T.D.'s Friend Comments

Thanks for the friend invite, T.D. Looking forward to chatting books!

Fionnuala wrote: "Glad to reconnect!"

So am I! Thank you for accepting my friend request.

Glad to reconnect!

Thank you for liking my very brief review of Portrait of a Lady.

Mizuki wrote: "Thanks for liking my The Invention of Morel's review! This book needs to be read by more people!"

Hi Mizuki :) I enjoyed your review, and had never heard of the book. I am looking forward to reading it. Cheers.

Thanks for liking my The Invention of Morel's review! This book needs to be read by more people!

On meta-modernism, from Queen Mob's Teahouse: "...The discourse surrounding metamodernism engages with the resurgence of sincerity, hope, romanticism, affect, and the potential for grand narratives and universal truths, whilst not forfeiting all that we’ve learnt from postmodernism." http://queenmobs.com/2015/01/metamode...

Abubakar wrote: "Hello T.D, Thank you for the Friend request. Looking forward our bookish discussions."

Hello Abubakar, thanks for accepting. Cheers :)

Hello T.D, Thank you for the Friend request. Looking forward our bookish discussions.

"From time to time, a writer rises up to chastise our modern squeamishness about sentimentality. In 'A Lover’s Discourse,' Barthes claims we have grown so chilly and clever that we can no longer speak of love without putting the word in mocking quotation marks." - From Should Writers Avoid Sentimentality?, by Zoe Heller and Leslie Jamison. Sept. 23, 2014, NYT Sunday Book Review
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/28/boo...

David Mitchell's favourite Japanese books http://www.avclub.com/article/david-m...

Jan wrote: "T.D., it's good to see your comments cropping up again. Is your sabbatical from Goodreads done (if that's an appropriate characterization)? Was it productive?"

Hi, Jan :) Thanks, it's good to be back. It was productive in many ways, yes, but it also included dealing with various real-life dramas (I prefer the ones in books) and Robin and I moving to a whole new town, in the Central Highlands of Victoria. We are country folk now, and loving it. I hope all is well with you and yours.

T.D., it's good to see your comments cropping up again. Is your sabbatical from Goodreads done (if that's an appropriate characterization)? Was it productive?

Stephen wrote: "Thanks for the request T.D. Since both of us have been marriage counselors and psychotherapists, enjoy many of the same authors from Murakami to McCarthy, I really look forward to our GR Friendship."

Hi, Stephen. Sorry for my late response, but I only just saw this on my status updates. I am happy to meet you, and I look forward to knowing you better, for all those reasons :)

Dolors wrote: "Good Lord TD!
That was one of the best answers to my stupid question I have ever received!
Shelley, Coleridge, Whitman, Dickens, Stevens, WCW...sweet balm for my soul.
Thank you so so much for your..."

Ha ha! Sorry, Dolors, I only just saw this in my status update. I am not a minimalist, I am afraid, when it comes to raving on about books and authors!

Good Lord TD!
That was one of the best answers to my stupid question I have ever received!
Shelley, Coleridge, Whitman, Dickens, Stevens, WCW...sweet balm for my soul.
Thank you so so much for your friend request, I had seen some of your comments in common GR friends and thought you very articulate and erudite. I think we'll have plenty to talk about. Have a nice day:))

Thanks for the request T.D. Since both of us have been marriage counselors and psychotherapists, enjoy many of the same authors from Murakami to McCarthy, I really look forward to our GR Friendship.

Jan wrote: "td wrote, "About me:...."

In your "about me," I do believe I've found a new source of cosmic relief, td. :)"

happy to do my part, wherever I can, Jan :)

td wrote, "About me:...."

In your "about me," I do believe I've found a new source of cosmic relief, td. :)

Sandra wrote: "Why, I was just not saying that! Imagine. Mine is "a dry sob caught me unawares." Well that's a cheery start to the day..."

Still, a big improvement on "dry retching caught me in my underwear"

Why, I was just not saying that! Imagine. Mine is "a dry sob caught me unawares." Well that's a cheery start to the day...

I received a FB link, which suggest that you pick up the book nearest you, turn to page 52, and post sentence 5 as your status. That would be: "Kindly allow me to attend to the running of this presbytery in my own way."

I almost never get to say that in real life, due to ... well, obvious reasons. It feels so important and authoritative.

Jan wrote: "I love your new profile picture. You have a beautiful smile."

Oh gosh, thanks so much, Jan :)

I love your new profile picture. You have a beautiful smile.

Hi, Kris. I look forward to getting to know you and your books better ;)

Thanks so much for the friend request, td - it's a pleasure to accept it!