Membro: FicusFan

And NH is right between Massachusetts and Maine, where I have some of my relatives, so there is a mutual "connection". :-)

I have one of Kjell Eriksson's books, though I don't know its English title (if there is one). But I don't read much fiction. Looking at our shared titles, I find Douglas Adams, genetics and cryptography.

The lack of geographic accuracy is my primary excuse for not investing more time in the locations of libraries and other venues right now, and I'm hesitant to add biographical data until authors with identical names can be disambiguated (Kjell Eriksson is already two authors on LT).

publicado por sm5por às 12:23 pm (EST) em Dec 19, 2009

Hi FF, just testing what happens to the right hand side of the box here when I post from home.

Thanks.

Jim

publicado por justjim às 2:18 am (EST) em Dec 16, 2009

Ficus- I finally posted a short review of "White Sky, Black Ice", which I really enjoyed and highly recommend. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series. I'm planning on starting 'Every Last Drop" later today. Take care and have a nice Sunday!
Mark

publicado por msf59 às 12:41 pm (EST) em Dec 13, 2009

Actually, today was my first day back on LT in a long timie! I thank you for your note.

Many happy days ahead, and I expect I'll see more of you now that I'm back at the Thing.

Hugs
RMD

publicado por richardderus às 12:28 am (EST) em Dec 11, 2009

Haha, I agree! I believe they are the only team I enjoy seeing lose as much as possible. I was very torn during the superbowl last year...considering the Cardinals knocked my team out of the playoffs a couple weeks prior. I wanted them both to lose. =P

publicado por Ape às 8:43 pm (EST) em Sep 29, 2009

Yea, that first half was a pretty close game but things kind of stopped working after half time for the Falcons. The weekend wasn't a complete loss though, the local teams that I watch did well. The Ohio State Buckeyes in college shut out Illinois 30-0 and the Bengals had a VERY exciting finish against the Steelers, converting two 4th downs and scoring with 16 seconds left to win. :)

publicado por Ape às 6:57 am (EST) em Sep 28, 2009

You are most welcome and deserving of it.
I am sure I will enjoy it immensely.
Good night Ficus
belva

publicado por nannybebette às 12:16 am (EST) em Sep 22, 2009

Very well done FicusFan;
Loved your HOT REVIEW on "The House at Riverton". My copy just arrived today and I can't wait to cut my teeth on it. Excellent job girl.
Congratulations,
belva

publicado por nannybebette às 8:31 pm (EST) em Sep 21, 2009

RE: Manil Suri, The Death of Vishnu,
I read this when it first came out. I live in Montgomery County, Maryland and I believe that Suri does as well, so perhaps the local book store was pushing a local author. Through all of the serious stuff in the book, I loved Suri's sense of humor. I am sure you will remember the Russian Salad samosa calamity. The book has an author email, and so I sent Suri an email and asked the correct way to make a Russian Salad samosa. He asked me to wait for the publication of "The Death of Vishnu Cookbook".

publicado por tobagotim às 11:37 pm (EST) em Sep 12, 2009

Saturday would work for me. Any particular place you'd like to go? I don't go out to eat all that much so I don't know too many good lunch spots.

publicado por bluesalamanders às 6:08 pm (EST) em Sep 10, 2009

Hi there!

There are no plans currently to re-issue 7faS, though it may be collected into an omnibus at some point.

Thank you for asking.

--Bear

publicado por matociquala às 3:38 pm (EST) em Sep 10, 2009

Thank you Ficus for your get-back and your honesty.
I can certainly understand time constraints, other obligations, the books just not grabbing you and even the desire not to participate. Whatever the reason it is all good. We will carry on and I will see you on the threads my dear.
Hope you are reading something really wonderful and also having a great day.
hugs,
belva

publicado por nannybebette às 1:21 pm (EST) em Sep 10, 2009

Hi;
Mark and I have been discussing the possibility of another group read in November and want your input. We have narrowed it down to two books at this point. "The People of the Book" by Geraldine Brooks and "The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield. So chat it up with friends or us and let us know if you are up for it and what you think. Probably the same plan as with "Pillars of the Earth" which seemed to work out perfectly for almost all of us.
Think it over and give one of us a shout.
hugs and looking forward to hearing from you,
belva

publicado por nannybebette às 10:14 pm (EST) em Sep 8, 2009

Thanks for the heads-up about Heyer's "The Conqueror"! I have wishlisted same, drat you.

xoxo
RMD

publicado por richardderus às 11:38 pm (EST) em Sep 3, 2009

-
"Friendship with oneself is all important, because without
it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world."
~ Eleanor Roosevelt

"A friend is someone who sings your heart's song
back to you when you have forgotten the words."
~ David Coppola, Ph.D.

publicado por theoldman às 7:26 am (EST) em Aug 30, 2009

Hi Ficus! Wow, you are my hero! You have logged so many of your books. I loved your home page, and I have to say that I have added the nerd quiz to mine; what a hoot! I am a Cool Nerd Queen. Hope to see you around.

publicado por Berly às 4:17 pm (EST) em Aug 22, 2009

Hi Ficus...I'm sooo glad to have caused you a fraction of my mental anguish in having encountered "Raven Black"! Although I think you'll most likely find a good deal of pleasure in reading "Part-Time Indian," and I can't be sure that "pleasure" is entirely the right word for "Raven Black." Magnus is such a...such...well...beautifully realized character, but one whose existence is...errr...oh, hell. I can't be sure how I feel yet. It's a little book with a big wallop. I think of that as a compliment.

Cheers!
RMD

publicado por richardderus às 4:11 pm (EST) em Aug 16, 2009

...a palette cleanser. I like that. I read the original Dune series, but have never ventured into the other works. I will look forward to your critique on Paul when you get around to reading it. You read far more than I do.

I recommend "The Samurai's Garden" by Gail Tsukiyama. It is set in Japan during the Sino-Japanese war, and tells the story of a Chinese boy living in a small village in Japan at the family summer home while recuperating from an illness. I found it quite enjoyable. Unfortunately the used copy I bought was missing some pages at the end so I'm not sure how it turns out. It isn't at our library--argh.

publicado por klaidlaw às 10:21 pm (EST) em Aug 12, 2009

I'm currently reading At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neil and the Black Arrow in the Sugawara Akitata series (along with 206 Bones, which I snagged in the July Early Reviewers list). I gave up on most gay themed novels long ago because most of them were trite at best and poorly written at worst. I have to say that after slogging through the first few chapters of At Swim, and getting used to the Irish colloquialisms, I am beginning to enjoy it. What do you think of Paul of Dune?

publicado por klaidlaw às 5:52 pm (EST) em Aug 12, 2009

Had to lol @ your favorite authors list...
you may need a page two soon :)

publicado por mckait às 2:52 pm (EST) em Aug 11, 2009

I feel the same way.. I have considered messaging tim... but doubt he will do anything..
I do think though that ignoring is better. S/he is vile.

publicado por mckait às 2:40 pm (EST) em Aug 11, 2009

Hi - I saw your post in the What are you reading now? thread that you had finished both Shetland Island books and so I wanted to stop by and say that I am totally jealous at how fast you were able to read them. I wish I could finish books as quickly! It is a good series isn't it? Anyway, in case you didn't know, the third book, Red Bones, comes out in September - I've had it on hold at the library for a couple of months. Take care, Joanne

publicado por coppers às 11:26 pm (EST) em Aug 8, 2009

Ho! Of course I did (see below). BUT you have been MY friend since you were kind to me when I was upset about my catalog. (It's mostly ok now tho I still need to get the editors of the collections as you had suggested.) AND Joyce Cary is spelled CARY (not carEy) . . . I cannot imagine how I got so very very mixed up.

publicado por Esta1923 às 4:42 pm (EST) em Aug 6, 2009

OHO!! Somehow it took until today but I think that my catalog now is just about the way I like it. (And I must admit I'd spelled the name of a favorite author wrong: Joyce Carey is correct. . . I'd missed that e.) Have yet to follow your suggestion about putting a name where there's no author. . . those are in carport closet and I haven't pulled them out. Esta

publicado por Esta1923 às 7:25 pm (EST) em Aug 4, 2009

FicusFan- I wanted to let you know I finished "The Coroner's Lunch". What a terrific book! Great characters and a great sense of humor. I laughed out loud a couple of times, something I rarely do while reading. I will have to read the rest, eventually, I'm not as fast as you. My next crime series will be C.J. Box, hopefully in a couple of weeks. BTW, congrats on the anniversary! That's excellent. I just passed my 1st last month. Have a great weekend!
Mark

publicado por msf59 às 8:02 pm (EST) em Jul 24, 2009

PS (from esta1923) I am not sure tho that reviews are practical there. Don't mean to bother you further but I can't remember what HAD been on catalog originally. . .I got thrown for a loop when I saw all the green added-on stuff that made no sense to me.

publicado por Esta1923 às 7:31 pm (EST) em Jul 24, 2009

Thank you! I had quit for the day, and am going swimming now, but did stop at site and saw your note/did a quick look/ and. . . many many thanks!! (Yes, I will look and put editors in those early entries.)

publicado por Esta1923 às 7:23 pm (EST) em Jul 24, 2009

It cost me more like $80, I think, but it was some years ago. Ironically, it was a mistake. I wanted volume one. Got volume two. Figured I'd keep it and get volume 1 later. Never did.

Academic titles are insane. Any decent university needs to have all three volumes, so I suppose the think is: why not screw people over the price?

Tim

publicado por timspalding às 3:28 pm (EST) em May 20, 2009

Your review of Moran's Nefertiti was SPOT ON. I mean, it wasn't a burden to read all the time, but I think you pinpointed my exact issues with it.

publicado por SunnyLea às 10:37 am (EST) em May 12, 2009

Glad to be of help! Happy reading.

~ Porchy

publicado por porchsitter55 às 10:30 pm (EST) em Apr 21, 2009

I haven't seen Jeeves & Worcester. But I have seen Hugh Laurie on other BBC shows. I thought he was hilarious in the live action 101 Dalmation movie. I'll look into those other DVD's, they sound good.
Thanks

publicado por LA12Hernandez às 6:43 pm (EST) em Apr 14, 2009

Thanks for the movie suggestions. I have both the Micheal Redgrave and the Rupert Evert version of [The Importance of being Ernest]. I also have the [Ideal Husband] because I love Rupert Evert. But I haven't seen [Lady Windemere's Fan], I'll have to keep and eye out for it.
Again Thank You.

publicado por LA12Hernandez às 10:33 pm (EST) em Apr 13, 2009

Glad you like the picture. She is wonderful!

publicado por Storeetllr às 12:02 am (EST) em Apr 10, 2009

That's exactly how I felt about Firmin! The ending was such a let down that it sort of brought the whole book down with it.

publicado por PaperbackPirate às 10:33 pm (EST) em Apr 1, 2009

lol I feel better for knowing I'm not the only one. Thanks for being my friend!

publicado por Storeetllr às 1:58 pm (EST) em Mar 15, 2009

Haha! That IS why. How fun that someone else was born the same day. Yes, originally someone told me that every seven years my birthday would fall on thanksgiving...but it has never worked out that way..I haven't had a Thanksgiving birthday in awhile..but should the next time my birthday falls on a Thursday! Hoorah for TurkeyBabies! lol

publicado por turkeybaby1123 às 5:48 pm (EST) em Feb 24, 2009

Ah, ha! You're at work too.

At your convenience, doesn't have to be tonight.

Thanks,
karenmarie

publicado por karenmarie às 12:43 pm (EST) em Jan 29, 2009

Hi FicusFan:

I cannot for the life of me find that little card that came in The Perfect Scent with the person's name who was requesting feedback - I have finished the book, written and posted my review here on LT, and want to send an e-mail to them.

If you still have the little card, would tell me the person's name and e-mail address?

Thanks,
karenmarie

publicado por karenmarie às 11:15 am (EST) em Jan 29, 2009

Hi,

Had to add you to my interesting libraries list based on your comment about liking historical mysteries (in some thread or another) and then the number of favorite authors on your list that are also on mine--we obviously share a number of reading preferences! But you have so many more books than I do (drool!).

Cheers,
Elizabeth

publicado por ejj1955 às 10:58 am (EST) em Jan 3, 2009

The Used Books Superstore is on rt3A in Burlington. You can't miss it ... it's really large and there's good parking space in the strip mall. There's a little Korean restaurant, a Citizen's Bank next to it. Do you know where the La Cascia deli is? It's just down the road from it.

publicado por cameling às 2:02 pm (EST) em Nov 26, 2008

Cool library! Wish mine was this big... I will definitely pick up a few books.

publicado por missmaddie às 7:28 pm (EST) em Nov 21, 2008

I've been checking the 'who has your books' list and you come top with 272 books in common! How about that.

I know what you mean about it being a daunting task though, I haven't finished cataloging all mine yet either, buy hey it's raining outside, so maybe this would be a good time to work on it.

Happy reading

el

publicado por catmistressel às 1:57 pm (EST) em Nov 8, 2008

Great review of The Painted Veil. You expressed much of what I was trying to but was unable to and also understood it better than me. I did not appreciate Walter's death was a result of being punished for trying to kill Kitty. In fact, I even read it that Walter was wanting to kill himself and continued to love her.

Thanks.

publicado por mumoftheanimals às 4:32 pm (EST) em Nov 2, 2008

Thanks, Ficus. Have invited both clong and readhead. :)

publicado por montymike às 1:32 pm (EST) em Oct 20, 2008

Hey Ficus! :)

Yep, it's monty here from sffworld.

Thanks for your help. :)

publicado por montymike às 4:36 pm (EST) em Oct 19, 2008

okay..crikey

of the 35 books we have In Common (according to LT- i am upgrading my account as i type..) those are my Favorites (how do you know Jim Knipfel's work? i have a story, if you are interested)

look..we are both on What Are You Reading Now?...so not exactly Strangers//

what do you say? wanna be Friends?

Read On...Power

JUDE

publicado por jdthloue às 5:11 pm (EST) em Oct 17, 2008

Quarterly was the instructions from the people sponsoring the club. Maybe they don't want to pay for more books, lol?

I was going to pick the first book and then involve the members in picking additional books, but unless we only have 4 members (oh I hope not!) then I think the way it will work is voting off of a short-list of possibilities for the next month. I had to provide a list of possible picks for budgeting reasons.

*sigh* I wonder if I can talk them into every other month instead? No one here will agree to every month. Some people will join just because joining these sorts of things looks good on our annual evaluations, and a book club is fairly painless compared to some of the on-your-own-time things they try to get you involved in. So I can't count on all of the members being big readers.

But I'm determined that there will be actual reading and discussing going on! I also have a feeling it's going to end up being exclusively women, which can be, um, interesting. Ah, the things I do for the love of books!
;)
Heidi

publicado por hjjugovic às 7:07 pm (EST) em Oct 3, 2008

Wow, that was great - thanks so much for the thorough answer! I've bookmarked you website for inspiration. How did Conferacy of Dunces go as a discussion book? I've been thinking about reading that one for years but have never gotten around to it.

This is a new book club. I work for an engineering company, and they're always doing initiatives to retain women; one is a company sponsored professional association called WINS, which both women and men can join but is focused on women professionals in our company. They get funded by our company for retention initiatives, and one is this book club. It seems that the company will be buying the books for us - which is one of my lures for trying to get people to join. Free books! Yay! I'm trying to get them to pay for some food too.

At first, it seemed like there was some list of professional books we were supposed to be reading, but then the WINS leader who contacted me suggested "light fiction, like Eat, Pray, Love" and asked for a list of potential books from me. We'll only meet quarterly, and I'll send out an email announcing that quarter's book asking for who plans to read the book. I get a total count, give it to WINS, they order the books, and I distribute them to everyone to read.

I'm thinking about making one book a Read The Book/Watch The Movie event. My first meeting will be in January.

Since I only get to pick 4 books for each year, I really want to make them books people will like, as well as books that are good to discuss, since I know they are not always the same thing. I hope I can get enough people to join to keep this going. Partly cause I want the free books too, lol!
Heidi

publicado por hjjugovic às 6:22 pm (EST) em Oct 3, 2008

Hey, I just got put in charge of my office’s book club. I think we’re supposed to reading light fiction or motivational/professional nonfiction. As I mostly read genre fiction (of various genres), could you recommend a couple more mainstream-y books for a book club? I'm soliciting my librarything friend for help. BTW, do you know of any librarything features for book clubs?

publicado por hjjugovic às 4:01 pm (EST) em Oct 3, 2008

Hey, if it turns into a deal, I think an ARC is a small price to pay. My concern is that he's decided to re-publish via Amazon's self-publishing service, so might not be in the mood to listen to alternatives. Well, I will keep you updated.

Cheers
rmd

publicado por richardderus às 12:25 pm (EST) em Oct 3, 2008

great! i hope u enjoy it as much as i did...

publicado por deebee1 às 7:11 am (EST) em Oct 3, 2008

Thank you so very much, Ficus! I will hie me hence and see if he's interested in what I can tell him.

Cheers
RMD

publicado por richardderus às 5:55 pm (EST) em Oct 2, 2008

Hi Ficus...found your 4.5 star rating of Keith Hartman's books, and got curious about them. Seems the publisher is now out of business. I wonder if, anywhere on the books you have, there is a website for the author? I want to suggest to him that he pursue republication with an editor I know.

If and when you have time, I'd appreciate a line!

Cheers
RMD

publicado por richardderus às 1:41 pm (EST) em Oct 2, 2008

Thanks for the response on the Erikson books. I'm the same way, I'm a bit hesitant on starting a massive series like that, unless it comes highly regarded. I see you enjoy the Joe Pitt books. Aren't they great? Also a better length than most of these monsters!

publicado por msf59 às 8:36 am (EST) em Oct 2, 2008

hello, i read ur post about In the Time of the Butterflies. i've not read it myself, but would like to. just wondering if u have read Mario Vargas Llosa's The Feast of the Goat, a very well written novel about the Trujillo dictatorship and the events leading to his assassination, which hew very closely to the facts. might be an interesting accompaniment to ur reading.

publicado por deebee1 às 5:34 am (EST) em Oct 2, 2008

I see you've read Steven Erikson. What do you think of that series, so far? I noticed that another LT'er loved him also. I do love the George R. R. Martin books, but I'm a bit reluctant on starting another long-winded series. Mark

publicado por msf59 às 8:34 pm (EST) em Oct 1, 2008

I agree wholeheartedly that the development isn't a positive one, though the Gathering Place thread itself isn't such a bad idea for random chattiness.

As to the evidence for non-participants' non-participation, some few have commented unfavorably on the non-book chatter (thinking particularly of the onee who posted an irritable little snark when I mentioned I was sick of green beans or something one time) and following the "one-in-ten" rule (one complainer speaks for 10 silent ones), the proportion seems likely to be greater than zero.

Whatever. I won't be making non-book comments there, and will call every non-book comment made while citing teelgee's authority when I do so. If teelgee doesn't like that, too effing bad.

RMD

publicado por richardderus às 12:02 pm (EST) em Sep 30, 2008

Thanks for adding BannedBooksLibrary to your Interesting Libraries. Happy Reading!

publicado por PhoenixTerran às 12:31 pm (EST) em Sep 28, 2008

Thanks for the note about sffworld. I'll check it out.
Cheers!

clong

publicado por clong às 6:26 pm (EST) em Sep 19, 2008

Hi Ficus! I am employed! I start on 9/8. Woo hoo!!

publicado por richardderus às 5:19 pm (EST) em Sep 2, 2008

Thanks for adding me! I've been attempting the same task as you (catching up on cataloguing my existing library, while keeping up with new acquisitions) but am nowhere near complete. Your completion is quite an achievement. I noticed we have quite a few favorite authors and books in common, and I'll enjoy browsing your library for future recommendations.

publicado por hjjugovic às 5:02 pm (EST) em Aug 29, 2008

Yes, I like Jonathan Coe very much. I've read his House of Sleep, which is excellent. I did start 'What a carve up!', too, and the only reason I haven't finished it is because I've mislaid my copy!

Allie

publicado por AllieW às 11:17 am (EST) em Aug 29, 2008

Hello again Ficus, have you started Apartment in Athens yet? It's a favorite of mine from the era.

Just wondering....

Richard

publicado por richardderus às 3:50 pm (EST) em Aug 28, 2008

Re: Dwarves of Death

I've only just bought it, so I haven't read it yet. However, the blurb on the back reads as follows:

"Music, murder ... and Madeline

William has a lot on his mind. Firstly there's The Alaska Factory, the band he plays in. They're no good and they make his songs sound about as groovy as an unpressed record. In fact, they're so bad he's seriously thinking of leaving to join a group called The Unfortunates.

Secondly, there's Madeline, his high-maintenance girlfriend whose idea of a night of passion is an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical followed by a doorstep peck on the cheek. Maybe they're not soulmates after all?

Lastly, there's the bizarre murder he's just witnessed. The guiding force behind The Unfortunates lies bludgeoned to death at his feet and, unfortunately for William, there aren't too many other suspects standing by..."

Don't know if that helps!!!

Allie

publicado por AllieW às 3:54 am (EST) em Aug 28, 2008

Yes, it was about 24 hours after I had put them in that they ended in the past, but not all of the ones I put in. Some seemed to stay put, while about three of them moved to Past Events. I tried for a couple of days to go into edit and save them again. This made them current, but the next day they were past events again. Today I couldn't edit any more. I couldn't click on the edit symbol.

publicado por koalamom às 10:46 pm (EST) em Aug 27, 2008

I'd go in and "Save" an entry again and it would become a future event again - until yesterday. Now I play hide and seek with the edit button (pencil)and can't move it out of Past or change it at all. Not sure what'll happen when the date is really past or not there at all.

I suppose I could just redo it if it disappears before the date. It's frustrating! I don't know how many people are actually interested, but if someone became interested they wouldn't find it. Ah well, I'll keep trying.

publicado por koalamom às 4:24 pm (EST) em Aug 27, 2008

Yeah, I figured out that my calling the vent title an author that the title came up on my home page.

Now if I could only get them to stop calling things Past Events when they are not happening for 6 weeks.

For that I discovered that all I have to do is "edit" the event and hit save without actually doing anything.

publicado por koalamom às 6:32 pm (EST) em Aug 26, 2008

Okay, I have to say that I see you know about The River God but I can't find anything reviewing it by you...am I just that tired and dimwitted?

Cheers again
RMD

publicado por richardderus às 8:07 pm (EST) em Aug 2, 2008

Hi Ficus! Thanks for the update on the two Nefertitis you cataloged. I think I'll wait until something makes a five-star impression before committing to another Egyptian read after the Jacq. And while I think you're generous to remind me to allow for translation trouble, I was just so ticked that I think I meed to let other books flow before me in their unending stream prior to another journey on the Nile.

Speaking of which, did you ever read Wilbur Smith's The River God? I could chck your library, of course, but I am whipped at the end of a long day in the sun running a yard sale. It was a favorite of mine back ten years or so ago.

Cheers again, and thanks for the very helpful hyperlink,
RMD

publicado por richardderus às 7:47 pm (EST) em Aug 2, 2008

I'd definitely classify the book as Young Adult with a psychological emphasis. It also has a very Southern Gothic feel, if you're familiar with that genre. Much of the book deals with Hailey's developing mental disorder and how it affects her view of the world. I'd say the book is dark, but I wouldn't call it fatalistic.

publicado por cmtusa às 6:50 pm (EST) em Aug 1, 2008

Hi Ficus,

The ms is only 60,000 words and it reads very quickly, similar to S.E. Hinton, if you have read her work. The book DOES involve religion, and Hailey DOES hope for redemption at times, but she never really receives it (in case you're wondering, this is definitely not an Oprah-style book where the narrator finds religion at the end). For this reason (as well as the fact that Hailey often finds religious people to be somewhat hypocritical) the primary reaction from religious people has been that the book is a bit anti-religious, though I disagree:) Does that help?

publicado por cmtusa às 6:32 pm (EST) em Aug 1, 2008

Hi Ficus...quite a Nefertiti kick going on! Let me know how they pan out. I had a book called The Black Pharoah for a while and it was so awful that it urned me against Egyptian historical fiction for the past year or so. If either new acquisition makes a favorable impression, do let me know, okay?

Cheers
RMD

publicado por richardderus às 4:12 pm (EST) em Aug 1, 2008

Hey,

My name is Chris Tusa, and I'm a writer from New Orleans/Baton Rouge (I actually teach in the English Department at LSU). Anyway, I noticed your profile, and I was wondering if you'd be willing to read a novel I just completed. The manuscript is currently being circulated among some of the larger NY publishers, and my agent wants to get opinions from a few readers. Let me know if you'd be willing to read the manuscript and give us your opinions. Of course, if you're too busy, I'll understand. Just thought I'd ask:) I’ve included a summary below that we plan to include on the book jacket:

Dirty Little Angels
Set in New Orleans, 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’ 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’ 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.
Thanks so much,

Chris Tusa
mail@christophertusa.com

publicado por cmtusa às 9:02 pm (EST) em Jul 31, 2008

I agree with ashmodai. Dan Brown's stuff seemed like baby writing. I found it unreadable.

publicado por glenglass às 9:40 pm (EST) em Jul 27, 2008

I usually only read before I go to bed. All day I am looking forward to reading. It is crazy. Expecially if it is a good book. I hate to close the book and sleep. Seems like a waste of time.

Jacqueline

publicado por callmejacx às 5:46 pm (EST) em Jul 27, 2008

Hello FicusFan, since we share 83 books of those so far entered by each of us, I venture to make a suggestion for your next read: Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber. It was my first Weber, and I have really really enjoyed it.

Quite the library! Wonderful stuff in here, and I've already added a few titles to the wishlist. *sigh*

Cheers
Richard

publicado por richardderus às 11:46 am (EST) em Jul 20, 2008

Hey,

Thanks for leaving the comment. I haven't yet finished reading _Tolteca_ and was very excited about it when it came out, but thus far all my attempts at reading it...well, it's just not clicking for me. I've tried picking it up to read it about 3 times now and each time I put it down in favor of something else. I think the writing style just isn't working for me in general; it feel very heavy on setting at the expense of character. I haven't quite given up on it yet, since there's so little fiction out there with this setting and myth background, but I would probably recommend either waiting until it goes to paperback or seeing about buying a good cheap copy on Amazon.

publicado por TLMorganfield às 5:51 pm (EST) em Jul 12, 2008

Thanks, i have been looking at other entries and have figured it out (I used to do a lot of these gawdawful forms for various newspapers ...etc while at the Toad. Not sure I want to go in and redo them all at the moment.

btw, Readercon is in danger of selling out (apparently). If you don't already have a membership I think you can still get one online until midnight tonight (though not sure). Otherwise, if Saturday is the day you are coming you may want to come early to get in line. Best, Lois

publicado por avaland às 2:58 pm (EST) em Jul 1, 2008

FicusFan, based on your recommendations, I suggest the Tiptree Award anthologies for science fiction and fantasy exploring gender.

Ellen

publicado por espertus às 2:43 am (EST) em May 25, 2008

FicusFan, I found your library because we both have Marge Piercy and Lois McMaster Bujold as favorite authors. ((He, She and It is one of my all-time favorite books.) If you have have any suggestions of other authors or books that I might like, I'd be most grateful to hear them. (I realize one suggestion would be Octavia Butler, who I see is already one of your favorites, but I've already read all of her books.)

If this request is an imposition, please disregard it. In any case, thanks for sharing your libraries and reviews.

Ellen

publicado por espertus às 1:29 pm (EST) em May 24, 2008

Hi there, yes I noticed you mention your NZ tag problem in the forums. One more step on the way to world domination! I thought my problem had fixed itself, but this morning I can see yet another random New Zealander's profile page. Since neither LibraryThing or my ISP seem to be able to do anything about it, I guess I'll just have to get used to having a split personality.

publicado por fabtk às 1:39 am (EST) em May 8, 2008

Good to hear from you, Ficus! That's mad cold where you are! Still, I bet it's warmer indoors than it is in my all-electric house. :D

publicado por readhead às 1:21 am (EST) em Jan 3, 2008

Thanks for your friendship! I look forward to checking out your books and hope you enjoy mine.

publicado por lisaunger às 1:46 pm (EST) em Nov 16, 2007

Just read and enjoyed your review of Finity's End by Cherryh. Always nice to find another fan of hers on LT. Don't know if you are aware of her fans' site Sheijdan (link from her author page) there are some serious fans other there if you are interested.

publicado por reading_fox às 2:01 pm (EST) em Oct 6, 2007

I am not sure you are clear on what a cartoon is, here. :) Cliff Note things are small pamphlets explaining books for the not so bright American student market? Most tie-ins of course will be fairly ordinary. So are most books. Sturgeon's Law, and all. Written faster, pay less, so certainly will be worse on average from that point of view.

I, personally find Jim Butcher's writing very bland. As far as bad jokes go, Kim Harrison's Attack of the Killer Tomatoes joke is one of the baddest I have seen for a while. The Dresden thing does go on about black magic and the good stuff, at length, too. Harrison very anti-demon specist too. :)

Those books of course, are romance tending novels, so always going to be less action. The point of view identification for the whole paranormal romance thing is for girls that want some hot bad boy shagging, in a lot of them, as well as kicking a bit of arse. A way to get the romance readers to buy some fantasy novels, as well as joining the whole urban fantasy thing from the 80s and giving something different to elves and dragons and dark lords.

Depends what you mean by old time horror. Van Helsing in Dracula is, of course, ghost busting. Certainly more horror than romance novel though.

Graham Masterton, Peter Straub, et. al. and that sort of thing I see as different to where a heroic figure sets out to do something about a situation, or protect people. Although there is obviously some overlap here and there.

Pretty dismissive to say horror as a concept is past it, I don't think that will ever be the case, at least given the past couple of hundred years and more evidence. The written fiction part is, of course, nowhere near as popular as it was 20 years ago or so, and I certainly haven't read much since then, of the black books with skulls on the cover variety. If horror was over, the whole supernatural/paranormal thing wouldn't be around to the same degree.

If you tell me nurse fiction is over, I am more inclined to believe you. :) Although again there are still hospital tv shows.

publicado por bluetyson às 3:47 am (EST) em Apr 15, 2007

Thanks very much for the Kiernan info, that is great.

publicado por bluetyson às 12:33 am (EST) em Apr 15, 2007

No, Ghostbusters the movie books go in the spoof section, because, well, they are. :). You don't have to like the movie, but a lot of people did, including me. :)

Quite a few of the Ghost Busters are human. Not all of 'em. Depends how many you have read I guess. Quite a few have superhuman abilities or outlandish skills of some sort of another, of course, even if it just being really, really good with a gun, like in Steakley's Vampires.

That's an example of kill the monsters, too, no getting along there. Like Sabat, Silver John, Vampire Hunter D, Necroscope, or whatever.

As opposed to the Dresden files type milieu, with group politics as you say.

publicado por bluetyson às 12:32 am (EST) em Apr 15, 2007

Another question seeing I see you have a few of hers listed. Caitlin Kiernan, how do her books interrelate, if you are familiar?

thanks,

bt

publicado por bluetyson às 2:02 am (EST) em Apr 12, 2007

Right, well that is what I mean by that in general. Ghost busters, ghost breakers, occult detective, monster hunters. etc.

http://superprose.blogspot.com/search/la...

etc.

Sorry if that was confusing. :)

Thanks very much for the rundown!

publicado por bluetyson às 1:59 am (EST) em Apr 12, 2007

Hi FF, Unshapely things is a ghost buster type of story then. You say the guy is unpowered in this?

Thanks,

bt

publicado por bluetyson às 11:03 am (EST) em Apr 11, 2007

When all the Dan Brown hype began, a friend of mine borrowed me The DaVinci Code, which I read in english, and Sakrileg (german) and found myself passionatly hating his childish writing style. And opinion which no one in my environment seemed to share. Just read your comment on him in the forum and had to say Thank You!

publicado por ashmodai às 5:31 pm (EST) em Jan 1, 2007

Oh, I was trolling your library and noticed the Mo Hayder. She has a new one coming out called Pig Island, I think.

publicado por avaland às 2:52 pm (EST) em Oct 16, 2006