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About meI'm an obsessive-compulsive silly dear who has a hard time lending out my books. You don't borrow someone's car and not bring it back, so why do that with my books? I have a hard time lending books to my mother and I hope that doesn't make me a bad person.
I'm originally from South Mississippi,but I moved to Birmingham to escape hurricanes and for a change of scenery. So far it's been a pretty nice experience and I found the best independent bookstore in the world, The Alabama Booksmith.
I'm cantankerous most of the time and I have an evil cat named Pie who enjoys knocking books out of their shelves and a baby-evil cat named Ruby who looks amazingly like Skippyjon Jones.
About my libraryI started collecting books in 2003. I think my library reflects my interests as well as those who have been good enough to give me books that they've liked. It's a monumental work in progress, but it's a work of love. I fear that I'll never be completely happy because I'll never be able to own all of the books I want.
I'm a huge mystery fan, and my favorite authors of the genre are Agatha Christie, James Lee Burke, Michael Connolly, and Elizabeth George. (I've noticed in a few reviews on LibraryThing that some people like to give away the endings without warning you in advance. Not nice.)
I've just recently started going to book signings and purchasing signed copies. So far I've come out with some winners, including Tracy Chevalier, Robert Olen Butler, and Khaled Hosseini.
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posted by AshRyan at 12:15 am (EST) on Apr 17, 2009
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posted by SylviaO at 10:37 am (EST) on Apr 10, 2009
("...hideous little twerp." lol.)
posted by AshRyan at 4:54 am (EST) on Apr 10, 2009
posted by shinyone at 7:42 pm (EST) on Apr 8, 2009
So i got her into old Buffy the Vampire slayer dvds, and that seems to have diverted her attention a bit. Yeah, sure there's some sex and violence and attitude in Buffy, but at least she's not subservient to Angel. Yeah, that's what Edward SHOULD have been. Otherwise he's just a sad bad-boy wanna-be. Cookie monster to the real lover-demon hanging outside the window.
OK, don't take this as particularly good parenting advice. Just wanted to say your Twilight review was right on.
posted by rventura at 10:31 pm (EST) on Apr 7, 2009
Saw you liked Trainspotting, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in reading my new novel and posting your comments here (as well as on a few other book-related sites). Thought you might like my novel since it's also about a group of disturbed kids and a bit dark. I could e-mail you the novel in an e-book format if you'd like. 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 3:49 pm (EST) on Apr 6, 2009
posted by ajchase at 1:06 am (EST) on Apr 6, 2009
posted by Pummzie at 3:49 pm (EST) on Apr 4, 2009
I just read your review of Kerouac's On the Road; just curious, which two words from the novel did you add to your vocabulary?
Twain
posted by twain at 11:54 pm (EST) on Apr 3, 2009
A Vampire book I really enjoyed was Fevre Dream by George R. R. Martin.
Best!
Erin
posted by erinmontague at 8:26 pm (EST) on Apr 3, 2009
I cannot believe this shit is popular and if teen girls wanted to swoon over vampire novels, they ought to give Anne Rice and Charlaine Harris a try.
posted by leedavies777 at 7:41 pm (EST) on Apr 3, 2009
posted by Book_Junkie at 1:53 pm (EST) on Feb 21, 2009
posted by ellengryphon at 2:08 am (EST) on Feb 3, 2009
posted by saraslibrary at 5:36 pm (EST) on Jan 1, 2009
Sorry it has been so long, but I want to wish you a very happy New Year! I've been lazy. I need to add some more books to my library. I'm still trying to plow through this massive biography of Jane Goodall. She's a hero of mine!
Have a wonderful 2009! Have fun!
posted by chrisdroberts at 10:50 am (EST) on Dec 31, 2008
posted by ShannonMDE at 11:46 am (EST) on Nov 26, 2008
Anyway, I got a nice chuckle from your review and I nodded in a agreement more than once. Looks like I will be dodging pitchforks too. :-)
posted by 777Penny at 12:09 am (EST) on Oct 9, 2008
posted by tjsjohanna at 5:36 pm (EST) on Sep 10, 2008
Sorry - was I bragging? I think I was. I'm just very excited. About the GOING AWAY FOR TWO WEEKS AT THE END OF THIS MONTH! thing.
posted by mccardey at 12:22 am (EST) on Sep 9, 2008
posted by mccardey at 6:50 pm (EST) on Sep 8, 2008
Am off for a snoop round your library now to see what else we agree on ;)
posted by rachbxl at 4:19 pm (EST) on Sep 5, 2008
posted by chrisdroberts at 11:21 pm (EST) on Jan 20, 2008
I haven't listed any new books in a while.
It's great to hear from you.
posted by chrisdroberts at 11:38 pm (EST) on Jan 16, 2008
Abby
posted by ablachly at 12:08 pm (EST) on Jan 9, 2008
Yes, I am a book-hoarder. *Hangs head in affected shame*
As for The Godfather -- maybe I'm a philistine, but I actually prefer the first two movies to the book. (Mmm-boy, am I ever glad that Francis Ford Coppola 86'ed the extra Johnny Fontaine and floozy Hollywood starlet crap that's in the book...)
posted by uvula_fr_b4 at 10:01 pm (EST) on Dec 3, 2007
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posted by BrokenWench at 4:49 pm (EST) on Apr 24, 2007
posted by chrisdroberts at 4:17 pm (EST) on Dec 17, 2006
posted by chrisdroberts at 12:58 am (EST) on Dec 15, 2006
Why did I bring that up? I guess the train of thought of people borrowing books and not returning them got me thinking. I think most people have good intentions of getting around to reading our borrowed books, but never do, then they get buried, shelved or shoved under the couch until forgotten. I always read my borrowed books first so I can return them fast before they get lost.
posted by MrsLee at 3:09 am (EST) on Nov 15, 2006
I have loaned/lost several of my favorite books in my lifetime, but they have a way of finding me again, if not the same copy, at least the same book. I like to think of collecting as a series of blessings. Each treasure I find at a tag sale or library sale or used book store is just another friend to enjoy. I like to loan my books to friends, but I do keep track of where they are, and I'm not afraid to ask for them back. Not even from my mom :)
posted by MrsLee at 3:39 am (EST) on Nov 12, 2006
posted by orionsafari at 2:55 am (EST) on Oct 10, 2006
posted by amanaceerdh at 10:50 am (EST) on Sep 19, 2006
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posted by magst at 6:51 pm (EST) on Jul 18, 2006
Innocent, but earnest (and, of course, beautiful - but of the English Rose variety with enormous eyes), young girl of good family who is not afraid to tell it like it is. Girl's name always ends with the letter "a". And as far as I can tell, Cartland never used the same name twice so they tend to be fairly unusual names.
Experienced, bored nobleman, generally a womanizer (but of beautiful, exotic women, not English Roses) whose experience of innocent young girls is minimal at best, but who is Essentially A Good Person.
Random other characters:
Girl's parents (sometimes deceased), who lived their lives together in an ecstasy of love and devotion.
Man's family - generally dissolute rakes who cause mayhem to girl and man (who is often marked for death so that the rake can inherit the estate and pay his creditors).
One of the main characters is poor (or otherwise disadvantaged), and one is wealthy.
They are thrown together for unlikely reasons, where the girl refreshingly tells the nobleman exactly what she thinks (often from horseback). He thinks she's unlike any woman he's ever known and, despite all his worldly experience, falls madly in love with her. She, on the other hand, thinks he's everything she despises, until she realizes that that's only his facade and that he is Essentially A Good Person. To her very great surprise, she discovers that she's in love with him. But it usually takes till the very end of the book for them to reveal their love to each other.
And then they live Happily Ever After.
posted by Winnowill at 4:27 pm (EST) on Jul 17, 2006
Although, when you see the plethora of Barbara Cartland opera I just added, you may run away in fear.
posted by Winnowill at 12:47 pm (EST) on Jul 12, 2006