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About meI am a subeditor with West Australian Newspapers, and find reading fiction a great way to relax. While I lived in the UK, I wrote books reviews for the Brighton Argus, a Newsquest group regional newspaper.

About my libraryI am a completionist, so I tend to collect crime and urban fantasy series, and historical fiction.

GroupsAussie Small Press and Spec Fic, Australian LibraryThingers, Banned Books, Book reviewers, BookMooching, Books on Books, Brighton and Hove, CueCat questions and help, Cutter, reloaded, Early Reviewersshow all groups

Favorite authorsJessica Adams, Alessandro Baricco, Karyn Bosnak, Suzanne Brockmann, Candace Bushnell, Julia Cameron, Tracy Chevalier, Louise Desalvo, Jude Deveraux, Allison DuBois, John Edward, Katie Ellis, Ben Elton, Janet Evanovich, Natalie Goldberg, Kerry Greenwood, Philippa Gregory, Laurell K. Hamilton, Charlaine Harris, Joanne Harris, Alice Hoffman, Diane Johnson, Marian Keyes, Cassandra King, Elizabeth Knox, Fidelis Morgan, Kate Morton, C. E. Murphy, Maggie Shayne, Shaun Tan, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, Rebecca Wells, Joss Whedon, Rebecca York (Shared favorites)

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Favorite bookstoresBoffins Bookshop, Dymocks Carousel, Fantastic Planet, Much Ado Books, New Edition Bookshop, Oxfam Bookshop - Brighton, Oxford St Books

Favorite librariesState Library of Western Australia, The University of Western Australia Library

Homepagehttp://www.amandaellis.com

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Real nameAmanda Ellis

LocationPerth, Australia

Emailamandaamandaellis.com

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Member sinceJul 14, 2006

Currently readingSo Many Books: Reading and Publishing in an Age of Abundance by Gabriel Zaid
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The Curious Case of the Misplaced Modifier: How To Solve The Mysteries Of Weak Writing by Bonnie Trenga
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I have all of Tracy's new books to enter into the library.
Hope you catch up on cataloging.
Hey 'Manz.... do you still use LT?
Noticed you liked Lovely Bones, 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 also contains a young female narrator struggling with a series of tragic circumstances. 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 about the book before you commit:

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris
I believe that Tracy has been cataloging her new books.
I love Boffins and especially enjoy browsing their craft and computer sections.

Cheers - minnie
See, you should get your boy to subscribe to Crikey at the free gifts time of year (Christmas).
Haven't had time to read it yet... probably won't get around to it. Got it from Crikey with my membership.
Interesting. Although, meh. Big public science datasets don't excite me that much. I'd love to convince them to host some bibliographic data, but I don't think they want to get into a controversial area.
"The Thirteenth Tale" is near the top of my "To Read" list, but I probably won't get to it until the end of the year, or maybe even Jan. or Feb. of next year. What descriptions I have read about it appeal to me on many different levels. I've heard nothing but good about it, but I've also avoided reading any reviews of it incase of spoilers.

Right now, I'm giving the ol' grey cells a bit of a vacation and reading a couple of cozies before hitting the serious stacks again.

- Michael
Amanda,

Thanks for the complement.

I tried to be nicer in my critique, but honestly, it was the first book in recent memory that actually made me mad at the author for wasting my time.

You have quite an interesting library, so I'm going to add you to my interesting libraries group.

Blessings,
Michael
Hi Amanda,

Oooh can you look out for Modesty Blaise books - actually anything by Peter O'Donnell, Charles de Lint's that I don't have, Michelle West/Sagara, Lindsay Davis, oh god stop me now :p

Love, M.
Actually the best treatment of Hodgkins Lymphoma in fiction is Flipside by Tina Reilly, she also gets the chemo blahs and a lot of the issues around treatment pretty bang on.
I make no guarantees about recommendations but I've really been enjoying some of the Madonna Keys series by Mills & Boon Silhouette Bombshell. In fact I haven't come across many dogs in the series. The Madonna Keys series has some in the series that aren't great but overall I've found it interesting. In fact the entire range has been quite a good read.

I've also recently enjoyed Bone Song, while a bit gruesome it's an interesting and unusual read. Mistress of the Art of Death shows a lot of promise. Driving him Wild was a chance discovery from a blog and quite a good read.

I liked the Friday Night Knitting Club but like another reviewer found that I didn't really engage with one single character. Among other things the Cancer treatment wasn't long enough/hard enough/gradual enough, but then again I had a different cancer and other people's mileage may vary. While I initially scored it a 4 it reduced to a 3.5 because I couldn't remember enough of it.
If only we were giving out iPhones as prizes to something! :)
Someone else who enjoyed Louise DeSalvo's book on how telling stories can transform your life. I studied with Louise at Hunter college and think she's great. Loved the book.
hey there...
you have an awesome collection!
Hey thanks! I was able to do it through the book edit screen.
how did you get the "1/2" on your rating?
hi, I am hooking up with bookmooch members on Librarything.com
thanks for the add!
Dear chick-lit reader,

I’m a belgian university student that loves chick-lit. Would you like to help me with my thesis and write to me why you (personally) like reading chick-lit? What is it about chick-lit that appeals to you? What are your favourite books and why? Your help would mean a lot to me!

Best wishes,

Ester Wellens

esterwellens@gmail.com
Hi Amanda

Would you maybe like to mention the blog entry (http://www.librarything.com/thingology/2006/12/cutter-classification-reloaded.ph...) in the description to the Cutter group?

Best wishes :-)
Hi -- sorry about the delay in replying, haven't had much time for LibraryThing lately... I also haven't read Book Design by Andrew Haslam right through yet, but so far I think it has all the elements that I've been gleaning from other books within the one book, and it should prove to be a handy thing to have around! It seems to be nice and glossy but with a lot of substance, which is the way I like my resource books. How about you?
*laugh* Took me forever to get to answering this (haven't been at LT in months), but nice to meet you, and thanks! I'm glad you like the books! :)
Thanks for the bookmootch list - I'm stymied by not being willing to give up any existing books.

Not enough books!
Thanks for the welcoming comment!
I share no books with your collection. How about that.
Wheee! Welcome to the Library!
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