Hi! I'm excited that we overlap with Larry Doyle, Maud Casey, and Jessica Anya Blau!

posted by elduque at 1:58 pm (EST) on Jul 16, 2008

My internet connection was down all last week. Thank you for the recommendations. I live in a smallish town with a great library, but it doesn't carry the latest books by most authors. I am going to start with Something Borrowed and Something Blue.

posted by suziekanshu at 12:24 pm (EST) on May 24, 2008

Hi, We seem to share a similar taste in literature -- 49 books.
I just discovered LibraryThing last night, and I am very excited about it.
What have you read lately that you really enjoy? I also love Alexander McCall Smith, but I can't get into the Scotland series.
Take Care,
Suzie

posted by suziekanshu at 1:01 am (EST) on May 17, 2008

Thanks for the friendship!

posted by WendyTokunaga at 1:02 pm (EST) on Dec 4, 2007

You did have Inn in your library. I just missed it!

alpha

posted by alphaorder at 8:55 pm (EST) on Nov 19, 2007

Here you go:

It looks like you have read a fair amount of Ellie's books, but not Inn at Lake Devine. I think I have read all of hers, and this one is one on the top of my list. I remember staying in bed in bad on a Saturday and reading it straight through.

Have you read Adam Langer? He wrote Crossing California. I haven't read him before, but am reading his novel that will be published in 2008 now and it is a smart comedy. So if his new work is any indication of the past, I think you would like him.

An older book, from 1998, that I remember loving for its lightness and fun is Mail by Mameve Medwed.

My favorite recent read - althougth maybe not as light as you wold like - is John Williams's Stoner. Highly recommened!

Please let me know what you go with, even if it is not one of my recs.

Best,
Alphaorder

posted by alphaorder at 2:22 pm (EST) on Nov 18, 2007

Hi Bearette,

I am going to poke around in my library for a recommendation.

In the meantime, glad you like Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers. I did too. I happened upon in back in July - here is my review:

A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers… by Xiaolu Guo
She calls herself Z because nobody knows how to pronounce her name. Z travels from rural China to London, learning English along the way. Her explicit sexual awakening mirrors that of her growing understanding of languages and cultural differences. And yes, the story is told in the form of a dictionary. It may sound formulaic, but I found the novel creative and insightful.

Anyway, I will send another message with recs - haven't had a chance to look at your library, but if you haven't read much Elinor Lipman, should would be perfect.

Alpha

posted by alphaorder at 1:59 pm (EST) on Nov 18, 2007

Great to meet you! Thanks for accepting my friendship. I'm Looking forward to checking out your library and I hope you enjoy mine.

posted by lisaunger at 11:30 am (EST) on Nov 7, 2007

hello! we share 413 books and seem to like the same authors!!! thought that was cool! happy reading!

posted by amanaceerdh at 9:47 am (EST) on Sep 14, 2007

Hi Bearette,

I liked the last one too. I get galleys from the bookstore, so I can read things earlier. This one doesn't sound quite as exciting to me, but then again, it is not set in a bookstore!

I am currently reading the new Elizabeth Strout. She wrote Amy and Isabelle. I was looking for a fun and funny literary novel for the weekend (I have been in a slump) and someone at work handed this one to me. Pretty dark, actually - lots of mental illness - but I got taken in anyway.

The Great Man is up next for me. I will let you know how that is. I love things set in NY.

alphaorder

posted by alphaorder at 4:06 pm (EST) on Aug 27, 2007

Hi! Thanks for being my LibraryThing friend. We share a lot of books! It's nice to meet you.

Lisa :)

posted by LPlumley at 3:33 pm (EST) on Aug 21, 2007

Hi,

I see you just added Penelope Lively's Consequences. I started it last night and am enjoying it so far. I read most of what she writes.

What are you reading now?

alphaorder

posted by alphaorder at 11:01 am (EST) on Aug 17, 2007

Hi,

Looks like you read and enjoyed Astrid & Veronika. Any comments?

I am currently lovin a little gem - [The End of the Alphabet]. Check it out.

Hope you are having a nice summer.

Best,
alphaorder

posted by alphaorder at 10:23 pm (EST) on Aug 7, 2007

Wow... we share a lot of books!!! Thanks for adding me to your interesting libraries list... I've added you to mine also! Have a great Tuesday!

posted by magst at 11:09 am (EST) on Jul 17, 2007

Hi,

Just poking through the new feature "new connections" and saw that we have a lot of the same books (130) and some of the same recent adds.

So I don't know if you need / want any recommendations, but I have a few that I think you would like, based on our similarities.

Astrid & Veronika by Linda Olsson (one of my favorites of the year, really validates women's friendships)

Have your read Balzac and The Little Chinese Seamstress from a few years back?

And Gail Tsukiyama - I have only read a few, but it appears that anything she writes gets great reviews.

What have you read recently that you loved?

Happy reading,
alphaorder

posted by alphaorder at 11:24 am (EST) on Jul 14, 2007

I know, isn't it? I saw a bunch of books in your catalogue that I had read or wanted to, so I added them. I didn't do the children's ones, though. Maybe later...

posted by bearette24 at 2:56 pm (EST) on Jun 4, 2007

Hey! We share 36 books. That's a lot.

posted by ladypeter at 11:37 am (EST) on Jun 4, 2007