Member: beeg

Hello there friend.

I'm so glad you are feeling better.
Thanks for asking about me. I'm exhausted. I worked a 12-hour day yesterday. I plan to head to the library and hide out today. It is raining and damp...a great day to read.

posted by Whisper1 at 8:20 am (EST) on Aug 29, 2009

How are you feeling today?

I'm thinking of you.

Hugs
Linda

posted by Whisper1 at 12:29 pm (EST) on Aug 12, 2009

Just dropping by to say hi and let you know I'm thinking of you!

posted by Whisper1 at 4:20 pm (EST) on Aug 10, 2009

Hi.

It is good to hear from you. I hope each day brings healing.

Hugs

posted by Whisper1 at 8:00 pm (EST) on Aug 6, 2009

Just a quick note to say I'm thinking of you today. I hope the surgery went well.

BIG Hugs
Linda

posted by Whisper1 at 11:53 am (EST) on Jul 31, 2009

Thanks for connecting with me. You are very much on my mind. I hope all goes well for you on Friday.
Take care,
Linda

posted by Whisper1 at 1:02 am (EST) on Jul 29, 2009

Hello Brenda
I'm keeping you in my thoughts and prayers this week. How are you holding up?

I send the very best wishes for a smooth surgery on Friday. I know you will be out of it for a few days, but can you please let me know how you are doing as soon as you feel able to do so?

Hugs
Linda

posted by Whisper1 at 8:49 am (EST) on Jul 28, 2009

opps...I forgot to answer your question. I'm doing better....medications are helping.

posted by Whisper1 at 11:45 pm (EST) on Jul 18, 2009

Please tell me about your impending surgery!

posted by Whisper1 at 11:45 pm (EST) on Jul 18, 2009

HI.
I'm simply stopping by to see how you are feeling.

Hugs to you,
Linda

posted by Whisper1 at 8:46 pm (EST) on Jul 18, 2009

Hi,
I loved Duma Key, incidentally. I clicked on your name from Joe Hill's page. I am actually reading his book "Heart-Shaped Box" right now and enjoying it! Mary Beth

posted by mmignano11 at 7:19 pm (EST) on May 27, 2009

Thx! I'm going to have to take another look to tell you my favs -- shucks ;-> Your door is fantastic! Sorry you were disappointed though -- I do some fiber art and understand. The finished product isn't always what we envision... But boy howdy can you craft! and that library sign -- merveilleux ! :)

posted by suslyn at 6:37 pm (EST) on May 25, 2009

Do you have pics of your work somewhere? I love stained glass (but found out, to my dismay, that I hate making it -- bummer!!!)

Susan

posted by suslyn at 5:17 pm (EST) on May 25, 2009

Hello to you.

I hope you are well. It is a rainy, cozy evening and I'm reading while listening to the drops gently hit the windows.

How are you feeling these days?

posted by Whisper1 at 9:07 pm (EST) on May 14, 2009

Dear Beeg,
What can I say? King's ability to develop characters and situations was utilised to such good effect in Duma Key, that I was rather disappointed with the supernatural exposition at the end, as the rest of the story had been so powerful. However, that's just my opinion.

Regards,
Unorna

P.S Lisey's Story was good, too!

posted by unorna at 4:35 pm (EST) on May 7, 2009

Dear Beeg What did you think of Duma Key?????????????

posted by unorna at 7:18 pm (EST) on May 6, 2009

Hi Brenda
I'm glad you are feeling better.

I hope this continues.

I send bright sunny wishes and hugs
Linda

posted by Whisper1 at 10:38 pm (EST) on May 4, 2009

Beeg
I forgot to ask you how you are feeling. How are you?

posted by Whisper1 at 11:01 pm (EST) on Apr 1, 2009

Thanks for the drive-by. :-) I'm so glad you liked Ghostwalk. I thoroughly enjoyed it...

posted by TheBentley at 7:26 am (EST) on Mar 31, 2009

Hey, I took your advice and bought Memory, Sorrow and Thorn by Tad Williams. I finished the first book but wasn't really that into it I'm afraid but I'm really enjoying the second book. I keep staying up too late just so I can read a bit each day.

posted by Kitiria at 9:32 pm (EST) on Feb 28, 2009

Glad you liked it! I haven't listened to the audiobook yet, but I hear it's pretty good since they have real actors doing the different interviews. One of these days, I need to get my hands on it. 8^}

posted by drneutron at 6:23 pm (EST) on Feb 2, 2009

So I finished Zombie yesterday evening. Wow. Just, wow. I can't imagine how she got into the head of a psychopath so well. If it had been me, I'd be in therapy now... 8^}

Thanks for the recommendation!

posted by drneutron at 3:12 pm (EST) on Jan 14, 2009

Happy New Year to you and hope it's a good one :)

posted by TheBookImp at 3:19 pm (EST) on Dec 31, 2008

Hmmmm. Maybe we were talking about the movie. Well, we'll compare notes afterward, I suppose!

posted by drneutron at 7:13 pm (EST) on Dec 3, 2008

Hey beeg -

Thought I'd let you know I'm about 1/3 of the way through Ring. So far, I'm really enjoying it. Thanks for the recommendation!

posted by drneutron at 2:02 pm (EST) on Dec 2, 2008

Hiya - Yeah I'm still around just not very often at the moment, too much to do, too little time to do it in or words to that effect. Thanks for noticing though :) Hope things are going ok with you.

posted by TheBookImp at 12:35 pm (EST) on Nov 25, 2008

Hey beeg,

While I was putting up my review for Oval Office Occult, I saw that you had recently added it to your library. I'm curious to see what you think. I myself wasn't overly impressed, but since I generally agree with your take of books I wanted to compare. I wonder if I was simply expecting too much or had a bad night when I read it. Let me know.

Kami

posted by klarsenmd at 1:18 pm (EST) on Nov 6, 2008

Wow, I love the pumpkin pic!

posted by angelikat at 6:33 pm (EST) on Oct 28, 2008

you are more than welcome.

posted by CandiBelle at 11:20 pm (EST) on Sep 11, 2008

beeg! I love your review of The Fire. You made me laugh.

We also seemed to feel similar about it, as did most of the 44 other reviewers out there at the time I write this.

karenmarie

posted by karenmarie at 4:05 pm (EST) on Sep 9, 2008

I'm glad everything seems to be ok at home! Evacuation does indeed sound like a real problem. I noticed an awful lot of RVs and campers on the road as we were leaving Louisiana, and I heard I-49 was a mess. margd and I were discussing a new book called Traffic that I've got on reserve at the library. I'll have to see what the author says about this sort of thing...

We're back in Maryland now just in time to get dumped on by Hanna this weekend. We just can't win!

posted by drneutron at 10:03 pm (EST) on Sep 5, 2008

I did indeed get a copy of The Last Oracle from the public library, and enjoyed it very much! It was a nice wrapup to some of the dangling ends of the previous book. Have yu read it yet?

And I even snagged an Early Reviewer copy of the latest Steve Berry, The Charlemagne Pursuit, which was very Rollins-esque.

posted by drneutron at 10:49 pm (EST) on Aug 24, 2008

Did you really make it through Foucault's Pendulum? I remember trying to read it and only understanding one out of three or four sentences. I kept checking to make sure my copy was in English, or that I hadn't picked up James Joyce by mistake.

posted by BrainFlakes at 3:35 pm (EST) on Aug 24, 2008

beeg, you were right on the money -- you guessed the quotation. So the ball's in your court, now.

posted by RachelfromSarasota at 6:35 pm (EST) on Jun 26, 2008

You got it. Either you or thebentley can do the next one.

posted by klarsenmd at 9:42 pm (EST) on Jun 19, 2008

Well I finished it and reviewed it and read The Magic Cottage by James Herbert as well, and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Now reading The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards but I can't say it's my kind of book. Have to see how it pans out.

posted by TheBookImp at 11:04 am (EST) on Jun 4, 2008

The Thirteenth Tale is turning out to be a great read. You were right. I'm at page 330 so not much left but I'm hooked.

posted by TheBookImp at 12:42 pm (EST) on May 23, 2008

You made me laugh with the "dust" comment, if that's all the bad habits you have then you're not doing too badly

posted by TheBookImp at 9:50 am (EST) on May 16, 2008

Do you come back for visits?

Yep. Heading back home for my niece's wedding this summer. We try to get back to visit family once a year or so. That and to get some real Cajun food...8^}

posted by drneutron at 9:14 am (EST) on May 16, 2008

75 huh... I doubt I'll make 25 the rate I'm going LOL, as for things being back to normal, well as normal as they can be I suppose as I've given up smoking and am climbing the walls... um figuritively speaking. Best of luck on the challenge though.

posted by TheBookImp at 5:00 pm (EST) on May 15, 2008

Hey, beeg - I didn't realize you're from Louisiana...I'm from Pineville, just across the Red River from Alexandria, and the wife's from Bastrop up near Monroe. I went to college at what is now University of Louisiana at Monroe. Small world!

Jim (aka drneutron)

posted by drneutron at 12:44 pm (EST) on May 15, 2008

Hiya just checking in to see how things are going with you. Hope all's well.

posted by TheBookImp at 3:25 pm (EST) on May 14, 2008

I'll keep a watch for it then, thanks!

posted by TheBookImp at 7:38 pm (EST) on Apr 3, 2008

Hiya.

Can't say I've read anything called Wicked that I can remember. What is it?

Imp

posted by TheBookImp at 10:06 am (EST) on Apr 3, 2008

Hey thanks for the invitation! I love your taste in books!

Kami

posted by klarsenmd at 3:14 pm (EST) on Mar 27, 2008

Hi beeg, Thanks for the invite. I see that we have very similar tastes in books and author's.
Talk to you soon

Carrie

posted by cal8769 at 10:08 pm (EST) on Mar 26, 2008

Hiya

I just noticed that you put The Entity in your library, that brought back a few memories. I think I read it when it first came out "way back when" and it really creeped me out. Think I might have to have a look around for another copy myself.

posted by TheBookImp at 8:31 am (EST) on Mar 26, 2008

Hello Beeg,
I have a little room about 10' by 12' that serves as my library. I have a recliner in the middle and a small table loaded with books. There are six bookshelves around the walls a window and the door. I love to sit in there and read early in the morning or any time. Someone picked me for an interesting library and I went through my catalog. I realized I have a good number of books that I am interested in that I haven't read. That has slowed down my book buying a bit, only a bit. Good to hear that you are doing well. Non illigitimi carbrondum, (Don't let the bastards get you down). Best regards.
wildbill (Bill Rucker)

posted by wildbill at 9:47 pm (EST) on Mar 24, 2008

Beeg,
I have been doing some used book shopping myself lately. Next door to my office is a used book store with about 35,000 books. I have shopped there for years and the owner usually gives me a discount. I had some cash in my pocket and bought six books recently. I browse and find books I like, it's not like ABE where I can order a book I want. It still feels good to get a like new hardback for $8.00. I hope things are well in your corner of the world. Drop me a note and let me know the news and the gossip.
wildbill (Bill Rucker)

posted by wildbill at 9:58 am (EST) on Mar 22, 2008

Hey beeg,

Thanks for the invite.

posted by jseger9000 at 10:12 pm (EST) on Mar 18, 2008

Hey Beeg thanks for the linkage. Wow I hadn't heard anything about this movie and I pride myself on being up to date on me 'orror. Gotta say though it looks pretty good. It's only a trailer but the atmosphere is suitably creepy and they don't seem to shy away from the nastiness.

posted by RabidPete at 11:42 am (EST) on Mar 17, 2008

It's strange but true that "small world" applies especially on the internet.

posted by TheBookImp at 9:23 pm (EST) on Mar 13, 2008

Beeg

Thanks for the invite, much appreciated.

posted by TheBookImp at 8:08 pm (EST) on Mar 13, 2008

Beeg,
At ABE on the search results page at the top there is a drop down menu labeled"features" you can drop it down and select hardcovers and the only books that are shown will be hardbacks. I prefer them also and buying used they are not much more expensive than the paperbacks.
When I am looking at a book to buy and I have a question about whether I already own it I drop a new tab on my browser and go to my catalog. Then I can look up and see if I have the book. It is hard to keep track and more than one time I have bought a book I already owned.
I noticed in your catalog a couple of H. P. Lovecraft volumes. I have one volume of his stories I bought that is published by Library of America. It has 800 pages of his stories and a short biography in the back. You might want to give it a look. Have fun shopping and reading.
wildbill

posted by wildbill at 10:07 pm (EST) on Feb 21, 2008

Hey beeg:

I just saw your comment and question about Perfume. I posted a comment on my challenge page but will put it here too:

Yes, although I never "liked" Grenouille (which translates as frog, by the way). I had sympathy for him as a child, but not when he started manipulating people and events. I loved the language, the time it evoked, and the story itself. Strange end.

Karen

posted by karenmarie at 8:49 am (EST) on Feb 14, 2008

I have been shopping at ABE for a number of years. The book prices are good but I have to be careful about the shipping charges. Because each book will come from a separate store there are separate shipping charges for each book. I try, if possible, to get a number of books from one store. Other than that I have had great luck getting good quality books for discount prices.
Next door to my office is a used book store and they do a majority of their business through ABE. The owner told me that he would go out of business without the internet sales. So its a good deal for the buyer and the seller.
It does make it more difficult not to buy. I try to keep to a budget and always look at the unread books on my shelves to keep myself in line. Money spent on books is never wasted. I am glad to hear you found some books you wanted. Some folks look down on buying used books but the words are the same. Let me know how your purchases turn out.

posted by wildbill at 8:26 pm (EST) on Feb 3, 2008

Thanks for the friendship!

Here’s wishing you a fantastic day filled with fabulous fates, fanciful festivities, and frolicking phantom footstools.

Happytimes,
Jeremy :)

PS--if you end up checking out my novel or any of my other work, I'd love to hear what you think.

posted by JeremyCShipp at 1:00 am (EST) on Nov 29, 2007