Member: bibliotheque

Hi Bib:

Sorry for the very late response but work has been nuts lately. I agree with your note about Touchstone by Laurie King-the ending made me think she was tired of writing the book and just wanted a way out of it. (Or maybe she was writing to deadline?) Anyway, most unsatisfying after some pretty brilliant stuff in the middle.

BarbN

posted by BarbN at 5:47 pm (EST) on Dec 27, 2008

Hi, Sorry I took days to respond...I wish I could have visited the actual Age of Enchantment exhibition. I would have loved to have done so! But, alas, I ordered it from Amazon after hearing about it on the Endicott myth blog. Do you ever visit the Endicott Studio site? It features a daily blog on myth and fairy tale and is wonderfully written by Terri Windling and others in the field.

Cindy

posted by malinablue at 12:47 pm (EST) on Jan 11, 2008

Bibliotheque, I apologize for not replying earlier to your nice post/message about my novels on the historical mystery thread. I honestly didn't read it until five minutes ago--I have to keep better tabs on my LibraryThing browsing...

Many thanks for your kind words, and I'm delighted that you enjoyed A Treasury of Regrets. Hope you enjoyed Game of Patience just as much.

I'm currently working on the next novel--no title yet. OK, I admit it, not much of anything yet! ;-)

Cheers, Susanne Alleyn

posted by SusanneAlleyn at 4:08 pm (EST) on Oct 11, 2007

I've started a group thats dedicated just to discussing HP and the Deathly Hallows. its called HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS ONLY. We could all post about the last book there so that is will be contained and we won;t have to worry as much aobut spoilers. Join when you finish the book.

posted by 100pph at 12:10 am (EST) on Jul 20, 2007

Thanks for responding so promptly. I'll combine ours. I'll leave separate the listing for The Life of Emily Davison by Gertrude Colmore as that does look to be a different book.

posted by InigoMontoya at 9:00 am (EST) on Apr 21, 2007

Hi. I've just added The Life and Death of Emily Wilding Davison with Gertrude Colmore's The Life of Emily Davison by Liz Stanley with Ann Morley -- something of a mouthful! I was checking on the combination possibilities and saw you had listed Life and Death of Emily Wilding Davison by Liz Stanley. I wonder if we have the same book. Sadly, I don't have a picture of the cover (until I get my scanner working again), but mine is published by The Women's Press in 1988.

posted by InigoMontoya at 7:58 am (EST) on Apr 21, 2007

Thanks for the welcome. I am having great fun trying to recollect all the books I have read, although I know it's an impossible task. Sadly, I no longer own most of them - they've gone to the local library, charity shops, hotel reading rooms, friends... I'd have loved to hang on to them all, but lack of space prevailed.

Trawling through my memory, author lists etc. has been strangely therapeutic - a sort of long-winded version of my life flashing before my eyes. So far, I'm managing to resist the impulse to seek out some of them to re-read. Life's too short and there are so many books out there to discover! (But 'Here's Mumfie' would be great - one of the first books I read. I know I loved it but can't remember why.)

I read Rachel Roberts' book some years ago during one of my autobiography phases - borrowed from the library. I confess that I will read about nearly anyone's life, but her book was certainly memorable. I like to 'read round' the subject if possible, so moved on to Rex Harrison, his son, other wives etc - not yet catalogued.

Just spotted Jemima Shore on your random list - loved those - need to get searching again.

Happy reading!

posted by Thoughtshapes at 7:57 am (EST) on Apr 12, 2007

Hi Bibliotheque -
I'm reading The Sonnet Lover now (just starting it). Haven't read enough to form an opinion!
Cheers,
Bibliofool

posted by BiblioFool at 11:04 am (EST) on Apr 10, 2007

Hey Bibiotheque!

Remembering how you mentioned that you and your dad are big John Biggins fans, I thought that you might like "To The Last Salute" by Georg Von Trapp.

Yes, that Von Trapp - K.U.K. U-Boat Commandmant, and father of the Von Trapp Family Singers ala "The Sound of Music"....

Apparently, he penned a memoir of his wartime experiences that was printed in Austria in the 1930s. But never translated, until now.

One of his granddaughters, Elizabeth M. Campbell, has translated this work, and it's available at the University of Nebraska's Bison Press: http://unp.unl.edu.

It's a quick read, told in the first person, and chock full of vintage photographs.

Sort of "A Sailor of Austria" meets "The Real World" - without the annoying houseguests....

Thought that you might be interested...

Regards,

mbahawk

posted by mbahawk at 2:11 pm (EST) on Mar 14, 2007

Hey Bibiotheque!

Just in case you didn't my post on Book Talk today, McBooks Press will be releasing John Biggins' Tomorrow the World on or about September 25, 2007.

You can even pre-order on Amazon.com now...

Enjoy.

posted by mbahawk at 6:32 pm (EST) on Jan 26, 2007

Thanks so much!

posted by Eilonwy at 1:00 pm (EST) on Dec 22, 2006

I saw your post in a group somewhere and thought you can possibly help me. I've just finished 'A Great and Terrible Beauty' and I am not really sure if I liked it or not...it seems incomplete, and I can't really decide yet. I'm trying to decide whether or not to read the sequel. Our library doesn't have it and I'd have to buy it myself. Plus, I only have a month off of school and I won't have much time for recreational reading again... Do you have any insight?

Thanks!
Eilonwy

posted by Eilonwy at 3:29 am (EST) on Dec 22, 2006

Hey Bibliotheque:

Your dad is one of the few who know of John Biggins's novels. I hope that you've read them as well.
I think that they're great.

I know that he'll like "Tomorrow the World". I picked up my copy several years ago - before copies exploded in price.

You're right, I do like a good historical mystery.

Never having been shy about expressing my opinion, if you could ping me back the with LT Group for Historical Mysteries, I'll weigh in with my favorites.

MBAHAWK

posted by mbahawk at 9:14 pm (EST) on Sep 24, 2006

have you joined the hard boiled noir group yet?

posted by papalaz at 12:02 pm (EST) on Jul 26, 2006

I found the McLevy books had a nice authentic feel to them - hard to capture for a modern writer I would have thought. Have you come across The McGovern Casebook? It's a later Victorian McLevy rip off, published in the 1880s.

I enjoyed The Eight. I do like these ancient conspiracy theory books, provided they're well written. ;)

posted by Only2rs at 2:24 pm (EST) on Jul 22, 2006

I forgot to say I read your review of "1,000 places to see..." and while I agree you would need to be very well-heeled to stay or even eat at her recommended hotels, her suggestions for places to SEE are as far as I can tell (England, Wales, Greece) pretty good. I still like the fifty-year-old "Here's England" by Ruth McKenney and Richard Bransten. Details have changed but the approach still holds good, especially for vistors from the US.

posted by gibbon at 4:28 am (EST) on Apr 27, 2006

Odd examples of cross-pollination are what make this site so different from just any other routine aid to cataloguing. I have loved Garnett's stories for sixty years along with Kai Lung and "Cold Comfort Farm", and I find they still bear re-reading. Another old favourite is Randall Jarrell's "Pictures from an Institution" which I think is better than most of his poetry!
Best wishes from Gibbon, Bristol, England

posted by gibbon at 4:09 am (EST) on Apr 27, 2006

Hello! Yay! *adds to watch list*

And yes, you're right. Even taking into account our duplicates, the numbers are scary... *giggles*

posted by gibbon_plinth at 3:37 pm (EST) on Mar 12, 2006

Hi and thanx, I happen to think that Derek Raymond may just be the best noir crime writer yet. Oh and thanx for the recommendation - I have actually read the Cutting Room but I was deeply disappointed in it so I didnt'keep my copy I thought she tried too hard without really understanding the genre properly.

Thanx again

posted by papalaz at 4:30 am (EST) on Mar 11, 2006