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I finished The Light Between Oceans. It was enjoyable and kept my interest. I see that they are making a movie out of the book. Uh oh!
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fgm,
I didn't know The Light Between Oceans is going to be a movie. I loved that book...read it two months ago with my book club. Not so sure how I feel about a movie. (sigh) How much will they have to leave out?
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With the story line of that book, a movie might actually be OK. It would have beautiful scenery, for sure!
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Ruth - great new picture!!
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I read Unbroken, and thought it was very well written. It made me appreciate even more the price that is paid by the military for our freedom. It's quite brutal, however.
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OK, thank you all, I am going to start Unbroken this weekend. I have also started a very silly (true) book about a woman who escaped St Louis to Vermont with her family and decided to enjoy the rural life and have chickens.
This is one dream I have, not Vermont, but rural with a few lady chickens and a goat or two, so I was somewhat dismayed by her experiences.
Probably too light reading for most of you!
but it passes the time when not wanting to do houseworkMud Season by Ellen Stimson, just happened to find it in the library
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Finished The Universe Versus Alex Woods and enjoyed it. Liked the writing style and how the plot unfolded. Liked the story and the main character. Liked how it made me think and what it made me think about. Really good first book for young author Gavin Extence.
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Sandra - I love that. In my darkest hours books have been my salve. Thanks for sharing
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Sandra that is great.
I framed a card that says, "BOOK LOVERS NEVER GO TO BED ALONE!"
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Ha, true Moon.
Can't tell you how many times during the night I've rolled over, let the book fall off my chest and onto the sleeping cat who then wakes up and wants to be fed. <sigh>0 -
Thought 'Unbroken' was a terrific book, although it makes you cringe to see how our soldiers were treated as POWs. It's a book you won't forget.
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Finished I Remember Nothing by Nora Ephron. I loved her humor. This was her last book and the last couple of chapters I found funny but also sad.
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I finished The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd. WOW! Be sure to read the Author's Note at the end for some surprising information. (Don't read it before you read the book!)
Now I'm on to The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty for next month's book club meeting. The library wait list is huge, it's too expensive in the book store, but I found it on Kindle for $5.99.
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Sandra, I read both those books. Sue Monk Kidd's is amazing, and, being from Charleston, I was especially interested. Like you, was fascinated with the info at the end,
Also enjoyed "Husband's Secret." Happy reading!
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Wave,
I envy you for living in Charleston. It's been 38 years since I last visited but I'm sure it hasn't changed much...the Historical Society would have seen to that. We lived in Fayetteville, N.C. (military) and would drive down to Charleston, particularly in the spring, every year. Loved to have she-crab soup on the 2nd floor veranda of a beautiful home during the festival. Now that I've read The Invention of Wings, I'm dying to go back again and would LOVE to visit the actual house which still stands. Since it's now a law firm, I'd have to make up a reason to visit a lawyer though.
I'm about 40% into The Husband's Secret and still adjusting to the switching from one family to the next in each new chapter. It was quite confusing at first when I couldn't remember which story a character belonged to. I'm getting the hang of it now.
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Has anyone read "The Fault In Our Stars" by John Green? I know it is aimed at young readers however a friend recommended it to me.
Just bought " The Light Between Oceans" for my Kindle. We are snowed in today here in central Wisconsin so I thought it would be a great day to snuggle on couch with the fur babies and read.......
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I recently read (mostly skimmed) Unfinished Desires by Gail Godwin. It sounded promising, Catholic boarding school in the NC mountains in the 1950's and a toxic year as remembered by the Mother Superior. I liked most of the characters but it was dull.
I finished the Language of Flowers and loved it! I just passed it on to my sister who loved it, too.
I read Mennonite in the Little Black Dress. I was intrigued by the title. It is a memoir. Some parts were funny, some of it was boring.
I have the Husband's Secret on my kindle, which is currently on loan.
NWG - I'm in Madison, crazy blowing snow this morning but the sun came out and it's a beautiful sunset.
Gina
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Northwinds,
Several here have posted that The Light Between Oceans is good. I thought so as well. Happy reading!
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northwind - I just read fault in our stars, I find YA novels sweet-- I found Fault to be a quick read, not light but touching especially since what many of us deal with.
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ginadmc- I thought the exact same way about Mennonite In the Little Black Dress.
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I finished Unbroken yesterday, didn't get dressed all day while I read it
A very good book
I am sorry for the cruelty in this world and grateful that we have the means to overcome it.
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Finished Anna Quindlen's latest novel Still Life with Bread Crumbs. Had it been written by someone else, I would have given up reading it by page 50. Nothing good or bad to say about it.
Also read some of B.J Novak's book, One More Thing. Feh.
Going full steam ahead and starting Mary Cantwell's Manhattan When I Was Young AND The Wit and Wisdom of Winston Churchill. Both are older books.
Has anyone read the Broadway reviews for the premiere of Bridges of Madison County? Made the characters younger, added magnificent music and lyrics and Voila! Fabulous reviews! Unbelievable. I just don't get it...
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I just read Life by Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones. It would not be everyone's cup of tea (as he, himself, might say).
The cautions: He gets very deeply into the craft of making music; cords, melodies, lyrics, riffs, etc. etc. Also the style of various rock musicians in general & the Rolling Stones in particular. If you aren't a student of music/rock music/the Stones.....you will spend a certain amount of time skimming. There's LOTS of profanity & politically incorrect references to women (and just about every other group of people too) and a vivid and, to me, very disturbing description of, what for many years, was a very reckless and destructive lifestyle (he is extremely to be both alive and lucid).
However, even with all that, I found the book mesmerizing. He writes very honestly and with a certain charm, like he is talking right to you, and has a dry sense of humor and wit (occasionally I would find myself chuckling, shaking my head and saying, "Keith, Keith.") There are also lovely, poignant descriptions of his relationship with his grandfather, his long estranged father, his mother and others. He talks about his beloved pets (some whom he rescued from dire circumstances), living in the limelight, his complicated lifelong collaboration with Mick Jagger, and even throws in his favorite recipe.
So.....read at your own risk!
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Reading Love in the Time of Cholera by Marquez. Lots of interesting thoughts but I'm finding it work. I keep looking at the Dana Stabenow book that's up next in the pile and tempting me to move on. Also behind on my magazine subscriptions. I will finish but it's heavy reading and not keeping me awake at night.
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Love in the Time of Cholera is not an easy read, but it's worth it. Some of the characters are vile! My bookclub had one of its most "colorful" discussions over this book. Everyone liked it in the end. The movie is good, but leaves out so much and leads you to different conclusions than the book does.
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Minus2, apologies to those who recommended her books, but I read my first Dana Stabenow mystery and found it not very compelling, fewer layers and less well-rounded characters than in other mystery series. I did enjoy reading about ALaska, a state I know little about. My favorite mystery series of late has been Louise Penny's.
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Wave - I've liked one or two of the Dana Stabenow books I've read better than some others but couldn't tell you the names. Worth reading about Alaska and my brain isn't sharp enough to complain. I do love Louise Penny.
I've been picking up books at the MD Anderson radiation waiting room & working my way through those. Some authors I'd never heard of: KK Beck Amateur Night, Nancy Kopp (legal mystery) Blind Trust, Marcia Clark (legal mystery) Guilt by Association - she was the OJ Simpson prosecutor. Read a George Pelecanos The Night Gardner and a Lisa Jackson Ready to Die. Nothing you can't live without, but easy reading during treatment.
Sandra - I can't imagine a movie of Love in the time of Cholera. Too many internal musings & philosophies. I am glad I finished it but also glad I didn't buy the book & will return instead of putting it on my shelves.
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hmmm.....so Angelina Jolie is making a film based on Unbroken...and as they say...it only happens in Hollywood...Angelina and Louis are neighbors....
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