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March Reads
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My Soul To Keep by Tananarive Due - A
To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf - A+
Velocity by Dean Koontz - C
Re-read The Devils Knot by Mara Leveritt - A+
Now reading Batman: The Man Who Laughs - B
To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf - A+
Velocity by Dean Koontz - C
Re-read The Devils Knot by Mara Leveritt - A+
Now reading Batman: The Man Who Laughs - B
beer good
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March was a pretty good month, at least in quantity.
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen - Torday, Paul 3/5
Svinalängorna - Alakoski, Susanna 3/5
If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B-Movie Actor - Campbell, Bruce 4/5
Rödby-Puttgarden - Helle, Helle 4/5
Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife - Savage, Sam 5/5
A Spot of Bother - Haddon, Mark 3/5
Last and First Men - Stapledon, Olaf 3/5
Versläsaren och den levande martyren - Gerami, Mohammed 2/5
Cosmicomics - Calvino, Italo 5/5
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen - Torday, Paul 3/5
Svinalängorna - Alakoski, Susanna 3/5
If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B-Movie Actor - Campbell, Bruce 4/5
Rödby-Puttgarden - Helle, Helle 4/5
Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife - Savage, Sam 5/5
A Spot of Bother - Haddon, Mark 3/5
Last and First Men - Stapledon, Olaf 3/5
Versläsaren och den levande martyren - Gerami, Mohammed 2/5
Cosmicomics - Calvino, Italo 5/5
jaynebosco
New Member
H.R.H. by Danielle Stelle
Every Young Woman's Battle: Guarding Your Mind, Heart, and Body in a Sex-Saturated World by Shannon Ethridge & Stephen Arterburn
Shopoholic and baby by Sophie Kinsella
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Every Young Woman's Battle: Guarding Your Mind, Heart, and Body in a Sex-Saturated World by Shannon Ethridge & Stephen Arterburn
Shopoholic and baby by Sophie Kinsella
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
* Stefano Massaron - Die toten Kinder
* Nicholas Sparks - The Notebook
* Peter James - Looking Good Dead
* Anna Gavalda - Hunting and Gathering (I've read it in German; according to Amazon, the English version will be available tomorrow)
* Susanne Fröhlich - Treuepunkte
* Tom Liehr - Radio Nights
* Wolfram Fleischhauer - Das Buch in dem die Welt verschwand
My favourites are "Looking Good Dead" and "Radio Nights"! Unfortunately there is no English translation of "Radio Nights".
* Nicholas Sparks - The Notebook
* Peter James - Looking Good Dead
* Anna Gavalda - Hunting and Gathering (I've read it in German; according to Amazon, the English version will be available tomorrow)
* Susanne Fröhlich - Treuepunkte
* Tom Liehr - Radio Nights
* Wolfram Fleischhauer - Das Buch in dem die Welt verschwand
My favourites are "Looking Good Dead" and "Radio Nights"! Unfortunately there is no English translation of "Radio Nights".
MonkeyCatcher
New Member
I didn't even manage to finish one this month (if you don't include texts) because I have been so busy with Uni. I'm still stuck on I, Lucifer by Glen Duncan.
tartan_skirt
New Member
*mutters*
I only managed to completely finish:
Complicity - Iain Banks
Lanark - Alasdair Gray
Too busy at school, but now I'm on holiday so *should* get through more...
I only managed to completely finish:
Complicity - Iain Banks
Lanark - Alasdair Gray
Too busy at school, but now I'm on holiday so *should* get through more...
imhere4beer
New Member
Everything is Illuminated, by Jonathan Safran Foer- Not as good as his other book
The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden- Completely different from the movie, and I hated the main character. More on this to come.
The Good Life by Jay McInerney- Not as good as his other work
Poppy Shakespeare, by Clare Allen- Better than I expected, great for a first novel
The End of Iraq, by Peter W Galbrath- Interesting, but misleadingly titled. Should have been called "A Brief History of the Kurds and What I Think We Should Do About Them"
Slow month for me!
The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden- Completely different from the movie, and I hated the main character. More on this to come.
The Good Life by Jay McInerney- Not as good as his other work
Poppy Shakespeare, by Clare Allen- Better than I expected, great for a first novel
The End of Iraq, by Peter W Galbrath- Interesting, but misleadingly titled. Should have been called "A Brief History of the Kurds and What I Think We Should Do About Them"
Slow month for me!
SFG75
Well-Known Member
I broke a personal record for books read in one month, though I should clarify that I didn't have to work at all as I'm on my "summer break" from teaching. I work at a year round facility, so we all have staggered rotations.
March 2007
What was she thinking?; Notes ona Scandal; Zoe Heller
*I liked this one, it was written in a fresh and intelligent voice. Unfortunately, that was the only voice for all the characters.
Absurdistan; GaryShtyengart
This one reminded me a lot of A Confederacy of Dunces. There was a ton of press about this one when it first came out, I'm glad that I finally got around to reading it. Life in a former Soviet satellite republic has never been portrayed in such a humorous way.
Sea Change; Robert B. Parker
*I love Parker's reading, went through this in three days.
Invisible Monsters;Chuck Pahlaniuk
*I found this one to be very shocking. It had a ton of different twists and turns. I'm still psychologically scarred from it.
Home of the Gentry; Ivan Turgenev
*A darn good book, perhaps the best fiction read this month for me.
Arrowsmith; Sinclair Lewis
*For being a Pulitzer Prize winning book, this one was stodgy and just drug on and on. Lewis attempted to show that a tragic American character cannot exist as he has no one to realize his plight. While the unwritten plot was fairly obvious to detect, the dialogue occured in a slow, plodding manner.
A Death in the Family; James Agee
*Ever read a book where even the simplist act is almost sacred? That's Agee for you. It's easy to see why this one won the Pulitzer as well. Unlike Lewis's book, this one was more smooth in regards to the dialogue and character development.
To Kill A Mockingbird; Harper Lee
*I hate Bob Ewell.
Government in the Future; Noam Chomsky
*My lone non-fiction pick for the month. It is a pamphlet really, based on a speech Chomsky gave back in 1970. I have more about this one in my blog. I really enjoy reading Chomsky, even his short writings say more than most political writers attempt to convey in 1,000 pages.
March 2007
What was she thinking?; Notes ona Scandal; Zoe Heller
*I liked this one, it was written in a fresh and intelligent voice. Unfortunately, that was the only voice for all the characters.
Absurdistan; GaryShtyengart
This one reminded me a lot of A Confederacy of Dunces. There was a ton of press about this one when it first came out, I'm glad that I finally got around to reading it. Life in a former Soviet satellite republic has never been portrayed in such a humorous way.
Sea Change; Robert B. Parker
*I love Parker's reading, went through this in three days.
Invisible Monsters;Chuck Pahlaniuk
*I found this one to be very shocking. It had a ton of different twists and turns. I'm still psychologically scarred from it.
Home of the Gentry; Ivan Turgenev
*A darn good book, perhaps the best fiction read this month for me.
Arrowsmith; Sinclair Lewis
*For being a Pulitzer Prize winning book, this one was stodgy and just drug on and on. Lewis attempted to show that a tragic American character cannot exist as he has no one to realize his plight. While the unwritten plot was fairly obvious to detect, the dialogue occured in a slow, plodding manner.
A Death in the Family; James Agee
*Ever read a book where even the simplist act is almost sacred? That's Agee for you. It's easy to see why this one won the Pulitzer as well. Unlike Lewis's book, this one was more smooth in regards to the dialogue and character development.
To Kill A Mockingbird; Harper Lee
*I hate Bob Ewell.
Government in the Future; Noam Chomsky
*My lone non-fiction pick for the month. It is a pamphlet really, based on a speech Chomsky gave back in 1970. I have more about this one in my blog. I really enjoy reading Chomsky, even his short writings say more than most political writers attempt to convey in 1,000 pages.
Fantasy Moon
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The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
I am shamed by the fact that I only finished reading one book last month.
I am shamed by the fact that I only finished reading one book last month.
Finished:
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. (Can't understand that this book are amonge the 100 best books in the world, know it has even figured at the top five on some of the lists)
Started:
- The Pillars of the Earth part 1 by Ken Follett. (the Norwegian translation are splitted in to books, the first one with 706 pages and the second with 456 pages. Enjoy the book so far but some parts should have been shorten down or left out)
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. (Can't understand that this book are amonge the 100 best books in the world, know it has even figured at the top five on some of the lists)
Started:
- The Pillars of the Earth part 1 by Ken Follett. (the Norwegian translation are splitted in to books, the first one with 706 pages and the second with 456 pages. Enjoy the book so far but some parts should have been shorten down or left out)
SFG75
Well-Known Member
I've gone through a change about this book. I can't tell you how many times I started it, only to give up wihin the first twenty pages. The beginning is quite slow and stodgy if you ask me. It does improve from there, but this is a book that endears itself to you after the fact.
My March list in order of preference:
The Kite Runner By Khaled Hosseini
- Full of emotions. You can feel various emotions throughout the story. Some disturbing scenes but generally powerful. My best book.
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson
- Very sweet relationship between mother and son. And very sad.
Sam's Letters to Jennifer by James Patterson
- A moving story. I can't decide which I like better. The one above or this one. So it's a tie.
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
- Interesting and different story but it didn't leave a lasting impression on me.
The Kite Runner By Khaled Hosseini
- Full of emotions. You can feel various emotions throughout the story. Some disturbing scenes but generally powerful. My best book.
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson
- Very sweet relationship between mother and son. And very sad.
Sam's Letters to Jennifer by James Patterson
- A moving story. I can't decide which I like better. The one above or this one. So it's a tie.
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
- Interesting and different story but it didn't leave a lasting impression on me.
abecedarian
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Once again, nothing. What is wrong with me this year?
I know you have a wide variety of interests and hobbies, are you feeling overbooked? I don't mean too many books to read..I mean too many demands on your time and attention. Here's an example: My dh is taking a class to finish his degree, works 10 hour days, devotes untold hours keeping the church computer system afloat, plays music on Sundays(requires Praise Band practice on Wed.), has a demanding and aging mother, and oh yeah..a wife and houseful of kids..he's a little pressed for reading time these days. I know your life is different from his, but I bet your time is just as parceled out. Don't despair..I think this reading stuff goes in cycles of feast or famine. Hang in there!
bren
Member
Aww...I'm sure you've got plenty else going.Once again, nothing. What is wrong with me this year?
The Trapp Family Singers - Maria August von Trapp 2.5/5
No Country for Old Men - Cormac McCarthy 4/5
Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri 3/5
Child of God - Cormac McCarthy 3.5/5
Homeland - Barbara Kingsolver 3/5
The Wave - Walter Mosely 3.5/5
Partly Cloudy Patriot - Sarah Vowell 3.5/5
The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri 3/5
Child of God, while excellently written, was disturbing enough for me to take off a half point, just so it be known.