Membro: bibliobibuli

How sweet to bump into you here, Sharon. I stumbled on this site today while trying to track down Shi-Li Kow. Someone left a copy of 'Ripples' here and I was thoroughly charmed by her extraordinary talent.

publicado por antaresM às 8:16 am (EST) em Dec 16, 2009

Noticed you liked Tim Gautreaux, 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 similar to Gautreaux's work (Tim Gautreaux actually directed my master's thesis). 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). Let me know if you're interested. Here's a link to a summary in case you're interested:

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris

publicado por cmtusa às 11:26 am (EST) em Jul 14, 2009

Recently finished Netherland and wanted to let you know that I enjoyed your review comments. The comparison to Blanville and Ford were right on. Thanks for putting the work into the review -someone's listening -

publicado por novelcommentary às 2:08 pm (EST) em Jun 24, 2009

Thanks for your response. I started to read new things in your blog. It looks nice.

publicado por AuthorsandExperts às 1:52 am (EST) em May 25, 2009

Hi, did you posted any newthing in your blog?

publicado por AuthorsandExperts às 7:38 am (EST) em May 4, 2009

Ok...Message me if you post anything on your Blog...

publicado por AuthorsandExperts às 1:38 am (EST) em Apr 16, 2009

Your Blog is so useful.

publicado por AuthorsandExperts às 4:03 am (EST) em Apr 11, 2009

Hi Sharon,

I sent you an email too about a new book. Did you get it? I've just started a blog about publishing at last and have added you to the links.

http://www.blacksmithbooks.com/blog/

Cheers
Pete

publicado por hongkonger às 7:31 am (EST) em Mar 25, 2009

Sharon -- I'm honored that you've included my library in your list of interesting libraries, which, by the way, is really intriguing -- as is your library!

publicado por janeajones às 12:41 pm (EST) em Oct 22, 2008

and you should try reading Pramoedya Ananta Toer. excellent indonesian writer. i've got a couple of his books if you're interested in reading them. i'm still searching for a set of his 4 volume epic.

publicado por Banoo às 8:54 pm (EST) em Jul 21, 2008

interesting library and i noticed you also found the hazard of that one-click amazon button. the pavilions has a times bookshop with a decent lit section. i too have been here for years. originally from the u.s. ... are you still teaching creative writing? i would be interested in more information.

publicado por Banoo às 8:50 pm (EST) em Jul 21, 2008

Oh, the spending is bad... I did a proper, grown-up budget last month and analysed my spending. The results were not pretty... the dangers of working for a bookshop and getting a staff discount!! Thanks for adding me back, and I'll certainly drop by your blog.

publicado por FlossieT às 6:55 pm (EST) em Apr 8, 2008

Hi there,

Sorry it's taken me so long to comment back! My life gets very interesting during Booker season! We call my husband The Booker Widow during the months of August through October! I do love the Booker, although I sometimes disagree with the judges! I thought Tan Twan Eng should have won hands down this year! What an amazing novel! It's nice to meet someone else who is trying to read all of them like I am!

Take care,
Wendy

publicado por TurboBookSnob às 4:26 pm (EST) em Mar 20, 2008

Ohhh don't be sorry!!! :) Thank you for pointing out the female form of the word. I have created a blog with that name, only I haven't started posting in it yet :P

Happy reading :D

publicado por Delirium9 às 11:35 pm (EST) em Feb 1, 2008

Hi Bibliobibuli,

Thanks for accepting my friendship request.

Ron (ex- BiblioBillaBong)

publicado por Murmurs às 11:40 pm (EST) em Jan 2, 2008

Hello! :)

I stumbled upon your blog by looking for the word bibliobibuli to use as a blog name. At first I was so disappointed that the name was already in use (I just LOVE the word, and its meaning suits me just so - but I guess it suits all of us here at LibraryThing, eh?), but then I found out that you were a fellow LTer and that made me feel better :D

Happy reading!

publicado por Delirium9 às 12:43 pm (EST) em Dec 29, 2007

Thank you!

I look forward to having a proper look round your collection. Nelson tends more to sitting on books than actually reading them, but I suppose it's a start!

Allie

publicado por AllieW às 10:31 am (EST) em Oct 2, 2007

hehe no worries..! hope we will cross path somewhere, probably at warehouse book sales.

keep on writing yea..! love your blog ;)

publicado por Akunosh às 3:47 pm (EST) em Jul 21, 2007

hi sharon..! your comment pretty much put a smile on my face.. hehehe..

anyway, i'm an avid reader of your blog.. keep up the good work..!

and i'm definitely a she, not a he.. ;)

publicado por Akunosh às 8:20 am (EST) em Jul 21, 2007

Hi,

It wasn't meant to be!!

The reason I think fellow LTers will like FindLikeMinds.com is because it's about the most special, influential things in life. I don't know about you, but I'd love to discover say another 'Perfume' because I found someone who liked some of the same music, movies and poetry as me. But more than that, they not just share them; they feel the same way as I do about them making us of like mind?

Hope this makes amend for my Faux pas.

Pearl.

publicado por PearlCheetah às 10:37 am (EST) em May 28, 2007

As a fellow fan of Library Thing with some of the same books in our collections, I thought you might like www.FindLikeMinds.com

You can see an independent review at http://www.killerstartups.com/SocialNetw...

Of all the books you’ve ever read, there are those that just stand out head and shoulders above the rest, these are what new start-up www.FindLikeMinds.com are calling Life Influences.

They say 'it’s the classics, the obscure, and the ground breaking, exceptional and extraordinary that truly influence us - a philosophy that applies to more than just books, there’s songs, movies, places, people, art, the list is endless'.

Community - Creating an influence profile, members share life influences and form genuine connections not by who they know but by what’s influenced them.

Have a look at www.FindLikeMinds.com they're accepting members by invitation now!

publicado por PearlCheetah às 4:05 pm (EST) em May 22, 2007

I just want to say I always enjoy your blog and the Silverfish collection that you edited. Happy reading!

publicado por justbk às 11:09 am (EST) em Mar 29, 2007

hi sharon!

thanks for leaving a comment. actually i need to update my catalogue - have been buying books like there's no tomorrow!

hugs and kisskiss

publicado por marisamisron às 10:47 pm (EST) em Mar 17, 2007

I enjoyed reading your review of 'Painter of Signs' - I think the Alexander McCall Smith connection is that they are books in which values are respected and life is less complex than in today's increasingly unrecognisable society. I shall continue to read your reviews.

happy reading :)

publicado por judyb65 às 12:52 pm (EST) em Feb 8, 2007

Sharon,

I ran across your review of The Joy of Sex while checking out the group zietgeist for "The Prizes" group. Have you read Meg Wolitzer's The Position, by chance? It was longlisted for the Orange Prize last year. Here's a synopsis from The New Yorker

"Wolitzer's novel of sexual politics and family farce continues in the dark comic vein that she mined in "The Wife." In the nineteenseventies, at the height of the sexual revolution, a married couple, aptly named Mellow, publish a liberated sex manual that features pictures of themselves and includes a sexual position—"Electric Forgiveness"—that they claim to have invented. The manual becomes an epochal best-seller. The publication, decades later, of a new edition of the notorious classic is a catalyst for a plot that examines the effects of this legacy on the adult children of the Mellows, who are now divorced. These effects are variously hilarious, disabling, painful, embarrassing, and, ultimately, empowering. Wolitzer's comic timing never wavers, and she has an astute grasp of the way one generation's liberation inspires the next generation's pity."

I thought it a delightful and thoughtful read and thought you might find it interesting also...

Best,Lois

publicado por avaland às 11:59 am (EST) em Nov 30, 2006

I looove your tags! I have been so lazy, I didn't finish taggin my catalogue. After seeing your tags, I am inspired.
The neurologist I was thinking of is V. S. Ramachandran. He has written a couple of books on the brain.

publicado por akenned5 às 5:13 pm (EST) em Nov 21, 2006

Hi Sharon,
I still feel a little miserable when I think of all the books I no longer own. The pain is even worse when I go over to a friend's or sibling's house and see 'my' books on their shelves. Oh well, somehow life goes on!

I have been reading a lot of popular science lately, including lots of neurology and brain-related books. Just fascinating. One of Sack's colleagues (can't recollect his name, but I will look it up) writes about phantom limbs and the experiences of his patients are startling.

I am going to explore your favourites now! Isn't this a great website?
cheers, Aileen

publicado por akenned5 às 5:03 pm (EST) em Nov 21, 2006

you led me to librarything - but I am way behind you in cataloguing my books. I made a rule that I would catalogue them as I read them. At the rate I'm going I may have to leave this task to my heirs.

PS What does MPH stand for exactly? My daughter asked me the other day and I was stumped!

publicado por fbtoast às 6:34 am (EST) em Nov 16, 2006

Sharon, blogging your book club events is a GREAT idea. You know, I just started doing that this week? http://mypeopleconnection.blogspot.com/ I wish I thought of it earlier.

You know, you're welcome to post your events on our My People Connection site. We can host events all around the world now. And nothing would make me happier than promoting book clubs & encouraging more people to read and make good new friends over books. It's free - I founded the organization when I moved to Los Angeles & didn't know anyone. We host a lot of events now that go beyond book club.

Don't know if you have a Craigslist.org in Malaysia, but it's another great resource for getting the word out. A good friend of mine is from Malaysia (lives in Chicago now), so I can ask him of some other ways you can reach more folks. Don't get discouraged or give up - it took me a while to get our LA group going, but after 7 years now, we're hosting an average of 165 events each month - all for free, just pay your own way - including 6 distinct book clubs. Woohoo! :-)

And definitely hit our boards with some questions about promoting your book club. I'm sure others have the same thoughts.

Best,
Jen

publicado por mypcjen às 2:55 pm (EST) em Nov 14, 2006

Hey sharon - have been too lazy to sit down and catalogue everything!!! Will have to do so soon and perhaps colour code my book shelves - hehe

publicado por shamalasp às 9:53 pm (EST) em Oct 26, 2006

hi sharon, i commented in your blog once; when you wrote about bigbookshop warehouse sale. and here i am, in librarything (knew about it at teddy's blog), i notice we share few books in common, but besides the best-sellers, i'm quite excited to know you also read (and most likely have) 'good care for cats: how to keep your cat in perfect health'. hahahahh..

i got it at times bookstore warehouse sale 3 years back, it must be sometime and maybe the last print too, since when i got my hands on it, the book already turn a little bit yellowish, but at RM1 and readable, who can resist it?

have a good day sharon :)

publicado por laydiefa às 11:00 pm (EST) em Aug 13, 2006

Thank you for your "favorite!" tag. It clued me in on a few great finds (like "man who mistook his wife...").

publicado por DanDanRevolution às 10:59 am (EST) em Jun 26, 2006

thanks for telling me tim - and don't worry

publicado por bibliobibuli às 7:37 pm (EST) em Feb 10, 2006