Kristie
Novel turned into BBC miniseries
"If a book is well written, I always find it too short."
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Post by Kristie on Aug 26, 2007 12:46:19 GMT -5
yeah I'd like to read that one, it's odd that it's already out here but not in the US... Sorry, I made a mistake. It is out here as well, it must have been a hardcover or some other edition that wouldn't be out til October.
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Post by Dominique on Aug 26, 2007 19:30:14 GMT -5
ohh ok fair enough
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zeldafitzgerald
Collection of short stories bought by Random House
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Post by zeldafitzgerald on Sept 7, 2007 20:24:12 GMT -5
I am really curious about An Arsonist's Guide to Writer's Homes in New England by Brock Clarke. It's got a lot of buzz, and many great reviews. arsonistsguide.com/index.htmlFrom Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Clarke's fourth book (after the story collection Carrying the Torch) is the delightfully dark story of Sam Pulsifer, the accidental arsonist and murderer narrator who leads readers through a multilayered, flame-filled adventure about literature, lies, love and life. Growing up in Amherst, Mass., with an editor for a father and an English teacher for a mother, Sam was fed endless stories that fueled (literally and figuratively) the rest of his life. Thus, the blurred boundaries between fact and fiction, story and reality become the landscape for amusing and provocative adventures that begin when, at age 18, Sam accidentally torches the Emily Dickinson Homestead, killing two people. After serving 10 years, Sam tries to distance himself from his past through college, employment, marriage and fatherhood, but he eventually winds up back in his parents' home, separated from his wife and jobless. When more literary landmarks go up in flames, Sam is the likely suspect, and his determination to find the actual arsonist uncovers family secrets and more than a bit about human nature. Sam is equal parts fall guy and tour guide in this bighearted and wily jolt to the American literary legacy.
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Post by belle on Sept 8, 2007 4:03:48 GMT -5
I'd like to read "The march" by E.L. Doctorow after having finished "Imagined London". I hope to be able to start reading it tomorrow.
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Post by Pilleriin on Sept 9, 2007 4:05:31 GMT -5
I just found from our local library The Portable Dorothy Parker and now it's for sure on my TBR List.
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Kristie
Novel turned into BBC miniseries
"If a book is well written, I always find it too short."
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Post by Kristie on Oct 28, 2007 13:59:59 GMT -5
I just added a book called Fire in the Blood by Irene Nemirovsky. I never got around to reading Suite Francaise, but maybe if I read this shorter novel first I'll be inspired. It looks really good.
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sagedautumn
Collection of short stories bought by Random House
You Might Need This!
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Post by sagedautumn on Oct 28, 2007 19:19:35 GMT -5
ooh!! I didn't know she wrote another novel!
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jobean
First novel published
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Post by jobean on Oct 28, 2007 22:31:22 GMT -5
I really wanna read Special Topics In Calamity Physics now... Also Franny and Zooey, The Group, Running With Scissors and The Devil Wears Prada.
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Kristie
Novel turned into BBC miniseries
"If a book is well written, I always find it too short."
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Post by Kristie on Oct 30, 2007 8:25:30 GMT -5
ooh!! I didn't know she wrote another novel! Me neither! It sounds interesting, and I stumbled across it when looking at zelda's link to the Strand's website in our booklist subforum.
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bookworm148
Collection of short stories published by an independent editor
"Here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of a sky of a tree called life."
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Post by bookworm148 on Oct 30, 2007 12:42:24 GMT -5
I loved the Portable Dorothy Parker! Enjoy it!!
My next one is Main Street by Sinclair Lewis.
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Post by Hanna on Nov 1, 2007 19:44:21 GMT -5
Latest on my TBR list is Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis.
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bookworm148
Collection of short stories published by an independent editor
"Here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of a sky of a tree called life."
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Post by bookworm148 on Nov 2, 2007 21:44:12 GMT -5
The Book Thief and Crime & Punishment. Scar Tissue is amazing. I'm reading it now.
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jobean
First novel published
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Post by jobean on Nov 3, 2007 6:21:18 GMT -5
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath Pieces by Stephen Chbosky Ham On Rye by Charles Bukowski Summer Sisters by Judy Blume The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold The list is building up!!
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Isa
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Post by Isa on Nov 3, 2007 7:26:48 GMT -5
The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold I didn't even know her new novel was out - it's gotten pretty lame reviews so far, though...
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katiaisme
Collection of short stories published by an independent editor
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Post by katiaisme on Nov 3, 2007 10:56:22 GMT -5
Special Topics In Calamity Physics
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