Member: mamalaz

I see you recently read Skin Deep, I personally liked Without a Trace best out of that series. Just thought I would tell you, hope you enjoy the rest.

posted by onyx95 at 5:09 pm (EST) on Mar 15, 2011

Mamalaz, I was looking for some Carmen excerpts (very old ones with Del Monaco and Arkhipova) on YouTube and came across these Jonas Kaufmann clips. Thought you might enjoy them as much as I do!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfX4afH9wzw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoFAxX9OQa4

May your spring be filled with good books, great music and gorgeous tenors! :-)

Kind regards,
Marie Thérèse

posted by marietherese at 12:20 am (EST) on May 12, 2010

Mamalaz, if you like lieder and particularly if you like lieder by Richard Strauss, you must check out Jonas Kaufmann's Strauss Lieder recording (with Helmut Deutsch as accompanist). It's wonderful! One of my favorite recent lieder recordings.

Have you heard Diana Damrau's Mozart records yet? She's well-known in Germany and the rest of Europe but not so famous here. A lovely coloratura with a very pure, clean voice and no annoying mannerisms. Kind of a rarity nowadays!

posted by marietherese at 11:00 pm (EST) on Dec 15, 2009

That's ok! That's so thoughtful of you to think of it! I think I'm going to have to mooch these from BookMooch because they are very hard to find at my local used bookstores. I did manage to find a copy of The Protector, but I'm not wanting to read them out of order, so I'm holding it in my TBR pile in the meantime. :)

posted by katybear at 12:04 pm (EST) on Nov 22, 2009

oh thank you mamalaz!

posted by misshollyhock at 1:42 pm (EST) on Nov 5, 2009

Thank you for the notice on the Barber of Seville, mamalaz. I like Joyce De Donato and will be interested to hear her interpretation of Rosina. I hope you have a wonderful night at the opera!

posted by marietherese at 6:28 pm (EST) on Oct 27, 2009

Noticed you liked I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in reviewing my new novel and posting your comments here as well as a few other book-related sites. Thought you might like my book since it's also about a disturbed young girl's mental illness and also a bit dark. I could e-mail you the novel in an e-book format if you'd like (I'm out of physical copies at the moment). Let me know if you're interested. Here's a link to a summary in case you're interested:

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 1:28 pm (EST) on Aug 13, 2009

Glad you are enjoying it. Hope to see you often

posted by callmejacx at 8:40 pm (EST) on Jun 14, 2009

Thank you for joining my thread.

posted by callmejacx at 5:23 pm (EST) on Jun 14, 2009

Inviting some people to the thread I just started. Thought it might be of interest to you.

http://www.librarything.com/topic/66785

posted by callmejacx at 10:01 pm (EST) on Jun 13, 2009

thanks for the note re: beatrix potter at the morgan library on silly book game 21. wonder how we got them here from across the pond? sort of the children's book illustration version of england's possession of the elgin marbles? ;)

i had a book that i seem somehow to have passed on, at least i can't find it, that was a first edition of [the pied piper] with illustrations by arthur rackham. it was given me when i was a kid and i somehow managed to carry it all the way from carlsbad california through berkeley to knoxville tn [don't ask] where after any number of moves, it vanished. i do love his work.

and i say, you read romance novels and yet have not ventured to read a.s. byatt's [possession: a romance]? alas. nor [enchanted april]. ??? well, in all conscience i must admit that most people wouldn't call [possession] escapist. i find it so but then. it did win the man-booker prize.

i must also recommend to you, as a new yorker, rex stout's mysteries, especially the early ones written in the 30's, 40's and 50's. whereas i have to drag out google earth and look at photographs to see where archie goodwin's steps take him, you would know from personal experience. how i should envy you.

posted by mirrordrum at 11:47 pm (EST) on Jun 12, 2009

Your turn on password!

posted by CarolO at 8:19 pm (EST) on May 29, 2009

My last trip to the bookstore I picked up both River Horse and PrairyErth and I am looking forward to reading them. I joined LT originally to catalog my books...but the reading recommendations have been one of the most pleasant perks!

So, have you been travelling since your retirement?

posted by CarolO at 1:59 pm (EST) on May 28, 2009

Last year on the Travel and Exploration Lit group you suggested Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon. I put it on my wish list and finally got around to reading it earlier this year. I really enjoyed it but couldn't remember who had recommended it...finally noticed that the work page had a link to discussions and found your comment today.

So a bit belated but I wanted to say Thank You, I really enjoyed reading it.

Carol

posted by CarolO at 2:56 pm (EST) on May 6, 2009

mamalaz;
I noticed there were no reviews for "I'll Cry Tomorrow" and I don't have it in my library but I read it many years ago and you are not going to be disappointed. It is a wonderful book. There is a lot of info and story crammed between those two covers.
Here's hoping you enjoy/appreciate it as much as I did.
belva
P.S. Enjoy your retirement.

posted by rainpebble at 8:11 pm (EST) on Mar 26, 2009

Thanks for the recommendations, I have a long tbr list right now but nobody said it shouldn't be longer. I will take a look at the authers you suggest, I always like finding new favorites.

posted by onyx95 at 12:02 am (EST) on Nov 14, 2008

Last month, during the book discussion, you and a couple others recommended 'Devil In Winter' as the best of the Wallflower series, I am reading the series (in order), I loved DIW. The intro to Cam was great and I didn't get my hopes up that he would fall for Daisy because I already knew he needed to be with Amelia. Almost done with 'Scandal in Spring' but I agree, DIW is the best of the series. A great recommendation - Thanks!

posted by onyx95 at 12:18 pm (EST) on Nov 9, 2008

Hi Paula--

Just browsed your whole library--we have 105 books that we share. I also love everything about New York, although I am originally from Chicago, but my husband grew up on East 94th Street and Rutland Road in Brooklyn. We are recently retired and living in downtown Brooklyn. Reading is a big part of what makes our retirement work! A pleasure to have reviewed your books.

Suzanne

posted by srubinstein at 2:01 pm (EST) on Sep 24, 2008