ann@overbooked.org
"Overbooked - Ann Chambers Theis"

Female
51 years old
Richmond, Virginia
United States



Last Login:7/22/2008
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    ann@overbooked.org's Interests
Generalbooks, music, travel, nature, history, water related stuff
MusicFavorite Song: Summertime (Gershwin) especially versions by: Angelique Kidjou, Stan Ketz, Big Country, The Friends of Dean Martinez, Herbie Mann, Louie Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Susannah McCorckle

My father, aside from being a psychologist, is a fine musician. He regaled us with bedtime stories and played or sang to us as well. I was convinced he composed the toodle-doodle-do song, which in reality was the Missouri Waltz. He covered a range of music, but I especially recall being fond of "I wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate": Oh, I wish I could I shimmy like my sister Kate; She shimmies like a jelly on a plate. My mama wanted to know last night, What makes the boys think Kate's so nice.

Another musical memory - the first time I wanted to kill my sister Carol (these urges are long since gone) was when she broke my copy of "Polly Wolly Doodle" by Burl Ives.
MoviesThe Man Who Would Be King, Dr Strangelove, Young Frankenstein, The Princess Bride, Being There, Party Girl (the girl is saved by the Dewey Decimal System)
TelevisionVeronica Mars, The Closer, The Adventures of Briscoe County, Jr., Get Smart, Buffy, B5, Firefly, Arrested Development, Life on Mars, Jekyll, Eureka, Torchwood, Burn Notice, Meercat Manor, The Wire . . .
BooksAlice's Adventures in Wonderland
HeroesSheep in the Big City - Mo Willems

     ann@overbooked.org's Details
Status:Married
Here for:Networking, Friends
Hometown:Williamsburg, VA
Zodiac Sign:Libra
Education:Grad / professional school
Occupation:Librarian

   ann@overbooked.org's Schools
University South Carolina
Columbia, SC
Graduated: 1989
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Master's Degree
Major: Library Science
Greek:   Beta Phi Mu

1988 to 1989
University New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
Graduated: 1980
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: History
Minor: Politcal Science
 

1975 to 1980

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About me:

Overbooked: a resource for omnivorous readers, established 1994: http://www.overbooked.org

I've been overbooked for years now, and still enjoy posting new book info, starred review lists, etc. Mike has quit asking me if the web site is done yet . . .

"she is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain" - Louisa May Alcott

I've always been a word child.

According to my parents, I slept with books and a stuffed Tigger when I was a toddler. According to Mike, I still sleep with books. The stuffed Tigger has been replaced with assorted live beasties and Mike.

Book I was probably too young to read when I did: The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski
I'm probably still too young to read it.

Some stuff that has been said about me over the years:
  • If you were a fruit you'd be a pomegranite.
  • You are disgustingly adaptable.
  • Oh yeah, you were the strange, quiet one who read alot.
  • Allowing you to work off your (huge) fine at the library was more an odd sort of positive reinforcement than a punishment. - my father, the psychologist..

I'll admit to being an enthusiastic person, in a quiet sort of bookish way. Like T.J., I cannot live without books. Well, I probably could (since I'm disgustingly adaptable) but I'd rather not. Some other things I'd rather not live without:

  • Mike
  • Family
  • Friends (especially my long term buds and pals)
  • Water - in all forms
  • Music
  • Annimals
  • Other librarians and book people

Current creatures

Dogs= Sookie and Burke. Sookie looks like something out of a Tim Burton movie and Burke could have been created by Dr. Seuss. Cats = Nina Zero, Alafair and Zasu Implusive Pitts. Pics - ACT

I could live without MS, as could many others.

Here are some of my father's favorite sayings,etc.

  • PANG over RAID - translated, this means Play, Affliation, Nurturance, Gratitude over Rejection, Aggression, Inferiority Avoidance, Defendance. My father's research was based on the Murray need system and he frequently used this as a blessing.
  • "keep your eye on the donut not on the hole" - from poem
My worst nightmare - I'm trapped (without a book) by a very large spider wielding dental drills, emitting sudden loud noises, and incessantly chewing ice.

Current non book enthusiasms:

  • Artwork by Milenko Katic - especially the corvids
  • Corvids
  • Luna Bars - Caramel Nut Brownie
  • V-8 Mango Peach Fusion Juice
  • my MP3 player
  • almost all Kashi products
  • Cadbury Dark Chocolate Mini Eggs
  • Allmusic.com
  • Pandora.com

 

Additional personal stuff: ACT

Who I'd like to meet:
Avid Readers, Authors, Libraryland Folks, Bookish Sorts, Artists, Musicians

Overbooked: a social space for the chronically overbooked: overbookers.ning.com


   


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Jun 16 2008 11:09 PM

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Jun 16 2008 3:55 AM

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Tori Carrington aka Lori & Tony Karayianni





May 19 2008 6:32 PM

We're happy to call you friend. Wishing you a fantastic day!
Cheers,
L&T :> ;>
Emily Ecton





May 19 2008 3:25 PM

Thanks for making me a friend!
Julia Madeleine





May 7 2008 8:08 PM

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Apr 9 2008 2:57 PM

Thanks for adding.
I'm so glad there are literary types still out there!
Michael Laimo - Horror Author





Apr 9 2008 10:49 AM

Hi--just wanted to stop by, say hello, and let you know that my new novel, FIRES RISING, is NOW AVAILABLE. Hope you'll look out for it!


PREPARE FOR HELL ON EARTH

FIRES RISING – IN STORES MARCH 2008

Elizabeth Zelvin





Feb 11 2008 6:59 AM

An early Happy Valentine's Day, Ann! May every kind of love come your way: romance, intimacy, friendship, family, and fellowship. Liz
Sara Ryan





Dec 29 2007 4:11 AM

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Nov 5 2007 8:44 PM

Thanks for letting me into your space. I love the company around here!
Stefanie
Christine Kling





Oct 30 2007 5:03 PM

Eva





Oct 23 2007 4:45 PM

Ann,
I've perused your profile, and I trust that right eyebrow has filled in nicely by now...

Thank you for befriending a Romance/Women's Fiction novelist:

UNDERLYING NOTES by Eva Pasco
Charles River Press Inc.
Available - December 01, 2007

"Crumbs of callousness, blame, self-sacrifice, repression, and restlessness are strewn along the unmarked trails of introspection and reinvention winding through Carla Matteo's journey in the Second Act of life."

Regards,
Eva
Magick Mike





Oct 11 2007 5:19 AM

G'day Ann :)

Thanks for the add. I'm a fellow Librarian in Australia. I work for Gosford City Library, which is about 60 miles north of Sydney.

I discovered your myspace page as our library has a link to overbooked in our "reading related weblinks" section.

www.gosford.nsw.gov.au/library

Its interesting to see various readers groups, libraries on myspace etc.

Have good one!

Magick Mike from Australia
Lisa Unger





Oct 10 2007 12:44 PM

Hi Ann,
Thanks for your friendship. Hope you are well and I look forward to hearing from you.

Here's the early scoop on my 2008 releases: BEAUTIFUL LIES (Now in trade paperback) will be out in mass-market paperback. The sequel, SLIVER OF TRUTH (Now in hardcover) will be out in trade paperback. And a brand new novel BLACK OUT will come out in hardcover.

Thanks for reading,
Lisa Unger
New York Times bestselling author
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Sep 23 2007 2:26 AM

Ann! Happy birthday! Wishing you sandy beaches, a good book or two and hardy eyebrows :) Have a good one on Wednesday! Natasha Mostert, author of Season of the Witch
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Sep 22 2007 7:31 PM


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