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June wrote: "I have a book set in Barbados but it is not part of Goodreads at all. The title is Just Call Me Madam : Chronicles of Emancipation by Morris Greenidge. ISBN number is 9768265319.It is a self publ..."
I can add the book. Can you upload a cover? (You can scan/photograph the cover, put on your profile. Then after I add to the title, you can remove from your profile.)
What about a description? Is there anything on the back cover that would be suitable?
Thanks Elizabeth,I have changed my profile picture:
The back cover only has reviews:
.... a gripping story of adventure, romance and mystery in an epochal period of Barbadian history
-Robert L. Morris ..... Lecturer in History
....a tour de force which grafts flesh upon the dry bones of the history of Emancipation
- Trevor Marshall ....Head of History(ret'd)
Barbados Community College
But I found this write-up in a local newspaper at the book launch:
Author Morris Greenidge yesterday launched his newest work, a historically based drama which centres around one of the City’s most famous hoteliers Caroline Lee, the woman after whom a sweet potato got its name.
Entitled Just Call Me Madam, a reference to the fact that the hotel on Broad Street, where First Citizens Bank is now located, was also a brothel, the novel is set around the time of Emancipation, and weaves such characters as fellow female hotelier Betsy Austin and Rachel Pringle; Methodist Ann Gill; abolitionist and the first coloured person to enter the House of Assembly, Samuel Jackman Prescod, and even Nanny Grig from the Bussa revolution, into its storyline as it shows the fight to free slaves in a different light.
I added the description. Still working on the cover. See your GR inbox.
Could someone confirm that London Lovett is a female author? I presume that is the case...but could not find anything definitive.
Ed wrote: "Could someone confirm that London Lovett is a female author? I presume that is the case...but could not find anything definitive."Her Amazon profile says "her Port Danby Cozy Mystery series" and "her website" if that is enough? https://www.amazon.com/default/e/B075...
Those profiles are uploaded by authors themselves through Amazon's Author Central.
Rosemary wrote: "Ed wrote: "Could someone confirm that London Lovett is a female author? I presume that is the case...but could not find anything definitive."Her Amazon profile says "her Port Da..."
Thanks Rosemary..... I think that should do it.
Rosemary wrote: "Ed wrote: "Could someone confirm that London Lovett is a female author? I presume that is the case...but could not find anything definitive."Her Amazon profile says "her Port Da..."
Thanks, Rosemary. Saves me time when adding her to the database.
Can someone please help me find the birth year date for Matthew J. Sullivan- Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore?
Ed wrote: "Can someone please help me find the birth year date for Matthew J. Sullivan- Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore?"From Wikipedia:
Born September 17, 1961 (age 56)
Karin wrote: "Ed wrote: "Can someone please help me find the birth year date for Matthew J. Sullivan- Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore?"From Wikipedia:
Born September 17..."
I believe that is a different Matthew J. Sullivan.
Michael J. Sullivan
It appears that Ed's Michael J. Sullivan isn't interested in having his birth information public.
Karin wrote: "Ed wrote: "Can someone please help me find the birth year date for Matthew J. Sullivan- Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore?"From Wikipedia:
Born September 17..."
Thanks...how did I miss checking Wikipedia...doh!
Ed wrote: "Karin wrote: "Ed wrote: "Can someone please help me find the birth year date for Matthew J. Sullivan- Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore?"From Wikipedia:
Bor..."
That's okay--we all have those moments. Happy to help :)
Ed, do not depend on that. See my post above yours.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Ed, do not depend on that. See my post above yours."oooooooooooooh.... I hadn't seen that message either. So, if no birth date confirmed, I'm out of luck I guess with that one.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Ed, do not depend on that. See my post above yours."Whoops, sorry, I should have checked his book titles! Also, my link only took me to the last post.
I sent the author a question...I'll let you know if he responds.
Ed wrote: "So, if no birth date confirmed, I'm out of luck I guess with that one. "Yes. We have to have a firm date.
Ed wrote: "I sent the author a question...I'll let you know if he responds."We only need a year. If he wants to put it in his GR profile or on his web page, we could take it there.
Could someone please add this award https://www.goodreads.com/choiceaward...to Cold Days by Jim Butcher
Thanks!
Ann wrote: "Could someone please add this award https://www.goodreads.com/choiceaward...to Cold Days by Jim Butcher
Thanks!"
Got it!
Could someone verify that BPL does *not* have this one as YA? I tried and did not see it marked as Juv, Assignmt, or YA, but I may be mistaken. There is no Lexile. Thank you.Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
Owlette wrote: "Could someone verify that BPL does *not* have this one as YA? I tried and did not see it marked as Juv, Assignmt, or YA, but I may be mistaken. There is no Lexile. Thank you.[book:Maisie Dobbs|46..."
Nope, you're fine.
Here is an award for one of the many unabridged audio recordings of David Copperfield.https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/rev...
Does anyone have time to add this? Here is the link to the audible one it is (there is more than one on audible!)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Karin wrote: "Here is an award for one of the many unabridged audio recordings of David Copperfield.https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/rev......"
Awards are for all editions of a title. Added the Audie Award nominee for 2003. The Earphones Audiofile award does not meet GR standards for having a clear winner.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Karin wrote: "Here is an award for one of the many unabridged audio recordings of David Copperfield.https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/rev...-..."
Okay, thank you.
50 Poems by E.E. Cummings doesn't have a page count on the MPE. The only place I'm finding an accurate page count is on the Amazon listing for the book at 101 pages. Hoping that is sufficient...?
Anika wrote: "50 Poems by E.E. Cummings doesn't have a page count on the MPE. The only place I'm finding an accurate page count is on the Amazon listing for the book at 101 pages. Ho..."Worldcat has this at 50 pages, and is, unfortunately more reliable than Amazon. Do you have that edition? A book in hand has the highest preference.
EDIT: Poetry is the one type that allows for 2 books by the same author to qualify for a single task in any season. If you have another by cummings you could read them both. Which task were you planning for this?
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Anika wrote: "50 Poems by E.E. Cummings doesn't have a page count on the MPE. The only place I'm finding an accurate page count is on the Amazon listing for the book at..."I just picked the book up from the library and it does have 101 pages--but it looks like there are quite a few blank pages (each poem is allowed two pages, but many only require one page thus leaving the facing page blank). I'll see if I can get another E.E. Cummings collection (I was going to use it for 15.3, so I still have some time as I'm not quite done with my book for 15.2).
Re: Worldcat pagination...I wonder if they just looked for any number at the bottom of the page--at the bottom of the pages are listed the number of the poem, which would not be a correct number of "pages" (In a normal book it would start with the bottom left page saying "1" and the facing page on the right saying "2" and continuing on so when you turned the page it would be "3" and "4", etc. In this book, the bottom left of the first page says "1" with nothing on the right page, then you turn the page and it says "2"...so it's counting the poems not the pages. Pages=101, poems=50 but since it's numbering the poems and not pages "50" is the last number to appear.)
No, you're fine - if you have that edition, the 101 pages will count. I'll fix the page count.
By the way, is that a hardcover or paperback - I'll add the format too.
The copy I have is paperback. Thank you! Hope the winter isn’t coming on too quickly up your way—we have snow in the mountains already, didn’t have much in the way of “fall” :-(
Still very much fall here, but the first snow is happening not too far north.
Is this a good reads thing going on now? The format has changed and I can no longer post links to books.
Rebekah wrote: "Is this a good reads thing going on now? The format has changed and I can no longer post links to books."Are you having it everywhere, or only in reviews?
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "Is this a good reads thing going on now? The format has changed and I can no longer post links to books."Are you having it everywhere, or only in reviews?"
everywhere. but now I am on my PC and it works. I was on iPad before so it must be something on my side
Need verification please that The Wonderful Adventures of Nils qualifies for the subchallenge. I could not find it in the BPL catalog nor in the Lexile database.
Owlette wrote: "Need verification please that The Wonderful Adventures of Nils qualifies for the subchallenge. I could not find it in the BPL catalog nor in the Lexile database."You'll be fine with it, as I don't see it at BPL either.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Owlette wrote: "Need verification please that The Wonderful Adventures of Nils qualifies for the subchallenge. I could not find it in the BPL catalog nor in the Lexile database."You..."
Great--thanks!
I just posted in Completed Tasks (mess # 486) Wondrous Tales of Montenegro by the website automatically links the illustrator as the author rather an one of the editors. Bata Maskovic is the illustrator
Rebekah wrote: "I just posted in Completed Tasks (mess # 486) Wondrous Tales of Montenegro by the website automatically links the illustrator as the author rather an one of the editors. [author:Bat..."Thanks, Rebekah. Ordered the authors per the "look inside" feature at Amazon.
Can There There by Tommy Orange be added as the the 2018 winner for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize?
Megan wrote: "Can There There by Tommy Orange be added as the the 2018 winner for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize?"Got it!
There is a book I am reading about the schools in Chattanoooga that I can’t find on Goodreads, even with ISBNThe title is A Gift Of Chracter: The Chattanooga Story. It is written and edited by Dr Philip Fitch Vincent, Nancy Reed and Dr Jesse Register. The ISBN is 1-892056-11-9
Published by Character Development Publishing, Chapel Hill, NC
Copyright date is 2001
Nevermind. I removed the dashes and find a reference. I'll work on it.
And, voila! Here you go!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Rebekah wrote: "There is a book I am reading about the schools in Chattanoooga that I can’t find on Goodreads, even with ISBNThe title is A Gift Of Chracter: The Chattanooga Story. It is written and edited by Dr ..."
I found it here
Fairy Tales from the German Forests by Margaret ArndtLooking at the editions in Goodreads, the earliest publication year is 2010. It appears that that edition is a reprint of a 1913 book. Can the publication year be changed?
See:
https://www.worldcat.org/title/fairy-...
https://fairytalez.com/author/margare...
Mary wrote: "Fairy Tales from the German Forests by Margaret ArndtLooking at the editions in Goodreads, the earliest publication year is 2010. It appears that that edition is a re..."
Changed to 1912. WorldCat shelves a 1912 edition.
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The title is Just Call Me Madam : Chronicles of Emancipation by Morris Greenidge. ISBN number is 9768265319.It is a self published work done in 2016. Publishing information is MG Events with email address of mgevents @usa.net. I have the hardcover version with 301 pages.