Hi Keren,

I had a moment to visit your library and found we have quite a few books in common! I see you "loved" The Inheritance of Loss and The English Patient. I'll have to move these to the top of my to-be-read pile then!

Oh, and I might have to borrow your "loved" tag! :)

Do you miss South Africa at all?

skrevet af akeela kl. 11:14 am (EST) den Aug 21, 2008

Hi Keren
Thank you for adding me to your interesting libraries. Do tell me how you linked to my library - it must be the South African connection! I have a sister who still lives with her family in Observatory, Johannesburg. She and I are both in our mid-forties - just a little older than yourself! It has been an interesting exercise cataloguing my library thus far. I have one or two really treasured, beautiful books, but there are also a lot of battered schoolbooks, romance novels I've grown out of (Joanna Trollope), contemporary novels that are in everyone else's library (not very original), cookery books I only ever cook one or two recipes from, and a lot of really ancient books (no covers available).
I too have very much enjoyed The Joy Luck Club and The Life of Pi, and The Poisonwood Bible is an alltime favourite.
I hope you make contact and tell me how life in California compares with life in South Africa!

skrevet af sainsborough kl. 6:06 pm (EST) den Aug 19, 2008

Keren,what a cute pic! I just came back from vacation and saw that you'd visited my library! Thanks for the compliment!

skrevet af akeela kl. 2:35 pm (EST) den Aug 19, 2008

Ok Keren, I've taken The Double off the shelf and shall proceed. I was enjoying the book but was distracted by another one, then again, and the further away it became, the less I wanted to pick it up.
Amanda

skrevet af amandameale kl. 7:35 pm (EST) den Jun 5, 2008

Hi--I just read your post about finishing [The Thirteenth Tale]. Wasn't that a great story & wonderfully written? I read it last year and absolutely loved it. What do you think about the identity of the 'twin' that lived--do you think it was Isabel or Adeline? I can't wait for future books by Setterfield.

skrevet af framboise kl. 4:53 pm (EST) den May 27, 2008

Thanks for taking the time to send a message about it! I'm definitely still interested in the group and I think it has a lot of potential. I was sort of discouraged that hardly anyone would even try to rank their top 25 lists, though.

skrevet af _Zoe_ kl. 9:44 pm (EST) den Apr 10, 2008

Hi – have you weighed in yet on the next book for Group Reads – Literature? The discussion thread is here. And Irish set up a poll for us here(it can be amended if there’s lots of interest in a book that isn’t on there yet). Hope to see you there!

Terri

skrevet af teelgee kl. 12:34 am (EST) den Mar 27, 2008

Hi - I just dropped by after reading your precise of The Life Of Pi on the Booker thread of Prizes Group- I appreciate such a thoughtful commentary.

Now will HAVE to read the book. As a Canadian, I always thought it was a must read, but was somehow put off by the story-line. Thanks for the thoughtful comment.

Cheers, Karen

skrevet af kiwidoc kl. 11:15 am (EST) den Mar 4, 2008

Hello,

I recently joined the All Books Africa Group. As a publisher who has just released a novel about the Angolan Civil War, I thought it might be worth bringing to your attention. Ondjaki's Good morning Comrades has just been released (indeed, i'm not sure amazon has changed it status yet). Ondjaki is a Lusophone writer of international reputation, and our edition of Good morning Comrades introduces him to an English speaking audience for the first time. It will not be the last: Aflame Books in the UK is set to release his fable The Whistler, and I know New Directions is also looking at publishing something by him soon. We expect he will become one of the most celebrated African novelists of his generation.

Anyway, if you would like further information on Comrades, you can chcekc out our website at www.biblioasis.com. It is also available online on amazon and elsewhere, and available through any good bookstore.

Thansk for your time, and I do hope that this was not too intrusive. (We're a small literary press based in Canada, and we're just trying to do whatever we can to let potential readers know about the book.

Best wishes,

Dan Wells

skrevet af biblioasis kl. 9:48 pm (EST) den Feb 29, 2008

Hi, keren7. I like your library. We have 31 books in common.

skrevet af sferrando kl. 9:27 pm (EST) den Feb 2, 2008

Thank you so much for sending Adjunct. I'm fulfilling my daily quota of pages so far. :) Even though it must be taken in small doses, I find the pages go rather quickly. And some of the sentences and phrases are hilarious! I'm thinking I'd love to name a band Buckingham Phallus.

skrevet af bookishbunny kl. 12:55 pm (EST) den Feb 2, 2008

Adjunct. Love to have it. Thanks.

skrevet af notenoughbookshelves kl. 2:43 am (EST) den Feb 1, 2008

Me, too! That's why I spend so much time online. It gives me a little mental jump-start. :)

skrevet af bookishbunny kl. 9:43 am (EST) den Jan 28, 2008

Me! Can I have Adjunct? And I will be more than willing to mail it out!

~bookishbunny

skrevet af bookishbunny kl. 2:16 pm (EST) den Jan 24, 2008

I replied to your comment about Vanishing Point. I think you're comments were the ones that turned me to it to begin with (though I don't remember which forum they were on). Thanks for the tip!

skrevet af tatleriv kl. 10:12 am (EST) den Jan 2, 2008

Thank you so much! I am very excited about the books you picked!!!!

skrevet af ejd0626 kl. 6:38 pm (EST) den Dec 28, 2007

I noticed your cute kitty. My real one is called Merlin Monstercat - he's big and black and wicked. He's certainly the boss in this house. He's top of the tree, then the young dog, then the old dog (who is blind and deaf) then me, as provider of food. That's the way of the world I guess.

skrevet af Jawin kl. 4:30 am (EST) den Dec 28, 2007

Hi there!
How lovely to hear from you. Librarything is an interesting place - with lots of like-minded people. Mind if I ask you how you singled me out from the multitudes and why you added me as a friend? I'm curious!

skrevet af Jawin kl. 8:53 pm (EST) den Dec 27, 2007

yes, the note was supposed to say:

This is a note to tell you that you didn't manage to snag an Early Reviewers book this month. I'll be putting the January batch soon, don't give up hope!

Sorry for the confusion!

skrevet af ablachly kl. 11:25 am (EST) den Dec 20, 2007

Let's see... Oreos with thick creamy milk, ginger snaps with tea, oatmeal cookies with fresh juice, and any other kind of cookie that our Dark Side members will bring... :-)

skrevet af wisewoman kl. 4:21 pm (EST) den Nov 28, 2007

But we DO have cookies on the Dark Side! How can you resist? :-P

I do finish most books I start. There's only... probably five or six I haven't.

skrevet af wisewoman kl. 4:16 pm (EST) den Nov 28, 2007

You can add the favorite authors by going to the author's page (click on an author name in your catalog, or search for them using the Search tab. Then, you'll see a box on the right hand side (in the green), where you can add that author as a favorite. It'll then show up both on the author's page, and on your profile!

Abby

skrevet af ablachly kl. 2:30 pm (EST) den Nov 28, 2007

Thanks for your friendship! I look forward to checking out your books and hope you enjoy mine.

skrevet af lisaunger kl. 11:21 am (EST) den Nov 7, 2007

No, you really don't need to read the Sound of Waves before reading the thread. I guess theoretically you should. But, there are no spoilers there, just a discussion on the books.

skrevet af dchaikin kl. 10:22 am (EST) den Oct 21, 2007

after reading Their Eyes Were Watching God, I'm curious what your thoughts are on this thread. Cheers,d

Books Compared : The Sound of Waves / Their Eyes Were Watching God

skrevet af dchaikin kl. 9:54 pm (EST) den Oct 20, 2007

Thanks Keren, will buy.
Amanda XXX

skrevet af amandameale kl. 11:07 pm (EST) den Oct 18, 2007

Hi Keren
JUst dropping in to recommend a book: Remember Me by Trezza Azzopardi. I thought it was special.
Amanda XXXXXXXXXXX

skrevet af amandameale kl. 8:50 am (EST) den Oct 15, 2007

Welcome to Books Compared! I hope you'll join the discussion, and feel inspired to contribute a comparison review of your own sometime.

I'm another former Nancy Drew fan. I first discovered her when my family went to stay at my grandmother's house for a couple of months one summer, and my grandmother pulled out a box of my mother's old books. As I remember, they had cloth covers of a blue-and-white tweedy fabric -- no pictures on the covers. But what a wonderful, exotic and exciting world was inside!

Love the kitten!

skrevet af margad kl. 5:09 pm (EST) den Sep 8, 2007

Hi Keren
Thanks for the recommendations. I can see that we love in common are a certain type. That is, you might not like everything I like. But I will think of some lovely ones for you.
Amanda
I think you might love Music and Silence by Rose Tremain

skrevet af amandameale kl. 11:19 pm (EST) den Sep 5, 2007

Hi there!

Most of my psychology books aren't added yet, maybe next week when I will finally spend more than half a day in Budapest :O I was wondering which shelves to start with, so I guess it will be the psychology shelves... I have three groups of books: cognitive psychology/misc cognitive science (probably most of them, as this is what I do), Jungian stuff (mostly read for the occultism value ;] ) and a huge bunch of miscellanea, counselling-related, etc. that have accreted over time... I have a considerable amount of books on Holocaust trauma, including conference proceedings and really obscure volumes - I read a lot of books not directly related to my field just because they seem interesting, and those Holocaust trauma books usually seemed interesting so I ended up with them.

skrevet af prezzey kl. 12:14 pm (EST) den Sep 4, 2007

Hi there!

Mind if I ask you why you added me and how you found me? I'm curious! :] (I can of course add you back, I'd just prefer to know.)

skrevet af prezzey kl. 6:39 pm (EST) den Sep 2, 2007

Hi, Neighbor! Thanks for asking to be my LT friend! :)

I see we share quite a few books. Look forward to hearing from you.

Mary

skrevet af Storeetllr kl. 1:25 pm (EST) den Aug 21, 2007

Do you have an email address where I can send you the details about Adjunct?

skrevet af perlle kl. 9:13 pm (EST) den Aug 19, 2007

I finally found a copy through the library's interlibrary loan. You want me to send you a photocopy?

skrevet af perlle kl. 2:52 pm (EST) den Aug 15, 2007

Hey, I was reading a forum and found an "84%" next to your name, so I thought I'd come here.
I actually read Caner Ward not too long ago and really liked it. I didn't understand the end though - why did Kostoglotov decide to go home? He was always an enigma to me.

skrevet af lilbrattyteen kl. 6:39 pm (EST) den Aug 1, 2007

Hey

Thanks for the group link, I've just signed up. We seem to share some classics as well - they breed us smart down here in the South, don't they?

skrevet af rebekahn kl. 7:50 am (EST) den May 28, 2007

Hi,

Just come back to Librarything after an absence of a week or two and found your message.

It was very good of you to get in touch with your recommendations. When I have a little more time I`ll definitely have a look for the writers you mention.

Have you come across a literature magazine called Wasafiri ? I only came across a copy recently for the first time. It seems pretty good.

Best wishes,

Nick

skrevet af nickhoonaloon kl. 12:25 pm (EST) den May 14, 2007

Welcome to The Literati!

skrevet af -Mr-Dustin- kl. 8:31 pm (EST) den May 2, 2007

I read "How to Be Lost" recently, too - though on audio. Seemed a bit bogged down in places to me, but those details about (references to) the mother's past made sense at the end. I don't know if it was the same experience in print, but the alternating voice of Agnes Fowler in MT worked really well to lighten up the story. She was a hoot! I thought the ending was a bit of a let down.

skrevet af Seajack kl. 12:47 am (EST) den Feb 6, 2007

Wow! I am a social worker. I post a lot more books that I would like to read. Thanks for looking at my list. mnorris

skrevet af mnorris kl. 11:46 am (EST) den Sep 10, 2006