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I am an avid Anne Rice fan have read them all.True blood just doesn't compare.((tvseries))
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apple, I read A Soldier of the Great War about eight years ago and I absolutely loved it. Some passages were so beautifully written that they took my breath away.0
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and i am looking forward to reading The Book Thief.
I am rereading a fortunate life right now. My treatments are somewhat eye drying.. reading is not easy late at night. a re-read is less chllenging.. ha ha.
may husband IS building a library in the basement. It should be dry enough.
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I am glad to hear some of you are rereading books. I just find I don't have the attention span right now to read a new book, unless it's really just an easy read doesn't require concentration. I think I will try the hunger games, that sounds like it would be an easy read. I have just reread The Secret Life of Bees, one of my favorites. And also The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler. I always loved her books. I want to try The Book Thief, but don't think I will be able to concentrate enough.
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http://www.amazon.com/Rereading-Patricia-Meyer-Spacks/dp/0674062221
Speaking about rereading, a few days ago I came across this new book, On Rereading.
Here's the blurb:
After retiring from a lifetime of teaching literature, Patricia Meyer Spacks
embarked on a year-long project of rereading dozens of novels: childhood
favorites, fiction first encountered in young adulthood and never before
revisited, books frequently reread, canonical works of literature she was
supposed to have liked but didn't, guilty pleasures (books she oughtn't to have
liked but did), and stories reread for fun vs. those read for the classroom.
On Rereading records the sometimes surprising, always fascinating,
results of her personal experiment.Spacks addresses a number of intriguing questions raised by the purposeful
act of rereading: Why do we reread novels when, in many instances, we can
remember the plot? Why, for example, do some lovers of Jane Austen's fiction
reread her novels every year (or oftener)? Why do young children love to hear
the same story read aloud every night at bedtime? And why, as adults, do we
return to childhood favorites such as The Hobbit, Alice in
Wonderland, and the Harry Potter novels? What pleasures does rereading
bring? What psychological needs does it answer? What guilt does it induce when
life is short and there are so many other things to do (and so many other books
to read)? Rereading, Spacks discovers, helps us to make sense of ourselves. It
brings us sharply in contact with how we, like the books we reread, have both
changed and remained the same.Sounds like a good book to read and REread?
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I finished reading The Book Thief last night and you can add me to the list of others who loved and recommend this book. Personally, I had no trouble getting into it; I was sold from the start. I found it to be ambitious and clever. In my opinion, I think his sparse, subtle, restrained writing was masterfully executed and results in a powerful story. I also loved his use of brilliant metaphors. I enjoyed this writing so much I'm thinking of picking up The Messenger. Has anyone read it?
I'm a big fan of rereading! My friends always ask me why I don't go to the library and the answer is quite simple, I like to own my books so I can reread them. I love rereading books I read years ago. It's great to revisit a story, or a character or a setting I loved. More than that, I love finding something new, something I may have missed or forgotten, something more or deeper to take away. I also enjoy remembering where I was in life when I first read the story and using that as some kind of invisible marker to show how much I've grown since then. So until my basement looks like Apple's, I'll continue hoarding and rereading my books!
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just so you all know.. those are my husband's books for the most part. I own cook books and piano music mostly.
I can't wait to try
the Book Thief and The Messenger.. they sound good.
you know, i have a wonderful memory but often can't remember a single thing from books I've read.. in one eye and out the other.
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I will re- read a book if I really liked it but I need a few years to pass between reads. I don't buy many books anymore due to budget but I still have a lot of great books to turn back to.
I really liked the Messenger, I think the Book Thief was better but I still give it a thumbs up.
Has anyone else read Carlos Ruiz Zafron? LOVED the two books I read by him, one was The Shadow and the Wind.
Last night I had a reading marathon, I read for over 5 hours straight. At 11 I actually thought to myself, ah crap I am going to have to stay up and finish this book! At 1 I finally finished Chris Bohjalains new book. It kept my interest (obviously) but it was different then he typically writes. Spooky old house, mystery, ghosts and Wicca- a quick summery without revealing anything
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Laurie08, I just 'placed a hold' on this book at our local library per your recommendation. It sounds like just the type of book I want to read after I finish The Book Thief. I read "Sarah's Key' before that. I need to move out of WW2 books right now.
I guess I'm a person who doesn't reread books. I've never thought about it....but I DO think about some of the memorable books I've read.
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Laurie08: Which Bhojalian was it? I've seen his (?) books at Barnes & Noble and thought they looked interesting, but have never picked one up.
Kind of like Jodi Picoult whose books I've looked at over the years and finally read my first by her this summer -- her newest, Sing You Home, which I really enjoyed.
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Julie- It's Chris Bohjalian- my favorite of his is The Double Bind. It has a Great Gatsby spin to it, You'll finifh it and want to reread it again right away- I actually did!
I love Jodi Picoult too, though she is getting a bit predictable and I love Anita Shreeve, The Pilots Wife was a great book as was Sea Glass and Fortunes Rocks.
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I finished reading the Red Tent last night and I absolutley loved it! I would highly recommend this book to anyone. What a great read!
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I have really enjoyed Diana Gabaldon's Outlander novels: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, They Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow & Ashes, and An Echo In The Bone. Adventure, history, romance, and fantasy!!! I envy anyone reading this for the first time; they really transport you to another time and place.
Olive Ann Burns' Cold Sassy Tree is a favorite as well.
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (author Sea biscuit) is a terrific book.
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I've been skimming back on posts and bookmarking on my Goodreads page and realized- I missed a whole page of posts!
Apple- THAT is alot of books!!
Gina- I got on a Chris Bohjalain obsession too and read almost all of his books two summers ago, I think I may have missed one or two, Past The Bleachers I know is one?
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LauraLC- I agree with you, Diana Gabaldon's books manage to provide it all.
Julie E
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Laurie08
I also enjoyed Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Luis Zafron. I found it poetic and different from many American novels It reminded me a bit of Chilean writer Isabel Allende.
I just finished Unbroken by Laura Hilldebrand. At times I found the discription of the violence hard to read, but I was so glad I stuck with it. I'm trying to think how I can apply the resillance of Louis Zamperini to my own life.
I love seeing what others are reading.
Elizabeth
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Love Shreve, too. Her earlier novel, Resistance, was excellent, and I think my favorite was The Last Time They Met.
Laurie08: Was it The Double Bind that you just read (the one you described)? Or was it a more recent one?
I've always been interested in the Salem Witch Trials and recently read The Heretic's Daughter, by Kathleen Kent and The Physik Book of Deliverance Dane, by Katherine Howe (herself a descendent of one of the women hanged in Salem). Both were really interesting and well written. The Kent book gives a vivid picture of what it must have been like for the accused and the Howe puts a different spin on the traditional take on that time. I liked them a lot. I have the book Deliverance from Evil on hold at the library, ready to pick up, hopefully tomorrow. Has anyone read that? It came out last spring, I think.
My oncologist highly recommended Unbroken, too -- but I don't read a whole lot of nonfiction, other than books about animals and travel stories.
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Julie- I had just read his most recent book, The Night Strangers.
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Although not about the Salem witch trials, Geraldine Brook's Caleb's Crossing takes place in 1665+ Martha's Vineyard and Boston. Based on sketchy historical references to the first Native American a a member of the Wampanoag tribe to graduate from Harvard, Brooks creates an environment in which you can easily see witch trials occuring. Last week, I happened to stumble on a Public Television POV documentary about modern day Wampanoags rediscovering and teaching themselves their almost lost native language.
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I just finished reading Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. I absolutely loved this story. Lately, I've been into WW2 stories, and this one really awakened me to the struggles of the American-born Japanese here in the US after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. A sad but beautiful story of endurance and triumph after tragedy.0
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I'll have to look at Caleb's Crossing; a fascinating time in our history, I think.
I had a sample of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet on my Nook and thought that it looked like it would be really good. I'll have to buy the whole book. I had read Snow Falling on Cedars several years ago after the movie and thought that was a lovely, heartbreaking story.
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LOVED Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet!
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I also loved Hotel on Corner of Bitter and Sweet.
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I plan on starting 'Light a Penny Candle" by Maeve Binchey tonight. Got it at our library's 'free' table. I've read some of her other works before. I'm kind of in the mood for something 'homey' right now. It must be because of the holidays! LOL
Hotel on the Corner...is on my list.
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I emailed the psychiatrist at Tufts who wrote A First Rate Madness. I told him how much I enjoyed reading his book and how fascinating his theory was. Furthermore, I asked him about the debacle at Penn State and wondered what his thoughts were. Today he replied! After reading Erik Larson's new book, several months ago, I also had some questions and he replied as well. I think it is so wonderful to connect with authors. Oh how I love to read....
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Oh Voraciousreader you make me feel so ashamed, I am cringing. I too love to connect with authors, but I haven't reached out to scholars - I correspond with Brian Wiprud who writes mysteries about a taxidermy dealer in NYC and another guy who cleans out houses. I send him odd items from the internet about taxidermy.
Julie E
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Gee, Julie... I never thought of the idea that I correspond with "scholars.". I always thought of these authors as "individuals.". In any event, I find most of these people very approachable. My cousin is a popular children's author and she loves hearing from readers. You might think I am crazy but I also contact researchers who toil in labs. They really welcome hearing from folks who discover their journal articles....
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I started Almost Moon by Alice Sebold, but I don't think I'll finish it. It's not my cup of tea. My friend's mom gave me Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet and I think I'll read that next. I'm half Japanese and my 94 year old grandfather and 90 year old grandmother were both put in internment camps during WWII. When I'm done reading it, I'm going to give it to my grandmother to read. I love to hear their stories and experiences. They're living history!
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Hello! Well I went out at Midnight last night like a nut and braved the cold and crowds and bought myself a kindle! Has taken me all day to get it registered as there was some odd error message. But now I'm good to go and don't know how to even start.... the lists of available books is just amazing... so I'm gathering some ideas from you all.
Any advice on things to watch out for when ordering books on Kindle? I saw that some people ordered some really in-expensive books but not sure where you find them... or wondering if there are library books ... well I know I need to keep searching and getting the hang of this! But I'm excited. So often I have read about books that I'm interested then I write it down and then promptly lose the piece of paper so hopefully I can do better and start reading some wonderful books. Thanks All!
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Well, I don't know if it's the same with Kindle, but maybe it is. One thing I've really liked with my Nook is the ability to download free samples of books (usually around 30 pp.) so I can try them out. Then, the sample stays on the nook and I can go back and order things later that I've liked -- eliminates those random pieces of paper with titles jotted on them.
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