Karen wrote: "Is there a problem with Goodreads people conversing?"

Totally off topic!

-and so was my comment, and so is this one. Taste the irony. Irony being defined using the Alanis Morissette translation.

Is there a problem with Goodreads people conversing?

ScottK wrote: "Karen wrote: "Hey there Scott! Wow, that's so cool you're coming back here! Keep me posted, I can't wait to meet both of you.

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I will I can't wait to meet you either !! And to think it may ..."

Oh, that's soo great. How nice for you guys to all meet up!
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This is not Craigslist. Even the 12 year old understands what to post on this thread.

Karen wrote: "Hey there Scott! Wow, that's so cool you're coming back here! Keep me posted, I can't wait to meet both of you.

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I will I can't wait to meet you either !! And to think it may be in just a few short months !

Well I'm only 12, and I don't think anyone else here is, but I'm reading Morganville vampire series; I heart me, you haunt me; and the forest of hands and teeth. Does it count for anything?

Hey there Scott! Wow, that's so cool you're coming back here! Keep me posted, I can't wait to meet both of you.

Hey Karen !!!!!How come you didn't tell me about this group ? It seems as though Patrick and I may be back in PDX before the Fall! I can not wait.

Hi Kevin,
I'm hoping to get to Smallpressapalooza -- I'll miss some of them because they begin before I get out of work. I listed the Powell's events on the Goodreads group Fans of Powell's. I also sent an email to Powell's suggesting that they put a page on Goodreads. Hopefully they will.

Hi Everyone,
I'm also reading some of the new Zachary Schomburg poems. He's reading at this great event I'm hosting at Powell's next Monday called Smallpressapalooza! There will be a bunch of local small press writers, zinesters, poets, etc reading from their works in a 5-hour marathon. See the schedule here: http://www.powells.com/events/
Besides that, I'm also reading Dear Everybody by Michael Kimball and Light Boxes by Shane Jones. Both are great inventive novels by young American writers. I also recommend Jon Raymond's new book, Livability, which is mostly set in Portland.

I am currently reading Moloka'iby Alan Brennert. It's an engrossing story about a young girl who is sent to live on the leper colony on Molokai, Hawaii. Based on the actual treatment of leprosy in Hawaii around the turn of the century, this fictional story has me completely hooked. It is not as depressing as one might think; rather, it is surprisingly uplifting and touching.

Wow, so great to hear from all of you! I have several books going right now -- "The Shack", "Dreams From My Father", "When You Are Engulfed in Flames", "Snowball's Chance". Plus a couple that I had started and set aside but hope to finish soon, "My Story" by Jane Fonda and "Peace: History of a Symbol". Much too many to have going and I'm not sure why I've done this. Mood fluctuations I guess.

I hope you all keep in touch through this page -- it's nice to hear from other Portland people.

Hi Karen,

Be sure to check out local author Debra Gwartney. She just published her memoir "Live Through This" and had a write up about it in People magazine! Plus she is a wonderful person.

Also, Katherine Dunn's "Geek Love"

Local poets: Matthew Dickman, Zachary Schomburg, Endi Bogue Hartigan, Andrew Michael Roberts

PNBA two time winner Craig Lesley

and my favorite literary detective Paul Collins (he has a bunch of books out!)

Best,
Amber

Current reads for me are The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School. I just finished The Historian, The Battle for Skandia, Look Me in the Eye My Life with Asperger'sand Loving Frank A Novel. All of which I would recommend.

I am currently reading Malleus Maleficarum Or, The Hammer of Witches. The style is as interesting as the conent, which is hard to find actually. It's actually an interesting question and answer format, like "Why can succubi and incubi not reproduce with the devil?" You know, besides the whole "Burn the witches!" part!.

Not reading, but promoting a series by Portland author R.J. Archer. If you watched the History Channel last night you'll know that the idea of ancient visitors having influenced civilizations in their understanding of mathematics, astronomy and physics is still a possibility talked about by many – and it's one explanation for the existance of megalithic structures around our globe. If you look under water, there are even more megalithic structures, due to the fact that the oceans rose 300 feet after the last ice age, submerging coastal communities in the process. This theory is the basis for Archer's Mystery/adventure series Seeds Of Civilization. The novels explore the ancient Maya and Olmec, the submerged Yonaguni monument off Japan's southernmost island, and the sunken city more than 2,000 feet under the surface of the waters off the tip of Cuba.
The story opens in Salem, returns to Seattle and expands around the globe, giving readers a glimpse of faraway places anyone can visit. In the first novel, TRACTRIX, Frank is a widower struggling with loss when a lottery windfall and an old friend’s story set him on the path of recovery and discovery.

Since you asked, I am reading several books. I am just about finished with What the Gospels Meant by Garry Wills. I am also reading Why I am Not a Muslim by Ibn Warraq and An Atheist Manifesto by Michel Onfray.
Today or tomorrow I will probably start reading Rats by Robert Sullivan.
If you wanna find out about other books I have read over the last year or so check out my book blog....www.maphead.vox.com

I know that my fellow Portlandians (Portlanders?) constantly read, but we seldom have any new discussions on this forum. What are you reading at this very moment?