Next Group Read

I should be grateful if you would visit the attached thread and kindly indicate if you would be interested in joining us in the next Group read.

http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.ph...

-TT

posted by TheTortoise at 6:22 am (EST) on Sep 25, 2008

Let me know if you do decide to come back to London - perhaps we can meet up for a drink.

Look up the following and tell me if you would like to read this for our next Group read: A Pirate of Exquisite Mind by Diana Preston.

-TT

posted by TheTortoise at 11:35 am (EST) on Sep 20, 2008

Thank you for adding me to your interesting libraries list! =) It seems you've got quite an interesting library yourself!

-Ine

posted by RedBowlingBallRuth at 11:25 am (EST) on Sep 19, 2008

Dear BW,

I am an Accountant and there is very little work in Southend-on-Sea as it is a seaside resort and it mainly caters to the leisure industry. Besides the really good money is in the City - fortunately I don't work for Lehman Bros!

I agree that two hours travel doesn't sound ideal, but I am used to it and it does give me reading time - also I don't have to go on the dreaded tube (underground). I did a short journey on the tube a few weeks ago and it was absolute hell. Stifling airless carriages and crowded. Because I get on the train at both ends I always get a seat next to the window.

Anyway, I have just over three years to go before I can retire. Then I can enjoy the pleasure of reading for as long as I like on my own coach - if Mrs T. lets me, that is!

What did you see in London?

-TT

posted by TheTortoise at 3:00 pm (EST) on Sep 15, 2008

Dear BW,

It will be much nicer to have your own house (and more space for your books!).
What did you study and what sort of job have you got now?

It is good to be near your work and not have to travel. I live in Southend-on-Sea in Essex and commute to London every day - it takes me 1 Hour 30 minutes door to door. The train journey is 65 minutes so I get over two hours every weekday in which to read and/or sleep!

I think that is the one thing that Mrs T.likes "cool nature sites".
I have booked a holiday in the Lake District in October, in Grasmere where Wordsworth lived and is buried. So we should enjoy some lovely walks in a beautiful setting.

-TT

posted by TheTortoise at 5:02 am (EST) on Sep 13, 2008

Hello boekenwijs,

Mrs Tortoise has been to Holland and always speaks very highly of it.
It is a place I have always thought it would be nice to visit - maybe one day!
I am sure Mrs T. would love a return visit.
Hope your move goes well and is not too stressful - what has occasioned the move?

-TT

posted by TheTortoise at 5:02 pm (EST) on Sep 12, 2008

Hello boekenwijs,

Apologies for the gender mixup. The same thing happened to me. I am a male Tortoise and was mistaken for female. Because we are anonymous it is easy to make wrong assumptions, isn't it?

Thank you for adding me to your interesting libraries list.

Do you actually live in Delft?

-TT

posted by TheTortoise at 6:18 am (EST) on Sep 12, 2008

Hello boekenwijs,

I have just finished Girl with a Pearl Earing -check out my review.
Thanks for motivating me to read this - it was an enjoyable read, if not a great read. Took me three evenings. Now I need to get back to The Poisonwood Bible and catch up!

-TT

posted by TheTortoise at 4:26 pm (EST) on Sep 11, 2008

Wat een pak klassiekers in je bib! Heb ik zelf niet zoveel. Toch leuk dat je mijn bib interessant vindt. ;-)

Groeten,
Jeroen

posted by jebronse at 4:37 am (EST) on Aug 27, 2008

Hoi Boekenwijs,

Wat leuk: belangstelling voor mijn "bibliotheek" !

groetjes
Beyke

posted by pingdjip at 11:47 am (EST) on Jul 29, 2008

Tips voor goeie historische romans:
- Staf Schoeters, De Schaduw van de Adelaar / De Wandelgangen van de Macht / De wegen naar ontvoogding : over de oorlog van Napoleon en het Congres van Wenen (1815). Erg leuk geschreven, gaat vaak over Antwerpen maar zwermt uit over heel Europa.
- Paul Janssen, Het Tolhuis: over het opkomende Christendom en de manier waarop de laat-klassieke filosofie daarmee omgaat. Niet erg spannend, wel erg leuk.
- boeken van Vallerio Massimo Manfredi, onder andere een trilogie over Alexander de Grote en een boek 'Het laatste legioen' over (alweer) de val van het Romeinse Rijk

En een goeie historische non-fictie:
- Jona Lendering, Alexander de Grote: heel vlot geschreven, gebruikt ooggetuigenverslagen ook uit het Perzische kamp enzo

posted by Steven_VI at 8:55 am (EST) on Jul 16, 2008

Wel, 22 boeken gedeeld op 395 is toch niet niks zou ik zeggen :-) Welkom bij m'n 'interesting libraries'!

posted by Steven_VI at 5:47 pm (EST) on Jul 13, 2008

Hoi, ik kwam toevallig op je librarything terecht, en sta versteld over het feit dat we min of meer dezelfde smaak hebben! Ik heb een librarything van de boeken die ik bezit (librarything.com/catalog/emhromp) en eentje met de boeken die ik sinds september 2005 heb gelezen (librarything.com/catalog/emhromp2) omdat ik hetzelfde probleem heb als jij: lang niet alle boeken die je leest, staan ook op je eigen boekenplank. Maar wil ze ook allemaal beoordelen :D

posted by emhromp2 at 6:16 am (EST) on Jul 18, 2007