Member: marietherese

Thank you so much for the note. We have not had much direct communication, but I have admired your profile and collection from the other side of the screen; I'm sorry we didn't start a conversation sooner. I hope you will visit often and stay in touch!

posted by existanai at 9:39 pm (EST) on Nov 13, 2009

She was amazing. So was Barry Banks -- very, very short but a wonderful tenor. The opera was wonderful but I was disappointed in the scenery. The Met had the old set for about 20 years and it was quite wonderful. Now they have a minimalist background with a bunch of moving doors.

I mostly hate the new productions, although there are a few good ones. The new Tosca set actually detracts from the opera. Why is it that they take glorious Franco Zefferelli sets and replace them with this minimalist stuff?

posted by mamalaz at 9:11 pm (EST) on Oct 28, 2009

Hi marietherese,

I know you like opera and I wanted to let you know that The Barber of Seville is being broadcast live from the Met tonight (10/27) on Sirius radio. I am on my way to to it.

posted by mamalaz at 3:14 pm (EST) on Oct 27, 2009

I've added you to my interesting libraries -- I hope you don't mind. I was intrigued by the odd mixture of books we have in common. Usually I overlap with others in one area or another (fantasy, romance, classics) but the books we share range from Sartor Resartus to the Iron Chef! I also note we have musical interests in common, though we don't share many titles.

posted by aviddiva at 1:03 pm (EST) on Nov 4, 2008

Hello MarieTherese,
I saw on a Talk group that you collect recordings of Les nuits d'été - which one is your favourite? I collect everything by Berlioz, especially the Fantastique, but I've managed to gather a few Nuits too. My personal favourite is one I recorded off the radio - with Katarina Karneús and Philippe Herreweghe. I seem to remember BBC Magazine once included another Karneús recording. If you know somebody at a recording label, please pressure them to make a commercial recording! :-D

Anyway, I noticed that you only have 'Berlioz remembered' in your library and I was wondering if you have ever read Berlioz's own Memoirs? They're absolutely worth it!

posted by Steven_VI at 4:36 am (EST) on Aug 10, 2008

marietherese, there is a copy of The Infernal Life of Branwell Bronte on the Virago message board. I don't know how often you check but I thought you might want it since it is on your wishlist. Just post a message there if you want it. Cheers, Maren

posted by Marensr at 11:29 pm (EST) on Jun 30, 2008

I think you put your tags for Feminist philosophy and science fiction in the review column by mistake. If it is as you intend, well never mind.

posted by eromsted at 5:02 pm (EST) on Jun 23, 2008

hello,

thank you for your long and thoughtful message. i apologise for my late reply. i have not had much internet access recently. i am getting to the stage here i need to upgrade my account to add more books! it is wonderful to peek into your library and see what we have in common. i hope to steal ideas from you when i get a chance! i love the tagging system, it really makes you think about why you like certain books over others. i also like the neatness of having no capitalisation. looking forward to exploring your library x

posted by jealousy at 10:40 am (EST) on Mar 29, 2008

Dear MarieTherese,
I do so appreciate your response to my request to identify an author (Simonson, it is). I'm a former librarian, long-since retired, formerly married to a writer and now happily reading all day long. My only fear is that I won't live long enough to read all the books I want.

I haven't posted my books on this site, because it would take too much time. (I have about 7,000.)

After a lifetime of reading the great classics of literature I am now bent on entertainment. (Those wonderful 19th century british women writers -- Edgeworth, Oliphant, Mrs. Gaskell-- whom I previously overlooked.) And, at a friend's suggestion, began reading contemporary writers who set their novels (mostly romances) in the Regency period. Hence the request about Simonson.

Happy reading,
Marianne Dunleavy

posted by scholastica at 3:57 pm (EST) on Mar 19, 2008

PS "The Village That Died For England" is all about the way that the English countryside has been mythologised (from various different ideological angles), so it seems appropriate that it is quoting Mary Butts.

posted by wandering_star at 4:03 pm (EST) on Mar 10, 2008

Thank you so much for your explanation. The book does sound incredible (in several senses - not to mention almost indescribable!). I think I will be looking out for it, though. I like books which set out to be ambitious and fail much more than books with a narrow remit, however successfully they fill it...

posted by wandering_star at 7:57 pm (EST) on Mar 9, 2008

Marietherese

I've just been looking at comments on Mary Butts' work, and I was very intrigued by what you said about Armed with Madness ("Unequivocally oddest book I've read all year - about which I am hopelessly ambivalent and can't make up my mind whether to class in clunkers or top five). Could you tell me more?

I was looking her up because I'm currently reading Patrick Wright's "The village that died for England" - it's a very interesting examination of the way that the English countryside has been perceived over the last 150 years or so, focused on part of Dorset (Mary Butts' came up because that's where Armed with Madness and some of her other books are set).

posted by wandering_star at 5:15 pm (EST) on Mar 4, 2008

Hello!

I just uploaded the cover of Pfaff's biography of M.R. James, and noticed that you had tagged it "no cover art". So I thought I'd let you know that there is now cover art available!

posted by lilithcat at 8:59 pm (EST) on Jan 7, 2008

Hope you don't mind if I exert some voyeurism over your library - it looks very fascinating.
Nice to see someone else that likes Anne Carson. I have been meaning to read Marguerite Yourcenar but have yet to locate any of her books (I am waiting for a Bookmooch opportunity!)

Cheers!!

Karen

posted by kiwidoc at 11:03 pm (EST) on Oct 19, 2007

Oh yeah, and also Nicaragua (or is it Honduras?)

posted by depressaholic at 7:13 am (EST) on Sep 2, 2007

I was looking at your world reading map on the Reading Globally page, and noticed you had Slovakia turned red. I was just wondering what you had read from there, and if it was worth a look.

posted by depressaholic at 7:12 am (EST) on Sep 2, 2007

Marie,

The picture is very striking. I like the other pieces as well, but i think this one is approriate for librarything.

David Perrings

posted by dperrings at 3:59 pm (EST) on Aug 17, 2007

Could you tell me about the picture in your profile ?

david perrings

posted by dperrings at 12:42 pm (EST) on Aug 16, 2007

Thank you for the message on the Kis page! It's taking a little longer than I thought, but I should be done by the end of the week.

posted by LolaWalser at 11:01 pm (EST) on Aug 8, 2007

Thanks, I'll order it!

posted by languagehat at 6:21 pm (EST) on May 10, 2007

I see you have Richard E. Goodkin's Around Proust; would you recommend it? I'm currently reading Proust, and it looks like it might be interesting.

posted by languagehat at 10:12 am (EST) on May 3, 2007

Thank you for the lovely comment! It's always nice to come across people who have not just similar books but books on a similar range of subjects. Glad you found the links useful!

posted by byzanne at 4:07 pm (EST) on Apr 26, 2007

Just posted a couple of links on the Girlybooks group for you. I like the range of books we share - Re/search and Julian Cope on one hand and Jane Eyre on the other - and lots in between. Like your pic too! Anne

posted by byzanne at 3:41 pm (EST) on Apr 20, 2007

We share the Rubayyat and the Wine Course: What a exciting combination!

posted by fak119 at 9:18 am (EST) on Mar 27, 2007

Thanks. I'll look forward to your posts wherever and whenever they occur on LT!

posted by avaland at 7:14 am (EST) on Mar 5, 2007

Happy listening to Radio 3 too!

Good to hear that there are listeners from across the world - easy to do these days with streaming media and the BBC "Listen Again" service. It will be good to compare notes about these broadcasts.

posted by antimuzak at 4:41 pm (EST) on Jan 3, 2007

It's nice to meet somebody else who loves Hagiwara Sakutaro. (I saw your Google Groups posting just now. Unfortunately, eromsted also "owns" Howling at the Moon, so it doesn't show up on my "You and None Other" list...)

One of my favourite poets is Tamura Ryuichi, who died in 1998, I think. There's a book of his poetry out by a press in Palo Alto. He led me to Sakutaro - figuratively, of course.

posted by asquonk at 2:36 am (EST) on Sep 4, 2006

What a delight to discover that someone else enjoys the wit of Thomas Love Peacock.

posted by G001 at 9:53 am (EST) on Aug 18, 2006

Never thought I'd run across another fan of Zagajweski's poems. Jeffrey

posted by southwestpoet at 3:15 pm (EST) on Jul 11, 2006

Wow, someone else who has James Elkins' Pictures and Tears, the Oxford Book of Ghost Stories, and Adam Phillips! Some very cool overlaps.

(And is that Marie Therese as in "Marie Theres', wie gut Sie ist"?)

posted by HouseholdOpera at 8:12 pm (EST) on Apr 26, 2006

hey marie therese: the jane eyre was a birthday present from my mum... it's absolutely gorgeous. i sometimes think that paula rego, anne carson, sally potter & a couple of others are manifestations of my subconscious (not in a self-obsessed way, but because their work seems so particular & so strikingly different from the mass of what's out there). hope you enjoy the blog -- it's a little irregular but entertaining. tell me about the pic!!!

posted by deliriumslibrarian at 12:23 pm (EST) on Apr 19, 2006

We share YES, just wanted to say hi. Also share a love of Anne Carson, and agree with Sarah Laughs about the photo.

posted by deliriumslibrarian at 12:40 pm (EST) on Apr 16, 2006

We share some interesting books!
Keziah

posted by nautilus at 5:05 am (EST) on Mar 23, 2006

I can't stop looking at your photo. It's the most amazing thing.

posted by rosinalippi at 1:40 pm (EST) on Mar 10, 2006

Howdy Marie Therese-

There are others who have more books in common with me, but you have more "Books That Matter" in common with me.

Have a good Life,

Douglas

posted by doogiewray at 10:17 pm (EST) on Feb 13, 2006