Member: swimboy

Thanks for the reply! Can't wait to read Eliot's Foreword. I have always thought, given the right producer, Williams books would make incredible movies. Descent into Hell was a life changer for me. Years and years ago, I was deep, deep into Charles Williams with a group of very smart teens who met weekly to discuss him and other subjects. Gotta run. Workmen here to work on the house. Til later. Joel Watson

posted by joelwatson at 7:53 am (EST) on Jul 2, 2009

Hi guy...
I see you have Charles Williams's Many Dimensions. You are one of the few people I know of that has it. What did you think of it? Joel Watson--here in Richmond

posted by joelwatson at 5:49 pm (EST) on Jun 11, 2009

I see you've added All Hallow's Eve and Descent into Hell and several others! Are you a Chs. Wms. Fan? And Spong. Are you an Episcopalian by any chance? I didn't know anybody else in Richmopnd knew who Charles Williams was. Peace and all good to you. Joel Watson

posted by joelwatson at 6:22 pm (EST) on Sep 9, 2008

hi
I think I have untangled Lynn Hall's Sticks and Stones from the other work. The only thing that remains is a wrong cover between the covers. It can take a few days, but then it should appear right in your library. Would you please let me know if it worked?

Anita Meulstee

posted by FAMeulstee at 6:43 pm (EST) on Jun 8, 2008

The kind and wonderful gentleman behind AfterElton.com site interviewed me about Vintage...

http://www.afterelton.com/blog/brenthart...

Steve

posted by steveberman at 2:08 pm (EST) on Oct 25, 2007

Good evening! Ah, just taking a break here from revising some Librarything listings. When I first started listing last year, I (rather carelessly) didn't bother adding images of the books. So now I'm having to go through the entire lot again, making sure I have the correct images for each title (and also complete information in the "publication" field). Man, scanning HUNDREDS of book covers is more than a little dull! I'm happy to use the images provided by other Librarything users (yours included!) if the correct picture is available, but I am having to scan in quite a few.

I do hope you enjoy "Poor Tom's Ghost." I read a fair amount of young adult material, but only a small percentage of these books really have that something extra, that pulls me in on an emotional level---and PTG had that something special, for me. If I may recommend a few other juvenile/YA titles, that had a similar affect...

"The House on Parchment Street" by Patricia McKillip---Great ghost story; re-reading this as an adult I think it has a whole sub-text that I perhaps only subconsciously sensed as a kid. Though, I'm not at all sure that the author intended the sub-text that I have assigned to the story!

"Libby on Wednesday" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder. Hmmm, another case of sub-text (maybe I'm projecting, here!) I found it quite affecting, though... And do try this same author's very fun fantasy "Black and Blue Magic."

"The Pinballs" by Betsy Byars---very short, but a great read.

I've enjoyed looking through your Librarything listings---have come across a number of books that I'd not heard of before, but look quite good. I'll have to purchase a few of these, at some point in the future...

Cheers!
Frederick (octobercountry)

posted by octobercountry at 1:54 am (EST) on Aug 23, 2007

Good evening! Sorry I did not respond sooner; I don't check librarything as often as I could, but came on tonight to enter some new Nesbit titles I received in today's post, and saw the message waiting for me.

Yes, I'm quite a fan of the two authors mentioned! With Curry, I really liked two of her books as a child ("Mindy's Mysterious Miniature" and "Parsley Sage, Rosemary, and Time"). And over the past few years I've been picking up more of her titles. I highly recommend "Poor Tom's Ghost," if you've not read it yet. I think it is my absolute favourite, of all her books. Hey, it features ghosts, time travel, and the renovation of a historic house (one of my own hobbies)---who can ask for anything more?! I really do enjoy this one, and re-read it on a regular basis.

I think I've read most of Nesbit's juvenile titles, though I don't have my own copies of several of these books yet. (Including "The House of Arden"! I do need to get a copy of that one, since it and "Harding's Luck" really are meant to be read together.) "The Enchanted Castle" is still probably my favourite Nesbit title, though I quite like most of them. "Wet Magic" is probably her weakest book of the juveniles, and I've only read that one once, though I'm lucky enough to have a first edition of the title.

If you enjoy young-adult magical stories, feel free to check in on the ABE message board now and again, where there are a number of threads devoted to such books---there are quite a few fans of this sort of thing over there. I don't post as much as I used to on that board, but still do check in nearly every day (under the name "octobercountry"). I've come across a ton of good recommendations for some fantastic books, through reading what other people have posted.

http://forums.abebooks.com/abecom

Nice to hear from you---cheers!
Frederick

posted by octobercountry at 5:36 am (EST) on Jun 30, 2007