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Libby H

Libby H

Avid reader, mother to 3 sons in the arts, fine artist specializing in oils and graphite, I particularly enjoy the works of Terry Pratchett, P.G. Wodehouse, Mark Twain, and Alexander McCall Smith.

I'm going to change my profile picture occasionally to feature some of my work. Right now it's most of a drawing of my second son Chauncey... more »
  • Santa Barbara and NYC, CA, USA
  • member since February 22 2008

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  • cpauley929

    cpauley929 says

    Just wanted to comment on your avatar. It's beautiful. I see we have quite a few books in common. Pratchett is one of my all time favorites as well. Always good to meet another fan.

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • cpauley929

    cpauley929 says

    Hi Libby! I'm from the Author, Author group and wanted to welcome you to our forum. November’s featured author is Nora Roberts, and we have two alternate authors, O Henry and Anne Rice. If you're interested, you can choose a book written by any (or all!) of these three authors, and after you've read it, please come post a review and star rating so the rest of us in the group know what you read and whether you liked it or not. Happy Reading!

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • Stephanie B

    Stephanie B says

    Hi Libby- thanks for joining art biz- I must admit the quietness over there had me a little discouraged but glad to hear that someone was reading the posts! I hope you'll feel welcome to contribute your thoughts and ideas often!

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Dog Lover

    Dog Lover says

    Greetings CROAH member!


    We are now accepting nominations for the next group read to cover the fourth US President, James Madison.

    Please send your suggestions via one of 2 ways:

    a) a private note to either Regina or Dog Lover (this method reveals your email address to us), or

    b) use the "Questions About this Group" text box found on the member's tab. This sends an email to both administrators and masks your email address.

    Please do NOT post your nomination to the site's discussion tab.

    Please include the title, author, and brief description of the book. It would also be nice if you included the Shelfari book page URL.

    Nominations will be accepted through the 18th. Nominations will be posted and voting will take place through the 25th. We will post the selected book on the 26th.

    Because we are approaching the Holidays a revised schedule will be followed for the remainder of 2009 and beginning of 2010. We will vote for the Madison read in October, post discussion questions in November, skip December, vote on Monroe reads in January, and post discussion questions in February.

    A suggestion has been made to continue the extended reading schedule past the Holidays and provide 2 months between book selections. We would be interested in hearing anyone's thoughts on this. Would it help you? Would you lose momentum? Are you too busy to participate on the current schedule.

    Please post your comments on this proposed scheduling change to the nomination thread found at http://www.shelfari.com/groups/34700/discussions/146618/James-Madison-Nominations-are-Open

    The four books we've chosen since the group started have been fabulous. We look forward to seeing the nominations for the fifth.

    Thanks,

    Regina & DL

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Dog Lover

    Dog Lover says

    Greetings CROAH members!

    The nominations are in for the CROAH September group read about Thomas Jefferson.

    You'll find the ballot at http://www.shelfari.com/groups/34700/discussions/137240/Vote-for-Thomas-Jefferson-Reads---September-2009

    This is a "ballot" therefore...

    Please vote only once.

    Please indicate only a vote "for" - do not vote against a title.

    Please do not include any sales talk or justification for your vote - just "yae" or "for".

    The last 3 reads have been just fabulous. With this range of nominations, it looks as though we'll have another winner for our 4th group read!

    Thanks so much to all of you who submitted nominations - great job!

    Lookin' forward to your votes,

    DL

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Dog Lover

    Dog Lover says

    Greetings!

    The Chronological Read of American History Group (CROAH) is now ready to receive your nominations for the group's September read.

    The subject is Thomas Jefferson. To nominate a biography, please send the title, author, and a brief description of the book to the group administrators. You might choose to also include the URL for the Shelfari book page associated with your nominated title.

    To send us your nominated title, you may use either the "private note" feature (which will reveal your email address to the administrators) or the "Questions about this group?" text entry box found on the member tab of CROAH which will protect your privacy.

    Nominations will be accepted through Aug 16 2009.

    Voting will take place from August 17 - 23, 2009 with an announcement on August 24, 2009.

    Lookin' forward to seein' your nominations!

    DL

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Silvana Lowry

    Silvana Lowry says

    Hi Libby, What a beautiful drawing of your son, and what wonderful talent you have. I am looking forward to your next drawing. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. Welcome to our group Libby. I hope that you will find as much enjoyment with your new group as the joy that you so obviously derive from your drawing. I hope that we will hear from you more often, welcome aboard, Silvana

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Linda M

    Linda M says

    Great drawing of Chauncey! I only wish they were larger or had an option for larger so we could see them better.
    I'm getting Nefertiti at the library later this week.

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Andi K / Lady Klemm

    Andi K / Lady Klemm says

    Can you post your review on the JARS Search for Nefertiti discussion thread to get the discussion going? Or, can you think of any good discussion topics/questions/notes to add to the thread?

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Robert

    Robert "Rocky" J says

    That's a great idea. I'll have to scan it on in and btw you are welcome. I look forward to seeing more of your work!

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Andi K / Lady Klemm

    Andi K / Lady Klemm says

    Take your time, there are no deadlines... I actually haven't been reading Search for Nefertiti yet, but I will start soon. I was waiting on you and your friend. I already read Michelle Moran's Nefertiti, we can discuss both books whenever you're ready.

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Robert

    Robert "Rocky" J says

    Nope he hasn't---thanks for the suggestion.

    You artwork is simply incredible. My students tease me all the time about my drawings --] I have to label everything so they know what it is--] it's so bad I have to tell them it's a cow even.

    My son on the other hand--] oh my gosh--] he is an incredible artist.

    I wish I had his and your talent.

    Rocky

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Linda M

    Linda M says

    I forgot which one, it was a long time ago. It was Mitford with the Anglican priest and I did appreciate the honest description of a Christian life. Struggles and not constant victory.
    No matter there's so much other stuff to read. Homey is the right word exactly.
    I'm going to invite a couple of people that read all the time pretty soon to Shelfari.
    I'm keeping my eye out for Terry Pratchett. I don't think I've read any of her stuff.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • cha2cha

    cha2cha says

    1000 Splendid Suns is the second book of the author of The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini. I love to see the author on video as he's very intelligent, well spoken, and nice to look at, though decades younger than I (alas - sigh). I want to like the book as much as the rest of the world (mostly women, I suspect) but it's just not subtle or nuanced enough for me. Makes me feel like a Negative Nelly. Thanks for being willing to be my back-up opinion.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Linda M

    Linda M says

    And maybe I got a bad one but I found Jan Karon not too interesting.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Linda M

    Linda M says

    Libby,
    I tried to email you but it came back unknown. Sorry to bother you here with this but we'll be in Santa Barbara Aug. 2-4 and thought maybe we could meet Roy for dinner or something. What do you think? You can email me at my same email or at Linda@culinarytrends.net

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • cha2cha

    cha2cha says

    Maybe there's something about books whose titles begin with One Thousand .... ?

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • cha2cha

    cha2cha says

    I just finished reading your review and was glad to have my opinion validated. My book group all seemed to love it. Sometimes I feel like I am the only (overly-?) critical reader I know! The best-selling crowd-pleaser books don't do much for me, unfortunately, so I find myself not being able to trust the reviews I read. 1000 Splendid Suns was a good tale, for instance, but not particularly well-told, I thought. I hesitate to be negative so I will often bite my tongue.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • cha2cha

    cha2cha says

    No, I didn't get anything after you said you would check the book out at the library. I hope you didn't absolutely hate it. I just wanted to get an opinion from outside my group who all loved it.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • uplandpoet

    uplandpoet says

    Welcome to Better than Starbucks! Look around, make yourself at home, start a new thread or dig up an old one or just read and jump in on the more active ones.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )


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