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[Faith]

That part was supposed to have been played by Sam Elliott. I don't know the reason for the replacement. I wasn't crazy about the book so I decided to pass on the series. Actually, the character of Eli at the age of Brosnan is barely in the book.

[Laura, "The Tall Woman"]

It's been a while since I read the book so the series is kind of entirely new to me. I get the Bond thing but I like me some Pierce. I did really enjoy the book and I think author has really contributed.

[LA]

SAM ELLIOTT.
Take me now, Jesus.

[Kim]

I think Pierce Brosnan could do a fine job, but I love Sam Elliott. I am reading the book now. Was thinking the actor who plays Eli when he is kidnapped is far more important than the older version, although he lives well into his 90s in the book.

[Brina]

I just read two novellas, Karnak Café and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Here is my review for Button:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....
With another 3 out of 4 days offline, I am starting Zorba the Greek and then A Tale for the Time Beingand then things will start to get back to normal hopefully, meaning a little less reading but a regular schedule.

[Diane, "Miss Scarlett"]

Brina, I'll be curious to see what you think of Zorba the Greek. I tried to read it but couldn't finish it. His attitude towards women really turned me off.

[Brina]

I need it for a bingo I'm doing and I'm used to Hispanic machismo culture so I doubt it should phase me all that much. Thanks for the heads up.

[Bob]

I just finished rereading James Dickey's Deliverance to teach in my class. I love this book, and it's much more complicated than it's often seen as (i.e., horrible depiction of mountain people, etc.). It's more about how winners rewrite history, personal and national, in order to make things, as one of the characters says, "unhappen." I have also been working through the novels of Wendell Berry--a great discovery--and am now reading and enjoying Andy Catlett Early Travels.

[Cathrine ☯️]

LeAnne wrote: "Cathrine ☯ wrote: "I couldn't wait to get to another Michael Farris Smith book after reading Desperation Road. My thoughts here:
https://www.go..."

Thanks so much LeAnne. I'm almost done and then I'll check it out.

[Brina]

I read Zorba the Greek, my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Faith]

I finished Double Indemnity by James M. Cain.

[Kim]

I am actually OUT OF BOOKS and am going thru a BOOK WITHDRAWAL. UGH! I NEED BOOKS

[David]

Took a couple of days off to make a long weekend over Easter. Read The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. I enjoyed the mix of a straightforward historical narrative, sometimes biting social commentary and the magical realism/symbolic aspects of the book. A wonderful read! (Of course, it was helped by the fact that I read much of it beside a mountain stream!)

[Tina]

Diane wrote: "Brina, I'll be curious to see what you think of Zorba the Greek. I tried to read it but couldn't finish it. His attitude towards women really turned me off."
The movie was way better than the book. That is a rarity. For me anyway.

[Tina]

Diane wrote: "I think it's the James Bond thing. He just never fit that role, and I am a Sean Connery fan (and Daniel Craig)."

1. Sean
2. Daniel (a few basis points off from Sean)
3. Roger
And those other guys

[Tina]

Diane wrote: "I haven't read the book yet, but not sure if I would watch it anyway, since I'm not a big fan of Pierce Brosnan."

What Diane said.

[Laura, "The Tall Woman"]

Let me repeat, forget Bond. Think The Thomas Crown Affair.

[Tina]

Laura wrote: "Let me repeat, forget Bond. Think The Thomas Crown Affair."
Errrrmmmmm,... nope. I am in the Diane Camp on this one. Not a fan.

[Kim]

Brosnan was supposed to get Bond when he was in Remington Steele, would not let him out of contract when he would have been right age. Have seen him in a lot of things where I have liked him very much. Am reserving judgement until I finish book & can watch series. Honestly think whomever plays Eli as captured/adopted Comanche is more important.

[Laura, "The Tall Woman"]

Interesting Kim, the series is showing the boy side through flashbacks. It's been a while since I've read so not sure it's done the same in the book.

[Laura, "The Tall Woman"]

Awww, Remington steel. Loved that!

[Kim]

The book, at least so far, has events from young Eli's point of view, alternated with Jeannie (J.A.) story and Peter's diary entries from 1915.

[Brina]

My review of A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Diane, "Miss Scarlett"]

My book club last nite started a discussion of movies, and James Bond came up. Sorry, Laura and Kim, but none of us liked Pierce Brosnan. Connery and Craig won overwhelmingly, but apparently Daniel Craig doesn't want to do Bond anymore, so now they are looking for a new one.

[Kim]

The Outer Cape: A Novel got in the mail this morning. I won this book from www.librarything.com giveaway. getting ready to read it in a little bit

[Brina]

We love Daniel Craig and apparently he is getting an offer he can't refuse to be in 1-2 more films, which is why there is no set date for next movie. After that, we like Connery, Moore, and Brosnan. The only Bond we dislike here is Timothy Dalton. He was a place holder and not very good imo.

[Diane, "Miss Scarlett"]

Timothy Dalton wasn't liked by my group either, and one member even remembered a Roger Ackerby who was in one Bond film early on.

[Tom, "Big Daddy"]

Poor George Lazenby. Nobody even remembers that he played Bond, the first actor to do so after Connery.

[Diane, "Miss Scarlett"]

Thanks for the correction, Tom. I'm going to blame Ackerby on autocorrect, instead of my poor memory.

[Faith]

I finished Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America by Patrick Phillips. My review:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sue]

Faith wrote: "I finished Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America by Patrick Phillips. My review:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

Thanks for your review, Faith. I wasn't aware of this book or the facts behind it. I'm adding it to my list.

[Jane]

Adding to my list also , thank you

[Faith]

Sue and Jane, I'm glad I piqued your interest.

[Sue]

Faith wrote: "Sue and Jane, I'm glad I piqued your interest."

You definitely did. I'm a bit surprised I'd never heard about this before. Not sure exactly when I will get to it but I do want to read it.

[Cathrine ☯️]

I've got a thing for Dave Robicheaux. Thoughts on
A Morning for Flamingos

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[LA]

I cannot see many folks liking these short stories, but I do! There is some intense vulgarity to get through, but it is 'functional' in that it shows the state of the characters. Very very well done, but doses of nastiness have me wincing big time. Exceptional character studies in "Homesick for Another World."

[Kim]

I remember George Lazenby. I thought he was great, and I loved On Her Majesty's Secret Service, most romantic and heartbreaking of the Bond movies...Diana Rigg! Also, Telly Savalas(sp) as villain, and all the great skiing scenes. I saw Bond movies with my parents when I was a kid, and started reading the books around 10 or 11...the neighbors were shocked and appalled my parents took me with them to From Russia with Love and Dr No, Goldfinger and Thunderball...goodness, when Bond sucked the spine out of Domino's foot, I thought women were going to faint. I learned more about sex from those books than anyone was ever willing to address openly, it was all hush hush back then, but kids picked up knowledge, one way or another, often erroneous if not erogenous. I remember they became very popular because of JFK's liking them.

[Karen]

I just finished reading Dead Souls (Detective Inspector Kim Stone #6) by Angela Marsons. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Karen]

Rules of Half by Jenna Patrick https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Brina]

I finished The Optimist's Daughter. My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Karen]

I just finished "Two Girls Down" by Louisa Luna.
Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sue]

I have been reading so many new things and now I'm enjoying a trip to the past with a re-read of Pride & Prejudice. So much fun.

[Book Concierge]

My Name is Lucy Barton – Elizabeth Strout – 5*****
I love character-driven novels such as this one. Strout writes beautifully, with prose that reveals her characters to the reader with nuance and grace. Lucy’s recollections and probing questions lead her mother to reveal some of the “why” behind how Lucy came to be the woman she is.
LINK to my review

[Zorro]

I just finished Commonwealth by Ann Patchett. Excellent. Are you all considering Patchett books for the Southern literature group?

""Patchett was born in Los Angeles, California. She was the younger of two daughters of Frank Patchett, a Los Angeles police captain and Jeanne Ray, a nurse (who later became a novelist). The couple divorced and her mother remarried, moving the family to Nashville, Tennessee when Patchett was six years old."

[Karen]

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... I just finished "Before You Were Mine," by Em Muslin

[Faith]

I finished The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston. My review:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Karen]

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pretend We Are Lovely by Noley Reid

[Tom, "Big Daddy"]

Sue wrote: "I have been reading so many new things and now I'm enjoying a trip to the past with a re-read of Pride & Prejudice. So much fun."

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed that one.

[Brina]

I am reading Anna Karenina. 300 pages left. I have a feeling it will go faster than the first half. Goal is to finish this weekend.

[Sue]

Tom wrote: "Sue wrote: "I have been reading so many new things and now I'm enjoying a trip to the past with a re-read of Pride & Prejudice. So much fun."

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed that one."

It really is fun, isn't it! And it seems to show that humanity hasn't changed to much over the past 200 years even if our daily rituals and routines have.

If anyone is looking for another challenging and wonderful read, a novel of sorts built of stories, I suggest The Tsar of Love and Techno. It does require some extra concentration as there are links (not always obvious) between the stories, all set in Russia and Chechnya, and it is not easy reading about some of the events. It covers 80 years of history. My review is at
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...