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Library1,012 books — see library

Reviews362 reviews — see reviews

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Tagsmanga (291), paperback (174), children (155), shoujo (151), hardcover (146), fiction (137), fantasy (100), TBR (96), historical (95), mmp (58) — see all tags

Groups20-Something LibraryThingers, 50 Book Challenge, Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction, BookCrossers, BookMooching, Early Reviewers, Fairy Tale Readers, Historical Fiction, Manga!, Prolific Plaidy — show all groups , Tea!

Favorite authorsMatsuri Akino, Richard Willard Armour, Lynne Reid Banks, Dave Barry, L. Frank Baum, Clamp, Roald Dahl, Lois Duncan, Richard J. Foster, Philippa Gregory, Joanne Harris, Hitoshi Iwaaki, Norton Juster, Frances Parkinson Keyes, Andrew Lang, Daphne Du Maurier, Mitsukazu Mihara, Arthur Miller, Haruki Murakami, Donna Jo Napoli, J.K. Rowling, P. Craig Russell, Eric Shanower, Lemony Snicket, Stephen Sondheim, Fuyumi Soryo, Rumiko Takahashi, Natsuki Takaya, Miwa Ueda, Yuu Watase, Bill Watterson, Oscar Wilde, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Bill Willingham, Jade Snow Wong, Ai Yazawa (Shared favorites)

About me What can I say? I'm just another poor starving art student working retail to keep afloat. I have an overactive imagination and dangerous affections toward musicals, ballet, opera, and everything else that falls under the umbrella of 'theatre.' I may have missed my life's calling by not attempting to be an actress, but I've got a brother into that and Lord knows, Mom didn't need two of us in the family.
So I'm a fashion major, and she assures me that isn't any better. But I love clothes, so it was a natural step! Shopping is great. Tailored clothing is great. Karl Lagerfeld is really great.
Jeans tucked into your boots is not great. We're also over your ruched-boobs and empire-waist combination, dearie, especially when you attempt to tie a tiny ill-fitted bolero sweater over. (We were over that before it BEGAN.)

I'm also a history geek. I love old things. Old architecture, old clothes, old historical sites where two hundred years ago the city's forefathers spat on the ground, and old money. Not that I'm opposed to new money, mind you.

I'm pretty sure I spent most of junior high and high school being a bit of a bookworm and possibly possessing some intelligence, but I do believe I've moved on to become a shallow, superficial, vapid girl. Grammar Nazis can't stand me, because I abuse the English language regularly.

Books are good. Movies are good. Music is good.
Celebrities on their 14:59 minute of fame are so not good.

About my library I have only put books that I consider 'permanant collection' here - but I have read many, many more! This list is great to get an idea of the sorts of books I like, but to see what I've read a great resource is BookCrossing, specifically my bookshelf there.

Homepagehttp://www.makaiju.net

Also onBookCrossing, BookMooch, Facebook, LiveJournal, MySpace, PaperBackSwap

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Real nameSuzi

LocationSan Jose, CA

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URLs http://www.librarything.com/profile/valkylee (profile)
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/valkylee (library)

Member sinceJun 9, 2006

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I actually haven't read that one yet either! I think I'll get to it soon though, so I will let you know then. The reviews make it sound so good.

posted by littlebookworm at 8:41 pm (EST) on Apr 10, 2008

Thanks! I think it's fascinating too, hehe. We've got some good books in common, too. I'll have to keep an eye on your library for future reads!

posted by littlebookworm at 3:23 pm (EST) on Apr 10, 2008

Hi Suzi, thanks for the post on Mary, Queen of Scots. I will be adding it to my tbr pile! Take care, Erin

posted by Rarcar1 at 7:09 pm (EST) on Mar 6, 2008

Hey, thanks for your nice comments on my review of "Jezebel." That was such an interesting book, don't you think? I'm definitely going to go back and read her earlier historical books as well.

posted by jasonpettus at 4:13 pm (EST) on Feb 28, 2008

Hello- just browsing and noticed you and I love a lot of the same books and authors, in particular, Rebecca, Wuthering Heights, Gone with the Wind, Roald Dahl, The Other Boleyn girl and Princess Bride.

I love finding other people who have enjoyed the same books, you must read Thorn Birds and Girl with a Pearl Earring I know you'll like them, also, try Katharine by Anya Seton, an historial novel, better than Philippa Gregory, but only just. Are you going to see the film of The Other Boleyn Girl?? it was filmed near where I work and I'm really looking forward to it.

Anyway, hope you enjoy those books and i look forward to seeing if we share any other favourites in the future.

Lou

posted by LibraryLou at 6:34 am (EST) on Feb 16, 2008

My message disappeared! I'll try again.

I know you from my other BC bookrays!!

I already have you signed up for the Gossip of the Starlings bookray. You don't need to do anything else until you are asked for your mailing address by the person ahead of you in the participant list.

Here's the link to the bookray:
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5865950/J_9865949

Thanks for joining!

Madeline (aka SqueakyChu)

posted by SqueakyChu at 10:26 pm (EST) on Feb 10, 2008

Hi Suzi! Glad that you noticed that your fingers were positioned incorrectly before you got further into the comment. It would have been funny if the entire post had been one key to the left. You may be amused to know that I read your greeting as "gross weight BS", which seems strangely appropriate.

The angel mooches are so much fun. I just angeled one that i'm interested in myself, and the person is happy for me to read it before i send it on - everybody wins :-D

Nice to see you over here. This site is so cool.

~~Andrew.

posted by MrAndrew at 4:51 pm (EST) on Feb 10, 2008

Hi,
Paperbackswap is going with a new WL in a few months that lets you rank your books. If you use any of their sister sites like SaCD or SaDVD, it's already in use over there. So it's changing from a strick "first in, first out" system to where you rank what you want most, and you accrue points for that each day. It's kind of confusing, but if you search the discussion forums there, there is more info. A lot of people aren't happy about it, including me! I have a large WL and can't imagine ranking one over the other...

Suzanne

posted by suzanimals at 10:50 am (EST) on Dec 12, 2007

OH MY GOD IT'S YOU! --the OD Spiraling. :D

posted by Spiraling at 2:23 am (EST) on Jun 8, 2007

I tried to leave a comment in the thread you started in the BookMoochers group about the situation where you had a book listed on two sites and a moocher left you a negative feedback because someone had already claimed the book through PaperBackSwap, but the comment posting wasn't working (either that, or it will show up 3 times tomorrow). Here's what I wanted to say:

I think that, given your situation (a 1 hour difference between the requests), the feedback was unjustified. Clearly, BM is trying to stop people from getting unjustified points by adding books to their inventory that they actually don't have, but you should be allowed to list your book on multiple swap sites at once. (I mean, listing it on eBay and BM at the same time would not be OK, since there's a timeframe for eBay where the book is definitely no longer available.) Additionally, if there had been a longer delay between the requests (like more than a day), the negative might have been justified. Perhaps BM, like eBay, should allow users to respond to feedback to tell your side of the story when another user leaves negative feedback.

I agree with ErinRebekah - talk to the other person and see if they will change the negative to a neutral. But, if not, I really don't think it will affect your credibility that much.

posted by jaimelesmaths at 1:32 am (EST) on Dec 6, 2006

That was quick ! Hope you enjoy it.

posted by nickhoonaloon at 5:07 am (EST) on Oct 19, 2006

Hi,

My wife and I are booksellers in the UK. By co-incidence, we have a couple of Keyes books we were about to get rid of due to low interest in the author. One is Dinner at Antoines, which I`ve offereed to one of the other people on your thread.

The other is called Gold Slippers. It`s currently for sale on EBay Uk but ends in less than two hours. If it doesn`t sell, presuming you have PayPal, we`d be glad to let you have it just in return for the estimated cost of postage.

If you`re not interested, we won`t be offended or anything. I was just struck by the co-incidence that we`d decided to get rid of her books, then lo and behold, two people are interested in her.

Best wishes,

Nick + Ann-Marie
Hoonaloon Boks and Bits
hoonaloon@ntlworld.com

posted by nickhoonaloon at 12:18 pm (EST) on Oct 5, 2006

No,I haven't heard of BookCrossing- but it sounds great and very useful. You have to read the Into the Wilderness series! You will absolutely fall in love with all of the characters and not want to put the books down. There are currently four books out in the series and the fifth one is coming out in October. I also have "The Queen's Fool" but have not read it yet - it is next in line after I read "Homeland" by John Jakes. I also want to read The Constant Princess by Gregory but can't find it at any local bookstore so i might just get it online. Happy reading!

posted by northandsouth at 3:47 pm (EST) on Jul 9, 2006

Just wanted to say that your review of "The Virgin's Lover" was right on! I liked the book, but definitely not as much as "The Other Boleyn Girl". You sound a lot like me, but I wish my catalog was as big as yours! Unfortunately, I spent my high school days and two years of college stuck in a textbook instead of a novel. Shopping is definitely my #2 favorite pastime, so if you know of any up and coming trends or cool stores let me know!

posted by northandsouth at 11:01 am (EST) on Jun 30, 2006

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