Willekeurige boeken van Boobalack

Over mijzelf11/10/07~~I'm a 67-year-old woman who loves to read. Besides reading, I enjoy figure skating shows, crossword puzzles, on-line jigsaw puzzles, collecting sea shells, and music--not necessarily in that order. My favorite singer is Dan Fogelberg, followed closely by Andrea Bocelli and Waylon Jennings. I am a big Jerry Lewis fan. I have 3 grown offspring, 10 grandchildren and even great grandchildren -- 9 at last count.

05/09/09~~The beautiful young woman and the gorgeous baby in my profile pic are my older daughter Deanie's older child and only grandchild.

08/13/09~~I was pretty much blue today, as it would have been Dan Fogelberg's fifty-eighth birthday. May he rest in peace.

10/20/09~~Now I am 69 years old.

Over mijn boeken11/10/07~~"Salmagundi" is the only way to describe my library. My daughter, DeanieG, is also using LibraryThing, which we laughingly refer to as "LiberryThang," and we have many books in common. My favorite book is The Fantasy Worlds of Peter Beagle, followed closely by A Confederacy of Dunces.

11/16/08~~I finally got around to going through my library and tagging those I've read. I may have missed some. Also, I didn't tag mathematics, computer programming or sociology books, along with most other nonfiction. I wish I had all the books I've read but have given some away, some belonged to others, some were borrowed and never returned, etc. I have enough unread books to keep me busy for a while, yet I keep buying more.

05/08/09~~I feel compelled to say that, though I have books marked as "Oprah's Book Club," that is not the reason I bought them. I don't watch Oprah and have, in fact, almost not bought a book because of that. Silly, I know, but I cannot help it. ‹(^¿^)›

07/19/09~~I surely do like the Collections feature. As you can guess, at my age I've read hundreds of books that I either once or never owned. Some books I've remembered on my own, and others have been called to mind by my looking through OP's libraries -- an excellent memory jogger. :-)

09/14/09~~Equally as silly as not liking people to think that the only reason I bought a book was because of Oprah: when I order a book, not even knowing that it was made into a movie, and receive said book with a cover indicating a movie tie-in, instead of the one that was shown. I suppose the text is still the same. lol

10/20/09~~I just received three more books from my daughter, DeanieG. Yay! I've lost track of how many books she's given me over the years, but she's the only one who does that. Thank you.

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Lid sindsNov 10, 2007

Recente activiteit

Boobalack waardeerde:
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl door Harriet Jacobs

Boobalack waardeerde, voegde toe:
The Kitchen House: A Novel door Kathleen Grissom

Boobalack waardeerde, voegde toe:
The Yellow House: A Novel door Patricia Falvey

Boobalack waardeerde:
Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition door Frank Herbert

Boobalack voegde toe:
Devoted door Alice Borchardt

Boobalack voegde toe:
The Dragon Queen door Alice Borchardt

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Thank you for the recommendation! I have put it on my "to read" list. I finished "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" a couple of days ago. It was very tough to get into -- very painful -- but slowly I became engaged. It is an amazing story and it is unusual to have a woman's perspective on slavery.

door krazy4katz op 10:33 pm (EST) om Mar 13, 2010

So as not to further clutter the 'full disclosure' thread, I just wanted to let you know that your latest post (in response to mine) was genuinely and non-sarcastically hilarious.

door jessicamhill op 4:31 pm (EST) om Mar 13, 2010

Ahaha, easy, all i do is type as many "LOL's" as I can on the registration page, and then copy that over to the login page. :) I'm glad my screen name at least made you laugh. Only problem with the name is that sometimes people don't take my posts seriously, lol.

door LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO op 4:41 pm (EST) om Feb 9, 2010

Sorry it's taken so long to reply. Been on a sabbatical. But I hope you got around to reading Flow Down Like Silver and if you did, that you liked it. When I like something, I always want others to like it. I think most people feel that way. I thought it was superb.

door gorgeousglenda op 2:08 am (EST) om Jan 26, 2010

hiya and happy new year back atcha. i'd do it the first way but with the name of the short story italicized using html coding and then with the touchstones if they work. but that's just moi. i don't see why quotation marks wouldn't work just as well. as a player, i'd like to know what story a quote came from. :)

door mirrordrum op 3:06 pm (EST) om Jan 6, 2010

I thought it might be something like that. It's only a 'silly game' so don't even worry about it.

door justjim op 7:13 pm (EST) om Dec 26, 2009

Hi, just a reminder that you forgot to add a question to the end of your entry on the Silly Book Game!

door justjim op 4:57 pm (EST) om Dec 26, 2009

Thank you for your seasonal greetings. I also wish you a Merry Christmas.

Yes, I do get sick of political correctness. I, however, buy into some of it, self-protectively or as courtesy.

Robert

door Mr.Durick op 6:09 pm (EST) om Dec 14, 2009

Have I properly inferred from your comment above that your birthday is October 20?

Coincidentally, maybe, my birthday is October 20. I am, however, 65.

Robert

door Mr.Durick op 1:28 am (EST) om Dec 14, 2009

I probably could have worded that differently. One of the things I love about this thread is the imagination and creativity of the postings.
May I plead illness and a terrible, horrible, no good day, please?

door mamzel op 3:43 pm (EST) om Dec 2, 2009

Thanks for that, Lettie. Both sound much too excting and uncontrolled for me! Generally I like to keep both feet on the ground.

Best wishes

AT

door abbottthomas op 3:28 am (EST) om Dec 2, 2009

Nothing wrong... what Internet access are you running?

I'm using IE on a Windows XP Pro OS.

This line should have the strike-through in it.

If it doesn't, then it's been disabled for messages, but not in the Talk threads.

Mike
WholeHouseLibrary

door WholeHouseLibrary op 6:00 pm (EST) om Nov 14, 2009

Spell out the word "strike" (within the LT and GT signs).

It's one of the very few html commands I know.

door WholeHouseLibrary op 5:31 pm (EST) om Nov 14, 2009

Well thanks. Anyone willing to read my opinions and discuss them intelligently is worth the time in my book.

door pmwolohan op 9:22 pm (EST) om Nov 12, 2009

What makes me seem like a patient person? Not offended, just curious.

door pmwolohan op 5:03 pm (EST) om Nov 12, 2009

I'll make a note of that, Boobalack. I run a Sci-Fi review site (yetistomper.blogspot.com) with an average of 100 viewers a day. I copy my reviews over from there. I was just stating that every single one of my readers already has heard of The Lost Symbol. It doesn't help Dan Brown in the slightest for me to cover his work. Some other lesser known authors may benefit slightly from the attention but not a million book seller like Brown.

door pmwolohan op 4:40 pm (EST) om Nov 12, 2009

Well I tried, Boobalack! I hear you wantin' to read for fun. Some of us are just plain self-sadistic. We're nuts!

Best,
Brent

door EnriqueFreeque op 1:17 am (EST) om Oct 29, 2009

sorry for the delay...sock puppets are on the loose hereabouts causing havoc...

You just show up and be yourself, that's the only requirement.

door EnriqueFreeque op 12:35 pm (EST) om Oct 27, 2009

the power of the salon compels you to join
the power of the salon compels you to join
the power of the salon compels you to join

door EnriqueFreeque op 10:53 pm (EST) om Oct 25, 2009

thingy [pl. thingies?] first came to my attention as a highly desirable word choice when George told John, Paul and Ringo to 'watch out for the fiendish thingy' in Help! remember? :)

in re: symbolism, i feel sure i miss most of it. *sigh* i need to read a book on how to read books. i know there is one. i'm just not sure how i'd do with that on audio.

i just started a penelope lively book--adore penelope lively--and know that just in the first chapter i'm missing vast heaps of significant thises and thats and am trying very hard to listen closely to what she's doing. uh, the book is [heat wave]. i haven't read a review. i just sort of stumbled on it and snapped it up because it's lively. er, Lively.

i'm a great fan of mary renault and there's an opening scene in one of her books that has always just grabbed me visually. it wasn't until years after i'd first read it and after i'd read it probably 20 times that i read wossname's biography and he talks about her infatuation with theatre and specifically, the opening of that book and her use of staging, lighting and other devices to set a scene. i'd always visualized it so clearly and it never occurred to me, dunce that i am, that it was being literally set up as one might a theatrical scene. almost more a movie scene, really, than stage theatre with the movement of the narrator's, and reader's attention into the setting and, ultimately, into our introduction to the main character in her world, which was as a probationer in the hospital in england circa 1938-38. based on renault's work as a nurse in oxford's infirmary.

just finished connie willis' [doomsday book], a time-travel novel [hugo and nebula award winner] set in oxford in 2050 and oxford in the 1300's. i usually don't like time travel novels as i get caught up in the potential flaws but i was quite riveted by the end and felt she ended it well, which i was afraid, for a while, she wouldn't.

i recommend it if you like well-researched books on that period. the major flaw for me was that one never got a feeling, as one does from, say, austen, of the degree to which women either labored constantly or did nothing on a daily basis.

but i meander. off and away.

door mirrordrum op 6:06 pm (EST) om Oct 25, 2009

I'm glad you're considering joining. For what it's worth, I think a sense of humor like yours is more important and necessary for joining than knowledge. Knowledge puffs up; humor keeps us all honest and on our toes.

Enjoy the balance of your day!
Brent

door EnriqueFreeque op 2:24 pm (EST) om Oct 25, 2009

well the p.s. thing sounds like a good concept. is it? are you liking the extras? i wonder why they all p.s. books don't have the bits and bobs at the end. hmmmmm. let me know if you solve that mystery. i shall be having to call you 'harriet the spy' after all your sleuthing. or any other sleuth you'd care to be named. :)

door mirrordrum op 9:25 pm (EST) om Oct 24, 2009

Boobalack!,

I would absolutely be honored if you would join Le Salon Litteraire. Every salon, in my humble opinion, needs a Boobalack. You are a crackup my dear! (And I hope I'm not being too forward by calling you "my dear").

Very very best!
Brent (the "Freaky")

door EnriqueFreeque op 6:15 pm (EST) om Oct 24, 2009

I'm glad you enjoyed it!! I'll read it next time I'm at your house. Love you!

door DeanieG op 1:32 am (EST) om Oct 24, 2009

You are welcome! I love you and Happy Birthday!!!

door DeanieG op 8:53 pm (EST) om Oct 20, 2009

Thanks

door CharlesBoyd op 5:20 pm (EST) om Oct 19, 2009

yup. bet that's it. i used to love the paperback book club books. *sigh*

door mirrordrum op 10:51 pm (EST) om Oct 10, 2009

well, it's a barnes and noble series and i'm betting it's a particular format. maybe stands for paperback series or something. maybe a high quality paperback or a large format paperback--something like the old paperback book club books.

there's a large, diverse selection so i'm guessing that's what it is. if i see one posted, i'll ask the owner. :)

door mirrordrum op 9:22 pm (EST) om Oct 10, 2009

you wrote: Another question. What does (P.S.) mean after the title of a book, or rather as part of the title? Thanks.

uh, the only example i can think of is the book 'p. s. your cat is dead' in which it means, well, "p.s." as in 'post script' or 'by the way.' are there other examples?

door mirrordrum op 6:24 pm (EST) om Oct 10, 2009

uh, sorry. the movie is [master and commander: the far side of the world] and it isn't anything *like* the book [master and commander] which is the first in the lengthy and extraordinary series of which [far side of the world] is the tenth. just, you know, to be clear. clearer. maybe. a little bit. or not.

door mirrordrum op 6:21 pm (EST) om Sep 15, 2009

oh lord, don't you hate it when they put movie covers on books when they hadn't ought? i'm so irritated by the movie cover of 'far side of the world' (by patrick o'brian, that lovely man) i could well nigh puke.

and i'm delighted to see that you're a fan of peter beagle. the battle with the tent in 'i see by my outfit' made me laugh till i was nearly sick the first time i read it when i was, i suppose, in my 20's.

you don't seem to read fantasy at all but you might at least consider something by terry pratchett. i don't read fantasy anymore but i read pratchett. also neil gaiman's [graveyard book] is one i read somewhere around the time of [all quiet] which had smashed me quite flat. i listened to the tape as i can't really read books anymore and he narrates it himself. one of those rare authors who make good narrators. it's a very good book. in my opinion. it has changed the way i feel around graveyards. i've always liked graveyards anyway, though i feel no inclination to grace one with my presence. after reading 'graveyard book', though, i'm even more respectful of all that history beneath and around me than i was before.

i'm 65 last january 8. :)

door mirrordrum op 5:47 pm (EST) om Sep 15, 2009

oh, and no, i don't think you're dense. i like a person who asks questions. ex-teacher, me.

also a query: notice you recently added a book called 'the kindly ones.' isn't that how the fates, or was it the furies, were referred to by the ancient Greeks in order not to irk them? furies, i think.

was it terribly grim? I'm interested in WWII as my dad was a medic during the battle of the bulge.

thanks.

door mirrordrum op 3:32 pm (EST) om Sep 15, 2009

*chuckle* weird sense of humor, i guess. i often can't follow people's mental flights.

i envisioned someone taking on the responsibility of a baby, that is, a child, after taking a correspondence course in astrology wherein she is directed by the stars and planets to give birth or adopt or some such thing.

it struck me as terribly droll. i had an entire scenario in my mind. apparently, other people's minds don't work as mine do. i expect folks will have trouble with my last response too, and the last of mrs. rochester, as it's probably my mind working strangely again.

actually, that's one of the things i love about this game--seeing how people's minds work and trying to move my thinking outside the box.

anyway, delighted you asked. :)

and i highly recommend _the bachelor brothers' b & b_ if you like humor, irreverence, book talk, crazy characters and don't require action. it's short and it's a riot.

cheers!

door mirrordrum op 3:26 pm (EST) om Sep 15, 2009

Sorry, and thanks.

door cmtusa op 11:05 pm (EST) om Sep 6, 2009

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

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris

door cmtusa op 9:28 pm (EST) om Sep 6, 2009

Came across your profile and enjoyed reading it. Thought you may be interested in joining my thread. Why don't you check it out and see if it is something you would like to participate in. Sure would love to read your entries you would post on there.

http://www.librarything.com/topic/69879#1460732

door callmejacx op 11:45 am (EST) om Aug 26, 2009