Laura's comments
(member since Nov 20, 2008)
Laura's comments from the Roane State Community College Libraries group.
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I am listening to "It's Only Too Late If You Don't Start Now: How to Create Your Second Life at Any Age" by Barbara Sher. My mom gave it to me 2 years ago, but I wasn't ready for it until now. It's all about the benefits of getting older. It busts all the myths and sterotypes about aging that we are fed by society and the media. Everytime I listed to a segment, I feel more positive and empowered.
K wrote: "I read Water for Elephants and reread The Time Traveler's Wife as well as a really GREAT Harry Potter fandom book called Harry, A History by Melissa Anelli. (It's about the phenomenon of Harry Pott..."
You are the 3rd person I have heard this summer recommend "Water for Elephants" and "The Time Traveler's Wife". They must be good books!
Caleb wrote: "I have to agree with Howl's Moving Castle, I know its not true but I feel like I would be missing a part of me if I had never read that book..."
Have you seen the Miyazaki animated version of this novel? It's a completly different story, but still good.
Caleb wrote: "YES!!!!!!! = ) I have almost everything shes ever written...."
Me too. Ironically, I think The Sorceress and the Cygnet is one of the few books of hers that I haven't read.
Caleb wrote: "I just finished The Sorceress and the Cygnet by Patricia A. Mickillip, and then after I have finished my required reading, (A Conneticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court) I will read Les Miserables......."
Patricia McKillip is a great fantasy writer.
I just re-read Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner. I have read it a billion times, but never get tired of it. I have also started a lot of books, but not finished them.
Heather wrote: "I'm going to have to think on this and get back to you. There are few books that truly scare me and I'm having trouble thinking of anything right off the top of my head.
I will say that The S..."
After reading IT, it was many years before I could go near a street drain.
Robert wrote: "I read Camus' The Plague while I had the flu. Won't say it was the scariest book I ever read, but it certainly made the experience more vivid."
I had the same experience while reading The Doomsday Books by Connie Willis. Its a scifi/fantasy time travel novel about the Black Plague. I came down with a cold right at the part when people in the book start getting the plague.
Books rarely scare me, but 2 horror novels have: The Shining by Stephen King and the Amityville Horror. What I loved about The Shining is that you are never completely sure if the lead character is really being haunted or if he has just gone insane. Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale scared me too, because I could see it happening in real life.
I almost did that yesterday. (Curled up on the couch with a blanket and cup of tea.)
This is the first one I have read. You recommended it to Bille who then passed it on to me.
Yes, her mother was funny. I wather like poor Twistam, too.
I am reading Her Royal Spyness right now and am really enjoying it. I love the details like the funny nicknames and the lengthy surnames. It is light, but intellegent with a slightly wicked sense of humor.
Japanese manga - whatever 3 or 4 series I am working on at the moment. Generally I prefer the light, romantic shojo series, but sometimes I'll read an adverture one like Bleach or Trinity Blood. Plus I get the bonus of 9 year old boys and 14 yr old girls telling me I am a really cool librarian ;-)
Tam Lin by Pamela Dean
This is my "comfort book". It is the one I re-read whenever I am depressed or can't sleep. I'm not sure why love it so much. It may be partly because of the celtic folklore at the core of the story or it may be that it reminds me of how much fun I had at college as a undergraduate. It is a fantasy novel, set on a college campus in the 1970's. On the surface, the story is a retelling of the Scottish ballad of "True Tom" or "Thomas the Rhymer". But the story is really about being on your own for the first time and navigating all the different types of college relationships.
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