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I'm about to start reading 'Room' by Emma Donoghue
In many ways, Jack is a typical 5-year-old. He likes to read books, watch TV, and play games with his Ma. But Jack is different in a big way--he has lived his entire life in a single room, sharing the tiny space with only his mother and an unnerving nighttime visitor known as Old Nick. For Jack, Room is the only world he knows, but for Ma, it is a prison in which she has tried to craft a normal life for her son. When their insular world suddenly expands beyond the confines of their four walls, the consequences are piercing and extraordinary. Despite its profoundly disturbing premise, Emma Donoghue's Room is rife with moments of hope and beauty, and the dogged determination to live, even in the most desolate circumstances. A stunning and original novel of survival in captivity, readers who enter Room will leave staggered, as though, like Jack, they are seeing the world for the very first time.
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12-30-2010, 01:19 PM
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I love the feel of the pages of a book in my hands, but I must admit, I'm really enjoying my new Kindle that my honey bought me for Christmas!
It's pretty cool that there are hundreds of FREE books that you can dowload! **yay** I just started reading, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |
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12-30-2010, 04:28 PM
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Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy.
The 1st book is, All the Pretty Horses. I just started the 2nd book, The Crossing. The 3rd book is, Cities of the Plain.
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12-30-2010, 04:42 PM
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Now re-reading The Grass Crown by Colleen McCullough. I have read the entire series many years ago and am enjoying delving back into them. In hindsight, it sure reminds me of the political climate facing many parts of the world today...
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Portia De Rossi's Unbearable Lightness. It was hard to read. I thought she did an excellent job of describing eating disorders and being closeted.
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12-30-2010, 04:59 PM
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Holiday Reading: A Friend of the Family: A Novel--Lauren Grondstein (it's good!)
Re-reading (teaching it this month): The Bell Jar--Sylvia Plath |
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12-30-2010, 04:43 PM
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RED ALERT! RED ALERT!! I got a Kindle for Christmas too and did you know that TODAY they announced a new "book sharing" program?!!!!! YES! If you bought a Kindle book, you can "loan" it to a friend for up to 2 weeks!!!!! It's a one-time deal and not all books are eligible for sharing (it's up to the publisher), so I'd LOVE to start a sharing list! WEEEE!
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I had forgotten how good a well-written piece of fiction would feel! It had been a long while since I read anything that wasn't an biography, a case study, a tech manual, or academia so imagine my surprise when I got my Kindle and dove back into the world of fiction
 Jack had been reading some of the Kindle forums and saw a lot of chatter about a book called "Exquisite Corpse" by Poppy Z Brite. It's about 2 Gay Cannibalistic Necrophiliacs. I read it in 2 days. It was definitely different, not nearly as gross as most people made it out to be (well, except for that ONE part) and a totally wild ride! LOVED it. I just started "The Passage" by Jonathan Cronin and am loving it already!
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12-30-2010, 10:47 PM
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Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment. Surely the most intriguing study of an axe murderer ever.
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Im a little more than halfway through "The Passage". It's pretty creepy!
I have developed an thing for post-apocalyse storylines over the last few years. Does anyone have any good recommendations?
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You might be interested in checking it out.
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This thread (honest!) lol
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I traded a bunch of my books in today, at Powell's Book Store,
for a book called... "Stieg Larsson, My Friend" ~ by Kurdo Baksi here's a link to an online review of this book: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010...o-baksi-review |
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Chasing Darkness by Robert Crais. An apparent suicide victim is identified as a possible serial killer. A private detective who helped free him a few years previously tries to determine if it is true. Afternoons with Mr. Hogan: A Boy, A Golfing Legend and the Lessons of a Lifetime by Jody Vasquez As a teenager, the author was hired to chase golf balls for Ben Hogan. Great insights into Hogan's character and some golf tips thrown in. Currently reading: Points of View by Rex Murphy Collection of 30 years of his writings and speeches. Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters by James M. Tabor An examination of the doomed 1967 expedition to scale Alaska's Mt. McKinley. For some reason I seem to be interested in extreme sports lately! Family Knits - 25 Handknits for all seasons by Debbie Bliss Looking for some new projects for the new year! |
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I do love this thread! It has to be my favorite on BFP! Almost finished with The Grass Crown and will start Ceazar's Women next; which is skipping around a bit. As I just finished reading Cleopatra by Stacy Schriff I want to refresh my memory about what Colleen McCullough had to say about her.
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