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Man, I missed that The Twelve Caesars bit. Suetonius! That does look supercool. And I was able to send a sample to my Kindle, which feels wrong somehow. You diggin' it, Knarik?
My boyfriend insists that I should read The Twelve Caesars. I haven't gotten to it yet, but I'm promised I'll love it.Turner, I think I agree with you on Frankenstein. Liked it, but didn't enjoy it.
I've finished listening to In a Class by Itself by Sandra Brown.It is a first reads win and a romance and it is reminding why romance is not really my thing!
Now Twelve Caesars sounds just like my cup of tea!
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Carol and Alex, I read Journey to the Centre of the Earth prior to seeing the movie and thought the book was far superior to the film. Though the film did stay pretty close to the novel....!!
Thanks Lori. The new Journey movie can not compare to the original.
Are we talking about the new movie or the old one?
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I'm starting Traveling With Pomegranates today.Just finished up Howard's End.
Also - the bedside read is V. S. Naipaul's 'Magic Seeds'. A terrific story.
And we have Tolle's 'A New Earth' and 'The Secret' on the go.
Inspiring.
I finished reading Sundays at Tiffany's by James Patterson loved loved loved this book. it' a wonderful and magical love story.. I'm now currently reading Killer Dreams by Iris Johansen
I kinda just assumed there was an old one. I'm shocked and intrigued that the new one might hew to the story. I thought I remembered, like, a spaceship and a talking monkey.
There was the Pat Boone version from the Sixties...I'm still reading Lady of the Butterflies which is still pretty decent. It has gotten a little bit like standard historical romances which is a little annoying, but I'm putting up with it. Since it's based on the life of Eleanor Glanville I prefer the parts that focus most on her studies. I'm picky about that sort of thing when I read historical fiction. I don't care about the love lives, criminy.
I recall seeing a version of Journey to the Center of the Earth as a child - must have been the Pat Boone one.
F1Wild wrote: "I finished Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet and have begun The Street of a Thousand Blossoms, my first of Gail Tsukiyama's books. So far I'm loving it!"Still reading
The Street of a Thousand Blossoms but Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet is cery high on my list!
I just finished My Name is Mary Sutter-excellent book! Good story with a fair amount of history of the Civil War. I've just started The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard. It's her debut novel and it's hard to put down, even though I'm only on page 126!
Alex wrote: "Are we talking about the new movie or the old one?"I was talking about the original . The new movie was not good.
Carol (Kitty) wrote: "I have read two so far and they have been great. I am waiting for Cloud Atlas "I have that Kindle-sampled and hope to read it soon. Several comment that they like it better than Jacob de Zoet, but maybe it's just different?
Lisa wrote: "F1Wild wrote: "I finished Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet...The Street of a Thousand Blossoms..."I just finished those same books. I loved Gail Tsukiyama, so I read Women of the Silk and The Language of Threads right after.
Now I am reading The Kitchen God's Wife..."
I have heard so many great things about Women of the Silk, but so far it's not available for the Kindle so I wait...
Also, if you like Amy Tan I highly recommend her newest, Saving Fish from Drowning: A Novel. I really loved it, plus it was different than her other books.
Jane wrote: "It sounds like I enjoyed Major Pettigrew a little more than you did. I liked the slow unfolding (or unbending) of the Major's character. And the look into the still existent class and racial clima..."i did like the look into the classes, and the idea that people still can live that lifestyle in today's world, but i just felt it lacked something.
i started Remarkable Creatures today, and i'm really liking it so far. i made it through over 100 pages this afternoon, so i know that it's a good one!
I just finished LITTLE BEE by Chris Cleave and only gave it 2 stars. It just did not do it for me. Now am going to try and get into 2666 again. Having a hard time with this one. Very boring.
Currently reading John Cicero's Rainbow's Shadow and the tablets of fateLove it so far. It has fantasy, adventure, spirituality, and even an imaginative candy land
paradise that has me craving for more.
Just finished the audio of Prayers for Sale which was great!Now starting Sh*t My Dad Says, and am working on In the Company of the Courtesan.
Next up is a First Reads win Hidden Wives which seems to be getting rave reviews!
I just finished
I think Im going to start either
or
.. not sure which yet.
Whoa, Maria. That's interesting. Mary Anning's a real person, of course, and a really interesting one. (For others who might not know: she was a wicked poor woman who managed to dig up the first icthyosaur, among other discoveries that completely changed palentology, but never managed to get much credit or money for her contributions. Crappy story.)
I have a non-fiction book called Terrible Lizard: The First Dinosaur Hunters and the Birth of a New Science that deals somewhat with her but isn't really about her. I think I remember seeing an actual bio of her once.
Now that I've finished Frankenstein, I've moved on to Angela's Ashes. So far, it's pretty interesting, but for some reason it's taking me a long time to read. Has anybody here read it? Any opinions?
Tania wrote: "I'm reading The Awakening by Chopin~ Tania
www.taniazavertachance.com"
I started that last semester and couldn't really get into it. Maybe I was just too busy with school to really focus on it or something.
Just read Ann Brashares'
and it is incredible. If you like historical romance, I highly recommend this one.
Sue wrote: "I just finished My Name is Mary Sutter-excellent book! Good story with a fair amount of history of the Civil War. I've just started The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard. It's her debut ..."Sue: I really thought the Scent of Rain and Lightning was excellent. Wasn't prepared for the end, though (not saying any more). If you like this one she does have others.
Erika, I loved Whale for the Killing, in a "this is totally depressing" kind of way!
Turner wrote:Now that I've finished Frankenstein, I've moved on to Angela's Ashes. So far, it's pretty interesting... I have read Angela's Ashes. I really enjoyed it but it was pretty depressing in places. Maybe that's why you are having problems getting through it?
Eliza wrote: "I just finished A Prayer for Owen Meany and loved every single sentence in the 543 page book. UNBELIEVABLE. I did not want it to end. I needed a book like that- I feel like Suzanne, reading a string of so-so books. Owen Meany was amazing. ..."That's how I felt when I read Owen Meany. I recommend it all the time. It was amazing.
Carol (Kitty) wrote: "That is a nice list. A Tale of Two Cities is one of my favorites.I have never read Journey to the Center of the Earth."Tale of Two Cities is one of my favorites, too. Great list of books, Alex.
Carol, I recommend Journey To The Center of The Earth. Haven't read it in years but it was fantastic, as I recall.
I just started reading How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else by Michael Gates Gill
I am currently reading The Heretic's Daughter I am enjoying it so far.I am also listening to The Hour I First Believed I am a little over half way and still not sure how I feel about this one.
I'm back from a few days of hiking. Never knew there were so many mosquitos and irritating flies in all of BC! Had a great time despite them critters!I finished reading The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing: From the Files of Vish Puri, Most Private Investigator and loved it! It's really a fun book. I liked this one more than The Case of The Missing Servant (although I recommend starting with this book, as it introduces all of the characters and it's a fun book, too).
The interaction and personalities of the characters are further defined, the mystery was "darker" (more criminal action and violence/weaponry) and more detailed. The humour throughout the book is chuckle-funny and on every page, the character of Mummy is awesome (love her attempts at "doing investigation").
I'm already looking forward to Vish Puri, #3!
I also started (and hope to finish today) This Is Where I Leave You, which is also funny in a dark humour sort of way. I like the characters and the interactions/relationships between them. The story has many sad overtones to it. All in all, I'm enjoying it.
Still reading 2666. I haven't made any progress on it this past week. It's not a book to take on a hiking vacation. Too intense.
And, finally, I'm listening to Sad Cypress. This is my second Hercule Poiroit story and I'm enjoying his character a lot. Agatha Christie never disappoints and this story is making for interesting commutes and car rides.
Lauren wrote: "Turner wrote:Now that I've finished Frankenstein, I've moved on to Angela's Ashes. So far, it's pretty interesting... I have read Angela's Ashes. I really enjoyed it but it was p..."
I KNOW. I'm about halfway through and it just gets sadder and sadder and sadder, and then you think it's getting better, but then the mother has another child and it promptly dies: AWFUL. But, I am enjoying reading it nonetheless.
Turner wrote: "Now that I've finished Frankenstein, I've moved on to Angela's Ashes. So far, it's pretty interesting, but for some reason it's taking me a long time to read. Has anybod..."
Turner, I loved Angela's Ashes - I read it years ago when it first came out. The movie, in my opinion, was equally as good as the book.
Oh, I didn't even know there was a movie, I'll have to check it out once I'm finished with the book (over half-way done!)
Turner wrote: "Now that I've finished Frankenstein, I've moved on to Angela's Ashes. So far, it's pretty interesting, but for some reason it's taking me a long time to read. Has anybod..."
I liked Angela's Ashes quite a bit, but I have heard plenty of others say it is too depressing. I don't mind depressing as long as the characters don't get too whiney about it.
Julie wrote: "I liked Angela's Ashes quite a bit, but I have heard plenty of others say it is too depressing. I don't mind depressing as long as the characters don't get too whiney about it. ..."I found Angela's Ashes (the book, as well as the movie) to be extremely whiney. I know I'm in the minority but I really disliked the whineyness and self-pity party this book contained.
I went to see the movie because I thought I'd missed the point of the book since everyone raved about it and I really disliked it. But.....the movie was just as bad.
I received my copy ofIt's Not PMS, It's You!. I will start it soon and post my review on Debs web site and I guess amazon.
Turner wrote: "Now that I've finished Frankenstein, I've moved on to Angela's Ashes. So far, it's pretty interesting, but for some reason it's taking me a long time to read. Has anybod..."
i started reading Angela's Ashes the summer before I graduated from college....10 years later i still haven't finished it. i really liked it, but found it slow going, as you are.
I just finished It's Not PMS, It's You!. As promised here is my review. I did not know where to put it to get the maximum exposure so if this is the wrong place sorry.
MY REVIEW:An outrageously funny look at male, female relationships and the foot and mouth disease of the male species. Cognitive bypass is a hot-wired male brain to the southern regions of his body and how it measures up to his buds or any other of the male gender. Totally funny and laugh out loud. If you think you will know more about men after reading this , wrong it just validates any preconceived ideas the female species already has. On the other hand if the male thinks he will understand the female , not going to happen . Females will remain as elusive as ever as long as foot and mouth disease exists.
Finished up The Marrowbone Marble Company by M. Glenn Taylor. Starting The Bomb by Howard Zinn.
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@Madeline: I too am interested in reading Twelve Caesars, it can be added to my ever-rapidly-growing to read list :)