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Re: What are you reading?
By: Paloma Date: December 30, 2021, 6:26 pm
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I received a few books for Christmas, among them Fredrick
Bachman's "Anxious People". The person who sent it is dying to
discuss it, so I'm about 1/3 of the way through. It's an
accessible style. :)
After this, I'm moving on to "The Plot", which has been
tantalizing me for a while now. And then Le Carre's final book
"Silverview". Almost too sad to read, knowing it's the last. I
think I've read everything he's written.
#Post#: 57280--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you reading?
By: NoLongerAubergine Date: December 30, 2021, 8:33 pm
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Currently reading "State of Terror" (Clinton and Penny), and I'm
disappointed. It's really uneven in style. I suspect it was not
a seamless collaboration.
Most of the first chapter was "telling" as it brought on each
character and told us who they were and how they related to each
other. Except the last page and a half where the action changes
to Pakistan. That section starts with something like, "Hurry,
hurry. They're almost at the house." Now that's how a novel
should start. The next couple of chapters were similarly
skillfully handled and since then (I'm about 1/3 of the way
through) it's mostly been a lot more telling.
It seems to me that the sections focused on the secondary
characters are better written than the ones focused on the SOS.
I won't speculate (out loud) about why that might be.
[member=78]Paloma[/member], "The Plot" will be my next one. It's
on hold at the library and will be available in a couple of
weeks. I have some friends who loved "Anxious People", though I
don't think it will end up on my reading list.
#Post#: 58798--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you reading?
By: Lurknomore Date: January 4, 2022, 6:55 pm
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Highly recommend The Good House by Ann Leary.
Now reading These Precious Days, a new collection of essays by
Ann Patchett. Amazing so far!
Paloma mentioned The Plot ( Korelitz) great page turner!
#Post#: 58837--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you reading?
By: Lady_Lessa Date: January 5, 2022, 7:14 am
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[quote author=Paloma link=topic=68.msg57251#msg57251
date=1640910363]
[color=navy][size=12pt] I received a few books for Christmas,
among them Fredrick Bachman's "Anxious People". The person who
sent it is dying to discuss it, so I'm about 1/3 of the way
through. It's an accessible style. :)
[/quote]
I loved "Anxious People" when I read it when it first came out.
I think that your friend has good taste. I considered
suggesting it for book club but chose not to. It talks about
something that we tend to avoid out of respect for some of the
regulars.
#Post#: 58838--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you reading?
By: muskrat Date: January 5, 2022, 7:15 am
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[quote author=Lurknomore link=topic=68.msg58798#msg58798
date=1641344119]
Highly recommend The Good House by Ann Leary.
Now reading These Precious Days, a new collection of essays by
Ann Patchett. Amazing so far!
Paloma mentioned The Plot ( Korelitz) great page turner!
[/quote]
I’m pretty sure it was an extract from Precious Days that i read
in Harpers: the story about Sookie.
Magical and unforgettable.
#Post#: 59501--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you reading?
By: nsw11 Date: January 6, 2022, 6:55 pm
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I read the Curious Incident by Vicki Delaney (really light
murder mystery) and Beyond the Trees (adventure travel by
someone who canoed across the Canadian Arctic) over the long
weekend. Currently working my way thru Audrey Faye's For the
Love of Purple trilogy for the nth time and reading Moonflower
Murders by Anthony Horowitz, a new author for me.
#Post#: 62951--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you reading?
By: Lady_Lessa Date: January 16, 2022, 4:39 am
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I just finished "Sisi, Empress on her own" by Allison Pataki.
While this is the second of two books by the author on Empress
Elizabeth of Austria-Hungary it stands nicely on its own.
Sisi sounds like the Princess Di of her generation and
interestingly enough, the Spencers played host to Sisi several
times when she was in England.
I found the end of the book where Allison talks about her
sources and verifies that some of the wilder events are true and
not her imagination. She even speculates that if the Empress
had been a better mother, perhaps WWI may have been avoided.
#Post#: 65447--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you reading?
By: animaniactoo Date: January 22, 2022, 1:54 pm
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For awhile now, I've been reading a lot of no-brainer fluff kind
of stuff. My mental retreat from the world, I guess.
But today I was introduced to the book that will become the next
serious book I read - The Last Million by David Nasaw. Discusses
the history and politics of the time in Displaced Person camps
in the wake of WWII, and I learned about it because my
grandfather*, who was career military and ran a DP camp after
the war, is quoted in it. From the description, some of it is
apparently news to the critics/reviewers.
*He would have been the first to tell you that while he managed
to pull it off and his approach to it was noted and made a
massive difference in the lives of the inhabitants, he had no
training and no business being assigned to this.
#Post#: 69654--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you reading?
By: Paloma Date: February 2, 2022, 4:00 pm
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OK, for once the hype is justified. I'm reading "The Plot" and
keep putting work aside to read another chapter. Not good!
*shrugs*
If you've ever done creative writing, been in an MFA program,
know academia, dealt with plagiarism, or just love a novel full
of plot twists, this is totally worth it. :)
#Post#: 69714--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you reading?
By: NoLongerAubergine Date: February 2, 2022, 9:00 pm
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[quote author=Paloma link=topic=68.msg69654#msg69654
date=1643839231]
OK, for once the hype is justified. I'm reading "The Plot" and
keep putting work aside to read another chapter. Not good!
*shrugs*
If you've ever done creative writing, been in an MFA program,
know academia, dealt with plagiarism, or just love a novel full
of plot twists, this is totally worth it. :)
[/quote]
LOL. That's what I'm reading right now, too. The copy I ordered
through Libby finally came through a couple of days ago. I'm
only a couple of chapters in, so I'm not sure what I think yet.
However, I do fall into a couple of the categories you mention
(Minor emphasis in Writing; love plot twists) so now I'm
hopeful. I was a little worried that the direction was going to
be a bit cliche.
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