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LempikirjailijatMichael Connelly, Janet Evanovich, Lisa Gardner, Sue Grafton, Sparkle Hayter, J. A. Jance, Jan Karon, Lisa Lutz, Chris Rogers, Lisa Scottoline (Yhteiset suosikit)

Tietoja minusta I love to read books in a series so I especially like that feature on here. I always try to begin with the first book and read through all that are available. Sometimes I take a break from one to the next and read something totally different, but often I read straight through as though it were one very long story. I then get upset when I don't have any more to read and have to wait till the next one is published. I often get very attached to the characters and miss them terribly!

I have a hard time parting with any books, even though I likely will not read them again. I'm trying to get over it. It's tough to do, especially when I have a series going.
Through LT I've discovered PBS & BM and signed up on those sites as well.

mariahjane on Paperbackswap
mariahj on Bookmooch

I joined swap sites mainly so that I can get some books that my Mom wants to read, she's elderly and not able to get out at all to go to the library as she always did. Slowly I will list more so that I can hopefully clear some much needed space and obtain more for Mom and me to read.

I'm not able to get out to stores or to the library and have very limited funds so it is fun to browse here and hope that I can trade for some others that Mom and I would like to read.

I'm thankful that I found librarything as it has helped me to get a little better organized and so that I'll know what I've already read. I also like looking up different books and reading posts.

Mukana myösBookMooch, PaperBackSwap

SijaintiOH, USA

Käyttäjätilin tyyppiyksityinen, maksettu

YhteysuutisetYhteysuutiset

RekisteröitymispäiväMay 9, 2008

Jätä kommentti

I reserved Water For Elephants for you on Bookmooch.

Lähettänyt: budrfly9 12:12 am (EST) Sep 8, 2008

Thanks so much for your lovely comment ..... it is most definitely us! I do think my little horror is beautiful but then I am biased!

Lähettänyt: klarusu 4:28 pm (EST) Aug 18, 2008

Great! I'm glad you got the books so quick and I'm glad you got a copy of A Drink. Alas, I found no Dennis Lehane books at the sale today. Very disappointing as I usually find him easily. I picked up 3 of them at a sale not long ago and put them up on BM and they've all gone except Mystic River. (which is very good also, just not part of the series)

I'll keep looking, I'm a fool for book sales, so I travel up to an hour to go to one. There's a couple more this summer I'm planning to go to.

Lähettänyt: ealaindraoi 12:27 pm (EST) Aug 16, 2008

I know, that was so FUNNY! (Ridgewaygirl and I both typing away about Shutter Island at the same time!)

I pulled my copies of the books out to double check which one was first, and you're right - It's A Drink Before the War, Darkness, Take my Hand, Sacred, Gone, Baby, Gone, and Prayers for Rain. I don't know why I thought Gone, Baby, Gone was first.

They're all set in Boston, and I grew up outside of Boston, so that could be part of why I really like them, but it's also really good writing. I should just pick them up every time I see them at sales so I can turn other people on to them. :)

Lähettänyt: ealaindraoi 10:57 am (EST) Aug 14, 2008

Shutter Island is outside of his detective duo books, as is Mystic River and The Given Day (coming out in Sept). Shutter Island is my least favorite Lehane novel. Please, don't read it first! (ah, how protective we get of our favorite authors!)

I've got a FOL sale this weekend, I'll really search for Lehane books for you!

Lähettänyt: ealaindraoi 2:48 pm (EST) Aug 12, 2008

Thought I'd pop over and say hi since I see your posts all the time on the BookMooch forum and then noticed you were contemplating reading "Shutter Island". This book is good but everyone I've ever discussed the book with has had the following reaction: "weird". The series stuff is really compelling and I am eagerly waiting to get my hands on the newest. That said, I really liked "Shutter Island".

Lähettänyt: RidgewayGirl 2:43 pm (EST) Aug 12, 2008

They are all quite similar - demented serial killer on the loose, quirky detective team has to find him/her. (I LIKE serial killers, I just can't help it, one murder (murder mysteries or cozies) bores me. I want lots of deaths and I like twists.)

I forgot one, Dennis Lehane wrote 3-4 books with a quirky team. The first book is Gone Baby Gone, which was just made into a movie. (the movie was good too!) I just sent a copy to Israel, but I see them at book sales, so I'll look for a copy for you.

Lähettänyt: ealaindraoi 10:36 pm (EST) Aug 11, 2008

No problem, they've just been sitting there for months - I'm really happy to have them go somewhere!
If you like Connolly and Cornwell, you should check out John Connolly and John Stanford. I have lots of Stanford but only one J. Connolly left. Come back any time for more, on the older paperbacks I'd be happy to give 3 for 1. I'd be happier yet if it were 3/1 PBS point, as I have tons of BM points, but PBS points are harder to get (at least for me!).

Lähettänyt: ealaindraoi 9:51 pm (EST) Aug 11, 2008

Hi,

I've got Void Moon and the Lincoln Lawyer. Lincoln Lawyer isn't listed (I actually thought I might read it before listing it, but heck - my TBR pile has lots more that are calling me more strongly!) but Void Moon is, so if you want to mooch Void Moon I'll throw LL in too. And if you find any other Connelly or Deaver or Cornwell books you want, I'd throw them in too. I'm happy to get them out of my house and into someone else's house!

Brenda

Lähettänyt: ealaindraoi 3:03 pm (EST) Aug 11, 2008

Hello,

I see we share quite a few books. You might want to try some David Baldacci. He has a couple series and several stand alones.
Another series I would like to recommend to you is Beverly Lewis, who actually writes Christian fiction, about the Amish. Her series Abram's Daughters has enough mystery to keep you reading and wanting more. I loved that series and if you look at my library you will see I am an avid mystery reader.
I am glad you are here and on Bookmooch.

Lähettänyt: dara85 4:34 pm (EST) Jul 19, 2008

Hi!!! Welcome to LT and BookMooch, I have been logging my library and swapping books for about 3 months now and I love it:) I also joined the 50 Book challenge and although it is a "challenge" it keeps me reading....I hope you enjoy your time here as much as I have, I too don't remember how I stumbled upon LT---but I am so happy I did:)

Happy Reading")

Lora

Lähettänyt: lorabear 1:56 pm (EST) Jun 28, 2008

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