Dear, I saw you comments related with The 19th Wife. It's very sweet of you that you resigned. I was just thinking in between that after reading this book I could mooch it back to you. But first I would decide how do I like it and if I would like to mooch it ;) And of course first - just get it here by post ;) Actually not a long time ago one book send by me from Poland to US took just a week to arrive to the new owner! But I don't expect it as a rule ;)

Actually I'm very sad that Poland is out from ER :/ And probably it'll take long time to get it :/

Warm greetings!

inlägg gjort av agatatera vid 5:42 pm (EST) Aug 13, 2008

*is in awe at your generosity*

inlägg gjort av Jibrailis vid 5:12 pm (EST) Aug 13, 2008

Hi! Good to hear from you! From what you guys said, I think I'll wait and read Shutter Island after I read some of his other books! The author definitely sounds good and interesting, though, so when I'm done with my Connelly books maybe I'll start on Lehane's series if I can get any by then. Otherwise, I'll start on a different series until I can get hold of his. Thanks for your input! See you around.

inlägg gjort av janmpb vid 8:54 pm (EST) Aug 12, 2008

Well, you had no points and I had/have so many I felt like some corporate evil villain - your hand do get chapped while rubbing them together over piles of points and cackling manically. I check on you and koolaidmom from time to time to see if y'all need points. Makes me feel a little like Lady Bountiful, but that's better than Scrooge.

I did enjoy the 100 or so pages (100 seems to be my make or break decision point) I read of the Well - very creative alternate world, anyone who really loves books and words is bound to love it. I just thought I was missing too much backstory and really needed to read the first one first. She does a valiant effort to explain what's already happened, but it just felt overwhelming. I'm looking for the first one, when it's meant to be I'm sure it'll fall into my hands. (ommmmmmmm, ommmmmmm)

I'm in the last 50 pages or so of Middlesex and enjoying it completely! Have you read it? It's much much better than the synopsis would suggest.

Next to read, I have in my hot little hands books 3 and 4 of the Sloppy Firsts quadwhatever. My daughter has been stealing them and covering them up with jackets from other books (no, Mom, I'm still reading Staying Fat for Sara Byne...see....) I'm giving up and letting her read them, any kid who wants to go to that kind of effort to read a book (and actually quality writing) should be allowed to. I'll send them to you when I'm done, if you'll send them back when you are. I just had a 9th grader come in the in-house library and go nuts over my books, so I think I'll loan them to her after you.
I'm aiming for a reputation of corrupting minors in a literary way. ;)

inlägg gjort av ealaindraoi vid 3:13 pm (EST) Aug 12, 2008

I think we were typing the same thing about Shutter Island at the same time. How weird is that!

inlägg gjort av ealaindraoi vid 2:50 pm (EST) Aug 12, 2008

Finished Everything is Illuminated and it pulled me right in! I didn't think I'd really enjoy it because I'd seen the movie and I know how it ends. But it did, a little slow going at first, but Alex's voice was enough to keep reading. Well worth reading.
The Corrections will have to wait a bit because I'm actually reading in order of what I can put up on PBS because I need the points over there.
I have to get back to the YA stack soon, so I'll know what to recommend to kiddos in Sept. Seems like summer is my only time to read real grown-up books.

Let's see, the only thing I have to recommend to you is The Given Day - the Dennis Lehane book that comes out in Sept. Totally amazing - I think you'd like it.

inlägg gjort av ealaindraoi vid 12:55 pm (EST) Aug 8, 2008

Hang in there Kay. I'm going to the beach next week, I'll send a refreshing afternoon rainstorm your way.

inlägg gjort av VictoriaPL vid 4:40 pm (EST) Aug 6, 2008

Oh dear - I lived in Calgary for a few years. Should we even be speaking? ;-)

I'm a Moocher/Keeper too. I've made a vow to slow down my mooching, as my unread pile is getting too large for my liking!

I only recently read my first Kate Atkinson - I plan to read Case Histories in August, after I finish wading my way through The Crimson Petal and the White. I loved Behind the Scenes at the Museum - it was great. I added you to my interesting libraries, because I bet we have other tastes in common too.

We've had a nice summer here - I'm out of the humidity/mosquito belt, and most days there is a nice cooling breeze off the ocean. I'll try to send some your way - breezes, that is -- not mosquitoes!

inlägg gjort av starfishian vid 1:31 pm (EST) Aug 4, 2008

I like your idea and I'll browse through my library and choose some books which may be something interesting also for people living out from Poland. And then announcement on the forums :)

inlägg gjort av agatatera vid 2:19 pm (EST) Jul 28, 2008

Yes, I already joined BM, just yesterday :) But now the problem is that I don't have almost any books in English to put in my inventory. I have maybe 5 or 6, and just 2 of them are new, the rest are the old once, given by the library in the UK to one of our schools as a gift. So, collecting points needed for shipping is a bit difficult right now. Still, I'll try :)

Greetings!

inlägg gjort av agatatera vid 1:48 pm (EST) Jul 27, 2008

I thought of you this morning when a book group post on Talk that they were reading Sarah's Key. Thanks again for the recommendation. Have a great day and stay cool!

inlägg gjort av VictoriaPL vid 2:08 pm (EST) Jul 23, 2008

Hey! Hot enough for you? I'm melting, I'm melting!
Anyway... have you had a chance to read any of the St Cyr books? I've read two and I thought they were okay. Probably won't read any more in the series but I'm curious as to what you thought. Have a great day!

inlägg gjort av VictoriaPL vid 4:03 pm (EST) Jul 22, 2008

Oh, gosh, I wish! You and another LT friend, with these '17-book mooch expectations'! ;) My wishlist doesn't seem quite so lucky. (Thankfully for me?)

inlägg gjort av Eurydice vid 12:37 am (EST) Jul 18, 2008

oh uh duh thank you for reminding me...i've been going through some old booklists and still have not found the one i meant..if that makes sense..but i persevere and will post the name when i discover..it....thanks again for the reminder

inlägg gjort av jdthloue vid 5:16 pm (EST) Jul 16, 2008

Wow, where did you find that book on Bavarian Cooking? My aunt would flip for that--my grandfather was Bavarian and she loves finding recipes for foods she remembers my grandmother making from him (she was German but from a different region, and made specialties from his childhood to please him).

inlägg gjort av LeesyLou vid 1:00 pm (EST) Jul 16, 2008

Thanks, a few days late, for the 'interesting libraries' addition! Your comments on Skeletons at the Feast are enough, with what I'd read before, to seriously tempt me. (Book-buying is supposed to be in hiatus; but it'll go on a BookMooch wishlist, at least.)

inlägg gjort av Eurydice vid 3:47 am (EST) Jul 16, 2008

Hi--

Thanks very much for your wonderful note. I'm so glad you liked the book, that means a lot to me. It took four long years to write, and and your early favorable response makes me very, very happy.

All my best,

David

inlägg gjort av Debershoff vid 10:01 am (EST) Jul 15, 2008

Hey Kay,

I was able to mooch a copy of Fourth Comings by Megan McCafferty and the giver actually sent it! :) I haven't been able to scoop up Third yet, though. I don't really mind reading them out of order. If, per chance, you happen to grab 3rd, maybe we can do a trade?

Brenda

inlägg gjort av ealaindraoi vid 10:45 pm (EST) Jul 14, 2008

I wasn't able to bring all my books to China when I moved here, so I still have many many books in boxes in the loft at my mother's house. They are being sent over slowly, sometimes I can bring some over, and eventually I hope to ship them over altogether. There are probably some 4000 books there.

My LT catalogue is 70% finished for the books I have in China. By the time I finish my catalogue the total number will be in the order of 10,000 books. What you see in my LT catalogue is not only "books"; I list "works" separately, so a book with collected Shakespeare plays will result in say 45 entries ie the book itself + 45 plays, each separately. I also list "articles" separately, so if a book by two editors contains 12 articles on say EFL Writing, that would be 14 entries, 2 for the book (one entry for each author separately) and 12 articles separately. So, I use LT partly as a card catalogue system to keep track of articles I need for work.

Reference works and work-related books aside,I probably own about 4000 books of novels, short stories, essays, etc -- the kind you might reasonably ask "have you read them? Of these I have read about 30%

I read fluently in Dutch, Afrikaans, English, German, French and Spanish, and I am a beginning reader in Catalan, Czech and Chinese. I was very happy to mooch some Spanish books that were on my wish list before I joined BM! I mooched some Dutch and French, no German yet. The choice of non-English books is still very limited.

At the moment, I am inputting "dates finished" for my books, working back through the notebooks I have kept since 1981, listing all books I have read + date I finishd reading them.

I have read a fair number of books by Naipaul, but "A bend in the river" is one I have not yet read.

I am glad you put in your friend request, because I enjoyed our email correspondence related to the Styron book I mooched from you, and was thinking how I could return the favour. Now, that will be more likely to happen.

Best,

inlägg gjort av edwinbcn vid 9:31 pm (EST) Jun 24, 2008

Just posted what I heard from abuse on the bookmooching group. It's long. :)

No, you'd hate Palnichuck. (I'm sure I spelled that totally wrong) I like horror and have a strong stomach but even I had problems with him.

Oh, A Series of Unfortunate Events! My kids and I read them up until the 4th book or so, when we kind of all went...ummm, all the plots are the same! But they're great books, I still use them to teach 2nd person POV and unreliable narration. I loved how he explained words, too. I read up to the 6th book of Harry Potter out loud to my girls, it was great, but boy did those books get long, I'd read until I lost my voice then try it again the next night. I hope the girls remember that when they get older though. They liked my Dolby voice better than the movie Dolby! :)
Have you tried the Dragon books by Dav Pilky with your little one? My girls loved those!

inlägg gjort av ealaindraoi vid 8:23 pm (EST) Jun 24, 2008

Hey Kay! Oh man, I devoured Sarah's Key. A little predictable, but I enjoyed it. Thanks again.

Yes, I do think we're fortunate that our library system is so good. Still, I do order quite a few things from Inter-Library Loan. Yesterday I requested two the St. Cyr books that we don't have locally. We'll have to compare notes. In the interest of time, I'm going to read the art-centered ones first. Then I might go back and hit the others.

I hope you're having a great day!

inlägg gjort av VictoriaPL vid 3:40 pm (EST) Jun 24, 2008

Hey Kay - just wondering if you've read Robert Janes's St. Cyr series?

inlägg gjort av VictoriaPL vid 4:09 pm (EST) Jun 23, 2008

Thanks for the recommendations. I will look out for them. I was able to grab a copy of the first Michael Dibden "Ratking" in the series (on your recommendation) and I will let you know how I like it. I finished "Chemistry of death" and liked it...I am looking forward to the next one in the series. My next one was "the final solution" by Michael Chabon, which is brilliant. I am now back to Alexander McCall Smith for his comforting First Ladies Detective Agency. How did you like the last one? Was it good? I am only up to the 5th installment and have to read a few more to catch up.
Best, Britta

inlägg gjort av DerBuecherwurm vid 1:50 pm (EST) Jun 23, 2008

Good Morning Kay - I'm reading Sarah's Key now. Thanks for the suggestion.

inlägg gjort av VictoriaPL vid 8:26 am (EST) Jun 23, 2008

I can't believe you're adding books (just noticed as the new homepage refreshed). You'll have to upgrade to a paid account ;-)

I felt a less than 200 snapshot was already doing you injustice. I'd love to see what other books you have.

inlägg gjort av edwinbcn vid 8:25 pm (EST) Jun 21, 2008

I am officially a BookMooch addict! It makes me smile to see that Americans pay so little for domestic shipping - in Canada domestic shipping is sometimes more than international. The cheapest I've sent for is $7.50, but I don't mind - it's so fun to get a book in the mail!

I did get The 19th Wife, and I loved it. I got it the day before we went in the hospital, so it worked out perfectly. My son is doing great, thanks for asking. He's back to tormenting the baby, so he's as good as new. Or to be more accurate, better than new!

I'm reading Blankets by Craig Thompson right now - it's a bit more disturbing than I had expected so it's taking me longer than it should.

inlägg gjort av Peripa vid 11:30 am (EST) Jun 19, 2008

On bookmooch I am valerie (UK)

inlägg gjort av englishrose60 vid 5:27 am (EST) Jun 19, 2008

I haven't. But it's going on the list right now - thanks!

inlägg gjort av VictoriaPL vid 11:05 am (EST) Jun 18, 2008

Yes, I'm currently focused on WWII in Paris. I'm going to write a sequel to The Borrowed House by Hilda Van Stockum for NaNoWriMo in November. That is, if I can fill my giant gapping plot holes! Thanks for the suggestions, I'll have to see if I can get my hands on those.

inlägg gjort av VictoriaPL vid 10:44 am (EST) Jun 18, 2008

I am budrfly9 on BM!

inlägg gjort av budrfly9 vid 10:35 pm (EST) Jun 15, 2008

Yes, I am on a bit of a PD James kick :) My fiance mooched Death in Holy Orders and Cover Her Face in one of our earliest batches, so I read the latter and didn't really enjoy it, but about three weeks ago, we found The Murder Room in hardcover, and I decided to give it another go. So last week, I picked up Death in Holy Orders on the fly, devoured it, enjoyed The Murder Room immensely, and since then have been reading through them in a bit of a mad rush. They're not all equal, I find, but even so, they're pretty enjoyable nevertheless, and I've now quite a soft spot for Commander Dalgliesh.

I haven't heard of Simon Becket I admit, but perhaps after this batch of books (I've luckily two decently well stocked libraries around) I may have a go :)

inlägg gjort av parelle vid 7:15 pm (EST) Jun 15, 2008

Thank you for the interesting libraries add! I'm curryfish on BM.

inlägg gjort av Jibrailis vid 4:48 pm (EST) Jun 15, 2008

Done! I'm ahoram on BookMooch.

~Roy.

inlägg gjort av MrAndrew vid 4:38 pm (EST) Jun 15, 2008

Well, I did want to put the cookbooks (of which there are a few) on top of the kitchen cabinets, but my significant other objected.

inlägg gjort av varielle vid 3:03 pm (EST) Jun 15, 2008

Sorry about the thread in the BookMooch group--after I saw your friend request here on LT, I felt really stupid!!

inlägg gjort av carlym vid 11:16 am (EST) Jun 15, 2008

I accepted your friend invitation and sent you one on BM. See you there and here!

inlägg gjort av LeesyLou vid 9:54 pm (EST) Jun 14, 2008

You do not have to eat fish. (unless of course, you like eating fish, in that case - go forth!)
I was looking for the Lulu Dark books, but thanks to the wonders of the "book search among friends" thread, I have both of them. (unless there is a third I'm not aware of.) And, just yesterday I had an profile post from someone who has found me the THIRD book I was looking for, the Queen of Atollia. I swear that thread is something else and you started it! :)

I was waiting to see if I actually got the book, but I was able to mooch Third Helpings the other day, but right after the giver emailed me that she couldn't find it. She was going to check with her sister, to see if she took it and I haven't heard anything yet. (I recommended that she call it's name softly and maybe leave out a bowl of milk - sure hope she has a sense of humor!)
I did let my daughter read the first one, Sloppy Firsts and she loved it and wants to read the second one badly. Of course, I'm saying "well....prove to me how mature you are!"

I "won" my first book in Early Reviewers, the new Dennis Lehane book - I love Lehane, I've read all of his books, so I'm very excited, but it looks like ER books take longer than getting a book from Austraila!

inlägg gjort av ealaindraoi vid 11:42 am (EST) May 29, 2008

I'm in southern Alberta, a few hours southeast of Calgary. We have some family in Edmonton but it's a six hour drive so we visit rarely.

I'm still waiting anxiously for my copy of The 19th Wife; I'm hoping it comes this week because I'll have a couple of days next week with a lot of time to read, since my son is having surgery.

I just devoured the Twilight series, even putting off my book club book until the day of the meeting.

inlägg gjort av Peripa vid 11:42 am (EST) May 28, 2008

Hi, I just wanted to thank you for your advice and encouragement re:bookmooch. I'm back in excited mode, awaiting the arrival of my first mooch.

I noticed that you finished The 19th Wife. I'm patiently waiting for my copy to arrive (it's traveling to Canada so I imagine it takes longer). I've been checking the mail every day to see if it's come. I'm very glad to see that you enjoyed it - I'm looking forward to reading it. I think I'm going to head over to read your review.

inlägg gjort av Peripa vid 4:03 pm (EST) May 22, 2008

Yeah!!! I was so excited when your package arrived today.....may have to put my other books down for awhile and jump right into this one:) Thank you again!!!
Lora

inlägg gjort av lorabear vid 12:43 pm (EST) May 12, 2008

Yes, I picked up a small stack of Oprah books at a sale, thinking that even if I didn't like them, I could easily get rid of them on BM. Silly me, as most of them are overstocked. Ah-well.
I have a few we couldn't wait for, so just bought from Amazon. YA, mostly and The Host by Stephanie Meyer, so now I have to change my currently reading yet again. I may not even get to the Oprah books until summer.
(I really do think of them that way, usually all one word Oprahbooks! Lol)

I like elves, fairies and vampires, am I going to like The Historian?

inlägg gjort av ealaindraoi vid 6:15 pm (EST) May 10, 2008

Thank you again....I will make sure to pay it forward...

Lora

inlägg gjort av lorabear vid 3:49 pm (EST) May 7, 2008

Thank you again....I will make sure to pay it forward...

Lora

inlägg gjort av lorabear vid 3:49 pm (EST) May 7, 2008

Would love to mooch water for elephants from you.....is it still available:)

inlägg gjort av lorabear vid 11:04 pm (EST) May 6, 2008

Great! That happens to me too, I'm having a tough day and then the MAIL comes! Oooooh, books! :)
I'm sorry, I forgot to email you that it was on the way. I did enjoy it though, the book you most wished for opened up a new genre for me. I don't know what the name of that genre is though, some-what-young-very-smart-chick-lit?

inlägg gjort av ealaindraoi vid 7:41 pm (EST) May 5, 2008

Thanks for the interesting library plug! I'm finding more and more that I'm seeing LT people I recognize over in Bookmooch, which is great fun.

I haven't let the hundreds of TBR books in my library slow my book acquisition at all... I look at it as an insurance plan - I will always have something interesting to read!

I have only tried Jasper Fforde once - I tried reading the Eyre Affair and didn't get through it. I need to try again, it could be I wasn't in the right frame of mind. I was surprised I didn't enjoy it more, because it sounded right up my alley!

Where were you living in Europe? I was in the UK for a short while, and have in-laws who up until a year or so ago were living in Paris.

inlägg gjort av jagmuse vid 2:23 pm (EST) Apr 28, 2008

Hey Ridgeway Girl! Thanks for the comment and the friend request. I know, I have a ton of YA fiction in my library. I have been a voracious reader all my life, and in the past few years I've been attempting to gather all the books I enjoyed as a child and teenager. There are also plenty that I hadn't read as a teen but that look good. I confess, I still love children's and YA fiction. Just this past Friday, I picked up Jean Merrill's The Toothpaste Millionaire and enjoyed every second of it (delightful book!). It was either that or Anthony Trollope's Can You Forgive Her?, which, though well-written and interesting, is still rather intimidating to plough through.

But I don't want you to get the wrong idea; I enjoy plenty of other genres besides YA fiction. I see on your profile that you're currently reading The Historian. I read that a few months ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. I think I read it because it was suggested on BookMooch, actually. I'm not into horror usually, but this book was so well-written. I have a review up on it here somewhere. Where are you at in the story?

See you around! :-)

~ww

inlägg gjort av wisewoman vid 2:07 pm (EST) Apr 27, 2008

What a great idea your thread on "who's looking for what" is! I know I'm planning on lots of library sales this year, now I'll know what to look for!

RE: O'Nan, I loved Prayer for the Dying, and I even liked Faithful. But this one, pfff, too much Vietnam stuff. I've heard good things about the Lobster book, I'll have to add it to my list. I started reading up King of Attolia, I don't know why I bought the 3rd book in a series, but I'm loving it, and now I have to add the first two books to my to-be-found lists.

I have a foot deep pile of dirty melting snow STILL in my back yard. Spring in Maine comes around May 15th. I do love an author with sense of place though, but I think the southern authors tend to do it best. (can almost smell that honeysuckle!)

So, whatcha reading? lol You need a currently reading section so I can make conversation about it! :)

inlägg gjort av ealaindraoi vid 7:01 pm (EST) Apr 22, 2008

Uh-oh, you may end up with TWO copies of Second Helpings! When it rains, it pours. I'll email you when mine comes in, and you can let me know. I can always repost it, and it's the type of book my daughter reads anyway.

What self-control? heh-heh I have something like 23 books coming! It's just that I started out posting 400+ books so that gave me a few points to begin with, and since then I've been shipping international, so it all adds up. I figure it'll slow down and I'll have to make the points last.
It's crazy though, at one point I was actually down to 75 points and getting a little nervous! Then I had an order for 9 books, then 4, 3 etc.. overseas.

I do love BM, but I like the little group here. The forums at BM are hard to read and overwhelming. It's nice to have a small group to talk over the little things.

inlägg gjort av ealaindraoi vid 2:21 pm (EST) Apr 20, 2008

I FOUND IT (second Helpings that is)!!!!! I could hardly believe it.....I never read it after the first book.....so if you don't mind I will read it quickly before I pass it on to you:) Shouldn't take long...then is there a way to post it privately on book mooch just for you? Let me know.

Lora

inlägg gjort av lorabear vid 11:44 am (EST) Apr 19, 2008

No, PBS is the same as BM per book wise, it costs you what it costs to ship a book.

I have more points than I can use even trying really hard on BM, so don't worry about giving me extra points. I'll put it up as a private dummy listing when it comes in and you can mooch it. Can you make me a friend on BM so it'll be easier for me to find you when it comes in? My id is the same as here, and my name is Brenda. (from Maine)

inlägg gjort av ealaindraoi vid 3:24 pm (EST) Apr 18, 2008

Guess what??? Second Helpings just came up on PBS, so I snagged it! :)
Let me know how you'd like to get it once it comes in. (can't remember if you're on PBS or not) Or could just reserve it for you on BM.

inlägg gjort av ealaindraoi vid 9:01 am (EST) Apr 17, 2008

I absolutely give up! Is there a membership card or a group to join? ;)

inlägg gjort av lilyfyrestorm vid 5:18 pm (EST) Apr 16, 2008

I will for sure let you know if I stumble across it....I found the first one today while trying to enter more books....will keep you posted:0

inlägg gjort av lorabear vid 1:28 pm (EST) Apr 15, 2008

I have not read Motherless Brooklyn, but now I will have to, thanks a lot! :)
I know what you mean about bookmooch. My tbr pile increased from 693 to 740 in just the last month! I'm going to have to knock this off, aren't I?

inlägg gjort av lilyfyrestorm vid 12:30 pm (EST) Apr 15, 2008

Are you still looking for Second Helpings....I think.....just maybe....I might have that book downstairs in my basement........let me know..Lora

inlägg gjort av lorabear vid 10:08 pm (EST) Apr 14, 2008

Hi:

I see you have a tag "Czech authors"!! Is it in the Czech Republic that you stayed when you were in Europe? Yes, I speak both Czech and Slovak; I was born there and have kept the languages. In addition to the authors you already have in that tag, I would recommend Josef Skvorecky's book The Cowards. It is available as a Penguin paperback. It is his first and best. He has won a large number of international awards. And if you are interested in truly understanding the Czech character, the seminal work, which many Czechs know huge sections of by heart, is Hasek's Good Soldier Svejk (sometimes transcribed as Schweik). I am looking forward to talking books with you frequently in the future. (We'll get to Proulx and Seth next time.)

Andrew

inlägg gjort av polutropos vid 10:19 pm (EST) Apr 10, 2008

I like the idea of international moochers sending you a local postcard. That's an awesome learning tool!
I might have to steal your idea.
Also, I see you have "Everything is Illuminated" Isn't that a wonderful book? Did you see the film version? With Elijah Wood? Amazing.

inlägg gjort av lilyfyrestorm vid 2:02 pm (EST) Apr 10, 2008

Thanks for the "interesting libraries" add. Wow, we are two of only three people on here with the Blasket Memories book! Interesting indeed.

inlägg gjort av erinm vid 7:38 pm (EST) Mar 8, 2008

I am currently passionate about dark (Noirish) mystery novels set in the past or present, set mainly in Europe. I'm following this thread until I grow tired of it, then I'll return to the certainty of reading books shortlisted for the Mann Booker Prize. (I liked the National Book Award until it pushed Philip Roth on me - I will never get those hours back!)

inlägg gjort av RidgewayGirl vid 4:59 pm (EST) Feb 23, 2008