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Jacqueline

Jacqueline

I have two wonderful adult children that are both in college pursuing their dreams. I love to read, listen to music, work out through dance, and travel where there is an ocean. I also like to be with family and friends. I enjoy reading a variety of fiction and nonfiction books and discussing them. I am interested in the study of human...more »
  • KY, USA
  • member since Friday, February 15 2008

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  • Carla B

    carla b says

    Do you like books on Elizabethan (spelling?) history? If you do, could you recommend some good ones? I thought the one by Allison Weir was a bit over-rated, but I love reading about her.

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

    donandpam says

    I am surprised you actually got my recommendation ... I was convinced Shelfari had malfunctioned somehow. Jung was an interesting character. And, he is well worth reading because of his influence on psychology and various counter culture movements. I had a little trouble with the collective unconscious, and I think he tried too hard to find similarities in myths and stories among cultures. Still, he was a thought-provoking fellow.

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  • pampe

    pampe says

    Thanks for the friend invitation....look forward to getting to know you in the groups!...Pam

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Carla B

    carla b says

    I loved the Glass Castle. I think that the field that we're in made it even more relevant. I have to host a book club pretty soon. Any suggestions for a great book?

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Carla B

    carla b says

    I loved Memoirs so much that I haven't seen the movie. I was afraid they would mess it up!

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  • mona17

    mona17 says

    i loved memoirs of a geisha!i even wrote a book report about it.=)
    i liked the way it presented the japanese culture, how women were viewed and treated during that period.i admired the way sayuri's character progressed all through out the story.and of course i was very much satisfied with the ending!

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  • Carl N

    carl n says

    That's exactly what I felt. It didn't motivate me to rush out & buy A Thousand Splendid Suns either. BTW, you will find No Country to be incredibly violent.

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  • Carl N

    carl n says

    Hi Jacqueline,

    Not yet (A Thousand Splendid Suns) - I'm working on a big pile. I googled the author Hosseini & found his website & an email address for questions. I asked about the Nazi business. Several days later I got a reply from his agent saying he didn't have time for questions. Right now, I'm in the middle of _Tree of Smoke_. The critics love it but I'm only luke warm on it; it just doesn't seem to move. I haven't caught a movie in some time (I got Netflixed out) but I hear No Country For Old Men is terrific. I read the book & love the author. Have you read Cormac McCarthy? _Suttree_ might be a great place to start.

    Carl

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  • Renae S

    renae s says

    Hi Jacqueline,
    I haven't read anything else by Sue Monk Kidd. If you have, can you recommend a good one?

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  • Carla B

    carla b says

    You've read some great books! I haven't read any "serious" books lately, but I really liked "The Glass Castle." You should check it out.

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  • mona17

    mona17 says

    i haven't read the temple of my familiar...have you read it?how was it?i also have walker's possessing the secret of joy...

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  • bookworm_sub

    bookworm_sub says

    I did enjoy The Five Love Languages. I've discovered that my husband and I have the speak the same love languages - which, according to the book, is rare. I do like reading the gangster books. But now I'm really interested in the classics, American history (and history in general), and non-fiction. I also enjoy listening to unabridged audio books.

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  • Carl N

    carl n says

    Good. I'd like that but I may have a bit of trouble remembering as it's been a while since I read it. One of the things I like the best about this shelfari site is that it helps remembering what you've read. Just trying to come up with titles has been quite an exercise.

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  • jeanne-scott

    jeanne-scott says

    On your ME page in the top right there is an "edit public setting" and you can do it from there. They have to be a certain size and all though, it is kind of trial and error and then success!

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  • Carl N

    carl n says

    Regarding Sack's Anthrolopologist - I met a man recently (a universtiy professor of animal science) who knows the autistic woman that Sacks wrote about.

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  • Carl N

    carl n says

    Yes, I read An Anthropologist From Mars & liked it a great deal too. Now he has a new one called Musicophilia. I was very eager to read it as I'm a big music fan but I found it very disappointing. It is not as good as his other books.

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  • Carl N

    carl n says

    Sometimes little discordant details like that can ruin a book. A friend of mine recommended a book called _Jack Gance_. I read until I got to a section where the author was describing a scene where the hero ran into a street musician playing the violin. The hero identified the music as Chopin. I put the book down & didn't read any further. Of course, I wasn't in love with the book anyway.

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  • Carl N

    carl n says

    I haven't read his 2nd book yet. I did enjoy the kite runner but one thing about it put me off. The business about the Taliban guy idolizing the Nazis just didn't ring true with me. Certainly I could be wrong. The author knows more about Afghanistan than I do but I was uncomfortable with it. I spent a short time in Afghanistan years ago & so I like to read about that part of the world. Do you think I ought to read the 2nd one?

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  • jeanne-scott

    jeanne-scott says

    Glad you enjoyed my review. No I am not an author. Thanks for the compliment though.

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