Member: wordsampersand

Hey Jason,

I hope you are doing well. I haven't talked to you since Nate's wedding, and I just wanted to say hello. Keep me informed with what's going down.

Christian Eriksson

posted by erikssonfamily at 4:23 pm (EST) on Aug 10, 2009

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 11:07 am (EST) on Jul 14, 2009

uggh, I hit the wall. I have so many more than 200 books...!
well I don't think I can afford the extra cost til after I get back from Uganda... then I'll think about it =) I put a lot of my *better* books up there, I was just about to add a ton of obscure 19th century novels. No one's heard of them anyways so its not a huge loss.

posted by emmagrace at 12:41 am (EST) on Apr 11, 2009

this is ridiculously addictive. I meant to stop half an hour ago but I just keep thinking of more books that are sitting around in my room...
the problem is that I have hundreds of obscure books from the 1860s-1930s that aren't on here... so this will never have my full list. But it's a start :)

posted by emmagrace at 2:10 am (EST) on Apr 10, 2009

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 Flannery O'Connor, who I noticed was on your shelf. 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 10:49 pm (EST) on Mar 16, 2009

Hey Jason,

I am obsessed with librarything now.

Christian Eriksson

posted by erikssonfamily at 9:09 am (EST) on Nov 15, 2008

Hey Jason! Hope the writing/applying/etc is going well!

posted by epivet at 1:45 pm (EST) on Jul 20, 2008

Yeah and I shelled out for the one year membership...we'll see how useful it is over the next year and then maybe I'll get a lifetime membership.

posted by peasblossom211 at 2:05 pm (EST) on May 27, 2007

yup, I did it. I signed up on something that barely (if at all) applies to me.

posted by Twixmixy at 1:01 am (EST) on Oct 9, 2006

Oop never mind, FP has been reviewed before. But I still think that your reviews are better and you should post them here too.

posted by MlleErica at 3:50 pm (EST) on Aug 2, 2006

Hey, you should post the reviews you've done on books for Xanga here. I know that you've reviewed a few that haven't been reviewed before, like Foucault's Pendulum. (which I just picked up a copy of btw)

posted by MlleErica at 3:49 pm (EST) on Aug 2, 2006

Helloooooo right back. :-) Nice to see you're here too.

posted by MlleErica at 10:16 pm (EST) on Jul 22, 2006

Nice library! So how many of these have you actually read?

posted by piccolaserenata8 at 1:12 pm (EST) on Jul 8, 2006

Hey Jay, Wow! that was fast man. You already have a lot of books up and you got a lifetime membership. Nice. This site is definitely addicting. I think I'm going to do a lifetime membership too. It's fun just to see other people's books, put up reviews, discover new books, etc. It's a great idea. If they had one for movies and music that'd be sweet too.

posted by lukebart at 2:56 pm (EST) on Jul 6, 2006