I recently read a book because one of the members I follow wrote about it and I was so intrigued I had to get it from the library. I loved the book and I'm glad I remembered who it was so I could thank her.

I decided I needed a place to keep track of those instances, so here I am!

Please join me if you found a book you are going to read and want to remind yourself who to thank if you find you loved the book (or who to let know that you weren't crazy about it, if you're so inclined).

I just put a hold on Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There.

I love the cover and the quotes from the book that I'll think of a damn title later is posting.

THE MARTIAN by Andy Weir...oh gawd, now I don't remember whose review made me preorder it!! Srsly not even a half hour ago I put it in the cart, and *pffff* name gone. But this thread's an excellent idea!

The Martian sounds good. My library has that on order so I'll be getting it as soon as I can!

I'm glad you remembered who reviewed it, Mandy. :)

Bitch in a Bonnet -- perfect preparation for the Pride &Prejudice group read; would never have found this if it hadn't repeatedly shown up in my BookLikes feed over the past couple of weeks.

The book doesn't contain a whole lot of scholarly analysis or historical contextualization -- the text still reads much like the series of blog entries from which it apparently derives, which doesn't necessarily do it that much good: Probably Rodi's main point, namely, that Jane Austen -- far from being the fairy godmother of Regency romance -- was actually an unflinching (if genteelly-worded) satirist, would come across much clearer if in turning his blog entries into a book Rodi had focused on highlighting and contextualizing/analyzing examples from each of Austen's novels, instead of essentially just providing a summary of the novels' plots from a 21st century reader's point of view and pointing out each and every instance of Austen's use of satire as a narrative device. Still, for what it is, it does very nicely, and I'll have to hand it to Rodi for not missing many high points of Austen's talent as a comedian ... and for providing a fair share of laughs of his own in the process.