Member: sweetiegherkin

Good Morning,

NTI Upstream wants to let you know that your author signed Advanced Readers Copy of Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq (for your participation in the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program) has been shipped and should arrive shortly.

Bestselling author (Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality) and NY Times columnist Pauline Chen praises the work as “powerful, thought-provoking, and unforgettable…” In Chen’s words, after reading Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq, “You will never again look at the Iraq war—or any war for that matter—in quite the same way.”

We hope you enjoy Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq and look forward to your comments. For further information, please visit the official website http://www.coppolathebook.com

Thank you,

NTI Upstream
coppolathebook@ntiupstream.com

posted by NTIUpstream at 12:58 pm (EST) on Nov 2, 2009

You are welcome! Good to know someone else feels the same way about The Pillars of the Earth.

Yes, I see we share Jane Austen and Charles Dickens. My first Dickens was, as you already know, A tale of Two Cities. It was difficult for me too. It took several subsequent re-reads for me to take it all in. The one thing I can say about Dickens is that no matter how intimidating his books may look to everyone, once you’ve finished a Dickens, you are left with a sense of great satisfaction and a longing for more.

As for Austen, my first one was Pride and Prejudice, at the age of 12. Incidentally, it was given as a wedding present some 13 years before that to my mom and dad from one of my aunts. I remember staying up way past my bedtime and my mom telling me to go to sleep, as a storm raged outside! Ah, memories of books.

posted by Porua at 2:19 pm (EST) on Sep 11, 2009

Thank you for adding me to your interesting libraries. You are the first person to do so. I'm also adding your library to my list of interesting libraries. The first one for me. And not just because you've added me. But because I've looked around in your library and I must say I am rather impressed with your collection of humorous books as well as some non-fiction books I myself would like to read someday. Once again, thank you.

Porua

posted by Porua at 11:57 am (EST) on Sep 11, 2009

Thanks.

posted by cmtusa at 11:31 am (EST) on Sep 7, 2009

Noticed you liked White Oleander, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in reviewing my new novel and posting your comments here as well as a few other book-related sites. Thought you might like my book since it's also about a dysfunctional family (and also a bit dark). I could e-mail you the novel in an e-book format if you'd like (I'm out of physical copies at the moment). Here's a link to a summary (and a sample chapter) in case you'd like to read more before you commit:

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 10:48 pm (EST) on Sep 4, 2009

Hi Jen,

Thanks for the note. No worries about the chat. I know how work can be. :)

If you want to check out the transcript of the chat, I have posted it on the Book Buzz site here:
http://bookbuzzdiscussion.torontopublicl...

Happy Holidays!
Dawn

posted by BookBuzz at 3:11 pm (EST) on Dec 23, 2008

Hi sweetiegherkin,

I saw your note on josbookshelf's page about the painting in The Time Travler's Wife.

My name is Dawn and I am a librarian and the host of Toronto Public Library’s online book club: Book Buzz and a fellow LibraryThing member.

We will be hosting an online chat with the author, Audrey Niffenegger, on Book Buzz:
Monday, December 15, 2008. 7-8 pm (Toronto time). Maybe you could ask the author herself! :)

If you are interested, visit us at http://bookbuzz.torontopubliclibrary.ca .

Thank-you for your time,
Dawn
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Book...

posted by BookBuzz at 12:31 pm (EST) on Dec 4, 2008

Nope-I have a turtle. All the gecko's are in my garden. :)

posted by kaelirenee at 5:47 pm (EST) on Nov 7, 2008

I figured you were looking for more people who've actually done the work. Since I don't work in a public library, it's never been an issue for me, but it is one I do outside work on, and just felt like helping however I could. Good luck with your work and I hope one day it won't even be an issue. :)

posted by kaelirenee at 11:10 am (EST) on Nov 5, 2008

MeowWow was a good one- I was surprised to find new stuff there.

posted by the1butterfly at 5:30 am (EST) on Feb 29, 2008