Member: josephquinton

Hi Joseph--

I confess that I haven't actually read A Dance to the Music of Time yet, but your recommendation has pushed it higher on the list. At 61, I too pay little attention to current fiction unless it's pushed on me by younger, more au courant friends whose judgment I trust. These days most of my reading is in Russian, which gives me a usefully different perspective.

Best,

Steve

posted by languagehat at 9:38 am (EST) on Sep 16, 2012

Joseph,
Thanks for your message. I seem to recall that Pocket Books was a brand that became a generic term for paperbacks. That does go a long way back, and the earliest I can recall, from the mid-to-late Fifties, sold for a quarter or perhaps $.35.
My large number of cook books is a result of too much enthusiasm for food and a lack of self-control. I should get rid of at least half of them.
Somehow I have managed to squeeze most of my books into the existing home shelving I am lucky to have, although the shelves are in fact overflowing and several hundred volumes are in temporary storage. I just find books comforting to have around, and I do read them.
Best wishes,
Kermit (scribulous)

posted by scribulous at 7:01 pm (EST) on Aug 24, 2011

Hello Joseph. Thanks for the interest. Right, Matt Talbot certainly ranks amongst the big guns such as St.Ignatius and St.Augustine. I enjoy reading about theses types of folks, Merton included, who did a complete overhaul on their lives so that we would be able to have hope in our lives.
I'm in recovery and am currently finding the Spiritual Exercises of St.Ignatius a very helpful tool for keeping my spiritual house in order along with AA, a good sponsor and God of course. It's inspiring to read how Matt went through his conversion in his experience...and without AA.
I see we have similar interests in literature although I suspect you can cook a mean meal (COOKERY [406}) ;-) Keep it up.

GOD BLESS!

posted by lobz0001 at 2:06 am (EST) on Jun 9, 2011

Hi Joseph, to be honest I am not on here much. I set this up a few years ago and only check in from time to time. Thanks for your comments though, maybe I should get on here more!

I will have to look for the Orthodox group you mentioned.

I found this site to be excellent for doing a small church library. I am a librarian at a college here in NY by profession, but was a little stumped when it came to taking over our church library. I looked at different software you can get, and this really was the best deal for me. LibraryThing is good for something like this. The modestly priced fee version allows unlimited books I think.

It is very easy and flexible to set things up in here, and it searches several databases if you want, amazon, library of congress etc., which was helpful when trying to clarify which edition I had of some obscure Orthodox title. Feel free to email me at my personal email, route20guy@yahoo.com. Guthlac is my patron saint by the way, my name is Charlie :-)

posted by Guthlac at 7:03 pm (EST) on Apr 6, 2011

Great review of Anna Kamienska. I had never come across her work; now I want to read her. Many thanks.

posted by Michael_Woodward at 6:24 pm (EST) on Mar 3, 2011