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K Is for Killer by Sue Grafton

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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)

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

About meI'm a freelance journalist who has worked for newspapers, magazines and websites, in Australia and the United Kingdom. I've been a contributor to RESOURCESTOCKS magazine, MiningNews.net Office Professional magazine and the UK newspaper group Newsquest and its daily newspaper The Argus and its mind-body-spirit magazine Rocks.

I'm addicted to Facebook, know way too much about Word, and used to work as copyeditor. One of my favourite stories ever is: Avoid Friday fashion faux pas.

About my libraryI'm a completionist, so I tend to collect series religiously. During 2008, I read books just to review them. Now I'm trying to read just for fun, and get through my rapidly accumulating unread stacks of books :)

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Family Acts: A Novel by Louise Shaffer

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Window to the universe – the square kilometre array : A resource for teachers of students in years 9–10 by AuSKA

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Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris

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Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 9) by Charlaine Harris

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A Secret Rage by Charlaine Harris

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Last Scene Alive by Charlaine Harris

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

posted by cmtusa at 1:41 am (EST) on Sep 19, 2009

I believe that Tracy has been cataloging her new books.

posted by davidandtracy at 11:48 pm (EST) on May 14, 2009

I love Boffins and especially enjoy browsing their craft and computer sections.

Cheers - minnie

posted by pinkozcat at 10:14 pm (EST) on Apr 9, 2009

See, you should get your boy to subscribe to Crikey at the free gifts time of year (Christmas).

posted by davidandtracy at 4:26 pm (EST) on Jan 21, 2009

Haven't had time to read it yet... probably won't get around to it. Got it from Crikey with my membership.

posted by davidandtracy at 5:24 pm (EST) on Jan 20, 2009

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.

posted by timspalding at 10:52 pm (EST) on Jan 7, 2009

"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

posted by Michael_P at 11:21 pm (EST) on Oct 6, 2008

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

posted by Michael_P at 11:35 am (EST) on Oct 6, 2008

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.

posted by Black_samvara at 9:14 pm (EST) on Jun 18, 2008

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.

posted by wyvernfriend at 7:08 am (EST) on Jun 5, 2008

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.

posted by wyvernfriend at 7:02 am (EST) on Jun 5, 2008

If only we were giving out iPhones as prizes to something! :)

posted by ablachly at 9:53 pm (EST) on Nov 28, 2007

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.

posted by elhajj at 12:39 am (EST) on Nov 28, 2007

hey there...
you have an awesome collection!

posted by keidz at 12:05 pm (EST) on Sep 21, 2007

Hey thanks! I was able to do it through the book edit screen.

posted by pickybookjunkie at 9:11 pm (EST) on Sep 1, 2007

how did you get the "1/2" on your rating?

posted by pickybookjunkie at 7:24 pm (EST) on Aug 21, 2007

hi, I am hooking up with bookmooch members on Librarything.com

posted by ablueidol at 9:58 am (EST) on Jul 27, 2007

thanks for the add!

posted by andtheshoreline at 12:44 am (EST) on Jun 29, 2007

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

posted by esterwellens at 5:54 am (EST) on Jan 14, 2007

Hi Amanda

Would you maybe like to mention the blog entry (http://www.librarything.com/thingology/2...) in the description to the Cutter group?

Best wishes :-)

posted by sunny at 6:38 am (EST) on Dec 14, 2006

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?

posted by ampersand_duck at 6:25 pm (EST) on Dec 4, 2006

*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! :)

posted by cemurphy at 5:14 am (EST) on Nov 16, 2006

Thanks for the bookmootch list - I'm stymied by not being willing to give up any existing books.

Not enough books!

posted by Black_samvara at 11:26 pm (EST) on Oct 23, 2006

Thanks for the welcoming comment!

posted by shannahc at 5:32 pm (EST) on Oct 10, 2006

I share no books with your collection. How about that.

posted by davidandtracy at 4:49 am (EST) on Oct 9, 2006

Wheee! Welcome to the Library!

posted by Jodes at 8:55 am (EST) on Jul 14, 2006

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