Member: amobogio

CollectionsMichael's Books Read (802), TBR Michael (92), Suzy's Books (1,151), Reference and Chess (4), All collections (2,050)

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Favorite authorsM. John Harrison (Shared favorites)

About meDog Loki shown - family includes dog Pandora, cats (6.5): Callie, Portia, Scarlet, Xander, Pooka (currently AWOL), Dexter and Sparta; sons (2) and darling wife (1)

My Rating System

Stars Grade
5 = A++
4.5 = A+
4 = A
3.5 = B+
3 = B
2.5 = C+
2 = C
1.5 = D
1 = Didn't Finish

About my libraryReading journal for Suzy and I now split by collection. Mine is up to date as of 23-Oct-09.

CueCat is so cool - now entering books I haven't read yet. tbr-pile means "in the to be read pile" while tbr library means "to be read - book is somewhere in the house".

Tags are obvious except for meXX which is the year I read the book so tagged (e.g. me06 means I read the book in 2006) and maybe "ngf" which means non-genre fiction.

***Michael's 2008 Book Awards:***

Best/Favourite Book of the Year: Shriek: An Afterword by Jeff VanderMeer
Honourable Mention The Sandman: Endless Nights* by Neil Gaiman

Unexpected Favourite: Declare by Tim Powers

Most Humorous: The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases by Mark Roberts

Most Original/Creative: Snake Agent by Liz Williams

Quickest Read: Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis

Author of the Year: John Scalzi (Old Man’s War, Ghost Brigades, The Last Colony, Zoe’s Tale)

Best new-to-me Author: Liz Williams (Snake Agent, The Demon and the City)

Best Fantasy Shriek: An Afterword by Jeff VanderMeer

Best Dark Fantasy No Dominion by Charlie Huston (2nd in Joe Pitt series)
Honourable Mentions Fangland by John Marks; Violent Messiahs – Book of Job* by Joshua Dysart

Best Sci-Fi: Zoe’s Tale by John Scalzi (free Library Thing review copy)

Best Non-genre fiction Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

Best Mystery/Thriller: The Coroner’s Lunch by Colin Cotterill

Best Non-Fiction: The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

Most Disappointing Book of the Year: Nova Swing by M. John Harrison

* - graphic novel

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Member sinceApr 7, 2007

Currently readingThe Prefect By Alastair Reynolds (Uk Tradepaper Edition) by Reynolds
The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye by Jonathan Lethem
Majestrum: A Tale Of Henghis Hapthorn by Matthew Hughes

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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
Hi, Michael. I haven't been on this thing in ages or updated my library. I used goodreads.

Glad you liked my book.

Yes, I didn't like high school. Except for English class. I liked most of my college classes a lot though.

Fain is kind of expensive these days since it's out of print. It's good though.
GreyHead explains how it's done here. I did a little customizing, mostly of image size.

Os.
Hi, Claudio´s friend. Thanks for this gift. Always was waiting for someting like that!
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