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Post by adcooper on Sept 17, 2009 21:17:10 GMT -5
I think someone started a thread about this once before? was it me? Well, I picked up the book for a second go this week. Hooked. Totally. Anyone else like this book?
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Post by Bara on Sept 20, 2009 5:26:51 GMT -5
I don't know it - will go and look ....
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Post by niaru on Sept 20, 2009 7:57:51 GMT -5
I've had it on my "to read" list, don't know if it was recommended on here or on NPR etc. I couldn't find it at my local library so haven't read it yet!
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Post by adcooper on Sept 20, 2009 13:48:29 GMT -5
You'd like it, Claire. Ask the librarian to get you a copy!
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Post by adcooper on Sept 23, 2009 7:15:08 GMT -5
Yoo hoo! Somebody come read this book with me. It's a captivating story.
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Post by Bara on Sept 24, 2009 7:59:22 GMT -5
Well I would ... but only if you read Mapp & Lucia! I was going to send you the books, but realised that I don't actually know your address. So I sent you the links instead ..  |
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Post by adcooper on Sept 24, 2009 12:11:31 GMT -5
Ys! I got them. Good fun. Thanks, B.
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Post by niaru on Sept 26, 2009 8:26:50 GMT -5
Ok, I've finished Water Witches (pretty good!), I'll go see if my library has cutting for stone today.
The other one of my "soon" list is "Black Water Rising" by Attica Locke (sp?)
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Post by adcooper on Sept 30, 2009 17:46:21 GMT -5
Oh no. I finished the book. Now what!!  !! |
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Post by Goalie on Sept 30, 2009 17:51:09 GMT -5
Did you like it?
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Post by adcooper on Sept 30, 2009 20:03:50 GMT -5
I did like it, Terrie. It's the kind of novel you might call "sweeping," so we see some or most of a couple of generations, and a fair chunk of recent history in east Africa. The author is a doctor, as are characters in his novel, so there's some fascinating medical detail. I think he managed to write accurately about science and the human condition, and I don't mean just human medical conditions. Plus I fell in love with some of the characters. If you read the book, you will know exactly who. Are you thinking of giving it a try? I know my reputation for readers' advisory took a big hit after the last sad novel I suggested! This one has some heartache, too. But....try it! You'll like it!!
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Post by Bara on Oct 6, 2009 12:54:44 GMT -5
Oh, you didn't SAY it was about Africa... here I go ...
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Post by alisonph on Oct 9, 2009 9:49:51 GMT -5
Ad, I was going to check and see if the library had it until you said it was sad. Does it get better or are we left tormented and sad in the end? I can't read it if we're tormented and sad at the end.........
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Post by adcooper on Oct 9, 2009 12:39:04 GMT -5
I didn't feel tormented. There's real loss, but there's also a kind of resolution at the end. I think the author was telling a story, and though there are some coincidences that are a bit stretched, it was plausible enough and the characters interesting enough that I really wanted to keep reading. But the writer is also describing a part of Africa and an element of our own society that are not familiar to me, so a lot of it was fascinating for that reason.
If you need a lighter read, though, I do understand. How about The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society? Ask Bara, she liked it too, and it will make you smile again and again. Just read it. You don't have to know anything about it beforehand.
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Post by Bara on Oct 12, 2009 14:10:35 GMT -5
Absolutely fascinating book, Guernsey.
And try 'Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day'. The book, not the film.
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