most new Crusies are in General Fiction rather than Romance

Aha! Thanks for the heads-up -- I will have to check over there. Interesting, since I bought Crazy for You in Waldenbooks, in Romance, and they have several others of hers there. Although I don't know which ones.

I think I'm going to have to check out Welcome to Temptation (which I wanted to read anyway, after reading the first chapter in the end of Crazy for You ) and Faking It -- those seem to be well-liked.

Reading everyone's discussion makes me yearn for more time to read, especially the thought-provoking kind of books... I miss those. Although just read DaVinci Code , which (as my first suspense novel - is that the right genre?) was an interesting exercise (controversies aside).

I still need to read Bet Me. Tell Me Lies I liked less than Welcome, Faking and Fast Women, but more than Crazy.

Interesting, since I bought Crazy for You in Waldenbooks, in Romance, and they have several others of hers there.

Yeah, it varies from store to store. Last time I went looking, they were in one place at B&N and another at Borders.

I hate the way the"Da Vinci Code" guy writes. His people aren't people...just action figures. Yecch.(And I might be jealous, too.) Faking It is my favorite Crusie.

Anyone read Strange Bedpersons? I read that after Crazy For You, and was less happy with it. I know she had publisher issues with it, so maybe that's why, but it seemed a little... forced, maybe, in parts? Although overall still a good read.

Those are the only Crusie I've read.

There will be more -- do I not need to send you Faking It, then?

erikaj, I hated what he wrote, and how he wrote it. Piker.

During an epileptic seizure while visiting her ancestral home, sixteen-year-old Katie is transported back in time and mistaken for her great-great-great grandmother who also had epilepsy at a time when the disease was greatly misunderstood.

Oh yay, I'm the first back with the answer about AmyLiz's book: Why Have The Birds Stopped Singing by Zoa Sherburne.

I recall she wrote some cool books. Better go rummage through what Amazon says.

Edit: I feel as though I should really like reading Annie Dillard, but my attention keeps wandering off track with her.

There will be more -- do I not need to send you Faking It, then?

Um, I was going to be rereading it.

His people aren't people...just action figures.

I had that feeling too, the whole time I was reading it! I kept thinking, "Don't they have family that would wonder where they are? Or, friends, even? A cat? Anything?"

I was going to be rereading it.

She's all yours.

Me, I'm currently reading Snow Crash and Abide With Me. So far, pretty dissimilar. I expect this trend to continue.