yeah scott, fwiw ilb rules!...it might be my favourite board on ilx!*
*(up there with I Love Comix fer sure)
― "I am eating your worlds (Galactus)" (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 20 December 2008 21:38 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm going to accept these thanks, even though I've only posted here about three times. I shall up my rate, and try to think of some good new threads to start. Oh, and my thanks to you, Scott, for starting it all.
I'm pleased to see discussion of Eric Ambler ^up there^ too. I got two of his (A Coffin for Dimitrios and The Levanter) in from Amazon this morning, christamas presents bought on a whim after seeing his name on a list of throwaway guilty pleasures. Love that about ILX - someone here appreciates everything!
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 20 December 2008 21:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Mr. Justen, I meant this one: Winter*****s Here...etc
― Aimless, Saturday, 20 December 2008 21:53 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^ er, um, anyone?
― Aimless, Monday, 22 December 2008 23:48 (fifteen years ago) link
It would appear that ILB will celebrate its tenth anniversary in mid-December 2013. Mark your calendars now to reserve your seat at the banquet.
― Aimless, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:52 (eleven years ago) link
ilb is still kicking! there was definitely a time when i did not post here all the time. life got in the way. always kinda feel like we could use like...hmmm...ten more people? but i dunno maybe we don't.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:58 (eleven years ago) link
thanks to search function i even know what i was reading in 2003:
Breathing Lessons - Anne TylerNorwood - Charles Portis ( talk about comic!! )Motherless Brooklyn - Jonathan LethemThe Magic Barrel - Bernard MalamudThe Pursuit of Love & Love In A Cold Climate - Nancy MitfordCoda - Thea AstleyCriers&Kibitzers,Kibitzers&Criers - Stanley Elkin (featuring A Poetics For Bullys, one of the great american short stories of the 20th century)Amusing Ourselves to Death - Neil PostmanWaiting Period - Hubert Selby, JrUp In The Air - Walter KirnLullaby - Chuck PalahniukThe Professor and the Madman - Simon WinchesterThe Wedding Group - Elizabeth Taylor (no, not that elizabeth taylor)East Of Wimbledon - Nigel Williams ( i picked this up at the thrift store. i thought it was funny. i have no idea what his rep is like in the u.k. is he hated? i don't think any of his books have even been published here, but i could be wrong )The Whore's Child & other Stories - Richard RussoReasons To Live - Amy HempelAlmost Heaven - Marianne WigginsNine Horses - Billy CollinsThe Last King of Scotland - Giles Foden
― scott seward, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:01 (eleven years ago) link
early ilb claim to fame here. linked to all over the 2004 internet and mentioned in the guardian:
Summarise a Novel in 25 Words
come back mikey g, all is forgiven!
― scott seward, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:09 (eleven years ago) link
happy birthday. you did it. they said it couldn't be done. with no help from me for the last...however long. i'm sending you all nerd medals.
― scott seward, Sunday, 17 December 2023 13:39 (nine months ago) link
🥳
― Boris Yitsbin (wins), Sunday, 17 December 2023 14:14 (nine months ago) link
ILB still not old enough to legally purchase liquor. :(
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Sunday, 17 December 2023 18:08 (nine months ago) link
Never found anywhere online with better bookchat than here
― Ward Fowler, Sunday, 17 December 2023 18:15 (nine months ago) link
We are doing so much better than the competition
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/18/goodreads-review-bombing
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 18 December 2023 21:13 (nine months ago) link
Almost Heaven - Marianne Wiggins
My man.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 18 December 2023 21:22 (nine months ago) link
i'm just happy that people are still sharing here after 20 years. you guys give me lots of good tips! somehow ilx keeps ticking.
― scott seward, Monday, 18 December 2023 22:21 (nine months ago) link