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Suggestions:

Mirrorscape

Legacy (surprisingly decent sample on audible--read by Anna Chlumsky)



a couple of books I've been hesitant to buy:


The Midnight Charter

Another Faust (read by Katherine Kellgren... I made a deal with Jason that if we ever have a daughter I'll agree to Katherine with a K if her middle name can be Kellgren :)

Simon Bloom, the Gravity Keeper

/unsolicited advice ]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Alethea]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/70351-alethea-s-2008-2009-100-books-challenge Alethea made a comment in the 100+ Book Challenge group:

106. The Piano Teacher ]]> <![CDATA[Alethea added 'The Piano Teacher']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47270308 to: The Piano Teacher (Hardcover) by Janice Y.K. Lee
Worth a read. Likeable. But nothing mind-blowing. Reminiscent of W. Somerset Maugham's The Painted Veil. ]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Alethea]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/66095-does-anyone-own-a-kindle-or-e-reader-advice-wanted Alethea made a comment in the Study Buddies group:

Ok, I finally got a Sony eReader (pocket, navy blue) and I love it!!! Space-saving is one of my biggest issues--we have a 2 bedroom apartment--and also I just like having 350 books in the palm of my hand (well, I'm somewhere around 60 or so, but you know I'll get there eventually).

I got the Study Series bundle for a little over $20. ^_^ of course! Even though I have multiple copies of each book :) including the audiobooks, hee hee. I will probably splurge for Twilight bundle too, someday soon.

I got the hard case because I tend to be careless with things and I don't want to be kicking myself when I drop or scratch it (potentially to be averted by having the case, phew.)

The thing I have been most impressed with aside from graphics (I read Black Hole the graphic novel on my Sony Reader) is how many books you can get for free. I downloaded ePubs for a bunch of the classic must-haves (Austen, Bronte, Carroll--you know) and the book I was going to buy the same day we bought the Reader--Monstrumologist--was available free from the eBookstore!

Also, and I haven't had the chance to try this out yet, but I will soon, Los Angeles Public Library has a great digital library service--yeah! you check out the book and when you're done you click "return borrowed material" and it returns it to their library electronically so someone else can check it out. ]]> <![CDATA[Alethea added 'The Stories in Between: A Between Books Anthology']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78400411 The Stories in Between: A Between Books Anthology (Paperback) by Greg Schauer
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Alethea "y'know, I thought it was a Painted Veil ripoff. But now I'm really enjoying it. " ]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Alethea]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59591589 Alethea's review of Soulless (The Parasol Protectorate #1)
by Gail Carriger

LOL!!! I've been working so much and not checking email... hadn't made it past Kingsolver on the newsletter!

YAY! Thanks for spotting that ^_^

I'mna go read the rest of the newsletter now :) hee hee

p.s. Read Soulless!!! It was loverly. ]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Alethea]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77948991 Maria V.'s review of Evernight (Evernight, #1)
by Claudia Gray

Maria, I felt the same way--I think I gave it a 1 first time around--but Stargazer gave back what Evernight took away. I really enjoyed the second book, which is saying something after how awful I thought the first book was! Normally I would not have ventured further. ]]> <![CDATA[Alethea added 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78287208 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls (Paperback) by Jane Austen
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