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by Sílvia
Tue Apr 05, 2011 12:38 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: Anyone read We need to talk about Kevin?
Replies: 13
Views: 10555

Re: Anyone read We need to talk about Kevin?

Not just evil, he was just not interested in anything. What baby is not interested in anything? They're interested in EVERYthing! I just didn't buy that a NORMAL baby/toddler (of normal intelligence, that is) would be that apathetic (is that a word?). I wouldn't question her desire to have another b...
by Sílvia
Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:12 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: Anyone read We need to talk about Kevin?
Replies: 13
Views: 10555

Re: Anyone read We need to talk about Kevin?

OK, SPOILERS FROM NOW ON: I totally Did NOT see that Franklin was dead. I totally thought he'd left her after Thursday because she'd been such a bad mother. I suspected Celia might be dead though, because Eva never saw her. Only talked about her in the past. And she said "if only I'd been able ...
by Sílvia
Mon Apr 04, 2011 3:52 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: April! What are you reading?
Replies: 27
Views: 20418

Re: April! What are you reading?

I just finished We need to talk about Kevin, which I'm sure will stay with me for a long time, and I think I'm gonna start The Post-birthday World by the same author. Anyone read it?
by Sílvia
Mon Apr 04, 2011 3:50 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: Anyone read We need to talk about Kevin?
Replies: 13
Views: 10555

Re: Anyone read We need to talk about Kevin?

Finished it. Holy powerful book. Check this out: "This is all I know. That on the 11th of April, 1983, unto me a son was born, and I felt nothing. Once again, the truth is always larger than what we make of it. As that infant squirmed on my breast, from which he shrank in such distaste, I spurn...
by Sílvia
Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:13 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: March! What are you reading?
Replies: 47
Views: 31581

Re: March! What are you reading?

Question: For those who've read The Girl Who.... series, how long did it take to get into the first book? I've tried a couple of times but just can't get far into it. I want to read them because people have loved them so much but I keep getting stuck. Thoughts? As far as I remember, I got into it r...
by Sílvia
Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:11 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: Anyone read We need to talk about Kevin?
Replies: 13
Views: 10555

Re: Anyone read We need to talk about Kevin?

I'm loving it. Well, as much as you can "love" a book about a psycho whose mother didn't want/love him. I'm finding it very gripping. I'm 80 pages from the end. I agree that her style is not easy. Her long sentences and sometimes seemingly pointless side stories get on my nerves sometimes....
by Sílvia
Sat Mar 19, 2011 1:30 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: Anyone read We need to talk about Kevin?
Replies: 13
Views: 10555

Re: Anyone read We need to talk about Kevin?

Oh yeah? I'm on page 190 or so. I like it so far. What about you?
by Sílvia
Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:38 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: March! What are you reading?
Replies: 47
Views: 31581

Re: March! What are you reading?

I'm reading We need to talk about Kevin http://www.amazon.com/We-Need-Talk-About-Kevin/dp/006112429X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1300311391&sr=1-1 , and while her style gets on my nerves sometimes (too "literary", sometimes I wanna shake her to make her get to the point), I'...
by Sílvia
Thu Mar 03, 2011 3:17 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: March! What are you reading?
Replies: 47
Views: 31581

Re: March! What are you reading?

Blush, The Glass Castle *is* really depressing, and I thought it was going to be one of those books that stay with you forever, but I've forgotten most of it, so I guess not. Rowan, I hope the book funk ends soon. I hate when that happens. If I ever finish World without End I'll come play with you g...
by Sílvia
Wed Feb 23, 2011 2:54 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: February - what are you reading?
Replies: 36
Views: 23939

Re: February - what are you reading?

Yeah, me too, but it's my only luxury, so f-it. At least I can say to myself that I'm improving my English. What's your excuse? :giggle
by Sílvia
Tue Feb 22, 2011 2:26 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: February - what are you reading?
Replies: 36
Views: 23939

Re: February - what are you reading?

Beverly, do you also have to buy all the books you wanna read in English? I hate that :angrywife. There's a library that belongs to an English school near here, but I'd have to pay for parking there, so I think it's worth buying whatever I want in paperback.
by Sílvia
Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:26 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: Anyone read We need to talk about Kevin?
Replies: 13
Views: 10555

Re: Anyone read We need to talk about Kevin?

Got it! Now if I can just finish World without End... Maybe in 2 months or so.
by Sílvia
Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:40 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: Anyone read We need to talk about Kevin?
Replies: 13
Views: 10555

Re: Anyone read We need to talk about Kevin?

I thought you'd read it, Blush, but I wasn't sure. Cool! I think I'll try to get a copy.

Thanks!
by Sílvia
Wed Feb 16, 2011 1:24 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: Anyone read We need to talk about Kevin?
Replies: 13
Views: 10555

Anyone read We need to talk about Kevin?

When I first read the reviews a while ago I thought it was not for me (WAY too disturbing), but someone on my parenting board was raving about it yesterday, saying she was up until 2 am to finish it. Very few things in life would make me stay up until 2 am, so I was curious.
by Sílvia
Wed Feb 16, 2011 1:21 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: February - what are you reading?
Replies: 36
Views: 23939

Re: February - what are you reading?

Ruth, I almost picked up Cutting for Stone at the store the other day. Now I'm sorry I didn't! Spudd, holy crap, only 3 weeks to get through Pillars? It took me 3 months! Of course I had a 2-year-old and a translation job at the time which I could only do when said 2-year-old was asleep, but still! ...
by Sílvia
Mon Feb 07, 2011 12:24 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: February - what are you reading?
Replies: 36
Views: 23939

Re: February - what are you reading?

Ew, that is kind of gross. I read the first 3-4 pages at the store the other day, and it seems interesting enough, but they didn't have it in paperback yet.
by Sílvia
Fri Jan 14, 2011 2:12 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: January! What are you reading?
Replies: 31
Views: 20788

Re: January! What are you reading?

I'm reading World without End by Ken Follett, which is supposed to be a sequel to the Pillars of the Earth. I'm only on page 60 or so, but I can see that he's following exactly the same formula of Pillars. It worked the first time, we'll see if works a second or if it'll get on my nerves. Leo's been...
by Sílvia
Tue Jan 04, 2011 2:28 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: January! What are you reading?
Replies: 31
Views: 20788

Re: January! What are you reading?

I'm reading The Jane Austen Book Club and I'm hating it. It's just so BORING. The only reason I'm reading it is that I started it and had nothing else at the beach (I'd finished my previous book), so I kept reading to page 160 and it only has 250, so I guess now I'll finish it.
by Sílvia
Wed Dec 22, 2010 3:31 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: Worst Books of 2010
Replies: 6
Views: 6602

Worst Books of 2010

Can we have this? Please?? So here are mine: Watermelon by Marian Keyes - I used to have some respect for her. She writes chick lit, but of the good variety. But man, this was awful. So, so silly. I think it was her first book. No shit. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon - the second one in the se...
by Sílvia
Wed Dec 22, 2010 3:25 pm
Forum: Book Club
Topic: Favorite Books of 2010
Replies: 12
Views: 9933

Re: Favorite Books of 2010

Spudd, I posted this link when I was reading it:

http://www.bookpage.com/the-book-case/tag/maria-duenas/

Also, I'm flattered! I hope you don't hate them all...