Member: Cecilturtle

See you have Hold on to Your Kids. This is an impodaughter and rtant book and I am impressed how my daughter and son in law are instinctively following these ideas hard as it is to compete with peers.

posted by carterchristian1 at 12:04 pm (EST) on Apr 28, 2009

Noticed you liked The Bluest Eye, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in reviewing my new novel and posting your comments here as well as a few other book-related sites. Thought you might like my book since it's also southern and a bit dark. I could e-mail you the novel in an e-book format if you'd like (I'm out of physical copies at the moment). Let me know if you're interested. Here's a link to a summary in case you're interested:

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 11:11 pm (EST) on Apr 22, 2009

Hello,
Thanks for your invitation, which I am happy to accept. Was it that I'm also a huge Agatha Christie fan, as you seem to be, or that we have 64 books in common?

posted by mstrust at 5:13 pm (EST) on Mar 22, 2009

Just happened to notice that you have read Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong and as well have reviewed it. Such a surprise since I never thought anyone would have been interested in the topic.

I am fascinated with the topic and found the book very helpful in answering some of my questions.

What I do not understand is why America has so many problems with France and the French. After all, it was General Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette who saved the Americans in the American revolution with the battle of Yorktown and his naval power. And the money from the French that Ben Franklin got that allowed the Colonists to continue the war. So I would have thought that the Americans would be more grateful and sympathetic with a nation that was so crucial in their history.

If you ever find an answer to that question do let me know. I am totally baffled by it.

In the meantime,

enjoy,

Ur.

ps-

Three cheers for: J'essaie de ne pas me limiter mais ma passion réside surtout dans la littérature de la fin du XIXe !!!

:-)

posted by Urquhart at 11:34 am (EST) on Mar 22, 2009

Cecilturtle

Thank you very much for your very kind words.

They mean a lot to me and I shall try to continue to be worthy of them.

Ur.

posted by Urquhart at 11:05 am (EST) on Mar 22, 2009

Hi, cecilturtle. I am launching a book club at work for anglophones who want to practice their second language skills by reading and discussing books in french. I thought you might be able to make some suggestions for books we could read. They would have to be not too difficult grammatically and available in paperback in Ottawa stores or at the public library.

How was le bizarre incident du chien pendant la nuit? I really loved that book in english! Most people around here like stories by/about aboriginal people, if you know of any.

If you wouldn't mind making some suggestions, I'd be most grateful.

Thanx.

posted by LynnB at 3:23 pm (EST) on Jan 15, 2009

Hé oui, je suis bel et bien une compatriote! Je vais de ce pas regarder pour le groupe Québécois, je n'avais même pas penser de regarder s'il y en avait une!
Bonne journée et joyeuses fêtes a toi! :-)

posted by kittykay at 2:14 pm (EST) on Dec 23, 2008

I'm about 1/3 through it, and it's not as good.

posted by LynnB at 6:15 am (EST) on Nov 26, 2008

I got it at Chapters in Kanata, but I think it was the last one. I was looking on the Chapters website, and it said there are 9 copies at Chapters on Rideau Street.

posted by LynnB at 6:25 am (EST) on Nov 24, 2008

I don't know your brother-in-law, but will ask my husband if he does. If your brother-in-law likes to read, he may want to join the Rideau Club's Book Club, which meets for dinner on the first Monday of the month and for lunch on the following Tuesday. For October, we will be reading "Will in the World: How Shakespeare became Shakespeare" by Stephen Greenblat.

posted by LynnB at 8:19 pm (EST) on Aug 31, 2008

Je partage votre opinion pour ce qui est du collectif de 'short stories' de Maeve Binchie (Whitehorn Woods) que je suis presentement en train de lire. Un vrai delice!

posted by bunnikin at 8:02 pm (EST) on Feb 28, 2008

Un petit coucou, je suis contente qu'il y ait quelqu'un ici qui comme moi, a une faible pour la littérature québécoise :)

posted by lesezeichen at 12:24 pm (EST) on Apr 12, 2007

Je vous mets "sous surveillance" en RSS!:) Très heureuse d'avoir découvert une française (canadienne?)qui a une bibliothèque très anglosaxonne mais fais aussi des critiques en français.

posted by briconcella at 7:37 am (EST) on Mar 4, 2007

Just wondering how you managed to read Wordplay in Boris Vian (not its original title),which I thought was only available on microfilm...
Thanks, by the way, for the kind review.
Jeffrey Moore

posted by jeffmoore at 3:33 pm (EST) on Mar 3, 2007

Merci pour la revue du Vieux ...
Je commence juste, je ne sais pas combien j'ai de livres !
Cordialement,

posted by mimero at 5:04 pm (EST) on Jun 8, 2006

Thanks for your reviews..I'm just getting started uploading my liabrary but since I never kept track of anything, I assume it is going to be quite lengthy..I've actually made note of several books in your own library to get some material for the next few weeks. Keep up the good work. If you happen to have some "coup de coeur", please feel free to share them.
Rgds,

posted by DCash at 10:12 pm (EST) on Jun 5, 2006