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RyhmätAll the World's a Stage, Anglophiles, Book Arts, Book Care and Repair, Chicagoans, Felony & Mayhem Press, Hogwarts Express, I Love Jane Austen, I Survived the Great Vowel Shift, INFP — näytä kaikki ryhmät

LempikirjailijatJoan Aiken, Sherman Alexie, Elizabeth Von Arnim, Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, Albert Camus, Margaret Cavendish, Bruce Chatwin, Geoffrey Chaucer, G. K. Chesterton, Isak Dinesen, Eleanor Farjeon, Rachel Ferguson, E.M. Forster, Stella Gibbons, Graham Greene, Helene Hanff, Henry James, Tove Jansson, Sarah Orne Jewett, Imre Kertesz, C. S. Lewis, Naguib Mahfouz, W. Somerset Maugham, Thomas More, Soseki Natsume, Amélie Nothomb, Margaret Oliphant, Barbara Pym, William Shakespeare, Dodie Smith, Muriel Spark, Tom Stoppard, Dylan Thomas, Edith Wharton, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Thornton Wilder, Virginia Woolf (Yhteiset suosikit)

Tietoja minusta In no particular order: actor, writer, dramaturg, teacher, researcher, knitter. I have a Bachelor's Degree in English Literature from Montana State and a Master's Degree in Humanities from the University of Chicago. I have performed Shakespeare outside all over Montana. In school, I specialized in Anglo-Saxon, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, especially drama and women writers, but I've ended up doing lots of dramaturgy for contemporary plays (which is a great excuse to be a dilettante and to buy more books). I generally have several books going at once. I am a tea-drinking Anglophile. I still believe in the ideal of a broad humanist education which for me roughly translates as being curious and never failing to continue one's formal or informal education.

Note: My husband's collection is catalogued separately. So if you are looking for books on Lawrence of Arabia, U-boats, Napoleonic wars, or pirates you'll have to find his collection.

Tietoja kirjastostani I have a lot of those former English Major books as well a good selection of children's literature (I learned to love to read as a child I see no reason to abandon children's books now), knitting books, plays, field guides, cookery books, some books on science (I really like physics) and French, and lots of old, pretty books picked up second hand as well as whatever I am reading at the moment. Lately, I search out books Nobel Prize winners in Literature from other countries, Iceland, Turkey, Sweden, Egypt, etc. I have also developed an interest in books published by Virago Modern Classics and the New York Review Books and works about the period between the two World Wars. It is a motley collection.

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Maren, thank you so much for the notice about Du Maurier's Branwell Bronte book. I've replied on the thread in question that I think any duplicate will find a much more loving and worthy home with you, particularly since you are more likely to be able to return the appropriately Viragoesque favour in future than I am (sadly, my region is just not very rich in used Viragos).

Thank you again for thinking of me!

MT

Lähettänyt: marietherese 2:31 am (EST) Jul 1, 2008

Hi Maren,

I'm sorry it has taken me so long to reply. Although I love to travel, I really hate the preparation involved: packing, finding sitters for the dog, people to water the garden and pick up the mall, etc. Robbie isn't much better; we both go into confusion overdrive. I come home to find laundry not finished, the new puppy peeing on the floor, the phone ringing, and I'm befuddled. Why don't we meet on Monday (unless Mondays are absolutely horrid for you). It sounds like you have a busy Saturday. The tea shop you suggested sounds lovely as does visiting bookstores. I'm off to pack and finish laundry and be the pee police for Ceilidh, the new puppy.

Lähettänyt: urania1 7:30 pm (EST) Jun 26, 2008

Thanks for the link! Sounds like your upcoming trip will be really exciting! Hope you have an absolutely fabulous time!!! lisa :)

Lähettänyt: elbakerone 11:51 am (EST) Jun 26, 2008

I'm soooooooooooooo excited you're coming over here! YAY!!!!!!

I'd be glad o give any help and advice, and would of course love to meet you!!!!

N
xx

Lähettänyt: LadyN 7:56 am (EST) Jun 26, 2008

Maren, answering Christina's kind offer of group spreadsheet assistance, I saw your comment on visiting Houston. While I've never met her in person, I'd be delighted to see either or both of you, any time you are traveling in this direction.

Among books about the inter-war period, do you have favorites to recommend?

Julie

Lähettänyt: Eurydice 3:18 pm (EST) Jun 24, 2008

Maren,

I like your library as well. In perusing your profile, I find we have quite a bit in common. I am in no particular order a teacher, a writer, a gardener, a bad actor, and wearer/collector of many hats. I don't knit, but I have several friends who knit. I received a B.A. in Women's Studies from UNC-Chapel Hill. At the time I received my degree, Women's Studies was an interdisciplinary concentration. I went on to get an M.A. and Ph.D. in English with a concentration in 16th and 17th-century British literature from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. I continued being interdisciplinary, however. Consequently, I've taught everything from world history to ethics and aesthetics. I don't like being fenced in one particular discipline. I taught at a college that professed to be a supporter of a broad humanist education (but didn't really want to practice what it preached), so I finally quit in disgust. I try to travel lightly in the world, so I can leave untenable situations. Living freely takes practice.

Lähettänyt: urania1 1:03 pm (EST) Jun 18, 2008

Thank you for the information about "Maisie Dobbs." I'm definitely interested. I see that we both have Lawrence Wechsler's book on The Museum of Jurassic Technology. Have you ever been? I finally got to visit it last year. I thought it was wonderful.

Lähettänyt: robertajl 12:47 am (EST) Jun 9, 2008

Thank you, Maren. It's very kind of you.

Lähettänyt: Eurydice 5:39 pm (EST) Jun 7, 2008

Maren, belated wishes for a happy birthday, and a fine year to come - one full of the best in tea-drinking, reading, discovery, and all vocations and avocations. (Christina is rather a give-away. :) )

Finally looking at your library earns it at once the 'interesting library' marker it deserves. My apologies about not doing so, more than glancingly, sooner.

Lähettänyt: Eurydice 9:31 pm (EST) Jun 5, 2008

Happy birthday, Maren!!! I hope you are having a beautiful day so far!

Lähettänyt: christiguc 4:27 pm (EST) Jun 3, 2008

Maren,

Salem Chapel arrived today. Thank you so much for sending such a lovely copy. I am very keen to read it but I shall probably save it for my holiday in September when I have the time to savour it properly - I am planning a Virago-fest then!

Jane

Lähettänyt: FleurFisher 3:18 pm (EST) Jun 3, 2008

Maren,

West with the Night has arrived--that was quite quick! (Perhaps her aviation experience helped speed her over to me?) That you so much. She does seem like a fascinating woman!

Christina

Lähettänyt: christiguc 8:49 pm (EST) May 29, 2008

Thank you, Maren!

~Deborah

Lähettänyt: Cariola 7:28 pm (EST) May 29, 2008

Yes--I know it isn't in the Virago edition. That's no problem at all--it's the book I'm interested in!

Thanks again!

Lähettänyt: christiguc 11:28 am (EST) May 27, 2008

Hi Maren,

Just to let you know I posted the Virago anniversary booklet on Friday, via airmail so hopefully it won't take too long!

Dee (Soupdragon)

Lähettänyt: Soupdragon 10:40 am (EST) May 20, 2008

Well I'm glad that you are getting a booklet now, I felt very guilty about your missing out. I'll go over to the Virago group and offer it to everyone again now.

The lemur was very sweet. I was wearing green boots because the ground was muddy and the zoo keepers also wear green boots. She thought I was bringing her dinner so she came rushing over and sat on my boots. When I bent forward to look at her she got hold of my hair and used it to pull herself up onto my arm and shoulder. She was very light so it didn't hurt at all and she sat on my shoulder for about five minutes before the real keeper arrived with her dinner.

My Virago interest is new but I have always loved good childrens books. Hope to chat soon.

Lähettänyt: Jodyreadseverything 2:27 pm (EST) May 14, 2008

Hi Maren, I've been back to Waterstones and managed to get another copy of the Virago Booklet so if you would still like it I will send it to you.

I put the others in the post yesterday and am hoping they won't take to long to get to everyone.

Let me know your address if you would like me to send you this booklet.

Lähettänyt: Jodyreadseverything 1:25 pm (EST) May 14, 2008

Sorry, my last message was meant to read, I'll pop it in the post!!

Lähettänyt: Soupdragon 12:24 pm (EST) May 14, 2008

Hi,

I'm just about to post on the Virago message board, as I have two more of the promo booklets and thought I'd give you first refusal as I saw you've just missed out on one! Send me your details if you're still after one and I'll pop on the post.

Dee (Soupdragon)

Lähettänyt: Soupdragon 12:23 pm (EST) May 14, 2008

LOL!!!

"holding poses until you think your muscles have completely changed shape"

Yes, that describes Diann exactly!

Peace and Laughter,
Cristina

Lähettänyt: jugglingpaynes 1:05 pm (EST) May 12, 2008

Hi Maren!

I forgot I promised you a video of my yoga instructor. I'm not in this class, but this is how she usually runs her class.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqkt5Rd_F...

The video is called downward facing dog, but it is really a half bridge pose. (The student who videotaped it thought it would get more interest with that title.)

I'm going to see if I can get a picture of me in crow today.

Peace and Laughter,
Cristina

Lähettänyt: jugglingpaynes 2:21 pm (EST) May 10, 2008

not everyone... yet.

*waits with baited breath for the next instalment of Sherlock Marensr and The Case of the Mint-tea Moroccan*

Lähettänyt: MrAndrew 10:40 am (EST) May 6, 2008

Maren, I just wanted to let you know that [Dangerous Calm] has arrived. It's a lovely copy, almost like new!

You asked if I had any Taylor favorites. While I haven't read them all, I do love Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont and A View of the Harbor.

I am not too far from having 200 VMCs in my stacks--pretty good for someone who has been collecting less than a year! Now if only I had the time to read them all . . . I will probably still be working on that when I retire (which is still a ways off).

Again, many thanks,

Deborah

Lähettänyt: Cariola 7:35 pm (EST) Apr 25, 2008

Frost in May is in the mail. Enjoy!
—Rob

Lähettänyt: rbhardy3rd 5:53 pm (EST) Apr 23, 2008

Hi, Mar! I heard there was an earthquake where you live and wanted to check on you. Are you, your husband, and kitties okay?? I'll be thinking of you and hoping for the best. Suge says hi and is likewise hoping you guys are okay. *hugs*

Lähettänyt: Kerian 1:35 am (EST) Apr 22, 2008

Maren! Really weird!

Do you have a blog called Breathing Books? Someone linked to my blog for my homeschooling comics and on her blogroll was Maren and Maren's Book Blog. I never thought of Maren as being a very common name. It isn't yours, is it?

Peace and Laughter,
Cristina

Lähettänyt: jugglingpaynes 4:31 pm (EST) Apr 15, 2008

Thanks, Maren, for letting me know about Virago. I will sit back and read the comments for a while to try to educate myself. If the books are anything like I Capture the Castle, I'm sure I will like them!

I finished the A.S. Byatt book last night -- overall, I liked it, although, for me, her phrasing was at times difficult, and I was a bit dissatisfied with the end, in part, because of a character that I never really got to like, but I was glad to take the journey -- so anyway, I will finally start with The Grand Tour today!

Lähettänyt: paulacs 11:38 am (EST) Apr 2, 2008

Hello Maren and thank you for your warm welcome to the Virago group - much appreciated. My lovely copy of Elizabeth and Her German Garden arrived today. Feels good and I am very much looking forward to making a start. Best wishes Julie

Lähettänyt: juliette07 3:59 pm (EST) Mar 27, 2008

I hope you enjoy the Viragos, Maren. Sorry not to reply sooner; my brother had surgery out of town, and I just got back from a week away from the computer.

Deborah

Lähettänyt: Cariola 5:33 pm (EST) Mar 22, 2008

Thank you for your kind words, Mar. I will get back to you about The Secret Garden soon.

Lähettänyt: Kerian 4:52 pm (EST) Mar 10, 2008

Hi, Mar!

The Secret Garden was one of my absolute favorite movies as a kid so from the start if the book, I had it in mind and noticed all the differences. I liked that the book begain while Mary was still in her home in India. (I truthfully can't remember where the film began.) I felt it emphasized just how alone she was and had always been, something crucial to show the dramatic change she has during the course of the book becasue by the end she is quite happy and has friends. It's funny to compare the child that was at her uncle's the first morning who stiffly stood waiting for Martha to dress her versus the girl who wakes early, dresses herself, and runs out the door without anyone noticing her so she can slip into the garden. I loved Martha's character and thought of the movie version even more so every time she was in a scene.

It's been several years since I've seen the movie but I think one of the biggest differences was in the character Mrs. Medlock. I just remembered her being perhaps more of an unkind woman. I thought I remember there being a bigger issue with Colin going outdoors because I thought I remembered there being more disagreement to his going outdoors. Perhaps that was Dr. Craven. Dickon was everything I thought he'd be based on the movie.

While reading the book, it felt like the story was changing from being about Mary to more so the garden, and then about Colin as well. By the end of the book, I noticed how less Mary seemed to be in the story and how more dominate Mr. Craven and his son were. For instance, the ending of the book? Well, one of the parts I remembered most about the movie as a child was Mary crying and running off upon Mr. Craven's return, and Mr. Craven and Colin joining her and they all sort of danced in a circle. As a child I remember thinking it was because Mary had felt she was in trouble about the garden but once they joined her that it was not only okay, but that she no longer felt she wasn't part of a family but that she had her uncle and cousin for a family.

Still sorting out my thoughts on this book. :)

What did you think of it?

Lähettänyt: Kerian 1:29 pm (EST) Mar 7, 2008

Post Script: I love your comment about a "broad humanist education". Hear, hear!

Lähettänyt: CelesteM 4:01 pm (EST) Feb 21, 2008

Thank you, Maren. I love the fact that you knit (as do I). I have not finished capturing my library and am currently debating the issue of cataloguing my hubby's library. We have some overlap, but I'm already squirming at the presence of the likes of Ken Follet on my shelves. I have an aversion to most sci-fi, and his shelves are lined with it! What to do about the "shared" gems however? Do we both lay claim to the classics and call it quits? I am sure this is what it must feel like when couples part and have to split their music collections. Well, a little like it, perhaps. In the meantime, I look forward to perusing your shelves with a sense of satisfactional envy. Cheers, Celeste

Lähettänyt: CelesteM 4:00 pm (EST) Feb 21, 2008

Thanks, fortunately my mother had excellent taste so I got started with the Tove Jansson books early. Now I force them on everyone I know (well, everyone interesting) and I have never known anyone yet who didn't fall in love.

(Re: an earlier comment: I like Little, Big too)

Lähettänyt: moomin 10:15 am (EST) Feb 20, 2008

I just added it to my wishlist for now, so check back with me when you finish and if I have not ordered it in a moment of weakness, I'd love to borrow yours.

Lähettänyt: KimberlyL 4:10 pm (EST) Jan 17, 2008

Little, Big. I admit it was the book cover that caught my eye, but then I read the write up on Amazon and few reviews I got very intrigued. Are you still reading for work or are you at a point you can go back to reading for fun again? What are you reading?

Lähettänyt: KimberlyL 3:01 pm (EST) Jan 17, 2008

I should know better than to look at your library. Everytime I do, I end up adding at least one book to my wishlist. You're dangerous.

Lähettänyt: KimberlyL 12:05 pm (EST) Jan 17, 2008

I am a little egotistical in my choosing of interesting libraries - they usually share a lot in common with mine. Thanks for adding me as well!

Lähettänyt: ladygata 12:42 pm (EST) Jan 10, 2008

Yay! A REAL friend request!! thanks! pretty cool library, very wide reaching 8)
Thanks Mary aka MEM82

Lähettänyt: MEM82 8:55 am (EST) Dec 2, 2007

I appreciate the reciprocal "interesting libraries" addition! Thanks for letting me know that your husband has a separate account. Our separate collections have all jumbled together into one, hence our single LT account. I always smile when I look over our catalog - it's quite random!

Lähettänyt: grkmwk 9:35 pm (EST) Nov 6, 2007

You're welcome. I hope you're able to find them and that you enjoy them.

Thank you! Nelson isn't really as haughty as he looks in that photo. It can be tricky reading around him, though, as he has a habit of trying to sit on whatever I'm reading! We also have another cat, Gus, but I haven't got a photo of them together (apart from when they were kittens) so I've plumped for this one for the mo.

Allie

Lähettänyt: AllieW 5:18 pm (EST) Oct 1, 2007

Hi Maren,

Yes, I agree. That's pretty much my main criterion for designating someone's collection an interesting library! Thank you for returning the favour.

If you enjoyed what you read of Paul Gallico, then I recommend that you try the Snow Goose next, followed by 'Love of Seven Dolls' or 'Love, Let Me Not Hunger'. All of which are quite wonderful.

Looking forward to getting to know you!

Allie

Lähettänyt: AllieW 2:59 pm (EST) Sep 28, 2007

What can I say? Princess Bride. We've bonded. no more of this "interesting libraries" stuff.

("Do you think it'll work?"
"It would take a miracle.")

Lähettänyt: foggidawn 3:28 pm (EST) Sep 17, 2007

The profile pic is of the library at Trinity College in Dublin. I've never been but from the photo I'm sure I would hyperventilate with excitement to set foot in the place. Definitely drool worthy!

Lähettänyt: elbakerone 4:01 pm (EST) Aug 24, 2007

Well drat! I didn't see Love's Labour Lost or Learned Ladies so I guess I missed seeing you after all. Here I was thinking that this was a 'small world/degree of connectedness' thing and find out it's a near miss, although it's wonderful to know there are other LT'ers also involved with MSIP. I hope MSIP was/is as much fun to do as it is to watch!

Lähettänyt: streamsong 11:59 am (EST) Jul 20, 2007

As a fan of the Shakespeare in the Parks program, I'm thinking there's a good chance I've been at one of your performances--did you ever play in Hamilton? Or perhaps there is more than SITP company touring different areas of the state? It's a fun experience, and they are a treat to attend!

Lähettänyt: streamsong 1:13 am (EST) Jul 19, 2007

I just added another bookshelf worth of books and I noticed one of the books we now have in common is [The Professor and The Madman]. What did you think of it? I found it fascinating, as much for the story behind "The Madman" as the seemingly overwhelming task of creating the dictionary.

Lähettänyt: KimberlyL 3:07 pm (EST) Apr 14, 2007

No it's not quite the same, but every little thing helps. Thanks for introducing me to this site, both as something I'm going to love and cherish and as something I can share with those I love and cherish. Hum, a cup of tea sounds good right.

Lähettänyt: KimberlyL 3:39 pm (EST) Apr 12, 2007

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