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mcsushi- I vote for The Book Thief
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Book Thief vote from me too.
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Q: Do you like Kipling?
A: I don't know, I've never Kippled.
A corny joke that my DH loves to use (he is an English professor and loves literary "humour"), I couldn't resist sharing it with you all.
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I vote for the Book Thief, too.
In the last month or so I've read:
Sister by Rosamund Lupton, What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty, Secrets of Eden by Chris Bohjalian. I liked all of them for different reasons.
I just started Girl in the Blue Beret by Bobbie Ann Mason.
Happy reading!
Gina
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So I took everyone's advice and started with The Book Thief over the weekend and I'm already half way through and loving it!
I'm a big fan of the "flash fiction" writing style the author chose for this novel. The character development is masterful and I love the narrator's POV. It's so good, I'll probably keep flying through it and finish in a couple days! 0 -
today I went to the library with my boys and what was in the 7 day book case? The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian. I had no idea he had a new book out, but I LOVE this author, I snatched it and held it close with a smile. Super psyched, now I need to ignore some stuff around the house so I can read it
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Godd morning . Ladies!
I don't post much but continually check this discussion for new books to read. I just finished THE HUNGER GAME by Collins. I had resisted it as it was written for Young Adults. During my career as a Middle-High Scool libraian I have enjoyed many YA books, but for some reason avoided this one. Well, YOU GOTTA READ IT! I caught a cold while visiting my mother and felt crummy. So I thought I'd sleep on the flight home. I made the mistake of starting this book and could not put it down! Now I have to download the sequel.
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Hello ladies
I just finished reading the "Book of Negros" and now have moved on to the "Red Tent". Seems to be a very good book as well. Has anyone else read it?
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Kim40...I read 'The Red Tent' a while back and I loved it. It's one book that I recommend to anyone looking to read something 'a little different'. Alice Hoffman has a book out, currently, called 'The Dove Keepers' and it reminded me a little bit of Red Tent.
I am currently reading 'The Book Thief'. I'm almost halfway through and I'm wondering if I should continue. Can't seem to get into it. It must get better, right?
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MaryjRN I too loved "The Red Tent", so I am glad that you are recommending "The Dove Keepers" as it's on my to read list. Your comment about "The Book Thief" is interesting to me because I downloaded a sample on my Kindle and found it difficult to get into. It has come highly recommended on this thread, but I didn't care for the style of writing. IMHO life is to short to force yourself to read a book that is not holding your interest!!0
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Has anyone read "The Boy in the Suitcase"? It keeps popping into my world, so to speak, but I know nothing about it... it's gotten good reviews, from what I've seen.
wenweb, I haven't read The Book Thief so I don't know if I would like it or not, but I agree, life is too short to read something you aren't into. An English teacher who used to give me books from his library to encourage my love of reading always told me to only give a book 30 pages and then leave it if I wasn't liking it. I mainly follow his advice but I've changed it from a set number of pages to a percentage of pages (about 10%). If I hadn't followed my new rule, I never would have read all of Stieg Larsson's books, the first of which took me forever to get interested in (I tried starting it 3 times) but once I got 40 pages in I got interested & then was hooked.
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Please please don't be put off by the beginning of The Book Thief--it is an amazing and moving book. I was an English teacher too and often told my students something like that. Trust me, this book is great!
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No one has ever given me any guidelines for abandoning a book...I ususlly give myself 100pgs. I did that twice with Gabriel Garcia Marquez' "100 Years of Solitude" mainly because I loved "Love in the Time of Cholera". I am also a huge John Irving fan. I tried 3 times (and got more than half way through all 3 times) to read "A Son of the Circus" which is nearly 700pgs!! If anyone has read it, I would love to know what happens...
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Almost finished with Carrie Fisher's Shockaholic. Just started reading Collision Course which is about Ronald Reagan and the air traffic controllers' strike. I am learning so much and I am only 20 pages into the book. I like to read several books at a time. And if I am not that into a book, I will stop reading it or skim it. I never push myself to finish reading something unless I am truly enjoying the book. Another problem I have is sometimes I am reading so many terrific books that sometimes I have to abandon a book... Not because I am not enjoying it, but because another book needs my fullest attention. The Fisher book is in my car now. With 50 pages to go, I will hopefully finish it while I am waiting somewhere. If I don't finish reading it, that's okay too. She is a terrific writer and I am thoroughly entertained by her writing, but it isn't necessary that I complete reading the book. It is not like when reading fiction you have to get to the end of the story....
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wenweb- You have to give the Book Thief another try- I loved it and went on to read his other book the Messanger. How far did you get into it?
I am loving the new Chris Bohjalain book I got- I am half way through and just got my inter-library loan books in today. Good thing I have a cold and an excuse to pawn the kids off on my hubby for a bit to get some extra reading in
I think I may be the only one who pushed myself to read the trilogy by Stieg Larsson and can honestly say that I did not enjoy it. I felt when I was reading I was always waiting for the good part. The first was the best, the second just yuck and the third was ok- I could have gone without the whole thing. But after so many rave reviews I felt I would have been missing something. Maybe it's just me?
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A friend of the family. Very enjoyable read.
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Laurie, I didn't like them very much either. Liked the first one O.K., second one not so much, and the third I just skimmed through feeling that I had to read it to finish it off. Was glad to be done!
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Thanks Ruth- I'm glad I wasn't the only one.
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I was just about to purchase the Larsson series now I will pass.Just finished Fall of the Giants.Can hardley wait for the next of Follets trillogy.Just wish they werent so heavy to lug around on trips.(Need to put an Ereader on my Xmas list.) 0
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Oh all right. For everyone who is saying how good "The Book Theif" is, I'll give it another try
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Forgive me if I start meandering here....I read the first few chapters of the first Larsson book and immediately handed it over to the DH and said, "You'll enjoy reading this." That's what I love about him. I could put a book in his hands and tell him to read it and he will! Then he could tell me about the book and I will never have to read it!
I don't feel like I missed anything when I have him read books that I don't want to read, but what to know more about....After he finished reading the triology, we got from the library the foreign versions of the films based on the books and then he explained to me in further detail the books. Not sure if I now have to see the English version of the film based on the books. However, I might just have to cave in and see the film because Daniel Craig is playing the lead. Ahhh...Daniel Craig. Has anyone seen him in the film, "Mother." He made the film prior to his Bond films...he is a terrific actor. Really. I'm not a great Bond fan, so I can't tell you if I think he makes a great James Bond, but he really is a fine actor.Okay...enough meandering.......
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Laurie.. Kipling was a novelist as well.. he wrote the Jungle Book and many other stories of India. We have a collection of all his works.My favorite books ever:... just throwing this out since I've been going thru the 146 boxes of books in our basement and finding them after a year.
A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin.. the most awesome, best book I have ever read.. just get past the rather boring first 40 pages.
A Fortunate Life by A. B. Facey.. this author's gratitude, grace and fortitude makes one proud to be human. It is an unusually uplifting and true story of one man's life. a short and easy read.. a real treasure.
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Apple...Oy! Those boxes!
You know, I read one of Geoff Dyers terrific essays about what he does with all of his books....He's always having anxiety attacks about where he's stored them....He writes an essay about finally settling down and creating space for his books...He talks about the joy he gets when he just sits himself down in the room and is able to look at the shelves he built that stores his massive library. He said, he "purrs...." How do you feel when you see those boxes???? Do you feel like "purring?"
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Apple are you planning to build a Library
I keep mine that I have not given to friends or relatives in a box in the basement too.Only one box.I think I am going to start a Tolstoy book next Anna Karenina.Lets see if it holds my interest?
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Oh, I loved "Anna Karenina". I'm trying to get motivated to read "War and Peace" which BTW is free from Amazon on Kindle.
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hey all, my fellow bibliophiles! I just finished a delightful little book - The Hidden Life of Dogs by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas. She's an anthropologist who lived with and observed a dozen dogs over 30 years. Nice easy read.
mum, I borrowed Fall of Giants from the library but was mid-something else so didn't start reading it quick enough. The due date came up and I couldn't renew it because someone else had it reserved, so I didn't even start it before I brought it back. It is HUGE. Maybe I'll hold off until after the holidays and try again first of the year. Like you, I will not want to wait for book 2 once I finish book 1.
Next up is A First-Rate Madness: uncovering the links between leadership and mental illness.
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Badger...While reading A First Rate Madness, keep in mind the Penn State Debacle and let me know what you think....Thanks!
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Laurie - I've been obsessed with Chris Bohjlian lately. I've gone back and read his older ones. I just finished Secrets of Eden and I have Night Strangers on request at the library. I've also requested Dove Keepers. I could not finish even the first Stieg Larsson so I never ventured past it. Everyone raves about them but I guess they were not for me.
Gina
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May I just jump in and say how much I loved The Book Thief? I recommend you stick with it, too. I had a hard time getting in to it, but I persevered and, by the end I was completely hooked. I thought the language was nothing short of pure poetry and now rank it among the best books I've ever read.
I also second the recommendation of The Hunger Games. I, too, am a middle school librarian and resisted picking this one up, but, once I did, again, I was hooked. I really appreciated the author's ability to develop fully fleshed characters, even with a first person limited perspective.
I just finished Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close this week, in advance of the movie opening next month. Was anyone else disappointed if you've read it? Yes, I thought it was well written, and I was moved by the main character, Oskar's, search, as well as the parallel story of the bombing of Dresden and how it affected Oskar's grandparents, but I was expecting more emotional punch at the end. Don't know why, but I did . . .
Based on what many of you've said, I'm glad to hear that my choice NOT to read the Steig Larsson books was probably the right one.
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Just picked up Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice at Goodwill for 99 cents. Looking forward to rereading it for the I don't know how many times. One of my all time favorite books.
I liked the Sookie Stackhouse vampire books, but they are fluff compared to classic Anne Rice.
Mary
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