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I have to bring The Marriage Plot back to the library- I have 100 pages left
Hopefully it will be there next week so I can take it out again and finish it.0 -
No renewing allowed Laurie?
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It was a 7 day book- so no renewing. Usually books are able to be kept for 3 weeks and available to renew for another 3 weeks. I almost always finish a book in less then 5 days- I always jinx myself when I get a 7 day book- I almost always get sick and sleep instead of reading at night. Ohwell....hopefully it will be there next week and I can take it back out.
They did have one of the books I asked for today. So I am going to start The Girl in the Blue Beret by Bobbie Ann Mason.
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Okay....back to the business of "heavy" reading....I started reading Eric Topol, MD's book, The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care. I have been following Dr.Topol's career for almost a decade and will go out on a limb and say that I think he is a VISIONARY in the field of medicine. He is laying down a road map for the future of medicine that is extraordinary. You all recall Alvin Toffler's book, Future Shock? Well, Dr. Topol matches Toffler's book with his exhilarating ideas....
http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Destruction-Medicine-Digital-Revolution/dp/0465025501
You can also google him and watch some of his youtube videos as he discusses the future of medicine...Amazing!!!
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The New York Times Sunday Book Review section has given Geoff Dyer's new book, Zona a magnificent review!
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/04/books/review/thomas-mallon-reimagines-watergate.html?ref=books
I'm also reading Thomas Mallon's Watergate which is also reviewed in this Sunday's NY Times...Oy! So many terrific books....so little time to read....OY!
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Saw " A Separaton" last night. Good movie, but it was so tense and emotional I had a hard time coming down off the experience.
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Lovemyfamily....I felt the SAME EXACT WAY! I even woke up during the middle of the night and thought further about the film.....
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Hi voracious, so which parent do you think the child picks?
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Would love to see A Separation. I speak poor Farsi/Dari but lived in Afghanistan for 2 years. It's a very similar culture. A few months ago I may have mentioned a book, We Need to Talk About Kevin, by Lionel Shriver. Excellent but very, very disturbing. Saw the movie last night and would have been lost had I not read the book. Not bad for a print to film translation. Tilda Swinton is amazing in the lead role. John C. Riley is quite miscast, but his character is poorly developed in the film. Ezra Miller plays a cringe worthy title character. The movie is just as disturbing as the book. Not light entertainment but can be discussed for hours!
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Exbrnxgrl... I appreciate the recommendation... I will look for the film on DVD when it is released. I think Swinton is a terrific actress.
Lovemyfamily... After we left the theatre, we really haven't debated who the child picked. Instead, we wondered about how much rights Iranian women really had...Was this an aberration because the women lived in the city? It seemed that the judge was very respectful of what the women had to say...
My friend participates in a volunteer group at the UN and these Iranian women have spoken highly about their rights. I am just not sure what is happening especially after reading Ebati's book,Iran Awakening....
Regarding both young girl characters in the film, I thought their performances were haunting.... I still have flashbacks of the little girl...0 -
VR, thanks for the tip about Dyer. I'm off to Amazon and the NYTimes to learn more!
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Ann... You might also like to start by reading Dyer's previously published essays which are published in his book Otherwise Known as the Human Condition. I would begin reading the essay by that title that is found towards the end of the book. My friend...another groupie of Dyer's always recommends his yoga book to read first. He is best known for Out of Sheer Rage which I think is MY FAVORITE BOOK.
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No luck getting The Marriage Plot again this week. I finished The Girl in the Blue Beret, I liked it but was disappointed with the ending. My other books aren't in yet so I picked up another Toni Morrison book that I have not read before, Paradise.
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It looks like a great weekend is on its way. VR is going to meet Geoff Dyer when he leads a discussion at The Museum of Moving Images... Which happens to be a gem of a museum as well!
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I am going to host my book club next month. I would love to get some suggestions from group. We usually read a review for 4 or 5 books and then vote as a group and read the top pick. My pride is on the line, help me pick some great books. I will try to get them read before the next meeting.
Elizabeth
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Just joining you ladies and I cannot believe there hasn't been any talk here of the "Fifty Shades of Grey" trilogy..... I read it a about a month ago and it has gone viral!!!
Anyone???
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For all you Downton Abbey lovers, I just finished "The World of Downton Abbey" by Jessica Fellowes. Very insightful into the background and history of that era. Loved it.
Jane
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I'm 1/3 of the way through King of the Badgers by Booker shortlist author Philip Hensher. Haven't decided what I think yet. Has anyone read it?
Just ordered Private Life by Jane Smiley. I liked some of her older books. Also ordered the latest Stephen White paperback - The Last Lie. I really like his protagonist Dr. Alan Gregory - Boulder psychologist. It's so typical that I bought two books from Amazon when I have a bag of 15 books from the library, but I had a gift certificate from my nephew that's been burning a hole in my pocket since Christmas. Wanted to get The Cat's Table based on recommendations here, but I'll wait for the paperback or my turn at the library.
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I saw the movie found it too longI think I expected it to be better.It was geared towards children so it was not that gory.
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Just found this thread! During the past 5 months, I've done almost nothing except read. I've read about 2-3 books a week. Thank goodness for Kindle. But I have missed my regular book club, so this is a great substitute.
I'll need to go back and read previous threads, so I don't duplicate what's already been said, but here are a few of my favorites from the past few months:
Fiction:
"Rules of Civility"
"The Art of Fielding"
"Caleb's Crossing"
Non-Fiction:
"Catherine the Great"
Biography of Steve Jobs
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Wavewhisper... I started reading Rules of Civility and have to return to it. Glad you enjoyed it. Will look at it over the summer.
Finally finished reading Eric Topol, MD's book, The Creative Destruction of Medicine. I am now thinking of reading it again! That's how good it is. There were parts that were difficult to understand. But I saw the future of medicine with glimpses of how it is changing NOW. He offers a map to the future of medicine and it really gives a great description on how a very broken system can be fixed while also saving money.
What I found amazing (trust me EVERYTHING HE WRITES ABOUT IS AMAZING), was he felt that more money will be saved NOT BY DIGITALIZING RECORDS( he thinks that's a drop in the bucket) but by individualized medicine. We are starting to see that with targeted treatments for cancer. Another savings will come from overhauling how clinical trials are conducted. What he proposes, using personalized data will turn how we conduct clinical trials upside down!
My head was bopping up and down and ricocheting as I read the book and was agreeing with what he was writing, while being blown away by his vision.
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I saw War Horse and I agree with mumayan that it was too long. I thought the movie was pretty good, but not great.0
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I am so stuck! Can't get into any book right now. I did read a different book on about the real Dowger of Highclear castle - Downton Abby. Was quite good. But downloaded the new Stephen King book to my Kindle and it is the only one I have on it... Tried reading .... oh you all know the one about The Hedghog and just couldn't get into it. Have no clue what to even try to read. I was reading about two books a week and now nothing.... no clue why. So any fabulous suggestions to get me back into reading? Thanks
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Fabulous reading suggestions???!!! Start with page 1 of this thread!!!! Something should knock you off your feet!!!! There are soooo many great suggestions!!!! Reading the thread should get you back in the groove!!!! Good luck!
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I havent' read all 61 pages here, so forgive me if these have already been mentioned.
Mystery:
Elizabeth George (Inspector Lindly series). Set in England, these are wonderful character driven novels that just happen to also be Scotland Yard mysteries.
Jim Butcher (Harry Dresden Files) The reviews on the back of the book describe it as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer starring Philip Marlowe" and "What would you get if you crossed Spenser with Merlin? Probably you would come up with someone very like Harry Dresden, wizard, tough guy."
Historical Fiction:
Sharon K. Penman: most of her books center around Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Non-Fiction
A. J. Jacobs: The Year of Living Biblically and The Know-It-All (he reads the entire Encylopedia Britannica.) Both are humorous and informative.
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I second Ishie's recommendation of Elizabeth George's mysteries. I just finished her most recent, "Believe the Lie." The characters are multi-dimensional, very real, and the mysteries are excellent.
I also recommend Tana French's novels, including "A Faithful Place," "In the Woods" and her most recent -- and the best -- "The Likeness." These also are set in England (or Ireland, I forget) and are character-driven but have most intriguing and very unusual mysteries. I just finished "The Likeness" and both my sister and daughter also loved it.
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Currently reading the Orchid House. - Very good so far....
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Weighing in for Elizabeth George. I scouted out those books in the series I was missing in used book shops & re-read them all last year. They're keepers. If you like George, you'll like Deborah Crombie - Detective Sup Duncan Kinaid & his partner Gemma.0
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Thanks, MinusTwo! I read a couple of the Deborah Crombie books lent to me by a friend when I was doing chemo, and I really liked them, but I couldn't for the life of me remember the author's name any time that I have been in a bookstore. Now I will know who to look for.0
