Cayr's comments (member since May 14, 2008)

Cayr's comments from the Paper Back Swap group.

Still working through "Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams" by Simpson, and just starting "Kafka on the Shore" by Murakami.

Sherry wrote: "Cayr wrote: "I'm reading "Born Standing Up, a Comic's Life" by Steve Martin
"Hitchhiker: a biography of Douglas Adams" by M.J. Simpson
and "Hawkes Harbor" by S.E. Hinton"

I have Born Standing ..."

I am posting my review on Goodreads right now!

I'm reading "Born Standing Up, a Comic's Life" by Steve Martin
"Hitchhiker: a biography of Douglas Adams" by M.J. Simpson
and "Hawkes Harbor" by S.E. Hinton

Sherry wrote: "Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides"

Oh, that's a GREAT book.

I only have 39 on my list, and 15 of them are set to "no" for auto request. Lately, I've noticed something weird. Although something on my wishlist might be 125 out of 297 in position, I'll get it as if I were #1 of 297. That makes NO sense to me. Not that I'm complaining. Is it because the other 124 people who have it on their list don't have it set for "yes" auto request?

I'm reading "Modoc : The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived"
"The Dogs of Bedlam Farm"
and "Suburban Safari: a year on the lawn"

Just finished Atomospheric Disturbances and now reading Merle's Door by Ted Kerasote

I'm reading Atmospheric Disturbances by Rivka Galchen.

I'm reading David Sedaris's "Me Talk Pretty One Day."

Just finishing "The Art of Racing in the Rain"...next on the list is "Every Rescued Dog Has A Tail: Stories from the Dog Rescue Railroad"

I belong to both sites and also Swaptree. Each one has it's good points and bad points. OF all three, I like PBS the best, but the wait for some titles is unbelievably long.

The thing I don't like about Bookmooch, is that when the site tells you there is a title available, a lot of times if you are not right there at your computer when the email comes in, you can forget it. The titles go really fast. They've been teasing me with "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" for three months. Every time the book comes up, I click to get it, but somebody has already snatched it away and the only copy left is in Malaysia from someone who won't ship to the U.S. Very frustrating. This has happened at least a dozen times with that one title.

The good thing about Swaptree is that you can trade books for DVDs or CDs, and vise-versa.

Through all three sites, I've managed to really fill out my book shelf, beyond what I'm able to read for at least three months. The hard part of belonging to all three sites is remembering to update my wish lists and posted books all around when a book arrives from one of them, or when I ship a title out.

I'm reading Christ the Lord out of Egypt by Anne Rice.

I'm so excited. Today I rec'd 2 books from PBS that I've been waiting for for a long time!

I have about 60.

I've only received one book that was in kind of crappy condition, but it's just the cover and it won't affect the readability. For me, PBS is a great opportunity, because I have transportation issues making trips to the library a chore. I can almost never return a book on time because of transportation. HOWEVER, I wish there was a place to really enter the condition of the book instead of just the choices they offer. (maybe I just don't know where to find it.) For instance, I have a book right now for swap that is completely readable, but my puppy chewed the top and bottom of the spine. That might matter to some people and might not matter to others.

Just finished "Walking in Circles Before Lying Down" and have begun "Angela's Ashes." Next week I will probably start "Enslaved by Ducks" or "Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt", depending on my mood.

Lanica, if you are not someone who normally laughs out loud at books, you aren't reading the right books! Pick up some Terry Pratchett. I dare you not to laugh out loud.

Every couple of days I check my wish list to see where I am in the queues for the books I want. Is it my imagination, or is it possible to drop further down the queue? (and if so, what would cause this to happen?)Do some users get preferential positions?

I personally do not do that. It ruins the story for me. The best part about reading is wanting to know what happens next!

For any of you that may be interested in reading my book, Born Without a Tail, I've posted this notice on a couple other Goodreads groups, but will post it here for my PBS friends:

I have started a review circle for my book on Goodreads. Basically, it means that if you want to read my book,Born Without a Tail, and read it for free, then you join the review circle. (send me your name and address). In the interest of privacy, no one will have your address except for me, and the person sending you the book. It works like this:

A copy of the book has already been mailed to the first person who signed up. She has two weeks, give or take, to read it. When she has finished, she will review the book on Goodreads and on amazon, and then will mail it to the next person on the list, who will read it, review it and pass it on, etc.

To be a part of the review circle, you just have to agree to read and review the book and mail it to the next person on the list. Since you are all pretty used to that sort of scenario, I invite you all to join in.

I have waitlisted everything. But in some cases I am 147 on a waiting list of 149. You should be able to find me now.

I am a little frustrated, because it seems like nobody has the books I want to read for trade. I am yelodoggie on PBS but not active in the forums there at all.