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post #1 of 37
2/15/06 at 4:51pm
Thread Starter 
Mamas

I got a GC from my beloved sister for my bday yesterday and I am about to escape to the local bookstore, grab a HUGE chai latte and BROWSE for a couple hours....my dream getaway.

So...................anyone read anything lately that just grabbed ya?

Fiction? non? I love women's lit.............anything?

Hurry I have to leave soon!
post #2 of 37
2/15/06 at 5:16pm
"autobiography of a blue-eyed devil", by inga muscio.
"cunt" same author.
post #3 of 37
2/15/06 at 5:48pm
The Devil in the White City. Can't remember the name of the author right now.

It's about a serial killer and the construction of the 1894 (?) World's Fair in Chicago. The author put so much work into the research and writing of this book. It's historical, but the writer's words are also poetry.

My new fave book.
post #4 of 37
2/15/06 at 6:17pm
Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton,
The Children by Edith Wharton (not attachment parenting at all, but lovingly care for by oldest sister and family friend. Very beautiful story)
post #5 of 37
2/16/06 at 12:15am
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Originally Posted by jlpolzin
The Devil in the White City. Can't remember the name of the author right now.

It's about a serial killer and the construction of the 1894 (?) World's Fair in Chicago. The author put so much work into the research and writing of this book. It's historical, but the writer's words are also poetry.

My new fave book.
My dad's reading that now and loves it.
post #6 of 37
2/16/06 at 12:21am
A Confederacy of Dunces . . . John Kennedy Toole, one of the best-written and funniest books I've ever read.

A series by Van Reid: "Cordelia Underwood" is the first one . . . there are 4, I think. Very well-written and funny. Other titles are "Daniel Plainway" "Mrs. Roberto" . . . gosh, I can't remember the rest. Maybe there are 5 now. Hmmm. I'll have to go consult my bookshelf because I have them all downstairs . . .

(I'm big into good writing . . . I've become a bit of a snob with books. I don't want to read it unless the writing is good. Doesn't matter how good a story it is, if the writing stinks it bugs me too much to read it. Which is too bad, in some ways, because there are a lot of good storytellers writing books who are not good writers.)
post #7 of 37
2/16/06 at 12:39am
"No Time On My Hands" by Grace Snyder

A beautiful account of frontier life. It's like Little House on the Prairie but for grown-ups. (not that Little House isn't for grown-ups too)
post #8 of 37
2/16/06 at 12:44am
Erasure by Percival Everett
post #9 of 37
2/16/06 at 12:49am
'Loving What Is' by Byron Katie
post #10 of 37
2/16/06 at 1:57am
Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb - This was shortlisted for the Giller (for those from the US, this is a very prestigious Canadian prize) this year. I really enjoyed it. It's the story of a woman who was born of white English parents in Egypt, raised by a Muslim teacher, came of age in Ethiopia in a tumultuous time, and who then has to come to terms with it all as she works with refugees back in England. It's essentially a story of what defines family and home, and touches on a lot of themes about what it means to be a woman. (Nod to NFL: It includes a more or less UC in a park in London at the opening of the book!)

A Good House by Bonnie Burnard - A previous Giller prize winner and one of my top ten faves of all time. It is a multi-generational story of a lovely, complex family, with lots of imperfect but wonderful people. I highly, highly recommend this book.
post #11 of 37
2/16/06 at 2:15am
The Pillars of the Earth--by Ken Follett

and

The Time-Travelers Wife--by Audrey Niffenegger

I these two books!
post #12 of 37
2/16/06 at 2:27am
I love to read Here's a few that I have always considered read again worthy

Such devoted sisters

She's come undone

Kaleidoscope

The Mirror

If I pay thee not in gold

Parting Gifts

So Speaks the heart
post #13 of 37
2/16/06 at 2:39am
Okay, here's a little irony for you. I'm an English teacher, but I hate teaching or reading novels.

Yeah, we do a lot of plays, stories, poetry, and nonfiction in the Baudelaire classroom.

Anyhoo, the stuff I've read recently that I would buy and read again if I had a GC?

1. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

2.E=MC2, a Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation

3. Ironically, I read this one a few weeks before Katrina:
Isaac's Storm

4. Ghosts of Vesuvius -- a remarkable book that manages to link together some very disparate subjects: Vesuvius, Titanic, and the collapse of the World Trade Center towers.

As I look back on this list, I see I have a thing for big disasters.

Quote:
Originally Posted by my2girlsmama
Mamas

I got a GC from my beloved sister for my bday yesterday and I am about to escape to the local bookstore, grab a HUGE chai latte and BROWSE for a couple hours....my dream getaway.

So...................anyone read anything lately that just grabbed ya?

Fiction? non? I love women's lit.............anything?

Hurry I have to leave soon!
post #14 of 37
2/16/06 at 4:54am
One of my favorite series is the Mark of the Lion trilogy by Francine Rivers. It's historical fiction (christian) set in the time of the Roman Empire and is very well-researched and written IMO.

#1: A Voice in the Wind

#2: An Echo in the Darkness

#3: As Sure as the Dawn


I need to read them again, it's been a long time
post #15 of 37
2/16/06 at 8:02am
moved to books, media, etc.
post #16 of 37
2/16/06 at 10:49am
Fall on Your Knees..Gosh I cant remember the author....you will find it on amazon ...
....it is one of them stories you may not want to read, cause it has not nice stuff done with children ..but aside from that it is a so great a stpry that I could not put it down. I took me a day and a half to read it ...

also...
Drowning Ruth was a great story...

A MUST READ......Night By Elie Weisel.....I read it 10 yrs ago ..oh my what a great book...it is now being featured on Oprahs book club..
post #17 of 37
2/16/06 at 12:05pm
Oooh double shout out for "Fall On Your Knees" by Ann-Marie MacDonald. Loved that one.

Others I loved:

"A Fine Balance" by Rohinton Mistry
"A Window for One Year" by John Irving
post #18 of 37
2/16/06 at 12:09pm
Thread Starter 
OOOhhhhh everyone great ideas! I had left already and missed them...though had a few mentioned here in hand while browsing.


I settled on Hatbox Letters by Beth Powning

It just spoke to me...........

I was near buying my beloved Carol Shields' latest but held off.........I still have a new one at home , Canadian Memoirs...and just finished reading Semi Detached by Cynthia Holz which I devoured...................
post #19 of 37
2/16/06 at 12:10pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Periwinkle
Oooh double shout out for "Fall On Your Knees" by Ann-Marie MacDonald. Loved that one.

Others I loved:

"A Fine Balance" by Rohinton Mistry
"A Window for One Year" by John Irving
Had Fall on your knees in my hand too.............wahhhhhhhhhhhhh if I could win a lottery I'd be spending a week in a bookstore!
post #20 of 37
2/16/06 at 2:24pm
Keep it in mind for next time ...
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