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mef

mef

I'm a freelance editor and writer who blogs about being an American living in England -- please visit me at http://mefoley.wordpress.com. (I should soon have a page there promoting my editing business, but in the meantime, a just-the-facts version is available at http://wordboffin.com.) I also chair the Hog's Back Writers (see web page at... more »
  • Normandy, Su, UK
  • member since February 3 2007

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  • Jassafari

    Jassafari says

    Ok!

    I just have got to ask for your friendship!

    posted 7 months ago. ( send a note )
  • mjacobs

    mjacobs says

    Hi Mef, Janwillem Van De Wetering wrote a series of crime books/thrillers featuring a couple of police detectives, Grijpstra and De Gier. They were quite popular in the eighties and nineties and have been translated. A quick internet search gave me this:
    http://www.dpbooks.com/vandewe3.htm and

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_w_h__0_11?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=janwillem+van+de+wetering&x=0&y=0&sprefix=janwillem+v

    The only other Dutch crime writer I can think of straight away is Robert Van Gulik, a Dutch diplomat who wrote several mysteries featuring Judge Dee, a historical figure from 7th century China. I liked his works a lot, but apart from his nationality, there is nothing Dutch about them!

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_b?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=robert+van+gulik&x=0&y=0

    If it does not have to be crime, you will find several Dutch works available in English translations, the best I've read in a long time being Joe Speedboat by Tommy Wieringa. I've been recommending this book to all and sundry :-)
    The paperback edition is planned for June, but the hardback might still be available:
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Joe-Speedboat-Tommy-Wieringa/dp/1846271037/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239655949&sr=1-2

    Have a nice trip - going on holiday, or is it work?
    Best regards,
    Monique

    posted 8 months ago. ( send a note )
  • mossflower

    mossflower says

    No Mef your not silly you are spot on, and it was me that confused you. I like to read about Virginia Woolf because although she had depression she seems to have led a very interesting life. Thanks for the update and I will look into your friends book, to see how she coped with these relationships as opposed to her relationships with men.

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

    mossflower says

    What alot of books you added. How was the Virginia Woolf, I have some but do not recognise the cover of that one. i have added some of her quotes to the discussion on The Handmaids Tale we are reading in the group 1001 Books You must Read Before You Die.

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

    mossflower says

    Yes thank goodness, that the Anti-Americanism is not newsworthy. I admit I am not anti-American because I have met so many wonderful people on shelfari who live in America and they are nothing like people think. I have read and listened to your hopes and fears as a nation, both sides of many arguments and that is healthy.
    Thank goodness foor Obama also, he has an unenviable job, to carry the hopes and dreams of the world on his shoulders.

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

    mossflower says

    Thank you Mef for posting this note, I appreciate how busy our lives are and how things just pile up. Sorry to hear your husband was sick over xmas and you were left to your own devices.
    Greene like other authors has a bias, one we need to be aware of when reading. Do you still think British people see Americans this way?

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

    mossflower says

    How did you find the Quiet American?

    posted 10 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Lord Manleigh

    Lord Manleigh says

    Yes, I had a nice quiet Christmas at home, and then to VT for New Year's Eve, drinking champagne chilled in the snow. It was nice.

    Yes, life can be a b**ch, and yet when faced with the other options, it looks better and better!

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Lord Manleigh

    Lord Manleigh says

    Dear god, that's HORRIBLE! My sympathies!! Do take your time recovering - awful, awful, awful.

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Lord Manleigh

    Lord Manleigh says

    Adeline, dear, we haven't heard from you in a whiile. I hope it wasn't something Mrs. Danvers said. I hope you're well.

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

    Stefan says

    hey there

    i found that the 3 books we have in common are 3 of the most amazing stories i ever came across.
    this is why i wanted to know if you can recommend me some book that comes with an grasping story and an compelling writing style.

    cheers - stef :)

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

    Andie says

    Welcome to the Breakfast at Tiffany's group. Sorry for the delay in a formal welcome. I have had some trouble posting since around Thanksgiving.

    posted 12 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Lord Manleigh

    Lord Manleigh says

    Ah, yes, Lord Gallstone's famous deposit. Fascinating!

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

    mossflower says

    Hi mef
    i see you have been reading the classics. Was it a good translation from the German as sometimes the meanings are lost.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Lord Manleigh

    Lord Manleigh says

    I'm in Eastern Standard Time.

    No, my dear, I received no email, which is not surprising at Shelfari. No offense taken! Do keep popping in at AA - yours is a refreshing new presence ; )

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Lord Manleigh

    Lord Manleigh says

    Adeline, did we lose you during the seance? Don't tell me you weren't there to hear about your past lives? Do read the transcripts. Btw, I hope you're unpleasant procedure went off without a hitch (or a stitch).

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Evelyn S

    Evelyn S says

    Just had time to read a tad more. Sorry, Surrey.
    Evelyn S

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Evelyn S

    Evelyn S says

    Hello, your statement about 'umbrellas, in my area we would say that we had forgotten our umbrella so we got wet' or I hadn't taken my umbrella so I was wet through by the time I got to' wherever. Is that Suffolk or Sussex? Don't have time this morning t
    ps
    I also write in my spare time, though not much for a while, too busy with other time consumers.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Lord Manleigh

    Lord Manleigh says

    Good luck, good health!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Lord Manleigh

    Lord Manleigh says

    Unpleasant procedure? How unpleasant. Maybe you can get a head start on "The Castle of Otranto" (discussions start Oct 20th). But I do recommend "The Moonstone" - quite entertaining.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )


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