Random books from ellevee's library

About me Twenty-something aspiring journalist/writer living in New York City.

Favorite TV Shows
* House, MD
* Doctor Who
* Dexter
* Heroes
* Firefly
* Red Dwarf
* Angel
* Blackadder
* Jeeves & Wooster

About my library Currently Reading
* The Essential Avengers, Volume 1 - Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, & Don Heck
* Four Past Midnight - Stephen King
* Swann's Way - Marcel Proust
* Neuromancer - William Gibson
* No Country For Old Men - Cormac McCarthy
* Food: A Culinary History - Jean-Louis Flandrin

Books Read In 2008
* Iron Man Volume 1: Extremis - Warren Ellis
* Invincible Iron Man #1 - Matt Fraction
* Sweet And Low - Rich Cohen
* Iron Man: Demon In A Bottle - David Michelinie
* An Arsonist's Guide To Writer's Homes In New England - Brock Clarke
* Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keyes
* The Schwa Was Here - Neal Shusterman
* The Yiddish Policeman's Union - Michael Chabon
* The Sandman, Volume 4: Season Of Mists - Neil Gaiman
* Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
* Hellblazer: Fear & Loathing - Garth Ennis
* Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett
* The Sandman, Volume 2: The Doll's House - Neil Gaiman
* The Sandman, Volume 3: Dream Country - Neil Gaiman
* Vegan Express - Nava Atlas (Book Review)
* Jonathan Strange And Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
* The Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett
* Reaper Man - Terry Pratchett
* Night Watch - Terry Pratchett
* Stardust - Neil Gaiman
* Coraline - Neil Gaiman
* Heart-Shaped Box - Joe Hill
* Fragile Things: Short Fictions And Wonders - Neil Gaiman
* The Road - Cormac McCarthy
* Gentlemen Of The Road - Michael Chabon

One last thing - if there's no rating next to a book, I haven't read it yet. Because I'm a bad person.

I read everything. Seriously, everything.

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Member sinceJun 2, 2007

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How was "An Arsonist's Guide To Writer's Homes In New England"? I've been meaning to read it but just haven't mustered up the energy.

posted by caseyjames at 10:49 am (EST) on May 14, 2008

Hey!
Thanks for being my friend I hope I will get to know me more!

~chelle~

posted by chellebelle at 3:34 pm (EST) on May 13, 2008

How was the trip?

posted by Irisheyz77 at 1:02 pm (EST) on Mar 18, 2008

I know it's a trifle belated, but I too hated "Memories of a Geisha", found it tedious in the extreme - I've had more enjoyment reading the phone book whilst listening to white noise through headphones.

posted by bubblingoverbooks at 5:36 pm (EST) on Mar 4, 2008

Just wanted to pop in and wish you a wonderful journey for your upcoming trip to Europe. =)

posted by Irisheyz77 at 11:31 am (EST) on Mar 3, 2008

You know, you have seriously good taste in TV-shows...:)

posted by Humla at 5:17 am (EST) on Feb 27, 2008

I am posting this in reference to your post on the Crabby thread.

The easiest way to I can see to show the time line problem would be to make the end of chapter 1 seemless with the beginning of chapter 3, you know like having 1 & 3 be one long chapter split with chapter 2. While at the same time make sure that chapter 2 refers to the death 'Yesterday'.

Many people reading these kind of stories expect a little play with the time so using the above trick to give clues.

have you read 'Beyond the Shroud'? it's a wraith book by White Wolf and might give you other ideas.

posted by readafew at 12:10 pm (EST) on Feb 13, 2008

saw on your blog that you were looking for people to review your stories. There is a girl on MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/book_of_the_moment). Her whole page is about reviewing books. Perhaps if you contact her she'll review your short stories.

posted by Irisheyz77 at 7:45 pm (EST) on Feb 11, 2008

You can check/change the address you gave us here: http://www.librarything.com/er/signup

But the publishers already have the addresses, so if it's wrong, it'll be sent to the wrong place... Change it for the future, at least though!

Abby

posted by ablachly at 1:57 pm (EST) on Feb 6, 2008

Oh my! Is it possible to read DEATHLY HALLOWS and NOT cry like a wee babe?! Nay, 'tis impossible, I say. Any fav standout moments for you in any of the books? I did my reread this past June, leading up to HP7. They are SO very very good, aren't they?!
Hope you had a great holiday!
:) misslilpaw

posted by misslilpaw at 9:43 pm (EST) on Dec 28, 2007

Just popping in to wish you and your family a very Happy Holiday. =)

posted by Irisheyz77 at 11:33 am (EST) on Dec 25, 2007

Hello!
How is The Late Hector Kipling coming along? I too, am a fellow bookseller (amongst the many other hats one wears in an indie bookstore.) Very curious as to your thoughts on Kipling. And Deathly Hallows if you're done with that too...promise not to give anything away if you are not yet finished!
Best,
lp

posted by misslilpaw at 11:36 pm (EST) on Dec 15, 2007

Oooh...a teaser...like a movie preview but without picture or sound...yet still gets my interest peaked.

Glad to know that the cockroaches haven't gotten you. Hope things calm down a little for you there soon so that you have time to breath.

posted by Irisheyz77 at 6:03 pm (EST) on Nov 14, 2007

Hi, I noticed that you're currently reading Food: A Culinary History. I'd be quite interested to know what you think when you've finished, as I've recently ventured into the food writing genre and am finding that I really enjoy it.

Oh, and I added you to my interesting libraries list!

posted by grkmwk at 12:24 pm (EST) on Nov 14, 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 10:36 am (EST) on Nov 14, 2007

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

posted by lisaunger at 10:35 am (EST) on Nov 14, 2007

RE: my last comment

In case you couldn't tell I am horribly bored at work and looking for some funny to get me through the next 3 long and boring days.

posted by Irisheyz77 at 8:45 am (EST) on Nov 14, 2007

Just stopping by to see if you are still alive...no blog updates in awhile so I've been wondering if the cockroaches have attacked and are holding you hostage...or...um...something. You've probably just gone out and gotten a life and I should probably follow your lead. But it is hard since now I am addicted to said blog and just sit and incessantly hit the refresh button hoping that something new will appear.

Ok. So not really incessantly. However, I do pop over there every so often and feel a rush of disappointment (hmm...wonders if that's still laying it on too thick but is trying to stimulate a response...perhaps get a blog post starring me: weird blog stalker girl. lol) anywho...as I was saying before I interrupted me....I feel a rush of disappointment when there is nothing new.

If the cockroaches have attacked then send up a flair or something and I am sure some kind, concerned New Yorker will come to you aid post haste!

Signed,
weird blog stalker girl who you've gotten addicted to your ramblings of life in new york, cockroaches, and the pending zombie apocalypse.

;-)

posted by Irisheyz77 at 8:43 am (EST) on Nov 14, 2007

That is WAY too funny! I hope your boss understood the refrence.

posted by derfla3101980 at 4:09 pm (EST) on Nov 5, 2007

so how did the job interview go? hear anything back yet?

posted by Irisheyz77 at 9:38 am (EST) on Nov 5, 2007

Hey there, ellevee.

I added you to my "interesting" list recently (I see you just added me back) and wanted to pop round and say thank you. :) *looks around* What interesting tastes we share in library materials! Oh, and it is -always- a pleasure to find someone who is as delightfully sardonic as i am on a blog! (yes i read it, it's not changing my life yet, but it might.)

I've seen you around in some groups we have in common. Just read your post from the GD about fifth of november. V. Did you do anything anarchically disturbing to the general masses/cockroaches/bookstore customers? I really must find me one of those guy fawkes masks, then i could have wrecked more havoc in traffic today and Really made those soccer moms nervous. *small smile* Ah well, my driving must do for that i'm afraid. Come to think of it, I'm sure it does. *chuckle*

Anyways enough random rambling, spattering glittery gibberish to mark your page. It is lovely to meet you, ellevee. Yours is a page I will visit often, if only to wonder/wander about aimlessly at your library.

Much bliss (even if it comes in a small cockroach-killing package).
~PandorasRequiem

posted by PandorasRequiem at 3:58 am (EST) on Nov 5, 2007

I Fu(ken love Transmetropolitan!! I find myself quoting Spider from time to time, especially “Two tugs from a dead dogs cock”

posted by derfla3101980 at 2:47 pm (EST) on Nov 4, 2007

From the imortal words of the Golden Girls, thank you for being a friend. I also enjoy your blogs a great deal please keep it up. From reading them i just have to tell you one thing that might give you some courage about you cockroach fear. According to Encylopedia Brown cockroaches are afraid of humans, in fact if one were to touch a human they run off to clean themselves off as quickly as possible. So Kill those little fu(kers with pride!

posted by derfla3101980 at 7:51 pm (EST) on Oct 12, 2007

Congrats on the apt. May the job also be forth comming. =)

posted by Irisheyz77 at 9:31 pm (EST) on Aug 20, 2007

Job and Apartment hunting at the same time? I so don't envy you there. Both are horrible miserable tasks that can often leave you curled up in a ball at the end of the day trying to shield yourself from the pain of rejection and the horrors of the search.

posted by Irisheyz77 at 8:55 am (EST) on Aug 16, 2007

I confess, it was me. I did not mean to imply that you are really, really boring. Let me explain. After taking care of my four children between 15 and 17 months, schlepping said children around town, reading the incredibly brilliant (NOT) essays of 120-140 sophomore students, trying to enlighten and educate said students, and tending to the usual tasks of such a humdrum suburban life, I occasionally get to read your blog. I always get a laugh. And I get to live vicariously the life I might have had. I hope you won't hold my really, really boring life against me. Feel free to send me hate mail.

posted by emaestra at 12:50 pm (EST) on Aug 14, 2007

I finished it...and you were right. That was a ridiculous ending. Oi. I am glad to be done with that book. Bookmooch here I come...for this book needs to be gone from house.

posted by Irisheyz77 at 11:22 am (EST) on Aug 12, 2007

I'll struggle through it then...but as you say this is a tough one to get through.

posted by Irisheyz77 at 9:25 pm (EST) on Aug 11, 2007

Im on page 170 of The Guardians and was wondering...is it worthwhile to finish the last 40? I'm having real trouble getting into this book.

posted by Irisheyz77 at 9:19 pm (EST) on Aug 10, 2007

If your baby eating roommate is involved I'll think I'll rethink legal action.

*shudders*

posted by Irisheyz77 at 9:05 pm (EST) on Aug 8, 2007

You also demand on your profile that people go read your blog as well. With the all important disclaimer that 'it will change your life'.

So I went.

And while my life was not changed...(contempltes: can I sue for false advertising??)...so while my life wasn't changed I was highly amused. This amusement has led me to look back often.

posted by Irisheyz77 at 3:35 pm (EST) on Aug 8, 2007

So I can no longer check in on your blog at work. It makes me laugh too hard and I get odd stares from those near me in cubicle city.

Ok...so I get odd stares anyway, I'm used to them. But its work. And work is boring. So when I laugh they know that I am not working. And for some reason bosses don't like it when their peons aren't working. Though for the life of me I can't understand why.

lol

posted by Irisheyz77 at 11:10 am (EST) on Aug 8, 2007

Hey there... I live in NYC, too (Forest Hills, Queens, actually... work in Manhattan) ... and any time I'm having a bad day, I also go to Strand -- either the main store or the Annex (I love the Annex in summer especially) ... good luck with your apartment situation :-)

posted by tls1215 at 1:57 pm (EST) on Aug 6, 2007

Saw that you like Zombies...ever wonder how you'd do in a Zombie Apocalypse?

http://mingle2.com/zombie-quiz

posted by Irisheyz77 at 4:12 pm (EST) on Jul 26, 2007

hi - have Crooked Little Vein on my Amazon list now, thanks to you. : ) Ditto the Phineas novels. If you liked those, I think you might like this one; http://www.librarything.com/work/136771

cheers.

posted by Bookmarque at 3:18 pm (EST) on Jul 26, 2007

Just read your review of Wicked and have to say, I couldn't agree with you more! Seems this is a real love it or hate it book.

posted by lindsacl at 9:09 pm (EST) on Jul 14, 2007

Okay then, count me in. :-)

I didn’t see “League” mostly because I suspected it would be horrid! It sounds as though I was right.

And I was indeed curious about your user name, and now I know.

Cheers.

--“I'm not questioning your powers of observation, I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is.”

posted by dodger at 4:50 am (EST) on Jul 10, 2007

General? Yeah, sure, okay--but I feel it is only fair to warn you, I have never been *any* good at taking orders! Ever! Seriously! I’ve been kicked out of classrooms, made to sit in corners, fired from jobs, and excoriated by teachers, employers, and family members for not doing what I was “supposed” to do. Once, I even bit my preschool teacher because I didn’t want to do what she told me. So, you’re now warned. ;-)

Anywho, I see that we share the same ardor for V for Vendetta, too. What a great book and movie! I know that Moore was less than enthused about the movie adaptation, and the Americanization of some of the plot, but I’m very glad it got made.

Well take care, oh, and STOP SMOKING! Just because Thompson did, doesn’t mean you have to. ;-)

posted by dodger at 2:10 am (EST) on Jul 8, 2007

Hi there. Since you’re a fellow Thompson fan, and since we seem to hang out at a lot of the same places on LT, I thought I’d say hello personally.

posted by dodger at 4:04 pm (EST) on Jul 5, 2007

Funny thing: I have a t-shirt that reads, "Can't Sleep Clowns Will Eat Me!"
I bought it years ago. It reminded me of Pennywise the clown from "IT". I am not terrified of them, I just hate them with a passion.

And I just assumed when there were no stars that it did mean a person had not read that particular novel yet. Either that or it was complete shit but then why would a person even admit to owning it. I'll stick with the first part.

And lastly: lucky you and congrats for your intership. I write. I write like a fiend. We all should write. Everyday

Ok.

Goodbye

posted by DoranPayne at 10:11 pm (EST) on Jun 21, 2007

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