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Michael
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Dec 29, 2016 07:20AM
Am following you folks' footsteps in 1890s Alaska with To The Bright Edge of the World, making up for the moderate winter so far. I am also with Sheriff Walt Longmire in Wyoming, The Dark Horse. And I am starting a long journey of myth, ideas, and cultural history of Latin America with Galeano's Genesis, the Memory of Fire.
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Michael wrote: "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 Boy..."
Oh, no, more books to add to my tbr! I enjoyed his novel (novelized version of events that happened to his parents which were mixed with tall tales, but he's not sure where truth and fiction veered), Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of A Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator, and so far am enjoying this even though I don't trust memoirs a lot for accuracy.
Michael wrote: "Am following you folks' footsteps in 1890s Alaska with To The Bright Edge of the World, making up for the moderate winter so far. I am also with Sheriff Walt Longmire in Wyoming, [b..."I just finished [book:The Cold Dish|109901], the first in the Walt Longmire series. I'm reading them out of order, whichever is available on Overdrive at the time.
I am moving into 1977 Colorado with The Tie That Binds. Also listening to Lit Up: One Reporter. Three Schools. Twenty-four Books That Can Change Lives. set in three high schools in Connecticut. Inner-city New Haven, CT sounded like an oxymoron to me. But I'm learning that what I thought about schools in CT is different from reality...or maybe that all schools are not equal.?
I am in Australia with Big Little Lies but will flit over to Sweden for the evening with And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer.
Karin wrote: "I am in Australia with Big Little Lies but will flit over to Sweden for the evening with And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer."I too am reading Big Little Lies.. I am glad I saw this before updating my 'currently reading'..
I was worried I wouldn't like it much, and someone who knows my tastes thought I wouldn't, but so far it's a 4 star read (but I'm only about a quarter of the way through.). The other book, And Every Morning... was 3 stars.
Karin wrote: "I was worried I wouldn't like it much, and someone who knows my tastes thought I wouldn't, but so far it's a 4 star read (but I'm only about a quarter of the way through.). The other book, And Ever..."I haven't liked one or two I've tried before, but as she is the TOP selling Australian author in OZ for 2016, (6 million books sold!!) , when I saw this on my EBOOK platform, thought I would try it. 3 stars, so far, but if it goes on too much longer (eg : it was Friday, or no, may be sat, oh no I know it must have been thurs....) JUST GET ON with it!!
It's 1349 and plague is sweeping the land. Who is the mysterious Vixen that just appeared in the marshes?
Storyheart wrote: "It's 1349 and plague is sweeping the land. Who is the mysterious Vixen that just appeared in the marshes?"It looks interesting - will be watching for your rating.
I'm joining the crowd in Australia with Black Rock White City. I'm a little surprised at how much of a role the ethnic violence in Serbia/Croatia plays in the novel. It's a strong follow up to Girl at War.
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That is just my kind of story!
I'm in Botswana reading The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine - I loved the series and love the title. I think this is just the right title for first book of the year.
I'm also in Russia reading Anna Karenina
I am in London reading Ice Blue and loving it. Murder Mystery series with romance.
Booknblues wrote I'm in Botswana reading The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine - I loved the series and love the title. I think this is just the right title for first book of the yearExcellent choice for book #1! I do think you'll like Vixen too...I was thinking of you as I was reading. I'm about 3/4 of the way through and have enjoyed it so far.
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Excellent choice ..."
Vixen is another of those which hasn't been released yet in US, but I found a used version from the UK on Amazon...actually a better price than new.
Denizen wrote: "I'm joining the crowd in Australia with Black Rock White City. I'm a little surprised at how much of a role the ethnic violence in Serbia/Croatia plays in the novel. It's a strong f..."FYI in 1971/2 I was PA to the catering manager , in a remote mining town. There were reports that two groups were having conflict ie Croats and Serbs, sometimes coming to blows. One group had to leave, and we later were told, Tom Price , WA, had been a training ground... Naturally we scoffed at this idea ...then.
I do hope you enjoy BRWC as much as I did.
I think I should read Beauty Is a Wound in the next couple months. I'm reminded of it every time I click on this thread and BnB's post about it comes up.
Oh yes, I ordered it, but don't think I read it.
Denizen wrote: "I'm joining the crowd in Australia with Black Rock White City. I'm a little surprised at how much of a role the ethnic violence in Serbia/Croatia plays in the novel. It's a strong f..."I have Girl at War on the TBR and must try and get it, as it will fit on my 'Challenge Travel Thread'.... Spent a sleepless night in a motor-home with a 6 year old, in a Zagreb square.
Lesley wrote: "Denizen wrote: "I'm joining the crowd in Australia with Black Rock White City. I'm a little surprised at how much of a role the ethnic violence in Serbia/Croatia plays in the novel...."Hoping you like it as much as I did. It's a tough read at times.
I am now returning to NJ, USA with Lady Cop Makes Trouble and also to England in WW II with Henrietta Sees It Through: More News from the Home Front 1942-1945.
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Sweetsmoke is one of my favorite books, so I will be interested in how you like it.
It's 1746 and I'm having an adventure on Golden Hill (NYC). But apparently this hasn't been published in the US yet?
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But apparently this hasn't been published in the US yet?"
Not until June. :(
I am running around killing Mafiosi with a professional hitman for whom old grudges interfere with his retirement, a return of the "Butcher's Boy" in The Informant by Thomas Perry. I am also in an emulated thriller by pomo master DeLillo from the 70's, Running Dog, which on one level features a lot factions running around trying to get their hands on pornographic footage from Hitler's final days in the bunker.
Michael wrote: "I am running around killing Mafiosi with a professional hitman for whom old grudges interfere with his retirement, a return of the "Butcher's Boy" in The Informant by Thomas Perry. I..."Michael. I wonder if your interest in experimental fiction would stretch to A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing
Can't say I 'enjoyed' it, but it reminded me of the pleasure I got when I went through my Dylan Thomas phase. (Oh I was so [young] and clever....)
Dosha (Bluestocking7) wrote: "the year is 1862, and I am on a tobacco plantation named Sweetsmoke in Virginia"I followed BnB's lead and came out with high stars and a thorough review in praise of it. After a couple of years exploring stories about slavery, one that got full five stars was set in the 17th century, Toni Morrison's A Mercy. Indians and indentured servants were in a similar fix in that tale. Less successful for me was one that won prizes, The Known World.
I am reading this as a buddy read and I'm happy to say, imo it is wonderfully written, however I'm only on page 53. It has been on my bookshelf for 3 years. I really need to pay a lot more attention to what I already have in stock this year.
I just left Australia and Serbia with Black Rock White City, a strong 4 star book for me. It's a bit harsh but very well written.I'm off to Calderon (I think) with Jim Butcher's Furies of Calderon. My son wants me to read it. The prose is not as good as Black Rock White City, but I'm hoping for a quick, fun read.
I'm off to Japan with Murakami's Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage. I started listening to it yesterday - so far so good. It's very different from 1Q84.
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I loved Anna Karenina but I am drawn to Russian lit. They do tend to wallow in misery, however. I'll be watching for your take on Life and Fate. I think I'll read his shorter book Everything Flows.
I just left Winter, Saskatchewan, Canada in A Place Called Winter. It was sooo good. Read it everyone.Next up, Joni: An Unforgettable Story a required read but I'm not really into it.
And Martin Luther and the Called Life also required reading.
I might throw in Striptease by Carl Hiaasen in Florida, probably around Key West.
Blueberry wrote: "I just left Winter, Saskatchewan, Canada in A Place Called Winter. It was sooo good. Read it everyone. Thanks Blue. It's been on my watch list; now I'll bump it up.
BB, when you say you may only read two books all year, I know what you mean. That is why I went down to 25 this year from 80+ of last year. I'm going for substance over quantity. Anna Karenina was Wonderful reading. My current reads have me in: Virginia with a buddy read, Sweetsmoke, and Princeton, NJ with a f2f group read, Americanah, and (because book two comes out and the end of this month) I've been traveling from Denver trying to get to San Franciso with book 1 of The Old West series, Forbidden. I may not read anything at all next month, just to relax and reflect. Then again, can I make it through a month without reading? I doubt it.
Blueberry wrote: "I just left Winter, Saskatchewan, Canada in A Place Called Winter. It was sooo good. Read it everyone.Next up, Joni: An Unforgettable Story a required read but I'm no..."
A Place Called Winter is on my TBR. Good to get feedback on it.
I have left the fantasy world of Calderon and am moving on to grimmer places with In the Shadow of the Banyan.
Dosha (Bluestocking7) wrote: " Then again, can I make it through a month without reading? I doubt it. "As if!
I just left Japan in Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa, and am in Nigeria with The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives.
Karin wrote: "I just left Japan in Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa, and am in Nigeria with The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives."What did you think of The Secret Lives?
I have left Nigeria and I'm back in Princeton with Americanah - half way through the book, very well written.I am also still in Virginia on a tobacco plantation with
, halfway through this one too - another very well written book. This year is starting out good.
Denizen wrote: "What did you think of The Secret Lives?."What did you t..."
I have only made it through one chapter. I have to finish it for a reading game, but didn't like any of the characters I met in that first chapter, which is holding me back. That said, I may end up liking it better once I get back to it and move on.
I'm in my home province of BC, but on an island in Home to Woefield, when I'm not in England with Jane Eyre, or Nigeria, still reading The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
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You need to work in Dr Zhivago - a little Siberia in the middle of winter sounds lovely.
I am in Pasadena 70-100 years ago in Pasadena.. Annoying jumping timeline, but well written and interesting. Hot and wet like here at home...
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