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Ria K

Ria K

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Hi i am unsure what to say about myself as its not a subject i like talking about much.
I will just say that if you scroll through my shelves on Shelfari you might find you have something in common with me as i don't stick to one genre of books and read voraciously on many subjects.
Hope you like what you read.
Take care.
  • Tylorstown, Ferndale, Rh, UK
  • member since February 10, 2008

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  • Bookworm

    Bookworm says

    Hello...have you read any book of Michael Frayn? I recently read two : 'The Russian Interpreter' and 'Towards The End of The Morning'...liked the later one...I heard his 'Copenhagen' is a good book.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Bookworm

    Bookworm says

    Thanks for the friendship request. I recently finished Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger...I don't know how it won Booker...the plot is loose though there are some bright flashes in between....Overall very disappointing book.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Bookworm

    Bookworm says

    I read Tales from Wessex recently...found your name while searching in this site..I liked An Imaginative Woman very much...Found A Withered Arm a bit predictable...

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Bookworm

    Bookworm says

    I read Tales from Wessex recently...found your name while searching in this site..I liked An Imaginative Woman very much...Found A Withered Arm a bit predictable...

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Juliana C

    Juliana C says

    Thanks for the friendship request.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Mandy M

    Mandy M says

    Hey, thanks for the recommendation! I really want to read that book, but I can't find it here in Brazil :(
    The libraries don't have it and it's too expensive to buy... It's on my "to read" list now =D

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Robert F

    Robert F says

    I think I'll give it a shot in any case :). Thanks for the feedback!

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Leia C

    Leia C says

    Thank you, I read most of Tamora Pierce's Tortall books excluding, the trickster's series and the newer bloodhound. I REALLY enjoyed those books and I very much appreciate you giving me the order of the series =). I have three books from the circle of magic and the first book to the circle opens, so I'll start on them soon.

    Again, thank you =).

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Robert F

    Robert F says

    A shame you say that. I was quite looking forward to "White Tiger." I think I'll still give it a shot.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Robert F

    Robert F says

    They should just redo it. I agree, I'd probably have enjoyed it more if I hadn't already read it.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Robert F

    Robert F says

    Too many!! Hmm. A few include Ursula LeGuin, Anne McCaffrey, and Michael Ende. I do like Pierce quite a lot and I've enjoyed what I've read of Paolini so far. Couldn't stand the movie, though.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Robert F

    Robert F says

    Hello Ria and thank you so much for sending this kind note. And, yes, I did notice that many of the books you posted are also ones I've enjoyed. "Children of Hurin" was excellent -- a dark and delightful mythic tale. And thank you for the warm words about Luthiel's Song. I'm honored you found it interesting and if you ever do read it please send along a note with your thoughts. I'd love to hear your opinion.

    Kindest regards to you!

    Rob

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • bashu

    bashu says

    wow thanx alot!

    posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )
  • bashu

    bashu says

    from gone with the wind,
    is the story tells too much about the war or is it more to their love story? this because i'm not that comfortable to read war stories.

    posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Mark R

    Mark R says

    HI RIA,
    HOW'S IT GOING? SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH SOMEONE'S EMAIL STILL SO I'M
    WRITING THIS HOPING YOU'LL GET IT. HOW ARE YOU DOING ANYWAY? I'M
    DOING GREAT AS ALWAYS WENT BOWLING YESTERDAY DIDN'T DO SO WELL
    WTIH MY FRIEND BUT BY MYSELF LATER IN THE AFTERNOON I BOWLED A 68
    AND 68 ALSO THAT WAS TWO DIFFERENT TIMES FOR A 68. I DON'T HAVE
    MUCH MONEY LEFT FOR THIS MONTH BUT MY MOM SAID I COULD EARN SOME
    FROM HER AS I CALLED MY OTHER FRIEND STEVE AND HE SAID WE MIGHT
    BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING NEXT WED. SO I'LL WANT SOME MONEY FOR THAT.
    I'M STILL THINKING I'D LIKE TO WORK SINCE I'M DOING SO WELL WITH
    EVERYTHING THE CANNERY I USED TO WORK AT IS NOW A 'RAIN SWEET'
    COMPANY CANNERY AND THEY DO BERRIES AND ONIONS. MANY YEARS AGO
    I TRIED WORKING THERE ONCE BUT I WAS ALLERGIC TO ONIONS, BUT
    THEY ALSO HAVE BERRIES AND I WORKED IN BERRIES AT THE CANNERY
    IN WOODBURN FOR A SEASON. MY COLITIS IS DOING SO WELL IT'S LIKE
    I DON'T EVEN HAVE IT IN FACT I'M TRYING TO GET OFF ONE OR EVEN
    BOTH OF THE MEDS I TAKE FOR IT. I'LL BE OFF THE PREDNISONE FIRST
    AND THEN AFTER AWHILE I'LL TRY AND SEE IF I CAN GET OFF THE AZATHIOPRINE I TRIED THAT ONCE BEFORE AND IT DIDN'T WORK, BUT
    I'VE NOT BEEN DOING AS WELL AS I AM NOW. I STARTED READING
    'JOHN ADAMS' BY DAVID MCCULLOUGH ABOUT ONE OF OUR EARLIEST PRESIDENTS, THERE'S A MULTIPLE-PART MINISERIES OF IT ON HBO
    THIS MONTH. I TRIED MESSING WITH MY MP3 PLAYER AND I JUST CAN'T
    SEEM TO BE ABLE TO PUT ANY MORE SONGS ON IT FOR THE TIME BEING
    SO I WILL JUST LISTEN TO THEONES THAT ARE ALREADY ON THERE AND
    MOSTLY JUST LISTEN TO MY HI FI IN MY ROOM... DEF LEPPARD AND
    ALL THE OTHER COOL BANDS SOUND GREAT ON THERE ESPECIALLY THE RADIO
    SINCE I MOVED IT TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION IN MY ROOM. HOW'S THE
    WEATHER DOING?? IT'S GETTING BETTER HERE SPRING IS NEARLY HERE.
    DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR EASTER YET WE USUALLY HAVE
    HAM AND SOMETIMES MY GRANDMA COMES BUT SHE'S GETTING ON IN YEARS
    AND MIGHT NOT WANT TO MOM WILL HAVE TO ASK HER. WELL, GUESS THAT'S
    ALL THE LATEST, TAKE CARE AND HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON!
    mark

    posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Mark R

    Mark R says

    Hi Ria,
    How's it going? I'm doing fine and hope you all are the same. I
    figured out that some chocolate ice cream I was eating was bothering
    my colitis as it was pretty rich that sucks I'll just stick to
    some hard candy once in awhile. I found my MP3 player and have
    been listening to it a lot lately, you'll never guess where it was
    it was safely in the pocket of a sweat jacket that I'd had hanging
    in a closet since before Christmas mom felt something heavy in there
    and pulled it out when she was looking through things and sure
    enough there it was. It still works good. The one I have is an
    RCA and it doesn't charge up on the computer, rather it runs
    on a AAA battery and the battery gives about 15 hours of life with
    each batter. It's nothing fancy just a 1 GB flash player. I'd
    like to upgrade to a 4 GB or 8 GB IPOD. Yesterday I had a good
    time, I went out with my friend Steve, the guy I used to know from
    the cannery days. We went to Walery's pizza in West Salem where
    I had some pepperoni and Hawaiian pizza, it was awesome. I had
    a LITTLE pizza again tonight, we had Papa murphy's take and bake
    five-meat stuffed crust pizza, man that was good too. It's basically two separate pizzas baked in together. They are celebrating the fact that Papa Murphy's was chosen America's
    favorite pizza chain. Some of the other national ones are Pizza
    Hut, Domino's and Papa John's. I don't like Domino's, the food
    is good but they've screwed up my order each time I ordered from
    them. I might try them again and tell them to get it right
    or I must have a hundred friends that like pizza and I wouldn't
    suggest to them getting Domino's. Just a joke. So what have
    you been doing anything nice? I got a surprising email from
    the husband of my email pal from Cirencester, England, it seems
    she's gone and broken her arm and won't be able to write for quite
    some time. I'll be patient and hope she gets better, because
    she is one of the very first email pals I ever had and also the
    longest lasting of all the ones I write to now, I was writing
    to her since before the Sept. 11 attacks. so that's a long time.
    Anyway I also went to the used bookstore yesterday with my friend
    and got some books "Everville" by Clive Barker(in hardcover) and
    also 2 books by Robert A. Heinlein and one each by Douglas Clegg
    and Dean Koontz. He bought "Barlow's Guide To Extraterrestrials"
    and a Dean Koontz one. He's still reading the last Harry Potter
    one is what he told me. I have the "Barlow" book myself it is
    great because all the aliens in it are from actual science fiction
    novels and it makes me kind of want to read them. Well, guess
    that's enough chatting for now so I'll close, take care and
    hope to hear from you soon,
    Mark

    posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Mark R

    Mark R says

    Hi Ria,
    How's it going? I'm doing fine here. I found out the other day that
    I probably could get a tax rebate from the president, as long as
    I have a certain amount of income and I do with my social security
    I could get the minimum amount which would be nice, I think I'd
    invest in a Sony home theater system. Don't think I'd like an IPOD,
    it would be a pain to have to plug it into the computer all the
    time to charge up and all that, prefer Hi Fi type stereo music
    myself. And I like over-the-ear headphones and not earbuds.
    I'm home alone now, Mom and my sister have gone to a craft store
    in Keizer, Oregon)the town right next to Salem) to get a battery
    kit for a clock my grandmother has, as mom and mom's aunt are
    going to see grandma in the morning, she wants some kind of sandwich
    or something for lunch. My dad said if I didn't order a pizza
    we'll have papa murphy's five-meat stuffed crust pizza, which
    is basically a double decker pizza. Papa Murphy's is a national
    chain that makes pizza and then you take it home and bake it in
    your own oven. I didn't go bowling today, didn't feel up to it
    maybe not used to the time change yet, we switched time zones so
    it will be much later in the evening, maybe I'll go for a walk
    some nice evening after supper. Oh another place to get a good
    home theater system is a chain of local stores called Video Only,
    and their prices are even cheaper than the big-box electronic stores. Onto other things, my colitis is doing so well now it
    feels like I don't even have it, am working my way off one of the
    2 medicines I take for it one is a steroid called "Prednisone"
    that has a lot of side effects, am down to 3 mgs and next week
    can take 2 and then in 2 more weeks take one and in another 2
    weeks try and stop it. That will really decrease my blood sugars
    as the prednisone is what really makes me diabetic, when I don't
    take it sometimes I don't have to take a diabetes pill. And if all
    goes well I might even be able to try to stop the second medicine
    I take for my colitis as well. Anyway wish me luck on getting
    off the medicine. My weight's going down again, for a week or
    two I gained back some, but with being careful with my diet
    it has gone down some more. Well, guess that's all for now, take
    care and hope to hear from you soon,
    Mark

    posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Mark R

    Mark R says

    Hi Ria,
    What's happening? I'm glad Jareth is better. Hey I've been losing some
    weight I've been laying off the dang soda pop only having it when I go
    out to eat somewhere that's the ticket I think. And not eating in the
    middle of the night. I'll be able to tell my primary care guy that I've
    been trying with my weight again and he'll like that. I'm also supposed
    to exercize but it's hard to get going. I'm still enjoying "the Witch of
    Portobello" by Coelho I'm past page 125. I rearranged my stereo stuff
    I get better reception on my Panasonic one now but my best one for radio
    is the Sony boombox actually, it only cost me $60.00 at Best Buy some years
    ago. I'm still thinking i'd like an IPOD or MP3 player maybe I'll save
    some money for a month or two, Sony has a new Walkman one that might be
    good? So what are u reading now? Have you been to any more concerts or
    the theater? Well, I guess I'll close for now, take care and hope to hear
    from you soon,
    Mark

    posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Mark R

    Mark R says

    Hi Ria,

    How's it going? Hope Jareth is doing better. I was glad to hear from
    you. The flu's going around there's a lady that does a local music show
    for the portland oregon area on KUFO-FM radio and she was out for two
    weeks with the flu and temperature and everything. I'm well over my illness,
    i think it was just the colitis as mom said the symptom's were just about
    the same as I was when I was in the hospital. But they didn't get as bad
    this time. I only had a slight fever, it wasn't even a whole point higher.
    Sounds like you had a good time with Richard, that's nice. When I had
    my illness I had no trouble with the colitis, just cramps and throwing
    up, but sometimes those are symptoms of colitis. Anyway I'm well into
    reading "The Witch Of Portobello" by Paulo Coelho now, it's very different
    from my usual reading but I still like it. I've got the bio of John
    Adams, one of our early presidents, since it'll be on HBO soon. Maybe this
    summer we can get the house rewired for digital cable, there was a very
    knowledgeable cable tech that helped my mom with my sister's cable next
    door, and he says sometimes the digital boxes don't work well with the older
    wiring. Well, guess that's all the latest, write soon,
    Mark

    posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )

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