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[Bridgit]

I'm reading it for the Seasonal Book Challenge. It is the only one of the three 'group reads' that I havent already read.

I was looking forward to it until I heard all the reviews...

[Carol]

Are you talking about Historian, if so I was not impressed. ,But I am liking Cutting For Stone.

[El]

Bridget, I was one who didn't care for The Historian, but maybe you'll be one who really does like it! One of the girls I work with talks about it constantly still, so lovers of the book do exist. :)

[Sasha]

I was talking about Historian, yeah. Ah, the Seasonal Book Challenge. That thing looked really hard.

Glad you're digging Cutting for Stone, Carol. I'm probably gonna read that eventually; I have sortof a thing for Ethiopia.

[Clare]

The Historian could have been so good with a proper editing job. Ah well, who am I to judge a best seller? I'm currently reading the Amber Spyglass, I have no idea why it's taken me so long to get to this book.

[Lori Ann]

Just finished East of Eden and The Raw Shark Texts. Eden was a very good excellently written book. Raw Shark was pretty weird, I liked it but still...weird.

I am now starting The Help

[Sasha]

Whoa. Description of Raw Shark Texts sounds really interesting. Might want to try that myself. Was it fun to read? Or too weird to really enjoy?

Reminds me a little of the plot of Oldboy, the awesome (and deeply disturbing) Korean movie.

[El]

Oldboy is fantastic.

[Fran]

Just started listening to the audio version of The Daughter of Time, by Josephine Tey, and am loving it!

[Janet]

Just finished Death of a Dentist by M.C. Beaton, one of a string of Hamish Macbeth mysteries set in the highlands of Scotland. Now I'm reading and enjoying a biography of P.G. Wodehouse by Robert McCrum.

[Charity]

Skylark by Dezső Kosztolányi

[Janet]

Carol (akittykat) wrote: "I need a book that is funny,(soon) but I don't like Stephanie Plum books or Chris Moore books. I was thing along the First Detective Agencies books line. I have read a couple, does any one know of ..."
I love the Bennie Harper mysteries by author Earlene Fowler. They are very funny.

[El]

Charity wrote: "Skylark by Dezső Kosztolányi"

Charity, this looks really interesting. I'm looking forward to reading your review when you finish.

[Donna]

I am listening to Ten Days in a Mad-House - Under Cover

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Devil Bones, by Kathy Reichs.

[Lori Ann]

Alex- The Raw Shark Texts was not too weird to read, it just turned out very different than I expected.

Susanna- I watch Bones, are Kathy Reichs books like the show at all?

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Well... the show, from what I've seen of it (not a regular watcher, just an occasional one) has a lighter tone. And a younger main pair of characters. Tempe Brennan, the forensic anthropologist in the novels, is 40ish and a divorced mother.

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Carol (akittykat) wrote: "I am reading Cutting For Stone."

What do you think of that one?? Is the medical grossing you out or do you find it interesting? I really liked the book, but could not stomach some of the medical details.

[[deleted user]]

I'm reading Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard: A Novel

[PDXReader]

I've been fortunately enough to encounter two books I've absolutely LOVED lately. The first is Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War, by Karl Marlantes. Best war book I've ever read. Completely enjoyed watching the main character mature from naive college kid to a real leader, plus it had great action -- quite the page turner. I appreciated the fact, too, that the book was pretty apolitical, concentrating more on the people involved than on the rationale for the Vietnam War.

The other book is Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea. I don't read a lot of non-fiction, and was quite surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. The author explored current events in North Korea by following the lives of five ordinary yet diverse individuals. Their experiences were all different, yet they overlapped enough to create a fairly complete picture of the lives of "normal" people in Communist N. Korea.

I've also read (former Pythoner) Michael Palin's book Sahara. It was good, but not great, and dragged a bit. It was as if Palin wasn't really having a very good time while traveling through N. Africa, and it showed in his writing.

Currently reading Heart of Darkness.

[Charity]

El wrote: "Charity, this looks really interesting. I'm looking forward to reading your review when you finish."

I'm enjoying it so far, if that helps. :)

[Sasha]

Oh wow, Nothing to Envy sounds awesome. I'd love to read that.

And Matterhorn is getting an awe-inspiring amount of praise.

Love to talk about Heart of Darkness with you; I just reread it a few months ago. I was reminded of it yesterday, actually; a friend of mine's getting divorced because after six years she suddenly found out that her husband is not at all the man she thought she was marrying. This is what Conrad is saying, right? That behind our civilized masks, the capacity for real evil rages away in some of us. Not all of us. Some.

Not me, of course; my despicable evilness is right out in the open.

[PDXReader]

Alex wrote: "Not me, of course; my despicable evilness is right out in the open ..."

LOL! I'll let you know what I think. I'm intrigued by the love it or hate it reviews it's getting.

[Sasha]

I've noticed that too. It's a very polarizing book, like 1984, Fahrenheit 451 and Confederacy of Dunces.

Someone posted a list a while ago of "The 50 Most Important Books Everrrrrrr" or something like that, and virtually all of them were polarizers. That probably means something.

[Carol]

Christine wrote: "Carol (akittykat) wrote: "I am reading Cutting For Stone."

What do you think of that one?? Is the medical grossing you out or do you find it interesting? I really liked the book, but could not..."

I am finding Cutting For Stone very interesting. The medical part does not bother me. I also liked Hullabaloo In The Guava Orchard.

[Christy]

Just finished The Book of Lost Things. Loved it. Now I'm reading A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb.

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Carol (akittykat) wrote:I am finding Cutting For Stone very interesting. The medical part does not bother me. I also liked Hullabaloo In The Guava Orchard.


I think I'm just a squeamish girl. My bookclub loved it. I'm glad that you liked Hullabaloo, I just started it, but it's funny.

[Carol]

I am finding the book(CFS) well written and the story is of an interest to me. I am hoping to learn more about Ethiopia.

[Jessika]

Christy wrote: "Just finished The Book of Lost Things. Loved it. Now I'm reading A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb."

I loved The Book of Lost Things! It's one of my all-time favorites!

[Kimberly]

I'm reading Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne. I read it once before last year and it became one of my favourites so I have to read it again.

[Paula]

Nam, I couldn't put "A Reliable Wife" down! I couldn't wait to see what would happen next.

[Lil]

Bridgit, I also loved The Help. The Historian was okay but a bit tedious to read.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Jess wrote: "Christy wrote: "Just finished The Book of Lost Things. Loved it. Now I'm reading A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb."

I loved The Book of Lost Things! It's one of my all-time favorites!"

This is a great story.

Kimberly wrote: "I'm reading Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne. I read it once before last year and it became one of my favourites so I have to read it again."
Awesome book.... I heart Verne.

[Kimberly]

I too heart Verne. I wish he wrote hundreds of books so I could read them my whole life....

[M.]

Christy wrote: "Just finished The Book of Lost Things. Loved it. Now I'm reading A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb."

Let me know what you think of A Certain Slant of Light! I read it last year and thought it was a really nice story! :)

[Mary]

Ive abandoned The Death of Kings: Royal Deaths in Medieval England for the second time to read The Girl Who Fell From the Sky.

[F1Wild]

I started reading Soul Mountain a few nights ago, but it didn't grab me right away as I had hoped. Tonight I just happened to be browsing around on Amazon and found that pone of my "wanted badly" books was now available on Kindle and so I snatched it up and will start it tonight. I can't wait to start it - Twilight in the Forbidden City -Revised and Illustrated 4th Edition by Reginald Fleming Johnston. One of my all-time favorite movies, Bernardo Bertolucci's "The Last Emperor", is based on this book and it seems like I have been waiting forever to read it.

[F1Wild]

Miss GP wrote: "I've also read (former Pythoner) Michael Palin's book Sahara. It was good, but not great, and dragged a bit. It was as if Palin wasn't really having a very good time while traveling through N. Africa, and it showed in his writing."
Have you read any of his other, earlier books? I loved
Pole to Pole, Himalaya and Full Circle...but maybe it was only because I had a mad, Python-crush on him??

[Sasha]

Hooray for Jules Verne!

[Lori, Super Mod]

Alex wrote: "Hooray for Jules Verne!"

;)

[Christy]

M. wrote: "Christy wrote: "Just finished The Book of Lost Things. Loved it. Now I'm reading A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb."

Let me know what you think of A Certain Slant of Light! I read it last..."

I will! So far, so good.

[Linda]

Christy wrote: "Just finished The Book of Lost Things. Loved it. Now I'm reading A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb."

Christy: I didn't know what to expect as far as liking/not liking The Book of Lost Things. I thought it was truly captivating and so imaginative.

[Linda]

Started Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada a couple of days ago and would highly recommend to any of you out there who love WWII books. His writing style is such that it corrals you in almost immediately and just keeps getting better.

[Christy]

Linda wrote: "Christy wrote: "Just finished The Book of Lost Things. Loved it. Now I'm reading A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb."

Christy: I didn't know what to expect as far as liking/not liking T..."

I didn't know what to think either, but it was really good. Lots of layers. I'm still thinking about it, days later.

[PDXReader]

F1Wild wrote: "Miss GP wrote: "Have you read any of his other, earlier books? I loved Pole to Pole, Himalaya and Full Circle...but maybe it was only because I had a mad, Python-crush on him?? ..."

I've got a crush on him, too, which may be why I disliked Sahara. His sense of humor didn't come out well. I've got both Pole to Pole & Himalaya on order, and as they're better rated than Sahara, I'm sure I'll enjoy them.

[F1Wild]

Miss GP wrote: "I've got a crush on him, too, which may be why I disliked Sahara. His sense of humor didn't come out well. I've got both Pole to Pole & Himalaya on order, and as they're better rated than Sahara, I'm sure I'll enjoy them."
I've read them in order - Around the World in 80 Days, Pole to Pole, Full Circle, etc. and I have loved them all - except Sahara. I guess it seemed like it was just dialed in - for me.

[sheila]

I have started to read Peony In Love, I hope its good like other Lisa See books.

[Eden]

I've just started reading Weird U.S.: Your Travel Guide to America's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets. I've only read about 40 pages so far, but I really like it. Lots of interesting stories.

[Lisa]

I've just started reading The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence I'm only on page 37 so I am still just getting into it.

[Becky]

I've just started Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal, and I'm already loving it...