Member: dickcraig

Dick, I see we share many of the same books on Library Thing. Since we have similar tastes, try my new mystery/ suspense novel, The Undertaker. It's a great beach/ pool read. It's on Kindle, Sony, Nook, and the other e-book sites, and it has a dozen 5-Star reviews now. You can also follow my writing at http://billbrownwritesnovels.wordpress.com/

Enjoy, Bill Brown

posted by Billthewriter at 10:36 pm (EST) on Sep 14, 2011

Glad to hear from you. Ocean Grove is about 45 minutes away from me and is a beautiful place to spend a couple of days by the beach. Love the idea of going book hunting while overseas. I hope to pick up a few suggestions from your library to expand my collection. The only thing better than being on the water is reading about it.

I also read a lot of Australian literature and crime novels.

posted by kenno82 at 5:49 am (EST) on Jul 27, 2011

I saw your review of The Tiger by John Vaillant, and in considering it I went to your page and saw we "shared" 269 books. So, I went down the list and saw that the books we shared were books that I mostly muchly liked. So I sill see if I can find The Tiger and will read it. This for me is a kind of novel way to gauge a book, but we will see how it works out.
The books I have listed in my "library" are merely all the books I have read in my life--books I own but have not read do not get in my list here on LibraryThing. Have you read all the books you list on your site?
My sister lives in Seattle and her daughter is big on climbing mountains and what to me is exciting and adventurous travel, so I perused your site with interest.

posted by Schmerguls at 7:14 am (EST) on Oct 17, 2010

Thanks for the link. I'll be sure to check that out. I've been reading Goldsmith and Castaneda for 10 years now. Have you listened to any of Goldsmiths tapes? I just started looking into them myself. I found this site and they have 50 of his taped classes you can listen to for free. http://circleofchristhoodtapegroup.webs.com

posted by C_Spirit at 10:09 am (EST) on Mar 13, 2010

Sounds like you've done more of the Alaska-adventure than we have. I'm guessing you have fabulous pictures with which to remember your prior visits. My husband definitely does more of the Alaska thing than I have so far. He fishes all summer, and with work gets to travel to all kinds of interesting places: Valdez, Dillingham, Nome, Shishmaref. It's ok though, I'm a bit of a homebody, so I'm happy to occasionally encounter a moose in the front yard, and have fantastic mountainous scenery whenever I leave the house.

I'm embarrassed to admit that what comes out when I sit down to write would probably find its likeliest audience with a young adults or teens. I'm sure it's all my unresolved adolescent angst. Right now everything I've written is total c*%p, and I have to continually remind myself that I write for ME, because the likelihood of anything I write ever being published is almost nil. Nevertheless like all artist-types I press on, unable to silence that persistent inner voice.

posted by alaskabookworm at 10:30 pm (EST) on Mar 8, 2010

Your schooling reminds me of my own - eight kids in a one-room school.Being the only one in my grade was both heaven and hell...

posted by SeriousGrace at 10:05 am (EST) on Mar 8, 2010

That's funny what you said about collecting a library to pass on someday. I tell myself the same thing, except it will probably be some tiny community here in Alaska that needs a starter library. I have passed on to my kids the horrible habit of only wanting to read books I own. Next time you're up here, you'll have to let me know.

posted by alaskabookworm at 5:13 pm (EST) on Mar 7, 2010

I notice you marked my library as "Interesting". I'm glad it warrants the interest of others. It's certainly interesting (and maddening) to me. Like you, there are ridiculous amounts of books EVERYWHERE. (So far this year I've purchased over 600 books. I've read 27. Where's the logic in that?) I've long since run out of wall and bookcase space. But I find the reinforced apple boxes from Costco, tipped on their sides and stacked one on top of the other make passable shelving. (And, may in fact, be more stable than the cheap press-board bookcases I primarily use.)

I love your profile picture. FLoating lenticulars are my favorite kind of cloud. Imagine the sky absolutely filled with them from eastern summit to far western horizon, and you will know my delight at discovering this local spectacle after moving to Alaska. My husband went to Federal Way HS; we are both from the greater Seattle area, so I am generally familiar with Puyallup (as both a fair-destination and as a landmark on southward journeys to Powells). I also am a fledgling writer. I'm glad to make your cyber-acquaintance.

posted by alaskabookworm at 10:46 pm (EST) on Mar 6, 2010