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Regina L

Regina L

"The point is now determined, and I shall have the liberty to think for myself." - John Adams

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." Abraham Lincoln

"Character Comes Easy When The Belly is Full" - Guernica

My name is Regina Lindsey. I have been a voracious... more »
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  • chris s

    chris s says

    I would have to say Gone With the Wind.....Shane......and all of John Steinbeck's

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  • chris s

    chris s says

    What's your favorite classic?

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  • rimmsky

    rimmsky says

    Have you read Baldacci's Wish You Well. or John Grisham's A Painted House?
    Each book is a departure from the author's usual fare and each are short. Neither
    requires great concentration, and oddly enough if memory serves they both came out about the same time. I consider them comfort books, like mashed potatoes.
    Or...hyacinths to feed thy soul. Good for recuperating.

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  • rimmsky

    rimmsky says

    I have True Blue reserved at the library. I agree with you about Absolute Power. I think far and away it is his best book.

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  • racethom

    racethom says

    Thanks.
    Much as I hate doing it, I think I'll try to see the doctor tomorrow.
    It's not getting better.

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  • racethom

    racethom says

    I'm checking in the various groups sporadically.
    (I kind of have to since I'm owner/moderator/administrator of quite a few.)
    My participation will be down for a short time but I'll still be around.
    I'm down with something.
    I think it's bronchitis again.
    I just didn't want you to think I'm totally wimping out.

    posted 4 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Sabina E

    Sabina E says

    Regina,

    I have two daughters as well; one is 19 and the other is 16. It's the younger one, Julia, who is the voracious reader, you might have met her in the Historical Fiction group. She would have been 14 or 15 when she read Sophie's World, but she still likes it. She was the one who made me sign up for shelfari!

    WA stands for Western Australia, which is where we live. Perth is supposedly the most isolated city on earth (sure feels like it at times!), but it has been a good place to bring up children. My older daughter has just returned from her 6 month "Grand Tour" of Europe and she is absolutely amazed how much more to the world there is than Western Australia. I'm sure she'll leave again one day - she and her partner are planning to live in England eventually. Also, there is the big trip to America she's saving up for - that's what I did after finishing school and she's heard me talking about it for a long time. Ah, to be young again...

    Whereabouts do you live, Regina?

    Hope you have a great weekend!
    Sabina

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  • Kat M

    Kat M says

    Regina,

    I must apologize for the late response to your note. My time is so taken up with e-mail and eBay that I sometimes totally forget to look at Shelfari. And now a new thing has come into my life: Physical Therapy. I don't think you got the story about my shoulder. I'll try to make it brief. My GP sent me to an orthopedic surgeon because my arm hurt so bad. After 2 visits and a total of about 15 minutes, this surgeon said it was rotator cuff and I needed surgery. I got a second opinion. That doctor said he thought it was tendonitis (but didn't rule out rotator cuff and surgery) and sent me to get physiccal therapy. It has helped more than I ever dreamed it could! I see doctor #2 on Dec. 4 and we'll get an MRI to see what it looks like. (My insurance turned down his request the first time.) I'm thinking there's a possibility I won't need surgery! If i told you all this already please forgive me. I also need a memory operation! It's gotten really bad lately. But, back to physical therapy. It has taken over my life! I go once or twice a week for 1 and a half or 2 hours. At home I do it for an hour. I rarely have time to read anymore. Where most of the time I usually read 20-50 pages a day and sometimes 100+ now I'm reading about 5-10 pages a day. I like to read in bed and lately I'm so tired I can't keep my eyes open to read. It's so sad. I hope this doesn't keep up like this. I HAVE to have my reading time!

    Oh, I loved "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas!" If you liked that and you enjoy reading about music--especially classical music--get the children's book (I think it is 67 pages) "The Mozart Question." It is outstanding! Seriously, it would probably take you an hour to read it and it is so well worth it. "The Forger's Spell" sounds super. That is definitely the kind of book I like. It's going on my ever growing list of books to read! I started a YA novel, "The Swan Maiden" but, since it didn't grab me in 10 pages I gave up. I know, I know, I didn't give it a chance. But, I've got so many books I want to read if a book doesn't grab me immediately I stop reading it. Now, having said that, I must say the non-fiction book I'm reading is only OK. It's called "The Inextinguishable Symphony." The cover says "A true story of music and love in Nazi Germany." I thought, all the time it's been sitting on my shelf, that it was about the symphony that was made up of prisoners in the concentration camp. So far, that's not what it's about. I heard a story on NPR about 20 years ago about that and I was fascinated by it. "The Mozart Question" is about that.

    Cool that you took violin classes! One thing I wished while reading "Violin Dreams" was that I had some inkling as to how hard the violin really is to play. I've always heard it's a hard instrument to learn really well. These violinists blow me away that play all these long classical pieces and don't look at any music. I don't know how they do it. I enjoyed your story about your daughter and her musical ability. I'm jealous too!

    Thanks for the warning about Amsterdam being cold in March! I'll have my heavy sweaters and long johns! I'm afraid it's going to be really cold on the ship and I won't want to be outside at all. That's one of the nice things about river cruises--being outside. I guarantee my traveling companion will be out there. She doesn't miss a trick!

    Well, that's going to do it for now.

    Kat

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  • Sabina E

    Sabina E says

    Regina,

    Thank you for accepting my request!

    I've also been meaning to read Sophie's World for a while now - my daughter really liked it.

    The only book by Margaret George I've read so far is Helen of Troy and despite some lukewarm reviews I thought it was wonderful and a very good retelling. I think I'll read Memoirs of Cleopatra soon - I read Augustus by Allan Massie recently which was styled as a memoir and of course Cleopatra gets cast as the wicked witch. I suppose that's ok in the context of a story told by Augustus himself, since that was the prevailing attitude towards Cleopatra in Roman times. Still, I found it a bit annoying and now I need something to balance it out!

    Talk to you soon,
    Sabina

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  • Denizen

    Denizen says

    My latest Shelfari escapade is noticing who hasn't read anything by Jim Fergus that I think should have;-)

    I recommend looking into The Wild Girl or 1000 White Women - just so I can see what you thought.

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  • LaRona

    LaRona says

    Regina,
    This is such a simple recipe that my whole family loves. Hope you will too.
    Asparagus Casserole
    asparagus
    hard boiled eggs-sliced
    grated sharp Cheddar
    Cream of Mushroom soup
    diced pimento
    Layer 1/2 of each in order given-then repeat with the other 1/2-Top with addidtional cheddar and bread crumbs.
    I make a 9/13 inch casserole so I used 4 cans of asparagus completely drained or the equal in fresh asparagus lightly steamed. The other ingredients you just cover the layer. For a 9/13 I would use 2 cans of soup and a big jar of pimento. Bake uncovered at 350 for 40 min or so until cheese melts. Enjoy!

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  • Garcon

    Garcon says

    Regina,

    Hamilton's story commonly scores 5 stars. I have no idea why I personally scored it as a 3+. Sometimes I overdue it on a subject or I'm simply having a bad week and take it out on a book (better then taking it out on a dog). Your review, makes me want to circle back around to it.

    I just finished, "Strength in What Remains", WOW! A better told story than, "A Long Way Gone" with an incredible conclusion. You'll love it. I'm half way through Malcom Gladwell's, "What the Dog Saw." As expected from a collection of past articles, it is uneven, but with wonderful moments. Next up is, "Open." Then I hope to circle back around on two books I picked up at the end of the summer. I started into both of them and then diverted my attention. I hate when I do that. I commonly toggle between two books, but 5, sloppy, sloppy execution. Pick a lane Dave! Enjoy your morning, glad to have a new friend.

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  • Garcon

    Garcon says

    I looked at your "to read" shelf and highly recommend the following to be moved to the top of the stack.
    The Book Thief, Don't Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight, Gulog Archipelago, The Things They Carried, Truman. If you read these this fall, it will be your best Fall ever! Return the favor when you get a chance. I have way to many "to read" books. Dave

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  • Lee B

    Lee B says

    Thanks Regina

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  • jerry-book

    jerry-book says

    I picked up the Ketcham book because it was the only one available in our library. I could not locate the Rakove book. The questions that puzzled me about Madison were: why did he go to Princeton? Why did he depart from his strong national government beliefs as he noted in the Federalist papers? Was this because he was influenced by Jefferson? Why was he a follower of Jefferson? Why was he a weak president? Why did he back the War of 1812 when the USA under Jefferson and Madison was woefully weak? Was he really ignorant of foreign affairs because unlike Adams and Jefferson he had never traveled outside the USA? Was he socially backward and had to depend on Dolly for everything social? He was a slaveowner like Jefferson. What did he do about his slaveownership? I think Ketcham addresses most of these but it is rather academic in style.

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  • jerry-book

    jerry-book says

    Still looking for Rakov book. Yes reading Ketcham as an alternative.

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  • Emily T

    Emily T says

    Chernow's Hamilton biography actually sounds really interesting- founders' stories are really fascinating to me! I also noticed a Madison bio on your bookshelf- good?

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  • Chris M

    Chris M says

    Also, thanks for your post on Albanian Muslims and their role is saving Jews during WWII. Sounds like a fascinating and important subject. I'll be on the lookout for books relating to this topic.

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  • Chris M

    Chris M says

    Welcome to the Shelfari World War II group. Thanks for joining us to share and discuss WWII books and topics. Feel free to add books to the group shelf, or to contribute to the discussions, or to start a new topic. Share your thoughts, feelings, or experiences on this fascinating period of world history.
    Thanks,
    Chris McCluer
    Admin

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  • Kat M

    Kat M says

    Regina,
    Not a problem about not writing for awhile! I'm guilty too! I'm just impressed you're using a blackberry. I know I should come into the 21st century and get one but technology is not my friend--I usually can't figure things like that out.

    The Glass Palace and Molokai both sound great. They will go on my list to read.

    Right now I'm reading a nonfiction book called "Violin Dreams" by Arnold Steinhardt, first violinist with the Guarneri String Quartet. I don't know if I've mentioned to you that I love the violin. He raved so much about certain classical pieces that I ordered some CD's of the music. Now, what would have made more sense was if I listened to the CD that came with the book but I want to do that after I finish the book. And I can't read and listen at the same time. I like to concentrate fully on a book I'm reading, or a CD I'm listening to or a television show I'm watching. I played the flute in elementary, middle and high school but the violin is my favorite instrument. I'm really enjoying this book.

    I have acquired another Shelfari friend who posts notes. He's a (married--just thought I'd mention it!) lawyer who lives in Indiana and sometimes lives in Scotland. I'm not sure how he juggles work and family because I think he goes off to Scotland for weeks (maybe months) at a time. He says it is very enlightening to live in another country and culture. Have you ever lived in another country for an extended period of time? I haven't. It's been so long since we've written that I can't remember if we've talked about my love affair with Ireland. I would love to live there for an extended period of time. Just for awhile though. I don't like a lot of rain.

    Have you heard that I signed up for my next river cruise? It's Great Rivers of Europe with Grand Circle Travel and is mainly throughout Germany but we also go to Amsterdam (been there--loved it) and (I think) Vienna (been there--was OK.) It's not until March 26. I'm so afraid it's going to be cold--I hate to be cold--but if we went even a few weeks later it was an extra $1000. If it's very cold I'm going to wish I'd spent the money!

    You moved to Texas, right? How do you like it so far? Where did you move from? Is there a big difference? "Big" being the key word. Everything's big in Texas, right?!

    I'm interested in reading Audrey Niffenegger's new book "Her Fearful Symmetry." I hated "The Time Traveler's Wife" but the reviews of Symmetry have me really intrigued. Ditto for A.S. Byatt's "The Children's Book." I have her "Possession" on my shelf to read and I did try to get into once and couldn't. That is a novel so many friends and acquaintances say is great and I should read. I hope I will one day.

    Did you read Michel Faber's "The Crimson Petal and the White?" Another one on my shelf. You may recall I don't like big books. And that one is huge! I want to tackle it because it sounds like it's about the time period, setting, etc. that I like. A colleague said it was one of her all-time favorite books. High praise from a librarian.

    Well, let me run for now. Glad we're back on track with our posts! I missed hearing from you and wondered what was going on.

    Take care,
    Kat

    posted 3 weeks ago. ( send a note )


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