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Just started PASSAGES by Justin Cronin. Oh my. I think it's going to be a life-interrupter. I kept thinking it would be too "out there" for me, but so many of my friends have raved about it, so here goes!
I am so used to getting books on my Kindle that I get annoyed when I can not get one that way! My book club is doing EVIDENCE OF THINGS UNSEEN by Marianne Wiggins. I read it several years ago, and it's one of the best books I've read. I thought I kept my copy, but alas...and it's not available on Kindle, so I had to order one. Granted, it was cheap, but I can't read it with the lights out like I can my Kindle...spoiled I am now.
Finished up RIVER OF DOUBT by Millard. Really enjoyed that. I cannot imagine the hardships endured on that adventure. She writes so well to draw one in to a story!
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mcsushi- I marked A Tale for the Time Being
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I am enjoying the book Defending Jacob by William Landay
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Cyborg, I absolutely loved that book. I am reading Benediction by Kent Haruf, a completely different kind of book. The former was a page turner; the latter is quietly moving. Like them both a lot though!
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laurie08: There you are! I think you'll really enjoy it. It's one of those stories that is impossible to forget. Let me know what you think!
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Haven't read the new Haruf yet. I have been moved by all his books. Such beautiful, clean writing, like not a word is wasted. Going to have to add it to the Kindle!
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Finished Winter of the World Follet did not let his readers down.(great read)
Have now moved on to Dan Brown The lost symbol and downloaded Inferno.0 -
Right now I'm reading Toni Morrison's Home. Incredible. She is one of my favorite authors. I haven't liked all of her books, some can be a bit preachy. But when she gets down to just telling a story, that woman rocks.
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"Once Upon a Time" about Princess Grace was great.
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mumito, I read Winter of the World and I loved it, too. I am eager to read the final book of the trilogy whenever it is published.
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I am sure I will be one of the first to get my hands on his new book as well Elizabeth.
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Meg Wolitzer never disappoints! Her latest, The Interestings is terrific.
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VR thanks for commenting about Meg Wolitzer's new book. I read the Kindle preview and wasn't overly impressed. Sometimes you can't always tell from the beginning of a book (although it's my favorite way to tell). I compare all of her books to "The Wife" which was my favorite. I'll give "The Interestings" another try since I know that fiction is not your favorite venue
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Wenweb... The Wife is Wolitzer's best novel... IMHO.
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According to goodreads.com, book three of the Century Trilogy is called Edge of Eternity and is due out in 2014. Guess that gives me lots of time to get through book two, Winter of the World. I'm 700 pages into book one, Fall of Giants. soooo good!
I've always liked Ken Follett but had read mostly his spy novels. (Ironically, I brought Eye of the Needle in my hospital bag for post-BMX recovery.) Then out came Pillars of the Earth (one of my all-time fave books) and he went onto the "read everything by this author that you can get your hands on" list.
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Just read Martha Washington: First Lady of Liberty by Helen Bryan. I liked it because there was a lot of Based on alot of research of the whole time period detail; the social, political and economic climate of the south at that time in history. Quite a bit about the role of women, the issue of slavery, and the tensions leading to the Revolution, the war itself and the early years of the country. All this is woven into Martha Washington's real story (which is quit a bit more interesting than the potrait of a middle age lady in a cap). Bryan uses primary and secondary resources; letters, diaries, news accounts, memoirs, acecdotes, oral histories etc. to get inside the time (darn that Martha, she burned nearly all of her and George's letters to each other shortly before her death).
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Ruth... I loved reading The General and Mrs Washington: the Untold Story of a Marriage and a Revolution. I give these authors a lot of credit because there are so few primary sources to piece together the celebrated story of their union. Amazing how she held together her estate while sewing uniforms and also having the time to visit him and his troops. They really seem to have been so devoted to one another and especially devoted to establishing the new country.
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You would like this book too then.
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Oy! Ruth! If you could only see my night stand now... Gotta finish the Meg Wolitzer book....start Building Seagram, finish Drunk Tank Pink...start The New York Grimpendium, try to get through a chapter or two of Middlemarch...Oy...
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I know, I know! I just zipped through a book tonight (wasn't good, won't recommend it), so I could get to Z (novel about Zelda Fitzgerald). I have several big books sitting on the nightstand wating, including the 900 page Autobiography of Mark Twain.....Mark has been sitting there for several years now and he is starting to look grumpy!
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I dont know how do people suggest books.
Selecting a book depends on ones likes and interests.........
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Indeed, shinning, that's why people suggest so many.
I'm reading the Supremes at Earl's All You Can Eat and I'm loving it.
I just finished Tell No One by Harlan Coben. That was excellent as well0 -
Shinning, just talk about books you like. After you've been on the thread awhile, you will figure out which posters have similiar tastes to you....and sometimes you are suprised when someone talks about a book that you never would have picked, and you think, "hmmmm, that sounds interesting", so you read it and it is (or isn't) good, but at the very least you have expanded your reading range
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Ruth... I know how you long to read the Mark Twain book...I feel the same way about the Cleopatra book that I NEED to get to! Like an itch that needs to be scratched!
Gritgirl... I am so glad to hear you are enjoying The Supremes at Earl's All You Can Eat... Don't you have to stop and remind yourself that it's written by a man? Blew me away every time I thought about it...
Shinning...tell us what books you enjoy... and dislike too! That's what this book lovers thread is all about...0 -
Just finished and enjoyed Mur Lafferty's The Shambling Guide to New York City. The premise of which is we coexist with supernaturals who like to see the sights or do business in major cities and need travel guides - peculiar to their interests and needs. A human unemployed young book editor gets hired by a supernatural publisher intent on creating a series of guide books. She, like the majority of humans, was previously unaware of the existence of these creatures and now she works among them - several of whom find it hard to see her as a supervisor rather than a tasty treat. The protagonist is feisty and funny, the features of this alternative world - very imaginative. A short passage of kinky sex, otherwise pure adventure. It reminded me a bit of The Good Fairies of New York by Martin Millar - in which some Scottish thimble fairies on the lam, try to help two misfit New Yorkers and mayhem ensues.
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VR: The supremes is written by a man? Good golly, miss molly. Then he's as good as Wally Lamb who wrote She's Come Undone. I loved that book so much, I bought a copy for my mom and both my sisters.
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Just finished "The Other Typist," a real mind-bender of a book, set during Prohibition. Leaves you shaking your head, but keeps you reading. Another recent release I liked was "Woman Upstairs."
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I recently finished The Nazi Officer's Wife and am now reading My Year With Eleanor, both downloaded from the library. The first one was gripping, and the Eleanor book will be lighthearted, I think.
Jane
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Ruth- Can't wait to see what you think of Z- it is on my I REALLY want to read list.
I have not read a lot as of late with the warm temps and two small kids it has been a lot of outdoor time and to bed early. What I have read has been free kindle reads and I have not hit a good one yet worth recommending. I think I need to get get back to the library or dish our some dough for my must reads.
Happy reading everyone.
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Just finished Gulp - enjoyed it but it did have a big "ick" factor. Started Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, finding it riveting from the first page. This has been on my Kindle for awhile, DH and DS have read it and both loved it.
School is over this week, the responsibility load will lighten up and I happy to have more time to read! I plan to weed through the many downloaded and sample books on my Kindle, figure out what to finish and what to delete.
Happy Summer ~
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