Member: susan.nemitz

Noticed you liked The Virgin Suicides, 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 dysfunctional family 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 10:14 pm (EST) on May 19, 2009

Hi,
I just entered my first list of books and you come up as a person with at least a few of the same titles. I too, live in Minnesota. That's probably why we both have read Dial M. Do you remember the time when the news of the murder was all over the media?

Have you read Alexandra Fuller's other book yet; SCRIBBLING THE CAT? I didn't like it nearly as much. The ex-soldier she travels with is eccentric, which makes him sort of interesting, but the overall experience of reading the book was not very rewarding. I was very disappointed. There is a movie that this book reminds me of, but I can't think of the title at this moment. A white family is living in or near the same part of Africa, but I think it was before the upheaval in Rhodesia, maybe it was around WWII. Getting old has taken a toll on my memory. :( If you like reading books set in one of the countries in Africa, you might like THE CROSS UNDER THE ACACIA TREE, a book by Jim Klobuchar. He writes about a couple of Minnesota missionaries, David and Eunice Simonson, and what they did in Africa.

I read a lot of books set in foreign countries. . . I like to get out of Minnesota. I am a 6th grade teacher who also reads a lot of young adult fiction.

Well, that's it for now.

posted by twodogdeb at 4:06 pm (EST) on Mar 21, 2008