dtrpath27 Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share Posted March 29, 2014 I just got back from a book sale and am quite happy with my finds! Between the two of us, we got 13 books (several hardbacks) for only $19.00! Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson A Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman - I was quite excited about this one as it was hardback, brand new, and one I've been wanting to read! The Marioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki The Pomegranate Lady and Her Sons by Goli Taraghi - a collection of short stories by an Iranian author Three different Alex Rider books by Anthony Horowitz The Song of the Quarkbeast by Jasper Fforde Three dystopian novels One random German history book Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys - no relation to Fifty Shades... Not bad for less than twenty dollars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 I'm liked you liked On the Beach ! I hope you like your new books, I have A Light Between Oceans on my TBR but I haven't read it yet. Enjoy your new books! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devi Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Have you seen the movie on the beach? I saw it when I was young, left an impact on me at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrpath27 Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 (edited) No I had no idea there was a movie; I'd love to see it, though. Eta: I just looked it up on Wikipedia. Gregory Peck...now I really want to see it. I wonder if the library will have a copy... Edited March 30, 2014 by dtrpath27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidsmum Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 It's quite awhile since i read it but i did really enjoy Snow Falling On Cedars ...... 13 books for less than 20 dollars sounds like a great deal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrpath27 Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 We thought so! I was even more pleased that we stayed within the limit we set for ourselves. Charity book sales can be a dangerous thing! Funny thing, though, while there we started chatting with the nicest woman over Jasper Fforde books. She was Pontalba's doppelganger! I couldn't believe how striking the similarity was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 LOL, wish I could have been there! You managed a great haul though, congratulations! We didn't make it over there........ this is the second year in a row I've been sidelined for that darned sale! I saw the film of On the Beach many, many years ago and loved it. I'm thinking of finding it again. I'll try our library, but they have such a punk selection I don't have very high hopes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrpath27 Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 Thanks! That's too bad you didn't make it; you would've gotten to meet your twin. My dearest didn't get to go either; he was rather disappointed. JPL is having a sale in a few weeks, so hopefully he'll get to go to that. Eastbank doesn't have the movie, but it looks like Westbank does, so I'm going to request it. Will your library do an inter-library loan for you, or is it too far? (After I've watched it of course! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrpath27 Posted April 1, 2014 Author Share Posted April 1, 2014 (edited) March 2014 Lexicon by Max Barry Publishing Information: ©2013 by Penguin Press Pages: 387 Genre: Fictional thriller Setting: Very near future Part of Amazon Synopsis: At an exclusive school somewhere outside of Arlington, Virginia, students aren’t taught history, geography, or mathematics—they are taught to persuade. Students learn to use language to manipulate minds, wielding words as weapons. The very best graduate as “poets,” and enter a nameless organization of unknown purpose...A brilliant thriller that traverses very modern questions of privacy, identity, and the rising obsession of data-collection, connecting them to centuries-old ideas about the power of language and coercion, Lexicon is Max Barry’s most ambitious and spellbinding novel yet. Impressions: I tried to read this book before, but couldn't get past the first chapter. I'm really glad I gave it a second chance and made it through this time. The book was a bit grittier than I usually read, but I (surprisingly) rather liked that about it. Definitely creative and more than a bit unsettling, I would definitely recommend it. My dearest and I don't often agree on books, but this is one we both enjoyed. Edited April 4, 2014 by dtrpath27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Great review of 'On the Beach' dtrpath, its one book I have always wanted to read. Oh, yeah, come on over, the thread's open! Thanks! That's too bad you didn't make it; you would've gotten to meet your twin. My dearest didn't get to go either; he was rather disappointed. JPL is having a sale in a few weeks, so hopefully he'll get to go to that. Eastbank doesn't have the movie, but it looks like Westbank does, so I'm going to request it. Will your library do an inter-library loan for you, or is it too far? (After I've watched it of course! ) Hey, thanks! I don't know. I'll ask if they'll do it. Different Parish, but they might. Today was my first day out. But didn't get to the library. I'll check online. You know, it's really weird your saying that about my doppelganger.....many er, decades ago, several people told me that they saw a woman that looked like me Downtown. I worked down there for many years, but never ran into her myself. Man, that'd be 'stranger than fiction'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrpath27 Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 (edited) Have you been "in"? Edited April 2, 2014 by dtrpath27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 I've reserved the DVD on the Abita library. It's available, so I guess I can pick it up tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrpath27 Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 Wonderful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devi Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Let me know what you think of the movie when you watch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 When I tried to reply this morning, I must have hit a wonky key or something, my curser disappeared, and I had to power down...then we had to go out. Anyhow, was sayin'.....I'll pick up the DVD, but husband wants to finish the book first, so it will be a bit. Plus, I forgot to stop at the library on the way home. There are two versions, btw. I'm getting the original, Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrpath27 Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 That's the one I'm going to watch. You can't beat Gregory Peck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrpath27 Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 Finally finished my Lexicon review. Now on to my TBR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrpath27 Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 April 2014 The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin Publishing Information: ©2014 by Algonquin Pages: 273 Genre: Fiction Setting: Present day in a bookstore on Alice Island Synopsis: Biding his time in a failing business and a failing life, bookstore proprietor A.J. Fikry is far from living the life he had planned. All of this changes one night when something unexpected is left in the aisle of his bookstore. Impressions: Okay, it sounds so clichéed, but really it wasn't. I admit, I'm such a sucker for books about books, but this one was done in a different way. I liked reading how books were the thing that sort of tied everyone together. To quote the book, "We read to know we're not alone, we read because we are alone, we read and we are not alone, we are not alone." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrpath27 Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 April 2014 - Short Story The Gentleman Thief by Goli Taraghi Publishing Information: ©2010, anthology ©2013 by Norton Pages: 32 Genre: Fiction Setting: Iran Synopsis: The Gentleman Thief tells the tale of a once-wealthy family living in Iran during the early days of the revolution. With lives already turned upside down by social and political upheaval, the family is sent into further confusion by the unwelcome visit of a surprisingly gentlemanly thief. This one evening serves as the catalyst for a chain of events that will change the family forever. Impressions: Translated from Persian, this story offers a perspective I haven't really read much about -- that of an Iranian family. It was amusing, poignant, thought-provoking -- in short, a very many things for a very little story to be! It's part of a collection of her stories that I picked up at a book sale for $1.50. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 I've read three other books by Gabrielle Zevin, this one sounds pretty interesting, so it's going on the wishlist. Nice reviews . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrpath27 Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 This is the first I've read by her. I'd like to try another. Do you have any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 This is the first I've read by her. I'd like to try another. Do you have any suggestions?x I've read Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac (loved it), Elsewhere (loved it too) and Margarettown (liked it but not as much as the first two. So I would suggest one of the first two. I think perhaps you'd particularly like Elsewhere, there's a lot of thought to the themes of the book. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac is a Young-Adult book but is also very good (in my opinion). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrpath27 Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 (edited) Thanks so much for taking the time to recommend things! When I first saw her headshot, I thought she looked so young -- maybe late teens or early twenties. I was surprised to read that she's 37. Still young, but not quite as young as I'd thought. Edited April 8, 2014 by dtrpath27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 You make both sound interesting. I hadn't heard of either author before. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrpath27 Posted April 9, 2014 Author Share Posted April 9, 2014 (edited) Current TBR My TBR is constantly changing as I usually read several books at once, put some aside, forget about others... In Progress A Tale of Two Cities A Town Like Alice The Pomegranate Lady and Her Sons Waiting Patiently on My Nightstand An Old Betrayal by Charles Finch Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank The Makioka Sisters by Tanizaki Junichiro (have a nagging feeling that I read this in college, but it's not on my shelf...) Snow Falling on Cedars (Also pretty sure I used to own this) Snow Hunters by Paul Yoon The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley Wishlist (Where did my Amazon budget go this month?) Brilliance by Marcus Sakey Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevkin That's not so bad, right? I try to keep it reasonable or else the list will take on a life of its own. Edited April 9, 2014 by dtrpath27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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