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[Manybooks]

Darkpool wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "Poems and short stories cannot be read BY me. Someone has to read them TO ME..."

I so get that, with the poems at least. When I'm reading poetry (which I admit is not often) I fin..."

I understand that completely. When I read LOTR, I actually have to sing the poems (the songs) out loud to myself in order to like and appreciate them (that is why I generally reread LOTR at home, lol).

[Chrissie]

Laura, nice!

Jeanette, Kooser's writing is superb! Yeah he was born in Iowa, but lives now in southeastern Nebraska. the writing is magical and funny and imaginative and beautiful. all of this rolled together.

Darkpool, exactly! But Robert Frost is SO wonderful, I can just read it. If I have trouble with poetry, it is not the poet's fault but mine. Poetry is to be heard and even tasted, as you so aptly point out!

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I totally agree! It's like reading sheet music as opposed to listening to music.

[Manybooks]

I only started appreciating and liking a lot of the German classical and romantic poets (like Goethe, Schiller etc.) after I started listening to some of the German arts songs of the 19th century that put these poems to music, before I did not really like German poetry that much. And, I started to appreciate late 19th and early 20th Century British poet A.E. Houseman after listening to George Butterworth's wonderful musical rendering of Houseman's poetry, A Shropshire Lad.

[Ronyell]

I am currently reading The Texan's Wager by Jodi Thomas and it's really great so far!!

[Darkpool]

I've just started Death and the Chapman, on the recommendation of a RL friend. I seem to be reading a lot of murder mysteries at the moment, and not deliberately.

[Kathy]

Jeannette wrote: "I thought you had already read this one, Kathy. Don't feel bad; I didn't mean to do that to you!! *sorry*

I've only just started it, but I'll probably finish it anyway.... You can add to the di..."

I know you weren't trying to make anyone feel bad, Jeannette, and I have already read it. I was just hoping to read it again and enjoy it with you. Cupcake lady only makes people feel good, not bad. LOL!

[Kathy]

Chrissie wrote: "Kathy, here is my problem. Yes, the poems are insightful, but I don't think it is wise to read poem afer poem.... I have read 1/2 of the book. Now if I pick up another book, and like it, I will not..."

You have a good point, Chrissie. I think the ideal way to read Spoon River is in bits and parts. It's a book that would be good to read while you're reading something else, too.

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I'm starting Baking Cakes in Kigali

[[deleted user]]

Baking cupcakes??

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Kathy wrote: "Jeannette wrote: "I thought you had already read this one, Kathy. Don't feel bad; I didn't mean to do that to you!! *sorry*

I've only just started it, but I'll probably finish it anyway.... You..."

Thanks, Kathy! You are always welcome to pop into the discussion -- give the book a skim, if you want to. Although it doesn't seem to be the kind of book you can skim.

[Chrissie]

Kathy, when you or I reads one poem that moves us we can leave a comment to the other on our book reviews. Check out William and Emily, maybe that is my favorite so far. I also like Fiddler Jones and Dorcas Gustine! This is the best way, so we can talk about one peom at a time! No rush, we can do this for months!

Do check out Local Wonders: Seasons in the Bohemian Alps. I know one shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but it does have a nice one. the lines are wonderful.

[Chrissie]

Jeanette, have you ever heard Kooser speak?!

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Chrissie wrote: "Jeanette, have you ever heard Kooser speak?!"

No, I missed the opportunity. There was an art show last year, with art inspired by his poems. They were all lovely, evoking the moods expressed in his poems.

[Chrissie]

Jeanette, well, you have the art show to remember! The writing is special. The book is a conglomerate of obserbations about the people and the land around his house, right outside of Lincoln.

[Maria]

Last Friday I finnished read book "A Good Woman" by Danielle Steel.
Now I start reading book "The Pilot's Wife" by Anita Shreve", and also I reading book "Cleopatra's Daughter: A Novel" by Michelle Moran.

[Darkpool]

I read Cleopatra's Daughter last year, and enjoyed it very much. There's another book about Selene just out, which you may be interested in - Lily of the Nile. It's getting some good reviews. I'll be reading that just as soon as the library gets it.

[Chrissie]

I will continue my reading of Spoon River Anthologyn which is poetry, and now also start Jamilia. I am curious to read a book by the author Chingiz Aïtmatov. He is/was the Kyrgyz ambassador to the European Union, NATO, UNESCO and the Benelux countries.

I just finishedLocal Wonders: Seasons in the Bohemian Alps, which I absolutely ADORED! You should read it. It is written by the 13th Poet Laureate of the United States. Here follows my GR review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Jeanette, I think you will love Local Wonders, since you live in Iowa!

[Manybooks]

Chrissie wrote: "I will continue my reading of Spoon River Anthologyn which is poetry, and now also start Jamilia. I am curious to read a book by the author Chingiz Aïtmatov. He is/was t..."

I am going to see if our library has "Local Wonders." I love reading descriptive (poetic) memoirs.

[Chrissie]

Gundula, then this will be a bull's-eye for you!

[Manybooks]

Chrissie wrote: "Gundula, then this will be a bull's-eye for you!"

I put it on my to-read list after you mentioned it, but your review makes me really want to get a copy of it for myself.

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Chrissie wrote: "Jeanette, I think you will love Local Wonders, since you live in Iowa! "

I just put this on hold request. Our library has 4 copies, which doesn't surprise me. But, they also have this on audiobook, read by Kooser.

Local Wonders: Seasons in the Bohemian Alps

[Manybooks]

Jeannette wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "Jeanette, I think you will love Local Wonders, since you live in Iowa! "

I just put this on hold request. Our library has 4 copies, which doesn't surprise me. But, they also hav..."

I don't usually go for audio books, but a book read by the author himself, now that would be very neat.

[Chrissie]

Jeanette and Gundula, exactly! This, as an audio, could be perfect!

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http://www.uctv.tv/search-details.asp...

Here is a video program of Kooser doing a talk and poetry reading. It gives a good picture of the kind of person he is.

[Chrissie]

Jeanette, I looked and listened and he is MARVELOUS! I love the guy. I like his manner. He is so unpretentious and humble and normal, a real human being. THANK YOU!

I finished Jamilia, gave it four stars, summed up what it meant to me in a few lines and now I will begin Revolt in Paradise. I REALLY am yearning to read a book where I will learn something. Something that isn't short. Something I can dig into!

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I'm glad you enjoyed it. I watched just the beginning of it, but I loved his attitude towards himself, and towards poetry.

[Chrissie]

I listened to practically the whole thing with my husband. He is going to read the book too.

[[deleted user]]

I'll be getting the book soon.

[Lisa]

I just finished Revolution, which I do consider a comfort read, and I'm about to start Count Them One by One: Black Mississippians Fighting for the Right to Vote, which I don't think will be a comfort read but which I think I'll really enjoy.

[Chrissie]

Nice, Jeanette!

[Pamela]

Caroline Leavitt's Pictures of You It's fast moving so it pulled me right in ;-)

[Chrissie]

Jeanette, you were asking about Japanese art......Japanesque: The Japanese Print in the Era of Impressionism looks amazing. I think it was at Amazon that you could look inside. I want it too!

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Pamela wrote: "Caroline Leavitt's Pictures of You It's fast moving so it pulled me right in ;-)"

I've been curious about this one. Let me know what you think once you finish.

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Chrissie wrote: "Jeanette, you were asking about Japanese art......Japanesque: The Japanese Print in the Era of Impressionism looks amazing. I think it was at Amazon that you could look inside. I wan..."

Thanks, Chrissie! I'll take a look. :)

[Chrissie]

Jeanette, Contemporary Japanese architecture, its development and challenge is the book I was thinking of, NOT the other. You can look inside at Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/Art-Japanese-Ar...

if it works. DO look inside the book!

Sorry for my mistake, although you might be interested in both!

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Japanesque looks wonderful. If the cover art is indicative of what's inside, it is definitely a book I would enjoy.

The architecture book looks very interesting, too. The link worked just fine. I think I looked at this book somewhere in a store, or a similar book. Hmm, may be time to do some book shopping. Arigatou!

[Laura]

I am almost finishing Empress Orchid and enjoying it quite a lot.

[Chrissie]

Jeanette, you are welcome. I do remember a teeny bit of Japanese. Very, very little.

Laura, is there something you don't like about it?

[Beth]

i am reading debbie macomber,44 cranberry point

[Kathy]

I am on my last Hamish Macbeth book, until the latest one comes out in February. I am so proud of myself. Instead of buying them, I have read at least 10 of them from the library. I'm really trying to cut back on book buying (note that I didn't say book reading). I still have two library books to read, A Tale Dark and Grimm and Great House. I plan on reading A Tale Dark & Grimm next, along with some Spoon River Anthology. I haven't forgotten, Chrissie.

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I'm reading Shipwrecked!: The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy. It's juvenile non-fiction, but it has plenty of story and is well-written.

[Brenda]

I just started The Name of this Book Is Secret It is supposed to be filled with word games and anagrams and seems to have been nominated for quite a few awards. It's being compared to the Lemony Snicket series.

[Chrissie]

I will now start House of Day, House of Night. I am curious to read it b/c it is written by a promising new Polish author. I like translated books.

I just finished Revolt in Paradise. Here follows my review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
It was definitely an enjoyable read, but it demands a discerning eye! The author's role in the historical events are, I believe, a bit exagerated! You will learn a lot, and it is very excting.

[Ellen]

I'm in the middle of reading The Cloud Pavilion during my leisure time while I read Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta: The Celebrated California Bandit for my California Fiction class. They are both great reads.

[Jen]

City of Bones, Fangs for Freaks (with a title like that, why not spend the 3.99 and take a chance?), Immortal...

[Darkpool]

Finally got to the top of the library queue for Last Sacrifice, so I'm busy trying not to read it all in one sitting.
My current audiobook is The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. The narrator, Jayne Entwhistle, is fabulous, and I'm particularly enjoying her northern accents. This was another book that made it onto my TBR list due to discussion here, so thank you Comfort Reads!
I also have Death and the Chapman ticking over in the background, which I'm also enjoying very much... except it's the first in the series, and it looks like #5 is going to be really hard for me to get hold of. Argh!!

[Lisa]

Oh, I loved The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, but I've yet to read the sequels.

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Lisa wrote: "Oh, I loved The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, but I've yet to read the sequels."

Did you? Oh good! I own that book, but I haven't really heard anything about it.

[Lisa]

Christine wrote: "Did you? Oh good! I own that book, but I haven't really heard anything about it."

I did! I borrowed it from the library and I really want to try to read the second one. The third one is about to be published.