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[Lee, Mod Mama]

If I'm not feeling too lazy, I'll write a review.

[Lisa]

Lee wrote: "If I'm not feeling too lazy, I'll write a review."

:-) Well, even a star rating will help. Or a sentence or two if you can. Or talking about it here, of course.

[Lee, Mod Mama]

That I can do!

[Chrissie]

Jeannette wrote: "The White Rose: Munich, 1942-1943 is on Kindle, too. I think I'll look for this at the library."

This one is not yet avaulable on kindle in Europe, but the other White Rose book I mentioned is. ,

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This one is written by their sister, and contains letters, and photographs, so it sounds more interesting to me. Maybe it will come to Europe soon.

[Chrissie]

Jeannette wrote: "This one is written by their sister, and contains letters, and photographs, so it sounds more interesting to me. Maybe it will come to Europe soon."
I am happy with the one available in Europe.

[Chrissie]

Jeannette wrote: "This one is written by their sister, and contains letters, and photographs, so it sounds more interesting to me. Maybe it will come to Europe soon."
I am happy with the one available in Europe.

[Manybooks]

Chrissie wrote: "Jeannette wrote: "This one is written by their sister, and contains letters, and photographs, so it sounds more interesting to me. Maybe it will come to Europe soon."
I am happy with the one avail..."

I know that the one written by the sister, The White Rose: Munich, 1942-1943 was originally written in German and is also available in French, La rose blanche. Don't know wether it has been translated into Swedish (I read the German version years ago and loved it, I found it very authentic, especially since it was Inge Scholl, the sister, who wrote the book).

[Chrissie]

Gundula wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "Jeannette wrote: "This one is written by their sister, and contains letters, and photographs, so it sounds more interesting to me. Maybe it will come to Europe soon."
I am happy w..."

Gundula, I have La Rose Blanche on my shelves too. I will be notified when it is kindlized.

[Manybooks]

Chrissie wrote: "Gundula wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "Jeannette wrote: "This one is written by their sister, and contains letters, and photographs, so it sounds more interesting to me. Maybe it will come to Europe soo..."

Cool, I love the name "kindlized"

[Chrissie]

Gundula wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "Gundula wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "Jeannette wrote: "This one is written by their sister, and contains letters, and photographs, so it sounds more interesting to me. Maybe it will c..."
I didn't think it up.

[Roz]

Finished 22 Britannia Road. I highly recommend reading this one.

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I really enjoyed The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story -- it's chilling.

[Kim]

Reading a volume of Dorothy L Sayers' short stories, Lord Peter Views the Body and listening to Thomas Hardy's Under the Greenwood Tree. Will be starting Frenchman's Creek very soon.

[[deleted user]]

I am reading *drumroll* Rebecca.

I look forward to your review of UtGT, Kim.

[Kim]

Well, I know already it won't attract the same rating as The Return of the Native. Short though, so that's a plus!

I hope you enjoy Rebecca, although Du Maurier is certainly not everyone's cup of tea. I am going to be interested in seeing how I react to Frenchman's Creek.

[[deleted user]]

I have only read one du Maurier, Jamaica Inn, and I didn't like it. I was afraid to list Rebecca until I sampled it. I don't want to be odd-man-out, again! ;P

[Priya]

I just finished Kafka On the Shore by Haruhi Murakami . My Most Favourite read of 2011. Mind Blowing- I felt like the Entrance Stone had entered my mind!

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I have yet to finish anything by Murakami. I enjoyed the first half of Sputnik Sweetheart. Glad you enjoyed this, Priya!

[Priya]

Thanks Jeannette. I'm off to the library to get his next, but actually what really made my year is that it smashed my block on my next book and has opened a new doorway! I Love Murakami!

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That's a bonus for you! :)

[Chrissie]

Roz wrote: "Finished 22 Britannia Road. I highly recommend reading this one."
Have you written a review? Convince us, please!

[Kimberly]

I started I needed something light to read :)

[Roz]

Chrissie wrote: "Roz wrote: "Finished 22 Britannia Road. I highly recommend reading this one."
Have you written a review? Convince us, please!"

Hi Chrissie
I wrote my review - basically what I said before but a bit more. It makes me a bit nervous to recommend a book to anyone. What if you don't like it as much as I do? It's hard to put it into words. I have a friend at work who always asks me to recommend books for her to read. Luckily we seem to have similar taste. Got her hooked on Gabaldon and the Outlander series. Anyway, for what it's worth, I really liked 22 Britannia Road. It touched me. I felt so sorry for the main characters and wanted them to realize their dreams. Was it as good as The Invisible Bridge? That one was different for me. More complicated characters, more complicated story line. But it's also a book that I won't forget. That's the key for me. Is it a book I read and forget 5 minutes after a read it? Fun at the time? Or is it a book that makes me think and has a message or thought that stays with me. Both these books will stay with me. If you choose to read it, let me know what you think.

[Chrissie]

Thank you Roz for explaining your thoughts. All people approach books with different past ewperiences. For this reason we will alsp judge them differntly. I know, if feels kind of yucky to recommend a book when you do not really know the person, but heck the reader makes the final choice of which book they choose.

[Lee, Mod Mama]

Kim, I tried to read Frenchman's Creek last year and didn't get very far before I ditched it. It was not my cup of tea.

[Kim]

Lee wrote: "Kim, I tried to read Frenchman's Creek last year and didn't get very far before I ditched it. It was not my cup of tea."

Oh dear. I had the same reaction when I tried to read My Cousin Rachel and Jamaica Inn when I was a teenager. Ater reading Rebecca I thought I would love all of du Maurier's books and it was not to be! But this one is a buddy read, so I will probably finish it even if I'm not that keen.

[Lee, Mod Mama]

It might just be me. I don't mean to put you off. :-)
I did enjoy My Cousin Rachel so maybe it was just this one that rubbed me the wrong way.

[Chrissie]

I too had serious trouble with the Frenchman's Creek and in fact other du Maurier novel, although I did like Rebecca. That Rebecca is so well known is probably due to its excellence. However my favoirtie book by the author is The Glass-Blowers. It is fiction but at its heart is the story of her family. This is the one to try!

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Priya wrote: "I just finished Kafka On the Shore by Haruhi Murakami. My Most Favourite read of 2011. Mind Blowing- I felt like the Entrance Stone had entered my mind!"

But I still don't get what Colonel Sanders was doing in there.

[L]

I'm currently reading 1Q84 and neglecting my New Yorker subscription. There aren't enough hours in the day to read!

[Ivan]

Jeannette wrote: "I have only read one du Maurier, Jamaica Inn, and I didn't like it. I was afraid to list Rebecca until I sampled it. I don't want to be odd-man-out, again! ;P"

I too could not finish "Jamaica Inn" (and I've read half of "Flight of the Falcon"), but thoroughly enjoyed "Rebecca" and "The House on the Strand." I've been told that "The Scapegoat" is another gem by this author. I did read a memoir of her growing up years and several short stories which I liked very much. So, how is "Rebecca" working out for you?

As for me I'm reading Georgy Girl and also The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - both are very good. I got interrupted with these two by the masterful The Invention of Hugo Cabret by the freakishly talented Brian Selznick - I recommend this wonderous book to everyone reading this; do not let this one get away unread.

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I'm afraid to say! I like the way the narrator tells the story, but I have to admit that I skim-read the entire story last night! I will finish reading it, but something compelled me to skip the bulk of it, and just find out what happens. I don't know why certain books do that to me.

[Ivan]

I had to do that with the last book group selection (of my "live" group here in Tallahassee).

[[deleted user]]

Had you run out of time? Or were you just impatient to finish?

Part of this is goodreads fault, because I get so many good book recommendations, I feel like my attention span is splintered much of the time!

[[deleted user]]

I didn't mean goodreads in particular, I really meant from friends' reviews and such. :) You reading in French or English?

[Ivan]

Jeannette wrote: "Had you run out of time? Or were you just impatient to finish?

It was me - I wasn't enchanted with the book or its being selected for our group - so I simply skimmed it. Others liked it. It did provide a good conversation.

[Manybooks]

Simran wrote: "I'm not ready for their recommendations yet. I still have so many of my own that I'm afraid I'll get too overwhelmed.

I'm starting Les Liaisons Dangereuses [bookcover:Les Liaisons ..."

Are you reading it in French??

[[deleted user]]

Ivan wrote: "Jeannette wrote: "Had you run out of time? Or were you just impatient to finish?

It was me - I wasn't enchanted with the book or its being selected for our group - so I simply skimmed it. Othe..."

Nice to know I'm not alone in my ability to skim. :)

[Ellen]

Mostly, obsessively, reading -I hope Loida is enjoying (or enjoyed if she's finished) this book as much as I am. Murakami at his best.

But I'm also reading (because I can never read just one, I don't know why but...) (the young girl who was a part of the White Rose resistance movement opposing Hitler), because I just bought it & it looked like fun (and way lighter than 1Q84, which while it isn't exactly "heavy" isn't really fast reading). And finally continuing with my Nordic Noir shelf, because I loved the last book I read by Arnaldur Indriðason, .

[Maude]

Ivan, I am glad to see you reading The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, which I also have read. I also saw the movie (it is in French) which was outstanding. I saw it here in Boise with subtitles so you would probably need to know French to see it. That man was amazing with what he did with the amount of time left to him.

[Ivan]

I saw the film and thought it was very moving - Max von Sydow broke my heart.

[Lee, Mod Mama]

Last night I started A Hat Full of Sky, the second of Terry Pratchett's Wee Free Men awesomeness!

And I've also just picked up The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World. I'm really looking forward to digging into this one.

[Lee, Mod Mama]

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly looks good but sad. I'm going to add that to my list.

[[deleted user]]

@Ellie: I'm looking forward to your review of Sophie Scholl and the White Rose. Chrissie, Gundula, and I were just discussing her earlier this week, trying to decide which book to read about her.

[[deleted user]]

Lee wrote: "Last night I started A Hat Full of Sky, the second of Terry Pratchett's Wee Free Men awesomeness! "

My favorite of the 4 in the series! :D

[Lee, Mod Mama]

Oh goody! It's perfect bedtime reading.

[Lauren]

Currently reading The Last Child after finishing One for the Money

[Kim]

Lauren wrote: "Currently reading The Last Child after finishing One for the Money"

I loved One for the Money and quite a few of the sequels, but in recent times the books have got very same-y and I don't rush to read the latest installment any more. Such a shame, because the antics of Stephanie and her friends and family really used to make me laugh out loud.

[Ellen]

Jeannette wrote: "@Ellie: I'm looking forward to your review of Sophie Scholl and the White Rose. Chrissie, Gundula, and I were just discussing her earlier this week, trying to decide which book to re..."
So far, very promising. I agree-it was hard to make the choice. Hope I made the right one! I'll let you all know what I think.