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This is what I'm Reading/going to read... - 2015
Just read Land of Enchantment, 4 stars , a moving story of three women artists . My review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....Will start Sweet Hearts and continue with the last two episodes of Ulysses.
I'm reading We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates.
I am currently reading One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey.
Started the new year with an incredibly sad story Sweet Hearts. My review :https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....Starting Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption today.
Whoo Hoo ! Finished Ulysses after an 18 week read along. My review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I am currently reading Virgin River by Robyn Carr.
Angela, that’s a real achievement! I never finished Ulysses, even though it was a class assignment and even though I loved The Odyssey. Good going for you!I liked your review, too, and am on the same page as you (so to speak) in wanting to be able simply to read a novel, not have to read all sorts of outside sources in order to be able to understand it. I’m more willing to go to that extra effort when it comes to poetry; but in fiction, I can’t help feeling that the author is being self-indulgent and show-offy when he (or occasionally she) includes all sorts of obscure references to the classics.
You might enjoy Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, which is a lot more accessible (and shorter); it’s the only Joyce novel I really liked. Or you can simply rest on your laurels!
Abigail wrote: "Angela, that’s a real achievement! I never finished Ulysses, even though it was a class assignment and even though I loved The Odyssey. Good going for you!I liked your review, too, and am on the ..."
Thanks , Abigal . Nice that someone agrees with me . I read Portrait of an Artist .... many years ago in college and I agree it is much more accessible .
Read : Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Mr Mac and Me. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Currently reading The Jazz Palace: A Novel
I just finished
Still Alice which I found quite moving. I am going to start
Possibility Dogs, The: What I Learned from Second-Chance Rescues about Service, Hope, and Healing.
Just finished The Jazz Palace: A Novel. My review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....About to start A Land More Kind Than Home
Right now I am reading
which is very good so far. Nothing predictable about it.
Read Queen Sugar. 3.5 stars . My review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...About to start The Language of Hoofbeats
I just finished The Language of Hoofbeats. My review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show.... A good story -3.5 stars.Starting today A Small Indiscretion
Elizabeth, I hope you love it as much as I did . Sad , beautiful story .
Read A Small Indiscretion. Liked it but didn't love it . My review :https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Starting today The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Halfway through Longbourn by Jo Baker. Finding it very interesting, but now I want to reread Pride and Prejudice for the third time!
I have just read The Narrow Road to the Deep North. My review of this unbelievably raw and beautiful book :https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished Nora Webster. My review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....Starting From The Fifteenth District and Rodin's Lover
I finished
and am currently working on
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I am currently reading To Rise Again at a Decent Hour. I have screamed, laughed out loud and cringed. I am scaring my hubby!
Your brilliant description of your reaction to this book has encouraged me to put it on my TbR list. Thanks for the "recommendation", Lillian!
I'm in the middle of five books right now lamb is my top favorite so far
Just read Green on Blue: A Novel , a tough story on the war in Afghanistan but worth reading . My review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm trying (again!) to get through London by Edward Rutherfurd, and I'm also reading the exquisite Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimaminda Ngozi Adichie.
Jennifer , those Rutherford books are so long ! I made it through Paris and I liked it a lot . I want to try London and New York sometime but I have to be in the mood for a tome ! I'll be interested in what you think of London.
I've tried four times to get past the first chapter! And I too really enjoyed Paris. Unfortunately, London does not appear to have been made into an audiobook, so I'm stuck with *groan* text-to-speech.
Symone wrote: "I am currently reading
."This is such a good book. I hope you enjoy it.
Elizabeth wrote: "I am going to start 
The Lowland."I love this author!!
Let us know whether you like the book - I have had it on my shelf at home for a while, but I keep getting caught up in reading other books for GR discussions.
Jennifer (President, Chronic Complainers Not-so-Anonymous) wrote: "I've tried four times to get past the first chapter! And I too really enjoyed Paris. Unfortunately, London does not appear to have been made into an audiobook, so I'm stuck with *groan* text-to-s..."I feel the same way about "London", I tried twice, but can't get past all that stuff way, way in the beginning, a little TMI in my opinion.
Angela M wrote: "Jennifer , those Rutherford books are so long ! I made it through Paris and I liked it a lot . I want to try London and New York sometime but I have to be in the mood for a tome ! I'll be intereste...""Ruska" was my first book by Rutherford and I loved it. I remember being completely immersed in it.
Would like to read "Paris" and I didn't know there was a "New York"!
Lillian wrote: "I am currently reading To Rise Again at a Decent Hour. I have screamed, laughed out loud and cringed. I am scaring my hubby!"I love the title - that is my goal every morning!
I love this author!!Let us know whether you like the book - I have had it on my shelf at home ..."
I really loved this book Terry. Lahiri does a good job of developing the characters. The narrative goes back and forth in time, but it is never confusing. I highly recoomend it.
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