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Post by MarieL on Jul 22, 2017 20:04:14 GMT
Andi, If you like Louise Penny I believe you will like Susan Hill. Her Simon Serreliers (sp??) series is very good.
Elizabeth Strout is also a favorite of mine. Not mysteries. Jodi Picoult's book "Small Great Thing" was so good. I had tired of her but this book is absolutely right on our times today. Marie
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Post by lmenglish on Jul 22, 2017 20:50:32 GMT
I started listening to Hillbilly Ellegy and JD Vance is the narrator. I saw an interview he did, which was enjoyable but he is not a good narrator. So,I put it down and am doing The Stars are Fire. Also enjoyed Flight Patterns, America's First Daughter,Britt Marie was Here. Next on my list is The Rent Collector. My all time favorite book is Rebecca. Freshman year in honors English we read Beowulf, Animal Farm, The Odyssey and don't remember which Shakespeare play. Last book of the year. It was great and Alfred Hitchcock did make a stunning movie. Flash forward to a recent book club that did Rebecca and I was the moderator. I go online and all the young people wanted to discuss the lesbian relationship between Rebecca and Mrs. Danvers, ruined the book for me
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Post by lmenglish on Jul 22, 2017 20:52:24 GMT
MarieL, Jodi Picoult writes books that always makes you ask what would I do in that situation
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Post by squid on Jul 22, 2017 23:14:00 GMT
I go online and all the young people wanted to discuss the lesbian relationship between Rebecca and Mrs. Danvers, ruined the book for me Huh? What the heck?
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Post by wildcat on Jul 22, 2017 23:20:35 GMT
If I had gone to an Ivy League, I would have felt really out of place and uncomfortable, regardless of my academic achievements. I didn't go to an exclusive private high school , spend my junior year in Europe, and I assure you that no one in my neighborhood in Pittsburgh had a weekend country house. Totally agree, and I identified with that as well. Although I didn't go to an Ivy, I did go to a private college where most people were very well off and that was definitely not my background.
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Post by alias123 on Jul 23, 2017 2:07:12 GMT
ust finished America's First Daughter (Alias, did u recommend this?) No, not me. Though I do enjoy reading history and presidential bios. I'm also currently reading the excellent, Being Nixon by Evan Thomas.
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Post by alias123 on Jul 23, 2017 2:14:09 GMT
and Springsteen autobiography, Born to Run. A friend of mine was reading that and said that Springsteen mentions dealing with depression. I didn't know that. I did get to see him in concert one time. I think it was the at the Brendan Byrne Arena in NJ. My seats were up in the clouds but it was still great fun.
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Post by jamescat1 on Jul 23, 2017 3:40:02 GMT
Grapes of Wrath is possibly my all time favorite book - I can't even count how many times I've read it. " Grapes of Wrath is also my favorite book. I loved reading and teaching Steinbeck. I am currently reading Dan Silvia's House of Spies, another book in the Gabriel Allon series. Allon is an art restorer who is also head of Israel's intelligence agency. Today I pre-ordered a book reviewed in the WSJ, What She Ate by Louise Shapiro. It is about six women including Eleanor Roosevelt, Helen Gurley Brown and Eva Braun. Roosevelt apparently used food as an instrument of revenge when she found outbFranklin had a mistress.
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Post by sullicat1 on Jul 23, 2017 17:11:38 GMT
Alias, reading Springstein's book, he mentions depression quite a bit. I never knew that either. He certainly paid his dues on the way up.
I guess I had you confused, maybe it was the Agassi book you talked about, which I have but still haven't read.
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Post by furrville2 on Jul 23, 2017 17:14:23 GMT
I forgot another good author if you are into mystery/suspense novels. Brett Battles is the author and the character he writes about is called Johnathan Quinn. He is a "cleaner". He cleans up crime scenes but these crime scenes are the work of the Government or foreign assassins. He figures out how to get rid of the bodies. Very interesting writing and the stories are always page turners. Lots of twists. Just thought I'd drop that name!
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Post by alias123 on Jul 23, 2017 18:43:35 GMT
hat She Ate by Louise Shapiro. Sounds interesting. I would be interested in hearing your thoughts on this one when you read it.
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Post by alias123 on Jul 23, 2017 18:44:41 GMT
I guess I had you confused, maybe it was the Agassi book you talked about, which I have but still haven't read. Yes. I recommended Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi
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Post by jamescat1 on Jul 23, 2017 18:54:09 GMT
hat She Ate by Louise Shapiro. Sounds interesting. I would be interested in hearing your thoughts on this one when you read it. Will do. It's a strange mix of women like Eva Braun and Wordsworth's sister.
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