Jäsen: nancyewhite

I'm honored that you asked me re. historical fiction!

Here are some books I recommend:

http://www.librarything.com/work/1146412...
http://www.librarything.com/work/862199/...
http://www.librarything.com/work/409614/...
http://www.librarything.com/work/277843/...
http://www.librarything.com/work/287613/...
I really liked this one: http://www.librarything.com/work/624381/...
and this one: http://www.librarything.com/work/364385/...
and one of my favorites that I read this year: http://www.librarything.com/work/4153714...

If none of these look like something you think she would like, let me know and I'll send more suggestions.

I smile every time I see the photo of your happy little guy!

Lähettänyt: Whisper1 3:16 pm (EST) Dec 2, 2009

What a wonderfully happy little boy!

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.

Linda

Lähettänyt: Whisper1 3:30 pm (EST) Nov 26, 2009

I'm stopping by to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving!

Lähettänyt: Whisper1 7:05 pm (EST) Nov 24, 2009

http://joycepa.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/...

Joyce

Lähettänyt: Joycepa 6:33 am (EST) Sep 12, 2009

http://joycepa.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/...

2nd part tomorrow.

Joyce

Lähettänyt: Joycepa 3:02 pm (EST) Sep 11, 2009

Hi, folks!

This is a general announcement that I’m sending to LT profile pages, FaceBook walls, and email addresses, in order to get in touch with everyone as soon as possible and as efficiently as possible.

I just returned from the Potrerillos library, where I turned over 34 books to the absolutely delighted librarian, Sra. Enilde. On Monday, I’m going to return there to take pix to send to you, so that you can see the fruits of your labor of love.

My only regret--and it is a deep one--is that I couldn’t have done this sooner. But the fact of the matter is that I have only been walking any distance except for around the house for about a week, and only within the past few days have I built up any endurance; even a short walk has left me wiped out.

But today was the day! She had been told beforehand by our friend Maricin that we were going to do this, but let me tell you, she was blown away by both the quantity and the beauty--as she put it--of the books. She kept saying, “Que lindo, que lindo” (How beautiful, how beautiful) as she pulled the books out of the boxes.

So thank you once again for your generosity; you’ll get pictures as soon as I get them. And we may have the representante there--she mentioned talking to him about it.

Joyce

Lähettänyt: Joycepa 12:56 pm (EST) Sep 4, 2009

Yes! That's it. That sounds great, both going to Gullifty's and a trip to the Strip District. I'll certainly let you & Kath know when I do visit the 'Burgh. There is a reunion of the Pitt Med minority alumni in October, but I'll probably be in San Francisco at that time or soon afterward. If I have a huge block of time off I might go to PGH first, then fly to SFO. My group's October work schedule should come out later this week, so I'll let you guys know if I'll be coming there or not (but probably not).

I'm of two minds about going to "minority" functions. I've always had friends of all different backgrounds and ethnic groups, growing up in Jersey City, NJ, one of the most culturally diverse cities in the US, and I dislike functions or groups where others can't be included. I'd like to see some of my former friends and classmates, but I'd like it better if it was a more inclusive reunion.

Cheers,
Darryl

Lähettänyt: kidzdoc 12:02 pm (EST) Aug 25, 2009

Thanks, Nancy! That's the name I remember, although I haven't been to Pittsburgh since I graduated from Pitt Med in '97. I'm sorry to hear that it isn't as good as it was when it was Rhoda's. I can still envision the neighborhood; my best friend (med school classmate) lived just off Murray Avenue, on a cross street with a light just past the Giant Eagle heading away from Forbes Avenue. I would drive to his house, and we would either walk down the hill to Rhoda's, walk up Murray Avenue to another place whose name escapes me, which was famous for their large desserts, or go someplace else. I lived in Shadyside, in a wonderful apartment house on Ellsworth & Summerlea, one block east of Negley. The neighborhoods in Pittsburgh were wonderful; hopefully I'll get back there soon, probably not this year but hopefully in 2010.

Cheers,
Darryl

Lähettänyt: kidzdoc 11:49 am (EST) Aug 25, 2009

Glad you enjoyed the Meg Gardiner. I haven't read any more yet but plan to pick some up and continue enjoying her. And thanks for adding the library as an interesting one.

Lähettänyt: blackdogbooks 5:08 pm (EST) Jul 13, 2009

no, and thank you for considering my Library interesting....i always thought it was "all over the map" but hey..that's no so bad....thanks again
J

i don't get to Pittsburgh very often but i do like to visit my friends there when i can...i love to hang out around the University area....

Lähettänyt: jdthloue 6:49 pm (EST) Jun 15, 2009

And I forgot to add--baseball is HUGE in this country! The bio of Clemente will be snapped up by those kids. I'm used to thinking of soccer as the big Latino game, but not in Central America--it's baseball.

Joyce

Lähettänyt: Joycepa 8:02 pm (EST) Jun 8, 2009

Nancy--

Many, many thanks! Yes, the books will indeed get to a library and to kids who want to read.

I'm truly overwhelmed at the response to what was a more or less spontaneous suggestion on my part, knowing how frustrating it is to want to help and to have so few productive avenues to do so.

Thank you many times over. I intend to post pictures once the books start coming in. At this point, there are at least a dozen and probably more on their way to me in Miami. I should start getting them in about 10 days. I'll let everyone know via my thread as they arrive.

How utterly exciting!

Joyce

Lähettänyt: Joycepa 5:31 pm (EST) Jun 8, 2009

Hi,

LibraryThing contacted me and indicated you were one of the winners of the Early Reviewer Giveaway (for my novel, Dirty Little Angels). Please send me your e-mail address (mine is mail@christophertusa.com), and I'll send you a copy of the e-book.

Thanks for entering the giveaway,

Chris

Lähettänyt: cmtusa 10:14 pm (EST) Apr 24, 2009

The Highly-Rated Book Group has begun a Group Read of The Blind Assassin. Sign up here: http://www.librarything.com/groups/thebl...

and don’t forget to join in my Book Quiz.

- TT

Lähettänyt: TheTortoise 12:31 pm (EST) Mar 10, 2009

Hi there

Noticed that you were reading The Hunger Games & just wondering what you think of it? Ive had it sitting here for a little while, the cover put me off a bit. Thanks :)

Lähettänyt: ZJF 5:28 am (EST) Feb 19, 2009

Thanks for your comment on my thread - am sending you a friend request!
We have some interesting books in common...

Lähettänyt: amwmsw04 9:15 pm (EST) Feb 16, 2009

Thanks for leaving a comment. I just now discovered you'd been by.
Happyone

Lähettänyt: happyone 2:13 pm (EST) Dec 26, 2008

Welcome to The Highly Rated Book Group!

We are so glad you could join us again for some amazing book reads!

We are VERY HAPPY you are reading along with us! YAY!

vintage_books

Lähettänyt: vintage_books 2:48 pm (EST) Dec 24, 2008

I'm flattered. Thanks for the message.

Lähettänyt: lhager 1:43 pm (EST) Dec 22, 2008

Nancy,
Just wanted to say hi from another Pittsburgh-area LTer. I noticed your post with the Pittsbugh Post Gazette Best of 2008 list and that we're both on the 75 Book Challenge for 2009. I discovered LT just a few months ago and have become hopelessly addicted.
Go Steelers!
Regards,
Lisa

Lähettänyt: LisaMorr 1:36 pm (EST) Dec 17, 2008

Oh no! I'm going to be mortified! (smile!)

Lähettänyt: bonniebooks 4:09 pm (EST) Dec 15, 2008

I just recommended [The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society] without having read it myself--which is so breaking one of my hard and fast rules. I am so afraid of "nice" or "sweet" which is another word I've seen applied to this book. What are you thinking now?

Lähettänyt: bonniebooks 12:04 pm (EST) Dec 12, 2008

Welcome to the 2009 challenge. Thanks for joining us!

Lähettänyt: drneutron 1:30 pm (EST) Dec 5, 2008

Hi Nancy!
I've been meaning to say hello for a while - I keep seeing you in the same groups and now we're reading the same books. I finished the Idea of Perfection last week and now I'm reading the Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. I seem to be having a great run at the moment with fiction.

But I came visiting in your library ages ago when I saw you have just found out that your son has a bad nut allergy. (that's a lovely photo!) So does ours. We've known for a few years about the nut one and it gets easier. We have egg, dairy, wheat, soy, potato, and kiwifruit as well (but not all of them anaphylactic). I hope you're doing ok with it all. I found it very hard to start with.

Is the Jesus book worth adding to my pile of books? (I'm an ex-Catholic atheist, if that helps...)

Better go, 1 year old in front of American world domination programme again. (Mickey Mouse Clubhouse).

Cheers
Cushla

Lähettänyt: cmt 12:51 pm (EST) Nov 13, 2008

Thanks, Nancy, for the compliment you left on my 50 Book Challenge! That just goes to show what nice people readers are (except for a grouch here and there).

Since both of us seem to read all over the place I guess we're bound to have some mutual favorites. I really like Denise Mina, and I see that you have two TBR. Deception is a standalone, but Garnethill is the first in her super-excellent trilogy (Exhile is the second). I may finish the third one, Resolution tonight and I hate to see it end. Make a note (sure) that the Garnethill trilogy should be read in order—otherwise, it won't make any sense.

Thanks again, Charlie

Lähettänyt: BrainFlakes 11:03 pm (EST) Oct 23, 2008

I see that you took We Have Always Lived in the Castle out of the Library. I LOVE that book!

I have read it several times. Just popped in to say that I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

:D

Lähettänyt: mckait 6:25 am (EST) Oct 14, 2008

Next Group Read

I should be grateful if you would visit the attached thread and kindly indicate if you would be interested in joining us in the next Group read.

http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.ph...

-TT

Lähettänyt: TheTortoise 6:17 am (EST) Sep 25, 2008

Hi,

Just saw your post re: snake handling (Did you actually see the folks in action at the church you visited? If so, well, wow!) and wanted to recommend the play "Holy Ghosts" by Romulus Linney. I read it when it was produced back in the 80s and, at least in my memory, found it to be an interesting play. Here's a quote from Linney in the NYT (gotta love Google): ''The play is funny,'' he says, ''but it's not a satire. It takes these rural people very seriously. It deals with people who, I think, are very desperate. Their religion is not a small thing to them, their humanity is not a small thing to them. The two things are very much mixed together. It's not a matter of an actor getting on stage and making fun of a country bumpkin; it's a matter of trying to understand very deep feelings of people who are themselves at the bottom of American life. You can't get much further down, as far as rural American is concerned, than a lot of these folks. And yet they feel, through the extreme cathartic experience that they go through in these services, they feel recognized by some great power.

Anyway, my best,

Teresa

Lähettänyt: theaelizabet 3:07 pm (EST) Aug 28, 2008

I triple loved Fingersmith!!!! I saw that you posted about it ....
:)

I love your pic btw..
kath

Lähettänyt: mckait 4:32 pm (EST) Aug 9, 2008

Hi, Nancy. Thanks for getting in touch with me. I love LibraryThing and how it brings folks together. You and I share 35 books that we've posted, and seem to have similar eclectic tastes! I like fiction and nonfiction, particularly memoirs, and mysteries and a mixture of deep and fast fun reads. I belong to several book clubs or reading groups, now, and lead three. As my husband says, I'm having having almost as much fun as if I had good sense. What is your interest in spiritual-related books such as Here If You Need Me and Take This Bread? Blessings, Martha Huntley

Lähettänyt: MarthaHuntley 5:46 pm (EST) Jul 12, 2008

Well how-dee. I guess religious lunacy knows no bounds. Thanks for reading my review, too. I put them out there for me, but it's nice when someone else finds somethign worthwhile in them.

Lähettänyt: Bookmarque 11:38 am (EST) Jul 10, 2008

Hi! I'm glad you found my library interesting. :o) I unfortunately don't have time to review yours right now, but I'm very impressed that you're able to give away books in an effort to be greener. Good for you!

Lähettänyt: grkmwk 8:27 pm (EST) Jul 8, 2008

well thanks for adding me as well and feel free to drop by with recommendations anytime you have them! i need to get around to reading the age of innocence! i adore the house of mirth so much!

Lähettänyt: amanaceerdh 8:43 am (EST) Jun 30, 2008

I just joined LT and am catching up with older posts. In one of the threads you said you preferred Laurie King's Kate Martinelli series to her Mary Russell books. So do I. But I am having a hard time getting the Martinelli books in order (don't know if our library system has them all). I think I've only read the first three. If you have a handy list of them, in chronological order, I'd appreciate your passing it on to me. Thanks!

Lähettänyt: RachelfromSarasota 2:30 pm (EST) Jun 29, 2008

Thank you so much. Your reviews are now added. They make a big difference as you've been such a big contributor. Doing this is a pleasure although I felt so bad about starting the group and then abandoning it, that I'm looking for a tiny bit of redemption too.

Lähettänyt: InigoMontoya 9:08 am (EST) May 9, 2008

Hi. On Go Review That Book!, I've created a group Wiki page to keep track of the progress of the game and the reviews that have been generated. Some may find it easier to read the reviews by having them in one handy place. There's a discussion thread in the group and this is the first Wiki page if you are interested in having a look. To avoid any difficulties with copyright, I'm seeking your consent to add your reviews to the group Wiki page.

Lähettänyt: InigoMontoya 8:46 am (EST) May 9, 2008

Re: Prothero
Depends what you're looking for. If you want a book that has the history of religion and how it was taught in America, this book is great! If, like me, you are looking for a book that talks about the religions in America today and acts as an introduction to the history, beliefs, etc. - this book is absolutely not what you're looking for. From the way the book was advertised, I thought I'd be learning about Islam and Judaism and Hinduism, etc, and how the religions compare to each other. This isn't really covered in the book at all! So it just depends what you're looking for.

Lähettänyt: valkylee 6:30 pm (EST) Apr 28, 2008

Hi Nancy,

Thanks for your comment about my review. I will have to look out for the Isaacson book. Gordon Wood's The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin is already in my library, so that will probably be the next Franklin book I read.

Carly

Lähettänyt: carlym 6:27 pm (EST) Mar 27, 2008

Thanks so much for the good wishes - my husband and I are really excited, but I'm also constantly nauseous and exhausted, and the fact that school just started back up and my teaching load isn't exactly light is really throwing me for a loop too. It's a good loop, though, and hopefully I'll soon be able to control my emotions a bit better!

Lähettänyt: scaifea 6:02 pm (EST) Jan 22, 2008

Hello and welcome to 40 Something Library Thingers!

Lähettänyt: MDLady 7:39 am (EST) Jan 2, 2008

Go Pittsburgh! I used to live in Pittsburgh, and I am very fond of Pittsburgh.

I also like to read and am trying to be greener.
I take the bus. It is also hard for me to part with books. I like the way you worded your 'green' statement. I truly agree with you. Library thing is helpful in allowing us to part with books. I don't have a book case, I'm in a small apartment, so I only have so much room and closet space.
The only book we share is Bastard out of Carolina. The book was better than the movie, but the movie wasn't bad.

bye,
D

Lähettänyt: lean55 12:54 pm (EST) Nov 24, 2007

Nancy -

I read your very thorough review of Mallory's Oracle, and I want to encourage you to go on with the series. It is absolutely my favorite mystery/detective series, and I have been reading them all my life. Don't expect to "warm up" to Mallory, though. She is not that kind of character. I am reading the whole series for the second time now, and I find that she breaks my heart more than anything else. She is just so damaged.

I look forward to what you have to say about the rest of the series.

Anne

Lähettänyt: amancine 10:04 am (EST) Nov 6, 2007

I went through the Peter Robinson catalog like hot chainsaw through butter. Ok, bad simile but you get the idea. Now I am forlorn, as youself because there are no more Alan Banks to read. But, I did the same thing with Ian Rankin, I am now working on Andrea Camilleri, Donna Leon, and a few others. Good to have met you.

Lähettänyt: pw0327 10:05 pm (EST) Oct 11, 2007

Just a word of encouragement from a reader who in the past has been accused of liking everything that he reads. I agree with your assessment of Bel Canto in your brief and incisive review. For me the novel seemed contrived. I'm an opera lover, yet I could not connect on with this story.

Jim

Lähettänyt: jwhenderson 7:56 pm (EST) Oct 1, 2007