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Member: mdexter

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Favorite librariesArlington Central Library (Arlington, Va), Cherrydale Branch Library (Arl. Ctny. system)

About meI'm a recently retired librarian. Spent most of my career working in government libraries in Washington, DC.

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Currently readingPeople of the book : a novel by Geraldine Brooks

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Winnie and Wolf by A. N. Wilson

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Box 21 by Anders Roslund

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The children's book : a novel by A. S. Byatt

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The world at night by Alan Furst

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Darling Jim : a novel by Christian Moerk

The most remarkable thing just happened, and I decided to pop in here and tell you about it.

I like to open up my reviews page occasionally to read reviews (in that right-hand column) written by other members for books shared by my library. Reading book reviews brings me almost as much joy as reading books! Often, I have happily followed a good review to a members review page to read more of their reviews, thumbing-up the really good ones as I read.

Today, a new review at the top of that column was for 'The Day the Falls Stood Still', reviewed by you. A great review, it caused me to follow to your reviews page, again thumbing-up the really good ones as I read. As I scrolled back up the page, after finishing my reading, I noticed that every single little hand had turned green. I had ended up giving you a thumbs-up on EVERY review! That was a first for me!

Anyway, I thought it was kind of a cool happenstance. And serendipitously, I found several interesting books to add to my wishlist!

posted by countrylife at 2:07 pm (EST) on Sep 2, 2009

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 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 (and a sample chapter) in case you'd like to learn a little more about the book before you commit:

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 10:52 am (EST) on Sep 2, 2009

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