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Yay! You will want to read it all in one sitting -- or at least one complete section at a time! (I certainly did.)

[Kathy]

Christine, I picked Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas, my first read by Dallas. There are others of hers I want to read. I'm also listening to The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan and thinking about switching to the print copy I have of this one.

[[deleted user]]

Jeannette wrote: "Yay! You will want to read it all in one sitting -- or at least one complete section at a time! (I certainly did.)"

You are so right! I have finished the first two sections and I am off to read now. (loving it!)

[[deleted user]]

Happy dance! For the last two parts you're gonna need a hanky. I'll be so happy to be able to discuss it with you!!

[Chrissie]

Christine and Jeanette, would you call Please Look After Mom historical fiction? Do you also get insights into Korean culture and history or is it much more just about relationships?

[Chrissie]

Jeanette, we are both on line!

[[deleted user]]

Hi Chrissie! You are an early riser! I am just heading off to bed. I responded to your post on Christine's review. I would love for you to read this book, but it really is more about the relationships. The Korean setting makes it uniquely Korean, but it appeals to the heart more than the intellect.

Enjoy the day, Chrissie! It's nice having you back online! :)

[Chrissie]

Jeanette; and you have nice dreams.

YUP, I am a morning person.

[Chrissie]

I will now start Babette's Feast. It is written by Isak Dinesen, although she also writes under the name Karen Blixen. Most of you have read or heard of Out of Africa, by the same author. I am reading this b/c it is short and hope to soon start a borrowed Kindle book and because I hate cooking. This book shows the beauty of cooking and what can be achieved through it. At least, that is what I have been told by a Spanish friend. She adored cooking. I enjoyed the movie which I saw years ago, but it was in Danish and French. I didn't understand all parts because I do not know Danish. In pronounciation it is not that close to Swedish. I was at that point beginning to learn French.

I just completed Valeria's Last Stand. Here follows my GR review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
I am very glad it is over; I din't enjoy it. I explain why in my review. If you like slapstick humor, well then you just might enjoy it.

[Manybooks]

Chrissie wrote: "I will now start Babette's Feast. It is written by Isak Dinesen, although she also writes under the name Karen Blixen. Most of you have read or heard of Out of Africa,..."

Chrissie, the movie is one of my all-time favourites, but I have not read the book (thanks for reminding me, it is on my to-read list).

I just got two promising books from the library, The Master and Margarita and Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy. The Bonhoeffer book will likely have to be the one I read first (although it is huge), as there are multiple requests for it.

[Chrissie]

Gundula, I hope you got a copy of M&M with good notes. The notes are not really necessary, but they do make you understand the significance of things you would never have noted. You can also just read the book as a fun story. I think I gave it five stars.

Yeah, I loved the movie of Babette's Feast too. That is another reason why I want to read the book. How one can make a movie of a story that is 50ish pages long seems strange. I think the movie wonderfully captured "village life"!

The Bonehoeffer book is also on my list. There is a good historical fiction which I have read that is about him. It is Saints and Villains. Giardina is a great author. I have another book I want to read by her: Storming Heaven

[Manybooks]

Chrissie wrote: "Gundula, I hope you got a copy of M&M with good notes. The notes are not really necessary, but they do make you understand the significance of things you would never have noted. You can also just r..."

I will have to add "Saints and Villains" to my to-read list, it looks great. You did give "The Master and Margarita" five stars, one of the reasons I am going to read it :-) Of course, all of the literary allusions to the Faust legend makes this one interesting to and for me as well. The Bonhoeffer book is quite massive, but hopefully, it will read fast and well, as there is a major line-up at the library for it, so renewing it will likely be out of the question. So, are you settling in again after your vacation, I could use some beaches, spring has been really slow this year (and windy, but I should not complain, not with all of the tornadoes south of the border).

[Chrissie]

Yup, I am settling in. What other choice do I have?! ;0)

[Lauren]

Currently reading Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back - Little Bee and The Distant Hours. Trying to get rid of my mile - high book pile but its not easy! I just keep ADDING books once I finish them....it would be nice to actually see my nightstand for once.

[Darkpool]

Halfway through Which is proving to be really interesting, but the author is making me work! I often feel I have to stop and think about what he's just shown me, to try and understand the implications. So it's slow going. The Medieval world he shows us - where the Byzantine Empire is still dominant in Europe and Christianity remains a minor cult is utterly fascinating. I feel a jolt every time a character exclaims "sweet Venus!" instead of a Christian oath. And running through the story are familiar medieval historical episodes and characters. I'm already wishing for more set in this world.

[Beth]

the dead tossed waves

[Lee, Mod Mama]

I'm just starting As It Is In Heaven which has a sad beginning but from the reviews it sounds like it's worth reading.

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Lee wrote: "I'm just starting As It Is In Heaven which has a sad beginning but from the reviews it sounds like it's worth reading."

I look forward to reading your review.

[Lianne]

I'm currently reading Yukako Kabei's Kieli, Vol. 3: Prisoners Bound for Another Planet at the moment. I'm waiting for the latest volume in the mail so I'm catching up atm =)

[Jessika]

Right now, I'm reading one of my favorite Comfort Reads: A Wrinkle in Time! I just love being transported away somewhere else for a little while.

[Lisa]

Jess wrote: "Right now, I'm reading one of my favorite Comfort Reads: A Wrinkle in Time! I just love being transported away somewhere else for a little while."

One of my all time top favorites too, one that I've definitely read well over 100 times.

[Lee, Mod Mama]

Wow Lisa, have you really read it that many times? That's incredible.

[Lisa]

I have! From age 9 on. I think the year I was 12 I probably read it close to 50 times, about once a week.

[Lee, Mod Mama]

Wow, you really love it eh?

[Lisa]

Lee wrote: "Wow, you really love it eh?"

Except for To Kill a Mockingbird when I was 12, it was my favorite book from ages 9 to 13, and it's never left my top 20.

[Nancy]

Just finished " The Elegance of the Hedgehog" ! omg what a wonderful book. I'm so grateful someone from my book club picked it, or I may never have come across it !! Keep a pen handy as there is so much you will want to underline, remember, refer back to. A terrific book of introspection, friendships, views, values, and things important in life.

[Chrissie]

Lisa wrote: "I have! From age 9 on. I think the year I was 12 I probably read it close to 50 times, about once a week."

Is your copy a harcover with medium blue colored cover? I read it then too, BUT what made you read it once a week?! If you remember you read it that often, you must also remember WHY you read it that often those years?§

Maybr it deserves a reread from my side? I know I loved it.

[Lisa]

Nancy wrote: "Just finished " The Elegance of the Hedgehog" ! omg what a wonderful book. I'm so grateful someone from my book club picked it, or I may never have come across it !! Keep a pen handy as there is ..."

I loved The Elegance of the Hedgehog but I was kind of peeved about one thing about the ending!!!

[Lisa]

Chrissie wrote: "Lisa wrote: "I have! From age 9 on. I think the year I was 12 I probably read it close to 50 times, about once a week."

Is your copy a harcover with medium blue colored cover? I read it then too..."

Chrissie,

This is my edition:

A Wrinkle in Time.

I still own it.

It spoke to me. Some books are just like that. Right time, frame of mind, what touched my heart. My fourth grade teacher read it to us; it was brand new. He first read the then two years old (this edition of) Meet the Austins. Then, my fifth grade teacher read it to us. I took it out of the library over & over. And finally at the end of fifth grade/beginning of summer bought myself a copy. My mother died a few weeks before I turned 12 and I spend the next 2 years comfort reading. This was my ultimate comfort read at the time.

[Chrissie]

Lisa, thanks for explaining.

[[deleted user]]

Lisa wrote: I loved The Elegance of the Hedgehog but I was kind of peeved about one thing about the ending!!!

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I know! Me too, Lisa!

[[deleted user]]

Just finished and I'm trying to write my review. I loved the book.

[John]

At the moment I am reading , the story of Eric Lomax. As a young man he was obsessed by railways. Ironically he was captured by the Japanese and forced to work on the Siam - Burma Railway, famous for the Bridge On The River Kwai. Fifty years later he meets and reconciles with one of his torturers.

[Lisa]

Christine wrote: "Lisa wrote: I loved The Elegance of the Hedgehog but I was kind of peeved about one thing about the ending!!!

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I know! Me too, Lisa!"

I'm glad I'm not alone.

[Kathy]

I just finished The Road. I know not a cozy comfort read. I am about half way through The Book Thief.

[Lisa]

Kathy wrote: "I just finished The Road. I know not a cozy comfort read. I am about half way through The Book Thief."

I liked The Road but it was highly disturbing and I didn't like the end.

The Book Thief I loved; it made my favorites shelf. I hope you are enjoying it. Also disturbing in places, but for me a comfort read.

[Lianne]

I'm currently reading a number of books: Bob Ong's MACARTHUR, Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina (at long last!!!) and Sarah Bradford's George VI (inspired after watching The King's Speech twice now xD)

[Maude]

I am currently reading Quiet Hero, Secrets from My Father's Past, by Rita Cosby, correspondent and TV host. Very interesting book about his time in WWII Poland.

[Kristi]

I don't know what to read! Argh! It's the same old dilemma, new month. Every month I complile my list of...I guess you'd call them top 10, from my groups, etc. Then I stare at the stack for a few days and go, "Hmmm, which one do I start with?"
Don't worry I'm already rolling my eyes at myself, so you don't have to. I think it's time for eeny-meeny-miney-mo.

[[deleted user]]

Kristi, What are your options?

[Chrissie]

Kristi and Jeanette, exactly what I was thinking, but didn't say! So what is in the pile you are choosing from?

Maude Quiet Hero: Secrets from My Father's Past piqued my interests when I read a bit at Amazon. Is it predominantly about the father's war experiences or about the whole family? I didn't recognize the journalist author.

[[deleted user]]

I think Chrissie thinks I'm the cat with the frog on her head! (It would suit me, wouldn't it?)

Good luck with choosing, Kristi!

[Maude]

Chrissie, It is mostly about the father and his time in the Polish Resistance. But it is also about him opening up to his daughter and becoming closer. It is very well done and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I think you would like it, Chrissie.

[Chrissie]

Jeanette..........what are you talking about? I am totally confused!!! Why would I think you are a cat with a frog on his/her head? What does that signify. Do I have to know something about cat behavior?

Mzaude, I have added it. Ever since you told me to read The Invisible Bridge, I take your advice seriously!

[[deleted user]]

I'm sorry Chrissie! I really didn't mean to confuse you!

When you replied to Kristi in message 3829 you wrote: Kristi and Jeanette, exactly what I was thinking.... when it was actually Christine who had made a comment to Kristi. And, Christine's profile picture is a cat wearing a frog hat. :) I just was kidding that a picture of a cat with a frog hat suits my personality, as well as Christine's.

[Andrea]

I am currently reading Black Beauty. Believe it or not this is the first time I have ever read it.... don't ask me how I missed it all these years but I have. I haven't seen the movies either. Weird I know. I am trying to go through and read or reread some of the classics.

[Lisa]

Andrea wrote: "I am currently reading Black Beauty. Believe it or not this is the first time I have ever read it.... don't ask me how I missed it all these years but I have. I haven't seen the movies ..."

That book devastated me when I was 8 and I haven't ever been able ot reread it. Hope you enjoy it.

[Chrissie]

Jeanette, ooops. I didn' realize until now that Christine's avatar is a frog on a cat's head. I don't know why I thought you were Christine, and I went back and looked and looked for a comment from you and found none that made sense. Jeeze. Am I still sleeping 12 hours after getting up? Sorry!

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I thought it was sweet! It is easy to confuse us, I suppose. And I'm pleased to be confused with my comfort buddy. :)

[Manybooks]

I got this cool looking memoir in the mail today, written by James Bartleman, the former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. His mother is/was First Nations, and the memoir looks very interesting, Raisin Wine: a Boyhood in a Different Muskoka. I have a work of historical fiction by the same author (which I have not dared to read yet, as I think the topic/subject will be emotionally wrenching, but I will try to get to it soon), As Long as the Rivers Flow, about the horrors and tragedies of the residential schools and the abuse that occurred in these so-called educational facilities.