Member: citizenkelly

Hi Carolyn - hope all's well! Just wanted to drop you a line about a new Berlin bookshop... http://www.dialogueberlin.com/ Opened today, run by a friend, ex. of the London Review Bookshop. Thought you might be interested in paying a visit at some point :-)

Best,
Rachael

posted by FlossieT at 8:52 am (EST) on Dec 8, 2009

Hi again, sorry I have taken so long to reply.

Yes, my exams were soon, but now they are over! I have been free since wednesday and I plan to do absolutely nothing for the next week :) I have never really had much of a choice in what we studied in Ancient History. Last year we looked at Troy, Tutankhamun's tomb and Persia, and this year we studied Pompeii, a period in Egyptian history and Sparta. I find all of it interesting, and ancient was my best subject. I don't think, however, that I have gone deep enough into any of these subjects to decide what I like the best, and for each topic we look at it in a different way. For example, in our Egyptian period we looked at the role of each Egyptian pharaoh, rather than how the society functioned, but it was the opposite for Sparta - we did not need to know about the development of it, simply how the society worked. As I get older I'll go into greater depth on these, and maybe then I will have a definite favourite aspect of ancient history.

I've never even heard of Tom Holland or Rubicon (some book-loving mother I have). And Roman history is really something that I know nothing about, except for precise details about excavations in Pompeii. Is it a novel or non-fiction?

Anyways, I'm going to get off the computer and back to reading, so I can attempt to achieve my reading goal for the holidays.

Kieran =D

posted by kJ. at 5:26 am (EST) on Nov 8, 2009

Dear citizenkelly;
I kindly invite you to:
http://www.librarything.com/groups/colla...
http://www.librarything.com/topic/75008
Best regards Reinhardt

posted by gangleri at 9:39 am (EST) on Oct 14, 2009

Hello, thanks for leaving your kind message. Well most of the Michael Connelly books are about Harry Bosch, and they are actually sort of chronological. Its not necessary to read them in order, but if you think your father would rather do that than the first one is The Black Echo. It doesn't really matter that much though - the first one that I read was Echo Park, which I really enjoyed.

Hmmm... I had to flick through Birthday Letters again to think of my favourite one. Well I really like The Shot, Isis, The Minotaur, Your Paris, A Pink Wool Knitted Dress. I liked The Gypsy, although I had to read the poem not knowing what she was saying (I didn't have a French dictionary at hand). I also like Epiphany (is this list getting too big?). Ouija was pretty cool, and I convinced my friends to have a classroom seance, in which we attempted to contact Sylvia and Ted lol. I quite like Dreamers, although it is hard to get past the fact that he is falling in love with someone else. Ok, I give up, I can't choose a favourite!!! :(

I'll just say that I have a few favourites!

Are you interested in Ancient History? (I see you belong to a group) If you asked me to pick a favourite subject, that would be it!

Anyway, better get back to studying for my HSC :'(

Cya later,
Kieran

posted by kJ. at 9:22 pm (EST) on Oct 5, 2009

Beautiful library, giving me many new titles to look for! Thank you for allowing me (and others) to look.
Kelly

posted by kellycd at 9:17 pm (EST) on Jul 12, 2009

Thank you for that link, Caro the Magnificent! Yeah, it's interesting... I've read only a few of those mentioned (and some I never heard of, like the Barbie girl). I can't wait for the new blood to wash away some of the repellent geezers for good... Ah, "women's writing". I still can't decide whether it's a term to embrace or execrate.

posted by LolaWalser at 11:57 pm (EST) on May 7, 2009

I just love how you catalog Ordnance Survey maps! Aren't they fabulous?!

posted by lindsacl at 8:54 am (EST) on Apr 24, 2009

Hi there! Just a comment -- over in Club Read, arubabookwoman recently mentioned that you once commented on Kurt Vonnegut's rules for writing a good book (or something like that) which I had never heard of...! Which sent me off to google the list, which I'm now enjoying very much... which made me want to leave you a thank-you. So thank you. :)

Best wishes with your reading!

posted by Fullmoonblue at 2:58 pm (EST) on Mar 8, 2009

Did you see A.L. Kennedy's new blog piece on the Grauniad on Tues? Vvv funny.

I feel sad when I think about your missing last page in The Lady in the Van. Doubt I can get a real one, but may be able to find an electronic or photocopy - let me know if that would be of any reparation.

Best,
Rachael/Flossie

posted by FlossieT at 3:36 pm (EST) on Feb 27, 2009

Hi a few of us over on Club Read want to work through Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzifal. There's been some question about which translation might be best. I thought with your expertise in German, you might be able to point us in a good direction.

Thanks,

Mary

posted by urania1 at 8:38 pm (EST) on Feb 24, 2009

Right, I'm off to look at the Sebastian Barry book. I have Goodbye to All That sitting downstairs and will read that soon(ish). I really need to get a grip. I'm tyring to stop buying new books but have not made any promises about second hand bookshops...and the library system in Wellington is excellent.

Will see if I can find any good online references about the Crash.

posted by cmt at 2:39 am (EST) on Jan 7, 2009

Hi Carolyn!

I came in (virtually) to see if you'd read the Regeneration trilogy (and of course you have!) but realised I hadn't visited your library till now. I can't imagine how many bookshelves 5096 books require! Our house is full enough and we're at around 800 I think.

Have you read the John Keegan book in your catalogue on WWI? I might have to find it I think - I really enjoyed his WW2 book last year. I'm trying not to stick too closely to a 75 book target, otherwise I'll steer clear of chunky non-fiction.

Cheers
Cushla

posted by cmt at 7:23 pm (EST) on Jan 6, 2009

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!...

You beat me to it.

I just scanned photos from a 1929 fashion catalog to post yesterday to the 1929 group. They are quite large and I was going to post in different threads according to subject matter to ease the load time. I'm concerned if I post them in *one* thread (your thread, eg), it will be hard for people to load the page.

I was going to post these topics:
*Women's fashions
*Men's fashions
*Beauty
*Household goods
*Other is also possible (cars, etc) - I have many books and just need to get them from storage to add to a thread. :)

What would you like me to do?

vintage_books

posted by vintage_books at 1:23 pm (EST) on Jan 1, 2009

Hi Carolyn - just passing by to say thanks for the 1929 group. I am enjoying reading all the thoughts and reflections upon so many wonderful books. I am especailly tempted by Goodbye to all That. Thanks also for the website and the spreadsheet! Last year I had my reading organised in 8 categories for 2008 - not that I laid out all my books before I began! 2009 will have a 1929 category - thanks to you! Warm wishes Julie

posted by juliette07 at 3:44 pm (EST) on Dec 22, 2008

Thanks for the nod, Carolyn!

posted by timjones at 6:07 am (EST) on Dec 20, 2008

Gern geschehen. Viele Grüße aus Karlsruhe!

posted by turmberg at 1:46 pm (EST) on Oct 28, 2008

Thanks ever so much for bringing "Findings" to my attention. I enjoyed it very much. I've posted a review that you might like to read.

posted by dsc73277 at 4:17 pm (EST) on Oct 24, 2008

Carolyn, Thanks for your message. You're right it was the nature and history books in your library that interested me. Being to my shame a typically English monoglot I'm unable to comment on whether or not your German titles are, as you suggest, "rubbish"! Thanks for the tip off with regard to "Findings".
Best wishes, David

posted by dsc73277 at 4:27 pm (EST) on Sep 20, 2008

Ah I see you didn't like The Northern Clemency as much as I did.

posted by carolcarter at 12:58 pm (EST) on Sep 10, 2008

So far I'm impressed. Looks like it might be a gem.
Amanda
XXX

posted by amandameale at 8:17 am (EST) on Sep 2, 2008

You make me laugh, Carolyn, with such exuberance in type!

I only sent you the Atwood because it is signed and I remember somewhere that you wanted her autograph!

Glad you liked the books and you are very welcome!!

(I have them all but truth be told, have not read any of them!

Love,
Karen

posted by kiwidoc at 11:34 am (EST) on Jul 11, 2008

Oh, thanks, Carolyn!

You need never apologise for singing praises about anything I've written - I'm just desperately grateful for the attention! Thank you so much for buying Tiny Deaths and - even more importantly - reading the thing.

The award nominations are rather fun, aren't they? I'm also up for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize in July, so I'm having to dust off my best suit (and hope I scrub up okay and look reasonably smart). I'm honestly amazed the book's getting noticed. Being a short story collection from a small press, I thought it'd be released on to Amazon, drown, and never be heard of again!

Rob

posted by shearrob at 8:09 pm (EST) on Jun 12, 2008

No problem - the exposure seems to have had positive effects!

Regards
Tim

posted by timjones at 5:32 pm (EST) on Jun 11, 2008

Hope you don't mind, I stole some of your ideas out of your 'about me' section! Great library you have BTW.

posted by ForrestFamily at 6:43 am (EST) on May 8, 2008

Hi, you might like my little video about Shakespeare & Company (www.literaturwelten.de). I missed Goldsboro Books in London´s Cecil Court in your list - they are just great and certainly have a wonderful inventory of signed books.
Cheers, Jonas, Bücherwelten

posted by buecherwelten at 3:15 am (EST) on Apr 19, 2008

Thank you for the welcome! Sadly I only *live* in Cambridge - work 50% in London, 50% from home. Completely awed by your library. I haven't added many of my books, but enough to know that the total is going to be a fraction of yours - my turn to be envious...

Looking forward to learning more about LibraryThing and poking nosily around in other people's books :-)

Cheers,

Rachael

posted by FlossieT at 5:02 pm (EST) on Apr 6, 2008

You are most welcome. - L

posted by avaland at 3:08 pm (EST) on Apr 3, 2008

I see that you have Roddy Doyle's The Deportees in your library but haven't gotten around to it yet. I just finished the book (loved it!) and posted a review. Amazing how well Doyle gets inside the immigrants' heads. The stories were at times warm and touching, at other times laugh out loud funny. When you get around to it, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Deborah

posted by Cariola at 9:19 pm (EST) on Mar 27, 2008

Hey I see you have The Burial at Thebes,by Seamus Heaney. I just booked a ticket to go see it at the Peacock Theatre. Just wondering if you have read Heaney's translation or seen it produced?

posted by liamfoley at 1:29 pm (EST) on Mar 19, 2008

Hi! I found you here looking for people who had read Nicholas Shakespeare's Snowleg. This book was the first piece of fiction I've ever managed to make my father read--and he liked it. I'm not sure if it's the historical setting (we're West Germans, all of us, but my father seems interested in the GDR anyway) or Shakespeare's style or whatever--I haven't actually read the book myself yet, and realizing in full how silly and pointless a question this is, but: could you recommend anything, well, similar? If you can think of another book that deals with this historical setting, great, if you can think of some salient feature of Shakespeare's style that you have seen in some other author, cool too; even if you have a random idea based on nothing but intuition, I would appreciate it. I need to get my father hooked on this fiction thing.

Thanks!

posted by DanielZKlein at 2:06 pm (EST) on Feb 21, 2008

Hi Carolyn - Thanks very much for the link to the excellent Guardian article about Fred Vargas. I enjoyed it, and read much of it aloud to Bob (I've been encouraging him to read Vargas, too, though he's not a mystery reader.)
Best,
Maggie

posted by MaggieO at 5:38 pm (EST) on Feb 18, 2008

Hi Carolyn,

I play a mixture of Irish trad, American old-time country, 70's folk, and a little jazz/swing at several sessions around Dublin. I started a MySpace account recently and have started putting up some pictures--it's at www.myspace.com/donconlan As soon as I figure out the technology I'll put up some videos.

I've been to Birr a few times over the past few years as an English cousin of mine moved there with her husband--they live close to the GAA grounds there and are mad into hurling. Another cousin is planning to move there--he's married to the daughter of a former gardener at Birr Castle (from Czechoslovakia) so they're familiar with the place.

I didn't manage to get all my German books over to Ireland as when I was working in Italy I put them into storage and some of them went "walkies". I used to know some Irish in Hamburg back in the 80's, but i've no idea whether they are there now. I've still got lots of friends in Hannover, though, and go there a few times a year.

Don

posted by Hohenloh at 3:22 pm (EST) on Jan 21, 2008

I'm Irish too and lived in Germany for many years, so it was a major job moving back to Ireland (73+ cases of books alone). I'm only listing my German and Italian-related books on my site (so we share only 16) until I get a bit more time and perhaps a little more familiar with all that this resource has to offer.

posted by Hohenloh at 12:39 am (EST) on Jan 17, 2008

Carolyn,

Hope you don't mind that I added you to my intersting libraries list. I see that we share 83 books! Not unusual though seeing how you have 3,999 in your library!

Slainte!

Sean

posted by SeanLong at 10:16 am (EST) on Jan 9, 2008

Hi Carolyn

I definitely enjoyed reading Quarantine. I only discovered Jim Crace this year and have really liked the two books I have read by him - Quarantine and The Pesthouse. I like his understated style and the way he develops his characters. However, having never delved into the story of the life of Jesus and never having read the Bible, I think I missed (or misunderstood) some of the themes in Quarantine. But, I don't think that it spoiled the story for me at all.

I'd be interested to hear what you thought of it as well. Have you read any other Jim Crace novels?

Judy

posted by judylou at 7:42 pm (EST) on Dec 25, 2007