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Maggie

Maggie

i'm an eclectic mama of three (all girls, all with Tolkien related middle names), who is married to my best friend, is left-leaning, LDS, vegetarian, and in love with chocolate covered honey comb, mint teas, and Margaret Atwood.

sometimes i read two books at a time, sometimes three. usually from one of each category (fiction,...more »
  • Southern, Ca, USA
  • member since Thursday, July 5 2007

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  • RiverJordan

    RiverJordan says

    Many Shelfarians have been tuning into the Radio program and I've been giving a
    shout out to friends here. You might enjoy tuning in, email me with your favorite recommended book and I'll read it on the air.
    BACKSTORY is live every Saturday from 4-6Central time
    from Nashville at 98.9fm or at www.radiofreenashville.org

    This weeks Great Company, Ron Hogan shares Great Stories from the road on
    covering the writing and publishing business from the inside out!

    And as always a mix of Great Music - Everything from Count Basie to Johnny Cash,
    U2, Derek & The Dominoes, Cream, Jewel, Santana, Rolling Stones and more.

    See you soon on the radio!
    River
    river@riverjordan.us

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Seeker of Truth

    Seeker of Truth says

    Love the picture...it's cute!

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • KjannaG

    KjannaG says

    Maggie, I was reading a comment on shelfari a couple before the one I left, is there book club drama? Dime store novel was saying someone didn't want them in his club? about Islam and the US? I'm just being nosey, what group is that?

    BTW, let me know if you want to do a book club type thing, if we should read a book together or something, that would be fun., And we could talk about it. LMK.

    xoxo, kimi

    j.skjennberg@mac.com

    posted 10 months ago. ( send a note )
  • KjannaG

    KjannaG says

    If we don't talk before then Have a Happy New Year, Maggie! Keep in touch! xoxo

    posted 10 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Julie

    Julie says

    Hope your holidays were wonderful and that you have a happy New Year!

    posted 10 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Julie

    Julie says

    Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! I hope you have a wonderful turkey-filled day!

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • KjannaG

    KjannaG says

    Oh, hey, and I cut off all my hair! My MILs hairdresser came to the house and everyone decided to get a hair cut.

    posted 12 months ago. ( send a note )
  • KjannaG

    KjannaG says

    Hi Maggie! I was out of town the last two weeks in Illinois. I was visiting my mom and MIL. While there my FIL talked Ben into reading one of Ralph Waldo Emerson's boks (the one about "self reliance and other essays") and it was really good for takingsome of the sting out of the bad feelings I have about living in the united states (my mom of course did a wonderful job of trying to un-do that!). He is a persuasive writer, if noting else. But it was an nteresting read. Very interesting.

    Hope you have been well!

    Love, Kim

    posted 12 months ago. ( send a note )
  • KjannaG

    KjannaG says

    Oh, hey, as soon as I wrote the new one the old one appeared at the same time, there must have been a traffic jam in cyberspace, my new note pushed it out )like how when a bag of chips gets stuck in the vending machine, sometimes the next one to buy that same kind pushes both of them out)... something like that, weird!!!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • KjannaG

    KjannaG says

    I wonder what happened to my note!! I was basically just asking how Reading Lolita in Tehran was, I have been thinking about checking it out. I forgot what else I wrote about, I wonder where it went! Hmm, grrr!!

    xoxo Kimi

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • KjannaG

    KjannaG says

    Hi Maggie! I know you'll busy this weekend (I think it's ths weekend?) but let me know how Reading Lolita in Tehran is when you have a minute, I've been wondering if I should read it. I'm in the middle of reading '1491' in my own way of facing columbus day coming up ]:(

    I've been supposed to be reading Water for Elephants as a friend from work gave it to me and everyone who has seen it on my desk has said "OMGthat is SUCH a good book!" but I can't seem to get into it. Maybe I have too many things on my mind and plate.

    Love ya, wish we could trade places for the weekend :D Talk to you soon!!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • zawadi

    zawadi says

    Hey!
    Welcome to Diversity Works. Do introduce yourself and jump right in. Peace. ~z

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • pious

    pious says

    hi

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • KjannaG

    KjannaG says

    I think so Maggie! Even if you don't share her philosophy, I personally thought the books were a lot of fun to read. Especially Atlas Shrugged and the Fountainhead. I read each of those in a couple days, I couldn't put them down. We The Living was good in a different way. It was neat to go back and see how she was earlier in time, as a less experienced writer with less command of English. Some people hate them, some say they were boring, I personally enjoyed her style. I would at least give her fiction a try. I liked AS best (maybe simply because it was longer, I'm a real fast reader so I always complain books are so short!) My husband, Ben, loved The Fountainhead but hasn't gotten into AS yet. He started it one day and hasn't picked it up again (I couldn't put it down from the moment I picked it up!) but he is a really slow reader and I think the length is daunting to him. And as I said, even if you aren't into her philosophy I still think they are fun reads, and it is really fun to see the parallels from what she saw in the 30's and today. Anyway, it was really fun and enjoyable for me. I hope you give it a shot. At very least you'll see what people are talking about when they reference it, ya know? xoxo Kimi

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • KjannaG

    KjannaG says

    Hi girlfriend! I can't wait to find some new books and some discussions about books we have shared.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Chaigirl

    Chaigirl says

    RE
    Hi Maggie! I love your suggestions, please keep them coming dearie:)

    I am with you, the way shelfari arranges discussion threads can get confusing and I agree that having some monthly thread posts would be useful and fun. Check out the 24 challenge site for the newly implemented: Sept What are you reading & Sept Welcome. Woo Hoo!

    Maggie, Is there a monthly thread that you would enjoy shepherding? :) I remember you saying that you love quizzes, right?:) That's just an idea though! You could label it Maggie's quizzes, or whatever strikes ya & just put a new one up each month and help keep discussion going on it. Let me know what you think, when you have a moment and hey--thanks for the contributions you've already made to our group-you're tops!

    -------------------------
    hey there!

    you asked me a while ago to elaborate on the monthly threads thing and i never did. so sorry! i figured i'd hit you with it here where i know you'll get it.
    my thought was that we could have monthly threads for "what are you reading and why?" and maybe some general monthly chat threads to talk about whatever. the reason i say put a time limit on it is because the forums here are kind of.... weird in their layout and when a discussion gets too big it becomes confusing. you have this looong page of posts to read through and it's daunting.

    hope that made some sense and i hope you don't mind my suggestions! :o

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Saddaf

    Saddaf says

    Hi Maggie. What's up? Reading anything interesting?
    How are your girls doing? :)

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )


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