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About meI am an avid reader and book blogger. You can check out my book blog, The Magic Lasso, for information about my book reviews and reading challenges.
I also am the creator of the Orange January/July reading challenges. During these two months, readers from around the world commit to read at least one book that has been nominated for or won the Orange Prize for Fiction. If you love Orange Prize books, please consider joining the Orange January/July LibraryThing group.
Photo: I am very blessed to have two wonderful sons!
About my libraryI love books about women from the South through all time periods, especially the antebellum South. I also love stories that explore family relationships.
Groups75 Books Challenge for 2010, 75 Books Challenge for 2011, 75 Books Challenge for 2012, Booker Prize, Clarissa's Cottage, Girlybooks, Monthly Author Reads, Orange January/July, Patrick White 100th Anniversary Challenge, Reading Globally —show all groups, The Prizes
Favorite authorsMargaret Atwood, Chris Bohjalian, Geraldine Brooks, Dan Brown, Sarah Dunant, Leif Enger, Robert Hicks, Khaled Hosseini, Sadie Jones, Barbara Kingsolver, Sophie Kinsella, Lori Lansens, Hilary Mantel, Cormac McCarthy, Ian McEwan, Margaret Mitchell, Kate Morton, Ann Patchett, Anna Quindlen, Anne Rice, Mary Doria Russell, Rachel Seiffert, Diane Setterfield, Shel Silverstein, Nicholas Sparks, Kathryn Stockett, Elizabeth Strout, Anne Tyler, Sarah Waters, Markus Zusak (Shared favorites)
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Favorite bookstoresAnnie's Book Stop, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Clearwater, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Dale Mabry, Book Swap of Carrollwood, Inkwood Books
Favorite librariesCentennial Park Branch Library
Homepagehttp://mrstreme.wordpress.com
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Real nameJill
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Member sinceJan 21, 2007
Currently readingSavage Lands by Clare Clark
Above All Things by Tanis Rideout
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posted by Cariola at 6:21 pm (EST) on Jul 22, 2012
posted by dara85 at 7:56 pm (EST) on Jul 17, 2012
I'm excited to participate in your World Book Night largess.
Excitement reigns!
Peggy
posted by LizzieD at 12:35 pm (EST) on May 10, 2012
I'm in no hurry, but I'm very excited!!!
Peggy
posted by LizzieD at 8:40 am (EST) on Apr 30, 2012
posted by avaland at 7:39 am (EST) on Apr 10, 2012
Thank you so much for sending me Scottsboro which arrived yesterday. I love the cover on this edition which isn't available in the UK and am looking forward to including it in this year's Orange reading!
Dee
posted by Soupdragon at 8:13 am (EST) on Mar 25, 2012
I've noticed your Orange Predictions on Facebook and I'm interested to know if there is a thread on LT - in the Orange Section or on your thread?
I don't have any predictions, but I can say that I've read
Yvvette Edwards A Cupboard Full of Coats from last years Booker Longlist and I think it's Orange- worthy!:)
I also have read one of the other suggestions - Anita Rau Badami's Tell it to the Trees. She had another book longlisted, The Hero's Walk . I think it a worthy book too!
I'm looking very forward to the new longlist in mid March
Deborah
posted by vancouverdeb at 5:18 am (EST) on Mar 6, 2012
posted by laytonwoman3rd at 12:51 pm (EST) on Feb 13, 2012
posted by laytonwoman3rd at 3:57 pm (EST) on Feb 8, 2012
posted by alphaorder at 9:29 pm (EST) on Feb 2, 2012
posted by alphaorder at 8:22 pm (EST) on Feb 2, 2012
I have just read your review of The Glass Room by Simon Mawer. Thank you for showing me that I wasn't the only one with serious reservations about it! I agree entirely that the characterisation centred on the character's sex-lives. Which wouldn't have been so bad if they hadn't all had the same heterosexual man's sexuality- even the heterosexual women!
Oh well- it's back to the Viragos and Oranges for me ;-)
Dee
posted by Soupdragon at 3:05 pm (EST) on Aug 29, 2011
Wench arrived safe and sound today - thank you so much. It looks very interesting. And thanks for organising Orange July so well too. Great fun!
posted by crimson-tide at 1:02 am (EST) on Aug 29, 2011
posted by juliette07 at 2:49 pm (EST) on Aug 28, 2011
Donna
posted by Donna828 at 9:58 am (EST) on Jun 29, 2011
posted by novelcommentary at 11:47 am (EST) on Jun 11, 2011
It's a couple of weeks late, but I've set up threads for each of the shortlisted books for this year's Orange Prize, and others are already posting reviews and commenting about the books.
I finished reading "Visitation" by Jenny Erpenbeck early this morning, which made me wonder if you thought it would be a good idea to have a thread for quality works of women's literature that aren't eligible for the Orange Prize; "Visitation", which was translated from the German, is ineligible, as "[t]ranslations of books originally written in other languages are not eligible for the Prize." Or would that add too much confusion? I haven't made any mention of this yet, as I didn't want to detract from discussion of Orange books. Let me know what you think.
Cheers and happy reading,
Darryl
posted by kidzdoc at 12:40 pm (EST) on May 14, 2011
I'm participating in the Best Translated Book Award shortlist group on LT (http://www.librarything.com/groups/btba2011fictionshort), which includes topics for each book, to encourage discussions of them as members read them. Do you think it would be a good idea to do the same for this year's crop of Orange Prize shortlisted (and longlisted?) books? I haven't been following the individual threads at all this year (as I'm having a hard enough time keeping up with the Club Readers and 75 Books crew as it is), but I'd be much more likely to follow and participate in threads for the long- and shortlisted books.
Even though I'm planning to finish this year's shortlist by early June I own several books from this year's longlist that I'll read in July and in the second half of the year, namely "Lyrics Alley", "Swamplandia!", "The Swimmer", and "The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives" (and I'll almost certainly pick up "The London Train" when it comes out in the US next month).
Cheers,
Darryl
posted by kidzdoc at 10:41 am (EST) on Apr 22, 2011
The Little Stranger just arrived - thanks so much!! It looks great. You did a fantastic job organising Orange January and it was so much fun.
Cushla
posted by cushlareads at 6:19 am (EST) on Feb 18, 2011
Peggy
posted by LizzieD at 11:00 am (EST) on Feb 15, 2011
I received my Secret Santa books today and just wanted to thank you for the great choices you made. I love Margaret Atwood but didn't have The Robber Bride and What Was Lost looks really good. Thanks so much and happy new year!
posted by Myckyee at 11:38 am (EST) on Jan 7, 2011
Great picture! I think you were almost guaranteed a Merry Christmas - I hope so!
Happy New Year too!
Peggy
posted by LizzieD at 8:01 pm (EST) on Dec 30, 2010
posted by mrstreme at 2:48 am (EST) on Dec 14, 2010
posted by Cariola at 7:59 am (EST) on Dec 2, 2010
posted by Cariola at 9:47 pm (EST) on Dec 1, 2010
posted by bonniebooks at 7:17 pm (EST) on Nov 5, 2010
~Deborah
posted by Cariola at 1:44 pm (EST) on Sep 29, 2010
posted by Whisper1 at 11:21 pm (EST) on Aug 25, 2010
And if you're a Goodreads user, I've started a Q&A group there that will stay open at least until September. The link is www.goodreads.com/group/show/35410.Q_A_with_Michelle_Hoover_author_of_The_Quickening
Hope you're well!
Best,
Michelle
posted by MichelleHoover at 10:45 pm (EST) on Jul 13, 2010
I think that thread is for Orange July.
Can you try again.
posted by Whisper1 at 10:09 am (EST) on Jul 6, 2010
I've lost your thread and want to post the following message. Can you please send the link to your thread so that I can let everyone know your accomplishment. Many thanks.
I also posted this message on my thread and the thread of those with hot reviews:
Quick...go to the hot reviews and you will see that of the ten reviews, our group is 10/10. Every hot review this morning is from a member of our 75 challenge group. I'm not sure, but I think this is a first for us.
The hot reviews are
lindsacl
Mrstreme
Mckait
sjmccreary
elliepotten
donna828
msf59
blackdogbooks
brenzi
and me
What a hoot!
posted by Whisper1 at 8:59 am (EST) on Jul 6, 2010
posted by WillowOne at 7:51 pm (EST) on Jun 28, 2010
posted by LizzieD at 2:55 pm (EST) on Jun 26, 2010
Ian McEwan was the guest on The Charlie Rose Show last night. Good chance PBS will be rerunning it over the weekend. Hope you can catch it!
Deborah
posted by Cariola at 6:07 pm (EST) on Apr 27, 2010
You may be 38 but you still look 22! Have a good day on the 19th.
Amanda XXXXXXXX
posted by amandameale at 9:30 am (EST) on Apr 18, 2010
posted by Whisper1 at 8:37 am (EST) on Mar 23, 2010
posted by Whisper1 at 7:04 am (EST) on Mar 23, 2010
Deborah
posted by Cariola at 10:17 am (EST) on Feb 28, 2010
Have you read Charms for the Easy Life? http://www.librarything.com/work/72141/book/38747383
Except for the fact that she bashes Ingris Fletcher (I adored the first in the series and want to read the rest... okay so it's not SERIOUS, but hey!!) I found it thoroughly enjoyable :)
Glad to have you @ 75 books this year.
Susan
posted by suslyn at 11:18 am (EST) on Jan 3, 2010
I came home from a trip last night to find the Secret Santa parcel had already arrived. I opened the parcel (it was under the tree for 1 hour - that was the extent of my will power!) and I love the books you picked. I cannot wait to dive into both of them. Thank you so much!!!
Merry Christmas!
Lori
P.S. You have a great library!
posted by lkernagh at 8:59 pm (EST) on Dec 16, 2009
for me, my favorites this summer were the Lizard Cage (Orange), Olive Kitteridge (Pulitzer) and The Heart of Horses. I forgot to check if you had read the Lizard Cage. its a riveting story about a political prisoner (singer/songwriter) in a Burmese jail. I would never have imagined having a book about a man in solitary confinement being so riveting! I noted that you loved Olive too. The Heart of Horses is about a young female horse wrangler who leaves home and becomes part of another community. I often like the structure and pace of a book, and this one was one of those. the pace had parallels on many levels.
good luck with santa thing, I've always been surprised by an excellent book from it!
kate
posted by library_kate at 10:27 am (EST) on Nov 29, 2009
posted by library_kate at 10:11 am (EST) on Nov 29, 2009
posted by knithappened at 10:08 pm (EST) on Nov 11, 2009
If you are interested maybe you would like to join my thread. We need new heads.
http://www.librarything.com/topic/74233
posted by callmejacx at 10:20 pm (EST) on Oct 16, 2009
Actually, I saw your rating for Affinity & so it prompted me to visit your bookshelf again. There is a movie based on this book, if you're interested. I rented it a few months ago. I didn't think the movie was too bad. I read the book a couple years ago, & of course it's better than the movie, but still not bad.
Enjoy the reading!
P.S. -- How are you liking the Physick Book of Deliverance Dane? I have that on audio, although haven't listened to it yet. I'm anxious to get to that one!
posted by indygo88 at 9:03 am (EST) on Oct 4, 2009
posted by wisewoman at 4:12 pm (EST) on Aug 31, 2009
Your sons are cute! They look like quite a handful too :)
~ww
posted by wisewoman at 3:19 pm (EST) on Aug 31, 2009
I love reading your reviews. They're so good.
Just found the link to In the Kitchen on Twitter. Have you read any other Ali book? I have one, but I never seem to be in the mood to read it.
I wish we had the ability to do comments on reviews here on LT, but no one seems to want them other than myself and _Zoe_. :(
Madeline
P.S. I'm just having a great time with Twitter. What a difference from FB!
posted by SqueakyChu at 9:45 am (EST) on Aug 31, 2009
posted by wandering_star at 10:23 am (EST) on Jul 22, 2009
All is well here. Hope things are going well with you and your family!
Joyce
posted by Joycepa at 7:39 am (EST) on Jul 4, 2009
posted by lauralkeet at 7:36 am (EST) on Jun 12, 2009
posted by Caspettee at 4:21 am (EST) on Jun 5, 2009
Happy Early Birthday!!
posted by lauralkeet at 4:59 pm (EST) on Apr 15, 2009
I don't keep up with blogs much, either, although I have been clicking through to some of your reviews.
I hear you about Mount TBR--it's always one step forward, two steps back for me.
What a cute dog!
Chris
posted by cabegley at 12:41 pm (EST) on Mar 15, 2009
joyce
posted by Joycepa at 4:50 pm (EST) on Feb 7, 2009
Just a note to tell you the new ETTA Facebook fan page is up
Here's the link:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=58...
Hope you'll join!
Best,
GK
posted by gkolpan at 12:24 am (EST) on Jan 28, 2009
'Lo, Jill-
The ETTA website is up and running!
www.geraldkolpan.com
I hope you enjoy it and don't forget to play the song!
Best,
GK
posted by gkolpan at 1:02 pm (EST) on Jan 18, 2009
posted by DevourerOfBooks at 11:04 am (EST) on Jan 5, 2009
http://www.librarything.com/topic/53414
and yours?
Nancy
posted by alphaorder at 8:19 pm (EST) on Jan 1, 2009
posted by DevourerOfBooks at 12:06 pm (EST) on Dec 29, 2008
I'm so glad you liked the books I picked out for you! In looking at your library I saw a number of books that I'm interested in, so I'm excited about that.
I also saw the photo of your dog on your profile and I want to let you know that we have a basset hound as well...nice coincidence! His name is Henry and he's about 7.5 months old. Right now the snow up here is deeper than he is tall and he loves to run through it.
Anyways, have a wonderful holiday and enjoy the books!
Beth
posted by bwightman at 5:11 pm (EST) on Dec 22, 2008
posted by lauralkeet at 9:18 pm (EST) on Dec 15, 2008
Back in July you commented on one of my univesity questions. You told me that you wrote a thesis paper on Martin Luther King's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail", which is something I recently read for school. Not having lived in the US, I've never studied MLK or this text, but I'm so glad I finally read it. I am in utter awe at both his intellect and his writing ability. And his moral position. Wow. That's all I can say. We haven't had the lecture yet, but I've included this in my final essay. Interestingly, we also looked at it in my English class when we did a unit on grace in writing. Our prof thought this an ultimate example. Anyway, I would love to hear some of your thoughts on this, and also what the general message of your thesis was. I don't have to do an undergrad thesis, so I'm not sure exactly what that even means. Any thoughts you have on any of this would be appreciated!
How is your family adjusting to Emma?
Cheers,
Joyce
posted by Nickelini at 9:23 pm (EST) on Nov 23, 2008
Glad to hear it arrived safely. That media mail takes a while! Hope you enjoy the book,
Carey
posted by thetometraveller at 7:34 pm (EST) on Oct 11, 2008
posted by PhoenixTerran at 4:56 pm (EST) on Sep 26, 2008
posted by writestuff at 11:02 am (EST) on Sep 25, 2008
Just picked up Coal Black Horse today!! many, many thanks--and I will let you know, for sure, what I think about it.
Joyce
posted by Joycepa at 1:24 pm (EST) on Sep 18, 2008
The books are supposed to be in the mail to me today, so as soon as they get here I will send that one out to you. I'm glad it's going to a good home!
Carey
posted by thetometraveller at 10:50 pm (EST) on Sep 15, 2008
Many, many thanks, Jill!
Joyce
posted by Joycepa at 6:12 pm (EST) on Aug 26, 2008