Member: Sandydog1

Dear Sandydog1,

How do you stand with the New Lifetime Reading Plan?

I've been following the Plan since 1973 (original plus New Plan). As of today, I've read 87 of the 133 authors.

I'd like to compare most and least favorites with you.

Regards,

dneily

posted by dneily at 2:00 pm (EST) on Oct 23, 2009

Hi Sandydog1,
I was wondering if I solved your barn owl mystery posted on name that book?
http://www.librarything.com/topic/69725

Curiously yours,

Coleoptera

posted by coleoptera at 12:45 am (EST) on Oct 20, 2009

Your comment of last June about [Huckleberry Finn] (I think in the "Classics that we Hate" thread) reminds me of a critique by Ernest Hemingway which I read years ago (must have been in the 1950s), I think he called it the greatest American novel, and the only sequel that is better than what it is a sequel of.

He also said. about the last 25% or so that you were mentioning: "You must stop reading it,at the point when Jim is stolen from the boys. The rest is just cheating." (or words to that effect; Iʻm quoting from memory.)

It later (about 1962) crossed my mind, in reading Thackerayʻs [Vanity Fair] that Thackeray, also writing in the Victorian Era, wrote two endings for that novel, and managed to get both of them into the published ending. He awkwardly said, after the intended ending --er no, it wasnʻt really that way; it was: and then going on to the contrived conventional ending: so he went ahead and wrote: first, the way he really intended to end it, and then a conventional "happy ending" -- no doubt under pressure from the publisher.

posted by rolandperkins at 7:58 am (EST) on Sep 19, 2009

Thank you for adding me to your interesting libraries. I am adding you to mine as well. I love seeing what books other LT friends are reading and adding to their libraries. I see that we share a lot of books, so I am really looking forward to seeing what you are reading these days. Have a great day!
--BJ

posted by billiejean at 2:33 am (EST) on Jun 30, 2009

Thought you might be intersted in joining my new thread. Check it out.
http://www.librarything.com/topic/66785

posted by callmejacx at 10:18 pm (EST) on Jun 16, 2009

hey there sandydog :) just a while ago, well actually a longer time than just that, you'd posted a comment on my talk, titled as " Book that everyone loves but you hate"

I was pleased that you expressed your opinion *thumbs up*

- BookLover07

posted by BookLover07 at 8:56 pm (EST) on May 3, 2009

hello sandydog.... i am interested in purchasing acopy of Tsige Abebe's Triumph and Tragedy... do you hav a copy and are you willing to sell it... thanks Peter Aronson... paronson@nyc.rr.com

posted by Aronson6 at 1:30 pm (EST) on Apr 25, 2009

Hi Sandydog,
Awhile ago you posted a comment on the "Awful Lit." board about NOT reading Carl Hiaasen's Nature Girl because of my post. Glad to hear that. (I hadn't been back there until just now.)

Anyway, you have a great list. Since you are obviously interested in birds, I thought I would recommend A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, by Nicholas Drayson. Sounds like non-fiction but it's a novel - very fast little read with lots of exotic bird references. I think you'll enjoy it.

posted by JIK at 3:31 pm (EST) on Apr 14, 2009

Hi Sandydog,

I saw from the dark humour thread we share a love of the Master and Margarita, I've had to add your other suggestion A Confederacy of Dunces to my wishlist for the next bookshop, thanks for the recommendation! :)

posted by Polyp at 2:44 pm (EST) on Apr 7, 2009

Thanks so much for the link to the Modern Scholar site. I had never heard of it before. :)
--BJ

posted by billiejean at 2:38 am (EST) on Mar 2, 2009

I need to let you know that your review of How to Read a Book was both hilarious and incredibly well said!

posted by tyroeternal at 11:09 am (EST) on Feb 16, 2009

If you enjoyed Think and Grow Rich, Rich Man Poor Man and the Secret, I know you will enjoy The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson. It's one of my favorites and it just might end up one of yours.

posted by callmejacx at 12:42 pm (EST) on Feb 7, 2009

sandydog,

i guess most of the us here at LT have the same dilemma -- we spend way too much time on the site than doing actual reading! :-) great to know that u are joining the group. looking forward to ur posts!

posted by deebee1 at 8:16 am (EST) on Jan 18, 2009

I was looking at the "Weirdest Books you Own" thread in a forum, and came across your entry of the "Ozark Tales". I worked at one of the libraries in Springfield, MO and one day I came upon that book. I must say, that book is something of an oddity. It was funny that you mentioned it. Do you live in the Ozark area, or did you see that book somewhere else? I am just curious. Have a great day!

posted by mluszcak at 2:36 pm (EST) on Jan 13, 2009

Me again: I spoke too soon re recommending David's article about the birds. It wasn't nearly as funny the second time around. And I had forgotten about the unfortunate magpies. Carol

posted by tropics at 11:42 am (EST) on Jan 8, 2009

Hi Sandydog1: Back in July you were wondering what readers considered to be David Sedaris's funniest book.

For me, it was "Naked". However, since you're a birder too, I was wondering if you read this hilarious article that he wrote about a vexing avian problem at his farmhouse in France:

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/...

I covet your library! Best, Carol

posted by tropics at 10:23 am (EST) on Jan 8, 2009

I am embarrassed to say that I have not finished War and Peace. When I get away from a book for whatever reason, I have a hard time making it back. Plus, it is just such a heavy book. Oh, and I bought a house! First there was house-hunting, then throwing away as many things as I possibly could, then moving the impossibly large amount of things we still had, and I am still working on unpacking...

I know, it's a lot of excuses. One of these days I will get back to it, especially now that you have made me feel bad about it, umm, I mean reminded me, ;-).

posted by sussabmax at 11:41 pm (EST) on Nov 6, 2008

I have Herodotus simply tossed in a big tag called "classics". In taxonomy, you have your lumpers and your splitters. I'm definitely the former. If I'm browsing someone's library, it is a lot easier to scroll through a lot of books under one general topic.

I don't browse much, I get so many TBR candidates from the various message boards.

Anyway, I like your format much better than those who have 3,000 books and 1,000 tags!

I'm embarrassed to find that you can already do what I was talking about in the previous comment - combine tags in a search - by using the "TagMash" feature. That will be quite useful, I think. When I started out, I was just concerned with getting the books entered, so I didn't worry about tags at all; I expect many are inconsistent; I'll try to fix that with time.

I find myself browsing other libraries quite a bit. It's fun - and sometimes a little voyueristic - to see what others have read.

posted by setnahkt at 8:14 pm (EST) on Jun 27, 2008

Greetings Bruce, from an old bald nerd who is loosing some weight an lacks cool ink. You've got a cool library, I'm especially interested in the literature tag.

Why, thank you. I use "literature" for stuff like War and Peace and as opposed to (for example) "mystery" or "scif". I tried to enter tags in anticipation of some day in the future when LT might allow multiple tags in a search string (such as "literature" AND "russia", for example).

I had questions about some things - for example, are the Histories of Herodotus "literature" or "history"?

posted by setnahkt at 9:20 pm (EST) on Jun 26, 2008

Hi Steve,

My name is Dawn and I am a librarian and the host of Toronto Public Library’s online book club: Book Buzz and a fellow LibraryThing member.

This month we are reading Shadow Divers, by Robert Kurson. I noticed that you include Shadow Divers in your library and gave it a starred review. I’d just like to invite you to visit us and share your thoughts about Kurson’s book. It’s a friendly easy-going book club with over 600 members and we are always looking for new points of view.
If you are interested, visit us at http://bookbuzz.torontopubliclibrary.ca .

Thank-you for your time,
Dawn
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Book...

posted by BookBuzz at 6:46 pm (EST) on Jun 12, 2008

Thanks for adding my library to your 'interestings' - I think there's a bit of everything there. Feel free to come in and have a mooch around any time you feel like it.

posted by Booksloth at 5:19 am (EST) on Jun 9, 2008

Thanks for your comment, Steve. Sorry for the delay in replying but I have been travelling a lot over the last few weeks. ZD is one of those books that has sat on my shelves for years, and I have been aware of its appeal on various lists and when I did eventually get around to reading it, I quite enjoyed it!

Cheers...John

posted by John at 8:07 am (EST) on Jun 4, 2008

Hello Steve,
thanks for adding my library to the list of your favourite ones. I am flattered!
I see we have a bunch of interesting books in common. I will take a look at your library later, when I have some quiet time.
Happy reading!!

Paola :-))

posted by aluvalibri at 7:19 am (EST) on May 29, 2008

Hi Sandydog,

Thanks for adding me to your interesting libraries list. Looking forward to poking around your virtual shelves. You seem to have done a lot of reviews - impressive!

Twacorbies

posted by twacorbies at 1:58 pm (EST) on May 28, 2008

Nope, I haven't gotten back to War and Peace yet! It is getting to be summer time, though, which is prime reading time for me, so I will be picking it up soon. I started the Bible last year, just to brush up on my Judeo-Christian cultural knowledge, but didn't get very far, I must confess. It's a bit more daunting to take on as a full project, I think.

I don't know if I will make the 100 books this year or not, but it seemed like a good goal. I need to do something about Mount TBR, obviously! 100 books this year would not make a huge dent in it, unfortunately....

Thanks for checking in on me, I need the nudge to get back to that one.

Susan

posted by sussabmax at 5:57 pm (EST) on May 27, 2008

Hi Steve,

I started "Orlando" and found the style compelling and ingratiating, but somehow I got sidetracked and the book is on a shelf somewhere with a bookmark not that far from the beginning. Yet another "to be finished" book - just one among many. I am in the process of adding TBR (To Be Read) tags to my library. I'm about 1/4 through and making a quick calculation reveals that there will be something like 785 when I'm done. Makes me both excited and tired thinking about it.

-- Dick

posted by hashiru at 2:36 pm (EST) on May 25, 2008

Thanks for adding me to your interesting libraries. I'll take a look at your books later on.

Happy reading :-))

kik.

posted by kjellika at 2:03 am (EST) on May 12, 2008