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bookcentric

  1. @VaVeros Not exactly sure why or how it is "crazy shit," but AFTER YOU'VE GONE by Jeffrey Lent.
  2. @russmarshalek Good to know. I've been looking forward to it & my current rash of books of naughty women seemed to require it now.
  3. Love bookselling: People approach me at the LIBRARY asking for recommendations ("I know you work at @countrybooks")
  4. Love bookselling: Customer hands ME a book & says "You'll LOVE this. You read some crazy shit."
  5. What I'm reading: MADAME BOVARY - what a page turner! RELIABLE WIFE - just started, but duly intrigued.
  6. That last was an RT from @bantamspectra but my techworld is slow, cranky & oft-interrupted today. I keep thinking I ought to read Huston.
  7. Snow day giveaway: 4 galleys of Charlie Huston's latest novel, SLEEPLESS. RT w/ #huston until the end of today (2/10) http://bit.ly/dxaRBx
  8. Know I've been away awhile. Just found out my account had some trouble. I apologize if anyone got weird messages from me. Shld be fixed now.
  9. My #fridayreads are ALICE I HAVE BEEN by @MelanieBen (almostfinished) and ROSEANNA by Sjowall & Wahloo. Sunday starts vacation reads!
  10. Of three new Winter '10 books read this month: loved PRIVILEGES, liked UNNAMED, ambivalent towards UNION ATLANTIC.
  11. Finishing last 30 pages of SNOW CRASH by Neal Stephenson, then the delight of choosing something new! #fridayreads
  12. Son & I'd love! RT @HyperionVoice: Ok, today's giveaway is ARTEMIS FOWL: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL. (great artwork!) RT to enter; US only, please.
  13. Literary Halloween costume? Couple years ago I went as Marla from Fight Club.
  14. If I got a tattoo, maybe this: RT @chapmanchapman The guy at this bar has a tattoo of a cat riding a veloceraptor.
  15. Thank you @nytimeskristof for the powerful, important, thoughtful speech tonight in Bozeman. Can't wait to discuss w/ students.
  16. @oblongirl Usually humor.
  17. I'm v. concerned: rec'd call about white supremacist activity in downtown Bozeman 2nite-masks, yelling at kids, signs, swastikas. More info?
  18. This made my day: @maggiedana How a generous librarian changed a boy's life. http://bit.ly/e3Xsu
  19. Week 5 of the semester done. All first draft comments done. Soloist papers graded. Plagiarism issue dealt with. I deserve wine.
  20. Since I found an arc of HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY, I decided to purchase the new Sherman Alexie. 1st poem sold me. Thanks for the suggestions!