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CollectionsYour library (323), Books that displeased me (28), NOT Light Reading (30), Books I LOVE (12), Books I Hate (3), Light Reading (59), Wishlist (1), Currently reading (3), To read (33), Read but unowned (29), Favorites (9), All collections (350)

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Tagsfiction (158), non-fiction (137), british (46), woman author (45), mystery (44), catholic (43), humor (42), classic (31), history (27), autobiography (24) — see all tags

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GroupsE. F. Benson, Early Reviewers, St. Blog's Catholic Parish

Favorite authorsJane Austen, E. F. Benson, Orson Scott Card, Anita Evangelista, Clive Staples Lewis, Flannery O'Connor, P. G. Wodehouse (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstores57th Street Books, Book Jungle, De Sales Catholic Bookstore, Powell's - Hyde Park, The Book Nook

About meFor fun, I write, read, blog, and generally laze about. My big loves are Catholicism and my husband. When I'm not doing things with books, I enjoy not cleaning my house while watching Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Currently reading:
It Happened in Italy
Doubleback
The Man Who Was Thursday

So Far This Year Have Read:
50. Clouds of Witnesses - Dorothy Sayers
49. The Cat Who Went Underground - Lillian Jackson Braun
48. A Murder is Announced - Agatha Christie
47. Peril at End House - Agatha Christie
46. Finding Your Strongest Life - Marcus Buckingham
45. Alien Hand Syndrome - Alan Bellows
44. The Cat Who Sniffed Glue - Lillian Jackson Braun
43. The Mystery of the Blue Train - Agatha Christie
42. The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare - Lillian Jackson Braun
41. The Cat Who Played Post Office - Lillian Jackson Braun
40. Atlas of the Unknown - Tania James
39. Something Fresh - P.G. Wodehouse
38. Enter a Murderer - Ngaio Marsh
37. The Big Four - Agatha Christie
36. The Princess Bride - William Goldman
35. The Cat Who Played Brahms - Lillian Jackson Braun
34. And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie
33. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Agatha Christie
32. Murder on the Links - Agatha Christie
31. Queen Victoria -- Walter Arnstein
30. The Cat Who Saw Red -- Lillian Jackson Braun
29. N or M? -- Agatha Christie
28. Father Brown Stories -- G.K. Chesterton
27. The Moving Finger -- Agatha Christie
26. Kiss Me Like a Stranger -- Gene Wilder
25. The Cat Who Turned On And Off -- Lillian Jackson Braun
24. The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern -- Lillian Jackson Braun
23. Holy Roller -- Julie Lyons
22. The Copenhagen Connection -- Elizabeth Peters
21. Brideshead Revisited -- Evelyn Waugh
20. Light From Heaven -- Jan Karon
19. A Letter of Mary -- Laurie King
18. A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning -- Lemony Snicket
17. Shepherds Abiding -- Jan Karon
16. The Noticer -- Andy Andrews
15. This is Your Brain on Joy -- Earl Henslin
14. The Cat Who Could Read Backwards -- Lillian Jackson Braun
13. The Body in the Library -- Agatha Christie
12. A Man Lay Dead -- Ngaio Marsh
11. The Secret of Chimneys -- Agatha Christie
10. Internal Affairs -- Connie Dial
9. The Camelot Caper -- Elizabeth Peters
8. The Mysterious Affair at Styles -- Agatha Christie
7. Murder at the Vicarage -- Agatha Christie
6. The Secret Adversary -- Agatha Christie
5. For The Tough Times -- Max Lucado
4. The Salmon of Doubt -- Douglas Adams et al
3. My Man, Jeeves -- P.G. Wodehouse
2. A Monstrous Regiment of Women -- Laurie King
1. The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus -- Julie Lane

About my libraryA bizarre hodge-podge of unconnected themes and genres.

Homepagehttp://booksandwich.blogspot.com/

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Real nameJamie

LocationSpringfield, MO USA

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Common KnowledgeSeries (71), Awards (120), Characters (1189), Places (238)

Member sinceJul 28, 2007

Currently readingIt Happened in Italy: Untold Stories of How the People of Italy Defied the Horrors of the Holocaust by Elizabeth Bettina
Doubleback by Libby Fischer Hellmann
The Man Who Was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton

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Pissing in the Snow and Other Ozark Folktales by Vance Randolph

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Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie

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Murder at Hazelmoor (First Printing for Dell Books) by Agatha Christie

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The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 1) by Lemony Snicket

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The cat who talked to ghosts by Lilian Jackson Braun

Sorry for the shameless self-promotion, but I thought you might like to know that my new novel, Dirty Little Angels, is now available. Thought you might be interested since people have compared it to Flanney O'Connor, who I noticed was on your shelf. By the way, if you'd be willing to read the book and post your comments here (and on amazon.com possibly), I'd be glad to send you an e-book version of the book by e-mail. Let me know. Here's a summary in case you're interested:

Set in the slums of New Orleans, among clusters of crack houses and abandoned buildings, Dirty Little Angels is the story of sixteen year old Hailey Trosclair. When the Trosclair family suffers a string of financial hardships and a miscarriage, Hailey finds herself looking to God to save her family. When her prayers go unanswered, Hailey puts her faith in Moses Watkins, a failed preacher and ex-con. Fascinated by Moses's lopsided view of religion, Hailey, and her brother Cyrus, begin spending time down at an abandoned bank that Moses plans to convert into a drive-through church. Gradually, though, Moses's twisted religious beliefs become increasingly more violent, and Hailey and Cyrus soon find themselves trapped in a world of danger and fear from which there may be no escape.

If you'd like to read the first chapter, you can read it here:
http://christophertusa.com/blog/?page_id...

Take care,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 11:14 pm (EST) on Mar 16, 2009

Hey,
Your "About Me" jumped out at me, because I could have written most of it! I enjoyed reading some of your reviews, and look forward to trying out some of the authors you like...keep it up!

posted by therese.jones at 2:41 pm (EST) on Jul 24, 2008

Still haven't read Queen Lucia yet *blush* but I will. I hadn't said BOO! to you lately, so thought I'd swing by. Also, I finally broke down and started a blog specifically for book reviewing, http://thekoolaidmom.wordpress.com/ , and I've been playing around with it today. I finally figured out how to add links to other people's blogs, and I wanted to tell you I've put your blog link on it ;-D

posted by thekoolaidmom at 1:23 pm (EST) on Jun 16, 2008

Yeah, this is a great neighborhood for books. I've been to Myopic Books once and really liked it, but it took me about 45 minutes to get there by a combination of CTA and walking and I haven't felt up to making the trip again. Not when there are so many books so much closer at hand, anyway.

posted by wunderkind at 7:02 pm (EST) on Apr 19, 2008

It's snooping, but I've got to ask: I see that you've got Hyde Park bookstores listed and that you're in higher education--do you work at the U of C?
--wunderkind

posted by wunderkind at 5:55 pm (EST) on Apr 18, 2008

Thanks for adding me to your interesting libraries! I see that you like E.F. Benson--I've only got the one book ("Secret Lives") and I haven't actually read it yet, but I've heard so many good things about the Mapp and Lucia books. Humor in British writing is sort of a special interest of mine, so that's definitely a gap in my library that I need to fill!

posted by wunderkind at 10:50 pm (EST) on Apr 15, 2008

"Sixpence House" is about a American family living in Hay-on-Wye in Wales. Turns out the town is a veritable treasure trove of books, esp. used ones. I think you'd enjoy it, too. Judie

posted by passy at 10:19 am (EST) on Apr 15, 2008

Hi Jamie, I am so psyched! Found "Lucia" on bbc radio 4 & listened to the re-broadcast of "Lucia's Progress" on their women's hour drama show. Simply wonderful! You have to download their free real player, but then you have access to all of their fantastic braodcasts. There simply are not enough hours in the day for it all. Just started "Sixpence House" which is wonderful. Do you know it? Was recommended by another LTer. Judie

posted by passy at 6:19 pm (EST) on Apr 14, 2008

Hi Jamie, Indeed I have read all of the Lucia books. It's been a long time, though, & I really must read them again. My, this site has spurred me on to re-reading so many of my favorites. I'll never finish them all! What a delightful problem to have. I noted with interest "The Pennyfoot Hotel Mysteries" in your library. The name has gotten me, so I'll put it on my Amazon list, thank you for that. Judie

posted by passy at 9:56 pm (EST) on Apr 12, 2008

Hi Jamie, many thanks for adding me to your interesting libraries. I will do the same with yours. I look forward to reading more of your reviews. Judie

posted by passy at 4:04 pm (EST) on Apr 12, 2008

Hi, I positively loved your comments on E.F. Benson's writing style. Right on the mark. The series of "Lucia" books are a treasure to me. I found the 1st of mine at a garage sale. I can't remember what drew me to spend the 10 or 25 cents for it, but it opened the door to my fondness for them all. I even had to buy the London Weekend Television series; I suppose now I'll need to buy them on dvd! Georgie Pilson is my favorite of the characters. We all need a little Georgie in our lives.

posted by passy at 1:30 pm (EST) on Apr 12, 2008

Not to make ya feel bad, but yeah... I did get an ER book this month. I got Best Girlfriend's Getaways Worldwide by Marybeth Bond. The only good thing you could say about Larryisms is that is was 130 small pages with big font. THANK the untrustworthy GOD for that! (Never trust a god who would appear as a radish and tell a short, delusional, obnoxious, cynical balding man he should write a book of his favorite sayings...)

posted by thekoolaidmom at 3:37 pm (EST) on Apr 11, 2008

My copy of Queen Lucia arrived today (swiped it from PBS.) It'll be on my shortlist, then I can tell ya what I think ;-). I read your review of Larryisms and laughed! Yours was better than mine :-D .

posted by thekoolaidmom at 11:28 am (EST) on Apr 11, 2008

Hi, thanks! Yes I was sorely disappointed this month - I got one book last month but it wasn't a favorite and this month's list was so up my alley I thought for sure I'd score. Such is life.

Will have to visit Chicago one of these years. Only recently I discovered it has a decent amount of tea shops and that's enough reason to want to go.

posted by ladygata at 10:24 am (EST) on Apr 11, 2008

Hi Jamie, it's Erin again, I forgot to ask about Mystery Science Theater, is it still on? What channel? I used to love that show and have not seen it on in a long time! Thanks

posted by Rarcar1 at 8:09 pm (EST) on Mar 28, 2008

Hi Jamie, I enjoyed looking through your library especially the Catholic tag. I live in Chicago also. I am going to add you to my interesting library list. Have a great weekend! Erin

posted by Rarcar1 at 8:08 pm (EST) on Mar 28, 2008

Thanks for the suggestion on "Queen Lucia, I wishlisted it at BookMooch. I chuckled when I read the new comment email. I hadn't realized you were the same one I just mailed books to. I was like "hey... I know that id..." Oh, and glad to know I'm not the only one who found too much Larry is TOO MUCH! Just glad I didn't pay the $14.95 suggested price on the back of the book (I never pay that much ever... let alone for a little flip book like that.)

Queen Lucia definately looks right up my alley. I love a good satire.

posted by thekoolaidmom at 9:45 pm (EST) on Mar 27, 2008

I too am getting Larryisms for my firs ER book, and I couldn't remember what it was about, so I googled it and got this: http://www.amazon.com/Larryisms-Book-One... . It looks rather funny, with statements like "If you're right, that makes me wrong, and that doesn't seem right." and "Stand up for what you believe in, but when you find out you're wrong, sit down." I think it'll be enjoyable.

posted by thekoolaidmom at 10:32 am (EST) on Mar 19, 2008

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