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Post by Bara on Jun 16, 2007 8:24:37 GMT -5
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Post by HokieThea on Jun 16, 2007 9:42:11 GMT -5
Geez Bara, give me a little time!! I have book overload! It was supposed to be at the library, but I couldn't find it on the shelf, so I'll have to request it next week.
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Post by Goalie on Jun 16, 2007 9:51:01 GMT -5
I'm staring at the book as I type. I haven't had a chance either to pick it up and enjoy it.
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Post by adcooper on Jun 16, 2007 11:45:45 GMT -5
Bara, you should read it in the haunted ruin of an old abbey. Surely there's one next door? Take a thermos of tea and sandwiches. And a blanket for the chills. Report back soon.
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Post by Bara on Jun 16, 2007 12:02:29 GMT -5
Hmmm. Not so sure, Ann. DID have an old priory a couple of years ago - but not now.
Did anyone else see 'it' coming a mile away? Won't say more.
Sorry. Have always been a prolific reader, and right now, gulping books at a single sitting.
Right. Onto the 10th Circle. Started it between the other two, but ...
OK! Let's have a go!
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Post by ClaireLV on Jun 16, 2007 18:09:28 GMT -5
Coming in late as usual - Read this and loved it... loved Water for Elephants more.
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Post by Bara on Jun 17, 2007 4:54:42 GMT -5
Yep. I'm with you, Claire, of the two - Water for Elephants. I can't work out when The 13th Tale is set? 1940's? 1950's?
Have just abandoned the 10th Circle (again!) for the moment, and just started Zadie Smith's 'On Beauty'.
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Post by Goalie on Jun 17, 2007 7:51:28 GMT -5
I can not get into The 10th Circle at all. so I am putting that one away and will start this one today.
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Post by Deb on Jun 17, 2007 11:00:34 GMT -5
I was once a prolific reader, too. Just out of practice right now. I am getting my "brain; reading gears in action again, though". I've got a lot of catching up to do what with "Harry Potter" just coming to my house!! On a positive side, Max claims I'm a speed reader, 'cause I can scan the channels on the satellite remote a lot faster than he can!!!!!  "Water for Elephants"; "The Tenth Circle" and "The Thirteenth" will be here this coming week!! I will get caught up!!! |
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Post by bindi on Jun 18, 2007 13:28:31 GMT -5
I just ordered all three!!!  Even tho I live in a city I never get into town to where the real bookshops are. My shop is in an outer suburb and no flash bookshops out here!! So there - be mean to me and not speak to me and I WILL spend money..... ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by niaru on Jun 18, 2007 20:49:09 GMT -5
I'm reading the wrong "13"! 13 Moons. Not your typical novel, but very interesting. I'm almost done. Will get Water for Elephants next.
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Post by Goalie on Jun 19, 2007 7:49:57 GMT -5
What's 13 Moons about niaru?
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Post by niaru on Jun 19, 2007 17:01:47 GMT -5
It's set in the Southern mountains at the time of the Removal when Indians were "relocated" by the governement, and is about the way 2 men (a bound white boy and the Cherokee who adopted him) tried to preserve their Cherokee "nation". It's also about love and politics and money. I guess I liked it because I don't know much about the Indians' plight.
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Post by HokieThea on Jun 19, 2007 17:19:56 GMT -5
Nairu, I enjoyed 13 Moons to a point, and then it got kind of trite to me. The end seemed to be rushed, and too cut and dried. What did you think?
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Post by niaru on Jun 19, 2007 18:28:05 GMT -5
I agree Thea, the end is not very good, and what's with those "silent" phone calls...lol I think he should have written his hero's death. But overall, an interesting read.
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Even tho I live in a city I never get into town to where the real bookshops are. My shop is in an outer suburb and no flash bookshops out here!!