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Just finished:
The Lost Diary of Don Juan: An Account of the True Arts of Passion and the Perilous Adventure of Love --
by Douglas Abrams
Historical fiction. Well crafted and researched. Focuses more on the man and his times than his bedroom exploits.
The Lost Diary of Don Juan: An Account of the True Arts of Passion and the Perilous Adventure of Love --
by Douglas Abrams
Historical fiction. Well crafted and researched. Focuses more on the man and his times than his bedroom exploits.
It happened at a church summer camp so it must be true, right? ;)
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I'm trying to read Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. Enjoying it so far, but it's so looooooooooooooooooooooooong. Considering how busy I was with NaNoWriMo, I don't even know what I was doing trying to read it.
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Reading John Steinbeck's "Travels with Charley in Search of America" again. It is incredible how prescient Steinbeck was 50-some years ago about the troubles the U.S. is facing today.
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I'm re-reading Vladimir Nabokov's . Unfortunately, I don't understand French, so I have to break out the translator for the French bits, of which there are many. He even writes a whole paragraph in French. That's gonna be fun to type into a translator.
Ghosts, flamingos, guitars and vodka. Eclectic subjects, eccentric stories:
Humorous guide & Recommended Read =^.^= How To Make a Cup of Tea
A flash fiction series :) A Random Moment in Time
Editors' Pick! :D I Am The Deep, Dark Woods
And another EP!: The Fragility of Age
=^.^=
Humorous guide & Recommended Read =^.^= How To Make a Cup of Tea
A flash fiction series :) A Random Moment in Time
Editors' Pick! :D I Am The Deep, Dark Woods
And another EP!: The Fragility of Age
=^.^=
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Educating Rita - Willy Russell. The play!
LAMB by Christopher Moore (humor)
The recollections of, Bif, the childhood best friend of Jesus Christ.
The recollections of, Bif, the childhood best friend of Jesus Christ.
It happened at a church summer camp so it must be true, right? ;)
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For Whom the Good Tolls an 'RR' and it's short, no kidding[/url]
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For Whom the Good Tolls an 'RR' and it's short, no kidding[/url]
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Spunk & Bite: A writer's guide to punchier, more engaging, language & style by Arthur Plotnik
Have now finished that one ^ and am reading... Everything Beautiful by Simmone Howell
Finished Everything Beautiful ^ in two days. Highly recommend it, very good. Now reading Tribute by Nora Roberts. It's a big book, and though she's a good author I don't usually read Nora, but... I was told it's a very good book, and the person that told me read it in about 3 days. So.
Have now finished that one ^ and am reading... Everything Beautiful by Simmone Howell
Finished Everything Beautiful ^ in two days. Highly recommend it, very good. Now reading Tribute by Nora Roberts. It's a big book, and though she's a good author I don't usually read Nora, but... I was told it's a very good book, and the person that told me read it in about 3 days. So.
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I'm reading North of Hope by Jon Hassler. It's a long book, and it starts out a bit slowly, but I've been told it's worth it, so here goes...
UPDATE:
I gave up on NORTH OF HOPE and am now reading GONE GIRL. Both were deemed book club favorites, but so far, I find GG just as well-written but with a more compelling and intriguing plot and pace. (I just started, so we'll see...)
UPDATE:
I gave up on NORTH OF HOPE and am now reading GONE GIRL. Both were deemed book club favorites, but so far, I find GG just as well-written but with a more compelling and intriguing plot and pace. (I just started, so we'll see...)
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Sorry...I just couldn't help myself...
I once knew a drinker who had a moderating problem...
Just started, "Girl With the Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier. More than anything else, I'm curious how she turned a historical fiction novel about Vermeer and the model for his 'Girl With a Pearl Earring' portrait into a bestseller.
It happened at a church summer camp so it must be true, right? ;)
OF WAR, AND PEACE, AND MARY BETH: my contest winner, honest
For Whom the Good Tolls an 'RR' and it's short, no kidding[/url]
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For Whom the Good Tolls an 'RR' and it's short, no kidding[/url]
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I stumbled upon this short story from 1891 that does a great job at building suspense and thought it worth sharing. It's called "The Yellow Wallpaper" and I vaguely remember reading it in high school.
[url]http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/YelWal.shtml[/url]
As luck would have it the author herself commented on her story years later:
[url]http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/whyyw.html[/url]
As a side note, gosh, I do love the Internet and the ability we have to read old works with ease and find comments and critiques on them with further ease. Enjoy.
[url]http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/YelWal.shtml[/url]
As luck would have it the author herself commented on her story years later:
[url]http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/whyyw.html[/url]
As a side note, gosh, I do love the Internet and the ability we have to read old works with ease and find comments and critiques on them with further ease. Enjoy.
“Play the sunset."
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Diana, thanks for the links.
To answer my own question about how "Girl With the Pearl Earring" became a bestseller:
The author's timing was excellent. The book came out three years after a huge Vermeer exhibition opened in the States.
Chevalier does an incredible job of putting life into descriptions of what might otherwise be very prosaic scenes. Would-be bestselling authors could do a lot worse than study how she handles setting and description.
To answer my own question about how "Girl With the Pearl Earring" became a bestseller:
The author's timing was excellent. The book came out three years after a huge Vermeer exhibition opened in the States.
Chevalier does an incredible job of putting life into descriptions of what might otherwise be very prosaic scenes. Would-be bestselling authors could do a lot worse than study how she handles setting and description.
It happened at a church summer camp so it must be true, right? ;)
OF WAR, AND PEACE, AND MARY BETH: my contest winner, honest
For Whom the Good Tolls an 'RR' and it's short, no kidding[/url]
OF WAR, AND PEACE, AND MARY BETH: my contest winner, honest
For Whom the Good Tolls an 'RR' and it's short, no kidding[/url]
"The Guns of August" by Barbara Tuchman
Tells of the events surrounding the beginning of WW I in an enjoyable, easy to read style that made it a Pulitzer award winning bestseller.
Tells of the events surrounding the beginning of WW I in an enjoyable, easy to read style that made it a Pulitzer award winning bestseller.
It happened at a church summer camp so it must be true, right? ;)
OF WAR, AND PEACE, AND MARY BETH: my contest winner, honest
For Whom the Good Tolls an 'RR' and it's short, no kidding[/url]
OF WAR, AND PEACE, AND MARY BETH: my contest winner, honest
For Whom the Good Tolls an 'RR' and it's short, no kidding[/url]
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So, I finished "Gone Girl" in record time... I found the short chapters and frequent change in narration to be a great help in creating a fast, easy read. Perhaps such writing (circa 2012) is a testimony to our texting/social media age... a la "give me high quality, but be quick about it!"
Anyway, I'd be curious if any others have read "Gone Girl" already and if so, if they predicted any parts of it. For me it held some surprises though I predicted correctly in many cases.
Anyway, I'd be curious if any others have read "Gone Girl" already and if so, if they predicted any parts of it. For me it held some surprises though I predicted correctly in many cases.
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― Mr. Holland (played by Richard Dreyfuss) on "Mr. Holland's Opus"
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Just finished 'The Silver Linings Playbook' by Matthew Quick. Great book and I recommend it for other readers.
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I'm on a big Neil Gaiman binge right now. I received the Sandman Vol. 1-10 slipcase for Christmas, so I'm trying to power my way through those (on vol. 8 at the moment); also, finished Neverwhere a few weeks ago, and reading Stardust right now. I'm only in my early 20's, so it's refreshing having an entire back log of books from an author who's been writing since before I was born --I only wish I was around when he originally published some of these stories, so I could be "hipster cool" about reading his titles...
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Anyway, I'd be curious if any others have read "Gone Girl" already and if so, if they predicted any parts of it. For me it held some surprises though I predicted correctly in many cases.
I'm just starting this, friends have been pestering me to read it for a while now.
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At this very moment? What I'm writing. Which is this forum post.
Ghosts, flamingos, guitars and vodka. Eclectic subjects, eccentric stories:
Humorous guide & Recommended Read =^.^= How To Make a Cup of Tea
A flash fiction series :) A Random Moment in Time
Editors' Pick! :D I Am The Deep, Dark Woods
And another EP!: The Fragility of Age
=^.^=
Humorous guide & Recommended Read =^.^= How To Make a Cup of Tea
A flash fiction series :) A Random Moment in Time
Editors' Pick! :D I Am The Deep, Dark Woods
And another EP!: The Fragility of Age
=^.^=
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I am reading "Even the Clocks Stopped" by our Sherzahd. But if you want to quibble, not at this instant.
I just finished reading The Real Jane Austen - A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne. It's a new biography of Jane Austen and it was excellent. The author doesn't follow a typical, chronological telling of the life. Instead, each chapter is predicated on an object that had meaning or importance for Jane Austen. Each item serves as a spring board to recount episodes in Austen's life. It was a real pleasure to read.
Review of it from The Guardian found at this link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/feb/08/the-real-jane-austen-review
Review of it from The Guardian found at this link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/feb/08/the-real-jane-austen-review