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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.

A könyvtáramról 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.

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Tagság kezdeteJun 9, 2006

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Well, I finished The Winds Of Tara. You can check out the review I posted. Overall it was a good read....certainly much better than one of the authorised Gone With The Wind sequels that I've read (*cough*Scarlett*cough*). I hope you get a chance to read it...though I think it's at least another 25 years before the copyright expires in the US. Perhaps we could arrange some sort of book exchange...I'll send you The Winds of Tara and you could send me something...

Let me know what you think.
I've been waiting for Creepers. I have a copy of Suicide Notes if you're interested in trading.
You wanted to know when I reviewed I, robot. I've been putting it off as I needed to figure out how to say what I wanted to say without sounding like I was slamming it as the worst book I ever read. Cause it's not. It's bad, but I'm pretty sure I've read worse. Just not sure what, yet. Anyway, I've posted it in my library.
Hi! Because you're a Moocher, I decided to leave a message. :)
I have the Forgotten Fashion book coming on ER - I doubt it's a keeper for me, I only requested it so I could laugh about silly fashion with my Project Runway addicted daughters. So, I'll save it for you after we're done giggling.

I don't know what the algorhythm was thinking this time, I have NO remotely fashion books and am about as anti-fashionista as you can get! (maybe it's trying for converts!)

Brenda
Yes, tailored clothing is great!!! I have no fashion sense, but love clothes, so a fashionista who works in my favourite store has taken on the task of dressing me. The first thing she did was find two words that describe my style. After much brain storming, we came up with 'tailored charm'.

Hannah
Thanks for the comment on my review! You have an interesting library. I also see that you also have The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril in there. Have you read it yet? I haven't gotten to it yet, and was wondering if it's good.
No, I had not heard about the book, thank you for letting know about it.
Thanks, exceedingly!
Thanks for the comment about my review of The Sky Village. Actually, I didn't get it through ER, either. It was the one I was hoping for, and when I didn't get it, I decided to try requesting it from the publisher directly. You might give that a try. I simply emailed publicity@candlewick.com, and told them that I really had wanted to read and review the book on my blog and here on librarything, and did they maybe have an extra ARC? They sent me a nice hardback copy. I had never contacted a publisher directly before, but I thought it was worth a shot.
Hello- Yes I will post both books and reserve them for you. Enjoy! Kathy
(God, I can't remember the last time I logged on here! Sorry.) I have just been reading the Dresden Files. Good fantasy stuff. Might I steer you more towards Uncle Orson's sci-fi than his historical fiction? His characters and plotting tend to be stronger than when he lets religion take center screen. :)
I will be happy to do that! I hope to get started on it, at least, in a few days!

DianeS
Definitely! I'm actually editing my blog right now, so it's the perfect time to add a new link to my blogroll!
Hey, I saw your blog link on lovemybooks' profile and thought I'd check it out! Great blog! If you want to see mine, it's http://skrishnasbooks.blogspot.com
So sorry both C. Moore books have been taken.
I think it's because manga has so many volumes in a series. It's worse than a horror movie franchise!
Hi! Thanks for your compliment about my booklog. Yes, I did see the Boys Over Flowers anime and liked it quite a lot. I don't remember everything about it, though, since it's been a few years. Right now the manga is in a place I don't remember being animated—do you recall something about a politician's son? Anyway, I appreciate the feedback. :)
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.
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!
Hi Suzi, thanks for the post on Mary, Queen of Scots. I will be adding it to my tbr pile! Take care, Erin
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.
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
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/5865...

Thanks for joining!

Madeline (aka SqueakyChu)
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.
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
OH MY GOD IT'S YOU! --the OD Spiraling. :D
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.
That was quick ! Hope you enjoy it.
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
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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!
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!
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