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post #61 of 400
4/13/07 at 2:35pm
Still on my Jodi Picoult obsession. Now it is Keeping Faith.

I just bought Perfect Match.

I can't stop buying her books. Im obsessed! Somebody help me!
post #62 of 400
4/16/07 at 8:06am
DH and I just started reading the final installment (Abhorsen) of the Abhorsen Triology by Garth Nix.

I'm also reading The Price of Motherhood by Ann Crittenden and Vaccinations: A Thoughtful Parent's Guide: How to Make Safe, Sensible Decisions about the Risks, Benefits, and Alternatives by Aviva Jill Romm.
post #63 of 400
4/17/07 at 8:44am
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Originally Posted by Abigail View Post
Just finished two Caleb Carr books:
the Alienest and the angel of darkness.
Next is the Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz.

In between I am reading David Sedaris short stories.

what have you just read? are reading or will read next?
I am reading Obomov, considered a masterpiece of Russian Lit. I would be extremely surprised if anybody here knows what I am talking about. But I have recently read Crime and Punishment which should at least get a nod. In the last six months I have read about 30 masterpieces of Russian literature, but I am saving War and Peace for some time in the future! I am not Russian, I have just discovered how great 19th century Russian literature is! Is there one single other person here that reads this?
post #64 of 400
4/17/07 at 9:36am
I'm in the midst of Anna Karinena (sp?)
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Originally Posted by Persi & Alley View Post
I am reading Obomov, considered a masterpiece of Russian Lit. I would be extremely surprised if anybody here knows what I am talking about. But I have recently read Crime and Punishment which should at least get a nod. In the last six months I have read about 30 masterpieces of Russian literature, but I am saving War and Peace for some time in the future! I am not Russian, I have just discovered how great 19th century Russian literature is! Is there one single other person here that reads this?
post #65 of 400
4/17/07 at 3:30pm
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I'm in the midst of Anna Karinena (sp?)
Anna Karenina is one of the last ones that I read. It is considered the 13th greatest book ever written according to the following:

http://www.adherents.com/people/100_novel.html

Oblomov only comes in at 82 but for any book to make the 100 greatest books of all time has to be a masterpiece of writing.

Although I am currently in my Russian phase, I can tell you that you can search all day long for lists of the greatest books ever written and Don Quixote is ALWAYS rated the number one greatest book ever written. I have read it and absolutely agree that no other book comes close (and probably never will since in 400 years nobody has been able to top it.)
post #66 of 400
4/17/07 at 3:45pm
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Originally Posted by Persi & Alley View Post
I have just discovered how great 19th century Russian literature is! Is there one single other person here that reads this?
Noooo! Not me. I'm more into those little who-dunit's that I can read front-to-back at lunch. Has been a long time since I was in the mood to read anything serious or, shall we say, intellectually stimulating. I blame it on an extended period with inadequate oxygen.
post #67 of 400
4/17/07 at 3:53pm
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Originally Posted by Persi & Alley View Post
I am reading Obomov, considered a masterpiece of Russian Lit. I would be extremely surprised if anybody here knows what I am talking about. But I have recently read Crime and Punishment which should at least get a nod. In the last six months I have read about 30 masterpieces of Russian literature, but I am saving War and Peace for some time in the future! I am not Russian, I have just discovered how great 19th century Russian literature is! Is there one single other person here that reads this?
I personally liked the movie better. George Wendt definitely was better suited for comedy, he didn't fit the role as the protagonist IMO, although he did have the figure for the character.
post #68 of 400
4/17/07 at 6:01pm
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I personally liked the movie better. George Wendt definitely was better suited for comedy, he didn't fit the role as the protagonist IMO, although he did have the figure for the character.
I am going to take your word for this and order it. I love to see the movie immediately after reading a book. And I actually still have a VCR and you can find tapes very, very cheap on Amazon.com among other places. When I started reading the book I did not know I was going to be reading something so funny. I cannot wait to finish the book so I can see the movie (which I would not have not known about had you not told me).
post #69 of 400
4/17/07 at 10:35pm
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Templar-R...6874443&sr=8-1

this is what i am reading right now. hmm since it has been 2 weeks since i started it, i cant say am enjoying it a whole lot.
post #70 of 400
4/17/07 at 11:16pm
I just finished Keeping Faith. I am still trying to get my head around the ending!

Next is the Pact.
post #71 of 400
4/18/07 at 11:02am
Just finished Sister of My Heart by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. It was a beautiful, heartbreaking story. Didn't like the ending though. Hoping she might right a sequel.

Maybe I'll try Don Quixote since you guys recommend it so highly and I have nothing else to read at the moment.
post #72 of 400
4/19/07 at 7:10pm
I am now reading "A game of thrones" by George RR Martin. It takes place in a time where there were knights and a lot of politics on who is ruling what kingdom. It has a lot of plotting and it is very well developed.
post #73 of 400
4/22/07 at 5:03pm
I got over my Tolkien kick a while back and took a break from book reading for a bit, now I'm turning back to learning more history which is a favorite subject of mine.

Today I started reading The Punic Wars by Adrian Goldsworthy. The books is about the 100+ year conflict between Rome and Carthage. It was the outcome of these wars that allowed Rome to emerge as the dominant power in the Mediterranean region.

I've also ordered some other books from Barnes & Noble:
Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose. This books tells the story of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Nothing Like It In The World by Stephen E. Ambrose. This books is about the building of the transcontinental railroad.

Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors which is also by Stephen E. Ambrose. The book is about the Indian Chief Crazy Horse and General George Armstrong Custer.

And last but not least and one that really interests me:

The Knights Templar: The History and Myths of the Legendary Military Order by Sean Martin.
post #74 of 400
4/26/07 at 6:55am
Just read Chris Bohjalian's Double Bind. I wish someone else would read it, so I could talk about it. It really disturbed me. Maybe I'll check out his website.
post #75 of 400
4/26/07 at 3:06pm
I looked through the previous posts and if I missed someone else saying this I'm sorry!

I love the Amelia Peabody mysteries by Elizabeth Peters. Amelia is an archaeologist in Egypt in the Victorian era. They're fun books with mystery, comedy and a splash of romance. Also, it's easy to tell Elizabeth is a cat person. While cats are not the main theme of the books they are in them. My favorite line is in Deeds of the Disturber. The cat, Bastet, falls into a tub and after dashing under the bed the main character Amelia says she is cursing, and if you have to ask how she knows you've never owned a cat!

Of course, I love the Sneaky Pie Brown books about Mrs. Murphy. I even had a cat named Mrs. Murphy.

My aunt gave me the Archeology Bible for Christmas. It has some fascinating articles in it and I love reading more about the physical history of the Biblical world along with the Bible text itself.

Finally, I'm a big horse person (though cats are still my fav!) and I love Dick Francis's mysteries. They're set around horse racing. Francis used to be a jockey, especially at the steeplechases. The books were actually written by his wife, though (as I understand from the publisher, I used to work in the publishing business) and sadly she passed away a couple of years ago so we've had all the books we'll get in that collection. Still, we're fortunate to have so many!
post #76 of 400
5/1/07 at 10:38am
I just started reading this thread from scratch. I will definately have to get My Sister's Keeper, since all of you seem to enjoy her writing.
Someone mentioned Pete Hamill - if you like him, read Snow in August!
Also, I too love Elizabeth Peters "Amelia Peabody" series. In fact I just started to re-read them. Bastet the cat is introduced in the 2nd book!
The Sins of the 7th Sister, by Huston Curtiss
The Season of Lillian Dawes, by Katherine Mosby
Firehouse, by David Halberstam
A year in the World, by Frances Mayes
Any book by James Lee Burke - mystery/detective - especially the Dave Robichoud series
Anyone who liked The DeVinci Code (Iwas disappointed in the book, myself) should read Holy Blood, Holy Grail. That book is over 20 yrs old and personally, I thought is was better than Dan Brown's book and it was not a novel.
Anything by Peter Mayle
I haven't seen/read that anyone recommended The Cat Who series by Lillian Jackson Braun (I KNOW most of you must have read her books!)
Well, I could go on and on since I love to read, but this will do for now!
post #77 of 400
5/1/07 at 10:40am
OMG! I forgot to ask if anyone has read The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett? It is an outstanding historical series - any of you who enjoy Philippa Gregory books will love this series. But please read the books in the correct order!
post #78 of 400
5/2/07 at 11:26am
I just read a couple of Lisa Scottoline's books and will probably try to get more of them at the library. Light, easy reading.
post #79 of 400
5/2/07 at 11:46am
Ooh I might have to grab a couple of those for my "recovery"!
post #80 of 400
5/2/07 at 11:48am
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Originally Posted by Kiwideus View Post
The next book I am hoping to buy is Mercy. It looks good.
So far I have:
Songs of the Humpback Whale
Picture Perfect
The Pact
Plain Truth
Nineteen Minutes
Keeping Faith
Second Glance
My Sisters Keeper
The Tenth Circle

The ones in bold, I haven't read yet.
I love Jodi Picoult! She is my new favorite author. I've read The Pact, My Sister's Keeper, The Tenth Circle, and Second Glance. I just bought Picture Perfect.
post #81 of 400
5/10/07 at 7:50am
Picked the latest "Midnight Louie" mystery yesterday: Cat in a Red-Hot Rage.
post #82 of 400
5/10/07 at 12:33pm
The Truth about Food.
post #83 of 400
5/16/07 at 7:34am
Right now I'm reading "Life, the Universe and Everything" (part 3 of the trilogy in 5 volumes of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
It's almost embarrassing when I read this in a coffee shop because I have a hard time keeping myself from laughing out loud.

I'm also reading "Awakening the Buddha Within" a book about Tibetan Buddhism for the Western World. Very good and very simple.

I also bought other books recently that I can't wait to read, including two books by Douglas Coupland "Life after God" and "Eleanor Rigby". I had read "Life after God" many years ago and I absolutely loved it. Now I'm curious to see if my tastes have changed.
Also, I have "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy. I have heard a lot of good things about it so I'm eager to read it.
And of course I'll finish the rest of the Hitchhiker's trilogy.
post #84 of 400
5/16/07 at 7:07pm
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I am reading Oblomov, considered a masterpiece of Russian Lit. I would be extremely surprised if anybody here knows what I am talking about. But I have recently read Crime and Punishment which should at least get a nod. In the last six months I have read about 30 masterpieces of Russian literature, but I am saving War and Peace for some time in the future! I am not Russian, I have just discovered how great 19th century Russian literature is! Is there one single other person here that reads this?
20th century Russian literature is great too. If you're still on your Russian literature binge, you might want to check out Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita and Zamyatin's We.

As for Crime and Punishment...let's just say that if every book on earth had to be burned tomorrow save for the works of one author, I'd have a hard time choosing between salvaging Shakespeare's or Dostoyevsky's. To me, his fiction represents the pinnacle of great humanist literature.
post #85 of 400
5/16/07 at 10:14pm
Im still on Da Vinci Code. Saw the movie before the bought the book, but i keep getting distracted by magazines and hobbies and other things that its taking me months to read it lol.
post #86 of 400
5/17/07 at 12:29pm
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Originally Posted by Dragoriana View Post
Im still on Da Vinci Code. Saw the movie before the bought the book, but i keep getting distracted by magazines and hobbies and other things that its taking me months to read it lol.
Bet if you hadn't seen the movie first, you wouldn't put the book down. That was a one session read for me. The movie was pretty good at following the book, but that can be a problem especially with "who dunnits" cause you know who the bad guy is from the start. I had the same problem after reading Mystic River and then seeing the movie. I was actually bored since I knew who did it.
post #87 of 400
5/17/07 at 5:12pm
With Harry Potter i saw the movies before reading the books and couldnt put the books down. Da Vinci is a a more serious read and i need to not be distracted
post #88 of 400
5/22/07 at 7:39am
I finally got 19 minutes by Jodi Picoult from the library. Picked it up Sunday afternoon, finished it MOnday night. It was disturbing, but a very good read. Don't know if its because I've read all her other books, but I did guess the twist in the book pretty early on. Did not stop the book from being really thought provoking though. Actually the topic of the book would probably make a good IMO thread.
post #89 of 400
5/22/07 at 12:34pm
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I finally got 19 minutes by Jodi Picoult from the library. Picked it up Sunday afternoon, finished it MOnday night. It was disturbing, but a very good read. Don't know if its because I've read all her other books, but I did guess the twist in the book pretty early on. Did not stop the book from being really thought provoking though. Actually the topic of the book would probably make a good IMO thread.
I guessed the twist early on as well, as soon as the shooting happened.

I am reading The Girl in Times Square by Paullina Simons. I got it free and I have read all my Jodi Picoult books so I have to read something! It is not too bad.
post #90 of 400
5/27/07 at 2:30pm
I just finished "Heart-Shaped Box" by Joe Hill. Hill is Stephen King's son (writes under his mother's maiden name) and this is his first novel. Joe writes as well as his father USED to and better than his mother EVER did.
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