Joel and Alan– Summer 1997
Yesterday I read a wonderful book, Not Left Behind, a highly visual account of the Best Friends Animal Society’s work rescuing abandoned pets in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The quality of the photographs is excellent. As heartbreaking as some of the rescue photos are, the later photos showing the animals being cared for at the temporary shelter and subsequently being adopted are joyous and moving. (And several of the rescuers are humpy.
When I post about a book, note that you can click on the picture to link to that title on Worldcat which is a kind of meta search site for public libraries. By entering your zip code (just once) Worldcat will locate a copy of the book at the library nearest you. If this doesn’t happen to be your library, you should be able to borrow it through Inter Library Loan. Some libraries charge for this service but most do not. Check your library’s web site or contact the Reference desk for details. Borrowing instead of buying saves paper and trees as well as space in your house. If you really do prefer to buy, click on the title of the book to link to an Amazon.com sales page. (I am not shilling for Amazon, btw, and do not receive commissions from them, the link is provided only as a convenience.) I will try to be consistent with these conventions going forward.
On Library Thing I post reviews for books that particularly interest me and that don’t already have good reviews (good meaning informative, well written and helpful as opposed to positive or recommended) regardless of when the book was published, but here on the blog I think I am going to only post about new releases. Which means that I need to close the lap top and get back to my reading. So that’s all for today. Having opened with an old pic of my old huzband I decided to close with a pic of my new hubby.
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June 1st, 2007 at 12:09 pm
Thanks for the info on Worldcat. I’ll have to check that out.
June 1st, 2007 at 3:14 pm
I have become a big cheerleader for libraries since I started working here. You can basically get almost any book ever printed and if you browse and request online staff will locate and gather them for you. I always have lots and lots of stuff to read around the house and find I don’t miss owning/buying books at all.
June 2nd, 2007 at 6:59 am
Hi … welcome aboard the Blog Bus. I have to go look at Worldcat now; my own books are completely disorganized. (Which is not to say I don’t know where each and every one is, just that no one else could possibly find what they might be looking for.)
Hope you’ll stop by my real blog (I only use Blogger to sign comments). http://www.golfwidow.net
June 3rd, 2007 at 2:28 am
I see you have “Prince of Tides” in your list on the right. FABulous book. I loved it so much I read it while Walt was driving around Oahu looking at the sights. What a disappointment the movie was!
June 3rd, 2007 at 7:10 am
I got an advance reading copy of Prince of Tides when I was clerking at a Waldenbooks on Canal Street in downtown New Orleans when it was published in the late 80’s. I found it so engrossing that I literally read it cover to cover in one sitting and was blown away. His subsequent novel, Beach Music was also excellent. And yeah, the movie sucked. The shrink having an affair in NY was no more than 10% of the book and served mainly as a framework for telling the stories of the kids growing up on the island. The movie devoted 99% of screen time to barbara streisand getting laid and dealt with the heart of the book in about 3 minutes worth of flash backs. feh
And hello, golfwidow. I checked out your blog. It’s very impressive. I have added your book of my list of things to read. Come back again and you may get to see my comments on it