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mjacobs

mjacobs

has 77 followers and is following 71 people

I enjoy the social networking side of Shelfari a lot, but if you send me a frienship invitation, I expect you to also send me a note with some personal content, explaining why you want my friendship.
About me: I love reading, photography, painting and drawing, and (hill)walking.
I like classic literature as well as fantasy, crime,... more »
  • Gent, Belgium
  • member since October 17, 2006

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  • Rogue Male

    Rogue Male says

    We have SO many books in common. I'm following you (if I may) to see what else I might be missing out on! Rx

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Silverbill

    Silverbill says

    Here is something that should thrill you.

    http://www.festivalintheshire.com/tolkienfestival.html

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

    Silverbill says

    Read Evangelene Walton's 'The Mabinogion Tetraology' it is fabulous as it fills in all the gaps of a traditional translation.

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

    Silverbill says

    Cassini, is a different kind of book. Very intellectual, with lots of fun jaunts off side roads. I take it you have read one or more versions of the Mabinogi.

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

    Amanda says

    Hello! Great question :) I went & took a look at Lloyd Jones and his books and did a few things to fix them so 1) Lloyd Jones will be added to your author list, 2) when you sort your shelf by Author his books will be sorted by "Jones, Lloyd".

    First, I went in and edited the Authors & Contributors section on the book page. I noticed that you edited that section for "Mr. Vogel"--I edited your edit :) Let me explain why, when you're added an author name add First Name Last Name. Our system will automatically sort it on shelf by Last Name, First Name. If you add the author name in Last Name, First Name then the system will sort the book by First Name Last Name.

    Second, there were multiple Lloyd Jones were are listed as authors in our system and none of them were the correct one, so I added his name as "Lloyd Jones (temp)" and then edited the name from his newly created author page to remove the "temp". This is something the Shelfari Librarians regularly do if they need to create a new author in the system when the author name is a duplicate of another author. I've gone in and approved the changes to the Authors & Contributors and the name change. It may take a few hours for everything on your shelf to update.

    Let me know if you have any questions!! -Amanda

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

    merle says

    and...I teach Brit lit and assigned Sight for Sore Eyes...so much to discuss with that book..all the ironies...h.s. students loved it...and they are sometimes a hard sell! favorite comment from a student: all these people are crazy!!

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

    merle says

    Hi! I am seventy pages into Shantaram...what a gift...and I just re-read Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant...best...Merle in VA...USA

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

    JudithAnn says

    Hoi Monique. Dat boek heb ik uit en ik vond het erg mooi. Volgens mij heb ik mijn review al geplaatst. Of ben ik dat vergeten? Ik schrijf tegenwoordig wel netjes in mijn (nieuwe) blog: http://leeswammes.wordpress.com dus daar kun je evt. ook nog kijken!

    Veel plezier met de vakantie. Laat me raden: Wales?

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

    sthurner says

    Nope - I haven't read Good Omens, but I added it to my list! Tonight I dip into The Little Stranger - and I am really looking forward to it. Sarah Waters is one of my recent favorite writers.

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

    JudithAnn says

    Oei, 8 zware boeken! Leuk hoor, zo eens lekker door een boekhandel lopen en meenemen wat je wilt! Wat vond je van de Ammaniti? Ik haal je op, die heb ik nog niet gelezen. Dus ik ben benieuwd. Van die oude russen heb ik niet gehoord (behalve Toergenjev vaagjes) en de fransen ook niet. Ik ga je reviews in de gaten houden!

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

    sthurner says

    Monique, I see you are becoming a skilled Bejeweled Blitz player! I was just wondering if you have read Neil Gaiman's book about the boy raised by ghosts, The Graveyard Book. It's marketed as a young adult novel, but I enjoyed it very much.

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

    tapbirds says

    Thanks for sharing the photos - - they are fantastic! Wow, what a stark, rugged terrain! It reminds me of a mix between high-elevation mountains (above tree-level) and some of the serpentine barrens we have in the coastal ranges of California. Just curious: are you tempted to follow in Wainwright's footsteps in completing the 200-mile coast-to-coast trek?

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

    tapbirds says

    Hi MJ: Great to hear you are doing well - - I thought of you when I read this:
    http://away.com/wallpaper/index.html?date=04-20-2010&utm_source=Away&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=YDE
    In case you can't open the link, here's the photo caption:
    "The doyen of English hillwalkers, Alfred Wainwright, devised his classic 200-mile, coast-to-coast walk in northern England in 1973. Stretching between the Irish Sea at St. Bees in Cumbria and the North Sea at Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire, it passes through three contrasting national parks—Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, and North York Moors—encompassing some of the finest and most varied of the country's landscapes."

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

    tapbirds says

    Greetings! It has been quite a while since we last corresponded - - I just read your "The Valley, the City, the Village" review and was wondering if you are planning your annual trek to Wales this year? Hope all is well . . . best wishes and good reading!

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

    JudithAnn says

    Hoi Monique, oh heerlijk, je laten gaan in de boekwinkel. Met hoeveel boeken ben je thuisgekomen? Ik heb zelf niets nieuws meer gelezen van Ammaniti, maar ben dat wel weer van plan natuurlijk.

    Ja, jammer van TCR, het viel mij als admin al niet mee en Katy heeft nog veel minder tijd. Ze schreef mij wel dat ze een paar aanbiedingen had gehad van mensen die wel mee willen helpen, dus hopelijk blijft het toch doorgaan.

    Ik lees nu The Suspicions of Mr Whicher - ken je die al? Beetje te factual (het is tenslotte echt gebeurd) dus niet genoeg spanning voor mij. Maar wel leuk om te lezen hoe moorden in de Victoriaanse tijd onderzocht werden.

    Prettig weekend!

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

    sthurner says

    By now your Easter is about over, but I hope you had a good day. We went out with friend to brunch, and now all I'm fit for is some reading.

    Sherry

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

    JudithAnn says

    Vervelend, Monique, als het niet lekker gaat op het werk. Bij mij was de sfeer ook niet fantastisch en weinig hoop op verbetering, dus ben ik na 4 goede jaren en 3/4 slecht jaar maar zelf weggegaan. Binnenkort ga ik wel weer wat zoeken, maar ik geniet erg van de vrijheid.

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

    JudithAnn says

    Nou ja! Twee keer? Gooi er maar snel eentje weg!

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

    JudithAnn says

    Hallo Monique, ja hoor, hier is alles ook goed. Ik werk sinds een paar maanden tijdelijk niet (zelf ontslag genomen) en ik vind het heerlijk! Ook meer tijd om te lezen, dat snap je!

    Ik zet die Paasilinna meteen op mijn TBR, als ie beter is dan De zelfmoordclub dan moet het echt goed zijn! Ik heb net een heel leuk boekje uit van Niccolo Ammaniti, ken jij die schrijver? Dit was mijn eerste boek van hem en ik vond het heel erg leuk (het heet: Het laatste oudejaar van de mensheid).

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

    JudithAnn says

    Hoi Monique, hoe gaat het met je? Je bent wat stil de laatste tijd... Ik zag op TCR dat je Arto Paasilinna gelezen hebt. Weer een mooi boek?

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )

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