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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)
2 comments:
Is Mercy worth reading? I have been reading a bunch of the best seller types like Baldacci and Kellerman. Actually, the one Ed is reading now sounds good to me. I've been so busy with good things and bad (a friend died) and Molly had surgery today on her cruciate ligament in her knee so I'll probably hang out a little more at home to help her and I'll be able to read more then. (sorry about the run-on sentence) Let's really find a great one to read together again.
Paula
"Is Mercy worth reading?"
1. It's only 167 pp, has big type and wide margins, and is set in Maryland.
2. I've only read one other T. Morrison book (The Bluest Eye) and it was wonderful.
3. It's not trash (like some of the stuff I read, eg, Supremeless Court by Christopher Buckley) so it won't be wasted time.
4. Is there any "worthless" reading?
Pam
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