Member: heina

If you are plunging into non-fiction indiscriminately, and becoming more finicky about fiction, that is probably a healthy reversal (indicted by "About my Library"). There is a lot out there, in non-fiction, and I believe in giving it a chance. (While novelists seem to be more cautious about going beyond established boundaries.) I lived in Tonga during 1981 - 1986; alot of books find their way there, and lot more donʻt. It makes you appreciate what there is to read, but also you do miss the quantity. When I first entered a Hawaiʻi public library in 1987, I was like a 5 year old let loose in a toy shop.

Viewed overall, by scanning some of the categories, your collection, I think, has acquired a well-balnaced quality, perhaps because of that permissiveness in the non-fiction. Among the listed authors that attracted my attention were Ibn Warraq and Jean Sasson on Islamic subjects. I also noted authors that I have doubts about, e.g. Sam Harris and Ian Buruma. I think I still have an unpublished response that I wrote to one of Buruma article in which he was unfriendly to multi-culturalism.
Margaret Cho is considered "local" here in Hawaiʻi. My wife, Leialoha Apo Perkins, starting from a very different direction, is a "local" author, too, and I have an interest in looking into all the local authors, or as many as possible.

That our collections would have no items in common is just a statistical probability, at this point, because my collection has only 6 or 7 items cataloged; in fact, it would be unlikely that there would be any matches, with the base of 7, in my case being so small.

posted by rolandperkins at 11:04 am (EST) on Jul 28, 2009

Hi,

LibraryThing contacted me and indicated you were one of the winners of the Early Reviewer Giveaway. Please send me your e-mail address (mine is mail@christophertusa.com), and I'll send you a copy of the e-book.

Thanks for entering the giveaway,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 10:48 am (EST) on Apr 18, 2009

Hey there,

This is David Rudel, author of Who Really Goes to Hell --- The Gospel You've Never Heard: What a Protestant Bible written by Jews says about God’s work through Christ (A book for those in the church and those offended by it)

(www.WhoReallyGoesToHell.com)

I am posting a comment to let you know that your review copy has shipped and should arrive sometime in the middle of next week. I welcome all feedback and hope the book proves to have some value for you.

posted by Zuker at 4:25 pm (EST) on Feb 28, 2009

I've been out of town for the holidays, so I just received A SUITABLE BOY today -- what a wonderful, inspired choice! I've heard fantastic things about this book, and I can't wait to dive in. Thanks so much! I couldn't have asked for a more perfect SantaThing gift!

--kvanwin1

posted by kvanwin1 at 12:31 am (EST) on Dec 31, 2008

i suppose evolutionary biology is an enigma spanning the centuries! :)

posted by mjoyce at 5:09 pm (EST) on Aug 18, 2008

"Guernica" has been mailed, enjoy.

Beth

posted by mcna217 at 9:26 am (EST) on Aug 6, 2008

You offered a copy of Love Marriage up for grabs on the ER chat page a couple of weeks ago. I am interested in reading it. Is it still available?

posted by becky_quilts at 9:43 pm (EST) on Aug 4, 2008

I'd be happy to send you Guernica. I'll mail it next week.

Beth

posted by mcna217 at 10:21 pm (EST) on Jul 26, 2008

Hi, thanks for the message on my profile. I understand why you might think we've taken some classes together at UCI... but it's not likely, since the classes I took at UCI were graduate courses. (I was taking grad classes and teaching writing at UCI last year, but haven't been doing that since last fall.) Depending on your major, you might've been in a writing class I taught, I suppose...

You're an English major? or a double major, I guess?

posted by manque at 1:48 pm (EST) on Mar 18, 2008

The cheesy 90s edition in my case, I'm sure...

posted by NedRaggett at 1:18 am (EST) on Mar 7, 2008

Hi!!!

I loved the books you've picked out for me!!! Sadly because of school I can't read what I want, but once I can, i'll sink myself back into the world of arthur and his knights!! Thanks a lot!! :)

posted by shortypenguin at 1:06 pm (EST) on Feb 19, 2008

I've been asked that by pretty much everyone who's ever had to lift one of my suitcases for a longer trip. And they all think they're the first one to say it and are being clever. I just sigh and move on now.

posted by sydaisy at 3:00 pm (EST) on Feb 11, 2008

welcome to our group. If you have anything you want to post about travelling, or anything related feel free. Your collection seems interesting, I have about 80 books in common with you and none of them are manga which is rare for me. But good as I might get some recommendations out of it^_^
Sydney

posted by sydaisy at 7:41 am (EST) on Feb 11, 2008

Hey there,

I read your account of being a "heretic" in a orthodox Muslim family with great interest. I believe it was over at the Happy Heathens Group. I maintain a website at http://www.lifeloveandliberty.com/, and one of the writings I have in the works is about the dynamics of the biological family. It criticizes the notion of having a moral obligation to regard the biological family, as the end all and be all of existence.

Anyhow, you seem like an interesting person, and it would be great to see your comments on my blog posts.

All the best,

Venus

posted by nickmanley at 9:25 pm (EST) on Dec 12, 2007

Thank you for the link! I need to ask Santa for that one.

posted by littlegeek at 1:02 pm (EST) on Dec 10, 2007

heina, the link you posted to my profile isn't working. I'm intrigued. I think if you post it again, but put spaces before and after the url, it will work.

posted by littlegeek at 11:13 am (EST) on Dec 10, 2007

Yeah, I was going to congratulate you on your library and your favorite authors. Burmese Days is a good point of contact, although I can't for the life of me understand why you'd have Burn Rate. I've never read it, and it's my "thing" starting web companies. Hey, you aren't going to be cataloging books in Hindi or Urdu are you? We're going to be getting some libraries that would help that.

posted by timspalding at 8:53 pm (EST) on Dec 3, 2007

I have a suggestion re the 50 book challenge group. People keep asking me where to get the word counting meter I use - I suggest adding a link to the website in the group description, since people don't realize that you can just click on the meter to get there. It's http://www.zokutou.co.uk/wordmeter/ . Thank you :)

posted by bluesalamanders at 10:22 am (EST) on Jan 21, 2007

Actually, the book is my son's. He is a student a UCI and must have taken the course - I don't know what professor. Do others teach the course?

posted by etrainer at 12:54 am (EST) on Jan 18, 2007

am i doing this rite

posted by squelch1 at 2:35 am (EST) on Jan 2, 2007

hello, this is that one girl that you met once in quiz bowl practice. this is one spiffing site, no?

posted by unchienandalou at 4:09 am (EST) on Dec 31, 2006

Hi heina; check my catalog under the Arthurian tag...you might see some titles of interest. HNY! A

posted by Ammianus at 12:01 pm (EST) on Dec 30, 2006