Hi Melissa! Thanks for your note. It's nice to hear from you. :)

Everything's coming along great here. I finished Home for the Holidays, and I can't wait for it to hit stores in October. As soon as I turned in the manuscript, I had another one due (a short story for a Halloween-themed historical romance anthology), so I wrote that too. And NOW I *just* started a new book last week, so I'm super excited about that one. It's been a busy few months for me!

I've been reading nonfiction lately. I just finished Against the Stream by Noah Levine, an interesting book.

I hope you have a great week!

Lisa :)

skrevet af LPlumley kl. 12:17 pm (EST) den May 19, 2008

Hi--

Just got your comment from the 16th. Now I'm up to 50 books--soon to be 52. It is addicting. If only I could change more of my "to read" books to "finished." I'm going to see which 10 books we share....

Terzah

skrevet af Terzah kl. 5:02 pm (EST) den Feb 24, 2008

We both added "A Chant to Soothe Wild Elephants" today. I haven't read it or bought it yet. It's on my "to buy" list. I'm curious to know, where did you hear of it? Just wondering because I went to grad school with Jaed and he went to high school with my best friends (because there is only two degrees of separation in Maine...)

Hope you like the book. Let me know!

-Bridget

skrevet af Bridge714 kl. 1:43 am (EST) den Feb 6, 2008

I see we both like Jon Stewart and The Sex Club, different kinds of pleasure.
I read/view Jon's book in short fun bursts, but The Sex Club I read in one sitting.
It was powerful.

How do you have so much time to read? I'm jealous.

skrevet af bikehutch kl. 11:10 pm (EST) den Nov 8, 2007

Thanks for having my novel in your library and accepting my friendship.

skrevet af lisaunger kl. 1:39 pm (EST) den Oct 26, 2007

Thanks for replying to me about bigger than life. I knew (know) the principals and wondered if you did too. It's a remarkably accurate book, and characterizes everyone described accurately. Read it.

skrevet af Stronghart kl. 9:38 pm (EST) den Sep 4, 2007

Is there any special reason you have "Bigger than Life?" Michael Katz, Katz8356@bellsouth.net --AKA-- BusterStronghart@gmail.com

skrevet af Stronghart kl. 11:14 am (EST) den Sep 2, 2007

This is too funny Melissa! I've read the audiobook of A Short History of Nearly Everything (how's that for an intriguing title?). I picked it up after reading Bryson's History of Troublesome Words (yes, I'm a language/grammar geek). He writes interesting stuff! You're right -- he has a knack for taking an unusual subject and making it appealing.

Lisa :)

skrevet af LPlumley kl. 12:18 pm (EST) den Aug 6, 2007

Hi, Melissa! The last book I read and enjoyed was Holidays On Ice by David Sedaris. (I've been doing mini book tours on the weekends and listened to the audiobook while driving between book stores.) David Sedaris is so talented! He's good at making you laugh, then sneaking in with something that really tugs at your heart too.

After reading "SantaLand Diaries," I'll never look at a department store SantaLand the same way again. ("Oh little elf! Little elf!" LOL.)

Lisa :)

skrevet af LPlumley kl. 7:37 pm (EST) den Aug 3, 2007

Hi, Melissa! The book I'm working on now is called Home for the Holidays. It's a full-length Christmas-themed contemporary romance, due out in October 2008. So it'll be a while, but I hope you'll be on the lookout for it. I think it's going to be a fun story. :)

Lisa :)

skrevet af LPlumley kl. 11:08 am (EST) den Aug 1, 2007

Hi, Melissa! Thanks for being my LibraryThing friend. I see that we have several of the same books. Happy reading!

Lisa :)

skrevet af LPlumley kl. 2:24 pm (EST) den Jul 30, 2007

Dear chick-lit reader,

I’m a belgian university student that loves chick-lit. Would you like to help me with my thesis and write to me why you (personally) like reading chick-lit? What is it about chick-lit that appeals to you? What are your favourite books and why? Your help would mean a lot to me!

Best wishes,

Ester Wellens

esterwellens@gmail.com

skrevet af esterwellens kl. 4:55 am (EST) den Jan 9, 2007

Melissa,

I, too, am relatively new to librarything and blogs. The site was given to me by a former sales rep when she heard I was leaving the bookstore (and knew I would need a vehicle to continue my conversations about books). I live in Westford, which is about 10 miles south of Lowell, next to Concord. In the 70's I lived in Lenox, Lee and Pittsfield (I worked for a season at Chesterwood in Stockbridge); so I know your territory! Sometimes I think my destiny was to be a librarian (I was wonderfully happy as school librarian in 5th and 6th grade and I read ALL the books in the library!) but I strayed and took the road less traveled by.

In looking at the books we share, I noticed you also have the "Love Monkey" and "Jungle Law"- I read both but I found the Jungle Law a bit disappointing (I wanted more of Kipling) and, although some of "Love Monkey" I found funny, I guess the adventures of a randy city boy got a bit tiring. What did you think of them?

On the other hand, you also have some great Algonquin Press books like the Almond/Baggott collaboration, "Saving the World" and "A Kiss from Maddalena." I don't think I've ever read a bad book from them. I would also recommend 2 other books they published, "Ursula, Under" by Ingrid Hill and "On Agate Hill" by Lee Smith. We now have 47 books in common and imagine we will have more as I keep adding a shelf and there.

Are you still reading the Russian mysteries by Boris Akunin? I just noticed a reader's copy of the forthcoming out back at the bookstore..what's he up to now, five? I read the first and very much enjoyed it but didn't continue the series. I'm behind a few books in the Sujata Massey series also. I like to read mysteries as "literary palate-cleansers" inbetween other kinds of books, they're also great when I'm stressed and can't concentrate on anything else.

So what are you reading now?

Lois

skrevet af avaland kl. 9:13 am (EST) den Oct 19, 2006

Hi,

I've only logged on about 180 books but we have, at this point, 30 in common. I realize that's relative, especially since you've got over a thousand logged in. However, we have an interesting MIX of shared books. The top of my "books you share" list is dominated by other readers of classics, particularly 19th century British fiction; and contemporary or literary fiction; I've had to dig deeper in the list to find people who share a more eclectic mix with me. AND it looks like you, like me, pay absolutely NO heed to genre boundaries...

skrevet af avaland kl. 1:12 pm (EST) den Oct 11, 2006