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Alice T

Alice T

Obviously, I love reading and I'm happy to meet people who share my passion for books. The books on my shelf are books that I've read and enjoyed; I usually read classics,romance as well as psychology, philosophy, sociology, epistemology.
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  • Judith L

    Judith L says

    i am so sorry to have taken so long to answer your note...forgive me?

    Mark and i have been cutting firewood.on my land..so i can burn it in my little woodstove that sits in my fireplace..in my living room...i don't want to spend a Fortune on Heating Oil this year..my furnace burns oil..anything to save some money...the cutting/hauling/stacking wood is exhausting..so, reading is definitely in the back seat

    keep sipping ULYSSES..you won't regret it

    nothing you can say to me is is indiscreet or rude...ask away...i will answer any questions the best way i can

    take care
    JUDE

    posted 4 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Judith L

    Judith L says

    Hello There

    hope ULYSSES isn't killing you...(just kidding)

    i don't have much time to read now..but i think of you and U(lysses)

    smiles and all
    JUDE

    posted 6 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Akram Qureshi

    Akram Qureshi says

    Alice is really lost in the Bookland............I may collect a rescue team!

    posted 2 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • bookme4life

    bookme4life says

    Ulysses!! I read somewhere that it's one of the most unreadable great works. Would you agree?

    posted 2 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Judith L

    Judith L says

    hello there lady-

    The Poisonwood Bible is a novel that takes place in the (Belgian) Congo circa 1959-1960...at the time of its Independence (from Belgium)...and after the murder of Patrice Lumumba..the first elected President/Prime Minister

    it tells the woeful tale of an American baptist Missionary family who goes to the Congo...and the tragedies that befall them...mainly for the fact that they came in at such an awful time...and that they were woefully unprepared for life In The Bush as it were...it'a a wonderful, heartbreak of a book....i recommend it to anyone who asks...

    ah Dostoievski...my RUSSIAN phase was quite young...14/15/16...but i reread most of the major works in my 20s & 30s....maybe i'll read 'em all again before i shuffle off this mortal coil.......oh, NEWS FLASH!!!! you read THE IDIOT in Two Days!!i am impressed..it took me two months...hmmmm...you some kind of prodigy or something??? (kidding here, okay?)

    i gotta go...my dinner is maybe burning...will write more later
    :-)

    posted 3 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • sofy

    sofy says

    Thats a great choice.May be after reading, we can disscuss about it...

    posted 3 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Judith L

    Judith L says

    sorry to be so long in getting back to you...we had a big windstorm here last Sunday and my yard was a mess of fallen branches..and all the walnuts fell off my walnut tree. i have been doing clean-up outside...but work is good, no? LOL, i am a sloth by nature..a slug..i would rather stay in the house, or sit on my back porch, and read...but alas! i am the only one here, so if work has to be done i gotta do it

    Congratulations on the ULYSSES feat: and without alcohol? i am impressed!
    well, i have to close now...,take care..keep on reading
    :-)

    posted 3 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • bookme4life

    bookme4life says

    Hmmm.... I'm not sure Shelfari's recent facelift is a good thing when it comes to noticing new notes. Sorry!

    My formal education was rather deficient in poetry, so I've been trying to make up for that here and there. Probably my favorite poem at present is Emily Dickinson's Poem 434 a.k.a. Much Madness is Divinest Sense -- a rather common choice, I'm sure. The primary thread of commonality between the poets I've liked so far is that they're all dead. :) I feel like I'm skimming right now, like a wave runner bouncing along the ocean of poetry, picking up individual poems and/or here and there.

    So far I've enjoyed the works of Tennyson, Robbie Burns, Robert Browning, E. B. Browning, Christina Rosetti, some Dylan Thomas, George Herbert, Samuel T. Coleridge, some John Donne, some Byron, some Wordsworth, Emily Dickinson, e. e. cummings, Poe, T. S. Eliot, and Edgar Allan Poe. For epic poetry, I love Beowulf and sections from Tolkien. I'm reading the Iliad at present, but haven't made up my mind about how I feel towards it.

    Do you have and favorite poets/poems? Any recommendations?

    I just closed cover on the first horror novel I've read in years. Not sure how I feel about it. Horror is one genre I just don't easily appreciate.

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • Katie H

    Katie H says

    Nice to meet you Alice! What do you teach?

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • Judith L

    Judith L says

    Aw, shucks..now i am embarrassed (not really:)) )...thank you for your note. i don'y know any other way to be..have never been a doormat. and yes my big mouth gets me in trouble in Real Life, too..but i try to tone my opinions (or at least my expressing of them ) down...sometimes.

    i am doing well today..it's cloudy and drizzling rain. my cat and i are watching movies and reading (well she just stares at the pages like a doofus, but i love her anyway

    my best to you
    will write later

    JUDE

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • Akram Qureshi

    Akram Qureshi says

    You certainly read a lot of good books on different subjects...amazing

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • ♥Yaz♥-Jingle Rose-

    ♥Yaz♥-Jingle Rose- says

    Its ok

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • Anna Helena

    Anna Helena says

    Hi Alice, it's so nice to meet you! :) My name is Anna and I'm from Poland. I am a journalist and my reading is not much connected to my job. It reflects my sociological interests (that's what I study). What particular books are you interested in? :)

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • Judith L

    Judith L says

    Sorry to be so long in my reply but..i took a day off to actually Read!!!
    COFFEE WILL MAKE YOU BLACK is a coming-of-age novel about a young black girl growing up during the Civil Rights Struggle here in the US...say the 60s..i loved her confused yet sassy attitude..yes, i would recommend it
    now i have a question for you?....where, in Romania, do you live?
    i am going to get a big old world map to put on one wall of my bedroom/office..some push-pins..i want to know where all my new-found friends live..if you don't want to tell me HERE..send a Private Message...or tell me to mind my own business...anything will work
    best to you and yours
    JUDE

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • ♥Yaz♥-Jingle Rose-

    ♥Yaz♥-Jingle Rose- says

    Hi! Nice to meet you too!
    How are you?

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • SharonDaGreat

    SharonDaGreat says

    'Tess of the D'urbervilles' is the only other Hardy book I've read. I enjoyed it very much and hope to read it again later this year. 'Tess' is an incredible mixture of joy and sadness. I've only read one chapter of 'Under the Greenwood Tree' so I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. I'm glad to hear 'Jude the Obscure' is a great book. It's on my to read list. I will let you know what I think of 'Under the Greenwood Tree' when I finish. Take care!

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • SharonDaGreat

    SharonDaGreat says

    Hello Alice! You've got a great shelf. Good luck with your reading goals. :o)

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • DHA TE-TE NAK DHI-NI

    DHA TE-TE NAK DHI-NI says

    I am an Indian boy and my name means lotus flower. My name is common for both males and females. However, I have met more males with this name than female =).

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • ana-maria b

    ana-maria b says

    dupa mult prea multe aventuri am reusit sa citesc The agony and the ecstasy. E o carte foarte usor de citit, foarte placuta si care reuseste totusi sa impresioneze. Nu e chiar in topul preferintelor mele dar o recomand cu multa caldura- e o carte puternica si foarte placuta.

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • DHA TE-TE NAK DHI-NI

    DHA TE-TE NAK DHI-NI says

    My name is Kamal and I am from California. Yeah I completed my Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering not too long ago and I will be working for Boeing. My primary responsibilities will include designing digital electronics for their satellite systems. So you are a teacher? What do you teach and at what grade level?

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )


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