thanks for the info. If I remember correctly the reviews were not good on that book when it came out.
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It may have been badly translated unless the same guy translated it.
I finally finished that depressing book written in 1888. If anybody who read it and had never met any Jews they'd have a terrible opinions of said race.
I have just started a book called The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro. It's about an art robbery that took place 25 years before. We have an artist who.paints and copies. She is asked to forge on of these stolen paintings and whilst doing it seems to think that she's forging a forgery 100 years ago. That's as far as I've got and it was all on the blurb on the back of the books. It started off well.
I have just started a book called The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro. It's about an art robbery that took place 25 years before. We have an artist who.paints and copies. She is asked to forge on of these stolen paintings and whilst doing it seems to think that she's forging a forgery 100 years ago. That's as far as I've got and it was all on the blurb on the back of the books. It started off well.
Almost done with chef Eric Ripert's autobiography of his early days growing up and coming up in the world of cuisine. Very well written and interesting. Literally consumed the book! Hope one day to be able to snag a reservation at Le Bernardin in NYC - the ultimate seafood restaurant.
I seem to be reading a lot of biographies lately.
I seem to be reading a lot of biographies lately.
I really enjoyed Tolkien's books, including The Silmarillion.
Is the Elizabeth Haydon book about vampyres?
No, it's the first volume in her Symphony of Ages series. Fantasy. Shape changers, dragons, multiple sapient species, a lost island (shades of Tolkien), true love, racial prejudice, mysteries to be solved, villains, heroes, insane seers, etc. The author has recently returned to the series, which I believe is why volume 1 was being offered at a low price, to lure new readers in, and re-introduce old readers so they'll want to buy the new books. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_of_Ages
I am seeing quite a few free vampire books available for Nook lately, though. Most of them erotic. Some downright pornographic. It's easy enough to get the Nook app for your smartphone or Apple computer, for Windows the app requires Win 10 (Barnes & Noble has recently partnered with Microsoft and is helping them try to pressure users into "upgrading"). Then you sign up for the Free Nook Books newsletter and get several freebies or low cost books every week. (I don't mean that the newsletter is a weekly thing -- some days it comes, some days it doesn't, and I haven't figured out the pattern yet, and frequently some of the books in it are ones that I "bought" the day before (if you can count getting a free book as buying it, which apparently B&N does.)
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It's not that I didn't enjoy The Silmarillion, it's that I couldn't keep track of the action properly because I didn't know who was who. I felt like I needed to get a really big sheet of graph paper and use it to draw annotated family trees just to keep things straight. I have a friend who had a similar problem with Lord of the Rings. She said that the battles didn't make sense compared to the maps. What can I say? They made sense to me.
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I may have to look into this one.
I had no idea how difficult his childhood was. Plus such details about working in kitchens - really brutal treatment.I may have to look into this one.
It brings his life up to his mid-20's only. I'm sure he'll do a follow up at some point. It was an easy, engaging read.
I think I may being re-acquiring my Charles DeLint books next. He is, in my opinion, one of the finest authors of the Urban Faerie Tale in the world. I find his characters engaging, his story lines compelling, and his prose lyric. I picked up "Moonheart" on a whim years ago, and was hooked.
I am reading Bill Bryson's The Road to Little Dribbling. There's something of an undercurrent of hostility in Bryson's book that I don't like. What do you folks in the UK think of him? (Notes from a Small Island) Or in Australia? (In a Sunburned Country)
He's someone I've been meaning to read for a while. His A Short History of Nearly Everything has good reviews and I was going to start there. I should try In a Sunburned Country as it's always interesting to get an outsider's take on your country.
Do you find that undercurrent in all his books?
Do you find that undercurrent in all his books?
In most of them, yes. He can be very funny though, too. His Walk in the Woods was hilarious. It was about a hike up the Appalachian Trail, which goes from Georgia to Maine on the ridge of the Appalachian Mountains, over 2,000 miles long. It was made into a movie starring Robert Redford, which I didn't think was as funny as the book.
What stayed with me about In a Sunburned Country was the amount of poisonous wildlife in Australia. I had no idea. It makes me wonder how anyone survives.
Try reading his travel books before A Short History of Everything. Notes from a Small Island is about the UK, and The Road to Little Dribbling is a followup to the first book 20 years later. He goes into detail about the changes that have occurred in Britain. As I get into it, I'm liking it more.
What stayed with me about In a Sunburned Country was the amount of poisonous wildlife in Australia. I had no idea. It makes me wonder how anyone survives.
Try reading his travel books before A Short History of Everything. Notes from a Small Island is about the UK, and The Road to Little Dribbling is a followup to the first book 20 years later. He goes into detail about the changes that have occurred in Britain. As I get into it, I'm liking it more.
It is totally beyond me why people think we're riddled with poisonous creatures. Everyone outside of Australia seems to think that, and of course if it were of concern we would hear of a lot more deaths.
Surfers do occasionally have a run-in with sharks, and crocks are up north.. I would not want to live where they are as I love the water too much and it's very hot up there. There are also the stingers in the water up there in Summer. But as for the rest of Australia, spiders and snakes, yes, but very, very rarely is anyone bitten/stung.
We don't have the big predation animals of some countries apart from those living in water, and that would worry me a lot more... I remember being at a swimming hole we discovered in the Malaysian hills many years ago and seeing a tiger on the other side of it... That really put the wind up me far more than anything in Australia.
It's all relative.
But I am going way off-topic.. @DreamerRose I've just been introduced to the wonderful world of the nano ipod (I'm a little slow) and have been looking for a book to put on it, so this has been a good prompting for that. I'll look into them.
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I glad it's not true about the poisonous animals. Bryson put it in his book, so of course, I believed it. You're are right about the large animals - we have bears, both black and grizzly, mountain lions, alligators, and rattlesnakes here in the States, but you only hear occasionally about one attacking people.
I glad it's not true about the poisonous animals. Bryson put it in his book, so of course, I believed it. You're are right about the large animals - we have bears, both black and grizzly, mountain lions, alligators, and rattlesnakes here in the States, but you only hear occasionally about one attacking people.
Arg!!!! I'm seriously hating "The Girl in the Spider's Web"!!!!! I feel like banging my head against the wall because I just can't remember anything I've read beyond a page before!
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that would drive me batty. I have those books but find the book girl who kicked hornets nest is the hardest one to find. I haven't read them yet but did see the movie and thought it was pretty ummm whats the word? I wasn't expecting it to be so worldly. I like her sassiness.
If you like time travel lately I have been rereading Sandra hills books of the Vikings. I found two of hers at yardsales yesterday. She has such a wit and funny punchlines in her books. Cant get enough of them.
So don't read it. Put it aside as unreadable and get yourself something you'll enjoy. There's no law saying we must finish books were not enjoying.
I loved all three of The Girl books. I wasn't mad about the film of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
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reading Catherine Anderson perfect timing-a harrigan novel-I love love this novel. its actually time travel. from old Ireland to today. The lady has to come forward in time to stop the family curse of the first wives from death of blood born death. She is a small red head girl and so cute. She catches on to our time and the wives all started what's called a hen party. They teach her all kinds of things which embarrasses her new husband-the curse would not be broken until she married the husband. The wife of his brother was dying from leukemia but by them getting married and consummating the marriage broke the curse that has plagued the family for years. I found this novel very cute and lots of laughter. I wasn't expecting time travel but it was well done!
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