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Fiction- What are you reading? Part 2
Chrissie wrote: "I have begun One, None and a Hundred Thousand, written by Luigi Pirandello, a famous Italian author and playwright. Marina recommended it."I'm SO looking forward to your review!
dely wrote: "Marina (Sonnenbarke) wrote: "dely, I read your review of Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands before starting it. I guess I will wait and see whether I like it or not. I'm about 15% in and ..."Yes, I know what you mean. At 34%, I'm starting to find it repetitive, too. It is a nice book, but I'm not sure whether the humor will keep me engaged until the end. Amado gives us so many details into the life of Dona Flor and her first husband (I haven't come to the part about the second husband as yet), that it is beginning to feel a little too much. Definitely not a bad book, though (at least so far).
dely and Marina, what you two say about Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands makes me fee better. I have been interested in it for ages but it has not been available.
Chrissie wrote: "dely and Marina, what you two say about Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands makes me fee better. I have been interested in it for ages but it has not been available."I don't think you would like it, so don't worry if it isn't available in audio.
dely wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "dely and Marina, what you two say about Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands makes me fee better. I have been interested in it for ages but it has not been available."I d..."
Yep, thanks.
I have begun another classic that I have been considering for years--The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins.
Chrissie, that's a fun read. I hope you enjoy it.
I've just started Go Tell It on the Mountain. Some books just seem to pull me in right at the start. This one seems to be one of them.
Petra wrote: "Chrissie, that's a fun read. I hope you enjoy it."So far I have been thinking the same, but I have just begun. I feel like falling into anther world. I have begun chuckling at some of the characters' lines.
I’m feeling like a ten-year old on her birthday. I loved Sing, Unburied, Sing, so I wrote a note to Jesmyn Ward and she responded to me and specifically to my comments. I’m so excited I could pop!
Chrissie wrote: "I have begun another classic that I have been considering for years--The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins."I liked that novel and hop you do as well.
Joan wrote: "I’m feeling like a ten-year old on her birthday. I loved Sing, Unburied, Sing, so I wrote a note to Jesmyn Ward and she responded to me and specifically to my comme..."I don't know the author (although I've heard of the book), but I'm so glad for you, that must have been sooo exciting!
Karin wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "I have begun another classic that I have been considering for years--The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins."I liked that novel and hop you do as well."
I am liking the PROSE. He makes you chuckle even when things go wrong. Legal procedures could be boring, but not here because Mr. Fairlie, the guy who is SOOOOOOOO sick, or let's just say self-centered and lazy, lifts the tedium of legal explanations about the will toward anger against him and his totally ridiculous ideas. So ridiculous they become funny!
Joan wrote: "I’m feeling like a ten-year old on her birthday. I loved Sing, Unburied, Sing, so I wrote a note to Jesmyn Ward and she responded to me and specifically to my comme..."Wow! I would feel the same way!
Petra wrote: "Pam wrote: "I’ve got about 8 books checked out from the library but I started reading a book I own - The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, her first novel. It’s good so far!"I loved The Bean Tree..."
I will! Thanks for the recommendation. Having lived in AZ and living now in NM, I can certainly relate to the Tucson setting and the driving across Oklahoma. (I agree on how boring it is. Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas!) I will definitely have to read the next book.
I will be starting The Hired Man, since I need a book set in Croatia (for a challenge). I have high hopes for this one! I've seen at least one of you gave it a high rating. I also plan to start Ostland, a WWII thriller based on a true story, on Sept 1 to complete a different challenge.I just finished a Sci-Fi mystery (with just a bit of an Agatha Christie feel to it) Jack Glass by Adam Roberts. It was good but certainly different!
Alice wrote: "I've started Sashenka by Simon Sebag Montefiore set in WWI Russia. I'm drawn right in."I'm glad to hear that Alice since I tend to like the same books that you do AND I've had this book sitting on my book shelf for years!
I am reading The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen and listening to Lord of Chaos, the 6th book of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series.
Leslie wrote: "I am reading The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen and listening to Lord of Chaos, the 6th book of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series."I hope you enjoy Bowen's alo t. I did.
Chrissie wrote: "Leslie wrote: "I am reading The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen and listening to Lord of Chaos, the 6th book of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series."I hope you..."
I am undecided at the moment -- it is very slow moving but beautifully written. I tend to like plot-driven books more than character studies but there have been exceptions.
I am the opposite , much more interested in character over plot. We will see what you think.
After finishing Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands and agreeing with dely that the book is not awesome (although it's very readable), I have started Burning Secret. I'm reading very slowly because I have sooo many things to do. I also have to admit I can't concentrate very well.
Marina (Sonnenbarke) wrote: "After finishing Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands and agreeing with dely that the book is not awesome (although it's very readable), I have started Burning Secret. I'm rea..."Good to know, Marina. Thanks
I am currently reading a non-fiction and a classic and immensely enjoying both. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
To Kill a Mockingbird
I have begun Romeo And Juliet. It only exists in audiobook format and is read by Richard Armitage. It is a retelling of the Shakespearean tale.
Chrissie- LOL! I thought you meant it was being read by a former US Deputy Secretary of State who leaked classified information. I’d not heard of the actor Richard Armitage- is he a good narrator?
Joan wrote: "Chrissie- LOL! I thought you meant it was being read by a former US Deputy Secretary of State who leaked classified information. I’d not heard of the actor Richard Armitage- is he a good narrator?"Richard Armitage is a well known English actor. Really? You have not heard of him!
Joan, you are really missing out. Armitage is very easy on the eyes, a fine actor and a fabulous narrator.
Bette and Joan, Richard Armitage is NOT giving us a good narration here. Women sound like men. His words are slurred and overly gruff. This is taking place in Verona, NOT England; he has forgotten this fact. I hate the narration. Romeo And Juliet is a retelling of a story I already know, but SOME retellings are worth reading. Here the dialogs, that are what is changed, are in my mind very bad. I will continue a bit more if I can stand it. Ugh, I am suffering.
I am currently reading Everything Here is Beautiful. This is a fairly new book which tells about a mentally ill woman and the sister who must cope with her.
I have never heard of the British actor Richard Armitrage either but I see that he played Thorin in the movie(s) The Hobbit, which happens to be the book I’m currently reading! After finishing the book, I’ll have to check out Mr. Armitrage in these movies.
I see that he is in Oceans Eight - I plan to watch that.Chrissie- the audiobook does sound dreadful - it amazes me how excellent narrators can do male and female voices - in recordings I always sound like plain old me.
Chrissie wrote: "Bette and Joan, Richard Armitage is NOT giving us a good narration here. Women sound like men. His words are slurred and overly gruff. This is taking place in Verona, NOT England; he has forgotten ..."Good to know, Chrissie. To be honest, I have only ever heard him narrate poetry and he does do a fine job.
Probably I should leave comments on narrators to you as I know you listen to books rather than read them so have a wider range to evaluate:)
Kirsten wrote: "I've been listening to The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger"I don't usually like romance, but this is a very good book.
I have begun Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer by Steven Millhauser. It won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1997.
i am in a book slump. not too happy about this.
Nancy from NJ wrote: "i am in a book slump. not too happy about this."Just keep testing other books. This happens to all of us.
Having abandoned Too Far Afield (too boring and complicated), I have started The Mysteries of Udolpho. Let's hope this'll suit me better.
I know book slumps happen to all of us but why me?????
Nancy from NJ wrote: "I know book slumps happen to all of us but why me?????"Oh dear! I hope that you emerge from your slump soon Nancy.
I've been reading A Dark and Twisting Path by Julia Buckley and listening to Leverage in Death by J.D. Robb
I will be slowly working my way through Every Tongue Got to Confess. I am, listening to it, which i think is the best way to go with this author.
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I'm curious to know what you will think about it. The first part is good and also funny, above all where he talks about the mother-in-law. But then it is repetitive, always the same jokes. If you have read my review, you also know what else I disliked about that book.