Jan Kinrade
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Comments (141)I went to see the movie of The Hunger Games over the weekend. Heartily recommended. Excellent acting and unusual restraint for Hollywood in handling the violence of the story. I guess they wanted their PG-13 rating but IMO it made for a better movie. I had read the first two books in advance, and am now in the middle of Mockingjay the final volume of the trilogy. I am just about to get in the car and drive to the post office to mail Maddy Clare back to Pam. Thanks for circulating this book! Rosefolly...See MoreLet's introduce ourselves, circa 2012
Comments (94)I live in Sweden and came here from the rose forum on recommendation from Rosefolly, probably around 2001. Books and gardening are my main hobbies and I am especially interested in roses. I contribute regularly to a rose society newsletter. I have been married for 47 years to another reader. We have a son and daughter and five grandchildren who all live fairly close. Our daughter lives in the same village. I retired three years ago at the normal Swedish retirement age of 65. I worked at Uppsala University as an administrator my whole working life and dabbled in translation in my spare time, mostly various academic papers on computer science and sociology. I didn't understand much of the first but a little more of the latter. I translate mostly from English and a little from French, German and Danish, the latter three only if I am familiar with the subject. Another hobby is languages and linguistics. I didn't major in anything either as we don't have that system. I spent too many years at university studying political science, economic history, anthropology, general history of literature, English and Swedish. I know English well but my active vocabulary is much smaller than my passive vocabulary and my grasp of idioms is not perfect so I sometimes feel intimidated because there are so many clever writers here. My taste in books is catholic. I am reading The well-tempered garden by Christopher Lloyd at present and by my bed are two books I first heard of on this forum, Motherless Brooklyn and the complete Mapp and Lucia....See MoreHello again and HELP please
Comments (21)Thank you everyone for the information, good wishes and advice. My 'eye' problem is strange - for years I've had drops for glaucoma although I have almost 20/20 vision - it's what's going on behind the both eyes to the optic nerve that's the worry - what will happen next and they dont want to risk surgery unless absolutely necessary as it is so risky. Still I'm under the top surgeon at Moorfields! The drops are horrible they put up by already high BP which cant be treated normally because of the asthma. WHAT A WRECK (This can be checked out on facebook Jan Kinrade). The depression/anxiety meant that I couldn't focus on anything BUT I feel so much better now - thought I'd never feel OK again. And I know I should take more exercise - this would help in every way so thanks for reminding me - I still do all the housework, take the dog out, look after my 13 year old grandson who lives with us, run my Lit Group and local research so not too bad for a 72 year old has been. I'm going to read Howard's End and As I lay Dying to start the year off in September. I notice that someone has written a book - The Secret History of As I Lay Dying by Stephanie Penrose - linking it to Aztec myths - and wonder if anyone has read it. Loving thanks to all and happy reading Jan...See MoreApril Reading. Tell us What you have Enjoyed . . .or Not.
Comments (87)I don't particularly like The Daughter of Time as a detective novel, although I did enjoy reading it as I have with all of Tey's Books. I think it's an interesting exercise in research and deduction, but I don't really understand the obsession many people seem to have with the mystery of the princes in the tower. I am far more interested in the reasons why and the mechanisms though which some royals became or were made into villains or heroes by their successors or by the people after they were dead, or even by changing times, and The Daughter of Time gave me some insight into that. Examples include Richard III being painted blacker than he perhaps was for centuries and then little by little becoming to be seen as less bad or even great (depending on the historian), or Richard I being made into the heroic, almost saintly figure of Good King Richard Lionheart during his lifetime and remaining so for centuries after his death, and in modern times being seen as less good or even bad because of attitudes having changed....See MoreRosefolly
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