August - What are you reading?
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August - What are you reading?
I just finishing The Kitchen Boy - A Novel of the Last Tsar. It was really good - it's not that long - I got really into in and finished it in about 2 days. It's about the last days of the Romanovs - the author did a lot of research and incorporated many authentic documents from the Russian archives.
http://www.amazon.com/Kitchen-Boy-Novel ... 401&sr=8-1
Now I need a new book -I want to get something a bit "heavy" - any suggestions? I was thinking of picking up Anna Karenina.
http://www.amazon.com/Kitchen-Boy-Novel ... 401&sr=8-1
Now I need a new book -I want to get something a bit "heavy" - any suggestions? I was thinking of picking up Anna Karenina.
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I haven't read Anna Karenina, I think Crystal read it recently though so maybe she can tell you if it's any good or not.
I just read "Persuasion" by Jane Austen, and really enjoyed it. But it's not really *heavy* - it's a romantic comedy (or it would be if it was a movie). It is more challenging to read than modern fiction, though.
One of my favorite classics is Jane Eyre.
I just read "Persuasion" by Jane Austen, and really enjoyed it. But it's not really *heavy* - it's a romantic comedy (or it would be if it was a movie). It is more challenging to read than modern fiction, though.
One of my favorite classics is Jane Eyre.
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I just finished A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hossini, who also wrote The Kite Runner. Definitely a worthy second novel. Now, I'm reading Kabul Beauty School, a memoir by this American hairdresser from Texas who went to Afghanistan to help rebuild after the Taliban. I'm really enjoying it and it's validating what I read in A Thousand Splendid Suns. (A lot of commenters on amazon.com said that the book was exaggerating and propaganda, etc.)
Blush -- Eat. Pray. Love is on my reading list. Glad you are enjoying it! I read an excerpt of it in O Magazine a while back and decided that I *had* to read it!
Blush -- Eat. Pray. Love is on my reading list. Glad you are enjoying it! I read an excerpt of it in O Magazine a while back and decided that I *had* to read it!
I just finished HP and Order of Phoenix. Yes, I know I'm late to the game. Its ok because I'm #46 in line for the last HP at the library. I'll be done all the others then.
I"m working on Family Fortune - a story about a wealthy Boston family who loses all their $$. Its good fluff.
In my pile I have the next HP, Rant (new Chuck Palahniuk) and a couple other things that escape me right now.
I"m working on Family Fortune - a story about a wealthy Boston family who loses all their $$. Its good fluff.
In my pile I have the next HP, Rant (new Chuck Palahniuk) and a couple other things that escape me right now.
Argh. I can't seem to find a book I like. I read 4 Brazilians in a row, one more boring than the previous one. I gave up on the last one. Then I tried to read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. I couldn't stand it (sorry, Crystal
). Way too pretentious for my taste. And boring. And the main character annoyed the crap out of me. That should teach me to trust my gut feeling, not the hype. I thought it wasn't my kind of book, but everybody said it was so good...
Anyway, after giving up on that one too, I picked up The Other Boleyn Girl and A Thousand Splendid Suns today. Both seem to be right up my alley. Wish me luck. I need a good book!
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Anyway, after giving up on that one too, I picked up The Other Boleyn Girl and A Thousand Splendid Suns today. Both seem to be right up my alley. Wish me luck. I need a good book!
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*squawk*SÃlvia wrote:Then I tried to read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. I couldn't stand it (sorry, Crystal). Way too pretentious for my taste. And boring. And the main character annoyed the crap out of me.
That's okay. I only thought "The Kite Runner" was so-so.
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I was impressed to see that "A Thousand Splendid Suns" was #1 on the bestseller list, and the new Harry Potter was #2 this week (the Toronto Star bestseller list).
I'm listening to "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman (?) and really enjoying it.
I'm reading "Invisible Armies" by Jon Evans, which is also pretty good.
I'm listening to "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman (?) and really enjoying it.
I'm reading "Invisible Armies" by Jon Evans, which is also pretty good.
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Yeah, I loved the Namesake. (But I liked Interpreter of Maladies better...)SÃlvia wrote:Btw, how did you like The Namesake?
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I think I mentioned this book before, but I'm finally reading it now:
Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical Rent is completely breaking my heart. It's about the guy who played Mark in "Rent" and how the skyrocketing success of the musical happens alongside the tragedies of Jonathan Larson's death and his mother's terminal cancer. *sniffle*
Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical Rent is completely breaking my heart. It's about the guy who played Mark in "Rent" and how the skyrocketing success of the musical happens alongside the tragedies of Jonathan Larson's death and his mother's terminal cancer. *sniffle*
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