Member: paghababian

Pam, don't want to clog up the introduction thread with comments, so coming here to say I don't embroider, but love the idea of the kind of embroidering you're doing. My mom used to embroider and it looked so boring. Love how "old world" arts/crafts are combining with "pop culture." Happy reading!

posted by bonniebooks at 10:11 pm (EST) on Jan 2, 2010

PAM! I didn't realize you were an author!!! What are your two books about? Let me know! I'm quite intrigued....

posted by strawberryfields at 9:51 pm (EST) on May 14, 2009

Hey Pam!
It's Amy from Simmons. I'm a huge Beatles fan... so hence the username. I may change it later, depending on my mood.
Have a great summer!
Amy

posted by strawberryfields at 2:59 pm (EST) on May 11, 2009

Like you I really enjoyed the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. I started reading them one summer many years ago and thought that King would never complete the series. What did you think of the ending? At first I was slightly dissapointed (after so much anticipation), but then I realized that it was fitting for Roland.

ps. I was so glad King released the last 3 fairly quickly instead of drawing it out.

-jessica

posted by booksrgr8 at 2:40 pm (EST) on Feb 11, 2008

Well, what´s cooking? Nice yuletide with good food, or will it be on the 6th of january?
Rune

posted by Girkner at 12:20 pm (EST) on Jan 3, 2008

Wish you a tasty weekend.
Rune

posted by Girkner at 9:02 am (EST) on Dec 14, 2007

"Long" time. Busy days? I have put in some more cookboks lately. I only have 4 boxes with boks to catalogue. I think it will be done before 2007 is over.
I found a recipee of halva that I tried years ago. Maybe I should try again.
I don't know the weather at your place, but can be cold.
I will send you something that tastes very good.
Rune

posted by Girkner at 8:26 am (EST) on Dec 13, 2007

Well, I had to buy it to see, and it remained on my shelf too. I started several times. The history is best.
Rune

posted by Girkner at 3:41 am (EST) on Dec 6, 2007

Which of Donna Tartts books did you prefer? I liked "The secret history". The settings were so vivid. Their greek lecturer.
Rune N

posted by Girkner at 6:14 am (EST) on Dec 5, 2007

I have gone to your foodblog and sent mail there.
Rune

posted by Girkner at 6:02 am (EST) on Nov 29, 2007

I will. Certainly. I just have to find some in english
Rune

posted by Girkner at 4:16 am (EST) on Nov 29, 2007

Hello doppelganger! Thanks for the nice comment. I have NOT read anything by Mark Danielewski, but because of your suggestion, I went and sought out his titles. They sound like they would be perfect for one of my book groups. Any suggestions on a particular one? I am thinking "House of Leaves." Many thanks!

posted by VenusofUrbino at 8:52 am (EST) on Nov 28, 2007

Would you like som norwegian food? Thanks for adding me to friends

Rune

posted by Girkner at 8:54 am (EST) on Nov 27, 2007

I saw you working with the cheese. Uvezian is good. A compilation of armenian food not just from Armenia also from the middle east. I have hardly put in the cookbooks. My wife Gayane have also brought a armenian cookbook that I have not used too much to be honest, I would use more time to read/translate than cook.
Rune

posted by Girkner at 11:29 am (EST) on Nov 26, 2007

Maybe I should get hold of your book? I found it on Amazon today. It seems like early morning in Boston? I always "work" on Librarything. It is to fill in the timegap and it feels useful. I look around who migh have some of the odd books that I got hold of, especially armenian ones. Today I got a book in the mail. It is written by a norwegian young man. I heard him on radio on Friday and 1 hour later I had ordered his book. I am looking forward to it. It is short stories. Usually I don't buy much norwegian fiction. I think this will be good.

Rune

posted by Girkner at 10:42 am (EST) on Nov 26, 2007

Barev. tagging takes some time. I still have some 300 books to catalogue, but they will come. I still have a lot of frontpages to to look for and find time to read.

Rune N

posted by Girkner at 8:24 am (EST) on Nov 26, 2007

50 Year Sword is coming out in October 2008. He actually said at the beginning of the talk that he was not going to discuss it. Apparently you can order it through link on the house of leaves website. The blog there has directions on how to navigate the Dutch shipping system.

posted by prophetandmistress at 8:40 pm (EST) on Oct 2, 2007

FYI since you also favorited [[Mark Danielewski]] and live in Boston, he's going to be at Porter Square book tonite, 10/2/2007 at 7 pm. Its the plaza across from the Porter square T stop.

posted by prophetandmistress at 12:58 pm (EST) on Oct 2, 2007

Ha! You're quite welcome :) That was a fun place to work...

Abby

posted by ablachly at 10:47 pm (EST) on Sep 25, 2007

No, I haven't read Rant as of yet. I'll request it at the library and let you know what I think. I don't know if I'll change my mind, but you and I will at least have something to debate, won't we? =P

posted by bastardmoon at 1:01 pm (EST) on Sep 22, 2007

Hello, Pam. =)

Have you read any Douglas Copeland? His Generation X is similar to Fight Club, but better. Hehe. ^_^V

Neil Gaiman is great, too, and somewhat similar to Mark Danielewski. There are elements of the absurd and the fantastic in both authors' work, although it may not seem that way at first. I'm in the processing of rereading Gaiman (and reading more of his stuff that's new to me, as I was late coming in to his sect). Also try Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49.

Let me know what you think. =)

posted by bastardmoon at 5:41 pm (EST) on Sep 19, 2007

Hey, I just noticed that you have the Allyson Beatrice book, Will The Vampire People Please Leave the Lobby! I just wanted to say that she's a friend of mine and the only reason that I wasn't in the Nilly chapter is that I was asleep when it went down that one night.

Had I only known you had it at the LT gathering I'd have talked your ear off. :-)

posted by Theodosia at 3:53 pm (EST) on Jul 29, 2007

thanks for the info on tagging! wow - an endless amount of possibilities. i'll have to take a chunck of time on saturday to tag stuff.

posted by kelleydn at 1:58 pm (EST) on May 15, 2007

What is "tagging"? and why is it useful?

posted by kelleydn at 12:22 pm (EST) on Apr 17, 2007