Little Pixie Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Thanks, Gaia. Sarah, re the Philippa Gregory book.....in a way it's a continuation, or more accurately an offshoot of the White Queen books. It's the story of the last of the Yorks, Margaret Pole. A good part, mostly, takes place in Henry VIII's reign. A few more books....... The Drowning Pool by Ross MacDonald The Death of Caesar by Barry Strauss The Third Reich in History and Memory by Richard J. Evans Refusal by Felix Francis Ah, thanks. I`ve put Philippa G. on my ` get to at some point` list. I read The Drowning Pool a few years ago, can`t recall it at all at this stage, but hope you like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 Ah, thanks. I`ve put Philippa G. on my ` get to at some point` list. I read The Drowning Pool a few years ago, can`t recall it at all at this stage, but hope you like it. Thanks, Sarah. More MacDonald's were on sale on Amazon, and I purchased about 6 or 7 more. At 1.99 USD, one can't go wrong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I have already read it in ebook form. Last summer.....I just happened to see a hardback in the consignment store we sometimes frequent. Hadda have it. Here is my review of last July. http://www.bookclubforum.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/12437-pontalbas-2014-reading-list/?p=400377 Ah, I didn't realize you'd already read it! Thanks for looking up the review for me. I think Koch is a ballsy writer for writing about characters whose morals are questionable, to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted March 14, 2015 Author Share Posted March 14, 2015 (edited) Ah, I didn't realize you'd already read it! Thanks for looking up the review for me. I think Koch is a ballsy writer for writing about characters whose morals are questionable, to say the least. Agreed, plus think about it. Doctors are professionals that must, above all, be trustworthy. So are teachers. So Koch's characters are doubly reprehensible. From politicians I wouldn't expect too much. and yet the brother was probably the most "honest". Nice touch. Edited March 14, 2015 by pontalba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted March 14, 2015 Author Share Posted March 14, 2015 The Memory Box by Eva Lesko Natiello 3.5.5 A woman googles herself, using first her married name. Finding only a few nondescript items she decides to google her maiden name. Talk about Pandora's Box! Finding that her sister has died 6 years previously.....how did she not know that? Finding all sorts of very strange items in her memory box that is hidden in the back, top of the closet - Caroline is one confused suburban housewife. Feeling like she is totally loosing her grip on reality, she fumbles her way to the truth. But is it really the right truth? Whose truth could it be? Identity, memory loss, and lies make this tale twisted and ultimately rather creepy. Frankly, I'm still sorting out the ending. Fans of Gone Girl should find it......interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted March 14, 2015 Author Share Posted March 14, 2015 A delivery from Amazon and a trip to Barnes & Noble produced these goodies. The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro (an absolutely beautifully rendered cover and cover art convinced me I had to have it!) The Fifth Gospel by Ian Caldwell A Chain of Thunder by Jeff Shaara (A Novel of the Siege of Vicksburg) Paddy Whacked by T.J. English (The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster) Blood Moon by Garry Disher The Dragon Man by Garry Disher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexi Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 The Memory Box does sound... Interesting I might look out for it in the library You are getting so many books! There was a woman on a quiz show here who said she had 3,000 books at home in a personal library and I immediately thought of you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 The Memory Box by Eva Lesko Natiello 3.5.5 A woman googles herself, using first her married name. Finding only a few nondescript items she decides to google her maiden name. Talk about Pandora's Box! Finding that her sister has died 6 years previously.....how did she not know that? Finding all sorts of very strange items in her memory box that is hidden in the back, top of the closet - Caroline is one confused suburban housewife. Feeling like she is totally loosing her grip on reality, she fumbles her way to the truth. But is it really the right truth? Whose truth could it be? Identity, memory loss, and lies make this tale twisted and ultimately rather creepy. Frankly, I'm still sorting out the ending. Fans of Gone Girl should find it......interesting. This sounds interesting, I might have to look it up! A delivery from Amazon and a trip to Barnes & Noble produced these goodies. The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro (an absolutely beautifully rendered cover and cover art convinced me I had to have it!) The Fifth Gospel by Ian Caldwell A Chain of Thunder by Jeff Shaara (A Novel of the Siege of Vicksburg) Paddy Whacked by T.J. English (The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster) Blood Moon by Garry Disher The Dragon Man by Garry Disher I hope you enjoy your new books ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 The Memory Box by Eva Lesko Natiello 3.5.5 A woman googles herself, using first her married name. Finding only a few nondescript items she decides to google her maiden name. Talk about Pandora's Box! Finding that her sister has died 6 years previously.....how did she not know that? Finding all sorts of very strange items in her memory box that is hidden in the back, top of the closet - Caroline is one confused suburban housewife. Feeling like she is totally loosing her grip on reality, she fumbles her way to the truth. But is it really the right truth? Whose truth could it be? Identity, memory loss, and lies make this tale twisted and ultimately rather creepy. Frankly, I'm still sorting out the ending. Fans of Gone Girl should find it......interesting. That does sound very interesting, tis going on the wishlist! Enjoy all your new reads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Agreed, plus think about it. Doctors are professionals that must, above all, be trustworthy. So are teachers. So Koch's characters are doubly reprehensible. From politicians I wouldn't expect too much. and yet the brother was probably the most "honest". Nice touch. That's right. I don't expect much if anything from politicians, but one has to be able to trust and have faith in one's doctor! (And as I've been watching Doc Martin, an English TV show about a doctor who's medical backbone is made of solid rock, I've started to think of doctors as gods... ) The Memory Box by Eva Lesko Natiello 3.5.5 As you said... interesting! This is going on my wishlist! Thanks for the review! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 The Memory Box does sound...* Interesting I might look out for it in the library * You are getting so many books! There was a woman on a quiz show here who said she had 3,000 books at home in a personal library and I immediately thought of you! I think it's worth the read, yes. LOL I remember an article in the New York Times, must be almost 10 years ago, she lived in an apartment in New York City. She had 20,000 books!! It may have been her, or another woman in NYC that when she moved from her apartment, the movers told her they'd have to charge her "library rates" as she had so many books. At present count we have 8,503 according to our accounts on Library Thing. So, we've a way to go...... This sounds interesting, I might have to look it up! I hope you enjoy your new books *! Thanks, Gaia. That does sound very interesting, tis going on the wishlist! Enjoy all your new reads * Thanks, hope you enjoy it! That's right. I don't expect much if anything from politicians, but one has to be able to trust and have faith in one's doctor! (And as I've been watching Doc Martin, an English TV show about a doctor who's medical backbone is made of solid rock, I've started to think of doctors as gods... *) As you said... interesting! This is going on my wishlist! Thanks for the review! I've seen Doc Martin advertised on Amazon.....I'll look it up. You're welcome, hope you enjoy it too! ******no emoticons were harmed in the removal of same***** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted March 21, 2015 Author Share Posted March 21, 2015 Some from an Estate Sale and Library Sale yesterday 3/20/15. Trinity by Leon Uris Countdown in Cairo by Noel Hynd History of Czechoslovakia in Outline by J.V. Polisensky The Little Czech and the Great Czech Nation by Ladislav Holy The Hittites by J.G. Macqueen A Book of Luminous Things by Czeslaw Milosz U.S.A. by John Dos Passos Roots by Alex Haley Lancelot by Walker Percy (signed, first edition) Gate Keeper by Philip Shelby The Time Detectives by Brian Fagan (How Archeologists Use Technology to Recapture the Past) The Classical Greeks by Michael Grant Runner by Thomas Perry The World of the Scythians by Renate Rolle The Aryans by V. Gordon Childe Flood by Robert Penn Warren On Borrowed Time by Leonard Mosley Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman The Barbarians of Asia by Stuart Legg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted March 21, 2015 Author Share Posted March 21, 2015 Something cute and true to life for readers. http://www.buzzfeed.com/jarrylee/the-struggle-is-very-real?utm_source=Strand+Insider+Newsletter&utm_campaign=05143d9537-WeeklyNewsletter-3.19.15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_94fd8572f3-05143d9537-178186429&goal=0_94fd8572f3-05143d9537-178186429&mc_cid=05143d9537&mc_eid=2287bd481f#.qemLbM19d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted March 21, 2015 Author Share Posted March 21, 2015 We are actually getting better........... http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/17/health/older-really-can-mean-wiser.html?_r=1&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=harvard-headlines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Have you read Roots before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSchultz19 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 I really enjoyed your review of The Memory Box. It sounds creepy and weird, in other words extremely interesting and a book I'm definitely going to look into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Something cute and true to life for readers. http://www.buzzfeed.com/jarrylee/the-struggle-is-very-real?utm_source=Strand+Insider+Newsletter&utm_campaign=05143d9537-WeeklyNewsletter-3.19.15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_94fd8572f3-05143d9537-178186429&goal=0_94fd8572f3-05143d9537-178186429&mc_cid=05143d9537&mc_eid=2287bd481f#.qemLbM19d I like this . I hope you enjoy all your new books! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Leaves Of Grass! I really must read that, I've come across many snippets of Walt Whitman's over the years (and its a fairly driving force behind one of my favourite books - Paper Towns), but I've never actually sat down and read that collection. Enjoy all your new books! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted March 24, 2015 Author Share Posted March 24, 2015 Have you read Roots before? I don't think I have.....I saw the mini series on TV way back when though. I have another copy around here somewhere, but this was a nice hardback. I really enjoyed your review of The Memory Box. It sounds creepy and weird, in other words extremely interesting and a book I'm definitely going to look into. Thanks! Yeah, creepy would cover it, although not excessively so. I like this . I hope you enjoy all your new books! Thanks, I giggled all the way through! "D Leaves Of Grass! I really must read that, I've come across many snippets of Walt Whitman's over the years (and its a fairly driving force behind one of my favourite books - Paper Towns), but I've never actually sat down and read that collection. Enjoy all your new books! Thanks, Noll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted March 24, 2015 Author Share Posted March 24, 2015 Yesterday we took a small day trip over to the Gulf Coast, Bay St. Louis specifically. It's a great little town with lots of restaurants and shops right on the beach. We had lunch at our favorite of the restaurants and shopped a little. Of course we had to hit the lovely independent book store.....almost the only one in the area. Bay Books. They have a good selection of new books, but most of what we were interested in, we already had. Their used book shelves, there are about 6 bookcases of them, are quite varied. I managed to find a few used ones. L.A. Requiem by Robert Crais Philistines At the Hedgerow by Steven Gaines My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira Beyond Recall by Robert Goddard Gladstone by Roy Jenkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 More books ! I hope you enjoy them . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted March 29, 2015 Author Share Posted March 29, 2015 We visited another Estate Sale this morning. The Nature of Alexander by Mary Renault Cleopatra's Sister by Penelope Lively Moon Titer by Penelope Lively An Unsuitable Attachment by Barbara Pym A Very Private Eye (An Autobiography in Letters and Diaries) Altered States by Anita Brookner Undue Influence by Anita Brookner Falling Slowly by Anita Brookner The Ice Age by Margaret Drabble Collected Poems by Robert Graves Evelyn Waugh by Selina Hastings U.S. Grant American Hero, American Myth by Joan Waugh Lee's Lieutenants by Douglas Southall Freeman Instead of the "original" 3 books going, I now have dabbled in many more, it's just that nothing seems to stick lately. Too much Netflix. The new toy. We've now watched the first 4 seasons of the show Blue Bloods. A show about the New York City police force. One family. Tom Selleck being the patriarch of the clan, and Police Commissioner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Nice haul...hope you enjoy them. We subscribed to Netflix over Christmas. It's pretty good, isn't it? I'm forever adding things to my Watchlist, I just need to have more time to watch them!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 More books ! I hope you enjoy them all . I'm glad you're enjoying Netflix. Sometimes I get a bit envious, of people who can watch so much TV show episodes in a short amount of time, I could never do that . But I am happy that you are enjoying it . Maybe you will get more into reading in a little while, until then I think it's very nice for you that you have found something new that you're enjoying . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie H Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Hey, good book haul you've got there . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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