Member: ckNikka

I will post some more about the FB application as well. I am very interested in seeing a nice a simple, utililitariain type app similar to Visual Bookshelf...I assume in good time they might get to it. Although sooner for me the better :-)

Cheers ad good reading, zeke

posted by ejakub at 9:04 pm (EST) on Mar 11, 2009

Yes, I think I have read all the James Doss novels with Charlie Moon. Love crazy Aunt Daisy! I enjoy the SW mysteries, as I have lived int he SW most of my life. I'll check out the others you mention. I like lot of variety in my reading. Some titles I have really enjoyed recently are: The Stolen Child, The Wild Girl, The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, and a couple by Kate Atkinson.

posted by nancylombardo at 10:39 am (EST) on Mar 7, 2009

Thank you! I do use facebook to keep in touch with my close family often and we are all pretty big time readers and its SOOOO NICE to be able to post to each others wall what we are reading and etc. But how cool would it be if there was a direct link to our LibraryThing Catalogues for our family and friends to see...with that attached to all the reviews and basic inforamtion concerning the book.

A friendly book worm,

Zeke!

posted by ejakub at 9:34 am (EST) on Mar 5, 2009

Hey, ck,

Long time no chat.

Thanks for the "interesting" library add (I thought our "relationship" had progressed beyond that already, but it was just an unrequited, one-sided affair of "interest" on my part; now we're even, lol).

Let me know if you've read anything good lately. I'm on a Modesty Blaise/spy kick right now. If you've never read the Modesty Blaise books or comic strips, they're both good stuff.

Take it easy,
bookstothesky

posted by bookstothesky at 1:09 pm (EST) on Feb 27, 2009

At the end of Sept. you asked how I'd like Killer Swell and if there were other similar books I could recommend. Have to say I didn't like it. I'm sure it's more the author's style than the subject but I haven't read any others. Hope you've found some you like. --bcup

posted by bcup at 4:04 pm (EST) on Nov 7, 2008

Heigh ho, me hearty! I see you have a copy of “A Pirate of Exquisite Mind” in your library. The Highly-Rated Book Group is boarding the Pirate Ship of William Dampier and heading off into the high seas for a rollicking Buccaneering Adventure in the wild blue yonder. We are splicing the main brace and trimming the sails to set off with the tide on 3rd November 2008. So don’t be a landlubber, come and swash some buckles by climbing on board at:

http://www.librarything.com/groups/apira...

-TT

posted by TheTortoise at 2:20 pm (EST) on Oct 9, 2008

ck,

Glad you like "The Sword-Edged Blonde." There's a free Eddie LaCrosse short-story on Bledsoe's website, here: http://www.alexbledsoe.com/abeddielacros...
I haven't read it yet, so I hope it's good.

It looks like Bledsoe has managed to score Tor Books as his publisher now and that his next book is a vampire novel, here: http://www.alexbledsoe.com/abvamps.html
"Blood Groove" is due out in late March 2009 with the next Eddie LaCrosse book coming out in the fall of 2009.

For another good fantasy novel I just read a couple of months ago, check out "The Last Wish" by Andrzej Sapkowski, here: http://www.amazon.com/Last-Wish-Andrzej-...
The author is a superstar in Poland (well-deserved, in my opinion) who's just now getting translated into English.

Take it easy,

bookstothesky

posted by bookstothesky at 12:07 pm (EST) on Sep 14, 2008

My library is very much a work in progress, and will be until the day I die. Unlike you, I can't say that I've read every single book in my LT library. About a third of the books in my library were inherited from my grandmother and mother. I've read many of them, but some of them are still waiting patiently.

Yes, Druett does use the backdrop of the US Exploring Expedition in her Wiki novels. I think you might like Philbrick's Sea of Glory. He has a knack of writing history in such a way that you'd almost swear you were reading a novel. No dry-as-dust style interrupted by tons of footnotes. (References, etc. are in the back.) I have to admit that entertainment is one of the main reasons why I read. I do like learning things along the way, but I want to enjoy myself while I do it.

I have "NTR" (Need to Read) lists miles long, and among the authors on those lists are Coel and Peters. One of these days...

I started a book blog a couple of months ago, and I found one way of "promoting" some of my favorite authors. In the side bar, I have "Cathy's Series Picks" and a widget featuring authors and their books with links to Amazon. Peter Bowen and Craig Johnson are two of my featured authors.

Since I'm from Arizona, I'll hit you with my warmest ¡Hasta luego!

--Cathy.

posted by cathyskye at 10:18 pm (EST) on Jul 28, 2008

ck,

I have not read The Cold Cash War, though I have looked at it in bookstores over the years. I have read other things by Robert Asprin. I especially enjoyed his MythAdventures books in my youth, though I stopped buying them after a while, and I read a few of the Thieves World stories back in the day, but didn't really like them much or, rather, I was indifferent to them.

I just did a search of my library to see what Asprin books I own and found none of the Phule books came up, and I know I own at least the first one and probably one or two more, so your question has had the beneficial effect of uncovering a gap in my library ownership. I'm wondering if I missed a box, somewhere, when I was inputing my books, as this is not the first time I've found my LT library failing to match up with my memory of what I should have; but, the daunting task of moving and opening boxes will have to wait for another day when I'm really, really motivated.

I look forward to hearing what you think of the Bledsoe book.

Take it easy,

bookstothesky

P.S. Thundering herd of Hawaiian shirts...that cracked me up!

posted by bookstothesky at 1:35 am (EST) on Jul 25, 2008

bookstothesky

I too like your photo... someday after I win the lottery...maybe I can get one going...I will check out your recommendations... I lived in Hawaii almost ten years on the big island... "Live Aloha" is a way of life for me... at least a goal... I also have Hawaiian shirts... a thundering herd of them...

I will let you know what I think of Alex Bledsoe

Have you ever read the Cold Cash War? Robert Lynn Asprin?

as always my warmest Aloha!

posted by ckNikka at 7:58 pm (EST) on Jul 24, 2008

Cathy
I have read the "Wiki Coffin" stories by Joan Druett her New Zealand perspective is great. The stories were fun and interesting. My library is a work in progress and I just added Ms. Druett books. I have been adding books I have read and enjoyed and I am slowly sorting them and my goal is to write comments or "reader reviews" for each one. My Library contains only books that I have read with the exception of recommendations that have come from fellow Librarything users. I read so much non fiction at work that sometimes I just want to get into the fiction mode. I have heard of "the Sea of Glory". The "Wiki Coffin" stories have some base in the U.S. expedition written about in the "the Sea of Glory”?

I noticed that you do not have Ellis Peters "Father Calfadel" books? Nor Margret Coel's Wind River reservation - Arapaho Indian culture- stories with Jesuit Father John O'Malley and Native American Lawyer Vicki Holdon. Is that because like me your library is a work in progress? Or have you read them and disliked them? If you have not checked them out both series are worth reading. Thanks again for taking the time.

As always my warmest aloha!

Cliff

posted by ckNikka at 7:21 pm (EST) on Jul 24, 2008

Thanks for adding me to your interesting libraries list. I always feel honored when that happens. I see that you like to read naval books. Does that extend to non-fiction? One of the best books I've read in the last few years was Nathaniel Philbrick's Sea of Glory about the US Exploring Expedition in 1838. I've also read the first in a mystery series, A Watery Grave by Joan Druett. The main character is half-Maori, half-American and has the position of "linguister" on the US Exploring Expedition. I was quite impressed with it, and I think that Druett picked an excellent backdrop for a mystery series. I've also got some of her non-fiction in my library. Good stuff!

Happy Reading!

--Cathy

posted by cathyskye at 3:44 pm (EST) on Jul 20, 2008

Howdy, Howdy,

Thanks for hitting me with your warmest Aloha:) I have to say I've never had that particular sign-off and, I will admit, I rather liked it.

I greatly appreciate your positive comments about my library and my sense of humor; I sometimes wonder if I come across as a little too negative or cynical, so thanks for the reassurance.

Since you like Garrett, P.I., you might try out Alex Bledsoe's noir-ish fantasy novel, The Sword-Edged Blonde here: http://www.amazon.com/Sword-Edged-Blonde...
I read it about a month ago and really liked it. You might also like some of Martin Scott's Thraxas books; I keep buying them but haven't actually cracked one open to read yet, so your mileage may vary, as the saying goes.

Take it easy,

bookstothesky

posted by bookstothesky at 2:14 pm (EST) on Jul 20, 2008

Hi - To answer your question about military SF -I checked out your Sci-Fi Fantasy section and I noticed you are into David Weber and Eric Flint... I have not read them extensively. I did read Sci-Fi Fantasy all through my youth and college. In recent years my interests have tended to be noir and hard boiled stuff... My favorites in your collection are Joe Halderman - he wrote a book called the Forever War... Paul Anderson's Ensign Flandry -read all of those when I was younger...Lois McMaster Bujold read most of her stuff when I was younger... Friz Lieber ...I loved his fantasy stuff... with Fafard and Mouser... Robert Zelanney... loved his stuff too... You did not mention CJ Cherryah... I still enjoy her Invader series... Also Robert Jordan Wheel of time... and on Military SF book you have not mentioned would be Robert Lynn Asprin' first book... the cold cash war... it is about what is happening now in the world but was written years ago... I also recommend the new Mysteries taken place during WW2 - by James Benn a former Boston Detective now on Ike's staff

posted by ckNikka at 2:31 pm (EST) on Jul 19, 2008

I looked at the list of books that we share and see that they are mostly mysteries. In your profile it also mentions military -- do you ever read military SF?

Liz

posted by lizzy50usa at 8:50 pm (EST) on Jul 15, 2008

Cliff, I may check those authors out when I finish my pile of books to be read. I am always looking for a new series to read. As for James Lee Burke, nothing, absolutely nothing, compares to his writing for me. I feel he is the greatest living American story teller.
Salinas

posted by SalinasBeth at 5:29 pm (EST) on Jul 9, 2008

I love the entire Bernard Schopen series. As somebody said it ended too soon. thanks for stopping by.

posted by mhatchett at 3:23 pm (EST) on Jul 9, 2008

I've had the Scott Young for quite a while now. I didn't realize when I got it that it wasn't the first in the series, and I tend to be a stickler about reading series in order. Of course I've got so many of them in various stages of completion that my quest for some of the books I'm missing can fall through the cracks. You're mentioning Young has put him "back on the map", so thanks!

Craig Johnson is excellent. I was pointed in his direction by bookstothesky here on Library Thing, and now I'm doing what I can to get Johnson more noticed. I should do the same for Bowen. I haven't had much luck finding a website for Bowen. There's one out there that just gives the barest bones of a bio and then a list of the books he's written, but that's that. In a way, it's a shame. In another way, the lack of a website suits both him and Du Pré, don't you think?

Happy Reading!

--Cathy

posted by cathyskye at 11:46 am (EST) on Jun 25, 2008

Hi Cathy
Thanks for taking the time to look. Did you ever find a web site about him?

posted by ckNikka at 3:38 pm (EST) on Jun 24, 2008