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posted by OliviaBrooks123 at 4:17 am (EST) on Jun 29, 2009

Hello,

I am very excited to have found your library! I am in complete agreement on so many of your reviews. You also have a number of books that I have been eyeing for my to be read list. In addition to that, there are some that I have not heard of, that you have given good reviews and I am excited to look at. Hopefully I will be able to reciprocate to some degree!

posted by mpramanik at 9:39 pm (EST) on May 1, 2009

Hi,

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. Saw you liked Butcher Boy, and I thought you might like my novel since it's also about a disturbed adolescent 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/blog/?page_id...

Thanks,

posted by cmtusa at 2:24 pm (EST) on Mar 23, 2009

It looks like it's going to be a good one. I've begun to read and have posted a starter question here
http://www.librarything.com/topic/50221

posted by noodlejet22 at 8:40 am (EST) on Dec 22, 2008

I saw that you recently added A Mery. I'm hoping to get a few folks together to read and discuss over in the African-American lit group. If you're interested, stop by

posted by noodlejet22 at 10:46 am (EST) on Dec 21, 2008

Well. Honestly, anything you want to get me would be wonderful. But, um, you know, if you were totally stuck, I just read a review of The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia by Laura Miller that made it sound awesome. But I feel horribly rude suggesting anything specific, so please don't feel obligated if you had an idea already, or think of something else!! Anything that you took the effort to pick out would be great :-) Do you have an idea of what you want?

posted by legxleg at 1:18 pm (EST) on Dec 15, 2008

well, I have to work on Friday, remember, but I'm excited for us all getting together after song contest :-) I have to do my shopping before then ~_~

posted by legxleg at 5:37 am (EST) on Dec 15, 2008

does your 'to read' tag mean that you don't have it but want to read it, or that you do have it but haven't read it yet?

posted by legxleg at 8:24 am (EST) on Dec 11, 2008

2/2 for Ishiguro, awesome! I was unsure of how you'd react to Never Let Me Go because it's a little sci-fi-ish, so I'm glad it's a hit! :-) And yeah, pretty much all of his stuff runs you through the emotional wringer; I haven't read The Unconsoled yet, so maybe that's different ~_~ When We Were Orphans has kind of an action-adventure-discover-what-happened-... vibe, but in the end it threw me on an emotional roller coaster too. As for describing Never Let Me Go as chicklit...*shakes head*. I don't know, maybe because the narrator is a woman? And there is romantic-ish subplot with Tommy? That's the best I can do; people's minds, they baffle.

posted by legxleg at 7:13 am (EST) on Nov 23, 2008

oh good! I'm glad you liked The Remains of the Day so much, I read your review of And Only To Deceive and thought 'man, our tastes are not as similar as I thought!', so I'm glad I've redeemed myself somewhat. :-P As for other Ishiguro books, I thought An Artist of the Floating World was a lot like Remains of the Day; it's about a Japanese artist who was politically involved during WWII, and is dealing with post-WWII life. The first Ishiguro book I ever read was Never Let Me Go, and I think it's my second favorite (with Remains being my absolute favorite), but I don't know if it would be quite up your alley since it's a different sort of book. It's a sort of sci-fi/dystopic vibe (not spaceships or interplanetary exploration or anything, but definitely not our world as we know it), and I'm afraid if I say any more I'll ruin it for you; I'd also avoid reviews and things if I were you because the way he reveals everything is fantastic, imo. The only book of Ishiguro's I've read and not really liked as A Pale View of the Hills, although I'm tempted to ask you to read it because maybe you can tell me what on earth was going on!

posted by legxleg at 4:54 pm (EST) on Sep 11, 2008

i just added some books! And i do feel like i have alot more time on my hands with no wedding stuff to think about!

posted by kryssi at 3:23 pm (EST) on Aug 4, 2008

Just wanted to say that you popped up on my "members with your books" list and I'm suffering from a severe bout of library envy right now. :-)

posted by kabrahamson at 1:32 pm (EST) on Jul 22, 2008

hurray, Library Friend!

posted by legxleg at 9:11 am (EST) on Jan 11, 2008