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About meI guess you could call me a bibliophile. :-) But that is probably obvious, since I am here. As my user name suggests, I was an editor. Now I am a burnt-out editor. In my second life, I want to be a librarian. Note the common theme!

Update: it is more likely that I will become a book seller of some sort, although I have no idea how I might do that. I do find myself noticing old books other than cookbooks, which I end up buying for this or that reason. (It's cute. Or interesting. Or cheap. Etc., etc.) I also need to support "my habit" somehow.

Update (6/2009): I am looking for a place for to live with my daughter and three cats. Other than that, this will be dictated by books and finances. (Note the order in which these words occurred to me!) I may be slow logging in books until the move is achieved, but I am hoping that I will be more organized after the move.

About my libraryAs you can see, I am buried in books. I actively collect cookbooks, especially old cookbooks and recipe booklets, and Asian and third-world cookbooks--the more esoteric, the better. I also have an extensive collection of foreign lit and lots of random books.... I had more, but I am beginning to think they were lost while they were supposed to be safe in storage. I'm trying NOT to think about that.

I have a lot more books to log in, so stay tuned for further developments!

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Little Book of Leftovers: 50 innovative ways to eat last night’s dinner tonight by Kevin Krafts

Hi there,

I thought you might like to know, Vikas Swarup, author of Slumdog Millionaire is coming out with a new book July 7th called Six Suspects.

It has gotten great reviews and promises to be a good read. Here is the link to his latest review from The New York Times. Also starting tomorrow July 7th you can enter to win a free copy of the book on the Macmillan website, the link is below.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/books/...

http://us.macmillan.com/smp/promo/sixsus...

Enjoy!

posted by Lindsie2187 at 1:05 pm (EST) on Jul 6, 2009

A hairbrained cookbook idea eh? Sounds intriguing. Spill the beans when you are ready!

posted by vegefoodie at 8:15 am (EST) on Nov 25, 2008

Because you own this vintage cookbook set, I invite you and the 38 other owners of this cookbook to a group talk in COOKBOOKERS, on META GIVEN'S MODERN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COOKING. I'm curious about how you came to own this cookbook and what is your favorite part about the set. Thank you! See http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.ph...

posted by sungene at 9:07 pm (EST) on Aug 21, 2008

LOL ErstwhileEditor, I think we are more alike than you know. I also "rescue" old books, but I'm sure they didn't ask to be rescued by me! I'm starting to upload my vintage cookbook images, and I'd love to see covers of your old books. You might want to look in my blog for the German cookbook from the 1800's; I uploaded quite a few plates to drool over.

Cheers-

vintage_books

posted by vintage_books at 11:59 pm (EST) on Aug 20, 2008

Hi-
I noticed we have more than a few books in common so I thought I'd say hello and tell you that I uploaded this cover:
How to make Tempting Nutritious Desserts
If you want to add it to your library as a cover, since it appears to be missing.
I'm in the process of entering my cookbooks, so I'm sure we will have more matches around the corner!

Cheers-
vintage_books

posted by vintage_books at 7:07 pm (EST) on Aug 20, 2008

This was a pleasant surprise, indeed, because I ended up not reviewing the first book. I was rather discouraged because it arrived well after the book was published. I guess the proper procedure is to review it anyway, right? Is the early reviewers board the correct place to do that--or one's own listings with a link or???

I'm assuming the first book was Love Marriage? I'm sorry the book took too long to get to you - but actually, I think it was released the same time that it was put out in Early Reviewers, in April. Some publishers give advance books, others give *just* released books.

So yes, the proper procedure is to review it anyway -- add it to your library, and review it there, and it'll count!

Abby

posted by ablachly at 12:31 pm (EST) on Jul 25, 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

posted by biblioasis at 9:42 pm (EST) on Feb 29, 2008

I forgot to answer your question about my mother. I don't live with her. She lives about 20 minutes walk from here. She is quite fit. She tends to spend a lot of Sunday here and will come tomorrow for lunch. If the weather is not too bad she walks. She is 87 in March and quite surprising for that. She also has me under her thumb, and I rather do what I want to do....
EE

posted by ErikaEngland at 12:50 pm (EST) on Feb 2, 2008

Hello Jean, I have just discovered and joined LibraryThing and am slowly entering my library onto the site. I'm saying hello to everyone who shows up in my "You and One Other" list. It looks like you and I are the only two members who have included The African by William Conton on our lists. I haven't read this one yet, though, have you? Thought I'd also let you know that I scanned a cover image for this one, in case your interested.

Anyway, greetings from San Francisco, and all the best.

Jerry (aka rocketjk)

posted by rocketjk at 4:59 pm (EST) on Jan 24, 2008

Hi Jean,

I just uploaded a cover for the Baker's Coconut Recipes. Is this the same cover as yours?

posted by LarsonLewisProject at 11:17 pm (EST) on Oct 10, 2007

EE, you've made great progress in entering your books (I seem to have slowed way down over the summer) and what an impressive collection of cookbooks. I admire a focused collection as mine is not and you have some gems not shared by others. Are you familiar with this bookseller's website http://www.cookbkjj.com/ which helps me see what I'm missing? Be sure to enter the cookbook pile contest at LT next time they do one - I won $100 from ABE which was immediately spent on books, of course (see www.flickr.com and enter Cookbooks on Ice to see the)entry. Do you have any ambitions for your collection? I'd like to compile a Soup & Salad cookbook from the community pamphlets but not sure that jello will sell:)

posted by featherbooks at 5:45 pm (EST) on Jul 21, 2007

Well, I've upgraded to a 1-year account. Of course, I assume I can later renew or upgrade to a life account. I just want to make sure I can keep up some momentum. :-)

posted by ErstwhileEditor at 5:56 pm (EST) on Jun 16, 2007

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