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Member: KayCliffCollectionsYour library (1,925), Wishlist (8), All collections (1,926) Reviews139 reviews Tagsnovel (739), poetry (104), Colin's (75), biography (70), reference (67), short stories (56), indexing (54), detective fiction (52), plays (51), literary criticism (42) — see all tags Cloudstag cloud, author cloud, tag mirror Recommendations881 recommendations GroupsBarbara Pym, Indexers who LibraryThing, Virago Modern Classics Favorite authorsDorothy Baker, Julian Barnes, Alan Bennett, Arnold Bennett, Edward Blishen, A.S. Byatt, J. L. Carr, Tracy Chevalier, Wilkie Collins, Ivy Compton-Burnett, Robertson Davies, E. M. Forster, Gordon Graham, L. P. Hartley, Catherine Heath, William S. Heckscher, Susan Howatch, Molly Keane, Penelope Lively, David Lodge, Alison Lurie, Rose Macaulay, Kay Macaulife, Nancy Mitford, Anthony Powell, Barbara Pym, William Shakespeare, Annette Stannett, Mary Stott, John Sutherland, Angela Thirkell (Shared favorites) About meI index books professionally, as well as reading them constantly in my leisure time, and sometimes writing and publishing them. About my libraryMy books come from many sources: inherited from various relatives, purchased at university and retained, sent to me for indexing (some of these published copies given to me, others sets of proofs retained), bought through the years (many at library sales or in second-hand bookshops or charity shops). Homepagehttp://www.aidanbell.com/html/hkbell.htm Real nameHazel K. Bell LocationHatfield, Herts, England Account typepublic, lifetime URLs
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Regards
Philip
posted by Gateaupain at 9:32 am (EST) on Oct 29, 2011
I hope that this is helpful.
posted by gharader at 11:00 pm (EST) on Sep 30, 2011
Philip
posted by Gateaupain at 10:21 am (EST) on Jun 25, 2011
posted by brtom at 12:05 pm (EST) on Feb 8, 2011
posted by KayCliff at 12:53 pm (EST) on Aug 28, 2010
posted by ponsonby at 2:18 pm (EST) on Aug 11, 2010
Actually, I generally do like adventure books. I'm working my way through the 100 Greatest Adventure novels of all time.... I'm on the last 15 or so books and they happen to be the ones that interest me the least. I read (and enjoyed) the books that are really better suited to my taste before I joined LibraryThing.
posted by amerynth at 8:14 am (EST) on Jul 27, 2010
we do seem to have a lot of interests in common. Brahms/Simon JL Carr and Dornford Yates! You can't possibly be in your 70's too.
Anyway, I'm glad the bo0k cover was useful and hope the film is well received.
regards
Philip
posted by Gateaupain at 10:26 am (EST) on Jul 19, 2009
I wondered who had beaten me to all the Barbara Pym common knowledge entries. Now I know. Vis à vis your question regarding what tasks you might do as a member of the Virago group. We chat a lot - a fair amount of nonsense and joking. In terms of work, we do the following: we have an official list (there's a link in one of the threads) for all of the Virago Modern Classics and their original numbering. The British editions of the early Viragoes listed these numbers in the actual books. The American editions did not. A number of these books are no longer in print nor does Virago (which has changed ownership several times) keep a backlist on its website. We are in the process of entering book descriptions from the back covers of the original Viragoes (the ones with the green spines and lovely paintings) into the LT Common Knowledge fields. We have currently accomplished this task for about 300 of the original VMCs. We also have a spreadsheet on Google Doc in which we keep track of our progress and make emendations to the list. If you contact Christina (christiguc), she will be happy to register you for access to the Google spreadsheet. Other "work" includes keeping an eye out for particular Viragoes that different members covet (mostly the original green spine Viragoes). Many of us are inveterate library/jumble sale book shoppers. Whenever we find a bargain Virago, we buy it. If the book is one we already own, we list it on the duplicates thread (now at Part III I think). If someone wants it, we send it off. We don't charge one another as what goes round comes round so to speak. I have received Viragoes from five countries now. This activity is not required nor expected of group members. One does it if one feels like it. A number of us try to meet with other members when we travel. We're a pretty safe lot. We also keep one another apprized of any news related to Virago or Virago authors. Additionally, we discuss other authors who might be of interest to lovers of Viragoes. Quite a few of belong to the Persephone Readers forum, NYRB, etc. Authors we enjoy include Barbara Pym and Margery Sharp. Currently Kate O’Brien has a a number of us entranced.
Ciao,
Mary
P. S. Are you familiar with Annabel Davis-Goff? If you like Molly Keane, you might like Davis-Goff. She has published a number of novels about the Anglo-Irish gentry.
posted by urania1 at 10:21 am (EST) on Oct 25, 2008
Just a note to say I enjoyed your review of Pale Fire. It was succint but gave a real flavour of the book.
It is on my list of books to be read, and I have been tracking reviews, and mentions on the various LT threads. I just needed a final push and i think your review did the trick.
posted by zenomax at 2:29 pm (EST) on Aug 16, 2008
I too am new to Librarything (other than starting to add my books).
No Graham wasn't on my tour but the work he does is extensive in Nagaland and we were welcomed with open arms. Still a harsh existence living in the jungles and earning a living. We were fortunate enough to see some traditional Naga dancing and singing and managed to get around all the battlefield sites - awe inspring especially the tennis court at Kohima.
I have not read any other books by Graham so I'm not sure of your last question.
Kind regards,
Jon
posted by Tofrek at 4:12 am (EST) on Aug 12, 2008