emjays Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Hi from Queensland, Australia Currently reading Martin Amis, Peter Carey, Tim Winton, Hilaire Belloc and the greatest little entertainer I received for a birthday prezzie: Skylarks and Scuttlebutts - a Treasure Trove of Nautical Knowledge by Lorenz Schrotter. I was a potter and now paint, read and read and keep a Journal. I read just about anything. A bit of a dustbin. I look forward to meeting you, when I have learned about how to travel on this site! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Hi Mike and I have Winton's Cloudstreet on my TBR pile - I haven't read anything by him before but I'm looking forward to it! Are there any of his that you particularly enjoyed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Hello Mike welcome to the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Waving to :welcomeboard:you from Scotland Hope you have fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Purple Poppy Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Hi. I'm sure you'll find your way around in no time, but any problems just shout. We are all very friendly and will help if we can. Welcome aboard! Pp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
March Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Hi Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Hello and welcome Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emjays Posted March 27, 2008 Author Share Posted March 27, 2008 Never, ever in my roaming life have I communicated with a mad cow! My mother, bless 'er, would say 'Do be careful son'. Thanks for the message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emjays Posted March 27, 2008 Author Share Posted March 27, 2008 Hi Avid Reader Wow! Messages pouring in. Suddenly Queensland becomes part of the world. Is it true the War's ended? Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emjays Posted March 27, 2008 Author Share Posted March 27, 2008 Kylie, Cloudstreet is such great writing. Dirt Music seems, to me, a much lesser thing. I do so like the wide imagination of his writing. Something like the West Australian landscape. I'm a Pete Carey fan but he's becoming a bit precious of his public. Why can't he just write and let the rest of it go, I wonder. I would! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Hello and to the forum, Mike. I hope you enjoy it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen1 Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Hi Mike. Welcome to the board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emjays Posted March 27, 2008 Author Share Posted March 27, 2008 Hi Karen I'm breathing! Not sure of the etiquette here. I want to thank everybody for their kind messages. Maybe a few at a time? Is that ok? Kell. Scotland, O Scotland. Frozen or not. Long, long, long ago, I drove from Edinboro to Glasgow to meet a girl. No! No! I can't go on! Play the Bruch Violin Concerto, very loudly. Mike Kylie, Cloudstreet is such great writing. Dirt Music seems, to me, a much lesser thing. I do so like the wide imagination of his writing. Something like the West Australian landscape. I'm a Pete Carey fan but he's becoming a bit precious of his public. Why can't he just write and let the rest of it go, I wonder. I would! MikeSorry. I've messed up big time, In an interview Carey "attributed the muted critical response in Australia to his latest fiction to laziness on the part of local reviewers." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emjays Posted March 27, 2008 Author Share Posted March 27, 2008 March! How good of you to write to me from so far away! I rejoice daily, in the magic of the Internet that has shrunk our world. I once dreamed of sailing around the world. Now I can just sit at the computer. No sweat. Thanks for your post. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Andrea~ Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Hi Mike. It's nice to meet you. I hope you enjoy it here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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carm Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Hi Mike and welcome to the friendliest place to talk about books- enjoy!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icecream Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Welcometo the forum Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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emjays Posted April 4, 2008 Author Share Posted April 4, 2008 Ah'm always suspishus of folk wiv four stars. An' who told you I was ill? Mike Hello Carm. I've been days on the bookforum site but have not yet talked much about books! Have just received an article from a Scottish newspaper about Peter Carey's home in New York. I have just read "Theft" and looking forward to his latest. There seems to be some hostility in Oz to natives, like Carey, who prefer to live elsewhere. Maybe we still suffer from colonial cringe. Publishers' Blurbs. Critics. Book Reviewers. To fall readily into cliche, is he, she reading the same book, seeing the same film, hearing the same musician? Should we read blurbs with more than a grain of sodium? I want to write more but I am a model of restraint. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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