Member: spartahiker

Noticed you liked The Bluest Eye, 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 southern 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 12:39 am (EST) on Apr 23, 2009

Hi Jane....I'm kind of embarrassed. I just stumbled on your Profile Page again and read your response to my message. I am really sorry that I haven't answered. If you reply on my site, then I will read it much faster. There are many ways to get lost on LT. :-)

I read Deep End of the Ocean before Oprah recommended it. I used to work in a bookstore and got to read some Advance Reader's Editions, which was pretty cool. I found it disturbing, but I remember it fairly well after all these years, so guess it stands the test of time. I've also read a few ARCs for LT. I am close to starting Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet which will be released in Feb.

I would be interested to hear more about your Book Club. I've tried the one at our local library, but the leadership was sorely lacking and a few people monopolized the group. Stay in touch! ~Donna~

posted by Donna828 at 10:23 pm (EST) on Dec 28, 2008

Wow, I'm so surprised to hear from anyone. So far I've only scratched the surface of this site and am still exploring. I had some time to spend recently and actually used your list to add more books to mine, since we had so many in common. I do live in Sparta in North Carolina, a very small town, which is in the NW corner in the mountains. Have you been affected by the flooding? I went to this site this morning to try and see what others thought of the book, Deep End of the Ocean, by Mitchard. The writing style in the first 25-30 pages really doesn't appearl to me. Have you read this one? I'm in a book club, with 25 members and also volunteer in our library's used book store.
Thanks so much for responding.
Jane (aka spartahiker)

posted by spartahiker at 7:39 am (EST) on Jun 28, 2008