Member: meadowmist

Okay, so I just got The Angel's Game from the library and read it. I quited enjoyed it and although I think he could have chopped 100-pages off and it would have moved better. It reminded me of The Historian by Kostova. I will read Shadow on the Wind at some point and let you know!

posted by bucketyell at 7:48 pm (EST) on Nov 22, 2009

Hi Elizabeth! Thanks for your recommendation for Shadow of the Wind, I have added it to my library under my wish list and I will grab it when I can! I look forward to looking through your shelf for others as well. It is always more fun to read something that comes highly recommended.

Tracie

posted by TracieG at 3:13 pm (EST) on Nov 22, 2009

Hello, and thank you for adding me to your interesting library list. It looks like I am going to have to dig out Shadow of the Wind from the ol' TBR stack and give it a go. Lovely picture. I've always wanted to do something like that. I suppose I did this summer when my husband and I went to Charleston and we saw all the places Pat Conroy described so vividly in South of Broad.

Hmmm....Barcelona vs. Charleston. Maybe not quite the same travel/literary experience!

posted by Donna828 at 10:18 am (EST) on Nov 21, 2009

She just knows how much I loved the book and she thought it was the coolest thing to travel to Barcelona to find all the places mentioned in the book. You're famous! Have a great week!

posted by Cailin at 12:26 pm (EST) on Nov 15, 2009

One of my friends told me about you and your trip. How exciting! Shadow of the Wind is one of my favorite books, it's so beautifully written. Did you enjoy the Angel's Game?

posted by Cailin at 8:35 am (EST) on Nov 13, 2009

Actually I have read Shadow of the Wind. Must have mis-tagged it. Thanks for the heads up and I'm off to fix it now. :-)

posted by whitreidtan at 4:34 pm (EST) on Nov 12, 2009

Thanks Elizabeth for the book suggestion. I've been trying to talk my husband into going to Scotland as I got sucked into "Outlander" this summer and blew through all 7 books.

Where in PA are you? I'm orginally from Pottsville and my husband from Hazleton and are now in suburban Philadelphia.

Regards,
Dayna

posted by ddelmoni at 8:24 am (EST) on Nov 12, 2009

Oh, I forgot to answer your question about the photo. No, it isn't a picture of me- it's just a stock photo but I really enjoy it.

posted by icedream at 2:31 am (EST) on Nov 12, 2009

What a wonderful adventure to celebrate a great book! I haven't had a paid membership for very long (I had a free membership for a couple of years) so I have a lot of catching up to do to as far as rating and tagging all the books I have added.
I checked your shelf to see if there was anything I could recommend but everything I could think of recently you have already read and also rated 5 stars! :)
I didn't spot Little Bee by Chris Cleave, it was one of the few I read this year that I found really moving. I will keep you in mind as more favorites come to mind- I would love any recommendations you can come up with.
Shawnee

posted by icedream at 2:24 am (EST) on Nov 12, 2009

Hey meadowmist!

It's always good to hear about books others have enjoyed, thanks! I really like some of the books in your library, and since we have some similar tastes, I'm going to peruse a few that are on yours that I'm not familiar with.

Shadow of the Wind has been on my bookshelf forever. I am more motivated now to give it a try now that you've given it such high praises.

Just picked up The Forgotten Garden at a library sale for next to nothing...I may be reading it next. Maybe sooner than I think; as I feel like I am coming down w/ a bad cold. :( That always makes for much extra reading time, though!

-taaza

posted by taaza at 10:54 pm (EST) on Nov 11, 2009

Talk about getting used to things...I posted on the wrong person! Sorry.

posted by MEENIEREADS at 3:29 pm (EST) on Nov 10, 2009

Right now I am reading The Gate At The Stairs by Lorrie Moore. It has quite a few funny observations by its college sophomore protaganist.(I have a freshman dtr. and a sr. dtr.) I am not sure where this story is going as it has bogged down for me about page 80! I seem to be in the mood to put books down lately.
I really enjoyed Those That Save Us by Jenna Blum. I thought it was better than The Kommadant's Girl and quite similar!
Of course,I loved the Guernsey book...it was my book when I hosted my book club here.

R. W. Honey

PS..what part of Pa are you from? I was just out in Villanova University for a wedding

posted by MEENIEREADS at 3:28 pm (EST) on Nov 10, 2009

Thanks for adding me as a friend. I'm just learning the ropes here. It's a bit overwhelming at first. I see we have quite a few books in common. I'll check out your library for ideas. Not that I need more books in my tbr pile!

posted by bookaholicmom at 8:38 am (EST) on Nov 10, 2009

That's actually a funny story. That friend has read the book and is actually the person who told me it was a MUST read! She just hasn't logged it into her library yet! I'm loaning her my scan cat scanner so she can get caught up and have all of her books logged! :-)

posted by Mel-O at 3:00 pm (EST) on Nov 8, 2009

You're welcome! I love this site for just this very reason. A ton of people around the world who enjoy reading the same stuff I do. What more can you ask for? My email is bucketyell@hotmail.com.

If there is anything in my library that interests you, let me know. There is a lot of stuff that I have but hadn't read yet (my TBR pile scares even me!) but if I have rated it, I have read it. I don't always review stuff but I at least try to rate it.

I will move Zafon to the top of the pile. His name keeps popping up everywhere so I really should take that as a sign :)

The weather here in southern Ontario is great today too. If you are in Pennsylvania, we are practically neighbours!

posted by bucketyell at 12:49 pm (EST) on Nov 7, 2009

I always welcome fellow bibliophiles as friends! I will have to peruse your library for ideas (I love that part!). I have seen the name Carlos Ruiz Zafon pop up here and there but have never read anything by him. I will put him on my wishlist and let you know.

posted by bucketyell at 12:06 pm (EST) on Nov 7, 2009

Thank you for adding me to your list of interesting libraries. Besides the fact that we share quite a few books, was there a particular reason you found my library interesting?

Love the picture on your profile!

posted by pinklady60 at 12:27 am (EST) on Nov 7, 2009

Thanks for including me on your interesting libraries list. Yes, we do have many books in common.

posted by mpmills at 9:08 am (EST) on Nov 6, 2009

Hi there - Yes, loved the Art of Racing in the Rain-- it made me laugh and made me cry. About to pick up "The Angels Game" by Carlos Zafon. I see we both read, "The Shadow of the Wind"....Did you like it? Do you belong to any book clubs.? Hope to hear from you!

posted by motivatedmomma at 5:54 am (EST) on Oct 20, 2009

I will, but I haven't heard a word. But I get lots of different covers, only they repeat more than they used to.

posted by anglemark at 4:31 pm (EST) on Oct 4, 2009

Mine never really did it over a long period of time. Every now and then I will notice that the entire screen is filled with the same cover repeated over and over again, but it has always eventually added more variety in. I have noticed that occasionally it will focus on a few titles and keep recycling those covers as well, but it does seem that if I let it go for a while, it throws some variety in.

posted by Rob_E at 10:56 am (EST) on Sep 28, 2009

The title is Dirty Little Angels. Thanks!

posted by cmtusa at 11:40 am (EST) on Sep 7, 2009

I understand. Of course, you could always ask your local library to order a copy (if they don’t have one already). The book is available on Amazon.com for about $10, but since I’m hoping for a review, I didn’t feel it was appropriate to expect you to buy a copy :) Hopefully, I'll be getting some physical copies soon.

posted by cmtusa at 12:00 am (EST) on Sep 4, 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 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 8:43 am (EST) on Aug 20, 2009

Hi Tiddleyboom:

Can you let me know how I access the interesting libraries list please....I don't see it on my profile.

THANKS for the invite...this sounds fun.

posted by meadowmist at 7:02 pm (EST) on Jul 18, 2009

That is ok, Abby...I appreciate that you sent me the note about the book I wasn't able to "snag." :)

Have all the books been chosen for July now?

I enjoyed the one I won for June so much....I wrote a review for it.

THANKS again.

posted by meadowmist at 10:15 pm (EST) on Jul 17, 2009

Hi there!!! No - I don't think Corelli was real. (Although, like I mentioned in my review, he reminded me SOOO strongly of Robert DeNiro in the movie Angel Heart that I couldn't think of anything else.)

And I don't know who Christina was - an an angel of some sort for David? A muse?

I can't tell you how much I was looking forward to this book. I liked it but am pretty disappointed...but have high hopes for his next one.

posted by karieh at 9:51 am (EST) on Jun 11, 2009

I thought it was a wonderful book!

posted by midtowngirl at 10:51 pm (EST) on Jan 11, 2009