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I just made a quick trip to New York City in My Name Is Lucy Barton (I was rather disappointed) but am also in England with Flavia in Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd by Alan Bradley on audio--so far I am very pleased as this is one of the better books in this series (helped by the audio, but I think even in print).
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I'm in Waterloo NY, I think, with The Back BuildingI don't know what to think anymore - the reading is good, it flows right along, but the narrator is dubious.
Karin wrote: "I just made a quick trip to New York City in My Name Is Lucy Barton (I was rather disappointed) but am also in England with Flavia in Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd even tho it is structured very differently.My reply disappeared. I did enjoy My Name Is Lucy Barton even tho it had an unusual structure.
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I'm listening to Romeo and Juliet.
I am a bit saddle-sore from 300 pages in Texas of Lonesome Dove... so have started Tim Winton 's Island Home (insert not working). LOVING the cinematic sights, sounds and smell of Western Australia. What a master wordsmith..I might get back to Lonesome Dove, as I haven't gone to the end
I am in post-war East Germany in the memory of a narrator on a path to understand the life of a friend who died, The Quest for Christa T.. And I am on a steamship out of England post-WW1 on the way to Brazil in the company of a lively ensemble of aristocrats and business types, Woolf's first book, The Voyage Out.
Lesley wrote: "I am a bit saddle-sore from 300 pages in Texas ..."I sincerely hope you have the pleasure of finishing it. My favorite of all time. I actually continued on the read all but 2 of his 30 plus books and never managed to knock this one out of first place.
Michael wrote: "Lesley wrote: "I am a bit saddle-sore from 300 pages in Texas ..."I sincerely hope you have the pleasure of finishing it. My favorite of all time. I actually continued on the read all but 2 of hi..."
yes, I'm sure I will. I don't know why I some times just get antsy.. The beauty is ,it's an EBOOK that I can retrieve at a later date, from our marvellous Rural Library Service of Queensland via the Overdrive platform..
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I really liked this, but so many found it so different than To Kill a Mockingbird that they either wouldn't read it or didn't like it. It lacks the polish but I found it more honest.
Booknblues wrote: "Karin wrote: "I'm also back in Maycomb, Alabama with Jean Louise at age 26 in Go Set a Watchman"I really liked this, but so many found it so different than To Kill a Mockingbird t..."
I agree, less polish, and that could be because for decades she didn't want it published. I am enjoying it, but that doesn't mean I like everything that has happened to the family or that _____ smokes.
I have finally made my way to one of the oldest residents on my TBR - The Wreath by Sigrid Undset. It's the first book in the Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy.
Denizen wrote: "I have finally made my way to one of the oldest residents on my TBR - The Wreath by Sigrid Undset. It's the first book in the Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy."Ah, and you're close to where I am now that I've started Skipper Worse. I will be interested to see what you think about Kristin Lavransdatter.
I'm back in Moscow with a DTB in order to finish A Gentleman in Moscow in 2016. I was listening to it but didn't finish in time so it was yanked from me.
Karin wrote: "Denizen wrote: "I have finally made my way to one of the oldest residents on my TBR - The Wreath by Sigrid Undset. It's the first book in the Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy."Ah, and yo..."
Karin, it ended up a 4 star books for me. I found it slow in the middle but found it picking up at the end. The greatest strength in the novel was how it brought 14th century Norway to life.
I am returned to the village of Three Pines in Quebec with Inspector Gamache on a case of a murder of a stranger found in the local bistro, Louise Penney's The Brutal Telling. And I am with a buch of crooks fixing an English horse race in the experimental writing of John Hawkes published in 1961, The Lime Twig.
Denizen wrote: "Karin wrote: "Denizen wrote: "I have finally made my way to one of the oldest residents on my TBR - The Wreath by Sigrid Undset. It's the first book in the Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy..."I'm glad you liked it better than I did! It means you'll probably like the other two better as well. I'll be interested to see how you like them.
I'm alternating between WW II Poland in the nonfiction book Irena's Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto, England with Lucia in London and thousands of years in the future (at least sometimes as it's short stories) in Asimov's Nine Tomorrows.
Michael wrote: "Lesley wrote: "I am a bit saddle-sore from 300 pages in Texas ..."I sincerely hope you have the pleasure of finishing it. My favorite of all time. I actually continued on the read all but 2 of hi..."
I did finish it, but it was a slog, and I felt silly at the end (for ploughing on)...
One of my pet hates is the habit some authors have of many names starting with the same letter.. In this book it was 'J'.
I think I remember 12 and on one of the last pages a new character was introduced : "This is Jim"...
Sorry Michael, it didn't grab me. None of my 5 stars and most were Australian, 2016 favourite reads, made it onto the ABC annual lists.. so that's my lot...
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I loved Irena's Children...I wished I had read it closer together with the Zookeeper's Wife...some real stories of heroism in each of these
Lesley wrote: "...Sorry, Michael, it didn' grab me..."And sorry in turn to egg you on when you were flagging. I don't know what those ABC lists are, but liking what you like "non est disputandum". :-)
Booknblues wrote: "Karin wrote: "I'm alternating between WW II Poland in the nonfiction book Irena's Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto, Eng..."I hope I like this better than The Zookeeper's Wife, which I didn't finish (no longer remember why).
Lesley wrote: "Michael wrote: "Lesley wrote: "I am a bit saddle-sore from 300 pages in Texas ..."I sincerely hope you have the pleasure of finishing it. My favorite of all time. I actually continued on the read..."
I'm sorry you didn't like it either, Lesley as it would probably make my top ten lifetime books-simply loved it.
I just left Croatia and Girl at War - excellent book, 5 stars for sure.I am back in Russia to finish my visit with A Gentleman in Moscow and am continuing with an unplanned Eastern European theme with Everything Is Illuminated.
Denizen wrote: "Lesley wrote: "Michael wrote: "Lesley wrote: "I am a bit saddle-sore from 300 pages in Texas ..."I sincerely hope you have the pleasure of finishing it. My favorite of all time. I actually contin..."
I did 'like' it, but I got a saddle-sore (so to speak) with the "J" thing... Just one of my pet hates, like some people hate the grocer's apostrophe.
Yes, thanks for the conflab, Den and Michael. I enjoy the way we
can agree to disagree. Reading is so personal, and sometimes is coloured by one's current life situation.
I am currently in Lamu (Kenya) where I personally spent a week, so this book has 'grabbed' me, from the start; and now returned to Pomeroy USA in The Arsonist by Sue Miller...
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I am back in Russia to finish my visit with A Gentleman in Moscow and am continuing with an ..."
Girl at War sounds like one I need to read!
Booknblues wrote: "Denizen wrote: "I just left Croatia and Girl at War - excellent book, 5 stars for sure.I am back in Russia to finish my visit with A Gentleman in Moscow and am con..."
I think it will resonate with you.
Lesley wrote: "Denizen wrote: "Lesley wrote: "Michael wrote: "Lesley wrote: "I am a bit saddle-sore from 300 pages in Texas ..."I sincerely hope you have the pleasure of finishing it. My favorite of all time. I..."
Lesley wrote: I am currently in Lamu (Kenya) where I personally spent a week, so this book has 'grabbed' me, from the start; and now returned to Pomeroy USA in The Arsonist by Sue Miller....."
Arsonist has tepid reviews on GR but it's one I've always been interested in.
I sincerely hope you have the pleasure of finishing it. My favorite of all time. I..."
Denizen wrote: "Lesley wrote: "Denizen wrote: "Lesley wrote: "Michael wrote: "Lesley wrote: "I am a bit saddle-sore from 300 pages in Texas ..."I sincerely hope you have the pleasure of finishing it. My favorite..."
Almost finished The Arsonist and have thoroughly enjoyed it. Maybe just under a 4 star, but the dialogue and underwritten relationships, felt very real. Sue Miller has such a deft touch, even if the actual storylines are fairly predictable.
Lesley wrote: "Denizen wrote: "Lesley wrote: "Denizen wrote: "Lesley wrote: "Michael wrote: "Lesley wrote: "I am a bit saddle-sore from 300 pages in Texas ..."I sincerely hope you have the pleasure of finishing..."
I've enjoyed many of Sue Miller's books in the past.
I am in San Diego with St. Nick, a suicidal suspended cop that ends up as a reluctant undercover Santa in a mall where there is a lot of mugging going on. Very good so far.
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That sounds like it could be fun.
Dosha (Bluestocking7) wrote: "I am in San Diego with St. Nick, a suicidal suspended cop that ends up as a reluctant undercover Santa in a mall where there is a lot of mugging going on. Very good so far."Is it funny?
A little bit, but it's mostly about a cop with troubles trying to get his act together. So the anger is played out with some humor.
Dosha (Bluestocking7) wrote: "A little bit, but it's mostly about a cop with troubles trying to get his act together. So the anger is played out with some humor."Okay. I'll wait to see what you think of it, then.
In both real and book life I'm in Paris. The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter: Scenes de la Vie de Boheme
Storyheart wrote: "In both real and book life I'm in Paris. The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter: Scenes de la Vie de Boheme"Sounds wonderful in both real and book life. Enjoy all the way around!
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Woohoo! Lucky you! have fun!
Storyheart wrote: "In both real and book life I'm in Paris. The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter: Scenes de la Vie de Boheme"Well, Merry Christmas and lucky,lucky you! The best I can do is put your book on my TBR pile.
(I did go to Cincinnati in November. I suppose that counts for something.)
Storyheart wrote: "In both real and book life I'm in Paris. The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter: Scenes de la Vie de Boheme"How lovely! I was in Paris once, but was only 3 1/2. My only memory of it is looking out over the street from a hotel window. Enjoy!
I would love to get back to Paris. Hopefully within the next 5 years.
Sounds lovely, Story. I'm insanely jealous!
Denizen wrote: "Sounds lovely, Story. I'm insanely jealous!"I'm jealous too :-), well sort of.
I am somewhere in Italy with a set of reveries by a man who doubts his senses and reality and aims to simplify his outlook, Calivino's Mr Palomar. I am also in Vietnam in 1963 with an American spy investigating and whether the assassination of Kennedy was set up in retribution for the U.S. complicity in President Diem's assassination, McGarry's The Tears of Autumn.
I'm hanging out with my good friend Matthew Corbett in book # 5 of the Matthew Corbett series The River of Souls We left New York and have travelled down to the Carolinas again and it's been a lot fun so far. I really enjoy this series.
I'm in Coalwood, WV with Homer H. Hickam, Jr (Sonny) in his memoir Rocket Boys, as well as London with Lucia in London.
Karin wrote: "I'm in Coalwood, WV with Homer H. Hickam, Jr (Sonny) in his memoir Rocket Boys, as well as London with Lucia in London."Loved the movie based on Rocket Boys, his memoir The Coalwood Way: A Memoir and his autobiographical novel, Sky of Stone.
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