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Is it cold in here?:
"Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher", about a Seattle-based photographer who documented the vanishing Indians.
LawGeek:
--- Quote from: 94ssd on 27 Nov 2013, 16:46 ---All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren. Trying to catch up on "classics."
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That is a fantastic book. It's the only one we own as a signed special edition; since it's hubby's fave I got it for him as a present when we were dating and ten years later it still has a place of pride on our shelves.
Right now I am reading:
Runaway (Munro, Alice / Short stories)
As I Lay Dying (Faulkner)
Tomorrow-Land: The 1964-65 World's Fair and the Transformation of America (Tirella, Joseph)
Normally I try not to read more than one book at a time, two if one is fiction and the other non-fiction. However, the first one is for a book club coming soon, and the last one I am reading in anticipation of the fair grounds being opened up next week for two hours only. So Faulkner's been back-benched for a bit, but I'm still sneaking him in when I can.
I finally got my husband to start reading again, after being consumed with classics in high school and college then somehow drifting away. I think this was mostly accomplished when he got me a Kindle Paperwhite for Valentine's Day and he inherited my new-ish Kindle complete with huge library. His obsession with the World's Fair got the better of him, and we're competing to see who can get through Tomorrow Land first in anticipation of the fair ground event.
Grognard:
fiction for the moment:
just finished: "The Dark Beyond the Stars" by Frank Robinson
just started: "Blue Horizon" by Wilbur Smith
94ssd:
Currently reading No Logo by Naomi Klein, a book about branding's effect on the economy and society. I picked it up from the free book table in the Sociology building after reading on the back cover that it inspired Radiohead to ban advertising on their tour.
Mlle Germain:
I'm currently re-reading "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green (after reading it for the first time two weeks ago). And wow, that is one of the best books I've read. I guess you could classify it as a book for young adults, but if you're a not-so-young-anymore adult (like me. I mean, I'm still pretty young, but not in the prime target group for young adult fiction anymore), that should totally not stop you from reading it - my 63-year-old mum gave it to me because she thought it was really good. It is, in my opinion, extremely well written, gripping, funny and terribly sad at once. The first time I read it, I read it in one go.
So yeah, if you're looking for something new to read, maybe check it out.
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 28 Nov 2013, 10:32 ---I'm ploughing through the complete works of Austen, and various other classics which catch my eye in the library. At the moment, though, I'm reading Henrietta's War by Joyce Dennys, which reminds me of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer - similar style and setting, both excellent.
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Very late to the party, but I also really enjoy Jane Austen. To anyone who wants to read something of a similar type, I'd also recommend Anne Bronte's (can't do the double dots over the e) "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall".
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