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mjacobs

mjacobs

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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  • Shelfari Librarians Discussion Group
  • Dutch and Flemish literature Discussion Group

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  • JudithAnn

    JudithAnn says

    Prettige vakantie vast. Wales, weer? Ik heb ook het idee dat de challenge wat hoog gegrepen is, maar goed, we zien wel hoe het gaat. Veel plezier!

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • sthurner

    sthurner says

    Hello Monique. I was thinking of you recently when a book friend sent me a YouTube video of a couple hundred people dancing to Do Re Mi in a Gent railway station. Did you see it? I haven't been reading very faithfully this summer, or painting faithfully either. We've taken some short trips, and that generally gets me out of whatever good habits I've cultivated - like reading or painting. Summer doesn't last forever, so being outside seems more important right now. I see you liked Elegance of the Hedgehog. That's a title my local group has chosen for October, so I'm glad to see positive reactions to it. I hope you're staying well.

    Sherry

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Monique

    Monique says

    Hee dat is ook grappig dat wij precies het tegenovergestelde denken van 'Alleen maar nette mensen' & 'Godverdomse dagen op een godverdomse bol'. Dat belooft wat voor de Librisprijs volgend jaar. Ik hoorde dat het systeem wat op de schop gaat, dus ik ben benieuwd.

    Nog even een goede leestip: Niccoló Ammaniti. Ik zag hem niet in je kast, dus ik gok dat je hem nog niet gelezen hebt. Hij heeft volgens mij tot nu 2 boeken geschreven: 'Ik haal je op, ik neem je mee' en 'Ik ben niet bang'. Mijn collega is er weg & ze verkopen bij ons fantastisch goed. Ik ben nu de eerste aan het lezen en ik vind het erg mooi. 'Ik ben niet bang' zou in principe het eerste te lezen boeken moeten zijn, maar ik denk niet dat het heel veel uitmaakt.

    Groetjes,
    Monique

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • JudithAnn

    JudithAnn says

    Hey M. Ik zal vanavond even kijken misschien heb ik dan togang tot een laptop. Dit schrojf Ik op mijn iPod en dat valt niet mee...

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Monique

    Monique says

    Hoi Monique,

    Heb je een fijne vakantie gehad of misschien moet je nog? Als je nog op reis moet, zou ik je willen aanraden dit boek in je tas te stoppen: The Hunger Games van Suzanne Collins. Ik vond het echt een fantastisch boek. Echt zo'n boek dat je in een ruk uit wilt lezen, maar waarvan je ook niet wilt dat het uit is. Het volgende deel komt in oktober uit en ik kan er haast niet op wachten!

    Groetjes,
    Monique

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

    JudithAnn says

    Hoi Monique, dat is natuurlijk prima! Vast een hele prettige vakantie gewenst! Wordt het weer een cottage in de wildernis? Of ga je varen? Geniet er maar lekker van!

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • JudithAnn

    JudithAnn says

    Hallo M. Hoe gaat het met je? Is je leven al weer wat rustiger (en alles goed)? Nu ligt mijn moeder in een verpleeghuis met een gebroken heup. Niet handig!

    Ik zie je niet veel op Shelfari, dus wil even zien hoe het met je gaat.

    Groetjes,
    Judith

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Levana N

    Levana N says

    Your taste in books has gotten our attention. Come join us in the Literary Intelligence Agency (LIA), the newest group in Shelfari for avid readers of mystery, thriller and suspense.

    Do you see yourself as a puzzle-solver in everyday life? Observant? Loves knowing new things? Simply adores literature? You're very much welcome.

    Visit us at
    http://www.shelfari.com/groups/38195/about

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Jassafari

    Jassafari says

    MJ....

    how are you doing? Long time no hear from!

    JASS!

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

    sthurner says

    I see you're reading that book about color. It has been on my "to read" list of a year or so, so I will be curious to see what you think.

    I was thinking of you last week. In 1972 my school friend and I spent six weeks backpacking through Europe. The photos are beginning to fade, si I've been scanning them and trying to bring them back to life. I have two from the Antwerp zoo. Have you ever been there?

    Sherry

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

    mef says

    Many thanks for your recommendations. I couldn't get the books before I left, and once in the Netherlands, was restricted in what I could find in English. Going looking was fun, though -- I could go into bookshops and easily start a conversation on books with the clerks. In part, it was easy because it seems everyone in the Netherlands under the age of 60 speaks fluent English, and the educated-at-least-to-book-shop-clerk-level Dutch people over 60 had enough English for a real conversation -- I feel completely lucky and privileged and a bit ashamed that I go through the world relying on other people to speak *my* language (seems a bit cavalier and unsporting).

    I did find that some of the Flemish words I learned when I lived 6 months in Leuven many years ago did come back to me, which was useful for reading signposts (Fiets-something stall-something must be bicycle parking! I can figure it out!).

    I ended up buying "The Discovery of Heaven" by Mulisch, and then I barely had time to start it, there was so much to do and to see. I also looked everywhere for the letters of Vincent Van Gogh to his brother in English (the Van Gogh Museum was out of it -- they had only Dutch and French left). I couldn't find that while gone (and why should a shop there stock it in English?) and have now 'ordered' a free copy via BookMooch. (Do you use BookMooch?)

    I wanted to buy several of the books that the book shop clerks recommended to me, but couldn't carry so much and also I found everything there to be more expensive than it is here in England (and not merely because of the weakened British pound, since I still tend to think in US dollars). There was a history of Amsterdam that looked *wonderful* -- now I can't remember the author, alas.

    ANyway, thank you very much for your recommendations. I'm going to keep an eye out for "Joe Speedboat" -- the book shops in Leeuwarden said that they wouldn't have it in English until June. By the way -- people in Amsterdam were surprised to the point of shock that we were going to Leeuwarden, as if no one in their right mind would choose to go there, but it was a very nice town, with a lot to do, so I don't know what the problem is!

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

    mef says

    Thank you for your recommendations! It's to be a brief holiday for me, but my husband is here on business. I wanted to see the special exhibition on Van Gogh's night-time scenes at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, so we added a day in Amsterdam, after which we go to Leeuwarden, where he will work and I will see whatever there is to be seen! Many, many thanks.

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

    mef says

    Greetings -- Looks like I'm going to get a chance to go visit the Netherlands, and as Dutch is so similar to Flemish, I wondered whether you are familiar with any Dutch murder mysteries that are popular there but which have been translated into English. I would be grateful for a recommendation -- doesn't have to be crime, but I understand that Dutch crime publishing is flourishing right now. I just don't know where to start! I thought I'd read something from a Dutch author on the trip (like I read "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" last summer in Sweden). If you don't have time for this -- forget it! I thought it was worth a try, though, and would be grateful for recommendations. I probably won't receive them (if any) until I'm gone, but then, maybe I can find something to buy in English while I'm there. Would be good to know what to ask for!

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

    Lionne says

    oww die kende ik nog niet, binnen kort wel eens kijken of ik hem kan vinden!!

    erg bedankt!!

    groetjes Lionne

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

    Lionne says

    lol, fijn dat mijn boeken van pas kwamen. Heb ze bijna allemaal zelf aan gemaakt :) wil wel plaatjes in mijn boeken kast hebben geen blauwe boeken hahaha

    heb jij nog leuke tips om te lezen???

    groetjes Lionne

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

    sthurner says

    Hello Monique. I hope you are well. We just returned from our trip to Peru on Sunday, and my stomach is still a little sensitive. But overall I'm good. The hiking a scenery was wonderful. No photograph can do justice to Machu Picchu. I see that you read White Tiger. Dick is reading that right now. I'm reading a grisly murder mystery set in Japan for a group on Goodreads, and I'm not sure I want to finish. We'll see if I make it to the end.

    Cheers,

    Sherry

    posted 8 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Francis K

    Francis K says

    Ja, ik ben gek op Venetië. En omdat ik nou eenmaal niet zo vaak naar Venetië kan, ben ik maar boeken over Venetië gaan verzamelen. Ik hou eigenlijk van alles wat er in Venetië te vinden is, de kunst en architectuur, maar natuurlijk ook het eten en de wijn.

    Ik heb natuurlijk ook even jouw boekenkast bekeken en ik mis eigenlijk één boek, wat overigens ook genoemd wordt in een van je notes, namelijk De wind in de wilgen. Het kan natuurlijk dat ik er overheen gekeken heb, maar als je het niet kent, dan is het een aanrader!

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

    Monique says

    Hoi Monique,

    Wist je dat er van Persepolis ook een film is. Ik zag hem afgelopen weekend en vond hem erg goed. Jouw recensie en de film zouden toch redenen genoeg moeten zijn voor me om het boek nu eindelijk eens te gaan lezen.

    Groetjes!

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

    kolibri says

    Hi mjacobs!
    I thought you may be intersted in a new group I started some days ago. It's called Booktivity! It's all about book titles and categories and of course playing and reading. If you are interested, please take a look here: http://www.shelfari.com/groups/36069/about

    Happy reading!

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

    Alexa says

    Thanks for accepting the request. I'll check my books again which ones I've listed twice.

    cheers!

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )


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