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Vanessa S

Vanessa S

has 52 followers and is following 48 people

"No puedo dormir si no estoy rodeado de libros." - Jorge Luis Borges
  • New Orleans, LA
  • member since January 5, 2008

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  • Lauran L

    Lauran L says

    Hi Vanessa! What did you think of I Am the Messenger?

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Lauran L

    Lauran L says

    Hi Vanessa, it's been nuts here too and I find I've started neglecting Shelfari. I hope the new job is going well. My book club recently read The Night Trilogy by Elie Weisel and after that I decided I really needed a break from war-themed books. The power of them is sometimes too overwhelming. So thanks for the offer but I'll take a pass on the book. But I did just gift another copy of Matterhorn and I see he's published another book!

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Lauran L

    Lauran L says

    Good to hear from you Vanessa. Did you ever get the email I sent you shortly after you got your new email?

    posted 7 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Lauran L

    Lauran L says

    Thought you might be interested in this author interview - http://youtu.be/JBzTTQozxIA.

    posted 8 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Lauran L

    Lauran L says

    I was at the Denver airport a week ago and their bookstore had a prominent display at the front of the store for Matterhorn

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Mary E N

    Mary E N says

    I thought that might have happened when I opened an email from you for Viagra. Somehow it didn't look right! I'm sorry that happened. Its so annoying!

    Hope you are doing good! I'll email Donna, Kerri and Booie

    posted 10 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Lauran L

    Lauran L says

    I loved Oryx and Crake!! And you must follow it up with Year of the Flood. I will get off a reply to your email in a few days. Take care.

    posted 10 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Alysia B

    Alysia B says

    Ness -- I got the picture and your note the other day! I had hoped to write you a real note and then I got the plague. I am back on my feet (albeit six months pregnant so a little more wobbly -- with a girl), but I hope to send you a note in the next couple weeks! Hope you are doing well!

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Lauran L

    Lauran L says

    I did not hear the story on NPR - maybe I can find it on the internet. BTW - I absolutely loved The Passage. I was exhausted after reading it though.

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Lauran L

    Lauran L says

    I would love to discuss Matterhorn with you when you are finished.....there's so much rolling around in my head about or from reading the book, the politics and the shamefulness of being part of a society that would even make those men pawns in such a 'game' being one of them. It was actually a struggle for me just to write the short review for Shelfari because I could've so easily ended up on a tangent. I picked the book up awhile ago when I was reminiscing about & researching the MIA/POW bracelet that I had. There had been an article in my local paper about them which got me started. I did, by the way, give the book to the high school son of a friend. Anyway, I'm not sure Shelfari Notes is a good forum for such a discussion.......but who knows.

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Lauran L

    Lauran L says

    Check out my review. I finished it. And thank you - I wouldn't have given it one last chance without encouragement from you and the friend that loaned it (and the CD) to me. And as a side note - what I wouldn't give to have Mr. Ozu's bathroom, music and all!

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Lauran L

    Lauran L says

    I'm sad to report that I couldn't get through Elegance of a Hedgehog....and I tried twice. You ever read a book that everyone else loves but that you don't and you wonder what's wrong with you???

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Michael T

    Michael T says

    let me know when you want to discuss Oscar Wao. I gave the book to Jacinta Gonzales at the Worker's Clinic so maybe we can all discuss. Barb's mom just died so I have been trying to keep in touch and keep her spirits up. Calamity Physics was messy but interesting fiction.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Mary E N

    Mary E N says

    Hi!

    I liked Jonathan Strange; I think you might like it too! You should read it. I love discount booksites; I'll check it out. If you want Strange; let me know and I'll send it off too you. I'll check out The Memory of Running too!

    Take carel Love you, Auntie

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Kerry M

    Kerry M says

    Hey V! Things are a little crazy at work (everything has a pre-due date deadline!), but I am planning to go to book club tomorrow. See ya then!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Kerry M

    Kerry M says

    Hey V, yeah, I was disappointed with Oogy too. May have been the writing style. I did like reading about the author's family, and the dog seems pretty amazing given all he went through, but the book was lacking somehow.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Lauran L

    Lauran L says

    I read Elephants Dance so long ago! But I must've enjoyed it because I save the book and I only save ones I would like to read again some day. I'm wishy washy on Major Pettigrew - much like you, influenced by the reviews but not so much by the storyline. I may pass on it even though it's on my shelf. My book club is doing Glass Castle next month. Since I've read it all ready I may deviate and read Half Broke Horses. Does that count? Happy reading and Happy New Year to you!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Kerry M

    Kerry M says

    Hey V! No, unfortunately I don't own the Henrietta Lacks book -- hoping to read it eventually though! I may borrow a 3 Dog Life sometime, thanks, but I have a big "to read" stack at the moment :) I got Oogy from the library, too, and just started it. As for the Obama book, no rush, just let me know when you're done.

    Happy New Year!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Alysia B

    Alysia B says

    Hey Ness! No worries about pics. We just got cards out yesterday. Carl broke his leg a couple weeks back and we have been dealing with that. Stephen King is amazing in both the amount he writes and reads. I read most of that book, but I don't think I finished it. Not because I didn't like it, but because I ran out of time, misplaced, etc. I am reading books about hockey for a class I am taking on Hockey in Canadian Literature. I also started "Notes from the Goon Squad" by Jennifer Egan, but that is on the back burner until after my class. Hope you had a great holiday! :)

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Alysia B

    Alysia B says

    The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie is on my list right now. It was out of the library so I didn't get a chance to pick it up yet. I am still on the YAF tip because of my job -- just finished "My Most Excellent Year" by Kluger (takes place in Boston -- cute and great writing) and Shift -- very like "Into the Wild" but not (if that makes any sense). How are you? I just finally got back on Shelfari now that I have found time for reading (I guess it doesn't count that I finished the two books I just told you about because I was home sick from school today, but I have been sneaking time for reading and I think that is funny -- reading as a guilty pleasure. Hope things are well with you! BTW -- did you ever download the pic of us outside my house from the summer? If so, can you send it to me via emaiL?

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )

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