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About me I'm working on my M.A. in English Literature at the University of Kansas. I spec'lize in Victorian literature and scientific discourse, especially evolution in all its forms and its formative effects on literature. I hate that they make us pick, though; I also love modernism, post-modernism, medieval lit, gender theory, theory of medicine and the body...oh, and sci-fi. James Gunn teaches at my school! :)
I teach comp classes (which has been a rollicking, manic-depressive type experience I wouldn't trade for anything). It is now no longer a question if I want to be a librarian or a professor, as I am now (a lackey to, but in training to be) both.
Like H.P. Lovecraft, I enjoy cats and ice cream, but unlike him, I rather enjoy women and foreigners, so I guess we're really not alike at all.

I also love me some computer games (even console games I play on an emulator), geocaching, scrapbooking, writing stories on the seacoast, gathering family stories, making jewelry, crushes on comic book characters, monopolizing used book stores, playing D&D with my grad school friends, and going to bars and talking eagerly about the pros and cons of post-structuralism vs historical materialism with the friends who aren't interested in D&D.

Reading: 1916: A Novel of the Irish Rebellion, Morgan Llywelyn

Read in 2008:
Buddenbrooks, Thomas Mann
Baltasar and Blimunda, Jose Saramago
The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead, William Burroughs
How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, Jared Diamond
The Book of Lost Things, John Connolly
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China, Jung Chang
The New Weird, Eds. Ann & Jeff Vandermeer
I Know This Much is True, Wally Lamb
Idiots First, Bernard Malamud
Sartor Resartus, Thomas Carlyle
Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles, Jeanette Winterson
Waking Up Screaming: Haunting Tales of Terror, H.P. Lovecraft
The Green Lantern, Jerome Charyn
Pyramids, Terry Pratchett
The Abstinence Teacher, Tom Perrotta
The Impressionist, Hari Kunzru
After the Death of Don Juan, Sylvia Townsend Warner
The Pythons Autobiography (Monty Python), The Pythons
One More for the Road, Ray Bradbury
The Story of the Night, Colm Toibin
Exit Ghost, Philip Roth
The Genizah at the House of Shepher, Tamar Yellin
The Hundred Secret Senses, Amy Tan
The Boy and the Dog are Sleeping, Nasdijj
The Voyage of the Short Serpent, Bernard du Boucheron
Men and Cartoons, Jonathan Lethem
The Hero and the Crown, Robin McKinley
The 19th Wife, David Ebershoff
Absolute Beginners, Colin MacInnes
Understanding Physics: The Electron, Proton and Neutron, Isaac Asimov
All Souls Day, Cees Nooteboom
The Regulators, Richard Bachman/Stephen King (re-read)
The Accidental, Ali Smith
Steppenwolf, Hermann Hesse
Suite Francaise, Irene Nemirovsky
Dragonsinger, Anne McCaffrey
The Dashing Kansan, Lewis Lindsay Dyche: The Amazing Adventures of a Nineteenth-Century Naturalist and Explorer, Bill Sharp and Peggy Sullivan
Second Son, Stephen Stark
The Lives of Shadows: An Illustrated Novel, Barbara Hodgson
The Translucent Tree, Nobuko Takagi
Visiting Rites, Phyllis Janowitz
Weaving a Way Home: A Personal Journey Exploring Place and Story, Leslie Van Gelder
Worlds Enough & Time: Five Tales of Speculative Fiction, Dan Simmons
The Future of Environmental Criticism: Environmental Crisis and Literary Imagination, Lawrence Buell
The Enchantress of Florence, Salman Rushdie
The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir
The Hound of the Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle
Secrets, Nuruddin Farah
Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy (re-read for school)
Get a Life, Nadine Gordimer
Duma Key, Stephen King
The Italian Secretary, Caleb Carr
Wrack and Ruin, Don Lee
The Cat's Pajamas, Ray Bradbury
Mossad Exodus: The Daring Undercover Rescue of the Lost Jewish Tribe, Gad Shimron
Daniel Deronda, George Eliot
The Eye of the Earth, Niyi Osundare
A Month and a Day: A Detention Diary, Ken Saro-Wiwa
Deerbrook, Harriet Martineau
Hard Times, Charles Dickens
An Essay on the Principle of Population, T.R. Malthus
Menachem's Seed, Carl Djerassi
Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte (re-read for school)
Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
Austerlitz, W.G. Sebald
The Open Curtain, Brian Evenson
Galatea 2.2, Richard Powers
Victorian Ghosts in the Noontide: Women Writers and the Supernatural, Vanessa D. Dickerson
Out of Africa/Shadows on the Grass, Isak Dinesen
A Million Little Pieces, James Frey

My favorite last 5 books:
The Book of Lost Things, John Connolly
Waking Up Screaming: Haunting Tales of Terror, H.P. Lovecraft
The Impressionist, Hari Kunzru
The Pythons Autobiography (Monty Python), The Pythons
The 19th Wife, David Ebershoff

About my library LOTS and LOTS of fiction of various stripes--usually pretty quality stuff. Including, of course, quality science fiction, fantasy, and horror. I appreciate across all genres. I have a pretty generous selection of history, as well, as well as various dramas and poetry. And I owns them all!
I have a considerable helping of philosophy and psychology, which comes from being married to a philosopher. I've only read, oh, 1/25 of these, though. I'm workin' on 'em.
I've told various people I own between 1,000 and 3,000 books, but my most accurate guess would be about 2,500. Only time and data entry shall tell!
I just got married and shoveled off to Kansas, and I never, ever want to move books without a moving company's help (!) again.

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Thanks for adding me to your interesting libraries list.

posted by Diamat at 6:09 am (EST) on Jul 24, 2008

great library! we've got a few overlaps and i see there are a few you've read that i may have to pick up. you sure are tearing through your books.

posted by Banoo at 2:37 am (EST) on Jul 23, 2008

Thank you for including me in your interesting librairies.
Regards
Cyrel

posted by torontoc at 7:12 pm (EST) on Jul 21, 2008

I believe you're referring to Kwality Comics. I'm not a big fan of that store, Astrokitty is much better! I don't know how long you've lived in town, but I used to work at the now-defunct Mass St. Comics (it was where Big Daddy Caddilac's Tattoo Shop is now). I loved that store, and was really sad when we had to close. I hope someday Astrokitty will be able to expand and have the same amount of amazing comics and toys.

I went to the public library and found a copy of The Transitive Vampire. It really is awesome! Excellent find!

posted by NancyDroo at 4:42 pm (EST) on Jul 21, 2008

Yeah at the moment I am literally at snails pace going through. I have to agree with you and your mom, I am completely fed up with Scott and the slang is driving me up the smucking wall. (lol) Right now I'm at the point where "Zach" has come in and tore Lisey's boob off and shes on the floor thinking of Scott and his weird family from her memories. I think whats taking me so long is that I fail to see the point in the book. Whats the point of the story? So this woman lost her husband and ....? Why is remembering Scott so important to us (the reader) and really what does that have to do with her handling what needs to be dealt with this fanatic and her ailing sister? Idk I just find it all odd. My Dad is telling me to just read the end and get on with my life but how can I? IT'S STEPHEN KING! lol. I feel obligated to finish what I read no matter how cruddy it seems and SK is the top of the top. I somehow feel that he is going to save me at the end and change my mind.

As you do, I love all of his books for different reasons but I have a certain soft spot for The Stand. I think its the whole world-came-to-an-end thing that gets me. Also Different Seasons, each one of the stories stands on its own. Its a beautiful thing.

I know that your a self-proclaimed "Dark Tower Junkie" but I have only read the first one probably 3-4 years ago and now am trying to have all in my possession before I begin again. Btw I wanted to ask you, did you look at the comics for the series? I have all of them but cant bring myself to read them for I fear it will tarnish my own possible views on the characters and such.

A comic for The Stand is in the works at the moment. *excitement*

(wow this is a long post.)

posted by CandiBelle at 1:07 am (EST) on Jul 16, 2008

Yay, Lawrence!! I like your profile and your library alot. We seem to have excellent things in common, such as crushes on comic book characters! Do you ever go to Astrokitty Comics? Also, your graduate studies sound really really interesting. Maybe I'll see you around town!

posted by NancyDroo at 3:08 pm (EST) on Jul 10, 2008

hi! angrystarlyt,

I'm so sorry that it had taken me so long to write to you. I started to read Lisey's Story but then summer school got in the way. But Stephen King is my all time favorite and I have to say that this book is pretty disappointing. To the point that I've finished my summer session and haven't had the urge to pick it up. I am going to start again now.

Did you read (and finish) the book?

posted by CandiBelle at 10:43 pm (EST) on Jul 2, 2008

Thanks for the compliment! Nice that readers in Kansas and Alabama, or wherever, can peer appreciatively at each other's bookshelves, isn't it?

posted by alarob at 7:50 pm (EST) on Jun 20, 2008

Just to say thanks for adding my library to your 'interestings' (though when I look at your page I see you seem to have added just about everyone's in the world (and why not)! It's nice to be in good company anyway. I just had a quick glimpse of your profile and especially liked the bit about being made to pick MA courses. Okay, I understand they can't really teach us everything in the world, but the reason I didn't go on to an MA was because the choices seemed so narrow. I'm waiting for a course to come up entitled 'Everything you could possibly want to know about all literature from the bible to RIGHT NOW!' In my BA I managed to shuffle around a bit between 19thC, early 20thC, Shakespeare, Restoration comedy (yeuch) etc but I'd love to do some more contemporary stuff. Ah well - looks like I'll have to design my own course in that case. Welcome to the library anyhow. Hope you have a good time here.

posted by Booksloth at 6:44 am (EST) on Jun 20, 2008

Hi, thanks for adding me to your 'interesting libraries' list. I am adding you to mine too - after a quick look I can see I'll enjoy browsing through your books!

posted by parmaviolet at 3:00 pm (EST) on Jun 19, 2008

Thanks for adding me to your interesting libraries. I see you recently read and enjoyed The Enchantress of Florence. I bought that book this past weekend. Are you a Rushdie fan? I've never read him before, so I'm looking forward to it.

posted by Ex_Libris at 3:16 pm (EST) on Jun 17, 2008

Thank you for your comment. Zechs is indeed my hero.
--TG

posted by tallgeese at 11:57 pm (EST) on Jun 6, 2008

What a surprise to see a message written by someone other than myself! (my 100 list is like a journal for me).

As for my reading tastes, I'm compelled by different impulses - sometimes I get ultra focused on a topic (Latter Day Saints) or I set a goal (I use "1001 Books to Read..." to fill in the gaps in my engineering education) or I just want to complete a series (particularly useful in scifi). I recently discovered Kate Chopin, it's amazing to me how far ahead of her time she was - I just wish she had written more!

Your own library is very interesting too. And your read list is very diverse too, I see books that I loved, some that I should read and some I didn't even consider. I received "The 19th Wife" from Early Reviewers just before I left town and haven't been able to read it yet. Next week though, it's at the top of my tbr pile. Do you think you could expand your favorites to maybe ten or fifteen books? I would love to see what else you might recommend.

Thanks for the comments!

Thea

posted by TheaMak at 9:42 am (EST) on Jun 6, 2008

Have you read any Stephen Jay Gould? Highly recommended if you have an interest in the effects of evolution on the history of ideas, society, politics etc as much as science.

posted by oz_en_france at 6:10 am (EST) on May 13, 2008

Thanks for adding me to your interesting libraries list! I returned the favor. You have a lot of great stuff and I look forward to looking through your library more closely. I'm currently getting my undergrad in English and then plan on going to library school (I currently work in a library) so we have that in common as well.
I see you're currently reading The Accidental. It was a strange little book. I'm still not quite sure if I liked it but I thought the voice was amazing.

posted by angstrat at 11:07 pm (EST) on May 11, 2008

I haven't read it yet, but I can't wait!

posted by wordygal at 4:37 pm (EST) on May 11, 2008

Do you really have 2,099 books? If so, I pretty much hate you.
How's life?

posted by Schismgrl18 at 6:49 pm (EST) on Apr 10, 2008

I have a close friend who lives in Lawrence! It's a small world after all.

I must say I find your library very interesting. It's been a slow day at work and I've been killing time browsing through your books. You have a great collection.

Have a great day!

posted by joshreally at 2:29 pm (EST) on Apr 5, 2008

Hi Samantha, I am glad u r interested in my library. i will take a look at yours as well. i just finished reading NOTES ON THE OCCUPATION: PALESTINIAN LIVES by Eric Hazan. i strongly recommend it. I have just begun SONG YET SUNG by James McBridge, a poetic sensitive novel about runaway slaves. I just have an inkling that you would like this book. best, david

posted by SigmundFraud at 10:48 pm (EST) on Mar 28, 2008

Thanks! I don't have many readers, sadly, because I don't have much published. If you go to my website - http://liviallewellyn.com - you'll find a list of everything in my bibliography. Two of the stories are still online. "Jetsam" has some hints of Lovecraft in it, as well as "Take Your Daughters", but I'm working on something much more interesting right now: a trio of novellas that I call "Victorian Lovcraftian Dark Fantasy Clockpunk". :D Hopefully it'll be sold and online by the end of the year. Keep your fingers crossed for me!

posted by Livia_Llewellyn at 3:43 pm (EST) on Mar 27, 2008

Thanks for the honor of being listed as one of your 'interesting libraries' - I see we have spoken before:-) They seem to have done away with the ability to see 'new' users with one's books (a bummer). Sounds like grad school is going well for you! Hope you get to squeeze in some pleasure reading now and again. Best, Lois

posted by avaland at 7:56 am (EST) on Mar 26, 2008

Hi, angrystarlyt. Thanks for adding my library. I'm working with a Kansasian now, former KO top brass, and she's a dream. I'm looking forward to exploring your library.

Ice cream, mmm hmh.

Angry? Your in graduate school!

posted by thinandlight at 9:16 pm (EST) on Mar 25, 2008

Funny, I'm your top "member with most common books," but you're not on my top list at all. Nice diverse selection you have there. I've also got quite a few that I haven't read - it happens when you combine collections with your spouse - you suddenly have a lot of books that you haven't read.

Professor or librarian? I had the same dilemma; I went with librarian...though I may yet go back for a PhD.

Good luck with the decision.

posted by zip_000 at 7:48 pm (EST) on Mar 4, 2008

Hello Samantha,
thanks for adding my library to your list of interesting ones.
I did the same with yours, and I will enjoy going through your virtual shelves, certain to find a lot of interesting authors and books.
Happy reading.

Paola :-))

posted by aluvalibri at 5:21 pm (EST) on Feb 11, 2008

It is indeed a disturbing universe. *smiles*

posted by panaranjado at 10:29 am (EST) on Feb 8, 2008

Since we seem to have fairly similar taste in literature, I'm going to add you to my interesting libraries list. I'm sure I'll find some great reads here!

I vote for professor, by the way. But then, I'm not a person who's very interested in systems of organizing information. I love libraries, but I think being a librarian would be a terrible job for me.

posted by Medellia12 at 1:05 pm (EST) on Feb 7, 2008

I was looking at other folks who rec'd the same early reviewers book, and noticed you have a *lovely* library. One of my best friends is in Lawrence for grad school, too (although he's a philosopher.) Just wanted to say hi!

Happy Wednesday!

posted by panaranjado at 12:25 pm (EST) on Feb 6, 2008

yup...woohoo larryville/river city/l-town/lawrence. The recommendations are nice but I wish there was a wish list kind of deal (or one that I can find) because I'm always coming across titles I want to read, but never take the time to write them down. pen and paper are so obsolete.

posted by earthcrosser75 at 7:15 pm (EST) on Feb 4, 2008

Rock chalk, Jayhawk!

Have a Local Burger for me.

posted by yooperprof at 3:44 am (EST) on Feb 3, 2008

Haha, I just might do that. It's one of the few good pictures ever taken of me. It's my reverse Cthulhu look.

posted by wdprescott at 11:12 pm (EST) on Feb 2, 2008

Yeeeees! I'm so excited. Yet another means for me to stalk you. I'm so glad you joined. I'm rather envious of your 2,016 books.

posted by Schismgrl18 at 12:55 pm (EST) on Jan 28, 2008

Indeed - you're getting a book from the regular Jan batch, but nothing from the "bonus batch".

Abby

posted by ablachly at 12:13 pm (EST) on Jan 24, 2008

Hi, Not sure if my library is eclectic or just random. But, I think your's have outdone mine in variety ;) Your library is very impressive, I enjoyed poking through it. There is a group in LT Talk called "Go Review That Book" where each person selects one book from the previous poster and requests a review. Our libraries would make a good match. Although I do have a ton to read a the moment...

My Lawrence connection goes back to 1995-1998 when I was a geology grad student there. I'm in Houston now, but I have very fond memories of Lawrence, and Yellow Sub, and the Free State Brewery and Paradise Cafe and the Mad Greek and Louise's ... Anyway, the reason I thought there might be connection is I just added a University of Kansas tag to all my geology books from when I was in the program there. Then I saw you were moving (or have moved?) to Lawrence and I thought maybe you searched for the tag. It never occurred to me that you might have found my library of interest :D.

As for what I add, er...well, I'm adding my geology books at the moment, so probably not much interest for you there. But, I'm still buying books and adding the library books I actually read.

cheers,
d

posted by dchaikin at 10:50 pm (EST) on Jan 19, 2008

Thank you for adding me to your interesting libraries. I have been away for a while; I just noticed it and am awfully flattered.

One quick look at your profile and I am already impressed. Only January 17th and you read 5 books already? Unfortunately with everything going on in my life, I do not have much time to read or the peace of mind to focus and I am jealous! (Not being able to read in no way decelerates my book purchases though!) I look forward to looking at your library in detail in the coming days and maybe add new works to my reading list.

posted by Muge at 2:44 pm (EST) on Jan 18, 2008

Hi Samantha, I noticed you added my library to your interesting library list. I'm flattered! and curious what caught your attention. Any chance it was a Lawrence connection? Cheers,d

posted by dchaikin at 10:42 am (EST) on Jan 17, 2008

I see my erstwhile comment of 19 December did make into the 'comments' block -- and twice over! LT must have been hiccupping at the time. I even got a message that said Angrystarlyt was not a member of LT or some such confusion. In any case, read whenever you can steal time from so many other demands. And . . . be of good cheer!

posted by chuck_ralston at 9:57 am (EST) on Dec 29, 2007

Thank you for considering mine an interesting library. Good fortune and study at the University of Kansas! I was a history major at the University of Kentucky, but curiosity one day led me to an English dept. course in 'comp lit' taught by one Guy Davenport (1927-2005) whose musings and conversation and delight in learning quite honestly changed my world view altogether. His good friend and colleague, Hugh Kenner (1923-2004), author of many books about the modernists (Pound, Joyce, Eliot, Beckett) also helped to make me an unofficial 'English major'. Best wishes to you and to your partner in life. (My wife and I are now into our 31st year of the journey that never ceases to amaze -- and to surprise.)

posted by chuck_ralston at 4:21 pm (EST) on Dec 19, 2007

Hi Samantha! I noticed that we share quite a few of the same books. (You have about 1/3rd of what I've listed so far.)

If you don't mind sharing--I was wondering, what's your favorite novel of all time? Or novels?

Here’s wishing you a weekend filled with wacky whims, wonderful weirdness, and well-disposed werecats.

-Jeremy :)

posted by JeremyCShipp at 8:02 am (EST) on Nov 24, 2007

Thanks for your friendship. I look forward to checking out your books and hope you enjoy mine.

posted by lisaunger at 8:19 am (EST) on Nov 6, 2007

I'm doing swell, as is my library. Adding more shelving to my apartment, so I might be able to bring out some of my books that are currently languishing in a relative's attic. Got into graphic novels recently and have been worthing through some of the classics ("Watchmen" et al.)

Hope things are are going well. Anything interesting you've come across recently?

Cheers.

posted by coffeezombie at 10:27 am (EST) on Oct 18, 2007

thanks for the interesting library comment. My 2 cents? Be an academic librarian - faculty status, teaching and books. What could be better? Happy reading!

posted by SeriousGrace at 5:44 pm (EST) on Oct 14, 2007

LOL
thanks for considering the library interesting; yours will do. Ah, Lawrence in the fall . . . my wife went to KU and enjoyed it, so hope you can too. I hope you opt for teaching - nothing like seeing the lights go on behind young eyes, and librairies seem to be morphing into soul-less places without books. Only many friends makes moving many books tolerable; happily, I've many friends willing to work for booze. when time allows, let me know what's of interest on my shelves. best, s

posted by bookstopshere at 1:21 pm (EST) on Oct 5, 2007

thanks for adding me to your intersting libraries! i am also an english major! you have a very interesting collection as well!

posted by amanaceerdh at 9:11 am (EST) on Sep 18, 2007

yes...there are few things finer than a sam adams cherry wheat on a hot southern day.

you're getting out of conway? i must say...i'm a little jealous. i love the kansas city area. never made it over to lawrence.

posted by ylkatiejo at 5:02 am (EST) on Aug 1, 2007

What do you find interesting about my library? Just curious.

Glad to see another Last.fm user. And a Residents fan at that. Sweet.

I feel your pain trying to lug books across the country. Most of mine are out in Oregon right now since they won't fit in our apartment out here in North Dakota. It's painful.

Have a good one, and happy cataloging.

posted by coffeezombie at 1:00 pm (EST) on Jul 19, 2007

Lawrence, KS...I bet you'll have a blast there, and if not, just know that you are in the best place in Kansas. That should count for something.

As for grad school, it's wheat and chaff. I'm a PhD student at Oregon, and I've seen most of the people who entered with me drop out or take their MAs and run. That's OK with me since there is a glut of PhD students anyway. I think everyone should read this article before starting graduate school in an English department: http://www.zmag.org/letter_from_yale.htm. It's terribly cynical, jaded, and bitter, but in some ways it's not too far off the mark. It's also how I got into UO. My personal statement listed of all the reasons not to get a PhD in English (and especially in Medieval Studies), and then went on to explain that I want to do it anyway. I know what I'm getting into and I still want to get into it. That is important, and that is what put me over the top (it wasn't my Subject GRE, I know that).

As for teaching Comp, just understand that those freshmen will do many things: 1) they will surprise you with some of the most awkward wording, thinest arguments, most ridiculously obvious plagiarism, and terrible grammar/mechanics you could ever imagine; 2) they will never be very interested in the subject and will just try to make it through; 3) they will be able to tell and will follow your lead if you are not interested; 4) they will likely never, ever be able to write as well as you (so give them a break and triage the issues you tackle in their writing); 5) the only thing they will read critically is your syllabus (and they WILL find the holes in it); and 6) at least one student every term will surprise you and really blow your hair back with an essay that is light years beyond her classmates and what you might have been capable of as a freshman. For me, number 6 trumps all the other things I listed, though the other five will definitely take their toll.

It's all a balancing act, really (I always think of the guy spinning plates on a stage). Just remember that you are a student first and a teacher second. KU is making a killing off of your labor and you are not, so keep that in mind. Spend 15-20 minutes per paper, TOPS! It sounds harsh and impossible, but if you write too much on the papers, you'll be too tired to do your own work and the student will ignore all the nuanced or difficult points you bring up.

Good luck and let me know how things go...oh, and moving the books? There is no easy way. My only suggestion: only but 1/2 to 3/4 of the books in a box you think you can carry. At the end of the day, your back will thank you. This much I know.

posted by prehensel at 4:48 pm (EST) on Jul 17, 2007

Hey there - I'm a Fayetteville girl myself, but I have a lot of family in the Little Rock and Fort Smith areas. And in response to your professor vs. librarian query above, while I am neither, a good friend of mine recently decided on librarian and so far she LOVES it.

posted by neko at 11:56 am (EST) on May 10, 2007

be a libarian! i want to be one when i grow up! nothing is more enchanting than someone who has world of knowledge at their fingertips, and the ability to access in seconds the single piece in that sea of data needed at any given moment is pure modern magic.

your compliment made me smile, by the way. thanks a lot. (:

posted by ifjuly at 11:24 pm (EST) on May 2, 2007

Thanks for the compliment. I didn't know I was anyone's top neighbor, and that makes me really happy. It's not often that you find someone with Orson Scott Card, Stephen King, and a good deal of literature to boot. Bravo, and remember, English majors shall one day rule the world.

posted by alvinendernafai at 2:42 pm (EST) on Apr 30, 2007

Welcome to LT and congratulations on your graduation. Can't help you with the career decision or the graduate decision though:-) I happened to see your your name on the list of users who share books with me. Every now and again I sort the list to "new" and pick a few users at random to meet and greet. I'd recommend joining the "What are you Reading Now?" Group for starters - it's great introduction to LT. Also, as a Lovecraft fan, you might enjoy the works of China Miéville...many cool and imaginative monsters... Best, Lois

posted by avaland at 6:46 pm (EST) on Apr 29, 2007

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