Book Lovers Club
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VR I just got "If Not Love" from my library today. I am planning to read read read this weekend as a Nor'Easter is headed my way. Currently, I am totally enraptured in "State of Wonder", but luckly, I am reading it on Kindle so it can wait. I'll let you know what I think!!0
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VR, I loved the movie Black Boook. Just got lucky picking it up at blockbuster. I didn't even realize it had subtitles until I watched it a second time, iguess because iwasso engrossed in the movie. Will have to get death in the city of lights.
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Wenweb... Can't wait to hear what you think!!
Kay1963...so you saw Black Book twice???!!!! I know, it is that great of a film! Here are a few others in that genre that you might enjoy as well:
Flame and Citron
The Lives of Others
Gloomy Sunday
Walk on Water
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I don't think I've seen any of the others. Thanks for the refs. I've seen the black book more than twice. I liked it so much, I bought the DVD from blockbusters.
The girl with the dragon tattoo trilogy remind me of it as well. Maybe only because they are also subtitled? I don!t think so. I think we watched them from netflicks on comcast or it might have been when we had a trial subscription with blockbuster through comcast. I am not sure if we have either any more.0 -
Kay1963...I got all of those DVDs from my local library. If your library doesn't have them, ask them if perhaps they could be "interloaned" from another library. If you saw Black Book more than TWICE, if you're able to get those films, fasten your seat belt...you are about to take a wonderful ride!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRkb5jlVXDs
Here's the trailer from Flame and Citron!
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I am religiously reading Game of Thrones every night in an effort to finish it before it is due next week at the library. My oncologist surprised me when he saw what I was reading by saying he had bought the entire series at Costco. He like me is reading it because he had watched the lst season on HBO. I am starting to think he's more human than I thought....watches cable TV and reads. Nah, really I am back to liking him since he has agreed to work with the onco at MDA's recommendations.
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Marybe!
Glad to hear you hit the trifecta! You're absorbed in a terrific series of books. You have a common interest of loving the same books as your doctor AND he's agreeable to the treatment protocol! 0 -
So i was reading the short stories of Joseph Conrad (heart of darkness author)//.
oh my he is a wonderful writer.. absolutely fantastic use of adjectives and a almost long dead vocabulary.. looking forward to reading more.
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I finished Game of Thrones last night....really liked it. The TV series stuck pretty close to the book, but now I want to go back and watch last season again since the book clarified a few things for me and then I will be all ready for when Season 2 starts, but don't think I will start book two yet. I am going to read this one called The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid that I picked up at Costco....also got quite a few books from the bazaar I went to on Tues that the church held.....one by Ann Perry...didn't someone mention her?
I am going to a Twilight to New Dawn party on Sat night. The other hygienist who is "ate up" with the series and got me to read them is having the party.....even doing some foods mentioned in the book that Bella ate which I did not recall at all. It is not costume or anything, but I did make myself a pair of fangs at work.
So far no treatment plan, Voracious, but I am feeling fine doing nothing for the time being.
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I'm going to take a nap.. Joseph Conrad will put me to sleep in no time i suspect.
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Finished Bottom of the 33rd by NY Times reporter Dan Barry. Don't you all laugh at me because it's about Baseball. But it really isn't all about baseball. Despite being about the longest game ever played, it is about people. Real people and the choices that they made. Lyrical? Poetic? Magnificently written.
Another close friend was very annoyed with me this morning during our walk. Why? Because she just HAD to stay up until 1:30 in the morning because she had to finish reading IF NOT LOVE. She is now purchasing the book for her two daughters-in-law.
Don't we all know how much work and sacrifice good reading requires? Amen! So glad to hear that everyone is enjoying their books!0 -
VR I can see why your friend stayed up until 1:30 to finish "If Not Love". I finished it last night, but it was only 9:30. I enjoyed it, finding parts of every women's story that brought tears to my eyes. Although it ended on a happy note, I found more sadness due to what (I believe) is a very common thread in everyone's life. There's a lot of S%&* that we all carry around, which if not let out can literally make us sick. Thanks for recommending it! Now...back to "State of Wonder"0
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So Wenweb! You loved reading If Not Love!
So that makes me, Two for Two in the Fiction Department, despite not being a great fan of Fiction....I agree with you regarding the tone of sadness that permeated the book. Honestly, I think its sadful tone and theme about women's emotional choices is exemplified way, way, way more powerfully than in the book, The Bridges of Madison County, which was so popular many years ago.
As my friend and I were discussing the characters, it was as though they were all friends or acquantiances of ours. Langdale did such a terrific job of making each character seem real. Without a doubt, it was difficult not to feel both sympathy and/or empathy for each and every character.
And yes, Wenweb, I do wholeheartedly agree that women, in general are asked to endure so much in their hearts while also keeping, as the English would say, "A stiff upper lip."
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I saw a documentary on the bottom of the 33rd. I was intrigued. I love baseball, almost phanatical about it when I was younger. I used to be just like the author, no matter what you stay to the end of the baseball game. I bet my DH and I would both love that book.
I am getting my butt kicked by lymphedema and radiation txs right now. Feel like a slug, but haven't read anything (other than these boards) since The Help and The Giver. I found our copy of Catch 22 to read and was going to take it with me to rads, but I found with the Lymphedema and wrappings had to carry with me, the book was too heavy, literally. As much as I thought I liked reading real books rather than on the nook, I think I should have chosen a book on the nook.
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Kay... I'm sorry you are having a difficult time. I had shoulder issues and had to have both of them fixed and often STILL have difficulty holding books. Even a nook is sometimes too heavy to angle properly without feeling pain.
Hope you'll feel better soon and be able to enjoy The Bottom of the 33rd. One reviewer described it as a modern version of "Our Town." I guess you can say that about the book. It really was terrific. Now I am reading The End of Normal by Stephanie Madoff Mack. Saw her interview by chance last week and just HAD to read the book. Bernie Madoff's niece (Ruth's sister's daughter) is an acquaintance of mine. A really, really nice woman. We've worked together on local community projects. A few weeks ago, we were at the wedding of a child of a mutual friend and she came over to me. She is so gracious and kind. I know she lost her home because of the Madoff debacle. It wasn't a mansion. Just a modest colonial. Tragic. Her own uncle! Yikes! Know a handful of other people who invested with him.... Oy.
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i read Titian.. his life and his paintings .. a small art book last nite.. very nice for a change.
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Apple! OMG... I just was at a lecture two weeks ago about Venetian Artists and almost plotzed when I saw the self portrait of Titian. He looked like my brother who is also an artist! I sent the picture of him to my brother and he didn't see the resemblance...but when I sent it to my 86 year old mother she said it looked exactly like my brother! My brother isn't that old, but the resemblance is remarkable! I told my brother it wasn't a bad thing. He was the best artist of his time and a great mentor.
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omg.. i look like Scout from To Kill a Mockingbird.. or at least used to.
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This is my first time finding this thread. Can I join in?
Once an English major, always an English major and I'm always looking for recommendations! I generally read fiction, and lots of it. Things I've read and enjoyed over the past few weeks include:Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese, March by Geraldine Brooks, Room by Emma Donoghue, Emperor of All Maladies by Siddartha Mukherjee, Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo, Fierce Invalids from Hot Climates by Tim Robbins, Say You Are One of Them by Uwem Akpan
Some of my all time favorite books include:
The God of Small Things by Arundati Roy, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers, Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Great Gatsby by FItzgerald
My eratic work schedule gets in the way of my joining a book club so maybe this thread can be a substitute! So what are we reading?
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apple...Have you seen the DVD Hey Boo, Harper Lee and To Kill A Mockingbird?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1638979/
The actress that plays Scout talks about making the film....
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Mcsushi...Welcome aboard! So what are we reading? Pretty much what you've mentioned!!! When you have some time, begin at the beginning of the thread...and sharpen your pencil and note if there's anything you missed! 0
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Welcome Mcsushi. You have mentioned some books that I have been intending to read and have forgotten about. Thanks!!0
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Apple, I've seen your FB pics. You do look just like Scout! I always thought Harper Lee modeled Atticus after my father. Maybe we're sisters!
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Hi Ladies- things have been busy and I haven't been to this thread in awhile. I just read through the last 5 pages I had missed. I jotted down about 12 titles, thank you!
I was in a book slump for a little bit reading crap I got for 99 cents on my kindle. Finally got y butt to the library and requested two books that were recommended here. The first A Rope and And Prayer I could not get into, do I push myself? I don't know.
I am almost finished Prisoner of Tehran by Marina Nemat. I really like it. The story is set in India and is about a young girl who gets imprisoned and her journey. I don't want to say too much and ruin it for anyone. Someone here recommended it, I don't remember who but thank you!
The next book I have lined up is Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin. It was a rnadom grab at the library. It's set in the 70's in Mississippi about a white boy and a black boy and their friendship, so we'll see.....
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Laurie...Here's a non-fiction book you might enjoy about Iran:
http://www.amazon.com/Iran-Awakening-Memoir-Revolution-Hope/dp/1400064708
Lawyer, Shirin Ebadi, the author, is a Nobel Prize winner and wrote a book about her experience of living in Iran following the Revolution. She made a heroic decision to stay there for many years to help others...Here's some more information about her:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirin_Ebadi
A courageous woman and a class act.
Are these women an inspiration or what???
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Thanks voracious! I just realized I had said it was in India. Oops! It;s from all the India books I was reading before thanks to wenweb
She definitely has me interested in books from other cultures now, something I had never tried before and now I have read a ton and love them, I will check yours out.0 -
Hey Laurie!! Long time no see. It's hard to believe that you had a book slump :>)
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Wendy- I was reading but it was all crap. Fluff stuff that barely held my interest. Plus new tv started at the end of September, so I started watching tv a little again. The book I am reading now tough has me back to my old self. Last night my husband watched tv while I sat by the fire and read in the other room.
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Hello from me too. I also read a string of 'non-recommendable' books.......but have recently come across two good ones for the 'narrative non-fiction' history lovers such as myself.
In The Garden Of Beasts (subtitled Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin) by Erik Larson is the true story of the new American ambassador's family in 1933 Germany. Fasinating look at the time, the major players on the world stage, and the seductiveness of Nazism before it's true evil intent was understood by the world.
I just started reading, and can already recommend Killing Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly (yes, the Bill O'Reilly from televison with whom I don't usually agree). Written as a 'thriller' it is a riviting account of the plot to kill Abraham Lincoln and interesting insights into the major figures of that time.
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