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Sep 30, 2015 07:46AM
Chrissie, that's great to hear. I thought it was good, too, and will be reading more books by Paul Auster.
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Petra, I picked up Paul Auster's Moon Palace. The reason why I didn't choose The New York Trilogy is that it is three novellas. I think they are interconnected though, Diane. Please tell me if you feel like you are getting one story, since you know I prefer long over short.
I mean everybody who loves dogs will enjoy Timbuktu! VERY funny book and sad.
B the BookAddict wrote: "@Shirley I read The Paying Guests first which launched me into one of my Author Marathons. I ordered all her other books from the library and read them one after the other. I wou..."Well I already knew, as it was our book club choice and someone told me. I think all but one of her books feature a same-sex relationship. Interesting.
I finished The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness. 4 stars . My review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
That looks interesting, Angela M, and I added it to my tbr shelf. I also added Please Look After Mom by the same author. Have you read that one?
Ann , I have not read Please Look After Mom but I'll be adding that too .
Just finished Hide and Seek
Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and Life After Life
. Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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The first was Carol Goodman The Lake of Dead Languages - and I didn't like it so much. Too complicated to be a real mystery.
The second was Susan Vreeland Una ragazza da Tiffany. I've always loved Clara Driscol's lamps! Interesting life hers
Sandy, re Life After Life, that was my first by Atkinson. What I liked most was her choice of words, her writing. I also liked the central questions posed: If you could live your life over time and time again, would you/ could you ever get it right? That's the central question. A secondary one is if this ability to relive your life would be a gift or a curse. Interesting questions. What annoyed me a lot was how confusing the book was.
@Laura Clara and Mr. Tiffany is my next read after I finish my new Where My Heart Used to Beat.Have to admit, I'm pretty intrigued by the whole idea of the story of Clara and her employer so look forward to reading it. I guess I'll be flipping around in Wiki to further fact source at the book's end.
I finished Infinite Home by Kathleen AlcottMy review is at: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Chrissie wrote: "Sandy, re Life After Life, that was my first by Atkinson. What I liked most was her choice of words, her writing. I also liked the central questions posed: If you could live your li..."Hi Chrissie - I too love Atkinson's use of language...She can say so much with very few words. There was one passage in particular dealing with her grief that was so brief but packed a real punch! (I don't have the book on me or I would quote the passage)
I can strongly recommend all her other books. I think you started with the toughest one! 8:D
I read The Sisters of Versailles. 2.5 rounded to 3 stars . My review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Sandy *The world could end while I was reading and I would never notice* wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "Sandy, re Life After Life, that was my first by Atkinson. What I liked most was her choice of words, her writing. I also liked the central questions posed: If you c..."So which is your favorite?
No more Faulkner for me. Here follows my review of The Reivers: A Reminiscence : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
B the BookAddict wrote: "@Shirley I read The Paying Guests first which launched me into one of my Author Marathons. I ordered all her other books from the library and read them one after the other. I wou..."Do you have a favorite Sarah Waters book, B?
@Chuck It's a close finish between Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith with the former taking out the extra 1/2★.
Have just finished Wolf Of The Plains. A gripping read! At one point I was unexpectedly moved to tears.My Review
Finished my first spooky story of October, Edith Wharton: The Pomegranate Seed, the Moving Fingerhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
B the BookAddict wrote: "@Chuck It's a close finish between Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith with the former taking out the extra 1/2★."Thanks, B; I've only read two: THE LITTLE STRANGER and AFFINITY. I liked them both.
Diane S.✨ wrote: "Finished my first spooky story of October, Edith Wharton: The Pomegranate Seed, the Moving Fingerhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
I SO want to read some scary books, but I can't find anything. It's all the same old stuff: Stephen King, THE EXORCIST, HELL HOUSE, THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, ROSEMARY'S BABY, bla bla bla ad infinitum.
There's a writer I like named Adam Nevill who will have one out this month I wanna read: Lost Girl. For anyone who hasn't read The Ritual I highly recommend it.
Chuck wrote: "Diane S.✨ wrote: "Finished my first spooky story of October, Edith Wharton: The Pomegranate Seed, the Moving Fingerhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
I SO want to re..."
Thanks Chuck...I do so love a scary book, but like you, I haven't read one that has actually frightened me for a very long time......I did watch a 2 part mini-series the other night called Remember Me that had me sitting on the edge of my seat, and jumping a little! First of those for a while too!
I would not mind a REALLY scary book but I have yet to find one of those classified as horror that scares me. It has to be believable too, otherwise it just will not scare me. I am open to suggestions.
I finished 2 books this week; one of them an audio book.The Nature of the Beast - the 11th of the Inspector Gamache series. I enjoyed it but not nearly as much as the rest of the series.
I found that Inspector Gamache overstepped his bounds. He's no longer Chief Inspector, so why does he act as if he is? It's as if Louise Penny couldn't figure out how to change his role in the series.
Also, the audio version has a new narrator. I found the voices to be a lot the same. It led to a rather flat listening experience.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Coat in the Woods - this was a surprise novel. I found it in my pile of books at home, don't remember buying or seeing it before and no one on GR has read it yet. Surprising.
The writing is fine, the story is interesting. It's a first novel, I'm sure (it reads like one). This is a good "vacation" read: interesting enough to enjoy; fine to put down and do other things.
Basically, it's a family story of healing and learning about the past.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Chrissie wrote: "I would not mind a REALLY scary book but I have yet to find one of those classified as horror that scares me. It has to be believable too, otherwise it just will not scare me. I am open to suggesti..."Believable is tricky with horror. But I'm reading Misery by Stephen King and it's pretty believable as far as horror goes. It's also very good. I don't know if you've read it though Chrissie.
I will check it out, Charbel. Thanks.
Three plays this time :)The Dame of Sark by William Douglas-Home ★★★
my review
Amadeus by Peter Shaffer ★★★★★
my review
Woman in Mind by Alan Ayckbourn ★★★★
my review
Bette - I loved that you linked to the same great review by Jeffrey that I did in that discussion! :D
@Jean JK is the source of a lot of my reading material.
@ Charbel: Have you seen the film MISERY? It is well made. Watch it if you have not.
Oh, that film. Kathy Bates has given me the creeps ever since I saw that.
That's right, Bette. But it was a superb performance.
Sandy *The world could end while I was reading and I would never notice* wrote: "Just finished Hide and Seek Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... I'm a fan of Kate Atkinson and loved Life After Life so thanks so much for your review as I hadn't realised she'd written a sequel.
Joy wrote: "Sandy *The world could end while I was reading and I would never notice* wrote: "Just finished Hide and Seek Here is my review: https://www.goodreads...."My pleasure Joy...I have it sitting on my bedside table...waiting for a special moment when I feel a particular need for Kate. Hope you enjoy it, let me know what you think. *:D
Moon Palace by Paul Auster was a disappointment to ME. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I think the author's Timbuktu is much better.
Finished The Tsar of Love and Techno: Stories. 5 stars . My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My 5 star review for Freya Being Freya, by Thomas Ullman, is here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished Objective Troy: A Terrorist, a President, and the Rise of the Drone. It was so good. Of course, it the type of thing you have to be in the right mood for, but anyone who keeps up with current events will probably wanna read it. My very short "review."
Angela M wrote: "Finished The Tsar of Love and Techno: Stories. 5 stars . My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Angela, I'm on the waiting list for this at my library. Can't wait to read it.
Angela, I'm on the waiting list for this at my library. Can't wait to read it.
In the last week I've read two books.L'uomo che allevava i gatti e altri racconti by Mo Yan 4*
It's a collection with some of his short stories but I don't know which English edition it could be.
All the stories were very sad and depressing but I loved Mo Yan's descriptions of the Chinese farmers and their lives.
Then I've also read Eve's Diary by Mark Twain 3*
It's a lovely short book, Eve that tells about her first days in Eden, when she mets Adam and how different they are. It's not only a witty book about the differences about women and men, but it talks also about love. It was too short and it ends suddenly. I think I would have liked it more if it would have been longer.
In the Winter Dark by Tim Winton.
A criticism of Winton's books is that they have no conclusions. In the Winter Dark has a conclusion, although it won't be to everybody's satisfaction.
A criticism of Winton's books is that they have no conclusions. In the Winter Dark has a conclusion, although it won't be to everybody's satisfaction.
Greg wrote: "In the Winter Dark by Tim Winton.A criticism of Winton's books is that they have no conclusions. In the Winter Dark has a conclusion, although it won't be to everybo..."
I found that story affected me in ways I had not foreseen; tense, dark, sometimes nerve wracking. It's actually the only Winton book I like, I usually find him too masculine, sometimes depressing and a bit of the myth of the AU male. For your interest, my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
B the BookAddict wrote: "Greg wrote: "In the Winter Dark by Tim Winton.
A criticism of Winton's books is that they have no conclusions. In the Winter Dark has a conclusion, although it won't ..."
I have read all the children's books of Winton, except the Lockie Leonard series. I have read the very adult Breath. And now this. I find Winton easy to read which is always a pleasure.
A criticism of Winton's books is that they have no conclusions. In the Winter Dark has a conclusion, although it won't ..."
I have read all the children's books of Winton, except the Lockie Leonard series. I have read the very adult Breath. And now this. I find Winton easy to read which is always a pleasure.
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