How fascinating! I never found the fan page, but a quick search
revealed that several of my poetry books are indeed there, if mostly
on the to-be-read shelf, and even my first novel, Navigatio (which is
only half a fantasy, and has been read by an elite bunch). And there's
even a quotes page. Thanks for the pointer!
I haven't dipped into (and doubt I will) the Jane
Austen-current-hip-monster mashups. I did however just finish the
first draft of a - sort of - rewrite of Wuthering Heights, gnashing my
teeth because I thought of it long before Twilight started dominating
teen dreams. I thoroughly enjoyed it for around three quarters of the
book, and then found it horribly traumatic. Henceforth I have sworn to
obey my mother's wistful injunction, and only write _nice_ books.
xA
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Catherine Daly <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Goodreads offers a social networking thing for authors and for readers.
> What's cool is that you can list as an author / reader (although -- I
> signed on too early to be an official author???): anyway you see what
> people are reading, and you see what people are writing, and you can
> compare, and one does happen to gather reviews and fans..
>
> http://www.goodreads.com/
>
> <http://www.goodreads.com/>Of course, on the most recent "best books ever"
> survey, Twilight series won, and most people asking me to be their friends
> have more friends than books (my standard for disqual), but this is better
> than the bookshelf, videoshelf and musicshelf in facebook. The amazing amy!
> king does run a poetry group that votes and comments on poems each month...
> I could go on. I put Mom's book club on, and Mom dutifully added all their
> scheduled books, and I said, What about my books? What about the books you
> actually love? And after her d'oh moment... she got it.
>
> I had a brilliant student who also mixed medieval and renaissance, but she
> also incorporated werewolves proper, and I wonder how she fares post Jane
> Eyre and Zombies, which weighs very heavily here in my neighborhood, where
> they had the tech party in a then-abandoned house.
>
> --
> All best,
> Catherine Daly
> [log in to unmask]
>
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