Glad I showed you something new.

Hey! we have a lot in common. I need to check out your library more carefully some time.

Lähettänyt: MarthaJeanne 5:04 am (EST) Jul 8, 2008

Regarding the Ace Science Fiction Special series - there are 3 of them, I think, but a plural for "series" sounds a bit awkward.

I think it's tidier to indicate a series with a series rather than a tag, but I won't waste a lot of energy on it if the majority goes the other way on a particular series. I *had* thought that at least the books in the 2nd and 3rd series were created for the Ace Science Fiction Special label, which I thought was enough to justify adding them to a series.

Lähettänyt: DisassemblyOfReason 12:03 am (EST) Jun 19, 2008

Thanks for the feedback on the Gandalara Cycle II book. Yes, it was very odd, and I just wondered if it was also unusual!

Lähettänyt: ronincats 10:42 am (EST) Jun 9, 2008

It's not SCA-worthy, but I had to mention to someone else who would appreciate it that yesterday I found (for $2.00!) a copy of Jean Garside's Deft Fingers: The Handbook of Home Crafts, published in London in 1949. It's a very cool little book which seems to assume that every homemaker should be able to make rugs, toys, leather materials, baskets, pottery, books, weavings, printings of all kinds, and more. It's fully illustrated by the author and includes b&w photographs and is completely indexed. I just didn't know who else would appreciate this little gem for the library addition it is so I had to pm you! Oh, and the original price is marked as 9s. 6d. just for added smiles.

Lähettänyt: LeesyLou 8:17 am (EST) Jun 6, 2008

I have a question for you. I just got a copy of The Gandalara Cycle II (have had I and the River Wall for ages), and saw you had reviewed it. In my edition, Bantam, June 1986, the second and third books are reversed, with Return to Eddarta following the Well, and the Search for Ka coming after it. I was wondering if this is true for all the copies. Is yours like that too?

Thanks for satisfying my curiosity. By the way, we share 332 books.

Rhonda

Lähettänyt: ronincats 1:45 am (EST) Jun 3, 2008

Thanks Jennifer,

Yep, found the local LT section. I do have to shop in Monterey area, they have lost a couple books stores also recently. The numbers are dwindling quickly. Only two left used book stores and they are not great for the type of books I like to read. Borders is dominate I only use them as a last resort. A great new/used book store is Logo's in Santa Cruz well worth a trip to the city where time forgot. I understand Berkeley has some great stores but an wary about making a trip there as they have parking and people problems. Also feel the selection of books would be a bit one-sided.

Late August I am going to Smith's Family bookstore in Eugene, OR and maybe to Powell's in Portland OR. They are the best. I bet England is covered in bookstores!

Susan

Lähettänyt: sgerbic 11:26 am (EST) May 12, 2008

LOL - Funny how you get the idea about gender without really thinking about it. Okay Jennifer, how is it that you have over 3K books? That is a heckalot of reading.

Like any new thing it takes a bit to figure out how to do things. Thanks for your friendly feedback.

Yes, Google books looked great at first, I have some friends on another forum that were using it, some were here on LT. I picked the wrong one, and wasted so much time getting that set up. There is no social avenue, and no statistics (I like numbers) as with LT. You can not search for someone's library and you can not search for a book in your own library (even if you are looking right at it).

The good part with Google is that you can search inside any book from any library they had scanned. I guess that could come in handy? Anyway, I hope I am happy here, I badly need to have an outlet to discuss books in. Living so close to Salinas I'm sure you remember that we almost lost our libraries. We almost have no book stores (new or used) in my area. Salinas just isn't a literate town, very sad. In fact when in San Jose I like to shop at Recycled Books on Alameda.

Susan

Lähettänyt: sgerbic 1:35 am (EST) May 11, 2008

thanks a lot for your kind comment... I am aware of the common knowledge "series" option, but it *does* work strangely - e.g. I collect some stuff in German, some in English, but if I add the series info I will get all the titles in the language I am logged in, regardless of the original title or the language my books are in. Right now I am using tags instead of the series info in most parts - and yes, I do have several copies of Helliconia, since they are part of different scifi editions I collect.

Trying to track a collection is almost impossible with the series info since it doesn't differentiate between languages or even editions.

Lähettänyt: dhania 3:56 pm (EST) May 6, 2008

Hi!

Noticed that you posted a message about Lois M Bujold on the SF group, and I just love LMB. The Vorkosigan series is one of the very few series of books that I have ever reread. I think Memory is my favorite. I've reread that one several times.

You just seemed like someone with similar tastes who might be fun to friend.

TK

Lähettänyt: TKKenyon 1:01 pm (EST) Mar 25, 2008

Thanks for the heads-up on my typos. I can't figure out how to edit or delete, but I added another comment with the correction.

Lähettänyt: mayaspector 12:39 pm (EST) Mar 8, 2008

Hi Jim, Sorry about Black Oak, not sure how that happened. I can't figure out how to get back to that venue either. --Jed

Lähettänyt: jedharris 4:04 pm (EST) Mar 3, 2008

I saw your review of Anne Gracie's Tallie's Knight, and saw that you had enjoyed it. I thought I might point you toward what I think is the best of her work - The Perfect Rake. I found it both hysterically funny and touching. I hope you like it if you pick it up.
:-)
Alana

Lähettänyt: Caramellunacy 5:49 pm (EST) Feb 6, 2008

Found you through a comment you left on another's page and I enjoyed browsing your library. Saw a few new books I'm going to have to check out.

Lähettänyt: JMB04 1:59 pm (EST) Dec 7, 2007

Ah, hm, that's interesting. I am not rabid about spoilers like some people are, but given the option I'll usually pass. I prefer not to know what's going to happen in a book, movie, tv show, whatever, that I'm going to watch/read (of course, if I'm not planning to watch or read it, I don't mind at all).

Of course, that said, anything I like I will re-read or -watch until I'm tired of it (including tv episodes when they're available - I watched Love Hurts and 5:55, my two favorite Blood Ties eps, over and over again after they were first aired).

Well, I hope you like the show. I enjoy Tanya's episode reviews, they're fun to read and I agree with a lot of her perspectives.

Lähettänyt: bluesalamanders 6:21 pm (EST) Nov 15, 2007

Oh! Gotcha. Interesting. I thought that actress was a little annoying, personally, but maybe she'd clean up well...and that's not to say she was bad, because she certainly was not.

Have you watched the show yet? Because those are spoiler-ridden, plot-twist-ruining discussions, if you haven't. If you have, then it's great to see what she thinks of them (for instance, we have the same favorite episodes - Love Hurts and 5:55).

Lähettänyt: bluesalamanders 9:20 pm (EST) Nov 13, 2007