You'll be surprised but Tom will like this--I just ordered the new Christopher Buckley book about his parents: Mum and Pup. William Buckley was such a
immense character but I didn't know much about Pat and Chris can be so funny that I couldn't resist. I read some random pages and heard a few people
talk about it. Anyone else read it? Interested? Planning to?
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Reading: Stone's Fall by Iain Pears; about to start Enchantress of Florence
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05/09/09 11:18 AM BCC Zen Bookie Master
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It caught my eye but so far, it hasn't landed in my hand. :) I'll be interested in your take on it, Jill.
Betsy
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05/09/09 12:02 PM |
You guys are expressing exactly my opinion about that list. There are some great titles on it, but it reads like a college lit "must read" course
requirement. I don't know if I could gather a top 100, but I wonder if I could single out 20 or 25 that have made impact in various ways. I'm going to
start thinking, and maybe start a thread too. (Course, now I remember that I never posted my HS english essay list of books. I've got to go back and do
that for you all!)
kathy
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Oh right Kathy, that sounded so interesting at the time. Please do if you can find it. Ok let's start a list of our own
Reading: Stone's Fall by Iain Pears; about to start Enchantress of Florence
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05/10/09 08:21 AM BCC BookieMonster |
Jill, I put Stone's Fall aside so I can get started with Borderlands. I read your review on Amazon. I've never written a review before but since I got
SF as an ARC it seems the least I can do. Did you finish or put up the review based on what you have read? I know you were about 100 pages ahead of me.
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Oh I definitely finished. It didn't disappoint. All comes clear in the end.
Reading: Stone's Fall by Iain Pears; about to start Enchantress of Florence
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05/10/09 12:39 PM |
I just finished Murder in the Latin Quarter by Cara Black. Although it read quickly and all the Paris locations were fun, the heroine was annoying without
humor or subtlety and the mystery was all that mysterious. She runs around in her vintage designer dresses and patent leather heels and yet manages to elude
the bad guys and the flics. Also, the book ends with a hook to the next novel and that definitely felt like manipulation. Even though, Cara Black is a local
writer and I love the location, I don't think I will look for the others unless I am desperate for something to read.
Sandra
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05/11/09 07:54 AM |
I received a nice chunky Barnes and Noble gift card for mother's day. It's funny that I am more careful about what I buy with a gift card than when I
go with my own money and just pick-up books helter skelter.
I'm reading Borderline, which I hope is not going to just be a political statement about our southern border. I've onl read less than 100 pages, so we shall see.
Mary
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05/11/09 08:03 AM BCC ZEN BOOKIE COOKIE
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Our Southern Border Mary?? Are you considering yourself an Irish national? Or is Borderline the Nevada Barr book, not our who dun it? LOLLL
Reading: Stone's Fall by Iain Pears; about to start Enchantress of Florence
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05/11/09 10:51 AM |
I'm guessing she's reading the Nevada Barr. There were a # of books with the title BorderlandS when I went to check out our current who dun it at the
library. Saw the NB title on the line above. :)
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05/11/09 01:48 PM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER |
She's reading the new Nevada Barr and, Mary, it's not just a statement about the southern border. In fact, she was fairly well restrained in her
political commentary this go-round considering her location!
Karen
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05/11/09 02:37 PM |
If you haven't already seen the "comment" the new Early Reader list at LibraryThing is up. I saw a blog post there where someone was at the book
fair in London (was Jane there browsing or is it more for publishers?) and she/he was telling publishers there about the site in order to get more ER for their
UK readers. Can only be good for Jane and Ali! Off to add more books to the library. I keep forgetting to do this and am woefully behind.
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05/11/09 03:43 PM BCC ZEN BOOKIE COOKIE
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Olle, I always feel like I'm indulging myself when entering books on LibraryThing--a little like taking a bubble bath with candles lit. It's more
pleasurable than it ought to be, but then, I'm an admitted addict. It's another excuse to handle them, revisit old buddies, think back on when I read
them and how I felt. Much better than just dusting them LOLLL.
Reading: Stone's Fall by Iain Pears; about to start Enchantress of Florence
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05/11/09 04:24 PM |
I saw Stone's fall at B&N today. It is only 600 pages. I wonder if any of what you have (Jill) has been cut, or just the typeface makes such a
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Mary
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Hmmm Mary, it seems strange that they would edit that much that after sending out the ARC, so maybe they i change the type and margins or something. Dang, now
I'm curious.
Reading: Stone's Fall by Iain Pears; about to start Enchantress of Florence
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05/11/09 07:23 PM |
Here are the ds's summer reading choices (14-yo, just finishing freshmen year in hs). Besides the obvious, any suggestions as to what he might like to
read. I told him that I didn't think he would like Daughter's Keeper, might like The Stranger but might not "get it", but don't know much
about the others. He only needs one. Thanks, Sandra
Fiction White Tiger by Aravind Adiga ($15.33) The Stranger by Albert Camus ($13.09) The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde ($16.43) My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult ($17.52) Nonfiction Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah ($13.14) Rock, Paper, Scissor: Game Theory in Everyday Life by Len Fisher ($17.47) Swallow the Ocean by Laura Flynn ($17.46) Unbowed by Wangari Maathai ($16.37) |
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05/11/09 11:14 PM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER |
Jill, maybe the format is different. I think we once decided here that that had a lot to do with it. You know, a book 6 by 8 inches as opposed to one 7 by 9,
or something like that.
Sandra, the only one I've read is My Sister's Keeper... so I don't think I'm much help.
Karen
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05/11/09 11:19 PM BCC Zen Bookie Master
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I just read that Louise Penny was given the "Agatha" award for The Cruelest Month, Best Mystery Novel and was nominated (same book) for the Macavity
Award. Alongside Louise, Deborah Crombie was nominated as well for Where Memories Lie and of course, several other books were also picked. For the Macavity in
the category of Best First Mystery, one of the nominees was The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (and others). Good going, Louise Penny!
Betsy
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05/12/09 06:45 AM BCC BookieMonster |
Sandra, Fforde writes mysteries with characters from classic books in them (Jane Eyre here) although I haven't read any I own most of them and plan on
reading them some day! Could be fun for him. Also, I have read the book here, but took a class on Game Theory in college and it is a really interesting
subject, a fun class. It's all about how we make certain choices to "win" a situation. The classic example being 2 accomplices who are being
interrogated separately for a crime, do they both stay quiet, do they admit their own guilt, or do they blame each other? There is something about how many
years they will get in each situation but in one case one could go free but you have to guess what the other "player" will do and deem if the risk is
worth it.
Courtney
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05/12/09 07:19 AM BCC Bookaholic |
Sandra, I would think that The Eyre Affair would be the most appealing to a 14-year-old boy - it's quite wacky, and an easy read. That would be my
recommendation anyway.
Courtney, how are you finding The Cellist? It's on my TBR pile...........
Jane, UK
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