Traces

[susanstinson]

Here's a lovely review of the book by charlottecooper. (To find it, hit the link, click on "books" under Culture, then click the cover of Venus of Chalk.) Charlotte writes a little about being nervous about reviewing a book by someone she knows, but it's an interesting thing, because the reason we know each other is through lj and links that our work has made. I love the way books can do that, create conversation and connections where they haven't previously existed. And it makes me so happy that she praised the story within a story structure -- for me, it's like a little love note to great fiction writers like Joseph Conrad to structure the book that way.

Felicia Luna Lemus sent me a copy of Trace Elements of Random Tea Parties, her lyrical and edgy novel set in Los Angeles (hey fattest! Check it out!). I'm so excited to read it.

Comments

[charlottecooper.livejournal.com]

Oh, so sweet. I'm blushing.