[ebooktalk] Re: Not getting a lot of group messages.
- From: Ian Macrae <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx>
- To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 09:35:51 +0100
Hi shell,I think a number of us are experiencing the same difficulty. I've
definitely missed out on a couple of books which I've subsequently seen
discussed and have had to ask for them from the original sender.
On 21 Oct 2013, at 07:42, Shell wrote:
> Hi, recently I can see that I am not getting a lot of group messages as
> sometimes I get a message and read down the replies and non of those messages
> has arrived in my mail. I must be still on the list as some messages are
> getting through. So, just in case I have failed to reply to something, it's
> probably because I didn't get the message and am not deliberately ignoring
> anyone.
> Shell.
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Trish Talbot" <trish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2013 11:55 AM
> To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: FOLLOW UP ON BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
>
> > I haven't read the Kevin Powers book yet, Ian, but I'd saved it in my books
> > folder. Thanks for reminding me about it. It had slipped my mind.
> > Trish.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ian Macrae" <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx>
> > To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2013 10:58 AM
> > Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: FOLLOW UP ON BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
> >
> >
> > Some time ago we discussed Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers and I wondered
> > whether anyone had given it a try? If so, what did you think?
> > On 19 Oct 2013, at 02:24, Elaine Harris (Rivendell) wrote:
> >
> >> Ian, I have read heaps either prompted, recommended and/or supplied by
> >> this
> >> wonderful list but have always followed up book recommendations from
> >> friends; some work for me, some do not - as with us all. globe.
> >>
> >> Books supplied by Trish, Clare, Shell and others, with many, many more
> >> waiting in the wings.
> >>
> >> Among them are two by L. M. Montgomery; many Rumer Godden and Noel
> >> Streatfield after being discussed soon after I joined. "Tiny Sunbirds, Far
> >> away", "The Cuckoo's Calling", Some of the Cousins War series by Philippa
> >> Gregory, "To Serve Them All My Days", "Land Girls", to name but some.
> >> Other
> >> such as "We Need to Talk About Kevin", "Wolf Hall", works by Peter
> >> Robinson,
> >> Peter James and Mark Billingham, and "Year of Wonders" I had read before I
> >> joined the list.
> >>
> >> My book diary lists "Forever" by Pete Hamill from last year; could that be
> >> the same book? I loved it.
> >>
> >> So yes, many books listed and some read and, like others, notes often made
> >> for future reading.
> >>
> >> What a gift to a bookworm.
> >>
> >> Elaine
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> >> On Behalf Of Ian Macrae
> >> Sent: Saturday, 19 October 2013 12:17 AM
> >> To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [ebooktalk] FOLLOW UP ON BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
> >>
> >> This message is also by way of a test as I've been getting sporadic
> >> service
> >> from this list both in terms of receiving and being able to send messages.
> >> But here's what kicked off my train of thought. Before going on holiday I
> >> asked for recommendations for a good long book to read. shell not only
> >> recommended one, she sent it to me. It's Mary, a novelised account of the
> >> wife of Abraham Lincoln. Because just after that the David Peace book
> >> became available to me, I didn't take the book with me. But I'm about to
> >> start it now. This lead me to wonder whether anyone had acted on
> >> recommendations from the list and had either good or bad experiences. Did
> >> anyone ever read Evermore by Peter Hamil? I wonder whether Clare or
> >> anyone
> >> else picked up Delores clayborne? And are there any other examples of
> >> recommendations? I'll report back on the book I'm about to start.
> >> Provided, that is, the list will allow me to do so.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
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