Member: rocketjk

Hey, you
Just read your review of THE LAST PICTURE SHOW ...by the inimitable Larry McMurtry...and your review was a good one...i came to McMurtry in the late 70s/early 80s...with MOVING ON....and i recently acquired that title after umpteen years (have NOT reread..i'm scared to..in a way)...oh..i read Moving On whilst in the Hospital...no mind that...Larry McMurtry is one of my all-time favorite writers..he can go sappy/happy/dour/western..he did write LONESOME DOVE after all.

...and his son JAMES is a kill-hell singer/songwriter

i said i would post you a note one of these days....guess it just happened

hey la
JUDE

posted by jdthloue at 2:38 pm (EST) on Nov 19, 2009

Jerry,

We'll look around and see if we can dig up something interesting.

posted by lriley at 4:01 pm (EST) on Nov 18, 2009

Here's the list, Jerry. Go for it!
An Alphabetized List of Your Top Tens for 2009
Abani, Chris: GraceLand
Achebe, Chinua: Things Fall Apart
Ackerley, J.R. Hindoo Holiday
Adamson, Gil: The Outlander
Adiga, Aravind: The White Tiger
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi: Purple Hibiscus
Allen, Sarah Addison: Garden Spells
Alexie, Sherman: Absolutely True diary of a Part-Time Indian
Anderson, M.T.: The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Volume 1
Atwood, Margaret: Alias Grace
Atwood, Margaret: The Handmaid's Tale
Atwood, Margaret: The Penelopiad
Atwood, Margaret: The Robber Bride
Austen, Jane: Emma
Auster, Paul: The New York Trilogy
Azzopardi, Trezza: The Hiding Place
Bahr, Howard: The Black Flower
Baker, Russ: Family of Secrets
Bakker, Gerbrand: The Twin
Balzac, Honore: Old Goriot
Banks, Ian: The Player of Games
Barbery, Muriel: The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Barlow, Tony: Sharp Teeth
Barry, Brunonia: The Lace Reader
Batataille, Marion: ABC3D
Bauby, Jean-dominique: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Bauermeister, Erica: The School of Essential Ingredients
Bazell, Josh: Beat the Reaper
Bemrose, John: The Island Walkers
Benioff, David: City of Thieves
Benson, E.F.: Mrs. Ames
Benson, Mary: At the Still Point
Bishop, Holley: Robbing the Bees
Blixen, Karen: Out of Africa
Bolano, Roberto: 2666
Boyle, Kay: Thirty Stories
Boyne, John: Mutiny on the Bounty
Bourdain, Anthony: Kitchen Confidential
Bradbury, Ray: Dandelion Wine
Bruen, Ken: The Guards
Bryson, Bill: Notes From a Big Country
Bulgakov, Mikhail: The Master and Margarita
Butcher, Jim: Princeps Fury
Butcher, Jim: Turn Coat
Carroll, Lewis: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Chace, James: Acheson: The Secretary of State Who Created the American World
Chang, Jung: Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Chaon, Dan: Await Your Reply
Chaplin, Charlie: My Autobiography
Child, Julia: My Life in France
Coelho, Paulo: The Alchemist
Collins, Susan: The Hunger Games
Collins, Wilkie: The Woman in White
Cooper, Gwen: Homer's Odyssey
Courtenay, Bruce: The Power of One
Cullen, David: Columbine
Cummings, Quinn: Notes From the Underwire
Davies, Robertson: The Deptford Trilogy
de la Parra, Teresa: Iphigenia]
Diamond, Jared: Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Diamond, Jared: The Third Chimpanzee
Dickens, Charles: Little Dorrit
di Lampedusa, Giuseppe Tomasi: The Leopard
Dunn, Mark: Ella Minnow Pea
Du Marier, Daphne: Rebecca
Earley, Tony: Jim the Boy
Easterly, William: White Man's Burden
Erdrich, Louise: The Plague of Doves
Emecheta, Buchi: The Joys of Motherhood
Enger, Leif: Peace Like a River
Evans, Polly: On a Hoof and a Prayer
Fallada, Hans: Every Man Dies Alone
Ferris, Joshua: Then We Came to an End
Fforde, Jasper: The Big Over Easy
Figes, Orlando: The Whisperers
Findley, Timothy: The Piano Man's Daughter
Ford, Jamie: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Francis, Brian: Fruit
Frank, Anne: Diary of a Young Girl
Frank, Thomas: What's the Matter With Kansas?
Fraser, Antonia: The Pleasure of Reading
Frazier, Charles: Thirteen Moons
Frost, Jeaniene: Halfway to the Grave
Funke, Cornelia: Inkheart
Galloway, Janice: Clara
Galloway, Stephen: The Cellist of Sarajevo
Garton-Ash, Timothy: The File
Gaskell, Elizabeth: Wives and Daughters
Genova, Lisa: Still Alice
Gibbons, Stella: Cold Comfort Farm
Gilbert, Elizabeth: Eat, Pray, Love
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins: The Yellow Wallpaper
Golden, Arthur: Memoirs of a Geisha
Goldsworthy, Peter: Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam
Goodwin, Doris Kearns: Team of Rivals
Grace, Patricia: At the Still Point; Waiariki
Grandin, Temple: Animals Make Us Human
Grann, David: The Lost City of Z
Green, Graham: The Ministry of Fear
Grenville, Kate: The Idea of Perfection
Groff, Lauren: The Monsters of Templeton
Grossman, Vasili: Life and Fate
Gruen, Sara: Water for Elephants
Gurnah, Abdulrazak: Desertion
Haddon, Mark: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Hage, Rawi: De Niro's Game
Hajdu, David: The Ten-Cent Plague
Hale, Shannon: Rapunzel's Revenge
Halse Anderson, Laurie: Wintergirls
Hammett, Dashiell: Red Harvest
Harding, Paul: Tinkers
Hendry, Rebecca: Grace River
Hoffman, Alice: The Ice Queen
Hollinghurst, Alan: The Line of Beauty
Hosseini, Khaled: The Kite Runner
Hosseini, Khaled: A Thousand Splendid Suns
Hornby, Nick: The Complete Polysyllabic Spree
Hornby, Nick: Housekeeping vs. The Dirt
Horsley, Kate: Confessions of a Pagan Nun
Houellebecq, Michel: Atomized
Hustvedt, Siri: What I Loved
Irving, John: The Cider House Rules
Irving, John: A Prayer for Owen Meany
Kazuo, Ishigura: The Remains of the Day
James, Henry: Portrait of a Lady
Jamison, Kay Redfield: Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illnes and the Artistic Temperament
Jelloun, Tahar: This Blinding Absence of Light
Johnston, Wayne: The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
Jones, Gail: Sorry
Jordan, Hillary: Mudbound
Jostein, Gaarder: Sophie's World
Kapuscinski, Ryszard: The Shadow of the Sun
Kawabata, Yasunari: The Master of Go
Kent, Kathleen: The Heretic's Daughter
Kidd, Sue Monk: The Secret Life of Bees
Kingsolver, Barbara: The Poisonwood Bible
Kirn, Walter: Up in the Air
Kluger, Steve: Last Days of Summer
Knisley, Lucy: French Milk
Kopelman, Jay: From Baghadad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava
Kramer, Clara: Clara's War, One Girl's Story of Survival
Krazikov, Sana: One More Year
Lahari, Jumpha: Interpreter of Maladies
Lamb, Wally: The Hour I First Believed
Land, Brad: Goat: A Memoir
Larson, Stieg: The Girl Who Played with Fire
Larson, Stieg: The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo
Lawson, Mary: Crow Lake
Le Carre, John: Smiley's People
Lee, Harper: To Kill a Mockingbird
Lehane, Dennis: The Given Day
Levy, Andrea: Small Island]
Lipman, Elinor: Inn at Lake Devine
London, Joan: Gilgamesh
Longfellow, Ki: The Secret Magdalene
Lowry, Lois: The Giver
Ludum, Robert: The Bourne Trilogy
Lychack, William: The Wasp Eater
Lynch, Jim: Border Songs
MacDonald, Anne-Marie: Fall on Your Knees
MacDonald, George: The Highlander's Last Song
MacMillan, Margaret: Paris 1919
Maguire, Gregory: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Mandel, Emily St. John: Last Night in Montreal
Mann, Charles C.: 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Maraini, Dacia: The Silent Duchess
Marchetta, Melina: Jellcoe Road
Martel, Yann: Life of Pi
Matin, P.D.: Body Count
Matthieseen, Peter: Shadow Country
McCann, Colum: Let the Great World Spin
McCarthy, Cormac: All the Pretty Horses
McCarthy, Cormad: Blood Meridian
McCarthy, Cormac: The Road
McEwan: Atonement
McKinley, Robin: Sunshine
Maynard, Joyce: Labor Day]
Mercer, Jeremy: Books, Baguettes and Bedbugs: The Left Bank World of Shakespeare & Co.
Min, Anchee: Empress Orchid
Mitchell, David: Black Swan Green
Monroe, Alice: The View From Castle Rock
Moore, Christopher: Lamb
Morrison, Tony: A Mercy
Mortensen, Greg: Three Cups of Tea
Morton, Kate: The Forgotten Garden
Morton, Kate: The House at Riverton
Murakami, Haruki: Norwegian Wood; The Wild Sheep Chase
Murphy, Lynda and Julie Rugg: A Book Addict's Treasury
Nemirovsky, Irene: Suite Francaise
Newport, Jerry and Mary: Mozart and the Whale: An Asperger's Love Story
Niffenegger, Audrey: The Time Traveler's Wife
Obmascik, Mark: The Big Year
Ogawa, Yoko: The Housekeeper and the Professor
Olmstead, Robert: Far Bright Star
O'Reilly, Tim: The Twitter Book
Otsuka, Julie: When The Emperor Was Divine
Palahniuk, Chuck: Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey
Patchett, Ann: Bel Canto
Pausch, Randy: The Last Lecture
Pears, Iain: An Instance of the Fingerpost
Peck, M. Scott: In Search of Stones
Pennell, Joseph Stanley: The History of Rome Hanks and Kindred Matters
Peterson, Will: Triskellion
Petterson, Per: Out Stealing Horses
Phillips, Jayne Anne: Lark & Termite
Pollan, Michael: Omnivore's Dilemma
Proulx, E. Annie: The Shipping News
Raabe, Tom: Biblioholism: The Literary Addiction
Remarque, Erich Maria: All Quiet of the Western Front
Rhodes, Dan: Gold
Rhodes, Jewel Parker: Douglas's Women
Robertson, Don: The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread
Robinson, Marilynne: Housekeeping
Rosenthal, Amy Krouse: Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life
Ruesch, Hans: Top of the World
Rushdie, Salman: Midnight's Children
Russell, Mary Doria: A Thread of Grace
Sabato, Haim: The Dawning of the Day: A Jerusalem Tale
Safran Foer, Jonathan: Everything is Illuminated
Satrapi, Marjane: Persepolis
Savage, Sam: Firmin
Setterfield, Diane: Thirteenth Tale
Shaara, Michael: The Killer Angels
Small, David: Stitches
Sigman, Dr. Aric: Remotely Controlled: How Televison is Damaging our Lives and What We can do About it
Silvey, Craig: Jasper Jones
Singh, Khushwant: Train to Pakistan
Spiegelman, Art: Maus I; Maus II
Stanisic, Sasa: How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone
Stein, Garth: The Art of Racing in the Rain
Stockett, Kathryn: The Help
Strout, Elizabeth: Amy and Isabelle
Strout, Elizabeth: Olive Kitteridge
Suskind, Patrick: Perfume: Story of a Murderer
Tan, Amy: The Joy Luck Club
Tartt, Donna: The Secret History]
Thackery, William Makepeace: Vanity Fair
Tinti, Hannah: The Good Thief
Toibin, Colm: Brooklyn
Tremain, Rose: The Road Home
Tsiolkas, Christos: The Slap
Tye, Larry: Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend
Verghese, Abraham: Cutting For Stone
Verghese, Abraham: The Tennis Partner
Young, Emily Hilda: Miss Mole
Waugh, Evelyn: Vile Bodies
Waters, Sarah: Affinity
Waters, Sarah: Fingersmith
Waters, Sarah: Nightwatch
West, Rebecca: Return of the Soldier
White, Antonia: The Lost Traveller
Wiesel, Elie: A Mad Desire to Dance
Wilde, Oscar: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Winterson, Jeanette: Written on the Body
Wouk, Herman: The Glory
Wouk, Herman: The Hope
Wroblewski, David: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Young, William: The Shack
Zafon, Carlos Ruiz: The Shadow of the Wind
Zakaria, Fareed: Post-American World
Zaniewski, Andrzej: Rat
Zusak, Markus: The Book Thief

posted by bonniebooks at 3:39 pm (EST) on Oct 16, 2009

Jerry- It's great to hear from you! I have to plead guilty to providing false information: I have not started the Krakauer book, but plan on it later tonight or tomorrow. Yes, I saw him on the Daily Show also and there is an excellent interview with him on C-Span Booktv, which you might be interested in. Have you read his other books? They are all excellent. I'm really glad you are enjoying "Dragon Tattoo".It started out a bit rocky for me but I ended up really liking it and will read the others.
I just finished "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers and it was outstanding. Take care and stay in touch!
Mark

posted by msf59 at 7:19 pm (EST) on Oct 15, 2009

You are welcome! I thought only my mom and sister thought I am capable of writing something funny! I haven't seen The Time Traveller's Wife and certainly don't intend to. As for the book, I would advice anyone who appreciates good, nice, clean language and a non-rambling, coherent narrative NOT to read this book!

posted by Porua at 3:07 am (EST) on Sep 30, 2009

Hi Jerry- I finally read your MJF blog and was very impressed and jealous. Excellent job! I'm always interested in rising young talents. I was intrigued by Buffalo Collision. Do they have a cd out? I have heard Esperanza Spalding's latest and loved it. I also love the latest by trumpeter Sean Jones. I've been neglecting my jazz for awhile now, I need to get back aboard! It's great seeing so many LTers that are jazz fans! Any recommendations, are more than welcome! Have a great weekend!
Mark

posted by msf59 at 9:25 pm (EST) on Sep 25, 2009

Jerry my man! Have you been to avaland's new online journal/review about international women's writing yet?!? It's http://www.belletrista.com/

Tui, LT member "tiffin" and a vile temptress, wrote this about "The Housekeeper and the Professor":

"When the thunder roils, the rains lash down and a Shinto temple is blasted by lightning, Yoko Ogawa shows us that certain loves are dangerous wild forces capable of great destruction. She handles this with great delicacy, avoiding with skill what might otherwise have been a cliché."

And now, damn and blast it, I *have* to read this book!!! The NERVE of the woman! I'll bet you'll find a few things to add to your reading pile, too, which is why I came to spread the pain...I mean news!

Cheers
RMD

posted by richardderus at 11:27 am (EST) on Sep 14, 2009

Hi;
Mark and I have been discussing the possibility of another group read in November and want your input. We have narrowed it down to two books at this point. "The People of the Book" by Geraldine Brooks and "The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield. So chat it up with friends or us and let us know if you are up for it and what you think. Probably the same plan as with "Pillars of the Earth" which seemed to work out perfectly for almost all of us.
Think it over and give one of us a shout.
hugs and looking forward to hearing from you,
belva

posted by nannybebette at 10:05 pm (EST) on Sep 8, 2009

The Mission project is on hold at the moment. I've finished my part of it, and the complete text and bio information is waiting to be scanned for the publisher. I am hopeful it will go to press by February, which appears to be best case.

Those two books are in my To Read stack. i am currently reading the recent biography of Vin Scully. So far it hasn't moved me too much.

Dick Beverage

posted by beverage at 2:53 pm (EST) on Jul 25, 2009

I really like the way you responded to the stop creating topic by month thread.
:)

nice library!

posted by mckait at 7:22 am (EST) on Jun 20, 2009

Thanks for the cover, "dude" (I understand that's the term now in use).

posted by ErnestHemingway at 6:35 pm (EST) on Apr 6, 2009

Hi rocketjk, thank you for uploading the cover of The Foreigner by Ralph Connor...that makes three of us with this particular gem!

posted by mountebank at 3:06 pm (EST) on Mar 25, 2009

Hey,Jerry! I was able to catch some of your show today and as usual ,it was very good. I work most Thursdays, so it's nice to be able to tune in. I'd like to see your playlist for the show. Is that possible? Also, I wish it was available as a podcast, like some NPR shows and then I could DL it and toss it in my ipod. I like your latin jazz choices ,it's one of my favorite styles. Nice job! See you on the threads!
Mark

posted by msf59 at 7:32 pm (EST) on Mar 19, 2009

Hey! First, I'm sorry to answer your question so late (you've asked me about Yevgeny Zamyatin's We a long time ago). I actually like it very much, but from time to time cannot keep myself from thinking that the 'math analogies' in D's diary are a little overdone. But his desperate attempts to shun I330 and be (sort of) infatuated with her at the same time, and trials of formulizing this relationship was greatly told.
Still, I would call the book Sci-Fi rather than a 'dystopian novel', when compared to other dystopian works.

posted by selin1005 at 5:01 am (EST) on Feb 16, 2009

Hi, Jerry! First David "Fathead" Newman left us and now Hank Crawford! The old school crew is quickly abandoning us. Major bummer! I enjoyed both of those guys ,quite a bit over the years and I was able to see both of them at The Jazz Showcase in Chicago.
Mark

posted by msf59 at 1:31 pm (EST) on Feb 6, 2009

Hi, Jerry- Great show today and yes I did shoot you a request. I should have got it to you sooner. I am on vacation this week, so I was able to tune in, otherwise I'm at work all day. I enjoyed everything you played, especially the Wayne Wallace cuts. I need to track down some of his work .I've always been fond of the trombone, Curtis Fuller being one of my favorites. I've been slacking off on my jazz listening (to much indie rock!) but I'm trying to get back in the groove. Thanks for the entertainment! Mark

posted by msf59 at 6:39 pm (EST) on Feb 5, 2009

All is well and quite warm down SoCal way... haven't read Another Hill yet, seems I've added more books to my wish list than I've had a chance to get around to lately, but your reccomendation pushed it up on the list! Thanks...

posted by TeacherDad at 1:34 am (EST) on Jan 16, 2009

Hi Jerry,

We live in Tenafly now, after spending a large chunk of time in nearby Teaneck. Before that we were in Redondo Beach and West Hollywood. Before that I was growing up in Texas while my husband grew up in New Mexico. So we've kind of been all over.

Don't think I've ever made it to Caldwell, though I've been through Maplewood and frequent Newark quite a bit. Love the museum there and we keep meaning to see the Newark Bears. Maybe we'll make it this summer. They've got a great park.

Northern California? I'm jealous.

My best,

Teresa

posted by theaelizabet at 2:17 pm (EST) on Dec 19, 2008

I completely understand about not wanting to be pushed into reading certain books at a certain time. It just happens that there are a few books on the list (the Zweig, for instance) that I plan to read anyway. Feel free to jump into the conversations anytime!

posted by marise at 7:05 pm (EST) on Dec 16, 2008

I read, with varying levels of skill, Old Norse, Old English, and Middle Welsh; Italian too, but that's obviously not dead. Re: Brittany -- I'd count that as Northern Europe. You'd be looking for things either in Breton (a Celtic language related to Cornish and Welsh) or Gallo (a Romance language, and therefore related to French). In the middle ages, many around there took up French, so perhaps Old French, too. Unfortunately, I don't know any of these, and so have nothing to recommend.

I catalog for Dan Wyman Books, which is now located in New York City, but does a great amount of business online. www.danwymanbooks.com Aside from strictly Jewish material, he has a lot of stuff in Eastern European languages, and on topics such as immigration, the labor movement, leftist politics, and the like.

On another note, though I'm now on the East Coast, and have been all my life, I'm hoping for a move to CA next summer. My partner and I are hoping to attend UC Davis -- he for a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology, and I for one in comparative literature.

posted by rowmyboat at 9:05 pm (EST) on Nov 29, 2008

I have read that Frisch bio, but I like Pilot Light of the Gashouse Gang by Bob Broeg. The bio is good, too.

I haven't looked at the comments for almost three months so apologize for not getting back to you.
Dick

posted by beverage at 5:24 pm (EST) on Oct 21, 2008

I do indeed!

Thanks very much!

-Johan

posted by anglemark at 3:18 pm (EST) on Oct 10, 2008

OOPS! You left SF . . . does that mean you are too far tocome to GreenDragon "Meet-Up" in Pleasanton October 19th? Writing in hopes you can come. . . would really make our day!

posted by Esta1923 at 4:47 pm (EST) on Oct 7, 2008

It is strange how so many Russian writers and artists are virtually unknown in the west - Repin, Suvorov, Leskov, Bunin, Bulgakov, and many more. Repin is a real head scratcher - you would not hear of him in almost any western art class.

I hope the collection included "The Enchanted Wander" "The Steel Flea" and "Lady MacBeth" - all those are great.

posted by kelt65 at 7:48 pm (EST) on Sep 15, 2008

Thanks for your comment! Leskov is certainly a favorite of mine, and virtually unknown in the West.

posted by kelt65 at 11:20 am (EST) on Sep 15, 2008

Hi Jerry......have you read Eric Clapton's autobiography yet?? It's awesome. He was a very tortured soul ~ it's a miracle he survived that wild lifestyle for all those years ~ thank god he did, he's one of my all-time favorite musicians. Saw him on Larry King Live several months ago and he seems alot more centered and serene now that he's finally "grown up". I think the fact that he finally has settled down with his wife Melie and their 3 kids has done him a world of good. I am so happy that he is finally happy, and at peace.

If you haven't read his autobiography yet, I highly recommend it.

Have a great weekend!

~ Julie

posted by porchsitter55 at 6:51 pm (EST) on Aug 1, 2008

Yo ho ho Jerry: I read the thread. Here's what I just posted:

Yes, jk, that's a generous 3-star rating. I'd personally give ol' Joanie here -1.125 stars. Hated everything about this one. However, to be completely fair, I only read a Pearl-rule plus 20, for a total of 70pp. So had I soldiered through the trenches of Woolfolk's muddy prose, would I have reached No-Man's-Land or an actual machine-gun emplacement? Alas, I shall never know, because this book was donated to Goodwill with loathing and distaste.

So now do you post the other 23?

Cheers
RMD

posted by richardderus at 3:40 pm (EST) on Aug 1, 2008

Hey Jerry.....thanks for the add.

Here's a link from WGLT.org for the programming, so you can see when to tune in for jazz and blues. They used to have blues music on the streaming website 24/7, but now it looks like they have added in the NPR programs.....anyway, just wanted to share this ~ you may have already found it if you've browsed the site.

http://www.wglt.org/programs/

Have a great evening!

~ Julie

posted by porchsitter55 at 6:18 pm (EST) on Jul 31, 2008

Hi rocketjk....saw you on What Are You Reading Now and happened to check out your profile. I see you enjoy blues and jazz. We have a great blues/jazz/news radio station here in Central Illinois, and they have a streaming website that you should check out when you get a chance. Go to www.wglt.org and find where it says Listen To Live Stream in the center at the top. Then scroll down and choose which player you want to listen to the live stream on.....click it....and enjoy! (any problems or questions, let me know)

I'm a huge blues fan myself. We have a blues festival every year on the Riverfront on the Labor Day weekend here in Peoria. We've had some big names come to sing for us....Koko Taylor, Lonnie Brooks, Albert Collins, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown to name a few.

Check out WGLT and let me know how you like it. Enjoy! I'll see around on LT.

~ Julie (porchsitter55)

posted by porchsitter55 at 12:06 pm (EST) on Jul 31, 2008

Oh, also BTW, cool old Caddy! Is it a 1947?

posted by richardderus at 9:20 am (EST) on Jul 31, 2008

Thank you! It is occasionally refreshing to meet a fellow reader who doesn't say 'this' book by the author is better than 'that' book because...

I like to think that all of an author's books can be stellar on some level.

posted by Oklahoma at 1:19 am (EST) on Jul 31, 2008

A man who reads H. Allen Smith, Jasper Fforde, and Edith Wharton has to be a rarity. I'm going shopping in your library for ideas very soon, since we're both (obviously) eclectic readers of weird stuff.

Cheers
RMD

posted by richardderus at 10:49 pm (EST) on Jul 29, 2008

Thank you for the recommendations on Joseph Conrad. "Typhoon" in particular sounds highly intriguing. I've read many opinions that argued as to whether 'Lord Jim' or 'Heart of Darkness' was the more superior novel. What do you think? Can one be superior to the other, or are they both masterpieces in their own right?

posted by Oklahoma at 2:37 am (EST) on Jul 27, 2008

Iused to be a player, Jerry, when my son, also named Jerry, was very interested in baseball, but that was many years ago now. Haven't played in prbably 20 years. I recently received an Apba game which featured Pacific Coast League players of the '40's and '50's.

Thanks for the research offer. I'm about at the end of the tunnel but if I find I need something, I'll let you know.

Each year in August a group I head has a baseball reunion at the Oakland Museum, and you're cordially invited. I'll let you know the exact date. It will be on a Saturday.

Richard Beverage

posted by beverage at 10:46 pm (EST) on May 23, 2008

Jerry-I apologize for the tardiness in answering your January post. My son has been posting all of my new books, so I haven't been looking at librarything for quite awhile. I haven't read the stratomatic book either, It is in my stack of to reads which is much too large. I live in Southern California but lived in the Bay Area for 10 years many years ago. Earned an MBA at Golden Gate University during that period. My current connection with SF is writing. I am working with several fellows on a collaborative history of the Mission Club of San Francisco, a Pacific Coast League club that shared the City with the Seals, 1926-37.

Richard Beverage

posted by beverage at 1:28 pm (EST) on May 18, 2008

You are the only other person who shares Masterpieces of Adventure with me. I love that little four-volume set!

posted by perlle at 4:16 pm (EST) on May 10, 2008

Jerry - responding to your comment in my 50 book challenge - my Conrad experience has been Nostromo, Lord Jim, and Heart of Darkness. I remember liking Lord Jim better than I did Nostromo, which I almost quit on. Heart of Darkness, I think, may need a second read. I'm pretty sure I missed a lot in there. I'm getting The Secret Agent from the library now. The title sounds intriguing - I hope the book lives up to it!

posted by jfetting at 6:51 pm (EST) on May 5, 2008

Greetings. I am not good at keeping up on my library thing. so i did not see the note you posted in feb. until today when i checked in to add a few books. i treasure this old book on Daniel Webster. My grandmother's mother was a Webster - family line going back to Daniel's brother. Much of the family still lives near Franklin, NH. About 10 years ago I visited Daniel's birth place, the farms in Franklin and Marshfield and other sites mentioned in the book. I love the old letters in the book. I have camped on Brant Point where Webster shot ducks back in the 1840's.
It is a wonderful old book!
Cheers, Ned

posted by ncaveney at 9:31 am (EST) on Apr 26, 2008

Jerry:

Thanks for the cover to the 1974 Guide, and for the note. I like to have the covers, but not enough that I'm taking the time to generate the pix it would take to do that (lots of unusual/older books in my library). Mebbe sometime after I get caught up on--well, everything. (Fat chance....)

joel

posted by jowo at 7:32 pm (EST) on Apr 16, 2008

Thanks for the info on the best route to Mendocino.

Hubby and I drove to Los Vegas via Yosemite once -- it is beautiful country.

posted by ggchickapee at 11:22 am (EST) on Apr 4, 2008

No more taco truck! Dang!

Actually, I'll be bombing through your area in April, but heading to Medocino to meet a client. Worse,I will be leaving SF at about 1:00 to meet her at 4:00. I don't think that is really possible. I have always gotten to Mendocino through Booneville because it is pretty -- but is there a faster way to go?

I so wish I could spend more time in Anderson Valley, but this won't be the trip . . .

posted by ggchickapee at 10:05 pm (EST) on Mar 26, 2008

Thank you very much for posting the cover-photo of 'Ozarks Country.' 'Tis a lovely land :)

Happy reading!

posted by CalicoGal at 1:57 am (EST) on Mar 21, 2008

Too bad about the car, but at least your wife had the taste to pose you in front of it - she sounds like a keeper. My wife helped me dismantle our '68 Firebird coupe to get parts (including a transmission) for the '67 convertible so I guess we're meant for each other.

If you are going to read just one collection of short stories from the period you should read a Lu Xun collection (they usually include The True Story of Ah Q, his best known work).

Take care,

Rob

posted by HarrisonF at 11:42 pm (EST) on Mar 17, 2008

Jerry,

I've been collecting books about Chinese Modernism - literature and art - for quite a while now (in the original and in translation). There seems to be more interest in the period lately which is good. I particularly like Lu Xun (everyone's favorite from the period probably).

I noticed from you pic that you drive classic American - I have had a '67 Firebird convertible since '93 and love it - great for the LA weather.

Rob

posted by HarrisonF at 9:50 pm (EST) on Mar 17, 2008

Jersey Jerry- I live in Sparta. This was our weekend retreat for many years and we moved fulltime in 2000 but now that our son is graduating college we are probably heading back to NYC where I am originally from. Caldwell is right down the road, my son played a lot of tennis in West Caldwell.

I like the photo and guess you are into restoring old cars...I know quite a few guys in Brooklyn who are into some quality restorations.

its always fun exchaging ideas about books and I have enjoyed "meeting" you at the Jewish Fiction group.

planning to stay in touch.
Bert

posted by berthirsch at 4:02 pm (EST) on Mar 12, 2008

Hi, Jerry,

I just checked out the Trudeau book on Amazon.com, and it certainly looks worthwhile. I've added it to my never-decreasing list of books to be bought on the Civil War! Thanks for the tip.

Joyce

posted by Joycepa at 7:34 pm (EST) on Mar 10, 2008

Hi Jerry- thanks for the cover tips on Hemingway's library. Just wondering if you'd like to take the lead on selecting/uploading appropriate covers for EH's library (rather than just suggesting them!).. let me know, and I'll shoot you the password.

Joel

posted by jjlong at 7:09 am (EST) on Mar 5, 2008

Welcome - and thank you for your posts. I keep meaning to become more of a contributing presence at the R & R group and hope to do so soon. I love SF, by the way. I stayed there for a few brief weeks before moving to unlovely LA in 1981. My younger brother lives there now, somewhere near the Mission district.

posted by benwaugh at 4:42 pm (EST) on Feb 21, 2008

Thanks for posting the cover, and your comments. My Pyreneean walking is limited to two treks across from St Jean Pied de Port to Roncevalles/Roncevaux, but I keep meaning to do more e.g Col de Somport.

I must also do something about the missing covers, possibly as part of a shelf-check.

posted by megamorg at 8:33 pm (EST) on Feb 10, 2008

Welcome to LT from a couple of ex-San Franciscans. We've been here since 2005 and still haven't catalogued nearly all our books. We got into the LT social scene for a while but these folks are too interesting for mere casual shmoozing and we lack time for anything more. You'll find some of your neighbors at the group we started, Ancient China. Enjoy.

posted by Fogies at 3:54 am (EST) on Feb 9, 2008

welcome aboard. we share a few books together XD

posted by lisa211 at 9:59 am (EST) on Feb 6, 2008

Thanks for the comment! I'll have to change the cover on the Felipe Alou book. Judged against other sports autobiographies, it's not bad.

Carly

posted by carlym at 9:16 pm (EST) on Feb 5, 2008

Hi,
Welcome to Lt. Thanks for you comment. If you liked "Dust On the Ocean" by E.L. Beach, then you should enjoy his first book of is submarine trilogy "Run Silent Run Deep". The third one is called "Cold Is The Sea".
If you are interest in historical events then his book "The Wreck of the Memphis" is excellant. It's about his fathers ship the USS Memphis that was wrecked by a tidal wave in 1916.

posted by usnmm2 at 7:05 pm (EST) on Feb 4, 2008

Hi there! Sounds like we have a lot in common! My husband and I also live in San Francisco and we have a weekend house in Philo (Holmes Ranch), just up the road from Boonville as I'm sure you know. Yep, another pair of weekenders. I haven't read those stories yet--another of way too many on my unread pile. Maybe we'll see you around the valley!

posted by hvhay at 12:45 am (EST) on Feb 1, 2008

Hi Jerry! Sorry about the delay. I have been kind-of remiss here.

Yes, I did read "The African", but that was a long time ago. At that time, I bought every single book I could find by an African author (not much--see my library--although some other volumes went into storage and never emerged) and read them all. I tend to do that kind of thing. :-)

I see we have other things in common. I majored in Journalism, although I never worked in that field. Also, I see you spent some time in Boston.

Erstwhile Editor

posted by ErstwhileEditor at 8:56 pm (EST) on Jan 27, 2008

I would love to hear more about your trip to Newfoundland. Where exactly did you and your wife go while there? Did you make it to the Rising Tide Theatre in Trinity? Did you buy lots of books while there?

Thanks for joining Newfoundland Literature!!

Debbie
Born in Come by Chance...really...lol.

posted by RisingTide65 at 7:16 pm (EST) on Jan 26, 2008