So it's now:
3 for Little, Big
1 for Song Yet Sung
1 (Natalie) for whatever we decide
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Hey Paula: I quit reading after 10 pgs. How about you? Pam
Books being read / discussed
- Pam says "Link to good review about Bolano below"
- www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2007/03/26/070326crat_atlarge_zalewski
- novels of Roberto Bolano--Larry
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Diaz)--Ed
New book nominations
- East is East (T.C. Boyle)
- The Battle for God (Karen Armstrong)
- Divisadero (Michael Ondaatje)
Nominations for Book 3
- Atlas Shrugged -- Ayn Rand
- Honorary Consul -- Graham Greene
- People of the Book -- Geraldine Brooks
- The Double Bind -- Chris Bohjalian
Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland
Hey Paula: I quit reading after 10 pgs. How about you? Pam
Nominations for Book 2
- 1. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Zvi)
unusual words in "Little, Big"
- orgulous
- minatory
- arras
- muzzy
- discarnate
- celandine
- machicolated
- malapert
- condign
- atomies
- marmoreal
- infundibular
- ewer
Reading this now...
- Audition by Barbara Walters (PMJ --what can I say? I'm a celebrity junkie)
- American Made: A History of the WPA (lrf)
- Fieldwork by Mischa Berlinski (fox)
- Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog (PMJ and Pam)
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Murakami (Zvi: Thanks, Fox)
- The Underground City by H.L. Humes (lrf)
- Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone by Rajiv Chandrasekaran (Pam)
- The Panama Hat Trial by Tom Miller (lrf)
- Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie (ZV)
- Pastoralia by George Saunders (Pam)
Nominations for Book 1
- 7. The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian (Paula/Pam)
- 6. Song Yet Sung by James McBride (Camy)
- 5. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Camy)
- 4. The Republic of Suffering by Drew Gilpin Faust (Camy)
- 3. The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem (Zvi)
- 2. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Zvi)
- 1. Little, Big by John Crowley (LF)
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3 comments:
So I guess we've decided: Little, Big.
Next question is the time frame and whether we're only commenting once we've finished or we're reading in several sections.
I'd like to try reading it in sections.
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