Member: sanddancer

Noticed you liked Fight Club, 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 disturbed bunch of kids 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 in case you're interested:

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 10:27 am (EST) on Jul 29, 2009

Hi Sanddancer,

Glad you are liking "Willard". I loved it. I thought it was hilarious.

The funny thing is that I started recntly to read Trout Fishing in America, which I believe is Brautigan's best known book. I could not get through it. I collect those old Brautigan paperbacks so I'm not releasing that one. Perhaps I'll try it some other time.

Best,

Madeline

posted by SqueakyChu at 7:55 pm (EST) on Jul 23, 2009

Hello there,
given your good ratings to Andrea Camilleri's inspector Montalbano books you should become friends with my LT friend Jebronse, without any doubt the biggest Camilleri fan on the northern hemisphere ;-)
greets
Lunar18

posted by Lunar18 at 4:32 pm (EST) on Jun 9, 2009

It is lovely indeed, it is lovely indeed.
I, I am the spirit within the earth ...
The feet of the earth are my feet ...
The legs of the earth are my legs ...
The bodily strength of the earth is my strength ...
The thoughts of the earth are my thoughts ...
The voice of the earth is my voice ...
The feather of the earth is my feather ...
All that belongs to the earth belongs to me ...
All that surrounds the earth surrounds me ...
I, I am the sacred words of the earth ...
It is lovely indeed, it is lovely indeed.

- american indian - navajo song

posted by theoldman at 12:10 pm (EST) on May 27, 2009

Noticed you liked She's Come Undone, 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 disturbed young girl's downward spiral 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 in case you're interested:

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 1:53 pm (EST) on May 9, 2009

Thanks for the review. Yes, it's essentially a coming of age story. You're one of the few who mentioned that. And an attempt to capture an era accurately, with the both the highs and the lows.

Any little bit you could do on my book will be appreciated. I did publish it myself, through this Xlibris outfit, and have no army of sales people to place me in stores or publicize me.

posted by copyedit52 at 1:56 pm (EST) on May 6, 2009

sanddancer:

I see you have a few books in your library about drugs, the people who take them, and the 1960s. Perhaps I can interest you in my book: I Think, Therefore Who Am I? Memoir of a Psychedelic Year (1967, in fact). There's one review of it on LT so far, three reviews on amazon.co.uk, and a dozen on amazon.com. You do seem to be a popular destination for those who want you to read their books; sorry if you feel beleaguered by the attention. But like Chris, below, I'm looking for receptive readers.

posted by copyedit52 at 3:50 pm (EST) on Apr 20, 2009

Saw you liked Trainspotting, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in reviewing my new novel and posting your comments here (as well as on a few other book-related sites). Thought you might like it since it's also about a group of disturbed kids and a bit dark. I'd be glad to 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/blog/?page_id...

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 2:21 pm (EST) on Mar 30, 2009

I'll go look for my copy of Trout Fishing in America and read it soon! Thanks for the heads up.

posted by SqueakyChu at 10:05 am (EST) on Mar 8, 2009

I didn't read "Have you seen..?" word for word. I skimmed it, but actually looked at every page. I didn't mean that I thought the foreign films shouldn't be there, it's just that they aren't well known to the general public here. My biggest complaint about the book is that I don't know who his target audience is. If he is addressing the general public and wants us to know about some of the more obscure titles, then I wish he'd been more instructive about WHY they are worth the effort to seek out. Plus, he didn't explain why he selected these films and left others out. Like I said, I'm not a film buff, so maybe I just don't get it. But, I just don't get it. I hope you enjoy the book more than I did.

posted by sjmccreary at 9:39 am (EST) on Feb 6, 2009

Thanks for your info regarding the pictures! I do have another blog, I didn't realize it was cumulative. But that's good news! It means we can have more pictures than I thought so I'll take the notice down! Thanks again - I don't know what I'd do without others to help me. I am such a neophyte at this stuff. Have a great weekend!

posted by VictoriaPL at 8:26 am (EST) on Jan 16, 2009

Happy Boxing Day! Thank you so much for The Book of Lost Things and Fup! Both were great choices for me.

I started reading Fup this morning and am really enjoying it. It reads like a tall tale, but I recognize the countryside and the kinds of characters in it so well. The really interesting coincidence is that, though I haven't read it before, I remember when it came out. I live in Northern California, not so far from where Fup is set, and the author was a friend of my roommate at the time. She was a former hippie living in San Francisco and I think at the time Jim Dodge was living communally somewhere in West Marin County (near Pt. Reyes, if that means anything to you -- north of San Francisco on the coast)and editing the local alternative newspaper. I remember her bringing this book home and talking about it and her friend Jim, but somehow I never read it. What a treat to have it circle around to me in this totally serendipitous way.

I hope your Santa did as well picking for you as you did for me!

posted by aviddiva at 4:04 pm (EST) on Dec 26, 2008

Welcome to the 2009 75 Books Challenge group. Thanks for joining in!

posted by drneutron at 3:16 pm (EST) on Dec 10, 2008

Hi there! Many thanks for the reply, and yes, I was born and lived in and around South Shields for 30-odd years. Then 17 years ago, I married a German guy, moved to Geilenkirchen and have one daughter. I like living in Germany, but it'll never be "home".
My daughter and I usually visit England about three times per year, and we'll be in South Shields at Christmas time too, visiting family and friends. I drive from where we live in Germany, through the Netherlands, and take the DFDS Seaways ferry into the Tyne, which is really very handy! My daughter was very impressed by the fact that you live in London - it's her favourite place in the world at the moment - she wants to become a stockbroker, and live in a penthouse appartment in Canary Wharf! I think she's read too many Sophie Kinsella books! Well, I won't bore you anymore for now so take care...

posted by shieldslass at 1:25 pm (EST) on Nov 13, 2008

Hey, "30-something northerner living in exile in London" are you a true "sanddancer" or did you just like the name? I'm a northerner living in Germany who had to resort to my alternative log-in name, as "sanddancer" was already in use. Imagine my surprise when I logged-on today and found you'd left a message on the same topic as me! Unfortunately, we don't seem to share the same taste in books, but a reply would be nice...

posted by shieldslass at 2:18 pm (EST) on Nov 11, 2008

There are a group of us (many of whom have met face to face) from the UK, Canada, Australia and the US who formed an online group to keep in daily touch with each other. I posted a video that my husband and I had taken of a portion of an off-road trail we'd taken out in the desert. In the video you can hear me speaking. I created a monster because then everyone else started posting videos or sound bites so we'd all know what we sounded like. One of the folks from Oz complimented Angela (Durham) on her posh London accent, and before anyone else could post anything, I said, "That's not a London accent--that's pure Geordie!" I feel boxed in when I'm in the south of England. I don't start feeling "right" until I've at least reached the Yorkshire Dales, and by the time I'm in Northumberland, everything's back to normal. Could be ancestral memory: my English ancestors lived in Yorkshire and Northumberland.

Nice to meet you here on Library Thing!

posted by cathyskye at 2:02 pm (EST) on Jul 30, 2008

I saw your post in Early Reviewers, and I just had to comment that it's good to see someone else who has three blogs! My husband is British and from the Rochdale area, so naturally I'm curious about where in The North you're from? The first time I went to the UK, I remarked about the signs on the A1 that state THE NORTH or THE SOUTH. I told my husband that it sounded as though we were heading for a different country. He just smiled at me. After my second trip, I knew that I was (and I much prefer THE NORTH).

Happy Reading!

Cathy

posted by cathyskye at 10:19 pm (EST) on Jul 26, 2008