Sherry's comments
(member since May 30, 2009)
Sherry's comments from the The Next Best Book Club group.
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Finished myself today and these last few days I've been pretty much glued to the pages and all the Count's various plots coming together.
Now I better understand the saying 'revenge is a dish best served cold'.
My list would be too long to put here. I did make a list of 101 Books to Read Before I Croak and it is mainly made up of classics but the ones I hope to read in my immediate future would be:
War and Peace- I started earlier in the year but laid it aside for books I got for Christmas (damn you Sookie Stackhouse!)
A Passage to India
Jane Eyre
The Three Musketeers
Les Mis
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Pride and Prejudice
Dr Zhivago
Lolita
The Grapes of Wrath
Rachel, I like your zombirific summer idea. I have several zombie books waiting in the wings and thought it would be fun to set a month aside and gorge on zombie fiction!I just recently added Patient Zero to my Mount TBR pile and I'm glad to hear it's a good one.
Hmmm...I picked up Last Night of the Lobster several times but each time I put it down, distracted by other, shiny things. Now that I see you gave it 4 stars I'm tempted to give it a try after all.
Good luck with the goal and Congrats on the new baby! My son is expecting his baby in Sept as well. My first grand-baby! A little girl! I'm obviously a wee bit excited....
April wrote: "Dwight: Question, is there firewood on the island?
Jim: I guess...."
LOL April!
I would have to agree on the Outlander series. Big, meaty, time consuming books that never fail to engage my interest.
Thanks Dorie, it sounds good and I've added it to my wishlist.
What is this Shutter Island of which you speak? I've never heard of it until now...
LOL!
As if being a happily married working mom with 2 beautiful boys,who avidly loves to read isn't enough meaning in a person's life...what a wanker!
To interpret the ending as being a product of dementia would negate the meaning of the novel for me. I attributed Jacob's crankiness as a natural response to being in a situation where he had no autonomy or power for the simplest of things that as adults we pretty much take for granted. Especially when the circus came to town and reminded him of the man he used to be.I feel sure that if I were to find myself in Jacob's situation I'd be pretty damn cranky as well!
It's interesting that he "ran" away to join the circus, looking for autonomy the same way that many teenagers do when they run away to join the circus and for the same reasons. And for what it's worth having grown up on a carnival, I didn't find it implausible at all that Jacob would have been taken in. It's just the sort of thing that could very well have happened given Jacob's age and history with the circus.
“Are you a widdle boy or a widdle girl?”
"I valued every word she said to me."
OMG! This gave me a pretty good laugh for the day, though I don't imagine that was the response he was looking for.
Wow Jon! Your photograghy is fantastic!
Yaaaay for Blindness! You're in for an awesome read Eric! I loved that book and literally could not put it down!
Happy early Birthday!
The Book Gobbler,I've heard really good things about 2666. If you are able to get to it any time soon I'd be very interested in your thoughts on the book.
Heather and Eric,how cool is it that you both share a love of books and GR's!
Melissa,I loved Lonesome Dove so much that I was compelled to read the rest of the books in the series. I couldn't get enough of Gus and Call,two of my all-time favorite characters.
Well said Logan! I agree whole-heartedly!
I really enjoyed Mistress of the Art of Death and City of Shadows is by far my favorite of hers. She also writes under the name of Diana Norman.
Heather, Saving Fish From Drowning improves as it goes on but it is quite a bit different from her usual fare.
For what it's worth I loved Lisey's Story. I had no trouble following it and the story sucked me right in.
Eyes of the Dragon is one I haven't read yet though my daughter raved about it when she read it.
My faves would be The Stand,The Shining,It
Jill,it was wonderful to read the opening paragragh from MacCarthy's The Road. One of the best reads for me this year! I'll definitely be reading more from him.
I loved Cannery Row. I developed such a fondness for Mack and the boys. Enjoy Justine!
