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[Chrissie]

Gundula, it is not in my mature to give up easily.

[Chrissie]

I got this email twice! So, let me just add that it is nice to be home where I have GR at my fingertips and you guys to talk with. :0) Each place has nice things. Well bad things too....

[Manybooks]

Chrissie wrote: "Gundula, it is not in my mature to give up easily."

I know, me too, but with books, I have become rather picky.

[Jessika]

Right now, I'm reading Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. It's very good so far--quite creepy. I'm enjoying the Gothic feel!

[Nicole]

I just finished Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen and now I'm reading Sleepwalk with Me by Mike Birbiglia. I love them both!

[Darkpool]

Just started To Say Nothing of the Dog, after all the positive buzz about the author there has been in the thread. So far, so promising!

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Darkpool wrote: "Just started To Say Nothing of the Dog, after all the positive buzz about the author there has been in the thread. So far, so promising!"

I still plan on reading this in January -- as soon as I get through the Lord of the Rings.

[Manybooks]

Jeannette wrote: "Darkpool wrote: "Just started To Say Nothing of the Dog, after all the positive buzz about the author there has been in the thread. So far, so promising!"

I still plan on reading th..."

Me too, thanks for reminding me. I was going to put up a discussion thread as we had discussed previously, but it slipped my mind (what else is new). I will put up a thread by the beginning of next week and hopefully start reading the book asap (I also plan to read "Three Men in a Boat" at the same time, but that is maybe wishful thinking).

[Darkpool]

Doh! I totally forgot that this was the one that was slated as a buddy/group read this month! How ditzy am I?

[Manybooks]

Darkpool wrote: "Doh! I totally forgot that this was the one that was slated as a buddy/group read this month! How ditzy am I?"

I kind of forgot about this as well, and I was the one who recommended it. Now I just have to find the book in my bookshelves, wish me luck.

[[deleted user]]

I remembered, but it will be a couple of weeks until I get to it! That's why I hadn't mentioned it. I'm pretty sure that Kathy was interested, and maybe Lee.

Please start the thread, either of you, when you are ready. :)

[Manybooks]

Jeannette wrote: "I remembered, but it will be a couple of weeks until I get to it! That's why I hadn't mentioned it. I'm pretty sure that Kathy was interested, and maybe Lee.

Please start the thread, either of..."

I've just started the thread for reading/discussing "To Say Nothing of the Dog." I put it in the "Historical Fiction" folder.

[[deleted user]]

I'm reading Before I Fall . I'm only a few chapters into it, although I almost gave up after the first section because I do not like this character.

[Chrissie]

I finished The Gift of Rain and I liked very much the descriptive information about Malayan history and Japanese and Chinese traditions. The plot was fast moving. Neverteless I did not feel empathy or understand the two main characters. You could say, I didn't like the story. So I gave it three stars. My GR review explains this in more detail: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I just started Shanghai Diary: A Young Girl's Journey from Hitler's Hate to War-Torn China and I absolutely adore it, even though I have only read about 30 pages. I felt compeled to begin a review. This never happened with the last book! It is fascinating to read about the Jews who fled to Shanghai, when so many other countries closed their doors to them during WW2. Here are my thoughts about this memoir: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I bet I will end up loving this book. I feel it in my bones.

[Manybooks]

I ordered a book from the library today that I have wanted to read for a long time, one of the first books that deals with the internment of Japanese Canadians during WWII, Obasan by Joy Kogawa. I hope that I am going to like the book, not all of the reviews are positive, most of the criticism being of the author's writing style. I have also ordered from the library, by the same author, Naomi's Road, which looks like a children's version of the story told in Obasan.

[Lisa]

I just started Doomsday Book last night. It's long, and I have so many other books I want to get to this month, but I didn't want to wait any longer to read this one.

[Manybooks]

Lisa wrote: "I just started Doomsday Book last night. It's long, and I have so many other books I want to get to this month, but I didn't want to wait any longer to read this one."

I found this a really fast read, I think that the first time I read it, I read it in one night (I did not get any sleep), which is unusual for me, as I tend to be a rather slow and methodical reader, but this was just so good, I inhaled it.

[Lisa]

Gundula wrote: "I found this a really fast read, I think that the first time I read it, I read it in one night (I did not get any sleep)"

It's 578 pages of small print (true, a small sized paperback too); there is no way I can read this over a few hours. I am a really slow reader. But, hopefully in a few days, if I have enough time to read. So far, it's riveting, I agree!

[Manybooks]

Lisa wrote: "Gundula wrote: "I found this a really fast read, I think that the first time I read it, I read it in one night (I did not get any sleep)"

It's 578 pages of small print (true, a small sized paperba..."

It is riveting, and thought-provoking as well. I actually had to reread the book, because I read it so fast the first time, I missed quite a lot.

[Kristi]

I just finished Black Ice. I really enjoyed it. A definite comfort read for me!

[Lisa]

Gundula wrote: "I actually had to reread the book, because I read it so fast the first time, I missed quite a lot. "

I already want to reread Connie Willis's Blackout/All Clear. I don't think I missed that much (especially after discussing it with others and thinking about it) but I want to know how she did it, and it would be fun to read this two part book, this time already knowing what I knew when I finished reading the first time.

[Manybooks]

Lisa wrote: "Gundula wrote: "I actually had to reread the book, because I read it so fast the first time, I missed quite a lot. "

I already want to reread Connie Willis's Blackout..."

I need to read these as well, but I want to make sure that I read both parts (or, can get both parts) at the same time. I don't think I could handle having a break or having to wait until I read part two. When I reread Doomsday Book, I did realise that reading it as fast as I did the first time, made me miss some details (also, I just liked reading it, I love rereading books I liked).

[Lisa]

Gundula, Definitely read Blackout and All Clear at the same time. I started All Clear the same day that I finished Blackout, and that is the way to do it. They're fabulous!!!

[Manybooks]

Lisa wrote: "Gundula, Definitely read Blackout and All Clear at the same time. I started All Clear the same day that I finished Blackout, and that is the way to do it. They're fabulous!!!"

Thanks, I should check if our library has both now, otherwise, I will wait (it's not as though I don't have enough books to read, ha).

[Pamela]

Pamela wrote: "Jess wrote: "Pamela wrote: "I got a Kindle for Christmas yea! So I downloaded a wonderful book to see if it feels the same as reading a paperback book ;-) Blind Hope: An Unwanted Dog and th..."</i>

Jess I posted my review about Blind Hope [bookcover:Blind Hope: An Unwanted Dog and the Woman She Rescued it was really good. Hope you'll get a chance to read it. :-)

[Pamela]

I am half way through The Muse of Edouard Manet The Muse of Edouard Manet it's a mystery, romance with art and time travel, sooo good I want to stop working and keep reading! I even stopped watching tv for the last few nights just to read...

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Pamela wrote: "I am half way through The Muse of Edouard Manet The Muse of Edouard Manet it's a mystery, romance with art and time travel, sooo good I want to stop working and keep reading! I even ..."

That's a great recommendation! I already have this one one my to-read list.

[Maria]

I start to read book "Paths of Glory" by Jeffrey Archer.

Than I'll be read another 2 books:
1."A Good Woman" by Danielle Steel.
2."The Pilot's Wife" by Anita Shreve.

[Maria]

Pamela wrote: "I am half way through The Muse of Edouard Manet The Muse of Edouard Manet it's a mystery, romance with art and time travel, sooo good I want to stop working and keep reading! I even ..."

looks verrrrrry interesting! will add to "to read". look forward to your impressions.

[Chrissie]

I will start today The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman: A Novel. I like reading translated works. This Polish novel of historical fiction is said to be excellent.

I just finished Shanghai Diary: A Young Girl's Journey from Hitler's Hate to War-Torn China which was very informative and the kind of book that immediately sucks you in. The author fled in 1939, 10 years old, with her family to Shanghai, one of the few countries that left their doors open to the European Jews! My review follows, if you are curious about the book's contents and the prose style:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[[deleted user]]

I'm starting The Shadow Lines: A Novel

[Chrissie]

Oh wonderful, Christine! This is perhaps my favorite by Ghosh!!!!! Now you will see how this author really can write. I harshly starred his latest novel. His earlier writings are better than the latter ones. Check out Dancing in Cambodia, at Large in Burma too, but this isn't fiction.

[Lee, Mod Mama]

Chrissie, I'm reading Not Even My Name: A True Story and loving it.

[Chrissie]

Lee, YES!!!! Good! Isn't it great? You KNOW how good one feels when a friend reads a book that you loved. You made my day - well night. It is night now. I am smiling.

Nice that you like my Shanghai Diary review too. Soon I will get everybody reading about all sorts of different countries. Everybody will be as facinated about the world out htere as I am! :0)

[Lee, Mod Mama]

Chrissie, I'm only about 75 pages in but it doesn't feel depressing despite the subject matter. Great writing!

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Chrissie wrote: "Oh wonderful, Christine! This is perhaps my favorite by Ghosh!!!!! Now you will see how this author really can write. I harshly starred his latest novel. His earlier writings are better than the l..."

This is my first by him, Chrissie. I own another one, The Circle of Reason, do you know if that one is good?
I have read about 50 pages of The Shadow Lines: A Novel so far, and I already love it.

[John]

On the weekend I read The Day of the Jackal which I really enjoyed. I was surprised that it didn't feel terribly dated. Now I am reading Remarkable Creatures.

[Chrissie]

Christine, I have read all of his books except for one. I rate these books by comparing them to each other not other books in general. I think this was his first novel. He is a very good author. I read all of them before joining GR, except for his last one, which really disappointed me b/c I compare it to his other novels. I think he is writing more and more for what will interest "the public". For example, The Hungry Tide was written after the Tsunami. Maybe I am wrong. I know I read it after the Tsunami and I did enjoy it very much. Nevertheless, you get my point. The Glass Palace is good. Really it is just his last one, Sea of Poppies, that I disliked b/c I know he can do better. The Shadow Lines: A Novel is my favorite. NONE of the others are a waste of time.

Furthermore it annoys me that Sea of Poppies is the first of a trilogy. I will not be reading the second book when it comes out.

I loved Allende's first books too, then they started going down the drain.

[Manybooks]

Chrissie wrote: "Christine, I have read all of his books except for one. I rate these books by comparing them to each other not other books in general. I think this was his first novel. He is a very good author. I ..."

The only book I really liked by Isabel Allende was/is The House of the Spirits. I've tried some of the others, and I just could not really get into them.

[Chrissie]

Gundula, House of Spirits is her best, in my opinion. I also liked the ones about her daughter. They are written from her heart! All of these are more or less biographical, that is why I think they ring true.

[Manybooks]

Chrissie wrote: "Gundula, House of Spirits is her best, in my opinion. I also liked the ones about her daughter. They are written from her heart! All of these are more or less biographical, that is why I think they..."

I have not read the one about her daughter (I think it was the one where her daughter was seriously ill). Actually, I was kind of reluctant to read it, I thought it would be way too sad for me (sometimes, I'm a real wuss when it comes to sad themes). Do you remember the title of the book about her daughter, I just cannot remember it.

[[deleted user]]

Chrissie wrote: I loved Allende's first books too, then they started going down the drain.



OH! I so agree on this! I haven't heard anyone else who shares my opinion. I loved her early books!

[Chrissie]

Gundula, Daughter of Fortune should be read before Portrait in Sepia. Both are very good - 4 stars. The one about her daughter, Paula, is defintiely worth reading. Read the other two if you don't think you can manage it...... I gave these three four stars. No reviews b/c I read them years and years ago. I have only given The House of the Spirits five stars. This one stands out above all the others.

Christine, hmmm, that is cool. We think the same. I just ordered some books. I feel very guilty. I do not need more books. I have so many that I have bought and not yet read. I am addicted. I have no will power what so ever, book sick...... Christine, wasn't it you that liked Under Fishbone Clouds? Or was it Jeanette? I ordered that. I should be reading, not here on GR! I feel so guilty I am not going to name the others.

Yes, I DO like The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman: A Novel, but I do not understand the cover. She is blonde and blue eyed. The girl on the cover is NOT blonde. This is bugging me! Does blonde have an e? I think so....

[Manybooks]

Chrissie wrote: "Gundula, Daughter of Fortune should be read before Portrait in Sepia. Both are very good - 4 stars. The one about her daughter, Paula, is defintiely worth rea..."

Thanks for the information, Chrissie, I will definitely be adding "Daughter of Fortune" and "Portrait in Sepia" I'll probably add "Paula" as well, but I think it will be a while before I'll want to read it, I've read too many emotionally wrenching novels (even if they are children's novels) lately. And, you should not feel guilty about ordering books, books are wonderful (although I feel guilty as well whenever I order a books, especially since I have a lot of books to read still).

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Yes, Chrissie, it was Christine that really liked Under Fishbone Clouds. It didn't quite grab me as I hoped it would.

[Chrissie]

Anything in excess is bad and my book buying is BAD! But I have picked out such good books :0) One is written by the wife of Exupery!

Jeanette, hmm. I hope I like it?! How many stars did you give it? I am hoping to be drawn into the Chinese myths.......

[[deleted user]]

I didn't finish it, because it took me too long to get into the story. I think it has potential, so it may have been me. Sometimes I am rather impatient with books. I mean to say -- I didn't think it was badly written, it just wasn't for me at this time.

[Chrissie]

Jeanette, well let's see how I react to it. The next hurdle is getting me ti choose it form the books sitting on my shelves. All of these I will read. I have picked them carefully.

[[deleted user]]

Chrissie, please read Christine's review -- I believe she gave it 5 stars. I hate to discourage you from giving it a try.

[[deleted user]]

Of course, there is always The Samurai's Garden, which is still marked as to-read on your shelves. This is a book that Christine and I both gave 5 stars to.