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[Sarah]

Sally, which Bryson are you reading? I have loved most all of them, but some more than others.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Barb wrote: "Now I'm invested ... make sure you post your review when you're done. I have to know if I picked well."

I'm not going to review it. It was okay - 3 stars. Kind of boring. It got really good reviews and made all sorts of year-end best lists, at the NYT and the LA Times and such. I don't really understand why.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Dry your tears....it wasn't that bad. Just ordinary. Very middle-of-the-road. Pedestrian. You're in the company of the literary critics of our best newspapers.

Just work on your technique some more.

[Carol]

Jammies wrote: "The Book Thief and while I will put up with a lot for a good story, I'm not sure if I will put up with sentences like "He ran a hand through his sleepy hair." WTF?"

did you finish this, Jammies? I was ready to give up "and the smiles like salt" but now I've gotten sucked in.

[Lee]

Up next...Shut Your Eyes Tight

[Emily]

Youndyc wrote: "I agree with Emily - Bill Bryson is definitely good reading. I liked A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail and In a Sunburned Country

I als..."

Thanks Youndc! I haven't seen the Sunburned Country one yet... on my to-read list, looking forward to it :)

[Jammies]

Carol, like you, the story sucked me in past the over-metaphored writing, and I did finish the book, but didn't give it more than 3 stars.

[Sarah]

Bryson:
I loved In A Sunburned Country, particularly the part about cricket.
Loved the British one, loved the travels in small town america, loved a walk in the woods. Loved his memoir about growing up in the 1950s, and loved loved loved his history of the home and all things/people in it.
The only one that didn't really grab me was the brief history of everything.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I kind of hated I'm a Stranger Here Myself and it put me off ever reading him again.

[RandomAnthony]

Sarah Pi wrote: "Bryson:
I loved In A Sunburned Country, particularly the part about cricket.
Loved the British one, loved the travels in small town america, loved a walk in the woods. Loved his memoir about growin..."

Yes, I lose track of the Bryson I've read, but I have to be in the mood for him, like when I need something lighter, or I lose interest. The last one, the history of houses or whatever, lost me after about fifty pages.

[Pam]

Started "Hell at the Breech," by Tom Franklin

[Jammies]

Misha wrote: "It's been kind of a lost year for me in terms of reading, but I'm finally engrossed in something that's really capturing my attention. The book is Warm Bodies, a literary exploration of the inner life of a zombie. It's awesome. This author is one to watch for, I think."

I'm really interested in this one!

[~Geektastic~]

Hopefully going to finish The Dark Half tonight and move on to A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter. I think it's going to be a bit of an odd transition.

[~Geektastic~]

Myles wrote: "Nearing the middle of The Alexiad along with a few others.

The Goodreads Choice awards are back again, and reminding me that I've hardly read any new books this year, or last year ..."

I haven't read anything published this year, so you're definitely not alone.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Villette was good. Plotwise it wasn't as interesting as Jane Eyre, but I felt like it had more psychological nuances and hidden depths than Jane Eyre.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I'm almost done with In Persuasion Nation, a book of short stories.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Here Comes the Bride: Women, Weddings, and the Marriage Mystique.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I read 3 books published in 2011, in 2011. (So far. It's not like 2011 is over yet.)

[Pam]

Now reading "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan," by Lisa See.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

The Fist of God.

[Michele]

reading "House of Silk" the new Sherlock Holmes. It's okay but nothing to write home about in my opinion. Close though.

[Tamara]

Pam wrote: "Now reading "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan," by Lisa See."

How are you finding it? It's one of the few historical fiction books that I really loved :)

[Tamara]

I'm reading... Divine Misfortune by A.Lee Martinez.

[Janice]

I started reading The Little Stranger this morning and I hope to start Only Time Will Tell soon.

[Pam]

Tamara wrote: "Pam wrote: "Now reading "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan," by Lisa See."

How are you finding it? It's one of the few historical fiction books that I really loved :)"

OH,I really like it so far. I don't know how she injects so many facts and explanations into a novel and still make it so addictive. I also read "Shanghai Girls" by Lisa See. I stayed up in the middle of the night reading that one.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

The Bachelor of Arts by R.K. Narayan.

[Lee]

Seven Deadly Wonders

[janine]

I'm rereading Nausea.

[Jammies]

The Dead

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Bondage, death, nausea.....

[Phil]

Lobstergirl wrote: "Bondage, death, nausea....."

Is that your typical Saturday night, or is tonight special?

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Very special.

[Jammies]

Lobstergirl wrote: "Bondage, death, nausea....."

We're a cheery bunch, ain't we?

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I just started The Return of the Native and am abandoning the memoir I was reading, after 140 pages.

[Lee]

Jammies wrote: "Lobstergirl wrote: "Bondage, death, nausea....."

We're a cheery bunch, ain't we?"

lol...or a little morbid!

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On the plus side, it beggars belief that one of my local libraries even had this on their shelves. On the down side, it's not really that well written nor filled with any new revelations, at least not to those who have been following the plot. She prefers tacos to knackwurst? Old news...

But I'm still a sucker for a girl with an electric guitar and Joan Jett, the original kitten with a whip, remains a not-so-guilty pleasure. At the tender age of 50-something, she contines to chew gum, kick ass, take names, and sing into the light, no small feat. Long may she run.

[~Geektastic~]

In complete contrast to Clark's current read (aside from Jane Austen being a kick-ass female role model, just of a different type), I'm on my yearly Austen re-read jag. Yay! I hope to actually write reviews of all of the 6 major novels as a writing exercise, and so I can have a record to look back on when I inevitably revisit them again. I've decided to go out of publication order this time around, as Emma was the only one available on audiobook at my library at the time.

[Pam]

Lobstergirl wrote: "I just started The Return of the Native and am abandoning the memoir I was reading, after 140 pages."

I read this one along time ago..about 30 years ago, I believe. The only thing I can remember is the peat burning in the dark at the beginning of the novel. I can still see and smell that in my mind. Anyway, I'm hoping my memory isn't making that up. haha.

[Jammies]

The Ballad of Tom Dooley: A Novel

[janine]

I'm reading Therapy. Nausea was still good and philosophical, but it requires some patience.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Pam wrote: "Lobstergirl wrote: "I just started The Return of the Native and am abandoning the memoir I was reading, after 140 pages."

I read this one along time ago..about 30 years ago, I believ..."

They're burning furze in the bonfires. (Also known as gorse, a prickly evergreen plant.) I love Hardy's descriptions of the landscape.

[Janice]

I just started On Writing

[Jim]

Charly wrote: "Dusting off my copy of A Christmas Carol, for the annual read. Should be starting in about a week or so."

Me too Charly.

[Riona]

I'm alternating between VALIS and Everything is Illuminated.

[Lee]

Up next... Ghost Country

[~Geektastic~]

Jim wrote: "Charly wrote: "Dusting off my copy of A Christmas Carol, for the annual read. Should be starting in about a week or so."

Me too Charly."

Me three, although I don't usually pick it up until about a week before Christmas. I can't start reading until we have put up our tree, anyway.

[Félix]

I'm headed to the library to pick up Columbus: The Four Voyages

[Sarah]

The Fifth Head of Cerberus and Hark! a Vagrant

[~Geektastic~]

Oooh, I really want to get my hands on Hark! A Vagrant sometime. It looks great.

[Sarah]

I'm reading a library copy. Quite entertaining.