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Booknblues wrote: "Essential African Novels:http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by......"
Thanks of course Disgrace is one of my all time favourites and this one interests me. : Dance of the Jakaranda by Peter Kimani.
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http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by......"
Dance has been on my radar for a while, but some of these others are new names to me.
Booknblues wrote: "Lesley wrote: "Booknblues wrote: "Essential African Novels:http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by...+..."
Wasn't able to order it; might have to try later.
Booknblues wrote: "A list I want to review more thoroughly.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/19-su..."
Oh, wonderful! Summer read lists are coming out. I'll check it out in the morning.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/25/bo...
I had no idea so many authors owned bookstores.
I'm getting behind on checking out these lists. ArggghhHere's one on the NY Times this morning. It looks like some entertaining reads and new-to-me books
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/25/bo...
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Here's one on the NY Times this morning. It looks like some entertaining reads and new-to-me books
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/25/bo......"
The Leavers is one that has caught my attention.
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http://www.readitforward.com/monthly-...
14 Japanese Thrillers in Translationhttp://www.booklistreader.com/2017/05...
Confessions sounds quite good.
Booknblues wrote: "Denizen wrote: "I'm getting behind on checking out these lists. ArggghhHere's one on the NY Times this morning. It looks like some entertaining reads and new-to-me books
https://www.nytimes.com/2..."
The Leavers does look like it could have potential. I have one friend who's read it and gave it four stars and 5 more with it on their TBR - hopefully more feedback will be coming.
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http://www.booklistreader.com/2017/05...
Confessions sounds quite good."
Confessions gives me chills. I'm going to peruse the others. I sometimes don't click with Japanese fiction...not sure why. I going to keep trying.
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Here's one on the NY Times this morning. It looks like some entertaining reads and new-to-me books
https:..."
I'm waiting for a little more feedback and also until the PBT challenge is over. I'm giving that a try and there a few that I really want to read- my top picks.
Booknblues wrote: "I sometimes don't click with Japanese fiction...not sure why. I going to keep trying. ."I'm like that with Nigerian literature. The stories always sound good but I almost always give up by page 50. Not sure why either but don't think I'll try any more.
Storyheart wrote: "Booknblues wrote: "I sometimes don't click with Japanese fiction...not sure why. I going to keep trying. ."I'm like that with Nigerian literature. The stories always sound good but I almost alway..."
I don't have an affinity for Japanese literature either. I never made a decision to avoid it but I think it's less likely that I'll add a book to my TBR. That said, I haven't gotten to the list of Japanese thriller.
I can't say that I have an opinion on Nigerian literature. I've only recently started breaking down my lists by country rather than continent so I'm impressed, Story, that you have an opinion. I didn't care for the Adichie I read and have Born on a Tuesday on the TBR. Perhaps I should go back to my list of books tagged Africa and see how they break down.
Saints for All Occasions was on one of the above lists but is a book I decided to pass on. It is the Washington Posts June book club selection. Their review definitely appeals to me."“Saints for All Occasions,” the new novel by J. Courtney Sullivan, is so unassuming that its artistry looks practically invisible. In fact, from the outside, nothing about this story seems noteworthy: Irish Catholics settle in Boston; they drink too much; they struggle with the church; they gather for a loved one’s wake.
That sounds as fresh as a pint of last week’s Guinness.
Which makes this quiet masterpiece all the more impressive. In a simple style that never commits a flutter of extravagance, Sullivan draws us into the lives of the Raffertys and, in the rare miracle of fiction, makes us care about them as if they were our own family."
Good list. Several books are already on my TBR but only one read and it was a meh.https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphi...
Voices of the Elderly in Literature:https://vpl.bibliocommons.com/list/sh...
I know we've read quite a few of these books but there were some new-to-me ones on it. I highly recommend The Stone Angel.
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https://vpl.bibliocommons.com/list/sh...
I know we've read quite a few of these books but there were some new-to-me ones on it. I highly rec..."
I'm going to have to check this out when I'm not dog tired...it is one of my favorite categories.
I'm going to have to check this out when I'm not dog tired...it is one of my favorite categories. I know it's a fav with you...that's why I posted it :-). Hope life calms down soon and that you get some rest while you're away this weekend.
I remember enjoying A Man in Full when I read it but also that it took me a while to get through it.Please Look After Mom is on my TBR but the only friend review on GR is tepid. I doubt that I'll ever get around to it.
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I know it's a fav with you...that's why I posted it :-). Hope life calms down soon and that you g..."
Going through it now. I'm going to put a few on my wish list.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/01/us...
Just found it and I want to go back and read it.
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Dinner: Changing the Game looks interesting to me."
I have a cookbook by her, I like her a lot. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
If you only read one book this summer … make it this one https://www.theguardian.com/books/201...
and a much longer list:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/201...
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https://www.theguardian.com/books/201...
and a much longer list:
https://www.theguardian.com/..."
Looked through them quickly, but I am going to haave to go through them at a more leisurely pace and I can see already that it is going to be dangerous.
Storyheart wrote: "If you only read one book this summer … make it this one https://www.theguardian.com/books/201...
and a much longer list:
https://www.theguardian.com/..."
I'll have to get back to the longer list, also, but did find a possible gem on the short one Golden Hill with a great review by our very own Storyheart.
I have had a hold on Borne for quite some time. I like the description and fell in love with the cover
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Denizen wrote: I'll have to get back to the longer list, also, but did find a possible gem on the short one Golden Hill with a great review by our very own Storyheart."I did enjoy that one. It's on my 'best of 2017 so far' list along with
Autumn
Baba Dunja's Last Love
Exit West
Consider This, Senora
If you read Borne, let me know how it is. I was underwhelmed by his Annihilation, maybe because I'd heard so many raves about it that I was expecting more.
BnB, I agree...that longer list is proving dangerous. And it's only part one...they'll post the 2nd later.
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I did enjoy that one. It's ..."
Exit West and Consider This, Senora is on my best of 2017 list as well. I have a feeling that it is going to be hard to whittle that list down this year, which is a good thing.
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https://www.theguardian.com/books/201..."
I haven't made it through part 1. Thanks! I liked what I saw of the first one.
It's quite an overwhelming pair of lists. I think I'll dip into them from time to time over the coming week.
Amazon's best literature and fiction of 2017 so farhttp://smile.amazon.com/gp/b/ref=pe_1...
The list has many titles I'd heard about before and several new ones. Some like The Weight of Ink are already on Crossroaders' TBR. (I wasn't surprised to see Story and Judith already had it on their TBR.) Standard Deviation
and The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley also pique my interest.
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http://smile.amazon.com/gp/b/ref=pe_1...
The list has many titles I'd heard about before and several ne..."
I've been interested in The Weight of Ink and American War. I've read three of them Exit West, highly recommend,The Women of the Castle,recommend and Eggshells, not recommended.
One of my personal favourite selections : https://www.readings.com.au/news/mile...Here are the five shortlisted books:
•An Isolated Incident by Emily Maguire
•The Last Days of Ava Langdon by Mark O’Flynn
•Their Brilliant Careers by Ryan O’Neill
•Waiting by Philip Salom
•Extinctions by Josephine Wilson
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Here are the five shortlisted books:
•An Isolated Incident by Emily Maguire
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Those sound good. I will have to check out when they will be released in the US
Thanks Lesley. A couple of these sound really good, especially Extinctions and The Last Days of Ava Langdon.
Storyheart wrote: "Thanks Lesley. A couple of these sound really good, especially Extinctions and The Last Days of Ava Langdon."My crush Michael Cathcart on our radio ABC had an interview re The Last Days of Ava Langdon
and the author was stunned to be nominated. Sounded very interesting.
Lesley wrote: "One of my personal favourite selections : https://www.readings.com.au/news/mile...Here are the five shortlisted books:
•An Isolated Incident by Emily Maguire
..."
Extinctions piques my interest the most but I'm hoping to see feedback on Ava Langdon, too.
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http://www.listchallenges.com/books-y...
I read 55.
Booknblues wrote: "Books you won't brag about reading:http://www.listchallenges.com/books-y...
I read 11."
Snobbery! I loved all those Jackie Collins and Judith Kranz novels when I was young.
Booknblues wrote: "Another because these are addicting, a strange mix here: BBC believes you only read 6 of the following:http://www.listchallenges.com/books-y...
I read 55."
I think you might have posted the same link twice. Regardless, we know you're far above average in your literary taste!
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Sometimes a short list is better as large can be overwhelming.
Of course, I do not need to add to my TBR and both of those are begging to go on it.