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Fluffybbw

Monday, March 31, 2003 - 9:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Okay I just thought I'd pop in here with a suggestion for everyone who has an over abundance of books (as if that is even possible!) I saw this great show on the Travel channel about a hotel in New York City called the Library Hotel, it is a small hotel and it has 6,000 books! each floor is numbered like the dewey decimal system, it is just down the street from the New York City Public Library. You should visit the website to see how great this hotel really is, each floor is a subject such as science, literature, etc. and each room is a certain type such as on the literature floor there is a fairy tale room and classics and each room has books from that type, the most popular room is the erotic literature room, of course, and all the decorations and furniture stay with the book theme.

My idea is this, we could all do our homes the same way!! I live in an apartment so my space is limited, but I've already envisioned how my home would be - cookbooks and nutrition books in the kitchen, arts and crafts in the guest room, fantasy and fairy tales in my bedroom, etc. What do you think? Great idea right?

Back to the subject of this thread I finished the Margaret Atwood book: "Alias Grace", a friend lent me "The Handmaid's Tale" also by Margret Atwood. I just got my copy of "The Secret Life of Bees" and I am taking "Phantasies" and "Lilith", by George MacDonald with me when I leave on vacation in a couple of days!

Seamonkey

Tuesday, April 01, 2003 - 1:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OH, I hope you love The Secdret Life of Bees as much as Hermi and I did.. Queen Noor's book is somewhere in my future..

I have the cable guy coming tomorrow so did some panic cleaning.. part of that involved carrying over 200 books across the patio and up the stairs to my bonus room.. did some sorting too.. Right now I've vacuumed downstairs and also finally took the boxes from my latest computer up to the bonus room as well.. I'm tired and grubby.. hope to do some vaccuuming upstairs before I shower and crash.. cable guy coming between 8 and 12.. with my luck it will be at the crack of 8am..

zzzzzzzz

Hermione69

Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 11:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SEAMONKEY!

(I knew I would find her in here)

Mak1

Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 12:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEAMONKEY!

Mak1

Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 12:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm starting Not All Tarts Are Apple by Pip Granger.

Hermione69

Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 1:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm rereading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging. I accidentally left The Sculptress at my sister's house this past weekend and haven't gotten it back yet. Pout. I was enjoying it.

If you haven't read Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging it is laugh-out-loud funny. It is kind of a Bridget Jones for teenagers, but still highly enjoyable by adults. I am rereading it again because I want to read the sequel and I've just now gotten my hands on it and too much time has passed since I read the first one.

Djgirl5235

Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 1:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Happy Birthday to Seamonkey!!!

Calamity

Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 2:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Happy Birthday, Seamonkey!

Allietex

Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 8:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Fluffybow, what a great idea. I live in a big old house that was built back when they built 12 foot ceilings and big rooms. Counting the bathrooms I have 9 rooms and a huge attic. I could cover most of the main subjects. With high shelves and a ladder, I could really have a great time. Sigh, my family would probably think I had gone nuts and have me committed. Oh well, it was still a great idea.

Mak1

Friday, April 04, 2003 - 6:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm reading Dave Barry in Cyberspace. He makes me laugh, and I need that lately.

Mak1

Friday, April 04, 2003 - 1:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I finished Barry in Cyberspace. It gave me a few chuckles, no big laughs.

Next book will be Anita Shreve's Fortune's Rocks.

Seamonkey

Saturday, April 05, 2003 - 1:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks for birthday greetings here and in my folder :) <snoopydance>

I'm still reading about ravens.. last few days have been devoted to other activities so I'm not zooming thru.. but when I do finishe, I have planty to choose from if the Sculptress has not arrived (I get the feeling I should make her stay in the patio and not let her into my home??
<shiver>

Myjohnhenry

Saturday, April 05, 2003 - 4:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I checked out the Sculptress from the Library this week. I had looked at it at Barnes and Noble and didn't think it appealed to me, but I found it in at the library and I actually am finding my self surprisingly more into than i thought I would be. Hopefully I will find some time to read more of it this weekend.

Happyfeet

Saturday, April 05, 2003 - 2:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hello all,

While visiting the Oprah section for the first time, Seamonkey directed me to this thread. Wow, I feel like (antiquated cliche alert--->)a kid in a candy store with all your recommendations and can't wait to read them all.

To share: On my nightstand now is the novel White Teeth by Zadie Smith. Smith is a very young author and for a first work, this novel sizzles (at least it does so far).

In the last couple months I've read Rohinton Mistry's Family Matters and A Fine Balance. These are two of the best books I've ever read. I learned so much about culture in India. If you're not familiar with his work, I highly recommend both books. (Warning: These books are not uppers. If you dislike hard-hitting books, these won't be your cuppa.)

Thanks so much for this thread. I can't wait to see what you're all into.

Mak1

Saturday, April 05, 2003 - 5:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Welcome, Happyfeet, I'm glad you found the Library thread! I get so many good reading suggestions in this thread. I keep a list on paper to take with me when I go the library, and another wish list at bn.com.

(Sea, you can let Sculptress into your home carefully, but be sure not to let her get into your head. Shivers, for sure.)

Happyfeet

Sunday, April 06, 2003 - 9:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Mak1,many thanks for the welcome. I see what you mean; this thread is loaded with great suggestions. It will be such fun to explore all these great ideas! Happy reading!

Egbok

Sunday, April 06, 2003 - 2:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm on Ch. 5 of The Sculptress and now I'm hooked. I don't know who "dunnit" but it wasn't Olive Martin!
<Eggie gets ducky bumps on her arms!>

Hermione69

Sunday, April 06, 2003 - 3:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hi Happyfeet! I'm happy to see you in here, too! Please feel free to peek in the Book Club thread and see if you are interested in joining us!

Egbok, that's just about where I am. I'm loving this book. Off to read it now, in fact. I'm finding the writer Roz such a fascinating character. Also the retired policeman.

I bought a TON of books yesterday, including a biography of Dorothy Parker entitled What Fresh Hell is This? Can't wait. Of course I still need to read that bio of Saint Francis of Assisi that I bought months ago. I will never catch up with my "To Read" list!

Happyfeet

Sunday, April 06, 2003 - 4:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hi Hermione! Thanks, amiga, will do! By the way, I just bought What Fresh Hell is This? too, and added to to the books to be read pile! I'm a HUGE Dorothy Parker fan. You too? I'll look forward to your thoughts on this book after we both read it. Enjoy!

Seamonkey

Tuesday, April 08, 2003 - 3:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Finished my mini marathon about ravens :).. just started Stephen King's latest book of short stories, Everything's Eventual.. still waiting for The Sculptress to arrive.. I fear she may have stopped somewhere on the way to commit mayhem.

Egbok

Tuesday, April 08, 2003 - 10:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL Sea! I hope The Sculptress arrives soon without the mayhem!

As Herm said above, the Roz character is very intriguing/fascinating. I'm starting to wonder if she's going to surprise me along the way. Hmmmmm....

Seamonkey

Tuesday, April 08, 2003 - 11:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, see.. The Sculptress is travelling with an interesting group..

My So-Called Life DVD of whole series..
The Lost Children of Wilder
Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife
The Big Top: A Season With the Circus
and couple of other books..

So.. I hope she isn't into babies or lost children or circus animals :)

Egbok

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 10:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sea, I love your sense of humor!! I can't top that last post!!

Sounds like you've got alot of goodies coming your way!

Borders had an sale for Educators, so I dragged my dh to the bookstore and picked up the following:

The Sculptress
The Nanny Diaries
Cave of the Clan Bear
The Secret Life of Bees
Buffy and Philosophy (for my dd)

Since I can only read at night and during the weekend, I'll be reading for some time to come. I love to read!

Seamonkey

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 10:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The Nanny Diaries is funny/angry/sad. Clan of the Cave Bear is.. of course.. a classic. The Secret Life of Bees is WONDERFUL.

The Sculptress arrived today. The box was orderly and quiet. Will interrupt Stephen King at the end of a story and dive in to the murder mystery.

Egbok

Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 9:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sea, you read Stephen King? (he scares me and I can't read him, LOL)

If you read Stephen, then you're going to like The Sculptress

I read a really good review on The Secret Lifes of Bees and the reviewer gave us readers some thought-provoking questions to ponder while we read this book...it sounds like a great read and I'm really looking forward to getting to it soon!