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Post by Bara on Jun 12, 2007 9:54:36 GMT -5
Thanks to those who recommended this. I started it last night and couldn't put it down!
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Post by johnnysauntie on Jun 12, 2007 18:27:49 GMT -5
Sara Gruen is actually one of my neighbors. She's very cool! Has anyone read her first two books - Riding Lessons and Flying Changes? (Sorry if I've missed a past discussion on these books.) If you haven't, do so. They're horse stories for grown ups!
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Post by Bara on Jun 13, 2007 4:38:52 GMT -5
I've put this on the 'Exchange' thread. But I can airmail it on if someone would like it?
Fascinating! I'll say no more till we discuss.
You might want to tell your neighbour we'll be discussing it, JA! Wouldn't it be cool to have the author comment, too! ;D
Sigh - and yes, you're right. My sleep patterns are all weird, so I swallowed it in two bites! (Or maybe I'm operating on your time!)
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Post by Bara on Jun 16, 2007 10:55:25 GMT -5
Sigh.
So when do we start these book discussions, then?
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Post by ClaireLV on Jun 16, 2007 18:11:47 GMT -5
Loved it!!! Read it quickly. I liked her others but this is in a league of its own. Hey johnniesauntie we're doing this for contemporary book club at the libary where I work... do you think Sara would have some special input for us?  ;D |
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Post by Goalie on Jun 16, 2007 19:44:14 GMT -5
Like Claire wrote it was a fast read, I liked it a lot, and have already passed it on to my neighbor. She just called and loved it couldn't put it down until she was finished with it.
Great choice.
Bara now what about the book did you like best?
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Post by Bara on Jun 17, 2007 4:48:27 GMT -5
The setting - that's what I liked best. And the contemporary (and earlier) b/w prints throughout brought it to life.
The whole concept of these travelling circuses (circusses? Circi?) was something I'd never considered. Now I want to find out a whole lot more about them. Especially as it's set during the Depression - so you can just feel the despair of the joblines, soup kitchens, etc.
I was impressed with the fluidity of her writing - as you all say, a fast read.
I wonder, though, whether in reality the animal care was as well-meaning? I have a sneaking suspicion that we, as animal lovers, would not have cared to walk through that menagerie.
But I loved it. Thanks to those who recommended. My copy is now winging its way to Filly.
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Post by Lynne on Jun 20, 2007 8:01:29 GMT -5
I thought the animal care was deplorable and hated that one dude (whose name I can't remember). I thought the narrator as an old man was clever, witty and amazingly entertaining. It made the rough conditions of his life more easy to swallow.
Bara, if you're going to read books in a single sitting I can't do this with you. You've read your books faster than I've GOTTEN mine!! yeesh!
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Post by Goalie on Jun 20, 2007 9:21:31 GMT -5
That's what I was thinking too Lynne.  |
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Post by Bara on Jun 21, 2007 5:14:19 GMT -5
Sorry... I'll shut up. It's just that I don't have a life ...  |
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Post by Goalie on Jun 21, 2007 13:08:54 GMT -5
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Post by Lynne on Jun 21, 2007 13:59:26 GMT -5
Life? We're supposed to have a life?
Do they sell those at WalMart?
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Post by Goalie on Jun 21, 2007 14:02:03 GMT -5
is it just down the aisle from the swimwear or snow boots?
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Post by Bara on Jun 21, 2007 14:10:21 GMT -5
Aaah - that explains it. We don't have Walmart.
Now that reminds me of a story, about CatB and I, err, I mean me, in Walmart in Lexington .......
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Post by hfhopper on Jun 21, 2007 22:22:09 GMT -5
Bara, THANK YOU SO MUCH for recommending this book!!!! I literally read it in 2 days (and that's quite an accomplishments with an active 5 year old boy around). I had read "Riding Lessons" earlier and enjoyed it thoroughly. Now I have the local library finding "Flying Changes" for me.
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