I'm 26 and I'll read anything. I'm working on that.

Hee! You and me both.

posted by BookishRuth at 5:25 pm (EST) on Sep 2, 2008

Good to know you'll be reprieved from the little brats soon. Do children still use libraries?

There seem to be shelves and shelves of these 'painful memoir' books every time I go to a bookshop these days, so no doubt you'll have plenty of choice in that direction; I wouldn't dream of telling yo what to read next!

posted by billythefish at 6:39 am (EST) on Aug 10, 2008

Thanks! I have such mixed feelings about Meyer's books, and Breaking Dawn in particular (well, except about that name *shudder*). I'm glad I'm not alone in that. :)

And I've been thinking about reading the Edgar Sawtelle book--your review has convinced me to give it a try.

posted by bookgal123 at 5:05 pm (EST) on Aug 9, 2008

Hello there!

It had struck me as odd that there were several positive reviews of 'Fallen Leaves' on the site, considering I hated it so much; I knew it wasn't just a personal antipathy because I originally read it for the book group I'm a member of, and nobody liked it there either. But it's still nice to know I'm not the only one here who didn't like it. (Most of the books in my library I don't like are for book group, actually; maybe I should leave it!)

I suspect it's part of a trend we've just started getting in the UK of what's been called 'misery lit'; hundreds of books coming out by ordinary people telling terrible things about their abusive childhoods. They generally do not make for pleasant reading.

I see you're a librarian from your other account (where we share several more books); do you specialise in children's books?

posted by billythefish at 5:08 am (EST) on Jul 16, 2008

I hope you have fun with it! I find that I read a lot more fiction than non-fiction too, probably because the fiction just seems to go by so much quicker.... I need a bit of incentive to finish the NF books that I've already started!

posted by _Zoe_ at 8:31 pm (EST) on Mar 27, 2008

Hi there! I don't know if someone has let you know already, but several things on your make-LT-better list are available. If you click the link that says "edit" next to display styles A-E, you can change which fields show and choose to show up to 100 books per page. I sort by entry date all the time. Dewey is also one of the available fields (and LoC call number). Enjoy!

posted by nperrin at 8:28 am (EST) on Mar 25, 2008