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[Margo]

The Shadow of the Wind is what I picked for Europe in the continent challenge, but I want to read it now!

[Paul]

One of the best books you'll read Margo. We've all Zafons books on our shelves here

[Margo]

Paul wrote: "One of the best books you'll read Margo. We've all Zafons books on our shelves here"

Not helping my self control Paul lol

[Margo]

Emma wrote: "Helping with self control isn't in this groups brief."

LOL

[Frank]

Sherry wrote: "Kevin wrote: "Oh man, The Shadow of the Wind, how can it be so good? A book made for readers like us."

It looks very good. I added it."

I added it to my own "To Read" shelf. Looks like something I'd really enjoy.

[SherryRose]

Maybe it'll be a group read someday.

[Kevin]

Sherry wrote: "Thanks to you too Kevin for the book suggestion!
Enjoy your day off."

Not a bother Sherry. I may nominate it next month.

[SherryRose]

Good idea Kevin. :)

[Margo]

Has anyony read any Josephine Tey? I'm reading The Franchise Affair, I'm about half way through, and I'm starting to notice a distinct ani- irish vibe. It's not just the usual `johnny foreigner` tone. It's starting to piss me off.

I can't explain why, when I can read Chrissty and Sayers without batting an eyelid. They're racism it aimed at all foreigners, not at one race in particular. I always felt they were a bit tounge, poking a bit of fun at themselves. This lady is rasist, moralistic, and class conscious in the worst possible way. Reminds me of storys of uncles traveling to scotland for the rugby why couldn't find accommodation or refused entry into bars. " no dogs or irish".

Am I being oversensative?

[Kevin]

Margo wrote: "Has anyony read any Josephine Tey? I'm reading The Franchise Affair, I'm about half way through, and I'm starting to notice a distinct ani- irish vibe. It's not just th..."

Don't give in to them Margo! If you let them know if has an affect on you they will just do it some more. :)

[Margo]

Kevin wrote: "Margo wrote: "Has anyony read any Josephine Tey? I'm reading The Franchise Affair, I'm about half way through, and I'm starting to notice a distinct ani- irish vibe. It..."

Yes, we must stand strong - the spirit of rebellion is in the air! And I watched Sufferagette last night. I know how this works!!!

[SherryRose]

It sounds like Tey was a bigot to the Irish. It's ok to be ticked off about it.

I watched Dylan Moran on you tube making fun of Americans. He said the WHOLE world hates us. Then he ripped on Ireland and Australia and England and Germany. He's actually very funny and for some reason I didn't feel upset about. If it were just Americans I might have felt bad. That man makes me laugh until I cry. I love to watch Black Books on Netflix.

[SherryRose]

On a lighter note, Fortunately, the Milk What a delightful children's story. Yes I listened to it! It's on overdrive at our library. Neil Gaiman is a great narrator of his own books. This book makes me wish my kids were little again. No grandkids yet lol

[Margo]

Sherry wrote: "On a lighter note, Fortunately, the Milk What a delightful children's story. Yes I listened to it! It's on overdrive at our library. Neil Gaiman is a great narrator of his own books..."

Sherry I had a similar thing a few mouths back. I read The Little Prince and A Snicker of Magic, and all I could think was how much I would have enjoyed reading them with Colm 10 years ago (sniffle)!

And yes, Gaiman could easily work as a narrator if he gets a bad case of writters block LOL

[SherryRose]

Margo wrote: "Sherry wrote: "On a lighter note, Fortunately, the Milk What a delightful children's story. Yes I listened to it! It's on overdrive at our library. Neil Gaiman is a great narrator o..."


They grow too fast, Margo! Yes if Gaiman gets writers block he could be a narrator but an imagination like that should never freeze up! He's very clever.

[Barbara]

Margo wrote: "Kevin wrote: "Margo wrote: "Has anyony read any Josephine Tey? I'm reading The Franchise Affair, I'm about half way through, and I'm starting to notice a distinct ani- ..."

I watched the Suffragette on the plane yesterday and twice it made me cry.

[Karen]

This year I have read

Classis Novels


Historial Fiction


Plays



Mystery


Last Month BOM


I enjoyed the story but found the ending a let down

BOM
I am making my way through

[Margo]

Karen wrote: "This year I have read

Classis Novels
and put it aside to read something for book club. I never got back to it and I was enjoying it! Aagh - too many books, too little time. Great complaint :-D

[Karen]

Margo wrote: "Karen wrote: "This year I have read

Classis Novels
[..."

:-) I have to agree Margo, still have alot to get read myself but loving the challenge

[Margo]

Well I finished The Franchise Affair and I have to sat it's the first time I have been driven to finish a book by shear disgust at the ideas it puts forwards. I began to get a little uncomfortable both author ad charactors quite early into this novel but it was so well written that I decided to stick with it. What carried my on to the end was disbelief that anyone could take this woman seriously.

A friend passed this link on to (spoiler alert)

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2009...

It is a piece by Sarah Waters that puts the story into context. I still hate the book, but maybe my reaction says as much about my own prejudices as it does about Ms. Teys.

[Cathleen]

March has been a wash in terms of reading, but I'll get back on track in April. After the visit to Ireland--including meeting Emma, which was fantastic :)--I came home, got sick, had to give midterms, and lost my voice for the past couple of weeks :). It's time for spring, for sure.

[Margo]

Cathleen wrote: "March has been a wash in terms of reading, but I'll get back on track in April. After the visit to Ireland--including meeting Emma, which was fantastic :)--I came home, got sick, had to give midter..."

Hope you feel better soon Cathleen. Glad you enjoyed Ireland ;-)

[Paul]

Get well soon :-) Sorry we couldnt get into town when you were here

[Cathleen]

Thanks, Margo and Paul. We get a few days off for Easter so that will help. And fingers crossed, I'll visit again :)

[Paul]

Irelands worth a few visits. :-)

[Margo]

While sorting out the kitchen presses today I managed to listen to 15 chapter of The Name of the Wind. It is brilliant! I'm 21 chapters in so far - and my cupboards are shining. Gotta love audio ;-p

[Paul]

You can join me and Kevin in the wait for book 3 soon :-)

[Margo]

Paul wrote: "You can join me and Kevin in the wait for book 3 soon :-)"

Oh, I didn't even realize it wasn't out. Any idea when it's coming? I have book 2 for ages, think I picked it up in an audible sale. If I'd had any idea they were this good I'd have bought the 1st book years ago!

[SherryRose]

Margo wrote: "While sorting out the kitchen presses today I managed to listen to 15 chapter of The Name of the Wind. It is brilliant! I'm 21 chapters in so far - and my cupboards are shining. Gotta..."

That's how this place gets clean lol!

[Paul]

Margo, Rothfuss is very slow finishing up. It should have been out two years ago but no sign yet. But it will be worth the wait.

[Margo]

Paul wrote: "Margo, Rothfuss is very slow finishing up. It should have been out two years ago but no sign yet. But it will be worth the wait."

That makes me even more interested. So many books these days give you the feeling that the end has been rushed in order to meet deadline. I don't think a week finish necessarily ruins a book, but maybe it destroys a series.

Sherry, in that case I should do more listening LOL

[Kevin]

Oh jee, don't even remind about how long we will be waiting for Doors of Stone. Apparently it has been written for years but Rothfuss is a compulsive reviser, aka a pain in the arse! :)

[SherryRose]

Margo wrote: "Paul wrote: "Margo, Rothfuss is very slow finishing up. It should have been out two years ago but no sign yet. But it will be worth the wait."

That makes me even more interested. So many books the..."

Yes me too Margo! It's time for spring cleaning. Lol

[Sara]

Kevin's reading of The Shadow of the Wind inspired me to get around to reading (as an audio book) the third book in the trilogy, The Prisoner of Heaven....which didn't feel quite tightly constructed as tightly constructed as The Shadow of the Wind. Sadly, the cemetery of Lost Books only gets a brief mention. However, it was still a smashing good read and a fitting conclusion to the trilogy, tying together some threads from the first two books and also raising some interesting questions about memory and identity.

The audio book narrator was solid on this one (just FYI for Margo and other audio book aficionados).

I'm also curious if anyone knows of any good nonfiction books that give an overview of the Spanish Civil War.

Tonight I should also finish the BOTM, The Secret Scripture, which I've been struggling to get into...More on that in the spoiler thread when I'm done with it.

[Margo]

I'm sorry I didn't vote for TSOTW in our poll now! At that time it was the clear leader and I didn't think my vote would change anything much. It's tough when there's more than 1 book you really want to read up for BOM. Starting to agree with Kevin - feck the challange -we could all be dead tomorrow LOL

[Paul]

I think TSOTW will easily win in another poll so it will come back

[Karen]

I am finding it hard to keep up with the BOM challenge :-(, I seem too have to many series started but yet to finish, if I could find a cabin in the wood full of food for a year I meet get done :-)

[Paul]

I think even then I'd find a way of buying more books.

[Karen]

I have just finished reading

by Louise O'Neill

my review
(https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)

great read

[Paul]

We have a discussion thread going for that book as its one of our Irish quarterly reads if you want to jump in there . Some interesting discussion in there already :-)

[Karen]

Paul wrote: "We have a discussion thread going for that book as its one of our Irish quarterly reads if you want to jump in there . Some interesting discussion in there already :-)"

Thank you Paul I will

[Trelawn]

I started reading After The Crash by Michel Bussi yesterday. This is not usually my sort of book but after 80 pages I am hooked. The writing is not entirely polished which I am not sure is the fault of the original or the translation but it is still a good story so far.

[SherryRose]

I'm reading Maisie Dobbs. It's very good. The author is very good at showing what life was like during WW1. I think it would make a good tv series.

[Cathleen]

I'm making my way through A Star Called Henry. I started it earlier in the month and am returning to it now. I can still tell that it's Roddy Doyle, but it seems quite different from his other novels. And I'm reading something light --Under an English Heaven: An Ellie Kent Mystery. I wasn't familiar with the book or the author, so I had no expectations for it, and it's turning out to be a good, light read.

[Barbara]

Cathleen wrote: "I'm making my way through A Star Called Henry. I started it earlier in the month and am returning to it now. I can still tell that it's Roddy Doyle, but it seems quite different from h..."

I can see alternating as A Star Called Henry is not light in any way.

[Margo]

I'm feeling really ropey tonight so I'm going to go to bed and start listening to a The Taxidermist's Daughter :-)

[Sara]

For the past few days I've been immersed in Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie.

I was a tad worried going in, because I knew Emma had a bit of a rough go of it with it. I'm finding that I'm really enjoying my dual listen/read. The audio narration helps me get into the rhythm of the story, while reading some bits of it, helps me devour more of it faster. I think it's the kind of book where you really need to concentrate/immerse yourself fully into it. It's a big sprawling history of a individual (and his family) juxtaposed against the history of India. In that way, it's similar to Half of a Yellow Sun. Unlike Half a Yellow Sun though, it has fantasy/magical realism elements.

I'm a little less than halfway through and look forward to the book's second half.

[SherryRose]

Just finished Maisie Dobbs. I have the 2nd book in the series on hold. I wish I could have it now lol

[Margo]

That sounds goo Sherry. Ihave put it into my wishlist

[SherryRose]

I hope you like itMargo. I loved it.