle, though.

posted by hombiblio at 12:01 am (EST) on Oct 29, 2005

Yup. Foucault is par for the course. *grin*

posted by ranaverde at 10:29 pm (EST) on Oct 27, 2005

Now it's up to three! (It'll be interesting to see the total when I'm done.)

posted by ranaverde at 9:15 pm (EST) on Oct 26, 2005

Hey Phantom! We've got (at least for now) a book in common!

posted by ranaverde at 6:01 pm (EST) on Oct 26, 2005

Oh, I love Millay. Her letters are great, too. That sonnet "Love is not all: it is not meat, nor drink" is just dynamite.

I don't know that particular Jarrell; I take it I'd better look it up?

posted by paigecm at 1:36 am (EST) on Oct 13, 2005

Hi, Phantom! I second Julie. You rock. So does Bishop.

posted by paigecm at 7:45 pm (EST) on Oct 11, 2005

Hi Phantom! You rock.

posted by jcmeloni at 10:52 am (EST) on Oct 11, 2005