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About meI became an avid reader before I started first grade and the habit has only gotten worse as I grow older. I can't imagine how anyone can be a non-reader in an age when movies and television have set such low standards. I was born with the "collector gene" and, when I really admire and enjoy an author, I feel the urge to be a completist and want to own everything they've written. This habit has rewarded me in the past because I now own some nice first editions that have appreciated in value very nicely...but they won't be sold because I plan to give my granddaughter the library someday.
About my libraryThe size of my library is limited only by a lack of shelf space (and cash). I've even built shelves inside some of the lesser used closets in the house but it's a constant battle to find space for new books. I'm a big fan and admirer of Joyce Carol Oates, Larry McMurtry, Ruth Rendell, James Lee Burke, Elmer Kelton and writers of Civil War history. My library largely reflects that fact.
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posted by sjmccreary at 9:34 pm (EST) on Sep 23, 2009
posted by sjmccreary at 11:30 pm (EST) on Sep 21, 2009
Just read your review on the book "Waiter Rant".
It is interesting to always hear the views of a bad tipper. Those who have a million excuses for being cheap. Some one who has never had a boss asking why his check average is down, or have you? Is it not the same as a CEO asking why stocks are down and firing the sales rep responsible? But if our averages are down, it directly reflects the groceries in my family's cupboard that same day. I once had a customer put five $1 bills under the sugar caddy and told me that for everything he wasn't happy about he would take back a dollar. I refused to serve him and gave that table to another server. Every now and then the customer needs to be reminded that I am your server and not your personal servant. Just because I am a server doesn't put me at the bottom of the food chain. Do unto others as you would have done to you, try being a server for a couple of weeks. Or better yet, learn how to cook and stay home.
posted by agplus3 at 12:37 pm (EST) on Aug 5, 2009
Hello down there in Texas.
There's a new ETTA Facebook page!
Maybe you could start the discussion!
Here's the link!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=58...
Thanks,
GK
posted by gkolpan at 12:08 am (EST) on Jan 28, 2009
The ETTA website is up and running!
www.geraldkolpan.com
I hope you enjoy it and don't forget to play the song!
Best,
GK
posted by gkolpan at 12:55 pm (EST) on Jan 18, 2009
Your blog is one of my very favourite book blogs, so I thought I might befriend you here as well :)
Tigertwo (who blogs as thebooktiger)
posted by tigertwo at 11:20 am (EST) on Nov 27, 2008
I finished the Joyce Carol Oates book and found it to be well written and very interesting!
I took a break from reading her books because she seemed rather dark and foreboding. But, perhaps I'll re-visit some of her latest works.
posted by Whisper1 at 8:57 pm (EST) on Jul 28, 2008
I'm currently reading Wild Nights by Joyce Carol Oates and found your review. Thanks for your well written comments and insights...
posted by Whisper1 at 12:41 am (EST) on Jul 28, 2008
Ann-Marie Macdonald. It had a real sense of place - a Canadian military base in the 1960s. I'd be interested to know if you like it - it was my choice for my book club's discussion & everyone loved it (although they weren't happy at first when they saw the size of it!), but we're all women (and we all work on a military base).
posted by JGoto at 12:09 am (EST) on Jul 23, 2008
Judy
posted by JGoto at 5:28 am (EST) on Jul 21, 2008
I posted about this (the "police" issue) on another forum and one of the book fanatics there said it is a construction they use all the time on "The Wire", which is set in Baltimore. Apparently, it is the common local construction, but it still strikes me like a wrong verb tense or something.
Lisa
posted by LisaLynne at 10:08 pm (EST) on May 12, 2008
posted by LisaLynne at 8:26 am (EST) on May 6, 2008
I came across your review of What the Dead Know after posting my own and I am SO glad that someone else mentioned her use of "police" as a singular noun. "I'm a murder police" sounds like something a 5 year old would say, and I have a hard time believing that this is some sort of Baltimore slang. Glad to know I'm not alone.
Lisa
posted by LisaLynne at 12:02 pm (EST) on May 5, 2008
I am so glad to have other like-minded people in my life.
posted by frank2775 at 2:24 pm (EST) on Apr 26, 2008
My name is Dawn and I am a librarian and the host of Toronto Public Library’s online book club: Book Buzz and a fellow LibraryThing member.
This month we are reading Consolation, by Michael Redhill. I noticed that you include Consolation in your library and I enjoyed your review of the book.
I’d just like to invite you to visit us and share your thoughts about Redhill’s book. It’s a friendly easy-going book club with over 500 members and we are always looking for new points of view.
We will also be hosting the author himself until the end February.
Post your questions for Michael Redhill and he will answer from his current home in France.
If you are interested, visit us at http://bookbuzz.torontopubliclibrary.ca .
Thank-you for your time,
Dawn
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Book...
posted by BookBuzz at 2:54 pm (EST) on Feb 8, 2008
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posted by MarthaHuntley at 8:30 pm (EST) on Jul 19, 2007
Kathy
posted by Oklahomabooklady at 1:02 pm (EST) on Apr 24, 2007
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posted by Esta1923 at 5:13 pm (EST) on Dec 24, 2006
Oddly enough, I was at the 140th Gettysubrg Reenactment, where Newt Gingrich was signing [Grant comes east]. I've had a passing interest with the Civil War, but I'm afraid though that I've only read the Sharras' novels of your fiction list.
posted by parelle at 12:29 am (EST) on Dec 19, 2006