NovaLee
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CURRENTLY READING
A Good Death ~ Gil Courtemanche
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The Lovely Bones ~ Alice Seabold
The Honk and Holler Opening Soon ~ Billie Letts
The Wife Tree ~ Dorothy Speak
The Time Traveler's Wife ~ Audrey Niffenegger
A Complicated Kidness ~ Miriam Toews
The Memory Keeper's Daughter ~ Kim Edwards
Crow Lake ~ Mary Lawson
Bel Canto ~ Ann Patchett
Open House ~ Elizabeth Berg
While I Was Gone ~ Sue Miller
The Thirteenth Tale ~ Diane Setterfield
Kafa on the Shore ~ Huruki Murakami
Breath of Snow and Ashes ~ Diana Gabaldon
The Ghost at the Table ~ Suzanne Berne
The Reader ~ Bernhard Schlink
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle ~ Haruki Murakami
Animal Farm ~ George Orwell
ATTEMPTED READS
A Prayer for Owen Meany ~ John Irving - Sorry ....but I just couldn't get through this one. Perhaps if someone here has read it and enjoyed it, they can give me a little insight into what I have so obviously missed. For me ....it was so bogged down with tedious detail and rantings that I found myself have to re-read whole chapters as I couldn't remember what I had read from the time I put it down until I picked it up again. Sadly, I didn't even make it half-way through. Perhaps I just didn't give it a chance.
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I finished this book a couple of months ago and must say that I quite enjoyed it. It was unlike anything I've ever read before and I thought Diane Setterfield's writing style was very poetic. I thought the characters were unique, the plot interesting and imaginative. This book has tragedy, dark stormy nights and mystery; it's certainly not realistic and no doubt, wasn't meant to be so I found with that in mind I was able to accept the unbelievable characters; I did find the Angelfield family to be quite over-the-top and extremely odd. All in all, I liked it and certainly enjoyed Diana's beautiful writing style enough to try anything else she may publish in the future.
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Hmm ....interesting question. I generally have difficulty giving my books away ...they become like good friends and I just can't part with them. I often tell myself that I really should clean out my book shelves ....luckily I'm easily able to talk myself out of actually going through with it.
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I'm a 20th century woman (doctor) living in the 18th century on the cusp of the American Revolution with my loving 18th centurey warrior husband.
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Being Friday - and a long weekend to boot ....think we deserve a treat
Perhaps we'll head off to a restaurant somewhere ....just not sure where yet. Maybe Italian ....everyone loves pizza. -
I read the first 5 books back-to-back ....kinda like one really big 5000 page book about 4 years ago and LOVED them.
Must admit though, FIREY CROSS didn't hold my attention quite as much as the others and in fact, I have trouble even remembering that one. It's only just recently that I've picked up A BREATH OF SNOW AND ASHES in preperation for the latest one.Diana Gabaldon happens to be scheduled to come to a book store about a block from my house next month and read excerpts from the latest book in the series. I want to go to that and thought I should have 'ashes' finished before I go.
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I love LIFE OF PI
It's been a few years now since I read it but it goes down as one of my all-time favorites. There are few books that I would re-read but this is one of them. -
Oh Canada! ....always good to meet another Canadian. I'm in Manitoba.
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I keep meaning to read this book ~ the title has always intriqued me. I think this thread has just bumped it up in the que a place or two for me ....thanks for the reccomadation.
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I just finished Kafka on the Shore by Murakami - a real metaphysical mind-bender to be sure but I really enjoyed it. It was the summer read for my bookclub and in fact, my bookclub meets this evening to discuss it. Should be cause for some interesting discussions and theories.
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THANK YOU so much for the warm welcome everybody
I feel right at home already -
Hi ~ Just came across this site and thought I'd join in all the discussions. Looks like a fun place and I look forward to meeting you all.
A couple of my favorite authors include ~
Diana Gabaldon
Yann Martel
Huruki Murakami
What's for dinner? (Cont..)
in Food, Cooking & Recipes
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Absolutely ....of course pasta
In fact, I had a small debate with myself ...would it be pizza or pasta? In the end though, pizza won out and it was delicious. 