Member: gharader

Thanks for joining the group, Gina. I look forward to chatting with you :) Regards, Laura.

posted by digifish_books at 2:57 am (EST) on Oct 1, 2009

I see you have a lot of interesting women writers among your favourite authors. I will enjoy taking a look at your library.

Paola :-))

posted by aluvalibri at 11:54 am (EST) on May 5, 2009

I'm really interested in the old "noir", obviously.
I was searching ABE for Harry Whittington and bought 7!
Also recommend David Goodis and Horace McCoy.

posted by tros at 10:52 pm (EST) on Sep 24, 2007

We share "Imagine a Man in a Box" by H R W. A really unique book!
An old favorite. I also have "Clock strikes 12". There are several I haven't read though. Have to track them down.

posted by tros at 3:46 pm (EST) on Sep 22, 2007

I haven't checked out this site in months and was happy to see you note. I just logged in a book that I notice we both share, Queen of Fashion. I thought it was going to be a light little read about style and found myself so moved by it. Her tragic end as described by this author is haunting. I loved Anonia Frasier's Marie as well. I don't know why I've suddenly become so facinated by this topic but I certainly have. She was such a victim of her birth. I saw the newest movie on her and was so disappointed. I notice you have the book Abundance. I know nothing about it. Do you recommend it?

posted by kbronte at 3:03 pm (EST) on Jul 22, 2007

Thanks!
It's kind of mindboggling, finding out how many books are actually in library since joining LT. As I go through the shevles, it's interesting to see the different subject clouds grow or shrink. Ghost Stores will remain a big print category.
Finding a new story, or a new writer in that genre is always fun, and makes for enjoyable book hunting if nothing else.
I find myself re-reading MR James often. His complete stories either are or will soon be out on audio, so I'll be saving up for that!

Walker Percy is another author I turned to reading biographies of after going through all his books. It adds a lot to appreciation of the writers' book. The Tomalin biography is excellent.

M R James is in my mind the finest writer of the classic ghost story form

posted by Ann_Louise at 9:19 pm (EST) on Jul 1, 2007

Thanks! I'm glad you like them. We were excited about how Berry Pomeroy turned out. The other new one I'm really psyched about is Demon of Sicily, which was our first attempt at an illustrated edition, and it came out (I think) pretty well....

posted by valancourtbooks at 8:20 am (EST) on Jun 21, 2007

Great! I'm so glad you liked it. I think he's a really underappreciated author (an understatement, since no one's ever heard of him.) He wrote a follow-up to Rust of Gold the next year, another collection of stories called 'On the Verge'...the only two libraries worldwide with copies are both in the UK, but fortunately I snagged a copy on Abebooks recently, and if I can scan it without destroying it, I might publish it in the future....

posted by valancourtbooks at 1:35 pm (EST) on Jun 9, 2007

Hey there -- I see you bought our edition of Francis Prevost's Rust of Gold. I'd be curious to know what you think of it, it's one of my favorites.

posted by valancourtbooks at 4:41 pm (EST) on Jun 6, 2007

I checked your author cloud for W. W. Jacobs, but did not see him. I have read: 4098 The Monkey's Paw and Other Tales of Mystery and the Macabre, by W. W. Jacobs Compiled and with an Introduction by Gary Hoppenstand (read 29 Nov 2005) My comment thereon read as follows:
4098 The Monkey's Paw and Other Tales of Mystery and the Macabre, by W. W. Jacobs Compiled and with an Introduction by Gary Hoppenstand (read 29 Nov 2005) I suppose every one has read the short story named but no one has read his other stories. They are similar type stories and easy to read, and some are as good as The Monkey's paw. They are easy reading, fairly short, and enjoyable.

posted by Schmerguls at 8:12 am (EST) on May 20, 2007

It is a short story, and you can read it in half an hour. How did you come to have the book, do you remember?

posted by Schmerguls at 5:36 pm (EST) on May 16, 2007

I was interested to see that as far as I know you and I are the only members of Library Thing who have read Katherine Fullerton Gerould. I discovered her in an odd way. I was looking at bound copies of The Commonweal and noted this in the Nov 28, 1938 issue in an article on Edith Wharton by Agnes Repplier: " Katherine Fullerton Gerould began her career with a short story called 'Vain Oblations' which was so relentlessly tragic that nobody wants to remember it, and nobody can possibly forget it." This statement intrigued me and with further research I found Gerould was born in Brockton, Mass. Feb 6, 1879 and died July 27, 1944. I located her second book, The Lost Tradition and other stories and read the eight short stories therein. But I still wanted to read Vain Oblations. I then acquired The Bedside Book of Famous American Stories edited by Angus Burrell and Bennett Cerf and published by Random House in 1936, and it contains 67 short stories and no. 45 is Vain Oblations! So I have a copy of the story in that way. I note Amazon wants $78 for a copy of the book, which as I understand you have or have read. I am curious as to what you think of the story.

posted by Schmerguls at 8:14 am (EST) on May 14, 2007