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About meFor some people, it is alcohol. Or gambling, or cocaine. For me, it's books. That's right, my name is Suzanne and I'm a biblioholic...
When I don't get my fix, it can get ugly. I have been known to learn new languages in order to supply myself with reading material.
So, don't get between me and my books...
My views and opinions of the books I read are simply that: my views. I'm not aspiring to be an arbiter of literary taste, or a judge of what is "good" or "bad" in absolute terms. The more I read; the more I see how others read, the clearer it becomes to me that one person's great book can fail to engage the interest of another reader; that what might be to me a bad book can be to someone else something that they love, because what they are looking for in a book is different than what I seek. There are some absolutes -- incoherent, vague writing, risible scenarios, a plot as full of holes as a piece of lace -- but beyond that, it's all subjective. What do I like? In fiction, a novel with distinctive characters and vivid writing, that gives me the sense of inhabiting the same world as the author's fictional creations. I have no objection to unsympathetic protagonists -- I don't need to "like" the main character or identify with them, as look as they are convincing and the story is well-told. In reading non-fiction, I respond to writing that flows smoothly and makes the book as un-put-downable as any novel, a clear narrative arc, and a subject matter that I find interesting. What do I dislike? Trite, formulaic narratives stuffed with cliches like a Thanksgiving or Christmas turkey.
Oh, and I like to travel:
create your own visited country map
About my libraryEclectic. And rapidly overtaking the amount of available space in my apartment.
Best books of 2013:
Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places by Bill Streever
The Big Truck that Went by by Jonathan Katz
Frances and Bernard by Carlene Bauer
The Testament of Mary by Colm Toibin
Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
The Golden Scales by Parker Bilal
A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell
A Question of Identity by Susan Hill
Best reading in 2012:
Before the Poison by Peter Robinson
Maphead by Ken Jennings
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
The Free World by David Bezmogis
The Emperor of Lies by Steve Sem-Sandberg
Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
Catherine the Great by Robert Massie
Stories About Storytellers by Douglas Gibson
The Man Within My Head by Pico Iyer
Winter King by Thomas Penn
Gillespie & I by Jane Harris
Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
The Man Without a Face by Masha Gessen
The Uninvited Guests by Sadie Jones
Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Waiting for Sunrise by William Boyd
1222 by Anne Holt
Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
Hood Rat by Gavin Wright
People Who Eat Darkness by Richard Lloyd-Parry
Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid
Trapeze by Simon Mawer
The Noble Assassin by Christie Dickason
The Last Waltz by Anne Enright
Darkmarket by Misha Glenny
White Gold by Giles Milton
Doublecross by Ben Macintyre
Defending Jacob by William Landay
The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth
In The Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner
Wanted Women by Deborah Scroggins
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Doc by Mary Doria Russell
The Headmaster's Wager by Vincent Lam
The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
Divorce Islamic Style by Amara Lakhous
A Dangerous Inheritance by Alison Weir
The Watch by Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya
A Dream of Ding Village by Yan Lianke
The Line by Olga Grushin
Above All Things by Tanis Rideout
Restless by William Boyd
The Green Shore by Natalie Bakopoulos
Ayn Rand Nation by Gary Weiss
An Agent of Deceit by Chris Morgan Jones
The Graves Are Walking by John Kelly
Born With a Tooth by Joseph Boyden
Mortality by Christopher Hitchens
HMS Surprise by Patrick O'Brian
Best books of 2011:
Ravel by Jean Echenoz
The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
Kean by Jean-Paul Sartre
Defiant Spirits by Ross King
Case Studies by Kate Atkinson
Zennor in Darkness by Helen Dunmore
A Widow's Story by Joyce Carol Oates
Three-Day Road by Joseph Boyden
Objects of Our Affection by Lisa Tracy
The Storyteller of Marrakesh by Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya
The Last Summer of Reason by Tahar Djaout
Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon
In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
A Writer's Diary by Virginia Woolf
The Memory Palace by Mira Bartok
In a Strange Room by Damon Galgut
The Panic Virus by Seth Mnookin
The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
To End All Wars by Adam Hochschild
Death to the Dictator by Afsaneh Moqadam
Rondo by Kazimierz Brandys
Chasing the Devil by Tim Butcher
In Defense of Flogging by Peter Moskos
Theodora by Stella Duffy
Unnatural Selection by Mara Hvistendahl
Death and the Penguin by Andrei Kurkov
The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna
A Most Dangerous Book by Christopher Krebs
Island of Bones by Imogen Robertson
The Pericles Commission by Gary Corby
Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer
Outwitting History by Aaron Lansky
Cooking with Fernet Branca by James Hamilton-Paterson
Snowdrops by A.D. Miller
The Summer of the Bear by Bella Pollen
March by Geraldine Brooks
Midnight Rising by Tony Horwitz
The Magician King by Lev Grossman
The German Mujahid by Boualem Sansal
Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch
The Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam
A Jealous Ghost by A.N. Wilson
The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje
Evening in the Palace of Reason by James Gaines
Elizabeth and Hazel by David Margolick
All That I Am by Anna Funder
Waiting for Robert Capa by Susana Fortes
Hand Me Down World by Lloyd Jones
Molotov's Magic Lantern by Jenny Polonsky
Best books of 2010, in no particular order:
The File by Timothy Garton Ash
Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty by Roger Thurow & Scott Kilman
War at the Wall Street Journal by Sarah Ellison
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
The Library at Night by Alberto Manguel
Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Autobiography of an Execution by David Dow
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
The Calligrapher's Daughter by Eugenia Kim
The Girl who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Children of Men by P.D. James
Passionate Minds: The Love Story of the Englightenment by David Bodanis
The Cello Suites by Eric Siblin
Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art by Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo
The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
The King's Touch by Jude Morgan
Thirteenth Night by Alan Gordon
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong (and later books in the series)
Map of the Invisible World by Tash Aw
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
Ordinary Thunderstorms by William Boyd
Mrs Adams in Winter by Michael O'Brien
The Last Stand by Nathaniel Philbrick
The Music Room by William Fiennes
Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald
How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in one question and twenty attempts at an answer by Sarah Bakewell
In Pursuit of Silence by George Prochnik
The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova
Love Songs from a Shallow Grave by Colin Cotterill
Methland by Nick Reding
Last Train from Hiroshima by Charles Pellegrino
Magnifico: The Brilliant Life and Violent Times of Lorenzo de Medici by Miles Unger
The Dark Vineyard by Martin Walker
Guilt About the Past by Bernhard Schlink
The Long Stretch by Linden MacIntyre
Hot Time in the Old Town by Edward Kotman
Cain's Field: Faith, Fratricide and Fear in the Middle East by Matt Beynon Rees
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
Wild Grass by Ian Johnson
Becoming George Sand by Rosalind Brackenbury
Packing for Mars by Mary Roach
Madame Proust and the Kosher Kitchen by Kate Taylor
The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
Miss Buncle's Book by D.E. Stevenson
The Bishop's Man by Linden MacIntyre
Heartstone by C.J. Sansom
Dreaming in Chinese by Deborah Fallows
The Whites of Their Eyes by Jill Lepore
Your Republic is Calling You by Young-ha Kim
The Romantic Revolution by Tim Blanning
Room by Emma Donoghue
The Fall by Albert Camus
Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
On The Spartacus Road by Peter Stothard
How to Read the Air by Dinaw Mengestu
Must You Go? by Antonia Fraser
The Siege by Helen Dunmore
The Betrayal by Helen Dunmore
Every Man in This Village is a Liar by Megan Stack
Gilded Youth by Kate Cambor
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
The Post-Office Girl by Stefan Zweig
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
The Memory Chalet by Tony Judt
A Novel Bookstore by Laurence Cosse
The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths
Atlantic by Simon Winchester
Absolutely NO surprises with this...
All time favorite reading:
The Island of Lost Maps by Miles Harvey
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz
The Fourth Part of the World by Toby Lester
In a Dark Wood Wandering by Hella Haase
The Lone Pilgrim by Laurie Colwin
Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
Slowness by Milan Kundera
Enemies of Promise by Cyril Connolly
Enigma of Arrival by V.S. Naipaul
The Perpetual Orgy by Mario Vargas Llosa
How to Cure a Fanatic by Amos Oz
Occidentalism by Ian Buruma
Watermark by Joseph Brodsky
In the Name of Identity by Amin Maalouf
The Other by Ryszard Kapuscinski
Utz by Bruce Chatwin
War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges
Medici Money by Tim Parks
Building a Bridge to the 18th Century by Neil Postman
A Desert in Bohemia by Jill Paton Walsh
The Jane Whitefield series by Thomas Perry
the Ian Seraillier series by Susan Hill
The Grave Tattoo by Val McDermid
Representations of the Intellectual - Edward Said
Conducted Tour by Bernard Levin
From the Holy Mountain by William Dalrymple
The Future of the Past by Alexander Stille
The Rites of Spring by Modris Eksteins
The Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson
Terror and Liberalism by Paul Berman
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
A Time to Keep Silence by Patrick Leigh Fermor
Virginia Woolf by Hermione Lee
The John Madden mysteries by Rennie Airth
Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Vanora Bennett
China Court by Rumer Godden
In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden
The Balkan Trilogy by Olivia Manning
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
The Mountjoy series by Elizabeth Pewsey
Copenhagen by Michael Frayn
Arcadia by Tom Stoppard
Slaves in the Family by Edward Ball
The Common Reader (2 volumes) by Virginia Woolf
Table Talk by William Hazlitt
Elia by Charles Lamb
Defining the World by Henry Hitchings
George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin
Land of Green Ghosts by Pascal Khoo Thwe
84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Q's Legacy by Helene Hanff
The Boat Who Wouldn't Float by Farley Mowat
Among the Believers by VS Naipaul
King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
A Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh Fermor
The Reckless Mind by Mark Lilla
Oh Canada! Oh Quebec! by Mordecai Richler
A Secret Alchemy by Emma Darwin
Coasting by Jonathan Raban
The World, the Flesh and the Devil by Reay Tannahill
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posted by elkiedee at 5:02 pm (EST) on Jun 17, 2013
I was wondering if you'd be willing to do another Wolf Hall Tutored Read with me? I've managed to make it through Chapter I once or twice, but once I get to Cromwell's work under Wolsey's employ I just seem to hit a stumbling block. I know the basics of the era, and have started reading Meyer's The Tudors, but I still am having trouble.
Thank you for any help you can give!
posted by Miela at 1:43 am (EST) on Jun 10, 2013
posted by elkiedee at 11:03 pm (EST) on Jun 6, 2013
So I checked out the rest of the site and had to join!"
Way to lure 'em in!
posted by countrylife at 4:18 pm (EST) on May 12, 2013
I'll cope with the allergies, and Jim says he will too, until and unless he begins to react badly. There's always Benedril. And his inhaler. He's game. I'm usually ok if I don't touch a cat and rub my eyes.
posted by ffortsa at 12:50 pm (EST) on Apr 3, 2013
I like your TIOLI idea for April and think that it's finally starting to take off, as we all knew it would.
posted by lindapanzo at 6:44 pm (EST) on Mar 28, 2013
posted by fuzzi at 12:39 am (EST) on Jan 31, 2013
Merry Christmas, Suz.
posted by LizzieD at 7:09 pm (EST) on Jan 16, 2013
posted by chexmix at 12:03 pm (EST) on Dec 24, 2012
I was reading Louise Penney's short story "the Hangman' and wondered if it would count in your game challenge?
Hope you had a great weekend.
Cheli
posted by cyderry at 6:48 pm (EST) on Nov 24, 2012
Thank you!
posted by LizzieD at 3:58 pm (EST) on Oct 23, 2012
http://www.alternet.org/economy/bill-moyers-plutocracy-will-go-extremes-keep-1-c...
What got me was that they say these people who destroy our economy actually believe they're doing the right thing. I know you already knew that, but it makes things even worse, doesn't it?
posted by Citizenjoyce at 12:02 am (EST) on Oct 22, 2012
Has the book arrived yet??
Amanda
posted by amandameale at 8:54 am (EST) on Sep 25, 2012
posted by LizzieD at 7:34 pm (EST) on Sep 16, 2012
Good luck on de-acquisition!
Peggy
posted by LizzieD at 9:29 am (EST) on Sep 8, 2012
Alena
posted by Bookoholic73 at 5:17 pm (EST) on Sep 1, 2012
When I went armed to post your book, I found that somebody else had already done all of them. They really do look pretty!
Many thanks a head of time!
Peggy/Lizzie and other assorted names as far as that goes
posted by LizzieD at 8:27 pm (EST) on Jul 9, 2012
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posted by mirrordrum at 12:46 am (EST) on May 24, 2012
it is good to have better informed and wiser minds than mine providing info as i can easily fall into justifiable paranoia (yeah, i know, apparent contradiction in terms but sometimes 'they' really are out to get ya).
i'd just put Adam Hochschild's Leopold's ghost into my shopping basket at audible.com. then i read more reviews. i'm having so much trouble with say you're one of them that i'm not sure i want to know what he has to say. thoughts?
his wife, Arlie, was on my dissertation committee at Cal many years ago. i've read a number of her books but nothing by him. she's amazing! when i was there, TPTB were in the process of denying her tenure b/c, well, basically, because she wasn't Erving Goffman. she scared the living daylights out of the guys in the soc department. too, too good. i had no idea what a privilege i was experiencing to have a graduate seminar with her. vee grow too zoon old und too late schmardt.
posted by mirrordrum at 1:03 am (EST) on May 20, 2012
posted by LizzieD at 9:50 pm (EST) on Apr 22, 2012
posted by enaid at 5:55 pm (EST) on Apr 19, 2012
It isn't often I see someone with the Trouser People book in their library! That was such an unexpectedly good read about a country about whichI knew nothing.
Diane
posted by enaid at 12:29 pm (EST) on Apr 16, 2012
posted by AnneDC at 11:52 pm (EST) on Mar 20, 2012
posted by mirrordrum at 5:04 pm (EST) on Mar 14, 2012
ECW Press (2011), Hardcover, 392 pages.
I am reading it right now and enjoying every minute of it. I agree with your statement about picking up some to-be-read titles. I read People of the Deer by Farley Mowat for a book review project in Grade 8 and have read a couple of books since. I want to read more. Barry Broadfoot and Hugh MacLennan are also on my to-be-read list.
posted by libraryhermit at 9:31 pm (EST) on Mar 10, 2012
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posted by MEGD at 6:49 pm (EST) on Jan 31, 2012
posted by qebo at 12:00 pm (EST) on Dec 27, 2011
All the best,
Linda
posted by Whisper1 at 8:06 am (EST) on Dec 23, 2011
I put the Tony Horwitz book in the mail yesterday. I sent it via media mail so you should get it next week sometime I would think. I really enjoyed it so thank you so much.
Bonnie
posted by brenzi at 10:19 pm (EST) on Dec 9, 2011
I have two e-mails:
pacranny@yahoo.co.uk
or
paulcranswick@pmcplus.com.my
I use the 2nd one the most
btw - sooooo impressed by your rate of reading and by the fact that you are still able to analyse the books so eruditely whilst chewing up so prodigiously! Cornwall really is a fabulous place SHE-WHO-MUST-BE-OBEYED and I spent an idyllic few days there in 1996 before the kids (probably begetting the first if truth be known) and I would love to own a spot there. The photo I put up was from my scouring the housing listings - cut down on my spending on books I may be able to stretch to a deposit!)
posted by PaulCranswick at 1:45 am (EST) on Nov 12, 2011
posted by brenzi at 4:26 pm (EST) on Nov 8, 2011
posted by LizzieD at 8:22 pm (EST) on Nov 7, 2011
London free press eh? That's kind of cool. But I bet living in New York is much nicer than London!
:) Chelle
posted by ChelleBearss at 2:25 am (EST) on Nov 7, 2011
No problem. Let me know when you're ready!
posted by VictoriaPL at 2:59 pm (EST) on Nov 1, 2011
posted by Athabasca at 1:54 pm (EST) on Nov 1, 2011
posted by VictoriaPL at 12:21 pm (EST) on Nov 1, 2011
posted by Citizenjoyce at 7:39 pm (EST) on Oct 30, 2011
posted by solla at 3:12 pm (EST) on Sep 13, 2011
Gee, strange they wouldn't let you walk out with the prints though, eh? ;-)
Ilana
posted by Smiler69 at 1:56 pm (EST) on Aug 16, 2011
All kidding aside, I can send you the book if you'd like. Let me know your address and I'll pop it in the mail.
Bonnie
posted by brenzi at 8:07 am (EST) on Aug 2, 2011
posted by lauralkeet at 4:42 pm (EST) on Jul 9, 2011
Just wanted to reiterate my Book Depository offer - let me know when you want me to put in an order and I'll send you a wishlist. One request - that they not be hardbacks if that's okay with you.
Jenny
posted by lunacat at 3:53 pm (EST) on May 18, 2011
posted by chexmix at 10:34 am (EST) on May 12, 2011
xo
posted by richardderus at 2:59 pm (EST) on Feb 11, 2011
posted by ronincats at 7:38 pm (EST) on Feb 4, 2011
posted by Whisper1 at 11:08 pm (EST) on Feb 2, 2011
posted by tiffin at 12:38 am (EST) on Jan 18, 2011
"Ah. The picture needs to be somewhere on the web where a server can serve it up someone clicks on it. Unless your pc is acting as a server, which is unlikely to be the case, the LT site can't find it when trying to load the thread. The usual method to get around this is to open a free Flickr account, upload the picture and use that URL. Facebook also works (if you set the privacy restrictions correctly) or any other picture sharing site.Also LT allows users to upload some pictures to their user account. I think that would work as well."
posted by Carmenere at 12:13 pm (EST) on Jan 14, 2011
Find the picture on the Internet. If it's on your computer, use your "Trash" tray to upload it to LT by accessing upload pictures from your profile. Select "Trash" as your destination.
Whenever you find the image, right click on the image to get the menu that always comes up. Select "Properties." You'll see a "URL" section with a long, long (usually) file name. Be sure to copy the *entire** file name, down to the last ".jpg" or ".gif"!
Back to LT. Open a new message, and type {img src="FILENAME PASTED HERE"}. If the pic is *huge* and you don't want it to me, use {img width=200 src="FILENAME PASTED HERE"}.
When you're typing the lines, use the open- and close-pointies in place of the braces I've used. ">" y'know.
posted by richardderus at 11:25 am (EST) on Jan 14, 2011
xoxo
posted by richardderus at 9:12 am (EST) on Jan 10, 2011
I note that you list Peter Ackroyd as one of your favorite authors. While at Barnes and Noble today I obtained Thames, The Biography.
Did you read this one? If so, what did not think?
posted by Whisper1 at 9:09 pm (EST) on Dec 30, 2010
You're just in time. I head out to Bangkok tomorrow morning and I have a meeting at a building just next to Paragon, so I'll definitely have shopping time after my meeting to look for your fabric and scarf. I love those scarves .... I have a few myself, as well as some skirts made from those gold trimmed Thai silks.
I'll be bringing both the Kindle and some dead tree books with me for my trip and this way I won't have to carry quite so many books with me. I still prefer to read bashed tree books over e-books, so as long as I have 2 or 3 with me, I'll have the Kindle in case I finish all 3 before my trip's over.
hugs
caroline
posted by cameling at 7:16 pm (EST) on Dec 7, 2010
I am rather new to this site so forgive me if I should not have sent you the message--I certainly did not mean to exert any pressure at all, or to be sort of "stalking" you! I was just honored that you added me to your already extensive list of "to-read" books, and wanted to let you know you could find those images if you like. I always like to know what the people I'm reading about look like!
Anyway, happy holidays, and good luck with that list! I'm hoping to read Simon Winchester's newest soon too--he's very good.
Cheers,
Laura
posted by LauraJSnyder at 3:09 pm (EST) on Dec 6, 2010
I put the book in the mail today. You should get it on Saturday. Thanks again. It really hit the spot:)
posted by brenzi at 2:57 pm (EST) on Dec 2, 2010
by Eric J. Weiner
I think you have the book "right on".
Interesting to see the variety of books you have just read.
My selection seems to be what is on the latest thrift store shelves....but takes me places I would have missed.
posted by carterchristian1 at 2:20 am (EST) on Nov 21, 2010
The book arrived today. Yay!! Let me know if you want me to return it soon, otherwise, I'll queue it up to read within the next month.
Thanks so much,
Bonnie
posted by brenzi at 6:39 pm (EST) on Nov 8, 2010
posted by Whisper1 at 9:14 pm (EST) on Aug 27, 2010
Just wanted to let you know I really enjoyed Chasing Goldman Sachs. I've just started following your thread on the 75 Book Challenge and was wondering if there were any other books you'd recommend on the recent financial crisis. (I've read "House of Cards" about Bear Stearns' collapse, "Freefall" by Joseph Stiglitz and "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis.)
Also, do you have any plans to write other books? I hope so.
Thanks.
Pat
posted by phebj at 3:50 pm (EST) on Aug 21, 2010
You might find some books for your little chatterbox on this site. I bought a lot for .99 for my grand daughter.
Ok, heading out now and ducking the arrows you are shooting my way.
Smiles and hugs
Linda
posted by Whisper1 at 10:43 pm (EST) on Aug 7, 2010
http://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Reading-Display-Graphite-Globally/dp/B002FQJT3Q/r...
posted by lindapanzo at 1:19 am (EST) on Jul 29, 2010
Sorry.
--Tad
posted by TadAD at 6:45 am (EST) on Jul 27, 2010
posted by Whisper1 at 1:47 am (EST) on Jul 24, 2010
--Tad
posted by TadAD at 5:35 pm (EST) on Jul 22, 2010
Just started your book (a few pages into Chapter 2). Comments when I'm done. ;-)
--Tad
posted by TadAD at 5:10 pm (EST) on Jul 22, 2010
Janet
posted by JanetinLondon at 8:57 am (EST) on Jul 16, 2010
I do miss the food, though. I knew going in it wasn't like the food we get in Chinese restaurants in the States. However, people led me to believe it was worse. I actually enjoyed it quite a bit. My hosts there made sure I tried a wide variety of cuisines and, except for one fast-food place, I loved every bit of it.
--Tad
posted by TadAD at 8:49 am (EST) on Jul 11, 2010
*sighs in sadness for own honesty*
posted by richardderus at 1:36 pm (EST) on Jul 10, 2010
I just don't *know* what could have happened! I'm positively *sick* with worry!
posted by richardderus at 1:00 pm (EST) on Jul 9, 2010
Yes, please, yes indeedy do, and you chose the right ones to have me swear on since I can watch either one die without turning a hair! Now if you'd picked the *dog* we'd've had a problem.
;-P My address is still below, I see. I'll put it ahead of all others, promise!
xoxo
posted by richardderus at 12:11 pm (EST) on Jul 7, 2010
posted by cmbohn at 12:46 am (EST) on Jun 16, 2010
Kindle delivery is usually at 2 am on the morning of the release date, I think. Five and a half hours, roughly speaking.
posted by lindapanzo at 9:37 pm (EST) on Jun 14, 2010
Take care,
Angela
posted by BookAngel_a at 6:49 am (EST) on Jun 9, 2010
posted by Whisper1 at 8:46 pm (EST) on May 25, 2010
posted by lindapanzo at 11:45 am (EST) on May 23, 2010
How exciting!!
posted by lindapanzo at 1:03 pm (EST) on May 20, 2010
Do read the Parrot book... and you might also like Enslaved by Ducks by Bob Tarte .
Another good and funny read.
Wonderful read, Nice to see you in my thread...
I have had a rough time keeping up with folks this year, and I miss
doing so !
What are you reading these days...?
k
posted by mckait at 5:41 am (EST) on May 13, 2010
posted by scarpettajunkie at 5:23 pm (EST) on Mar 30, 2010
posted by rebeccanyc at 9:45 am (EST) on Mar 16, 2010
cheers
caroline
posted by cameling at 10:17 pm (EST) on Mar 3, 2010
Did you receive the cook book yet?
cheers
caroline
posted by cameling at 8:08 pm (EST) on Mar 3, 2010
Congratulations on your hot review listed on today's home page!
posted by Whisper1 at 11:22 am (EST) on Feb 27, 2010
I tried looking for the book 'Singapore Hawker Food' by Jimmy Chua but the bookstores don't seem to carry it anymore, which was pretty strange. Maybe they only published a certain number.
However, I did find one titled 'Singapore Food' by Wendy Hutton which has recipes of typical Singapore food, including some familiar hawker center favorites such as Satay, Otak-otak, Nasi Lemak, Laksa, Indian Mutton soup, Hokkien Mee and others. Would you like to have this book instead? I'm supposed to head back out there for a few days in March, so I can get this for you if you'd like and mail it to you when I get back. My mom's got a copy and said the recipes are true to the real food.
cheers
caroline
posted by cameling at 2:28 pm (EST) on Feb 21, 2010
I will kill off all comments to my thread soon though because I think 4 of the 6 books were finance-y ones. (Zuckerman, Rogoff & Reinhardt, Cassidy, and the Lords of Finance (not your doing)). Plus the Cello Suites, and something I've forgotten. A very good day and I can pass 2 of them off as presents for Tim.
posted by cushlareads at 11:55 am (EST) on Feb 11, 2010
Thanks so much for the comment you left me. The books all sound like ones which would interest me. I've already ordered a couple (The Crusades through Arab Eyes and Borderland). I'm resiting the urge to buy more, as I'm a pretty slow reader of non fiction, and who know how long it will take for me to get through them!
I'll certainly let you know what I think of them as I go :)
Steph
posted by Steph78 at 5:57 am (EST) on Feb 11, 2010
The book isn't heavy all and neither is it very large. It weighs less than my case of power charges ... it's amazing how quickly these things add up ... charger for phone, camera, laptop, iPod, electric toothbrush. sheesh!
You're really fortunate in having traveled so extensively in SEAsia, and I'm envious that you got to live in Japan for a spell. I would have loved a term in Japan, but I tend to travel there just for a week at a time for work. I did get a posting to Hong Kong where I lived for a couple of years and really loved it. On the whole I'm still fortunate because I get to travel all over the Asia Pacific region for work and have developed some very nice local friends over time. More importantly (for me), I'm introduced to some fantastic eateries by the locals.
I would love to retire to Thailand if I could .... living on Koh Tao for example or Koh Yao Noi over on the Pangna Bay side of Phuket would be idyllic I think.
There is seriously nothing like the food of Asia, in my opinion, in terms of diversity and flavors. My husband loves it here too. In fact, he's coming out to Singapore next week and will be staying here for 3 months for a project he's working on.
I grew up in Singapore before I moved to London in the early 80s and then to Boston in the late 90s.
You're right ... I intend to make full use of my time here to enjoy the gastronomic delights of the island (exceedingly crowded these days ... I'm wondering this island doesn't sink under the weight) and I can work it off shoveling snow when I get back to Boston.
cheers
Caroline
posted by cameling at 5:20 pm (EST) on Feb 7, 2010
I saw in the kitchen thread that you recently had a birthday. Happy Birthday. I hope it was a good one. Normally, I'm on top of sending members birthday wishes. I apologize for being late. I'm struggling with bronchitis and haven't had a lot of time to devote to LT.
All good wishes.
Linda
posted by Whisper1 at 8:48 pm (EST) on Feb 6, 2010
I just saw one of your posts in the history fans group, and looking at your profile and friends, I'm guessing that you are the same chatterbox as on Historical Fiction Online. I am Amanda on there.
posted by nellista at 10:43 pm (EST) on Jan 1, 2010
Here is another biblioholic, also suffering from abibliofobia, i.e. scared of being/going anywhere without a good to read at all times.
I have recently also read a lot about the Enlightenment, Diderot and d'Alembert. Michel Onfray's Les Ultras des Lumieres lead me on to Holbach, Helvetius, Maupertius and others less known. If you read French, I can also really recommend Elisabeth Badinter's Les Passions Intellectuelles. I have also read several books about the famous French Salons, run by quite some interesting ladies.
Take a look at tag "enlightenment" in my library if you are interested.
Hans
posted by hnn at 3:30 am (EST) on Dec 29, 2009
I see also that we share "Brat Farrar" (which I'm just beginning), "Mr Calder and Mr Behrens" (which I absolutely loved), and "The Pupil" (which I enjoyed thoroughly and reviewed today). I look forward to browsing your library and to any conversation that may follow.
Happy New Year!
posted by brive at 5:39 pm (EST) on Dec 27, 2009