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jloucks

Semi-retired.
Love books, good fiction and nonfiction. Especially enjoy reading historical fiction, history, philosophy, religion, politics and the classics. Fond of Faulkner, Capote, Penn Warren and many other southern writers plus uncounted others from all parts of the world. Also a sucker for a good mystery or thriller! Some Other...more »
  • Phoenix, Az, USA
  • member since Thursday, August 2 2007

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  • Jason R

    jason r says

    hi Judith-- how's the reading going these days? I am about to start "Pigs in Heaven" by Barbara Kingsolver. After that I am going to focus on short stories for a couple of weeks. I found a good English Lit. textbook that belonged to my mother while in college in the 60's- it was actually in the Shelfari search engine! The reading, in general, has been good lately. I just bought a new scooter (I've been without a car for sometime now) and it gets 120 MPG!! so all is well, how are you? Jason

    posted 13 hours ago. ( send a note )
  • Kristal

    kristal says

    Hi Judith! I've been talking to two Judith's here a lot & the funny thing is my mom's name is Judith! Anyway, I have a question about one of your books :0) I can't seem to find Charlie and the Chocolate Factory having a tag for Fairy Tales. If you could please help me with this, I'd be grateful. I caught myself looking at all the tags, and I easily could have overlooked it, so please forgive me if I did. Thanks for helping!!
    ~Kristal

    posted 3 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Kate MacDonald

    kate macdonald says

    A quick note to let you know I'm still here. Our computer went down for a few days as did I with a rebellious back. All better now. I see you read and liked The Plot Against American. One of the best I've read this year.

    posted 6 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Kristal

    kristal says

    Okay, I think I corrected the problem. But I was wondering if it should read "a century after Scarlett"? Not sure if that is correct, but just let me know & I'll fix it :0)

    posted 7 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Jason R

    jason r says

    I decided to hold off on Whitman for a while and do some light reading-- it is summer after all!

    posted 7 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Fly Boy

    fly boy says

    cool! I have 5 Billy, Checkers, Dude, Emily, and Pico

    posted 7 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Coloreader

    coloreader says

    That is a very lovely kitty. Do I see extra toes? I have two kitties, one obese tuxedo cat and a very prissy gray cat.

    posted 7 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Fly Boy

    fly boy says

    is that your kitty?

    posted 7 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Fly Boy

    fly boy says

    hey, im from tucson

    posted 7 days ago. ( send a note )
  • zawadi

    zawadi says

    Hi J,
    Sorry about my delayed response. I haven't been online. Life stuff came up. Thanks for the reply. Thanks. ~zawadi

    posted 8 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Kristal

    kristal says

    Hi! Sorry I missed your notes on the PBT page! It's usually so early in the morning, I just drink my coffee & add books to the shelves LOL!! I did rate the one book for you & as for Aesop's, he's there too. Just click on the 'fairy tale' tag at the bottom & then switch your view to title, should be the second book in line.
    Are you doing the TITTM game? I'm so far behind, plus I don't have any of the books that I need right now, I'm waiting on the library to get them in. But it's been fun. I just got done reading A Christmas Carol and really enjoyed it!

    posted 10 days ago. ( send a note )
  • treal

    treal says

    Hello jloucks,

    Thanks for adding me on as a friend. I see that you're reading the Great Books series. What author are you on?

    Well, I hope you have a nice week, and I hope this summer will be a great season for literature reading for you.

    posted 10 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Jason R

    jason r says

    Oh yeah, I plan to peruse your shelf again soon-- i didn't nearly finish the first time around . :)

    posted 11 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Jason R

    jason r says

    I had four years of gifted English classes in high school and with the same teacher- we called him "Doc" (very eccentric man)
    and the very first book we started on the first day of 9th grade was "Of Mice and Men"- I think I made an A- on the paper. I've read it twice more since then as well as all of the rest of Steinbeck's major- and some minor work. My favorites are "The Grapes of Wrath" and the non-fiction "Travels With Charley". He's in my top 6 favorite authors.

    posted 11 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Miriam Q

    miriam q says

    No problem. I'll try to get my daughter to take pictures of the cats. I have no patience for trying to photograph them! It's amazing how important our cats have become to us. We have also done some fostering of kittens for the Humane Society (in fact, Cookie and Dumpling were from our first litter of fosterlings; we decided to keep them).

    posted 11 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Jason R

    jason r says

    Have you read much Walt Whitman? I'm slated to read "Leaves of Grass" next and it is pretty lengthy for a volume of poetry- if you've read it is it worth the effort? My gut instinct says yes.

    posted 12 days ago. ( send a note )
  • zawadi

    zawadi says

    Hey j, why did you remove your post? Peace. ~zawadi

    posted 12 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Kate MacDonald

    kate macdonald says

    http://www.leftcoastcrime.org/2009/index.html

    There's a mystery writers/readers conference coming to West Hawaii next March. Waikoloa is about 45 minutes north of Kona. If you check out the registrants, you'll see some familiar names, including Sue Henry. I'm signing up to be a mystery groupie!

    posted 2 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Kate MacDonald

    kate macdonald says

    Where does the term "Hemingway Cat" come from? Did Papa have 6 toes?

    posted 2 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Kate MacDonald

    kate macdonald says

    We're pretty settled in. Still some cleaning and unpacking to do, but it's liveable now. I listened to my Great American Songbook playlist while I scrubbed down the kitchen yesterday. On Sunday, we have tickets to a Noel Coward musical review and then Gilbert and Sullivan's Mikado in a couple of weeks. Seattle has a very lively theater scene and I try and take full advantage during the 3 months we're here, because the Kona boondocks have nothing to offer in live performances.

    posted 2 weeks ago. ( send a note )


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