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Jill I

Jill I

I have been married for 25 years and have been blessed with 2 wonderful daughters; one is a grad student, and the other is a junior in college. I am Roman Catholic - I finally converted after many years of being on the fringe, and I am glad to be home! I am a program manager by profession. To relax and de-stress, I love to lose myself in a... more »
  • MD, USA
  • member since September 8, 2009

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  • Rosemary M. Mayes

    Rosemary M. Mayes says

    Hi Jill! Nice to see you here too! :-) I remembered more authors and books I like so I am up to 2 hundred or so. Not to compare with your !!!786!! WOW! Talk to you soon and thanks for the reminder!

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Shannon C

    Shannon C says

    I would love to hear your take. I gave up after two chapters. Just couldn't read on. I wish I did not feel this way, but I found it heavy, dark, creepy, insulting, and... well, you get the point. Thanks for your words. I dislike writing anything negative, esp. about a book.

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • the Ink Slinger

    the Ink Slinger says

    Hi Jill!

    I've read (and enjoyed) The Great Divorce, and I'm trying to get my hands on a copy of Eats Shoots and Leaves. Thanks for the recommendations! :)

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Saint Francis de Sales

    Saint Francis de Sales says

    I agree, required reading usually isn't that enjoyable. Summer reading is especially the worst. I don't want to read it too early, because then I will have forgotten it by the time school starts, but I don't want to start too late because then I'm in a rush to finish before school starts. Every once in a while I will get assigned something that I enjoy reading, but most of the time I don't like it. I've actually made a point of not adding any required reading books to my shelf on Shelfari. That is ironic that your daughter likes writing but not really reading. I'm kinda the opposite. I don't care much for writing, but I could read a book all day long.

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Saint Francis de Sales

    Saint Francis de Sales says

    Haha yes, it kept me busy most of the summer, but most other people procrastinated and didn't start until the week before school started. That does sound like it might be the opposite of mine. It sounds like it would be very interesting to read.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Saint Francis de Sales

    Saint Francis de Sales says

    Wow, that's really interesting! That's really cool that someone's using this topic for their PhD! My essay was actually due the first day of school this August and I'm still working on it. Our next draft is due November 3rd, so hopefully I'll get a better grade the 2nd time around.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Saint Francis de Sales

    Saint Francis de Sales says

    Hi! I was just thinking about sending you a message the other day, but I haven't had a chance yet. I finished writing my essay and even edited quite a few rough drafts of it. I thought it looked pretty good, but apparently I still have a lot of work to do, because it'd been graded at about a C right now.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Sea-Era

    Sea-Era says

    Unfortunately... Group post on Goodreads is not any better (or may be worse) Since I dont care for the groups on GR, I rarely participate ... so I'm not sure if that is even an option.
    One thing I do like about Goodreads... is when you search a book... the first thing you see is who of your friends have the same book on their list and their review or rating. They are listed before any of the other reviews.
    My favorite thing is being able to plot your progress through a book.. you can add comments about what you think about the book so far and friends can comment back. Also on the main feed page you can make comments on any post/books listed there...you don't have to be on their friend list to comment. (This is actually how I made lots of my friends there.) Hope this helps a little.

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Sea-Era

    Sea-Era says

    As far as groups go.... I like Shelfari groups much better. Goodreads seem to be strict and kind of rigid... or at least that is how they seem to me. I mainly use Goodreads because it is connected with Facebook. You can add a book you're currently reading... and update it on the site... and it will automatically update on facebook. If you just like looking at different kinds of books (which I do) Goodreads is better for that.. they have the running feed on the home page and Listopia (which is just list of books in different categories) I like them both for different reason.. If you decide to join...plz add me as a friend

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Sea-Era

    Sea-Era says

    Hiyas Jill... Thanks for the friendship/follow!!

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Saint Francis de Sales

    Saint Francis de Sales says

    Yes, I thought the play version was very interesting and I'm still waiting for my sister to read it so I can. It does seem to hit on some of the most commonly occurring arguments and debates between Christian and non Christian. My mom told me that it's a reflection of CS Lewis's own conflicts with religion, especially as he went through his conversion.

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Saint Francis de Sales

    Saint Francis de Sales says

    Honestly, I didn't really like The Hobbit that much, but that's just me. My mom said that Tolkien discouraged Lewis from writing the Screwtape Letters because he knew, as a fellow convert, that it was a tricky path to go down. Lewis said that out of everything he'd written, The Screwtape Letters was the easiest to write, but also the least enjoyable to write.

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Saint Francis de Sales

    Saint Francis de Sales says

    That sounds really interesting. I'm surprised CS Lewis wasn't Catholic either. I had thought that the idea of Purgatory was kind've a Catholic thing. That's pretty cool about his science fiction book being written after his conversion. Yes, my mom told me he was friends with Tolkien, who was also a convert and had tried to discourage Lewis from writing the Screwtape letters. The only book I've read by Tolkien was The Hobbit though. Have you read any books by Tolkien?
    Yes, I thought the description of the Trinity was really thought provoking. I liked that part too, how when Mack had a conversation with one of them, the others had also had the conversation and therefore knew what they had said. Like you said, it was a good way of portraying the mystery of 3 persons in 1 God. Yes, I'd heard someone say they were upset about "Papa" being a woman. I kinda liked it. I thought it was a good way to hit home that God is neither a man or a woman, because He's God. I think a lot of people, like it says in the book, "know" that, but still have a mental image of God as an old white man.

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Saint Francis de Sales

    Saint Francis de Sales says

    Oh, that's interesting. What is The Great Divorce about? So you liked When Bad Things Happen to Good People? That's interesting that it was written by a rabbi. I didn't know CS Lewis wrote a science fiction book, that's pretty cool, I'll have to look it up. Did he write that book before he converted to Christianity? I have read The Shack. I thought it was incredibly sad, but still a really good book.

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Saint Francis de Sales

    Saint Francis de Sales says

    Cool! I also really like the Chronicles of Narnia, although I think there is one I have not yet read. I'm waiting to read the Screwtape Letters (my sister's reading it right now). My parents actually took my sister and I to a play that was based on the Screwtape Letters. It was very interesting and I look forward to reading the book. I haven't really heard of the other books, but they sounds interesting. I haven't heard of Harold Kushner either.

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Saint Francis de Sales

    Saint Francis de Sales says

    Thank you! Those are some very good points and I think they will help. And since your friend mentioned Narnia, I'm a little curious about if you've read any of C.S. Lewis's other books.

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Saint Francis de Sales

    Saint Francis de Sales says

    Thanks! I've enjoyed our discussion with you too. My mom really is a wonderful parent, and you seem to be much like her. I would be very interested in hearing what your friends have to say too, about Harry Potter and also about Twilight, just for fun!

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Saint Francis de Sales

    Saint Francis de Sales says

    Thank you so much for your opinion! I really appreciate it and feel that this will be useful in my essay. Since it's going to be a very long essay, I'm always on the look out for new ideas. I can see and understand some of the points you make and you also have evidence to back them up, unlike some people who are opposed to the books without reading them. I admire that you stand by your opinions even when people think that you're being ridiculous, especially among your friends and family who are not Catholic. In my opinion, in controversies like this, neither side is truly ridiculous because both have valid points. And I especially admire that you care so much about your daughters to be so careful about what they read. My mother is that way also. She read the Harry Potter books along with my sister and I so that as we were reading, she could point out anything anti-Christian or harmful to us.

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Saint Francis de Sales

    Saint Francis de Sales says

    Oh my gosh! That would be soooo helpful! Thank you for the offer! First, what led you to believe that Harry Potter was anti-Christian? Did you read any newspaper article, magazine article, etc. that enforced the idea that Harry Potter was anti-Christian? Has anyone of authority in your Church every mentioned Harry Potter regarding its anti-Christianity or otherwise? Of the people you know personally, do you think a majority of them are opposed to or accept the Harry Potter books? Have you ever had a discussion/debate about Harry Potter and/or how it compares to Christianity? If so, what did you discuss specifically? Have you read the Harry Potter books? If so, what were things that you found that you considered anti-Christian? What were things you found that you considered were similar to teachings you've seen in Christianity?

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Saint Francis de Sales

    Saint Francis de Sales says

    Of course! I'm very excited for this paper also, since it is such an interesting controversy right now. I've done research on parents wanting the books taken out of their children's school libraries and other examples of censorship on these books. I would definitely like to tell you more about my essay and my findings. I'm always eager to have an audience. I might even be able to send it to you via Shelfari when I'm done. However, I'm very sorry, but I don't really have time to go into detail right now about it. Perhaps I can tell you more when school ends and send you a copy. We're supposed to be almost finished with them by the start of next school year, so it will probably be a while.

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )

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