Member: chndlrs

Noticed you liked The Glass Castle, 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's also about a dysfunctional family (and also a bit dark). 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). Let me know if you're interested. Here's a link to a summary in case you're interested:

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 2:08 pm (EST) on Aug 13, 2009

hi, your name came up as having a collection similar to mine. i have only listed a group of my favorites, but i see many authors that we have in common. if it is not too presumptuous, i have two suggestions:

first read robertson davies' "fifth business". i found it over 30 years ago and it remains one of my all time favorites books. i recently led a four session discussion group on it and the 20 to 25 participants couldn't get enough of it. many went right on to read the second and third books in the trilogy.

second, look up a first novel by a canadian woman named mary lawson, "crow lake". my experience reading it exactly paralleled the reviewer who said
"crow lake is the kind of book that keeps you reading well past midnight; you grieve when it is over. then you start pressing it on friends."

if you try either, please feel free to let me know what you think
"fifthbusy"

g b sonnenschein

posted by fifthbusy at 1:34 am (EST) on Apr 2, 2009

My travels have taken me to Russia during the last couple of years (visited Sochi this summer). I have no ties to Russia, only a passion for learning about the world. Over the years I have studied the Russian language and history.. and continue to enjoy Russian literature. One of my favorite novels is Bulgakov's "The Master and Margarita". And I too have lots of matryoski dolls and artwork from various regions of Russia. But you have a deeper connection to this fascinating country... :->

posted by KaskaskiaVic at 12:42 pm (EST) on Oct 20, 2008

Greetings~ The photo of the giant matryoshka doll was taken in Mandrogi, Russia. The original village was demolished during WWII but was rebuilt in 1996 on the bank of the Svir River outside of St Petersburg. :-D

posted by KaskaskiaVic at 2:50 pm (EST) on Oct 18, 2008