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who's the author brigid?
what's it about?
sounds interesting
what's it about?
sounds interesting

And also The Elizabethan Renaissance: The Life of the Society, by A. L. Rowse. Very interesting. (I'm taking an enrichment class on the Plantagenets and Tudors, and though we have no required reading, I kinda got inspired.)
Right now I am reading
A Wrinkle in Time
and
The Thirteenth Tale
They are both pretty good so far.
A Wrinkle in Time
and
The Thirteenth Tale
They are both pretty good so far.
I am beginning Sitting Practice by Caroline Adderson. it was recommended by a friend.



walking the trail by jerry ellis about his walk from oklahoma to georgia (the trail of tears in reverse) to honor the cherokee nation who were forced by the u.s. gov't to relocate from their ancestoral home in the southeastern mountains of georgia, alabama, tenn and north carloina in 1838
4 thousand died on the trail
great concept but the book is sort of...uh..not great...not terrible...but almost not good to sort of bad
too personal? not such great writing, not such great insight
4 thousand died on the trail
great concept but the book is sort of...uh..not great...not terrible...but almost not good to sort of bad
too personal? not such great writing, not such great insight

Eat, Pray, Love is what I'm enjoying right now. Just finished Stephen King's Duma Key which has inspired me to write more than read these days.

really funny so far about a corporate employee and his emails to his wife, kids, co employees, and his life coach (Pandora)
everything is email communiques and main character is kind of a Ricky Gervais guy in a big organization
if U like British sense of humor, u'll like it
only heard 1 disc out of 6 so far and wonder if it can stay as funny as it is through 6 discs but has gotten even funnier as get to know more about various characters and their foibles
good spoof on life coaches



I am currently reading "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak. I've almost finished it, and I have absolutely loved every word of it. It is an incredibly satisfying and creative take on a horrific event in our history (Hitler's Nazi reign). Somehow, incredibly, Zusak has been able to inject levity into this dark tale, employing Death as its narrator, who tells the story of a young girl's struggle to understand the horrors and sadness she confronts.

I am trying to Read Atonement by Ian Mc Ewan. I am having a difficult time of it. I am 1/2 way into it and I cannot get into the characters or the style of writing. I may give it up. has any one else had a problem with this book?

very interesting book about how a hospital in Brooklyn works, the personalities, the stresses and how things work/don't work
author is very insightful, imaginative and perceptive and luckily will be in Columbus next week for book tour I guess
read 100 pages so far and can't wait to get back to it

Next up on the history front is Love and Louis XIV, by Antonia Fraser, and on the fiction side it's still The Winthrop Woman, by Anya Seton, and Paper Doll, by Robert B. Parker.




book about the British relinquishing control over India in late 1940s
also about Gandhi/India's culture/classes/the English dynamic
very comprehensive all around view of both cultures and the people involved
very interesting and informative about a historical time that few of my history classes ever got to


I'm enjoying it so far. Unfortunately, it's not very long - 270 pages.


I have to admit I had my doubts but I and really finding this book very interesting. There are so many erie similarities to this "cult" as there are to scientology.

Currently re-reading Yesterday by Lars Saabye Christensen. One of my favorite authors.
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