The Kitchen, thread #6

Since #5 was over 290 posts, it was time for #6.

http://www.librarything.com/topic/63801 for those curious about what we chatted over in the past two months.

Thanks for starting the new thread, Richard.

Thanks Richard!

And, congratulations to Nannybette for her Hot review!

Thanks for all the good wishes re my father moving into a retirement home. Everything actually went very well. I may still have to go back there on Monday to get the last of his things out of his bungalow. Was I tired yesterday! My boyfriend was wonderful - got his furniture sorted, assembled his computer, got the cable going on his TV.
Sigh of relief...

Bravo Belva! Good work!

dihiba, that is a wonderful result to the day of stress. Congratulations!

ditto what Richard said!

Good for you and your dad!

I kept hearing about a book called the Alchemist
so I read what I thought was what everyone was talking about, but I think I read a different book. My Alchemyst book review What do you think?

Cheli - well, I know a few people have read the same book you did, because I recognize the title, but there is one called The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, which is pretty well known as well, so maybe that is what you meant to read? Now, I have read Coelho's book, and I really didn't like it, but someone in the 75 group read it recently and really enjoyed it.

ETA: It was Tina (Tututhefirst) who read the Coelho book.

I'm hoping I can ask you all a favor.

I've been working on revamping my blogs and need some feedback...
would you please, if you get a chance, go out and visit both blogs and let me know what you think. There are little polls set in each one so all you have to do is click.

BOOK BLOG
Personal Blog

WOW! WOW! WOW! I am so very envious. How in the world do you do this?

#10 Wonderful Cheli. I've "favorited" them both so I can visit again!

Great Blogs, how do you find the time to keep up with them as well as LT and read on top of it all. I am in awe.

Basically, I update my reviews the same time as I post them here, but the other items I try to do in the morning when I'm checking my e-mail.

I appreciate your feedback, sometimes what looks good to me(especially after working for a while) isn't quite right. You need someone to look with a fresh eye. Thanks so much. I'm hoping to to make a few minor additional changes but I have to figure it.

I hope you all will visit often. Soon, I'm hoping to have some book giveaways!

Cheli, very nice blog design! I too am impressed that you keep all this up. I can barely make it through my online reading. Correspondence is just not getting answered. And then there are folks who seem to be able to do it all, and I get positively peridot with envy.

Congratulations to Porch reader for her hot review listed on today's home page!

Thanks, Linda!

I've reviewed The Serpent's Tale on the book's page. Check 'er out!

Richard.
I like your comment regarding the fact that you just don't know why, but it isn't as good as Mistress in the Art of Death. I have that feeling about certain books, ie I cannot put my finger on why it isn't working for me.

It's weird, isn't it, Linda? I come closer to knowing what's wrong with it for me, now that I've read Womansheart's comment on my 75-Books thread...she brought up the fact that Adelia seems to go up and down the river an awful lot. I think it's that ceaseless travel, and nothing changing as a result of it, that contributed to my slight dissatisfaction.

Great insight Richard.

Thanks, Linda!

Our very own Cheli has a hot review of The Serpent's Tale so be sure to check it out!

Thanks Richard. Sorry you didn't enjoy it more.

Well done Cheli and Porch_reader!

...and I've just finally got round to reading and reviewing one of two ARCs (The Moon and the Sun) that I've had sitting around for far too long. I fear I may have got a bit carried away...

Happy weekend everyone!

just found this... *waves* to all

Congratulations to Cheli for another hot review, this one for her comments on John Adams. And, congrats to Rebecca Ann for her hot review of Great Expectations!

congrats!!

thanks everybody!

**she smiles a little embarassed, but proud**

I finished and reviewed Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett, and posted the review on the book's page as well as in my own "75-Books Challenge" thread.

I can't recommend it...too much of a commitment required simply to hold it up, and its pleasures aren't as great as I feel they should be to justify the required effort.

ETA: link to my thread: http://www.librarything.com/topic/68941

I've posted my review of The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith in my "75-Books Challenge" thread, http://www.librarything.com/topic/68941 and on the book's review page. I'm up to sixty-four of the seventy-five books for the challenge!

Hi There Richard. I read your review and laughed at your well-written, pithy comments. It is a joy to know you!

>31 Whisper1: Gee Linda, thanks! That's always a lovely thing to hear, and coming from one who has, and posts, a GIF of the Lego Lisa, it means more than usual.

I've just finished Ripley Under Ground and posted a review on the book's page, as well as in my "75-Books Challenge" thread: http://www.librarything.com/topic/68941

Since this is the kitchen..
Any ideas for dinner tonight?

i'am making boneless skinless chicken, fresh mushrooms, yellow peppers, and red peppers satueed in olive oil... then tossed into fettucini pasta with a little shredded cheese

red wine to drink.... yummm

Hmm, our current favorite dinner is to slice up a baguette and some fresh mozzarella, put moz on bread, daub a bit of pesto on top and eat, followed by a hefty slug o' chianti. Repeat until full. While sitting on the front porch watching the sun go down...

both sound lovely~

I am being the mom this weekend since my son is home for a visit.
Southern fried chicken, tossed salad and??

Corn bread, of course. Or corn-on-the cob. Or fresh baby beets, roasted. Or all of the above.

corn bread it is! with corn in it of course...

layton you are a genius!

*drools*

Roasted fresh baby beets...with orange glaze...ooooooooooo

#39/ Well, thanks. But those are just the things that were on my mind yesterday anyway, having been to the farmers' market in the a.m. Had the corn and the beets for supper last night myself. No orange glaze, though---I do that with carrots; never tried it on beets. Hmmmm *she says to herself*.

>41 laytonwoman3rd: layton, highly recommended, as is butter/ginger/lemon zest for carrots. Off to make brussels sprouts with dill to go with tonight's *yawn* chicken cutlets.

butter/curry powder or paste/dill for the beets (use a light hand with the curry)

today it was leftovers from yesterday for me..
I made a nice breakfast and then my son left..
Dan went to work and so....

Has everyone seen kidzdoc's hot review of "The Glass Room" by Simon Mawer? I couldn't find a touchstone for the correct book, though I am not sure why.

ETA: second time's the charm. Found the touchstone!

Congratulations, Darryl, on the Hot Review!

Someone should have been tracking how many we have for the group for the year . . .I know there have been a bunch!

two thumbs up doc!

Reasons I Hate Tui, Who Has YET ANOTHER Hot Review Today, by Little Richie D.:

1) She has yet another hot review today.

2) It's of a book I'd never heard of before, and now must get, and my liberry ain't got it.

3) She writes sentences that make me violently envious because they're pithy, pointy and pitch-perfect, eg: She talks with a fake German accent when in Germany, throws in frequent interjections in German, French and Latin without translations (sink or swim, reader). {from the hot review of Novel on Yellow Paper by Stevie Smith}

The end.

Congrats to sjmccreary for her Hot review!

Thanks, Ricardo, I think. Actually, you come up with the best descriptions of "pea green" of anyone I've ever encountered. So you're nae sae bad yersel.

Thanks, Tui! I've just reviewed the gritty, grim thriller "Raven Black" on my "75-Books Challenge" thread: http://www.librarything.com/topic/68941

Short version: Not for the sensitive, but recommended. Note to FicusFan: You get the considerable credit of bringing this to my TBR pile, and thanks!

Quote for the day . . .

I found this in a book I am reading, The War Against the Jews:

"Reading was not only narcotic and escape , but also a discipline of mind, an attempt to retain the habits of a civilized existence. Reading about past wars and catastrophes involving other peoples and nations universalized the Jewish experience and transcended the misery within the ghetto walls."

I am also posting on my thread, but I am interested in seeing people's comments. I am sure a lot of us have used reading at one time or another as an escape.

>52 alcottacre: Stasia, I dassen't repsond to this over in your thread because I'd end up with sixty-four more books on my wishlist, so:

Exactly. Looking at a work of visual art, I am transported, or confused, or annoyed...a feeling is evoked from me, I am stimulated to respond to it.

Reading a book, now...I am touched by the thoughts, the *actual thoughts* of the author, I am in contact with that person's mind across whatever boundaries of time and space and culture...so reading universalizes the reader. And that's why it's so much more important to teach than most any other skill...*good* reading, the kind that doesn't just decode the marks on the page, real or virtual, the kind that gets in there and engages the author.

Wonderful quote. Thanks!

I read because I must.

I am therefore I read.

Eggs-actly. :)

Can you imagine living in a time when most people of our ilk would have been illiterate (or before the printing press). What would we have done? I think I would have gone stark staring raving mad....

goddess protect me from ever losing my ability to read.. !!

I can't stand the very thought of not reading! Tonight I helped clean out my friend's library who died of a brain tumor and came home with six Wal-Mart bags of her books. There may be a new bookshelf in my future! I also started reading Impossible by Nancy Werlin today. It is so tooting good that I read 192 pages so far today! It is a book about the curse of Scarbourough Fair. It is based on Simon and Garfunkel's song. Teenage girls in the Scarbourough family are doomed to get pregnant at 18 and go crazy if they can't comply with the wishes stated in the song. Great reading!

59 that sounds like a must-read book and I'm putting it on my list because that is one of my very favourite songs.
*parsley sage rosemary and thyme*while twirling around the room
Can you believe this....we had to get a minor repair done on the RV, just the awning spring-loaded thingymagic. Labour costs = $105 per hour!!!!! Serves us right I guess for not asking first. But may I ask....what recession?

ETA I'm going to put S&G on the stereo right now. Diamonds on the Soles of my Shoes. That should cheer me up.

Aren't Diamonds the hardest thing on earth? Sounds painful. What a waste putting them on the soles. The top would make much more sense and remind me of Judy Garland's slippers to boot! I've got to wonder what they were thinking when they wrote this song! I'm flattered that you've got a new addition to mount TBR thanks to me. Yeah!

I'm here to pimp a review: TadAD of this distinguished group just reviewed I Capture the Castle, and caught a truth about it that other ecstatic reviewers gloss over. I think it's a really good review.

I've reviewed Cooking With Fernet Branca over in my thread http://www.librarything.com/topic/71381 and on the book's page. It's a hoot!!

I reviewed Fishing the Sloe-Black River by Colum McCann as my seventy-first review for the "75-Books Challenge" in my thread. It's also on the book's page. Short version: Some very good storytelling here, and some odd and memorable characters. Recommended.

Dear Richard

Please check today's home page where you will see two our your hot reviews!

Kudos to you!

#59...I worked an exhausting twelve-hour day yesterday. To relax I'm heading to the library this morning and am going to hide in one of the nooks and crannies, walk along the rows of books and I'm going to find Impossible. It sounds wonderful. It has been on my tbr pile for awhile and now I'm going to read it.

Thanks for your great comments.

*throws confetti*

*apologizes for throwing aquarium rocks.. I thought it was confetti*

really.. no, really.

wow whisper.... 12 hours is about 6 too many.
I wish we were all independently wealthy.

#66: I wish we were all independently wealthy.

Me, too! Of course, then I would spend it all on books and be right back where I am now :)

I can only hope there is a reward in heaven for having *two* hot reviews at the same time.

I was just moseying around the site and saw that we were still the most active group on LT, with over 1300 messages in the last week, for anyone who's still trying to keep up with all of them. I also noted that we have 4 times as many members this year--from 151 to 600-some, a victim of our own success? I need to save some time to read BOOKS!!

I agree.. I have got to sign out of here!!!!

I wonder how many of those 600+ people actually have active threads? The number of messages is crazy - think of the number of possible books to add to the TBR!

I would rather not think about that.

Womansheart has a hot review for The Good Thief and TadAD has one for Innocents Abroad today! Both are very effective reviews, please go check them out.

Question: does anyone count recent rereads? I reread the last Harry Potter book after seeing the movie, to see what got edited out and ended up rereading the whole thing. I had read it last year too. Not sure I feel about adding it to my reads. Anyone else do or not do this?

I was at the library yesterday and they had a display of books with weird titles. I can only remember one of them - Living with crazy buttocks by Kaz Cooke!

Can only imagine how buttocks could possibly be crazy.

Our threadie tiffin has just put up a really well-done review of Cooking With Fernet Branca on the book's page. Check it out!

#74 tiffin - I list my re-reads and count them. The effort is the same.

I haven't done rereads this year, but I agree with karen :)

Me too - I count all my re-reads, but at the end of the year I'll have two separate tallys - one including re-reads, one not...

I reckon it's up to you though tiffin - after all, I don't know about you, but I principally list my books for my own benefit. Mostly, I read other people's threads for the conversation and the reviews/comments rather than to see how many they've read (otherwise I'd despair of myself when reading certain individuals threads!)

thanks karenmarie, mckait and flissp. Very helpful. I do list for myself, flissp but I 'come over all Calvinist' about recording honourably. ;)

And thanks Ricardo. That book sells itself, really.

I can't believe this...TadAD from our illustrious Challenge group reviewed a book...The Various Flavors of Coffee...and I **don't** want to add it to my wishlist!

Too bad, too, since the cover art is so cool. But I suggest checking his review out, prior to heading into the bookstore. It will save a large number of us from spending precious book-dollars.

I was just poking around Amazon and see that a new Pratchett has been announced, Unseen Academicals. This makes me take out my credit card.

I see the next volume in Charlaine Harris' vampire series is due out, A Touch of Dead. This makes me think about putting the credit card away since they seem to be declining in quality...perhaps because she's cranking out two a year now, presumably to ride the "True Blood" wave? On the bright side, she's got another Harper Connelly coming out, Grave Secret.

I see another Robert Jordan (co-written...him being dead and all) is due out, The Gathering Storm. This makes me a bit irritated as the damn thing was supposed to be over with this volume. But nooooooo...they've decided to drag it out for two more after this one. I started the first book on my honeymoon (17 years ago). Will I ever see the story end? I'm stopped at #3 and am not reading another one until the story is over, done, finito.

I see another Kinsey Milhone is coming out, U is for Undertow. I find myself wondering what she's going to do after five more books? A-1 is for Steak?

I see a sequel to The Da Vinci Code is due out, The Lost Symbol. This makes me put my credit card in a safe, chain the safe up and throw the safe into the ocean. ;-D

hehe B-2 is for Stealth.
You may have started something here!

#83 Tad, "I see a sequel to The Da Vinci Code is due out, The Lost Symbol. This makes me put my credit card in a safe, chain the safe up and throw the safe into the ocean"

Chortle, chortle. Me too...

...and also agreed re the new "Robert Jordan" - but I think I may have expressed my love/hate relationship with the WoT series a bit vehemently on several previous occasions, so will just comment that you definitely had the right idea after no.3 - why didn't I do that? Grumble, grumble, supposed to be 10 books, grumble, grumble, then it was 12, grumble, grumble, now it's 15, grumble, grumble...

#83 Grafton's been trending toward a new release every two years lately...if she continues that way, it will take her another ten years to complete the series, and she'll be nearly 80 years old. But I do like your suggestion for the 27th title. Perhaps we could continue ourselves in that vein....B-2 is for Stealth; C3PO is for the Droids; D-4est Kelly is Dead.

I'll borrow "The Lost Symbol" from the library, just to see what he does with it. I'm not proud.

I read The DaVinci Code just to see what was making my overly Christian sisters so hoppin' mad...only reason I got past the not-good writing was a need to know and needle. The Lost Symbol will be a library borrow when its popularity dwindles, because I just cannot endure another round of bad writing at my own expense.

Why on earth isn't there a touchstone for this book?

My seventy-fifth review is up at last...Six Geese ASlaying by Donna Andrews...nothing like ending on a high note.

*sigh* I guess I have to retire the thread now, having reached the magic 75. Anyone wanting to take a valedictory tour, it's over here.

That Siren of the Bookstacks, cameling, just posted a review of Wolf of the Plains. I had to add the book to my wishlist after I read this in her review:

"This is not a book you'll want to read if you know you don't have time to devote to it, because you'll miss all your deadlines and get yourself fired from your job. Having said that, this is not a ponderous tome and the words flow like silk."

*woman is a menace, needs to be stopped*

And you are just the man to do it!

(I certainly am not going to stop her)

Has anyone ever purchased and used library steps, particularly the metamorphic type? A rolling library ladder isn't a good plan in my library due to where the furniture is, but I've seen a number of steps on the Web.

I haven't actually seen any in stores, yet, so it's hard to judge their quality and I'm wondering if anyone has had a good experience with a particular model.

Look look look, everyone! BOTH cameling (Wolf of the Plains) and kidzdoc (Summertime) have hot reviews!! How cool is that!

>92 TadAD: Tad, we have two sets here, one that turns into a chair when folded up, which is great, and one that becomes a table-like thing that just flat sucks. Both were used and bought off eBay. No idea what brands they are.

Please take a minute to check today's home page where you will find two hot reviews from Richard, one from Kidzdoc, Cameling and Sgtbigg! I always feel so darn proud when our group dominates the hot reviews of the day!

Congratulations to all.

ok

This is very off topic, and it is also a favor.
My sister nagged me into playing Farm Town on FB.
She said it would help me to de-stress.
She was actually right and I am having fun with it. I am just learning,
as video games are usually either beyond me or I am just not interested.
This has been like internet valium, I swear. ( I have cows!)
I need neighbors though.. if anyone else is playing, and would be interested in being neighbors, message me or something so we can friend on FB, okay?

Shameless I know.. but I am having a good time there :)

uh oh...Kath... Farm Town on fb is addictive.... I should know... i used to be on it for hours until I cut the cord and removed the application. Check out Word Challenge on fb. that's a fun game too

Any Farmville players, I can always use neighbors!

Stasia, you know the answer to this--what's the difference between FarmTown and Farmville? You play both.

Stasia! lets be farm town neighbors... !

cameling.. farmtown is addictive. I admit it
I haven't even been reading. I think I can take a step back now..
I wanted a bigger farm and I got it. As soon as I harvest the crops
that I have, I will plant the ones I want.. and they take 3 days... so that should
help me to be less crazy.....

what is "fb?"

FaceBook.com, Linda.

#100: Kath, I sent you a note on your profile page.

lindsacl has a hot review for The Curate's Wife. Bravo!

I saw it Stasia :)
But there are two people with uour name. Do you have a profile pic or no?
I sent a request to the one without...

It has been a long day and I am grabbing some down time..
will catch up with posting my reads soon. I miss everyone! but it is more than farmtown that has my attention at the minute.. :-/

No, no photo!

This long weekend has been a great one for me - I literally lived on the couch during the day watching the US Open on tv and reading. OK, so I was also coughing and sneezing but hubby brought me multiple mugs of tea, and I was snuggled in my favorite fleece blanky and managed to read 5 books so I think the yays outweighed the nays.

alas .. back to work tomorrow. :-(

I don't generally go out of my way to call attention to negative reviews that I write. I gave a predictably negative review to Ivy: The Life of I. Compton-Burnett, on the book's page and in my thread http://www.librarything.com/topic/72353 but it's not a negative review of Icky Crumpet-Burnoose, it's a negative review of Hilary Spurling's book about her. Go see why.

Book Blogger Appreciation Week is here and you can vote for LibraryThing in the category Best Book Community/Cataloging Site by visiting this link and scrolling down:
http://bookbloggerappreciationweek.com/index.php/awards

Thanks avatiakh!

>110 avatiakh: thanks! That was a fun poll.

Thanks for pointing me to the poll, avatiakh. That was fun. Alas, it's also caused me to take note of additional book blogs that I have to take a peek in.

I've reviewed White Nights by Ann Cleeves on my thread (http:///www.librarything.com/topic/72353/)and on the book's page. Short version: Very good, recommended, but still slightly disappointing.

Ok, don't read anything into this...I'm not complaining. I'm amused.

I sent an email to LibraryThing asking about the selection criteria for Early Reviewers. As part of the response, there were the words, "...don't worry, it's just random."

Many of you are, I'm sure, fans of The Princess Bride. Remember Inigo talking to Vizzini?

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

This comes to mind as I look at my Early Reviewer results for 20 straight request cycles, 'Y' being I got a book and 'N' being I didn't:

Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N

Now, it could be random, but I suspect Douglas Adams' Infinite Improbability Drive must be at work if it is.

ah, you quote two of my favourite books.... ;)

>115 TadAD: Tad, been wonderin' myownself. Not a single one since who-whipped-the-pup. Ah me, the operations of chance.

I've taken a decision not to look too closely at my ER requests because I think I'll jinx myself if I try to find a pattern to this. I won't even complain that I seem to have received 2 books I know I never requested because they're not the type of books I would have stopped, pondered, and gone 'ooohhh... gotta read THAT!'.

I have noticed that sometimes I get one, other times not..
Is it friday yet?

Hang in there! Friday's coming . . . tomorrow!

What was it Annie sang?

"Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya tomorrow, you're only a day away!"

Or something like that . . . ?

i can't wait for Friday ... we're going down to the Cape now that school's started and it's nice and quiet so we'll have the beach all to ourselves and not have to stand in line for ice cream. :-) And I'll have plenty of reading time because hubby is going to take part in a triathlon on Saturday morning.

#121 Sounds like heaven!

I just wanted to share these today. Sorry to bring the mood down but I just felt........ "Lest We Forget".

http://www.jontzen.com/tributes911/tribute.htm

and the song that plays as the background to the whole page is stunning

http://www.jontzen.com/tribute.htm

The site will be busy today so if it doesn't work, check back later. Its worth it.

Today is friday, it's really friday... from early morning, til late at night........

lol part of a song our kids sing and sign...

I only wish it was 3 pm.

Caroline.. have fun! Sounds blissful.

#123 Thank you.

#124 My enjoyment of Friday will be a lot greater once I've left work! ;)

126

understood

I can't remember who asked me to let them know how I liked Rhett Butler's People, hopefully, whoever it was will see my review.
It's going on my Best of 2009 list!

Great review Cheli. I gave it a thumbs up and noted that I'm the fourth to do so. If you say it is going on the best of your 2009 list, that that is a great recommendation and I'm adding it to my tbr pile.

#128 cyderry, I just saw that your review is on the Home Page list of Hot Reviews! Congratulations!

New quote for today:

To read a book for the first time is to make an acquaintance with a new friend; to read it for a second time is to meet an old one. ~ Chinese saying

I found it on a blog that legxleg put a link to on his/her thread. I am also posting to my thread, so you can ignore it here if you read it there :)

Whisper,
Not only is going on my best of 2009 list, so far it is my favorite read of the year!

lunacat : we'll never forget and I pray that we will never see such evil again

That's a really nice quote, Stasia... thanks for sharing. and it's so true too. Everytime I re-read a book I've enjoyed the first time, I feel like I'm spending time with an old dear friend.

Back from the Cape where it rained all day yesterday, allowing me to stay in a cosy armchair to do much reading while a dog as comfortable as worn duvet kept my feet warm.

Avaland, a fellow LTer, has begun an online review of world-wide womens' writing called "Belletrista." It's got interviews of women from all over the world and reviews of books you might never hear of in any other review venue, to your lasting cost. It's written by many contributors whose names might be familiar from LT, and is worth a few hours of your time! (Which is what you'll end up spending, watch out.)

http://www.belletrista.com/

I was captivated in particular by a review by Tui Menzies, a wonderful review of Yoko Ogawa's book The Housekeeper and the Professor. It's a lovely sounding book and is now on my wishlist ("thanks," Tui). a brief quote from the interview: "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 that's just *one* of the good reviews. This is a promising new site, folks. Visit soon!

Thank you, Richard, for the warm endorsement for Avaland's "Belletrista". She has put heart and soul into its creation, so I hope it catches fire and becomes a must-read site for international women's literature. Its purpose is to feature the latest, newest and best.

Thanks for your kind words as well. I'm humbled to be in such literate and articulate company.

>134 richardderus: Thanks, Richard, for the compliment and the plug! Just to make sure everyone knows that Belletrista.com is a registered nonprofit zine, and we don't actually sell books on the site. However, I'm not promising it won't be dangerous to some readers' wishlists, it has certainly overpopulated mine.

This group might also wish to note FlossieT's fab interview with Eleanor Catton. I don't think she'd mind me pointing that out.

>135 tiffin: It is a great review, tiffin! Thank you.

uh oh....I just went to the Belletrista website and I can attest that it is indeed VERY DANGEROUS! Anyone who thinks they can casually saunter over and come away without adding books to their wishlist will be sorely mistaken.

Hi Lois

It is so good to see a post from you! I hope you are well.

Thanks for the warning everybody! I am now officially avoiding the Belletrista website (sounds very good- too good). I spend enough time looking for books I might read and not actually reading already:)

Friday is our own Whisper's birthday. Everyone be sure and drop by her thread to wish her a happy one!

I just reviewed "The Norman Kings" by James Chambers (touchstone's not working). Not recommended for text, but the pickchers is rite purty.

http://www.librarything.com/topic/72353

EVERYONE! Quick, proceed to the LT home page where you will find FOUR hot review for Richard. This has to be a record! Congratulations Richard!

Way to go my friend!

Gotta love this pirate talk!!

Maybe we should have Richard write all our reviews, because now there are FIVE! WOW!

>144 cyderry:: Great idea! I am considering hiring a ghost writer for my own reviews as I am getting tired of saying the same ol' stuff. I consider myself a reader, not a writer.

I don't know how this is possible...three of those reviews are a week old! Seems like they'd be ineligible to be called "Hot", somehow.

I'm with you, Donna828....i would love someone to write my reviews for me since i'm a terrible writer, but the only problem would be that the ghost writer would need to not only read the book but form the same opinions that I do. hmmm... a tad of a challenge I would think?

richard, what's a week in the grand scheme of time? when you're hot, you're hot! Then again, have you considered that perhaps an unwritten rule to be listed under 'hot reviews' is that one must have submitted exceedingly well written reviews, a criteria that you meet so very very well.

*blush*

Awww, you

*kicks toe in dust*

Congrats Richard and thanks for Belletrista.

Mwwwahaha! Here's Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol in 500 words!http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/sep/22/the-lost-symbol-dan-brown

Hello to all

Our 75 challenge group is HOT today! There are many hot reviews on today's LT home page!



Congratulations to

girlunderglass
cameling
cyberry
lunacat
and
tututhefirst!

I've posted my review of LT author and French Revolution buff Susanne Alleyn's mystery, Game of Patience, on my thread http://www.librarything.com/topic/73753 in post #11, and on the book's reviews page.

Short version: Oh hell yeah.

Richard

Yet another hot review listed for you today! I humbly bow in your royal presence.

Woo to everyone with their hot reviews!!

I'm reading such a wonderful, wonderful book that I simply want to tell all about this delightful, poignant, funny, tearful, sad, humorous, insightful publication.

Run, don't walk to the bookstore or library and get a copy of The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt. I found this on Alaskabookworm (Linda's) site. Here is what she had to say:

71. The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt. Okay. So. We all read lots of books, and let's face it, it is a rare moment when something truly refreshing and impacting comes along. This book is a YA book, it was published in 2007, so its relatively new. It was recommended to me by my YA book group. So, usually I rate books on a 1-5 scale; but in this rare case I've decided to give this one a 10. Cannot express how much I loved it; how many times I put it down crying both with sorrow and with joy; times when I gasped in surprise or basked in joy. Schmidt has taken the coming-of-age story and infused it with such humor and grace and intelligence that this book just raised my own bar of what is "great" several notches higher. Truly one of the very, very best books I've EVER read.

WOW! Linda! I have never seen you *gush* this way!! I have to get this book.

I've posted my review of Susanne Alleyn's second Aristide Ravel mystery, A Treasury of Regrets, on my thread http://www.librarything.com/topic/73753 in post #19, and on the book's reviews page.

Short version: Better the second time around.

Linda, I'm putting The Wednesday Wars on my wishlist. I know we have this in our local library.

listing it as well.. darnit

Wow, if both of you are that excited about it, I guess it can't be ignored! I'll add it to the list... :)

I loved your review and gave you a thumbs up, Linda. I just HAD to wishlist The Wednesday Wars after reading your review.

Poor little thread...we neglect it so....

I've posted my ONE HUNDREDTH review today! It's of an LT group read title, The Octopus by Frank Norris, and it's in post #136.

WOOT!

*Throws confetti* over Rdear..

oops.. that was the aquarium rocks

sorry rdear

ow*pebble*oooch*rock*eeeooommmmf

Oh, think nothing of it, dearest. Really. The stitches won't need taking out, I'm told, they just sort of grow in and become part of me.

I will be happy to remove them for you
love yaz richardear

Quote for the day:

'To a bibliophile, there is but one thing better than a box of new book, and that is a box of old ones.'

from Some Danger Involved by Will Thomas

ooooh, yes!

Amen Sister Stasia!

By the way, if you are so inclined, please stop by and welcome new member Brenzi (Brenda.) She is a delightful person who is also a member of the 50 book challenge group.

Here is her thread.

http://www.librarything.com/topic/75188

Linda,
I just posted to Brenda's thread - somehow her thread is in the 2008 challenge, not 2009. I was wondering why I couldn't find her anywhere but from your link, lol...
Hopefully she can 'move' over here fairly easily.

Hi guys, am feeling a bit blue - well, quite a bit. I have been fighting some kind of virus for almost 2 weeks now - nothing serious, just sapping my energy (it might be a mild case of H1N1 but I've had no fever or serious symptoms). I'm in the middle of moving in with my boyfriend, so there's a big transition ahead (at our age, these things take more adjusting to!) - and I have to find a new home for my cat - someone agreed to take her but has changed her mind. My son, who is living with me temporarily, has a new full time job lined up but no place to live! So he will have to live with his father and commute an hour, at least, into work until he can find a place.
I guess I feel a bit overwhelmed and am also worried about my own employment situation. (I have no employment right now, except a bit of freelance writing which pays little).
Sorry to vent! I know my life could be worse...and if I could shake this cold, I would be fine.

Thanks for noticing this. I sent a note to her on her home page!

You are choosing a boyfriend over a cat 168? I question your wisdom but wish you well.

There are 75 days left in the year. So, if you're really way behind, you could just read one book per day and voilà!

>170 mckait: of course, dearest, one should ALWAYS choose a man over a cat. Men are not Servants of the Satanic Evil on Earth. A no-brainer!

I reviewed Hell and Earth on my thread http://www.librarything.com/topic/73753 and on the book's reviews page. I wish I'd read them in order...now I know how it all comes out...but they're really interestingly imagined.

re: men and cats. I'm with you, mckait.

My guy is definitely more important to me than my cat. And my kids are, too. And I wouldn't give up books for a pet, either : ).

dihiba : i hope you feel better soon. Moving is always stressful and moving in with someone is doubly so, regardless of age. Add to that your needing to find a good home for your cat ....I'm not surprised you're feeling exhausted. Good luck.

kids are another thing entirely...

I will now refrain on further comment re: pets..and their owners.

#168: Diana, I wish you better days and better health!

ditto what stasia said

I love cats SOOOO much, but I'm terribly allergic. I get asthma attacks and stop breathing......
I was never faced with this to this point...but if my guy had cats I would hope he would be able to give them up before we got married so I could...you know...breathe! ...lol...
I dream of a day they come up with medicine to cure me - I will pick up a cat and cuddle it close to my face without any breathing problems. :)

I just finished and reviewed The Cave of John the Baptist on my thread http://www.librarything.com/topic/73753 and the book's reviews page.

In summary: Case not proved. Book not needed. Writing not interesting. Next docket item, please.

Richard

Congratulations on two hot reviews posted today!

Two! Wow! That's nice to know. Thanks, Linda!

Does anyone have any advice about buying an ebook reader? I'm leaning towards the amazon kindle 2, even though I won't have a 'signal' at my house - if I want to download from amazon I'll have to do it at work.
I could also try the sony - and there's lots of other brands out there.

I don't think I will be buying too many of the $9.99 best seller ebooks available for download - I think I'll be using it mostly for free books that are in the public domain. I read a lot of 'classics' so that's a good fit for me.

Just thought I'd ask all of you for any advice/opinions. I do a lot of research before I spend that kind of money on something that's not an essential. Do you have an ebook reader? Do you like it? What do/don't you like about it?

Thanks,
Angela

Of the e-book readers, I like the kindle better than Sony ebook generally because of the interface. The Amazon unit has a bigger 'face', you can change the size of the fonts, the backlighting, you can highlight, take notes, copy and paste sections into a Word doc on your computer. I like the way the books are categorized as they are stored on the Amazon unit as well. Also, the download is incredibly fast.

The Sony units are smaller, but so is the screen. I played with the Sony over the weekend, and I found it a little more unwieldy compared to the Kindle. Downloading also took a little longer compared to the Kindle.

I bought the Kindle as a birthday present for my husband and he loves it because it's really light and it's a convenient size to carry around if you have a deep pocket in your coat. If you travel, it does save you from lugging lots of heavy books with you to read on your trip. Another feature he likes is that he's able to read the first chapter free of any book or journal on the Amazon database before deciding whether or not he wants to actually download the book/journal.

I've tried out the Barnes & Nobel e-book reader application for the Blackberry and that's the worst! The download takes forever, and of course the screen is just too small to make reading anything longer than an article a pleasure.

Good luck with your search

#175 dihiba - I hope you are now feeling better and things are settling down. Take deep breaths, let your boyfriend pamper you, and escape into a book if you can.

You're earning way too many stress points.

I come out of the closet in my latest review...The Great Inflation and its Aftermath by Robert J. Samuelson...as an opponent of the unbridled capitalism that's led us to the current economic crunch. Details on the book's reviews page, or in my thread http://www.librarything.com/topic/73753 in post #218.

Thanks Karen, feeling better now. I have been packing away for the move, and things are getting done, no last minute rush, I am hoping.
I've picked up a book by Susan Hill to read, new author for me, but so far, so good.

RE: the ebook reader.

Amazon announced that they are going to extend their software to PCs. Definitely going to heat up the market.

>184 BookAngel_a: - Angela - I have a Kindle 2 and really like it. Like you, I read mostly free or very cheap classics on it - although I have bought some. I still read a lot of regular books too - mostly because I check them out from the library. I love being able to make the print bigger at night when I have my glasses on. And it is great for travelling. I also get news updates on it through the NY Times blog. The one downside - at least for me - is that I can't share books with my mom if I get them for the Kindle. So I still buy some books if I think she'll want to read them too.

Thanks everyone for the input. I am leaning towards the Kindle (unless anything happens very soon to change my mind). At first I was afraid of the Kindle brand because I heard that it did not accept ebooks that you could download for free off of the internet. Then I realized that was mainly referring to pdfs, and I've heard a lot of ebook readers don't handle pdfs well if they are not formatted correctly.
Besides, amazon has a lot of free public domain books available for download, and it's fairly easy to find instructions to convert files to the kindle format.

Now I just need to save up the rest of the money, haha....

Tomorrow is Arubabookwoman's birthday. Happy almost birthday to Deborah!

News for the week:

Stasia has shelves!! This weekend while I was sleeping (I work nights for those who do not know), my husband put up boards and blocks in my library so I could at least get some of my 10,000 books (the number is according to him, mind you) off the floor. Pictures to follow (once the batteries in the camera are charged.)

A quick note to say that our 75 challenge group is hot.

The following people have hot reviews that are listed on today's LT home page:

Tiffin, Richard, smjccreary, mckait and cyderry! chocolatemusse (from the 50 challenge group is there as well)

Wow! That is wonderful. Congratulations to all our hot reviewers.

Thanks, Whisp!

Stasia, SHELVES!!!!

Stasia,
I need more shelves. Does he take orders? (**he..he**)

Congratulations to all our Hot Reviewers!

Stasia : I'm next after cyderry .... I'll give you a cow, rabbit and peach tree on FV for each shelf. ;-) Oh wait... but where would I put all those shelves ... hmm... does he also build houses?

For some reason I got my threads muddled up as I was skimming through and managed to get the impression that Darryl was building houses. Multi talented guy!!

I've gone back through and straightened out whats actually happening in the real world......not sure quite how i got so muddled though lol

The shelves are nothing but boards and cement blocks, but they are MINE!!

Tell Kerri I said job well done!

#201: I will let him know you said so, Linda.

I was lucky enough to go to a "talk" (or, if you prefer, a reading) given by Ian Rankin on Sunday night at the Ottawa Writer's Festival. He is very relaxed, funny, and not arrogant - I had a bit of trouble hearing him as it was very packed, and in an old huge Catholic church with bad acoustics! A nice break in my moving....which is ongoing and I am getting tired of it!!!

I see that Philip Pullman has announced a new book. With a title of The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ I'm guessing he's trying to further his status as one of the most banned authors alive. ;-)

#204

Wow. I want to read it already!

I've got four characters outlined in the Death in Blue & White thread...the hero, the sidekick, the magical helper, and the trickster...along with an obituary of the victim. Come visit!

Oh, and PS...feedback gratefully accepted, of all sorts that're intended to be helpful...you don't need to praise me, in other words, I want to know what the audience thinks!!

A year long group read of Proust's In Search of Lost Time has begun at Publishing Perspectives if anyone is interested. http://publishingperspectives.com/?p=7390
They aim to cover 10-12 pages per day.

Just a quick note - I'm collecting comments on this year's challenge and interest for next year on the following thread:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/76310&newpost=1#lastmsg

Stop by and share your thoughts!

Ava, #207, very interested indeed. Thanks for the post!

Avatiakh--I'm very interested in this--are you doing it?

No, I'm not, I don't have the books. Lately I've been looking at Proust and wondering if I should read him.

There are a lot of active posters in this thread, so I thought I'd try to get support going for an idea I posted in the "Recommend Site Improvements" forum (thread is http://www.librarything.com/topic/76354 ). Here's the post:

"I post in a lot of groups, by my standards, and sometimes I want to go back to threads I've started in different groups. Presently I have squads of stuff starred, so that search is tedious; I won't even go into the size of the "Your Posts" choice.

Would it be a royal pain to introduce a "Threads You've Started" choice in the "Your World" bar? It would make my personal life easier, and I can imagine that of others as well."

If it sounds like a good idea to you, please go over there and post a response. It makes the request more popular, and so more likely to be granted.

#212 But there is one, isn't there?

It's called "Your starred" - I always have that option selected...

>212 richardderus:: I don't see any objection to that option but it wouldn't really solve any problems for me since much of what I want to return to (but not Star) are other people's threads where I do an infrequent post.

What I really want is a user-configurable date cutoff on "Your Posts" so that I only see responses on threads where I've posted in the last N days. Then I could use Star for threads of abiding interest and Your Posts for threads where I just want to see if someone has responded to me.

>213 flissp: flissp, not the same thing. I star threads other people have started, and threads that have info I want to find again, and such-like. I sometimes start a thread, like the one in my post above, that are in groups I don't belong to so I don't see them on the "Your Groups" view, and I don't want to search all my "Your Starred" view since there are a lot lot lot of those, and the "Your Posts" view...! Yikes!

>214 TadAD: Tad, are you suggesting the user be able to configure the setting of "n" or select from a series of choices, eg 7/14/21/28 or similar? Would it be view-specific, group-specific? It sounds like a great idea for prolific posters (guilty!). Have you suggested this in a thread? I'll go voice my support, if so.

Ah yes, I see what you mean - good thinking Batman...

Follow online installments of the Exquisite Corpse Adventure - each episode is written and illustrated by different childrens/YA writers/illustrators. Episode 4 has just been written by Susan Cooper. http://www.read.gov/exquisite-corpse/

Happy Birthday to TrishNYC!

I have a good reading copy of Reading Lolita in Tehran that I'm willing to send to someone in the USA if you'd like it. Send me a PM - first come, first served.

For lovers of Dan Brown's books, I'm giving away a copy of Decoding the Lost Symbol with explains all the little details of the newest one.

http://chelisshelves.blogspot.com/2009/11/giveaway-of-special-look-at-lost-symbo...
I'm really looking forward to understanding this one when I get my hands on it.

Since there's been a lot of talk about the Kindle on these threads, I wanted to let you guys know that I finally wrote my long promised "Kindle Review" and posted it to my thread.

Here's the link:
http://www.librarything.com/topic/74035
The review is message #110

I listed the pros and cons that I found, and I really tried to be fair. I'm not trying to be controversial, since I can see why people love the Kindle and also why some people don't like it. Personally, I was scared when I bought it - thought I might not like it. I think it all depends on the individual, so I wrote my review to help people who might be curious to decide if it would work for them or not.

#221 : That's a wonderful review. I think you're right .. it depends on the individual. I can read a book on a Kindle if it's a light and fluffy read and something I can get through quickly. But for books that have a bit more meat on them, I prefer to hold the print versions rather than the e-version.

Thanks, cameling! I appreciate it. I was worried about reading meatier books on the Kindle too, but since it has the progress bar at the bottom to tell me how far I've come I seem to be able to handle it. I'm not sure I could read them on the Kindle without that. I always need to check and see how much progress I've made.

#223: The Kindle for PC downloadable application has the progress bar as well. I agree with you - I need to be able to check and see how much progress I have made.

#224 - I downloaded the Kindle for PC last night, but haven't tried it out yet. It seems like it will be a good tool.
The one feature I really like so far is that if I read the same book on my Kindle and on Kindle for PC, there's a way to 'sync' them so that I will always pick up reading at the right page. That will save a lot of frustration.

Glad to know I'm not the only one who needs to constantly check her progress!!

#225: I think it is great that the Kindle and Kindle for PC are in sync. I can only imagine the frustration that will save you!

>223 BookAngel_a: and 224

Oh we should make a group of people who need to keep a check on the progress they've made. I wondered how many people did this and I'm happy to see I'm not the only one in this weird category.

#227: Brenda, one of the first things I do when I begin a new book is check the number of pages in it, write it down on whatever I am using for a bookmark (which is generally not a bookmark), and then move the bookmark in 50 page increments as I read the book. I know - very weird :)

If hubby is next to me at the time, I often feel the need to share my progress with him too. "Look! I'm 60% done!" :D

I think I might have a problem, lol...

Well now, a progress bar? I didn't know... I'm becoming more and more tempted... I was so dead-set against these things a year ago, but now I think I'm seeing how complementary they can be with regular books...

#230 - Oh, yeah, those progress bars can be very addictive! Every time I go up a percentage point (for longer books) it makes me happy.

Also, since you brought it up...
On your "Home" screen, where it lists the books that are on the Kindle, it also has a series of dots under each book. The more dots, the longer the book. And when you start reading the book, the dots turn bold to let you see how far you are in each book at a glance.

>231 BookAngel_a: OMG....that is addictive. I LOVE that feature!

Attention, Please!

The Missouri Readers Group is looking for some new "faces." If you are from MO, or you like MO authors, or you just think we're cool, we'd like to invite you to our Little Group. We're reading Daniel Woodrell's The Death of Sweet Mister to discuss after Christmas, and we've pencilled in The Moonflower Vine by Jetta Carleton to start in January.

http://www.librarything.com/groups/missourireaders

Tell your friends! Thanks for the forum!

Good Morning Everyone!

Today is Ruth's birthday! Happy birthday to you, dear womansheart! May your day be as very special as you are!!!!

Happy birthday Ruth!

Have a wonderful birthday, Ruth!

Have a great birthday Ruth! You're the best.

Happy Birthday to Ruth!

>233 tloeffler:: Yes, Terri, I heard this was a really cool group and everyone should join! And I also want to chime in on the Birthday congrats to our friend Ruth.

Happy Birthday, dear Ruth. Hope you're having a great time today!


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I am heading out of town for the Thanksgiving holiday (and I know I will be buried under LT messages when I come back!), but I thought I would stop into the Kitchen and wish everyone a happy holiday. If you are traveling, safe journeys.

Stasia

Happy birthday Ruthie....blessings to you and good health....
not to mention joy and peace and all sorts of good things.

Have fun, Stasia!

Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. I've got company for the rest of the week ...help?!

Happy Thanksgiving all! I haven't picked up a book in a week, nor had any time to browse the threads here, but I hope you all have a great holiday.

--Tad

I don't think I've ever visited this thread, but I thought it would be a good place to pop in and wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday weekend.

I, too, think this is a good place to drop by on Thanksgiving and wish everyone a great holiday weekend! Best wishes! :)

I'm posting this for all my bibliophile friends. Bookcloseouts dot com is having TWO simulataneous sales at the moment. Until 12/2 ALL fiction is 50% off. And I'm going to share the codes for you to add free shipping to that, for all orders over $35: coupon code in freeshipping and the password is bookcloseouts dot com. I use this site a lot--they have a great and huge selection of books, many of them hardcover and less than $5. The only sticking point for me is that I think their shipping is rather high--which is what makes this sale a truly spectacular one.

Happy Thanksgiving, and happy shopping!

Deborah

Thanks! I placed a huge order...oh my...
I got carried away. I'm trying to justify it by saying many/most of my books that I read in 2009 were obtained from the library.

Stilll...
You are right. It is a marvelous sale. Some of the books I wanted were going fast because by the time I went back and tried to add hem to my cart, they were no longer available.

Happy, Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Another dropping by to wish all a happy Thanksgiving - even if you don't celebrate it, feel free to have a happy day!

Joining the throng to wish all of you a Very Happy Thanksgiving! I am thankful that I've found all of you. Thanks for being my friends!

Add me to the list of those wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.

The kitchen is the place to be on Thanksgiving! Hope everyone enjoyed (or is still enjoying) the feasting and the fellowship. And safe travels, above all.

I haven't popped in here for ages but wanted to come and say happy Thanksgiving to everyone on here who's celebrating - hope you've had a fantastic day, have lots of leftovers and are ready to hit the shops tomorrow! When I lived in the US Thanksgiving was my favourite holiday by far.

is the free shipping only for the US?

ETA: hope you all had a very happy Thanksgiving!! (I completely forgot about that because we don't have it here)

ditto 251 and hello to all!

Well, since I was out of town for Thanksgiving, I am here for the leftovers! I hope everyone had a great holiday.

confetti flies... nice to see you Stasia!

I just discovered on the LT home page that 3 of my favorite authors share November 29th as a birthday: Louisa May Alcott (1832), C.S. Lewis (1898), and Madeline L'Engle (1918). How weird is that?

pretty, pretty weird!

It is also my daughter Amy's birthday :)

Hi there Kath.
I have a daughter whose name is Amy! She is 37!

And I have a daughter who will be 37 in a few weeks (not named Amy, however).

This is kind of fun:



Stasia Doster's Dewey Decimal Section:

409 Geographic & persons treatment

Stasia Doster = 901991459058 = 901+991+459+058 = 2409


Class:
400 Language


Contains:
Linguistics and language books.



What it says about you:
You value communication, even with people who are different from you. You like trying new things don't mind being exposed to unfamiliar territory. You get bored with routines that never change.

Find your Dewey Decimal Section at Spacefem.com

karenmarie's Dewey Decimal Section:
855 Italian speeches
karenmarie = 1185431895 = 118+543+189+5 = 855

Class:
800 Literature

Contains:
Literature, criticism, analysis of classic writing and mythology.

What it says about you:
You're a global, worldly person who wants to make a big impact with your actions. You have a lot to tell people and you're good at making unique observations about everyday experiences. You can notice and remember details that other people think aren't important.

Interesting and quite possibly accurate. :)

Deborah Montuori's Dewey Decimal Section:
858 Italian miscellaneous writings
Deborah M = 452581835401589 = 452+581+835+401+589 = 2858

Class:
800 Literature

Contains:
Literature, criticism, analysis of classic writing and mythology.

What it says about you:
You're a global, worldly person who wants to make a big impact with your actions. You have a lot to tell people and you're good at making unique observations about everyday experiences. You can notice and remember details that other people think aren't important.

(Is there an echo in here, karenmarie? Well, I am a literature professor, although not Italian lit. Details--that's me!)

Did you get two other results? I did, but they are not very accurate.

This IS fun:

Bonnie Renzi's Dewey Decimal Section:
672 Iron, steel & other iron alloys
Bonnie Renzi = 25449585469 = 254+495+854+69 = 1672

Class:
600 Technology

Contains:
Health, agriculture, management, public relations, buildings.

What it says about you:
You are creative and inspired to make the world a better place. You can work hard on something when it catches your interest. Your friends have unique interests in common with you.

I love that last line. My LT friends and I really do have interests in common.

Kelly Johnson's Dewey Decimal Section:

784 Instruments & instrumental ensembles

Kelly Johnson's birthday: = 2784


Class:
700 Arts & Recreation


Contains:
Architecture, drawing, painting, music, sports.



What it says about you:
You're creative and fun, and you're good at motivating the people around you. You're attracted to things that are visually interesting. Other people might not always understand your taste or style, but it's yours.

Find your Dewey Decimal Section at Spacefem.com




Yea, it worked. While I'm not creative or fun the rest applies. I couldn't figure out where they got the numbers they used for the first possible answer, so I went with the one based on my birth date.

I'll join the fun :-)

Anita Meulstee's Dewey Decimal Section:
584 Monocotyledons
Anita Meulstee = 1490135129055 = 149+013+512+905+5 = 1584


Class:
500 Science


Contains:
Math, astronomy, prehistoric life, plants and animals.


What it says about you:
You are fascinated by the world around you, and see it as a puzzle worth exploring. You try to understand how things work and how you can make them better. You might be a nerd.


Find your Dewey Decimal Section at Spacefem.com

So ARE you a nerd? ;)

I am afraid that in some ways I can be seen as a nerd ;-)

I do like math, prehistoric life and especially plants and animals. And I really like to know how plants and animals grow (up)... So the Dewey is accurate.

Terri Loeffler's Dewey Decimal Section:

139 Phrenology

Terri Loeffler = 0588925566258 = 058+892+556+625+8 = 2139


Class:
100 Philosophy & Psychology


Contains:
Books on metaphysics, logic, ethics and philosophy.



What it says about you:
You're a careful thinker, but your life can be complicated and hard for others to understand at times. You try to explain things and strive to express yourself.

Find your Dewey Decimal Section at Spacefem.com

Linda's Dewey Decimal Section:

335 Socialism & related systems

Linda = 29441 = 294+41 = 335


Class:
300 Social Sciences


Contains:
Books on politics, economics, education and the law.



What it says about you:
You are good at understanding people and finding the systems that work for them. You like having established reasoning behind your decisions. You consider it very important for your friends to always have your back.

Find your Dewey Decimal Section at Spacefem.com

#267 Cariola - one of my two other results was also 800 Literature (888 Classical Greek Miscellaneous Writings). I'm a details person too.

If I had been a professor, it would have been of English Literature, I'm sure, because I'm definitely an Anglophile when it comes to what I love to read.

The middle one was also accurate, although less so:

karenmarie's Dewey Decimal Section:
579 Microorganisms, fungi & algae

Class:
500 Science

Contains:
Math, astronomy, prehistoric life, plants and animals.

What it says about you:
You are fascinated by the world around you, and see it as a puzzle worth exploring. You try to understand how things work and how you can make them better. You might be a nerd.

My 16-year old daughter would agree about the nerd part - but she'd say it with laughter and love. I love archaeology, paleontology, and am pretty good at math (blushes).

***when I put in my full name, two were identical, but this one was different:

karen marie pomeroy hengeveld's Dewey Decimal Section:
427 English language variations
karen marie pomeroy hengeveld = 11854318956535855854752524 = 118+543+189+565+358+558+547+525+24 = 3427

Class:
400 Language

Contains:
Linguistics and language books.

What it says about you:
You value communication, even with people who are different from you. You like trying new things don't mind being exposed to unfamiliar territory. You get bored with routines that never change.

Also somewhat true, but not as much as the first one.

Normally, I do not share about books I receive, but this one was just too good! I have been hunting for a copy of The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy for a while now - someone in the group mentioned it and because it was one of his that I had not read, I wanted a copy. I have had it on my PBS wishlist for probably 6 months or so, with no luck, so I decided to just order it off ABEBooks. What I received is an absolutely gorgeous hardbound copy of the book, gilt edges all around, from 1924! Honestly, it does not look as if the book has ever been read. Needless to say, I am thrilled.

WOW Stasia, what a find. Tess of the D'ubervilles is one of my favorite movies. It was produced by the cad Roman Polansky and he did an incredible job. I found thought that in reading Hardy, it was a chore. His writing seems cumbersome.

I've never heard of The Dynasts...Please tell me more...

#277: Linda, The Dynasts is a play set in the time of the Napoleonic Wars. I was wanting to get my hands on it since I knew I would be reading War and Peace this year and thought the two would be nice in conjunction with each other.

I've not heard of The Dynasts either and I thought I had read all of Hardy's books. This should be fun to hunt out....

It's new to me too. Will have to hunt it down as Hardy is one of my boys. I was put off for a moment when I saw that it has a poetry tag - don't do poetry. Can I assume, Stasia, that it's good 'ol fiction and not poetry?

#280: It is not poetry, Charlotte - it is a play, though. Do you do plays?

#281 - Not often, but I would much rather read a play than poetry. I want to like poetry, but like tea (love the whole ritual, the teapots, cups and little sandwiches), it is something that I just can't like no matter how many times I try.

#282: Sounds like me and coffee!

I'm back from visiting my daughter and family in Ohio, Now, I am overwhelmed by all the posts and hope to make a dent in them today. We are a very chatty group...I like that!

Welcome back, Linda!

Whoever spread the word about the bookcloseouts.com sale, I'd like you to know that this eveneing I've received 33(!) books from my Wishlist and many half-serious disapproving head shakes from my partner. Thank you!

Wow, Nancy! That's quite a haul. I hope that you got some great reads in the bunch.

I just stopped by the kitchen to see if there is any spare bread or milk. We're snowed in and are down to about 3 tablespoons of milk and 1 piece of bread. Luckily we have Diet Pepsi and hot dog buns, which will have to do for now!

Since I am addicted to Diet Pepsi, Amy, can I come hang out at your house? I promise to bring homemade bread and a gallon of milk!

Stasia - Homemade bread is my favorite. You can definitely come here (although you might need a snowplow too)!

33 books? That will keep you well stocked if you're snowed in for a few days, Nancy. Did your mailman ask for a shoulder massage from carrying that heavy load to your house? ;-)

Hope some of your snow melts so you can get out to welcome Stasia and her bread, porch_reader.

287> That would have been me. Hope you enjoy your books! My box (of a modest seven) arrived last week. Two are gifts, three are from my wish list, and the other two just looked too good to pass up. If anyone missed it, see 248. The 50% off all fiction sale is over, but the free shipping offer is good through 12/31.

Cariola..
True, the 50% of all fiction sale is over, but now there is 50% off Christmas books.

Nancy, I didn't quite make it to 33 books, but, a large box containing my haul from bookcloseouts.com awaited me when I returned from my Ohio trip -- as did the raised eyebrows and huge grin on the face of my partner. He smiled though when I hurriedly opened the box, and handed Child 44 to him.

I know I drive him crazy. We went to Barnes and Noble last night and as I was walking through the isles I kept telling him...$17.95 here... but $2.99 last week at Bookcloseouts.

#290: Unfortunately, snow plows are rare as hen's teeth in North Texas where I live. I may have to wait until you are dug out to bring the bread. Sorry!

Give it to the mail carrier, Stasia....those guys are supposed to deliver despite small obstacles like snowstorms. Bread and books---the essentials of life! (You notice I leave out milk and Diet Pepsi; I could manage fairly well without the first, and happily ever after without the second.)

Great idea, Linda! Actually, our postman (also the grandfather of my son's best friend - gotta love small towns) brought a box from Amazon yesterday in the middle of the blizzard. But still no homemade bread!

Wow... that's dedication for you. I can't imagine my postman delivering mail in a blizzard. Hey, maybe your postman can convince your town baker to deliver bread too? ;-)

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Fun quiz, Stasia! Dunno if it's right, but it's fun.

Now, about the size of this thread...too big, too big! I started a new one over here.

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Have just returned from my week-long trip to Vancouver, BC! What a beautiful city - enjoyed my stay. My flight back was delayed a day due to the first big snowstorm of the season which caused havoc at the airports in Toronto and Ottawa. Returned last night to find my car buried under a mountain of snow and very cold this morning with slippery roads (I almost ran into someone - yikes, gotta get used to the winter driving again). It's good to be back. Have reached 137 books in 2009 but am sure I won't make it to Double-75! Maybe 145.

>299 dihiba: dihiba, that sounds un-fun to me. Mountains of snow on my car=unhappy Richard. The vaca, OTOH, sounds wonderful! Glad you had a good time, especially glad you're home safe.

>300 calm: calm, as if I would forget such a thing! Silly! *wipes brow in relief that he fixed the link before calm found the broken one*