Member: mamachunk

Oh my gosh you went to Australia??? How cool is that?! Whoa that is really nice.

Was this for vacation or work?

Yeah, I can commiserate, my reading is not what it was last year. But I think I have maybe 10 more books to 75 so I guess I will make it. Last year I read 100 but I don't see that happening this year.

Write back, I want to hear about your Australia trip.

Take care.

Trish

posted by TrishNYC at 10:44 pm (EST) on Nov 19, 2009

Just thought of you and wanted to say hi. I hope you are well.

posted by TrishNYC at 9:46 am (EST) on Nov 11, 2009

Hi Mamachunk! I love your profile picture. Did you take it?

posted by porch_reader at 7:27 pm (EST) on Aug 31, 2009

LOL. No I don't think that is sneaky at all. I buy so many books and add them immediately I get them as a way to keep track.The reading takes place later.

Good to hear from you. Yes it is cold. But I am not complaining cause I really, really hate it when it gets hot and humid. Ughhh.

posted by TrishNYC at 7:08 pm (EST) on Mar 24, 2009

Just taking a look at your recent additions and I must say you read the most interesting stuff.

posted by TrishNYC at 1:47 pm (EST) on Mar 21, 2009

So glad you joined us in the 2009 75 Challenge! I'm looking forward to see what you read this year!

posted by MusicMom41 at 11:38 pm (EST) on Jan 3, 2009

Hi!!!

Looked through your library - some interesting stuff there!!!

As for suggestions - here goes: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (and sequels)
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Fear Itself by Jonathan Nasaw
Paranoia by Joseph Finder
Oracle Night by Paul Auster

Just finished Stardust by Neil Gaiman which i really enjoyed...

Will keep you posted on other good reads!!!

Take care!!!
Kathy

posted by kmbooklover at 7:41 pm (EST) on Nov 3, 2008

thanks for the suggestion. i will certainly check that one out...

posted by deebee1 at 8:08 am (EST) on Oct 22, 2008

HI
I check your posts often and I'm amazed at the wonderful books you read. LT is such a great resource. Nice to hear from you.
Thanks again for your excellent recommendations

posted by Whisper1 at 8:29 pm (EST) on Oct 18, 2008

thanks, mamachunk, for those suggestions, will certainly take note of them. i'm neither American nor do i live in the US, but i take an interest in US policy where it has an international dimension (for good or bad). your reading list and library is a great place to educate myself further...thanks for inviting me.

do u also read other publications (journals, magazines, etc) on these subjects -- current events, global policy, etc or limit yourself to books? was just wondering...

i see u have a book on Genocide --- have u read Samantha Powers's A Problem from Hell? it's a very well-researched account, and a gripping, disturbing read on the roots of the concept, and the politics (mainly of the US) behind the handling of the "problem" of genocide. it was awarded the Pulitzer 2003 for NF.

posted by deebee1 at 10:38 am (EST) on Oct 18, 2008

Yes, in a genre not known for literary masterpieces, it was pretty good!

Are you going to post your review?

posted by Storeetllr at 4:37 pm (EST) on Oct 17, 2008

Thanks for posting your review of "Any Given Doomsday" on the Early Review thread. I enjoyed it too, although am not quite as enthusiastic as you, and was feeling pretty lonely on that thread with my 3-1/2 star opinion. We seem to be in the minority on that thread.

Did you read it as an Early Reviewer too?

Mary w/a Storeetllr

posted by Storeetllr at 9:31 am (EST) on Oct 17, 2008

Hello! :)

Yes, I am enjoying The Sword of Truth so far! I hope to finish Stone of Tears this week, and then I'm going to start Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey. I'm actually pretty new to the fantasy genre. It was The Wheel of Time that got me into it. I've read 4 books so far in that series, and in addition to Terry Goodkind, I'm also reading George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series (I bounce between the series to make them last longer!). I'm not sure that I can pick a preference between Jordan and Goodkind...I like 'em both!

Looks like we don't share too many books...maybe we can make recommendations to each other!

~Jenny

posted by goddessladyj at 10:52 pm (EST) on Jun 10, 2008

Hey,
It was nice to hear from you!!! Hey I can totally relate to what you mean about the pressure of reading. I found myself getting a bit too competitive with myself and would not be reading for fun but reading to reach some ridiculous mental quota. So to stem that I banned myself from picking up a book for a few days and would only read glossy magazines. When I got over that phase I went back to reading. Also I find it helpful not to tell myself that I have to read certain books cause that can cause its own pressure. I just pick up stuff and read as it takes me.

As of right now I just finished reading Death of a Poison Pen by M.C. Beaton and The Remains of the day by Kazuo Ishiguro. Both were excellent. I am going back to read The Gathering which I started earlier last week but got disgusted with. Hopefully that improves.

Spring is going well. It was hot and muggy today.

Talk to you soon. And please stop by more often @ the 75 book challenge. I miss hearing what you are reading.

Trish

posted by TrishNYC at 9:15 pm (EST) on May 27, 2008

Hey,
I haven't seen you in awhile on the 75 book challenge. Hope your okay. What have you been reading of late?
Trish

posted by TrishNYC at 7:46 pm (EST) on May 13, 2008

Hey,
As to recommending books to you, I looked over your library again cause I wanted to see what you have read or are reading to know what might interest you.
Since I know that you read The Other Boleyn Girl, I would recommend Alison Weir's Innocent Traitor. Its really good and much more historically accurate than any or most of Philippa Gregory's material who seems to think that historical accuracy is not very important. But she writes historical fiction so I guess that is major way of defending her self if someone objects. I feel a kinda ways about her work, though I really enjoyed some of them as fiction, I am annoyed by her comments which seem arrogant to me. For example she says that its a historically accepted fact that Katharine of Aragorn was lying when she says that her marriage to Arthur had never been consummated. I personally have known this to be true. Many people may express doubt as to whether or not Katharine lied but Gregory says its like she was there and knows for a fact that Katharine lied.

Other recommends : Honor Among Thieves by Jeffrey Archer, Evil under the Sun by Agatha Christie, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. The first two are mysteries with Honor among thieves having a hilarious angle involving the declaration of independence. Evil under the sun is lovely and was one of the first Agatha Christie's I ever read and I love it immensely. Persepolis is amazing and it tackles the issues faced by a young woman who is forced to move from Iran to Europe at the advent of the Iranian revolution. Its a graphic novel but in my opinion, very good,

Since I see that you have a couple of books on Iran, I would recommend All the Shah's Men by Stephen Kinzer. I would also recommend Roy Mottahedeh's Mantle of the Prophet.

I have also heard great things about Assassin's Gate. Though I have not read it myself, I heard it is very well written.

I just remembered another book I love. Its called "We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families". I forget the name of the writer but this book is just riveting and wrenching. Its about the genocide that occurred in Rwanda. Be forewarned, it is heart breaking. Frontline on PBS also has a great documentary called "Ghosts of Rwanda" and it discusses many of the same things but it interviews many of the individuals who experienced this horrible time in person.

Well I hope some of this is useful.

By the way I see that you have "The Omnivore's dilemma" in your library. My friend is reading that book right now and cannot stop singing its praises.

posted by TrishNYC at 10:43 am (EST) on Mar 4, 2008

Thanks for the invite. I love your book collection. I see that we are both in NY. How cool!! Where are you? I live in Manhattan.
Patricia

posted by TrishNYC at 9:53 pm (EST) on Feb 29, 2008

1776
Anna Karenina
The Awakening
Brave New World
The Fountainhead
Dracula
The Iliad
Running with Scissors
The Lovely Bones
The Trial
The World According to Garp

Hello there. These are some of the books that stuck out to me. If there are any that you do not want to read right now, just omit them from the list. Let me know.

posted by pattyogreen79 at 10:50 pm (EST) on Jan 17, 2008

I am new to this site. As the only person to have reviewed Political Ponerology, I had to check out your library and it is impressive. It is nice to see people use the brains that they were born with to grapple with and figure out the world they live in!

I have been trying hard to get my hands on a copy of Anthony Sutton's "Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler" for a while, and it is not easy to come by anymore (not by coincidence, I'm sure). Ditto "Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution."

posted by slpeterson at 7:55 pm (EST) on Nov 28, 2007

yeah i've read dreamer of the day. A couple of years ago. it's an excellent book if you're into very anti-modern, anti-liberal ways of thinking.

posted by Pillsky at 4:44 pm (EST) on Aug 22, 2007

I found a pretty good copy of Michael Harrington's Socialism....I'll eventually get around to reading it.

Good luck with it. As America continues to move to the right, St. Michael's importance seems to be receeding.

posted by AsYouKnow_Bob at 9:12 pm (EST) on May 11, 2007

Thanks for joining the group! Feel free to invite your friends, start topics, and generally be as involved as you're interested in being.

posted by sapiens at 7:40 pm (EST) on Apr 23, 2007

Hi, and thank you! I do have "The Double" as well as "All The Names". I will try them down the road.

posted by Cateline at 6:04 pm (EST) on Oct 28, 2006

Thanks for the tip.

posted by AsYouKnow_Bob at 10:14 pm (EST) on Oct 26, 2006

I admire your willingness to try new ideas. My own politics were formed a long time ago, long before the country starting moving so relentlessly to the right; and, not knowing you, it's difficult to recommend particular books.

But a couple that were important to me were Michael Harrington's Socialism (probably impossible to find today...) and about anything by Noam Chomsky (say, The Chomsky Reader).

Good luck and good reading.

posted by AsYouKnow_Bob at 11:49 pm (EST) on Oct 25, 2006