Socio: Chatterbox

Hi Suzanne, Yes, I just received and added "Enough" and I'm probably bringing it, and another of your recommendations, "The Information Officer" on a trip to visit my sister in Arizona this weekend. Lots of airplane and airport reading time. Thanks! Rebecca

enviado por rebeccanyc a las 9:45 am (EST) del Mar 16, 2010

You're very welcome, Suz. I'm glad the book made it to you safely. I hope you'll find the time to make some nasi goreng. :-)

cheers
caroline

enviado por cameling a las 10:17 pm (EST) del Mar 3, 2010

Hi Suzanne,

Did you receive the cook book yet?

cheers
caroline

enviado por cameling a las 8:08 pm (EST) del Mar 3, 2010

Hi Suzanne

Congratulations on your hot review listed on today's home page!

enviado por Whisper1 a las 11:22 am (EST) del Feb 27, 2010

Hi Suzanne,

I tried looking for the book 'Singapore Hawker Food' by Jimmy Chua but the bookstores don't seem to carry it anymore, which was pretty strange. Maybe they only published a certain number.

However, I did find one titled 'Singapore Food' by Wendy Hutton which has recipes of typical Singapore food, including some familiar hawker center favorites such as Satay, Otak-otak, Nasi Lemak, Laksa, Indian Mutton soup, Hokkien Mee and others. Would you like to have this book instead? I'm supposed to head back out there for a few days in March, so I can get this for you if you'd like and mail it to you when I get back. My mom's got a copy and said the recipes are true to the real food.

cheers
caroline

enviado por cameling a las 2:28 pm (EST) del Feb 21, 2010

I still haven't had time to reply properly to your message the other day, but just had to say that I have spent ... hang on, I think 100 euros ... today on books and 4 of them are your doing!!! Free shipping from Amazon is going to be good, although Book Dep beat them on nearly everything.

I will kill off all comments to my thread soon though because I think 4 of the 6 books were finance-y ones. (Zuckerman, Rogoff & Reinhardt, Cassidy, and the Lords of Finance (not your doing)). Plus the Cello Suites, and something I've forgotten. A very good day and I can pass 2 of them off as presents for Tim.

enviado por cmt a las 11:55 am (EST) del Feb 11, 2010

Hi Suzanne,

Thanks so much for the comment you left me. The books all sound like ones which would interest me. I've already ordered a couple (The Crusades through Arab Eyes and Borderland). I'm resiting the urge to buy more, as I'm a pretty slow reader of non fiction, and who know how long it will take for me to get through them!

I'll certainly let you know what I think of them as I go :)

Steph

enviado por Steph78 a las 5:57 am (EST) del Feb 11, 2010

Hi Suzanne,

The book isn't heavy all and neither is it very large. It weighs less than my case of power charges ... it's amazing how quickly these things add up ... charger for phone, camera, laptop, iPod, electric toothbrush. sheesh!

You're really fortunate in having traveled so extensively in SEAsia, and I'm envious that you got to live in Japan for a spell. I would have loved a term in Japan, but I tend to travel there just for a week at a time for work. I did get a posting to Hong Kong where I lived for a couple of years and really loved it. On the whole I'm still fortunate because I get to travel all over the Asia Pacific region for work and have developed some very nice local friends over time. More importantly (for me), I'm introduced to some fantastic eateries by the locals.

I would love to retire to Thailand if I could .... living on Koh Tao for example or Koh Yao Noi over on the Pangna Bay side of Phuket would be idyllic I think.

There is seriously nothing like the food of Asia, in my opinion, in terms of diversity and flavors. My husband loves it here too. In fact, he's coming out to Singapore next week and will be staying here for 3 months for a project he's working on.

I grew up in Singapore before I moved to London in the early 80s and then to Boston in the late 90s.

You're right ... I intend to make full use of my time here to enjoy the gastronomic delights of the island (exceedingly crowded these days ... I'm wondering this island doesn't sink under the weight) and I can work it off shoveling snow when I get back to Boston.

cheers
Caroline

enviado por cameling a las 5:20 pm (EST) del Feb 7, 2010

Susanne

I saw in the kitchen thread that you recently had a birthday. Happy Birthday. I hope it was a good one. Normally, I'm on top of sending members birthday wishes. I apologize for being late. I'm struggling with bronchitis and haven't had a lot of time to devote to LT.

All good wishes.

Linda

enviado por Whisper1 a las 8:48 pm (EST) del Feb 6, 2010

Hi Chatterbox!

I just saw one of your posts in the history fans group, and looking at your profile and friends, I'm guessing that you are the same chatterbox as on Historical Fiction Online. I am Amanda on there.

enviado por nellista a las 10:43 pm (EST) del Jan 1, 2010

Hi Suzanne,

Here is another biblioholic, also suffering from abibliofobia, i.e. scared of being/going anywhere without a good to read at all times.

I have recently also read a lot about the Enlightenment, Diderot and d'Alembert. Michel Onfray's Les Ultras des Lumieres lead me on to Holbach, Helvetius, Maupertius and others less known. If you read French, I can also really recommend Elisabeth Badinter's Les Passions Intellectuelles. I have also read several books about the famous French Salons, run by quite some interesting ladies.

Take a look at tag "enlightenment" in my library if you are interested.

Hans

enviado por hnn a las 3:30 am (EST) del Dec 29, 2009

Hello, Chatterbox. When I added "The Perfect Summer" to my library today, I noticed your name among those who'd read it. For me, it was a helpful introduction to the Parliament Act and other interesting developments of that era. I admit, tho, that the passages on Lady Diana Manners were slow going. But I'll put Nicolson's engrossing bibliography to good use.

I see also that we share "Brat Farrar" (which I'm just beginning), "Mr Calder and Mr Behrens" (which I absolutely loved), and "The Pupil" (which I enjoyed thoroughly and reviewed today). I look forward to browsing your library and to any conversation that may follow.

Happy New Year!

enviado por brive a las 5:39 pm (EST) del Dec 27, 2009

We share a few books. In particular, I noticed you have the book, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. Did you see the movie? It was stunning. I have the book, found it just 2 weeks before the movie showed here.
Nanci

enviado por Book2Dragon a las 9:55 pm (EST) del Mar 16, 2008