I can really confuse things, can't I?Definitely follow "BC" - I have no "activity" there to concern me with the "tracking" stuff . I have to allow the following/followed thing there anyway due to all the private work groups with which I am associated.Sorry for adding such complexity!BCakaDL
Yo - did you drop us from your "following" list when you left the Librarians? I'm trying to invite you to the review-readers group and I can't find you on the "friends" list. Is this a Shelfari problem? (Wouldn't surprise me!)BCakaDL
You know? There are several people who write reviews that interest me (and usually lead me directly to purchase.) You, of course, are one of them. Rather than do the friends thing (because that creeps me out) I wonder if you and some of those other few would be interested in being part of a private - invitation only group which has the sole purpose of posting a link to reviews. I'm thinkin' that each person would have a thread dedicated to them and we would each post reviews that we think the others may like to read. No reading assignment. Casual conversation/discussion as each member sees fit. No pressure. No required topics or reading preferences.Would that interest you?Ouch. I really respect your opinions so I'm wondering if I'm gonna enjoy the Robinson books. To be fair, I chose the non-fiction essay type books (although, because they were kinda on sale, I did get Gilead and Housekeeping as well.) The NYT article praised her writing to the skies. Gilead is also a Pulitzer Winner and one of my goals is to read all the P-fiction winners. (I'll be 112 before I finish all my reading goals which is to say I never will!)Have you read the Lost Art of Reading? I most likely won't try the Bowles book - North African just doesn't appeal to me at this time. (Whew - what a relief! I'm actually dodging a purchase!)DL
Can't remember. Have we discussed this one before? http://www.shelfari.com/books/15312794/The-Lost-Art-of-ReadingHere is my review: http://www.shelfari.com/books/15312794/The-Lost-Art-of-Reading/reviews/3372084DL
You can use the "more" tab from my profile, right? I don't review everything I read. Usually only those that inspire a fair degree of emotion in me - positive or negative. Have to admit that I've gotten hooked on those "books about books." Have a whole stack of them TBR and recently ordered a few more that should be delivered tomorrow. These are my "new" orders (unread):http://www.shelfari.com/books/25372377/When-I-Was-a-Child-I-Read-Books-Essays and http://www.shelfari.com/books/24076335/Life-Sentences-Literary-Judgments-and-Accounts . Don't you just love the title of that last one? (It is imperative that I STOP reading the weekly NYT Books section!)Because of Amazon's recommending things when I put stuff in my cart, I also ordered these: (Not so much book about books but...) Hopin' Robinson is worth it.http://www.shelfari.com/books/23764903/Absence-of-Mind-The-Dispelling-of-Inwardness-from-the-Modern-Myt and http://www.shelfari.com/books/199013/The-Death-of-Adam-Essays-on-Modern-Thought .Although not consistently accurate, I tag all these "readin', writin', reviewin', and such typr books as "supplement-shelf" which is where I had decided to locate the physical copies. I don't use that for K books (don't have many of those anyway.) If this kind of thing interests you, you can check to see if any of those titles has the "review" marker on the book's icon.I will say, though, that my reviews aren't stellar, IMMHO. Appreciate your interest!DL
Howdy!Sorry but I don't do the followers/following/friends thing. Kinda creeps me out sometimes to have every action I take reported to people so I just made the decision to avoid that feature. Please understand, OK? I use it for my Librarian persona (BC)for those of us left doing that work because, as you know, Shelfari requires that "relationship" before one can invite people to private groups. "BC" doesn't have any shelf activity to report anyway.Oh well.Thanks,DL
Ross- Noticed you added _Woodcutters_ and looking forward to reading your review! It's definitely lost in translation, but its still a dead on cautionary tale for life long artists.
::blush:: What a sad state of commentary re Shelfari reviews! Very kind of you.I did work very hard to reduce the overabundance of "I". The results, though, were such disjointed, awkward, and convoluted examples of grammar that I ended up saying "screw it." (Note the ultra-literary phrase.)Not good with this stuff at all but I loved that book so much that that gushing had to be posted somewhere! You truly alerted me to a "favorite."DL
What can I say except "Thank you!" for the reference.http://www.shelfari.com/books/61202/Ex-Libris/reviews/3373822DL
Yes, Ross, it's very much a poets novel.The Murch book has been recommended to me before, I hadn't taken in the author though. It was recommende purely as a film book.
Well, Coming Through Slaughter is the fictional biography of early and unrecorded jazz originator Buddy Bolden and uses jazz methodology. It consists of passages that range from a sentence to a few pages in length and has a hallucinogenic, incantatory feel. It's my first Ondaatje and I'm enjoying it a lot. Which title would you recommend?
Can't really think of who I'd most like to meet - Pynchon perhaps, the kudos would be good! I think he'd be fun as well. Musician - Vic Godard / John Lydon (loads really). I met a good few filmmakers - the best fun I had was meeting Aki Kaurismaki - who's films I love. I had to take him on a pub crawl in Dublin. Also had a very memorable meal with John Woo (memorable for me, not him!)
Hey, thanks for the note. The mime piece sounds wonderful - I'd love to see that and agree with what you say about the emotionality of the work. I'll bear what you ask, with respect to the compelling conflict, in mind when reading it. I'm really going to take my time digesting it as it's SO rich. I read a little, I think about it, I walk, then I return and write about it. When doing some research the other day on Barthes, I discovered that there are two film adaptations of the book...are you aware of them? I can't vouch for their quality, but they're listed on IMDB, so check them out at your peril. Great to hear from you, by the way. I'm away for a month over Christmas so have lots of time to read and ponder!
Thanks Ross - I'm thinking of doing a major read/reread of his books next year and am rereading Riddley Walker at the moment. Sad but he had a long life and produced a large body of work. I always think "I should have met him" when someone like him dies.
Remember that a while back one of your reviews sent me to Amazon to purchase that and another Anne Fadiman? I haven't yet read Ex Libris but I did read "Rereadings." Here is my review - http://www.shelfari.com/books/202883/Rereadings/reviews/3298042Thanks so much for point me in Fadiman's direction. Do you know if she is related to Clifton Fadiman (The New Lifetime Reading Plan)? I could look it up myself, of course. I suspect that Ex Libris will answer that question as well. I grant Fadiman most of the credit in my marking "Rereadings" with not only 5 stars but as a favorite. Of the multiple thousands of books I've read over my long life, this make only the 13th I've granted 5 stars.Lookin' forward to Ex Libris.DLakaBC
Ross,Reluctantly, I've added you to my list of readers to follow. I say reluctantly because I fear you will make my "to-read" list double! Based on similar tastes of the books we've read and loved or been underwhelmed by, I am intrigued at the long list of great works on your shelf that are not on mine at the moment. I appreciate your breadth and depth of your selections. I'll check back when I'm ready to select a new book.Jeff
Greetings!Sigh... I HAVE to stop reading reviews! I love books such as Ex Libris and, now, because of your review I not only ordered that one but another by Fadiman. I can blame it all on YOU!LOL!BC
Just wondering how you're doing.
It sounds great. I've got Mythologies too, but have to get through Plato first! Thanks for the offer. I might just take you up on that!
I definitely felt it! And I'm in Toronto right now! I've actually been spending most of my summer moving, so if I'm in any concerts, I'm afraid they won't be in Virginia any more (or for that matter, the US). I've been waiting for the book to show up at my public library, but it looks like that's not about to happen... I think I'll have to buy a copy too! How has your summer been?
