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Post by HokieThea on Jun 8, 2007 13:19:14 GMT -5
Lynne, I forgot about "Water for Elephants"- amazing book!
Did anyone ever read"Stud"? A very interesting book about the equine stud industry. So many stories from it stayed with me. Roger and I were talking about the shetland herd just the other day.
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Post by Bara on Jun 8, 2007 13:22:11 GMT -5
What's Water for Elephants? It sounds intriguing ...
Great idea, Lynne. Maybe - just maybe - Adwonderful would agree to be our Chairperson! Maybe set us a small selection of books per month, so that people can choose which one appeals to them ...
Or maybe it's too much of a busman's holiday for poor Ann. Maybe you could do it, Lynne ..
;D
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Post by HokieThea on Jun 8, 2007 13:31:46 GMT -5
Bara, it's about a veterinary student (I think during the depression) who leaves school to travel with a circus. Not lighthearted, but very good. I could not put it down.
I LOFF talking about books!!
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Post by Bara on Jun 8, 2007 14:01:38 GMT -5
Yep! Found it thanks, Thea! In fact, thanks to everyone's recommendations, I have just spent £41.85.
Please contribute, making your cheques payable in Sterling direct to Amazon.co.uk ....
;D
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Post by Goalie on Jun 8, 2007 14:11:30 GMT -5
Of course we can Lynne.  Someone picks the book and we'll go from there. |
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Post by Deb on Jun 8, 2007 14:17:25 GMT -5
I have read a lot over the years, but in the last year or so I've slacked off. I just don't seem to be able to get engrossed in a book like I once did. I have 3 or 4 new paperbacks, but haven't cracked open even one of them. Was a time I'd read almost front to back in a very short time.
Many years a go I read everything I could find on the historical Tudor England. Mary Stewart was one of my favorites. "The War of the Roses" and the "Hundred Years War" eras were my faves. There was the "White Rose of the House of Stuart" and "The Red Rose of the House of Tudor". I read through the sequels of "The Clan of the Cave Bear" by Jean Auel; Diana Gabaldon's sequel on the "Drums of Autumn". I have 2- 46 inch shelves full of paperbacks I've read. Even have some Dick Francis, too. My last faves were Tami Hoag and John Grisham works.
Maybe, just maybe this thread will get me inspired, once again.
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Post by brooks on Jun 8, 2007 14:34:35 GMT -5
Thanks Filly! Will wait till your out school would love to have you visit  Thanks all for the great ideas of what to read. |
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Post by Lynne on Jun 8, 2007 15:02:57 GMT -5
YEA! Bara, what books did you end out ordering? And Water for Elephants has some good history about the American circus but also a lot about tragedy, life and perservance. Good humor, wisdom and whatnot. Just my opinion.
Deb, I've gone through stages like that too. I used to LOVE to read and then I went through a huge stage where I just couldn't get into a book. I think my mind wandered about too many other things. This year my New Year's "revolution" was to read a book a month. I did pretty good for the first three months and read six but then have slacked off again.
AND.....I still need to send you a book I think we talked about eons ago! I apologize for being lax. I'm great about packaging things and horribly about actually getting them to the post office. Can I add that to my "revolutions" even though it's June?
Busmans vacation? I get the meaning from the context but have never heard the phrase...do tell.
Hey, Deb, maybe if we had a selection of three or so books for a given month it would give both of us the impetus to get through them?
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Post by Deb on Jun 8, 2007 15:10:53 GMT -5
Lynne, yup you can add that to your "revolutions"!  I remember talking about a book, but can't remember what it was. Add that to my CRS list!!! So no need to apologize, ya hear!! You may be on to something. If given an assignment to read a specific book or books we might get through them.... |
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Post by niaru on Jun 8, 2007 15:36:10 GMT -5
Deb, I liked all the Auel's books, too, although I found the last one was full of redundancy and when will she please let up on the sex scenes?!!! 2 or 3 years ago I visited a shelter just like the one she describes in Shelters of Stone. I'm patiently waiting for the last book....
I like the Tony Hillerman books.
And I really enjoyed Little Big Man.
I love this thread!
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Post by Lynne on Jun 8, 2007 15:59:52 GMT -5
I LOVED Little Big Man!!! I forgot all about that! I have a few books recently ordered that I have read yet. Two are Jim Harrison books, "True North" and "Dalva". Who knows what inspired those...getting into a book is the key for me though. I also got "Buried My Heart at Wounded Knee"....?
With my revolution I rdered but haven't read "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" (I've started it and it holds promise of sorts) and "Suite Francaise" which I haven't opened yet.
Bara....what did you order? Can we make a list of a bunch of titles and pick three for a month? Then maybe we could open the book room and have a thread for each of the three? Maybe some rough timelines for discussions would keep us from spoiling it for anyone and keep me and Deb on track?
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Post by Megan on Jun 8, 2007 16:40:36 GMT -5
Wow! I love this. The Jodi Picoult books are great. My mom and I are both reading them together.
A series that I like are the Windy Foot series by Frances Frost. Windy Foot at the County Fair, Sleigh Bells For Windy Foot, Fireworks for Windy Foot and Maple Sugar For Windy Foot.
Beverly Lewis writes great books about the Amish People. I really liked them.
A horse book that I like is Winner by Maureen O'Donoghue. Robert Jordan series was great, I read them with a guy in high school. Auel's books were great.
I'm going this week and get a library card, I need new reads!!!
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Post by adcooper on Jun 8, 2007 17:27:01 GMT -5
I think a book discussion thread is a great idea! And thanks for the nomination, but I'm reluctant to be the convenor, only because I may not be able to read what everyone else is reading at a certain time. I'm a wee bit overextended in the commitments department these days!
Who has read William Maxwell's stories? I love the collection titled All the Days and Nights.
Any poetry readers? Billy Collins? William Stafford? The divine Miss Emily Dickenson?
Also, those who've mentioned The Time Traveler's Wife--I agree. It's a WOW! book. Completely absorbing, sort of in the same way as Rohinton Mistry's books are. It's been years since I read it, but I still believe A Fine Balance ruined my life!
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Post by Bara on Jun 8, 2007 18:42:34 GMT -5
Lynne - I ordered : Water for Elephants Memory Keeper's Daughter 10th Circle Kite Runner The 13th Tale The Traveller's Wife Then I come back on here - and there are whole load more I want. I'd forgotten about 'Wounded Knee'. One of the most moving books. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea for the wallet! Sorry - 'Busman's holiday' must be an English expression. It just means doing on vacation the same as you do at work... Do you want to pick the first book, Lynne? (I know what Brooks is going to choose for July ...  |
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Post by sarafina on Jun 8, 2007 19:13:40 GMT -5
hurrah! i'm in -- will save me from reviewing augusten burroughs' whining for yet another chapter. i'll eagerly await the choice for the month...lynne??
besides, our librarian is quite the literary vixen.
niaru, i'm with you on the auel books. i couldn't get through shelters of stone, and the sex scenes were annoying. shades of broud, if you will. just tawdry.
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Someone picks the book and we'll go from there.
Thanks all for the great ideas of what to read.
