BOOK TALK-general #4 2008 http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/topic/1354/t/BOOK-TALK-general-4-2008.html en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:03:34 GMT Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:00:47 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/topic/1354/t/BOOK-TALK-general-4-2008.html Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Re: BOOK TALK-general #4 2008 ]]> http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/reply/34065/t/BOOK-TALK-general-4-2008.html#reply-34065 feeds@yuku.com (Blanchard) http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/sreply/34065 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:00:47 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: BOOK TALK-general #4 2008 ]]> http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/reply/34048/t/BOOK-TALK-general-4-2008.html#reply-34048
Sample of prose: "Tumbled rock lay in her way alongside shattered trees, their branches torn loose or tufted into bouquets. The silhouettes of old root systems reared up before her like warnings, something brainlike in their clogged, venous gnarls, and dangling there amid the damp earth like Christmas ornaments were pebbles and shards.">>>

Karen, sometimes it seems like an author tries too hard to write beautifully. I wonder if that might... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (BCCTril) http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/sreply/34048 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:13:59 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: BOOK TALK-general #4 2008 ]]> http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/reply/34045/t/BOOK-TALK-general-4-2008.html#reply-34045 That's OK Jill, I used to like the smell of "bluelines". Weird, huh? Not weird to me Jods, I love that smell too. For normal folks, bluelines used to be the stage just before final printing (pre-digital) and it was a rather smelly light blue ink on a special photographic type paper. It's a rather chemical smell not unlike a darkroom.
]]> feeds@yuku.com (BCCJillster) http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/sreply/34045 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:17:38 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: BOOK TALK-general #4 2008 ]]> http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/reply/34043/t/BOOK-TALK-general-4-2008.html#reply-34043 feeds@yuku.com (jodijoy) http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/sreply/34043 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:03:11 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: BOOK TALK-general #4 2008 ]]> http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/reply/34042/t/BOOK-TALK-general-4-2008.html#reply-34042 feeds@yuku.com (BCCJillster) http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/sreply/34042 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:53:44 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: BOOK TALK-general #4 2008 ]]> http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/reply/34037/t/BOOK-TALK-general-4-2008.html#reply-34037
Spoiler [+]
I was SO surprised at her limited kleptomania--LOL--it... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (BCCJillster) http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/sreply/34037 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:39:37 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: BOOK TALK-general #4 2008 ]]> http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/reply/34036/t/BOOK-TALK-general-4-2008.html#reply-34036 feeds@yuku.com (Blanchard) http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/sreply/34036 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:53:19 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: BOOK TALK-general #4 2008 ]]> http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/reply/34030/t/BOOK-TALK-general-4-2008.html#reply-34030
Anyway, I hope you enjoy The Piano Teacher, Bets, because I sure did. Now I just need to marshal myself to write that review... (I swear I don't understand why LTER puts up with me. They send me so many books and I write so few reviews.... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (wernoclue) http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/sreply/34030 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:29:40 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: BOOK TALK-general #4 2008 ]]> http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/reply/34029/t/BOOK-TALK-general-4-2008.html#reply-34029
Oh and I just received two free books from Amazon Vine: The Piano Teacher, chosen because of Jill's rave reviews here and Val McDermid's Darker Domain. I do hope it isn't ghoulishly violent. Ha! Oh me of little faith (makes two of us here!)! I choose the books and write the reviews and Curt gets the credit because he's the one who was selected by Amazon to pick and write. Curt selected me to read, enjoy and then do the homework. Hey! It works for us!... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Blanchard) http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/sreply/34029 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:31:06 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: BOOK TALK-general #4 2008 ]]> http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/reply/34028/t/BOOK-TALK-general-4-2008.html#reply-34028
http://www.vialibri.net/

(Jodi, the enabler) ]]> feeds@yuku.com (jodijoy) http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/sreply/34028 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:58:49 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: BOOK TALK-general #4 2008 ]]> http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/reply/34026/t/BOOK-TALK-general-4-2008.html#reply-34026
ETA: Oh ME of little faith. Mine shipped too and is due here TOMORROW!!!! YAY YAY YAY
Only problem is that I devour them so fast. Maybe I should ration the pages? Yeah right LOL
]]> feeds@yuku.com (BCCJillster) http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/sreply/34026 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:40:46 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: BOOK TALK-general #4 2008 ]]> http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/reply/34025/t/BOOK-TALK-general-4-2008.html#reply-34025 feeds@yuku.com (Blanchard) http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/sreply/34025 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:38:46 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: BOOK TALK-general #4 2008 ]]> http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/reply/34024/t/BOOK-TALK-general-4-2008.html#reply-34024 feeds@yuku.com (BCCJillster) http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/sreply/34024 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:23:17 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: BOOK TALK-general #4 2008 ]]> http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/reply/34020/t/BOOK-TALK-general-4-2008.html#reply-34020 feeds@yuku.com (Blanchard) http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/sreply/34020 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:57:51 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: BOOK TALK-general #4 2008 ]]> http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/reply/34014/t/BOOK-TALK-general-4-2008.html#reply-34014 End of the book? Thought others here might find it of interest.
]]> feeds@yuku.com (wernoclue) http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/sreply/34014 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:18:42 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: BOOK TALK-general #4 2008 ]]> http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/reply/33771/t/BOOK-TALK-general-4-2008.html#reply-33771 feeds@yuku.com (Blanchard) http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/sreply/33771 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:36:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: BOOK TALK-general #4 2008 ]]> http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/reply/33764/t/BOOK-TALK-general-4-2008.html#reply-33764 feeds@yuku.com (bayjoens) http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/sreply/33764 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:32:52 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: BOOK TALK-general #4 2008 ]]> http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/reply/33763/t/BOOK-TALK-general-4-2008.html#reply-33763
Kathy, thanks for the links, they're being passed on! ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Olle) http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/sreply/33763 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:28:02 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: BOOK TALK-general #4 2008 ]]> http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/reply/33760/t/BOOK-TALK-general-4-2008.html#reply-33760
The Rocky Mountain News (which is currently for sale with no buyer in sight) ran their piece on best books by first-time authors last week. I was particularly interested in this one, not because of the plot description but because of the "Best Reason to Read" section:
The Outlander

By Gil Adamson. HarperCollins, $25.95.

... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (wernoclue) http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/sreply/33760 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:45:09 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: BOOK TALK-general #4 2008 ]]> http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/reply/33757/t/BOOK-TALK-general-4-2008.html#reply-33757
Betsy, say more about Winton's book? he's... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (BCCJillster) http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/sreply/33757 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:48:13 GMT <![CDATA[ BOOK TALK-general #4 2008 ]]> http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/topic/1354/t/BOOK-TALK-general-4-2008.html
just wish I'd spoken up at nomination time.......
That's a really tricky issue for many of us. To say or not to say? Is it far easier to say we loved a book than that we absolutely hated it? Do you worry about unduly influencing the vote? We know our tastes don't always align--so what to do?

For... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (BCCJillster) http://bookchatcentral.yuku.com/topic/1354 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:03:34 GMT