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greetings..
I am in a wonderful Willa Cather 'rut'.. she is just so interesting.. I really love authors who reflect a place in time so well.. and Willa somehow just captures wherever she is or whatever she writes about.
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http://www.amazon.com/Watergate-Novel-Thomas-Mallon/dp/0307378721
Also waiting on pins and needles for Thomas Mallon's new book, Watergate. I love his books! It's supposed to be terrific!
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Last night, I finished reading Father of the Rain by Lily King. It was a good book about the complicated and enduring love between fathers and daughters whether or not that love is earned.0
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Finished reading that autobiography of Steve Jobs..normally I don't like autobiographies and I'm certainly not that into computers but the book was actually interesting--sort of gives you a picture of someone so brilliant in some areas and so strange in others especially around his cancer. As someone with all the apple products--was interesting to learn about their "birth". Back to fiction for my next book.
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Went to see a small theater production of Shadowlands recently - about CS Lewis' meeting & marrying Joy Gresham. The play was so good you felt you were really in the middle of the story w/the actors. Unfortunately no book, but a 1993 movie with Anthony Hopkins & Debra Winger. So I wanted to read his journal from when she died A Grief Observed. Very moving and worth a read. May be time to go back and re-read his Surprised by Joy: The Shape of my Early Life.Recent good reads: John Lescroart's Damage (he's one of my favorites); Eudora Welty's The Optomist's Daughter; Val McDermid's The Distant Echo (my first of hers-love the Scottish setting). Now re-reading Martha Grimes first Richard Jury mystery The Man With a Load of Mischief. The books are named for pubs in England.
Can't remember if it's this thread where Carol was discussing the movie One for the Money, but I agree - the movie was fun I remember when I read this first Evanovitch book and was rolling on the floor LOL. Funny books.
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Read The Descendants. I liked it. It kept my attention the whole time and I will want to see the movie now.0
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Not sure this was already talked about, but I read Hunger Games at the urging of my grown children, who liked it very much. I thought it was really stupid. Have no desire to read the rest of the trilogy. Did anyone here like it?
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lovemyfamily- I did like it. It wasn't like "wow are these great!" but it help my attention and I could read a book in a couple of days.
I just picked up the Marriage Plot.....
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I also enjoyed the Hunger Games trilogy. Granted they aren't setting the literary world on fire, but I did find them entertaining and suspenseful. Almost finished reading The Imperfectionists and it's fantastic. The character development is brilliant; it's flawed, desperate and achingly human. Each chapter could stand on its own as a short story. I highly recommend it. Does anyone use the app Goodreads on their iPhone or Facebook?
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My husband---who never reads----sat down and read the Hunger Games trilogy after my 12 year old finished it. I'm not a fan of "fantasy" type books so I haven't read it but I cannot believe my hubbie actually sat and read all three books in a few days.
I have used the Goodreads---I signed up for a couple of reading groups and was bombarded with emails--that I turned off--and haven't really gone back to it. I thought it would be a good way of finding some new books to read. I'm always looking for new books--that's why I check back here all the time to see what is new!
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I use the Goodreads web site on my lap top. I log all the books I read and take suggestions from the site on what to read next. I like it.
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I use Goodreads via Facebook but I also have the app on my phone. How do you find people outside of your Facebook friends?
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Laurie,
I just finished the MArriage Plot. I liked it. Not loved it. I especially liked the literary references. LEt us know what you think!
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I just read The Buddha in the Attic. It is quite short and quite interesting. It is the story of a group of Japanese women who marry Japanese. american men based on a photograph and a letter. It follows their lives from the ship ride to their internment in camps during world war two. The author actually tells their stories chronologically and by topic but writes about their collective experience rather than a single individual. Definitely an intriguing read
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Elizabeth- Buddha in the Attic sounds interesting, I'm going to try to get a hold of it.
I am not quite half way through The Marriage Plot, but I am liking it. I think I have a 7 day book jinx. I almost always read a book in under 7 days- yet when it is a seven day book that I HAVE to return, I struggle. I was sick this past week and slept more than I read. I have until Wednesday night to power read. Stupid 7 day books.
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Just got hold of the new Susan Wittig Albert - Mourning Gloria. Her books are based on herbs themes and always worth the read. She's an ex-lawyer & herbalist and the stories are based on a protagonist who owns an herb shop in Central, TX. She also writes a Beatrix Potter series. Next up will be a P.D. James that I'd missed - The Private Patient.
Voracious - were you the one posting about Bill Hitchens in previous pages? I'm catching up on back issues of the Atlantic I put aside during surgeries last year and as usual, really enjoying his articles. His last one was about G.K.Chesterton.
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laurie - glad you're on the mend.
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Minustwo... Apple and I were referring to Christopher Hitchens.
Buddha in the Attic is wonderful. Noticed it is now included in suggested Book Reading Group lists.
I have in front of me Penelope Lively's How it all Began and Thomas Mallon's Watergate. Was going to start one of them today but got side tracked reading John Dean's Memory: A Case Study... Then got carried away and am now enjoying watching the Oscars.
A Separation won the Oscar for best foreign film. I saw it this past week and thought it was amazing. Reminded me of several Iranian books that I read. That country is so complicated. Amazing that it won the Oscar...0 -
Laurie... So was the bonfire magical??? Glad to hear you are feeling a little better!
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VR- I have to admit- I enjoyed the purge
also getting back good blood tests helped a bit. Thanks for sending me over!Thanks Minus Two.
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Laurie... So you got good blood test results too??!!! I am telling you... That bonfire really is magical! You know it's really a toss up as to which feels better... Reading a good book or throwing crap into our bonfire...
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Forgot to mention for those of you who also follow "so what's for dinner", Susan Wittig Albert always has wonderful recipes in back of her books. The books are a good read & recipes are a bonus. I think the first book was Thyme of Death.0
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Marriage Plot is up next for me. I'm a member of a Goodreads group, Constant Reader. We've been together since the mid '90s, back when it was a Prodigy group. Ultimately migrated to Goodreads, where we have a gazillion members, but retain a core of "regulars". The group has an in-person convention annually (I have only been to one) and we meet face to face any time we can, even with just a few folks. It's so fun to share book love! And anyone is welcome to join or lurk!0
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Anne... Prodigy??!!! Boy are we showing our age! Back in the day the DH Showed me on Prodigy how to buy stuff from the Sears catalog and I thought it was absurd. I said, "Who would want to buy anything on the computer?"
Reading Geoff Dyer's new book Zona. Gonna be a long night ... will not sleep until I finish the book. Hilarious! I think Dyer is a British national treasure. For all of you sisters who haven't read anything written by him, please consider reading something written by him!0 -
Finished reading Geoff Dyer's Zona in one sitting. I highly recommend the book...however, if you haven't read Geoff Dyer yet, this is NOT the book to start with. It was like reading TWO books in one. I know some of you have read Dyer's books and will probably agree with me when I mention that when you read his work, it's like trying to play catch up with a person on speed. So, in this book, he has side bars with passages about himself embedded into the story and you have to keep up with him telling BOTH stories! Yikes! But when you're trying to follow Dyer, and I do mean "trying," it's quite a FUN journey. And when the journey is finished, not only have you learned something about Dyer, you often will learn just a little something about yourself that was unexpected.
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Voracious,
going to see Separation tonight. Can't wait! xo`
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Lovemyfamily....Let me know what you think of A Separation. Haven't stopped talking about it since I saw it last week....If you're interested in reading a facinating autobiography about an Iranian woman, read, Nobel Prize Winner Shirin Ebati's Iran Awakening:
http://www.amazon.com/Iran-Awakening-Journey-Reclaim-Country/dp/0812975286
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AnneW: I will look for your group on Goodreads! I'm always looking for recommendations.
Voracious: Can you suggest a good introduction book by Dyer?
I'm finishing up Moloka'i which was given to my by my grandmother. I've enjoyed it. It's a sad story, but definitely worthwhile. Not sure what to read next...
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Mcsushi... Out of Sheer Rage is Dyer's most popular book. If you enjoy it.. Then I would recommend that you read everything he's written afterwards. Yep... I am a groupie of his.
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I'll put it on my list. Thanks!
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