Member: saraslibrary

Books2,581 books cataloged

Favorite authorsNicholas Adams, Harry Allard, Bill Amend, V.C. Andrews, K. A. Applegate, Francesca Lia Block, Judy Blume, Eve Bunting, Chelsea Cain, Ellen Conford, Caroline B. Cooney, Stephen Cosgrove, Roald Dahl, Neil Gaiman, Emma Holly, Dick King-Smith, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Gary Larson, Edward Lee, Tanith Lee, Mercer Mayer, Melinda Metz, Mark Nykanen, Barbara Park, Francine Pascal, Christopher Pike, Louise Rennison, Anne Rice, John Saul, Shel Silverstein, Vivian Vande Velde, Bill Watterson (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresHalf Price Books - Tacoma, Powell's City of Books

Favorite librariesPierce County Library - Lakewood Branch

About my libraryRATINGS:

1/5 stars = Didn't like & donated/sold

2/5 stars = Not for me, but I've kept it anyway, whether to complete a series or because I like the author, etc.

3/5 stars = It's OK

4/5 stars = I liked it, but . . . (1 or 2 little things that bugged me)

5/5 stars = I loved it (I'm pretty forgiving with juvenile books, so you'll probably see a lot of them with 5 stars.)

My average rating (as of August 18, 2009): (4.5)

TAGS:

Mysteries and thrillers I've lumped into the "suspense" category, just to make it easier for me. Same with childrens and teens: lumped into "juvenile." Ditto with occult, paranormal, urban fantasy, etc. (into "horror"), and novellas (into "short stories").

MY CHALLENGES:

2010: Paranormal TBR Challenge

2009: Paranormal 999 Challenge | 75 Books Challenge for 2009: #1 and #2 and #3 (finished)

2008: 888 Challenge (didn't finish) | 75 Books Challenge for 2008 (finished)

UPDATES:

10/31/2009 — In the spirit of Halloween, I'm dumping my ongoing challenges (Dewey Decimal, Newbery, and A-Z Author/Book) so I can focus on my Paranormal 999 Challenge. Happy Scare Day! :)

8/18/2009 — [work in progress] Another LT project for moi: Scan covers of books without 'em. (Count: 80 naked books--eeps!)

6/7/2008 — My library is now private. I'll make it public again once LT creates privacy features.

2/7/2008 — [still a work in progress] I'm adding year tags to the books I've finished reading (starting in 2001), just to get an idea of how many books I read per year. However, several of these books are rereads/skim-throughs (mainly the juvenile books), so it's not entirely accurate.

1/27/08 — I no longer review books. Too many books; so little time to review them. :)

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My TBR pile only seems to be growing since I joined here, but I know what you mean. I have a stock pile of Vamp books that are waiting to be read, there just never seems to be enough time in the day to read all I want and now that my work is picking up I have even less time for reading. Such is life I guess!

posted by Kat32 at 9:42 pm (EST) on Aug 17, 2009

Thanks! I just find that with the 999 challenge you are kinda restricted to how many of one type of book you can read and my moods change so frequently that's why I made it so you can do what ever you want, ths way everybodys happy. Thanks for joining even though it still early....lol!

posted by Kat32 at 5:35 am (EST) on Aug 17, 2009

"...30 year old, animal lover, atheist, bookworm, bore, dork, gemini, girl, heterosexual, ISTJ, liberal, library page, loner, old maid, smartass, social phobe, vegetarian/vegan, and weirdo."

Are you me? I guess I'm only 22 and a leo, but otherwise I felt I was reading my own bio. It's a pity your library is private. You seem like you would some amazing books!

posted by RebeccaAnn at 1:06 pm (EST) on Aug 2, 2009

Sara, I see you're a Tanith Lee fan! Have you read Dark Dance? Now THAT's my favorite vampire novel. Although it's not really about Hollywood style vampires, or much of a novel. I just like the sullen character of Rachaela who I imagine as being a really subdued, introverted Anne Hathaway, and the Scarabae's rambling old folks home perched on a seaside cliff. I think the book is really good at imagining the ennui, as well as the oddness and isolation, of being a vampire as opposed to the blood lust or romance on which most novels of the genre focus.

posted by Ganeshaka at 10:31 am (EST) on Mar 25, 2009

A Little Song of Life

GLAD that I live am I;
That the sky is blue;
Glad for the country lanes,
And the fall of dew.

After the sun the rain;
After the rain the sun;
This is the way of life,
Till the work be done.

All that we need to do,
Be we low or high,
Is to see that we grow
Nearer the sky.

Lizette Woodworth Reese

posted by theoldman at 12:20 pm (EST) on Mar 13, 2009

Hey Sara! Yes, it has been quite awhile! I hope things are well with you!! I didn't make my 50 book challenge last year, although my personal goal of just reading more books I was able to accomplish. I'm trying again for another 50 books read, but at the current rate I'm going I'm not going to make it. I haven't been in much in a motivated reading mood I guess. I did read "Twilight" and was surprised by how fast I read it, however I started the second one and haven't yet gotten to far into it. I'm going to try to pick it up again later.. maybe I'm just too "sparkled" out by vampires at the moment. ;)

posted by clowndust at 9:53 am (EST) on Mar 3, 2009

Good luck on the Paranormal Challenge. Yes I have seen Twilight. I went and saw it in the theater twice that day. I enjoyed it. I do want to see it again.

posted by crazy4reading at 9:19 pm (EST) on Feb 21, 2009

Yes I am a Twilight Fan. I became a late one, just before the last book came out is when I finally broke down and read them. Glad I did too. I take it you like Paranormal books.

posted by crazy4reading at 5:50 am (EST) on Feb 20, 2009

That cat, Buckaroux, adores being on Steph's shoulders -- while he's doing carpentry, at the computer... He can be a nuisance! But he's a cute one :)

posted by suslyn at 1:18 am (EST) on Feb 7, 2009

ooh and I came over to see your animals... are they viewable on flickr perhaps?

hopefully,
Susan

posted by suslyn at 8:51 am (EST) on Feb 3, 2009

Put your mind at ease! Immature adults are out here!

Thanks for leaving me a note. It was a nice New Year's surprise!

:D

posted by quillmenow at 8:03 am (EST) on Jan 2, 2009

Hi Sara,

Thanks for the comments and ideas on the 999 challenge. My husband likes to tease me because I'm so ridiculously in love with this website (I haven't stopped thanking my friend, Jamie, for introducing me to it). I'm jealous of the number of books in your library. I have maybe half of my books entered in (though none from my classroom library). Every now and again I get on a kick and enter a whole bunch in, but there's too many! I do force myself to keep entering in new ones as I get them. If you have any recommendations for books, I'd love them.

Happy New Year!
Amy.

posted by amysnortts at 7:14 pm (EST) on Dec 30, 2008

Yes, you have GREAT taste in books!!!

posted by NatalieD at 2:12 am (EST) on Dec 20, 2008

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

posted by drneutron at 10:19 pm (EST) on Dec 19, 2008

Hi, yes thanks - that's my golden retriever. She was pretty tired that day which is why I was able to keep the santa hat on long enough for a picture!

posted by coppers at 8:01 pm (EST) on Dec 13, 2008

I hope you dont mind.. I have friended you!

posted by anjileyes2001 at 12:54 pm (EST) on Dec 13, 2008

Thank you so much for responding to my ‘Si-Fi recommendation’ thread. I have tried the recommendation link from my profile but because my library is mostly vampire literature a vast majority of the recommendations are vampires as well. I’m trying to branch away for vampires for a little bit.

However, the link to the whatshouldireadnext.com website has not only started my ‘to be read’ list but has giving it a good length as well! That website is awesome!

Thanks!

posted by BooGirl at 3:52 pm (EST) on Dec 10, 2008

Seriously, my mother burned many romance novels. Also, in 5th grade I brought home 1-100 of Sweet Valley High, and she took all those, too. I'm not sure what she did with them, but I never saw them again. I'm slowly trying to build a collection of those, but it hurts to have to pay for what I got for free about 15 years ago...

Thanks for making your library public so that I could browse it...I've finished looking and put some things on my wish list! (I thought I'd do that quick so you could privatize it again). I couldn't figure out what tag you were using for 'unread,' though. You have almost as many books as I have, so I assume there are some you own that you've yet to read. I was curious how many of those you have. My unread list currently numbers 1,178...

I did read Ann Rice's witches books this year and am currently working through the vampire chronicles, as those series merge towards the end. I am enamored with the Taltos; I think they're fantastic. What a rich set of characters she's created!

posted by lilyfyrestorm at 2:01 pm (EST) on Dec 7, 2008

Sara,
I can understand that. However, I like to taunt my ridiculously religious mother with my collection of books about witchcraft and sex. (It's revenge for her burning books she considered 'of the devil' when I was younger and brought them home). Now that I'm almost 30 and have my own house, she can't really do anything about it. It amuses me...but that's my own personal issue...
I am glad that we share so many books...what are your favorites of the ones we both have?
~Lily

posted by lilyfyrestorm at 10:34 pm (EST) on Dec 6, 2008

Hi Sara,
Thanks for your comment. I was trying for 200 books this year, but it doesn't look like I'm going to make it!
I'm curious, why did you make your library private? I was going to come over and browse what you have since we both like YA.
~Lily

posted by lilyfyrestorm at 12:29 am (EST) on Dec 6, 2008

Hi Sara,

My profile picture is of a hamster we used to have. My daughter did the animation.

Can you believe I'm thinking of doing the 999 challenge when I finish the 888 one?! I must be nuts! :)

posted by SqueakyChu at 9:06 pm (EST) on Nov 18, 2008

Hi Sara,

:) Thanks for your response and making your library visible to me temporarily. The links in your profile now work. You have about 450 books rated with 5 stars! So I will have to focus on tags or authors.

I can now see which books we share: 3 books by Anne Rice. I actually read 5 books by her and entered only the ones I own in my library. "Interview with the vampire" I liked best, from the first sentences of the book you are "in" the story.

You have 1 book by James Herbert: "Sepulchre". What do you think of that book? It's not rated. I've read "The rats" and "The fog" by James Herbert and really liked them.

From your tag "Time travel" you have two 5 star books. I've read books about time travel but they're not in my library on LT since they were borrowed from the library. I'll take a closer look at your library later, so that within a week you can make it private again. Thanks!

Do you know what would be a good way to make covers? I don't have a scanner so I made pictures with a digital camera. It works, but even without the flash you can see a reflection of light. And the ratio of the books (length/width) are not the same as the ratio of the photos.

By the way, the coming 3 days I will be in a training (for work) and probably will not have access to internet or E-mail. Nice communicating with you. :)

Regards,
Richard

posted by Richard. at 4:44 am (EST) on Nov 16, 2008

Thanks! That's so nice of you to say! I always feel like my reviews aren't proper and review-y enough. But how can you NOT love a book like Heaven? It's a hoot!

posted by eljabo at 9:54 pm (EST) on Oct 13, 2008

Thanks for stopping by my library, Sara, and "Hi" back to you. The cat in the picture (of my profile) is my daughter's cat, Silvia. She is sitting in her favorite spot. I'm glad I found your library since I'm always on the look-out for good juvenile and YA books to recommend. I look forward to browsing through your library.

posted by ToReadToNap at 7:01 am (EST) on Apr 16, 2008

Hi, thanks for clearing that up for me. I never thought that WA stood for Washington, I thought it was the first and last letter of the state in the abbreviation.

I haven't seen the other book about what pets do while you are out but I will definately look for it now. The other book was so funny. I've often wondered what my dog does while I am out and have thought about setting up a web cam on her. My husband laughs at me because I sometimes call the answer machine to 'talk' to her while we are out. He comes home to a message saying "Scottie, what are you doing Scottie? Sit! Good Girl!" and for some reason he thinks that is funny. I'd love to know what she gets up to while we are out.

posted by Jodyreadseverything at 11:40 am (EST) on Mar 15, 2008

Just stopping by to say hi back to you.

Where is WA? I'm not very good with remembering all the states and their abbreviations but am guessing Witcheta. Sorry if that's wrong.

I've just had a look at your library and seen you have the Bad Dogs book. I just borrowed that from my SiL and it's really funny. I love the dog that says "The only difference between lovable old me and a hideous creature is half an inch of gum."

posted by Jodyreadseverything at 7:17 pm (EST) on Mar 14, 2008

Hey!! I owe it all to you for leading me here! :) I've been a bit slow...at many things lately, but that's the way it goes. Hope you are doing well, I miss you over at Blurty! ~Jen

posted by clowndust at 12:23 pm (EST) on Mar 12, 2008

Oh I wish I was organised! I keep starting on one thing and then getting sidetracked by another. The best thing though is finding out about books that I didn't read when I was a kid because no one told us what was good and what wasn't. I just used to wander about reading anything I could find - it was very hit and miss! Anyway, thanks for stopping by ^_~ (I am going to peek in your library now!)

posted by credo at 11:37 am (EST) on Feb 21, 2008

Serendipity, Christopher Pike, Richie Tankersley Cusick, Laurell K. Hamilton... fabulous books we have in common!! I love those Serendipitys too. :) And all of the old juvenile thrillers were great! (Sorry, I haven't been on in a while)

posted by rkaine at 10:38 pm (EST) on Jan 26, 2008

Looking at your catalog, we share a lot more books that I just haven't entered yet because of the restrictions of not being a paid member! lol I think I may have to pay, just to enter all my Babysitter's Club books and stuff.

posted by Heather19 at 10:25 pm (EST) on Apr 13, 2007

Wow, you and I share 99 books ... looks like we had the same taste in YA novels. :D

posted by themstandsformonster at 5:56 am (EST) on Mar 19, 2007

Huzzah to oldschool YA thrillers! Have you read Richie T. Cusick's Unseen series? I can't seem to get past the 2nd half of BK#2... her new stuff makes me sad.

Nice Roger icon thingy ^_^

posted by AmethystFaerie at 6:05 am (EST) on Dec 3, 2006

Sorry it took so long to respond. I always forget that there is a comments section here. Some of the books we share are my favorite books of all time, so don't worry about numbers. Thanks, I tend to see my collection as more daunting than impressive. I just don't know when I'm going to get the time to read all of these books, but it's fun to buy and trade for them.

posted by Quaisior at 12:32 pm (EST) on Jul 4, 2006

Hi! I'm surprised we don't share more books, or maybe we do, and they are just different editions hast don't recognise each other.

I'm having fun adding more cover images right now.

posted by Aquila at 2:25 pm (EST) on Dec 20, 2005

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