false 4 1 1 true 6062207 read 0 true 1125854 currently-reading 0 true 1125853 to-read <![CDATA[new comment from Ann]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/157126-my-name-is-red-by-orhan-pamuk-discussion Ann made a comment in the Constant Reader group:

I read this book during last Christmas vacation, so I don't remember a lot of details. I have also read the author's SNOW. At the beginning of reading both books,I was really enthusiastic. As I continued to read, I got bogged down in the middle. However, I enjoyed them both enough to persevere to the end.

What I like about Pamuk the most is that he helps me visit worlds I barely knew existed before I met his books. That makes the experience of reading him worthwhile for me, although I would like to see him condense his books - they do seem to repeat themselves a lot.

Whitaker, I really liked what you said about the book being a homage to the miniaturists and their art ]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Ann]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/140418-a-focused-life Ann made a comment in the Constant Reader group:

Thanks, Sherry. I enjoyed that article. I find it reassuring to know that there is no such thing as multitasking since I seem unable to master it. Now I don't have to feel so inadequate.

I would love one of those little hearing aid type devices (to be invented in the future) for one one my students , whose basically bright but very, very scattered.

Ann ]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Ann]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/136111-greg-mortenson Ann made a comment in the Constant Reader group:

I was so impressed by his book. I would like to know if the Taliban have destroyed some of his schools in the last year.

Ann ]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Ann]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/135000-henry-james Ann made a comment in the Constant Reader group:

I loved READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN, not least because of all the references to the classics. I wouldn't have read most of the latter without participating in the Classics Corner section of Constant Reader-which has now found a home on Good Reads. I am happy to know that the author of READING LOLITA is just as interesting in person, Kate.

I have read the books which you mentioned, Susan, but it has been too long ago to comment much. I like James, but in some of his later writings the sentences get so long and convoluted, I wonder what the man had against periods. PORTRAIT OF A LADY was probably my favorite. I also read THE HOUSE OF MIRTH, this time with a small in person book club. I must say that the title is extremely ironic. All the emphasis on social class in these books reminds me of how far we have come - at least in some ways.

Ann

]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Ann]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/133779-and-the-fiction-pulitzer-is Ann made a comment in the Constant Reader group:

I checked it out of the library and read a few chapters. Maybe it was just too dreary for my tastes at the time, but I never finished it.

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