Hello Annie, just stopped by to say Hi! I'm from Milan, Tn, parents are in Bolivar and I live in Oklahoma. I drive to Bolivar about every four months to check on mom and dad. Have a nice day.

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Lähettänyt: owlmoon 9:58 am (EST) Jun 30, 2008

Another Lawrencian on librarything! Yay!

Lähettänyt: angrystarlyt 11:05 pm (EST) Mar 23, 2008

Saw you mention The Baby-sitters Club books in a post, and I've noticed all your Ann Martin books while browsing through your library. I read a zillion of those books, too. Claudia was always my favorite, though I probably had more in common with some of the other characters. Did you have a favorite?

Lähettänyt: Medellia12 7:10 pm (EST) Mar 3, 2008

Hey - Thanks for adding The Dusty Bookshelf to LT Local! (And the Borders, too, of course! ;-) ) I'm going to add that as a favorite store RIGHT NOW! I wish I had time to add more stuff - and expect to add a couple more Topeka places, since I don't think I've got much "competition" for those - but I'm already looking forward to "favoriting" stores and libraries I've been to in other parts of the country as well. This could be REALLY FUN - and a helpful planner for my used bookstore stops when I travel to work conferences! Wahoo!!

Have a good day, and have fun adding more Local info as time allows! :-)

Marie

Lähettänyt: HeathMochaFrost 9:01 am (EST) Mar 3, 2008

Love the first paragraph of your 'about me', could be me also.
thanks for the comment on my profile, we may not have the books in common but we seem to have other things in common. Like you, I have been married for 8 years to a non-reader, and i agree to keep him around anyways. LOL

Lähettänyt: onyx95 2:08 pm (EST) Mar 2, 2008

Annie: Hi! Thanks for your comment on my profile and adding me to your interesting libraries! I poked around your library, too - you have some good stuff.

As for having the books on my cover page. I use HTML that I copied from someone else, which I put into my profile description. I tried leaving a comment for you before with the HTML, but I know so little about HTML that I don't know how to make it be "text." All that showed up when I copied was the cover - not particularly helpful to you (so I deleted that message and started this one). I'm very good at copying other people's work!

Here's where I got it, though: http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.ph.... Hopefully you can make it work for yourself.

Lähettänyt: Talbin 9:17 am (EST) Feb 29, 2008

You, too, actually! I stil need to get ATQ & TEV--I don't read short stories very often, so I've delayed purchasing.

I see you have a couple of Perrotta novels--I read "The Abstinence Teacher" and came away disappointed. I've wondered if I just read the wrong Perrotta. Perhaps I should read "Little Children"?

Lähettänyt: Medellia12 12:11 pm (EST) Feb 20, 2008

Yeah, it's hard for me to be even-headed sometimes when I'm debating something I feel really passionately about. I finished The Soul Thief a few days ago--on the 11th Baxter gave a reading here. Got my book signed and got to meet him, which was nice. The book is certainly very different from what he usually writes, but I think I liked it (still sort of ruminating over it). Funny, I read Flann O'Brien's "The Third Policeman" in January and found an interview with Baxter talking about the book (one of his favorites). I felt some parallels, particularly in the vague sinisterness of the prose style. But yeah, it's no "Feast of Love."

Lähettänyt: Medellia12 9:55 am (EST) Feb 20, 2008

Blissfulwitch, I've had you on my secret shifty-eye super-private watch list for a while now, so I'll go ahead and make it public. :)

I appreciate your even-headed comments in the passive-experience brouhaha that's going on right now. I think we all CAN get along, too.

Lähettänyt: Medellia12 3:02 pm (EST) Feb 15, 2008

Hi again - I'm sorry I didn't answer more promptly! What you said about distance learning reminded me that the Univ. of Arizona had a distance program in place by the time I enrolled there - January of 1996, so a VERY long time ago if you think of how far computers and the internet have come since then! They required distance students to be on-campus for one semester, and I don't think it mattered *which* semester (i.e. first, second, last, whatever). AZ did lose their ALA accreditation for a period of time after I left, but regained it before TOO long.

I'm not sure how far apart Lubbock and Austin are, but UT-Austin was another library school I looked into before deciding on Arizona -- Texas' library school was very well-regarded at the time, and probably still is. Might want to peek around their web site and see what you find for distance options.

Yes, I am working as a librarian now - and I MUST get back to work! - but will try to reply more promptly next time, and I'd be glad to answer any specific librarianship-type questions that you have, as best I can. Have a good one, and STAY WARM! Too chilly today!

Lähettänyt: HeathMochaFrost 4:32 pm (EST) Feb 11, 2008

Hey blissfulwitch - Thanks for adding me as an interesting library. I couldn't help responding when I read your Rock Chalk Jawhawk comment -- it was a funny feeling, like LT usually has a really international flavor and I'm reading comments from people in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and all over the US and Canada - and all the sudden, my husband's family's sitting in the room watching KU basketball! But it was really cool. :-)

A bit confused about your profile - have you already moved to Texas? If not, when do you go? Quite a big move - but bound to be somewhat warmer. I lived in Massachusetts till I was 24, then went to library school in Tucson, Arizona. Every winter, there are still days when I think, What I wouldn't give to be back in Tucson!

Re-looking at your profile - my hubbin is named Jeff, too! And he just came up and asked to have a turn on the computer, so I guess I'll let him - HA! Have a good rest of the weekend!
Marie

Lähettänyt: HeathMochaFrost 10:02 pm (EST) Feb 2, 2008

Ouch, what happened to your account?? That sucks. I haven't seen the Baxter movie, I want to but have heard mixed reviews. I live in Elburn, 40 miles west of Chicago. I have a friend from Alton area - know any Damons? Good luck putting your library back together. I'd be lost without mine!

Lähettänyt: readaholic12 8:31 pm (EST) Dec 19, 2007

Hello, noticed your Charles Baxter collection, have you read First Light? It was my first read by Baxter and I was smitten. Happy reading, Mel

Lähettänyt: readaholic12 8:45 pm (EST) Dec 17, 2007

Thanks for adding me to your interesting libraries! I'm glad you found me because we DO have a lot in common. I'm a knitter too and have a big fat cat of my own. If you ever get that bed and breakfast, I'll learn how to restore old furniture (one of my not-so-secret fantasies) to fill your rooms. :)

Lähettänyt: differentbeat 9:53 am (EST) Sep 19, 2007

Hi there! You are the person with the highest % for me on LT, at least as far as I've seen (99%). I just wanted to say hi. We're actually keeping our listings the same way (books owned plus books read), though I think you are ahead of me in terms of cataloguing and when you started keeping track. I love my cat, and my husband (3 years), and also secretly hope to work in a library some day. It's amazing what these percentages reveal!

Lähettänyt: verbafacio 8:56 am (EST) May 9, 2007

houston is probably a lot like you might think. its not quite as "texas" as i was expecting when i moved here, but its close! of course, i moved here after almost a decade in new orleans, so nothing can compare. i came on a doctoral fellowship, so i'm here for at least another three years, but being within an academic environment is also nice insulation from some of the more negative aspects of living here.

is your husband also studying social work, or another discipline? any ideas yet where y'all might end up? (might i recommend south of the mason dixon line? we have long summers and teeny tiny winters!)

Lähettänyt: philosojerk 11:10 pm (EST) May 4, 2007

Most certainly. :^)

Lähettänyt: paperkingdoms 11:02 pm (EST) May 4, 2007

an aside, my younger brother did his undergrad & M.A. at kansas - lawrence is a fun town :)

Lähettänyt: philosojerk 3:34 pm (EST) May 4, 2007

thought i'd come visit instead of hijacking that thread that's really supposed to be about the article! i'm not sure what you mean by bulletins, only becasue i've never had a myspace. if you mean, can you post stuff to all your friends, or a subset of them, or to people in your groups/networks, then yes.

you're right that you can't personalize facebook - no widgets, no designing your own page, etc. that's actually appealing to me because the myspace pages i've viewed tend to be out of hand. my guess is at my age and a grad student also, yours is probably more tasteful than the pages my cousins (almost all under 18) like to design then send me links to.

i didn't know myspace had the private feature, but on facebook you can even set different privacy levels for different friends - so that guy you sorta knew in h.s. but don't necessarily want him to be looking at all your private info or tagboard convos, you can set it so he's on your friend list, but only sees what you want him to, etc.

how great that LT can bring together myspace & facebook users ;)

Lähettänyt: philosojerk 3:33 pm (EST) May 4, 2007

I totally agree with your post about loving The City of Ember and The People of Sparks but not The Prophet of Yonwood. I look forward to seeing what else you have to say.

Lähettänyt: espertus 3:08 am (EST) Apr 15, 2007

Thanks for joining the group! Feel free to invite your friends, start topics, and generally be as involved as you're interested in being.

Lähettänyt: sapiens 3:47 am (EST) Apr 7, 2007

Annie - I am also a graduate of KU, many years ago (1976)! Although I would call myself a political conservative, Brownback turns my stomach. He is too far to the right for me. I went back and completed a Master's in Library Science in 2006, after receiving a B.S. in Medical Technology from KU the first time around. I had always thought that librarians were nice, conservative, straight arrows. After two years in library school, I found myself to be in the minority with my views as a moderate Republican. I was raised by two parents who were populist Democrats, so have seen "both sides of the coin". I was amazed to see how quickly you were ridiculed in my library school if you voiced opinions outside the views of the liberal majority (of our students). I would like to see the Republican party return to a time when we mainly focused on financial issues, but ultra-conservatives can be as bad as liberals if you don't buy into their whole social conservative platform. Can't there be some kind of middle ground?

Lähettänyt: ku1976 11:06 pm (EST) Mar 26, 2007

Hi Tunarubber,

I have to ask....are you a Tori Amos fan, too?

Lähettänyt: bleuroses 6:58 pm (EST) Mar 1, 2007

Hi Annie
I was looking at your question about reading X amount of books, etc.
50 Book Challenge seems to be growing. There is also a website which you could look at called www.43things.com.
Amanda

Lähettänyt: amandameale 7:49 am (EST) Jan 24, 2007

Welcome to Reading Resolutions!

Lähettänyt: parelle 12:30 am (EST) Dec 19, 2006

Hey there

I am a practicing social worker and like finding other social workers as well. I have a lot of social work suggestions in my library as well if you want to take a look

Lähettänyt: keren7 5:57 pm (EST) Nov 20, 2006

Love your authorcloud and would like to recommend a couple of authors, but you could look at my cloud. I totally agree with you on The City of Ember as amazing, then the next disappointing as being more ordinary and predictable. And a lack of desire to read the third. I'm still haunted by The City of Ember.... Reading it at a grandmotherly age was like my childhood experience of reading The Princess and the Goblin and The Princess and Curdie, especially threading their way through the darkness .... I also pricked up my hears at the mention of Lawrence, KS, because my son lived there for several months and now is in Overland Park and is a reader as well.

Lähettänyt: janehyde 8:15 pm (EST) Nov 11, 2006

I see by your post in the YA Reads forum that you just finished Bass Ackwards and Belly Up. Like you, I thought it looked interesting, kind of like The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants grown-up a bit. I'm not a big chick-lit fan, but I like humor, and usually that type of book has enough to keep me engaged. But, yeah, BA&BU totally didn't do it for me. I tried to like it, but I don't think I got more than 50 pages or so before I gave up. If you like that genre, though, give Maureen Johnson a try. I like The Bermudez Triangle the best of her stuff, but 13 Little Blue Envelopes is pretty good, and out in paperback now. --Dan

Lähettänyt: d_rholambda 10:45 pm (EST) Sep 12, 2006

tunarubber wrote:
"I see we are one of five people that have Catch on our librarything. How did you come across it?"

Annie--
I have one of the best jobs in the world-- if you like to read. I'm a librarian (technically, a "systems" librarian, which means I'm in charge of technology stuff), and I work in a busy public library system. Because I'm in charge of the technical side of things, I see a lot of the new books as they come in, and I get to place holds on titles that look interesting. I almost always have a stack of 10-15 books "on deck." Most of them are YA and children's titles. I have two kids, and I'm always looking for stuff they might like. Catch seemed interesting to me because of the sports angle, though it's not really the kind of story I prefer. I like humor, especially dry, acerbic, or subtle humor, not gross-out (Captain Underpants) or slapstick (Terry Pratchett, sometimes).

Lähettänyt: d_rholambda 9:10 pm (EST) Aug 28, 2006

I've been lucky to have seen Chitra Divakaruni in person 3 times. . . she is utterly charming! If you haven't seen her and she comes to your area don't miss her! (I share your Anne Tylers, tho I haven't really liked the recent ones.) I have appreciated many YA (which I say are for children and intelligent grownups!) Esta1923

Lähettänyt: Esta1923 8:31 pm (EST) Aug 27, 2006