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  1. Genevieve

    you are right cheri, you need to be with those who care. And really, it does not matter if in flesh or on line. Because you are still you and we are still us.

    I too have social anxiety, it is agony at times. strange that people that meet me do not know at all and that makes it harder oui, they expect from me what I cannot do.

    But you know what, just believe in your sweet self, get into something maybe where you can meet a friend or two, you will find it , don't worry and gradually build up a little circle of friends. If you cannot get personal with them, who cares, just have a quiet and nice time with them.give only what you want to others, nothing more.

    And remember, perhaps this person has always had a problem with betraying others. Many things from childhood stay with us and can harm others when we grow up.

    I KNOW in my heart you will be okay. we are still praying for you, you matter very much.

  2. libri vermis
    Wooo Hoooo! Since I will be working on Christmas, I got my gifts from my folks and my sister early. Two $25 gift cards for Borders and Amazon. This is what I ordered: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough Tess of the D'Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy Beauty by Robin McKinley The Worm Ouroboros by E.R. Eddison The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath My family is awesome!
  3. libri vermis
    There's a big moon glowing in the sky, a swollen circle of silvery-gold light that looks as though it is sitting right on top of the old Clark Building, balancing there on the northeast corner where the twisted remains of a smokestack rises up from the roof like a long, tottery flagpole, colors lowered for the night, or maybe like a tin giant's arm making some kind of semaphore that only other tin giants can understand. The Ivory and the Horn by Charles De Lint
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    It was definitely Jane Eyre for me. It was not a book I would have picked up on my own, and I loved it so much that my ideas for what books I will choose to read have expanded even more. A thank you must be given to the two ladies who suggested I read this book, Bookjumper and Vanwa.
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    I just finished The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz. Not bad. Could have been better. I am reading The Ivory and the Horn by Charles De Lint next.
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    Definitely do not get the Hurley translation. Borges' works lost all of their beauty in that translation. I had it, and got rid of it, as I found it unreadable. I don't know of any other translation with his complete works. But if you find one, please let me know, as I would like a copy as well.
  7. Echo

    Thank you! I feel pretty icky, but I'll be all right. :)

  8. libri vermis

    Hi, Echo. I just wanted to say I am sorry you are ill, and hope you feel better soon. :)

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    Excellent! I am looking forward to reading that one, then.
  10. libri vermis
    I read Cat's Cradle a long time ago in high school, and I don't remember much about it. I picked these because they are the three I have heard the most about.
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    I just received these in the mail today: The Plague by Albert Camus Bleak House by Charles Dickens Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre Cat's Cradle, The Sirens of Titan, and Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Somehow, I will find the time to read all the books on my shelves.
  12. libri vermis
    Hmmm, if you like Tom Robbins, you might want to try Thomas Pynchon. I haven't read him yet, but I have heard he is wacked in a similar way. Tom Robbins is the more accessible of the two, though. You may also like Christopher Moore. I don't enjoy him quite as much as Tom Robbins, but he is more prolific. Try either Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal or Island of the Sequined Love Nun. Oh, and another author you might like is Philip K. Dick. His style is definitely a bit "off". Less humor and more science fiction than the previous two mentioned. Try UBIK or Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.
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    Last five books I read and my ratings: False Memory by Dean Koontz 3/5 Memory and Dream by Charles De Lint 3/5 Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence 3/5 VALIS by Philip K. Dick 4/5 The Stranger by Albert Camus 5/5 The next ten books I am reading: The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz The Ivory and the Horn by Charles De Lint The Birthday of the World and Other Stories by Ursula Le Guin Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad Darkfall by Dean Koontz Jack of Kinrowan by Charles De Lint Solaris by Stanislaw Lem Lord Byron's Novel: The Evening Land by John Crowley Demon Seed by Dean Koontz Trader by Charles De Lint There is a lot of De Lint and Koontz on my list because over the past year I collected all the books I could find by them, and now want to get through them, as they both have a large catalog.
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    I am almost through half of The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz. This one is a bit confusing thus far, although it is holding my interest better than False Memory.
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