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Amy Sisson
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Halloween Rain by Christopher Golden
A Calculus of Angels by J. Gregory Keyes
The Return of Santiago by Mike Resnick
The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
In the Serpent's Coils by Tiffany Trent
Paper Moon by Marjory Hall
Prodigy by Dave Kalstein
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CollectionsPicture books (362), German (49), Audio (24), pre-ordered (1), No longer own (20), Career romance (269), Paul (36), Gift ideas (4), Gave as gift (116), Favorite Covers (99), E-books (145), Your library (5,079), Wishlist (49), Currently reading (1), To read (64), Read but unowned (464), Favorites (39), All collections (5,267)
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Tagshave read year unknown (456), read but do not own (450), picture books (365), my scan (295), scan cover (285), career romance (269), read more than once (247), CW instructor (242), non-pic (222), American career romance (222) — see all tags
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GroupsArt & Books, Australian LibraryThingers, Cats, books, life is good., Children's Fiction, CLSCIFIBOOK, Cover Art, Early Reviewers, FemSFBookswap, Houstonians, I Love Jane Austen — show all groups
Favorite authorsPoul Anderson, Octavia E. Butler, Lauren Child, Arthur C. Clarke, Beverly Cleary, Chris Crutcher, Julie E. Czerneda, Ian Falconer, Nicola Griffith, Anne Gutman, Joe Haldeman, Marjory Hall, Janette Turner Hospital, J. Gregory Keyes, Nancy Kress, Glenda Larke, Gregory Maguire, Wil McCarthy, Patricia A. McKillip, Philip Pullman, Betty Smith, Robert Charles Wilson, Jeanette Winter (Shared favorites)
About meI am a writer, book reviewer, librarian, and cat rescuer, not necessarily in that order. My short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, and two of the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds anthologies. I also have a story in The Sky's the Limit, an anthology from Pocket Books celebrating the 20th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation (October 2007). I am a graduate of the Clarion West Writers Workshop (class of 2000). Hobbies include entertaining my collection of ex-stray cats, making art trading cards, learning Japanese, and trying to recover my long-lost German fluency.
About my libraryMy physical library consists primarily of science fiction and fantasy, young adult fiction, children's books, and girls' career romance novels from the 1930s to the 1960s.
I hope this doesn't make me a bad Library Thinger, but I have been including books (identified with tags as such) that I either no longer own, or that I have read but do not own. I'm a librarian, so I'm all about information and data. And I cannot bear to lose the information about books I've read, just because I don't have the physical book in hand anymore. You may notice I've gone a little crazy with the descriptive tags, but they're my favorite thing about LT -- well, that and the covers.
Homepagehttp://www.amysisson.com
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Real nameAmy Sisson
LocationHouston, Texas
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Common KnowledgeSeries (1011), Awards (521), Characters (10036), Places (1939)
Member sinceMar 1, 2007
Currently readingSanta Olivia by Jacqueline Carey
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Yes, Traveling Shoes is Apple Bough. (They all got those Shoes-tie-in titles when they crossed the Atlantic.) I love Streatfeild because she was (one of?) the first to write about kids actually doing *professions*, and working hard at artistic careers at a young age.
So with the understanding that my tastes are skewed by my love of performance (and skewed by being totally rabid about these books as a kid :), my favorites are probably Ballet Shoes, Theatre Shoes/Curtain Up, Skating Shoes/White Boots, & Circus Shoes/Circus is Coming. Second favorites: Family Shoes/The Bell Family, Tennis Shoes, and Traveling Shoes/Apple Bough.
If you read a few of them you'll definitely notice the same character types and struggles popping up. I thought the recent Ballet Shoes movie came out pretty well, actually - I was pleasantly surprised.
posted by tina_connolly at 8:07 pm (EST) on Aug 20, 2009
posted by Stevil2001 at 10:30 pm (EST) on Aug 14, 2009
posted by Sasha_Doll at 5:39 pm (EST) on Apr 19, 2009
I only learned of the maltshop genre fairly recently. Many, many vintage Scholastics are in this genre, especially the "T" books. (The books for older children and Young adults are numbered T and TK, mostly, although you can find maltshops in the TXs, too.)
posted by Sasha_Doll at 5:36 pm (EST) on Apr 19, 2009
Fan-geekdom indeed! You're very lucky. Sounds like a treat; a tour AND a party.
I really like BSG a lot. That's one of the advantages of being married - you learn about what interests your spouse and sometimes find something new that you can enjoy together.
And you write! Wonderful. I can't remember the exact quote, but somewhere in JD Salinger's Glass family stories is a quote about writing what you want to read... hmm. That sounds like a thread - to find the quote and ask people what they'd write.
I've always admired people who write and get published.
Have a great holiday season!
karenmarie
posted by karenmarie at 6:34 am (EST) on Dec 22, 2008
Sorry this response is so late - I entered my books in one large binge and haven't been back until now.
posted by cncall at 10:17 pm (EST) on Dec 18, 2008