tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post2195853777708616863..comments2024-02-13T05:20:46.558-05:00Comments on A CUP OF JO: Any book recommendations?Joanna Goddardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18109285188206811042noreply@blogger.comBlogger388125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-45861436790219608662014-06-21T14:49:19.546-04:002014-06-21T14:49:19.546-04:00I loved Where Did You Go, Bernadette?I loved Where Did You Go, Bernadette?wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02860540864148353610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-89812725174194890022013-01-31T16:07:30.687-05:002013-01-31T16:07:30.687-05:00Tropic of Night -- M Gruber
Out -- Natsuo Kirino
T...Tropic of Night -- M Gruber<br />Out -- Natsuo Kirino<br />The Bad Girl -- M Vargas Llosa<br />Diary of a Bad Year -- JM Coetzee<br />Bangkok 8 -- J Burdettanonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08308929553333844075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-31822627742493252282012-10-29T19:49:15.030-04:002012-10-29T19:49:15.030-04:00JK Rowling's 'The Casual Vacancy' is a...JK Rowling's 'The Casual Vacancy' is a slow starter, but actually brilliant. The grubby characters make the story fizzle. We've just written a review on a new book blog written by three Irish ladies - www.theenchanteddoors.blogspot.com - if you'd like to have a look:)The Enchanted Doorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09547620372623440107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-7407823849853860152012-09-14T22:02:34.009-04:002012-09-14T22:02:34.009-04:00Reading "Garlic and Sapphires" by former...Reading "Garlic and Sapphires" by former New York times critic Ruth Reichl. She dresses up in disguises and eats in fancy NY restaurants. So good.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15397039246194805878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-54190062175446188542012-08-22T22:32:59.207-04:002012-08-22T22:32:59.207-04:00I've read Gone Girl, Tell the Wolves I'm H...I've read Gone Girl, Tell the Wolves I'm Home and just finished Fairytale Interrupted. They were all fast reads and really different from one another. PVKansashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09894713965249347492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-63749837610739497122012-08-21T22:48:40.670-04:002012-08-21T22:48:40.670-04:00THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER.! i literally, JUS...THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER.! i literally, JUST finished it about 7 minuates ago..and i am still so touched and in love. my heart felt so many emotions throughout the book. i smiled, i felt, i laughed, and i even teared a bit. the ending is not what you expect. but it is such a beautiful story to read. simply, amazing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06254449699260189754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-13912721253269273502012-08-20T22:35:15.195-04:002012-08-20T22:35:15.195-04:00I just finished Half the Sky. There's a docume...I just finished Half the Sky. There's a documentary coming out in Oct on PBS. Highly recommend. I love Roald Dahl! I think Matilda was my favorite :)Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13678995152526618877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-7432423816893632132012-08-15T23:24:43.700-04:002012-08-15T23:24:43.700-04:00"Remainder" by Tom McCarthy
McCarthy..."Remainder" by Tom McCarthy<br /><br />McCarthy's debut novel, set in London, takes a clever conceit and pumps it up with vibrant prose to such great effect that the narrative's pointlessness is nearly a nonissue. The unnamed narrator, who suffers memory loss as the result of an accident that "involved something falling from the sky," receives an £8.5 million settlement and uses the money to re-enact, with the help of a "facilitator" he hires, things remembered or imagined. He buys an apartment building to replicate one that has come to him in a vision and then populates it with people hired to re-enact, over and over again, the mundane activities he has seen his imaginary neighbors performing. He stages both ordinary acts (the fixing of a punctured tire) and violent ones (shootings and more), each time repeating the events many times and becoming increasingly detached from reality and fascinated by the scenarios his newfound wealth has allowed him to create—even though he professes he doesn't "want to understand them." McCarthy's evocation of the narrator's absorption in his fantasy world as it cascades out of control is brilliant all the way through the abrupt climax.Little Lunchboxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00123457223361289043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-76343825594805075482012-08-15T15:11:28.644-04:002012-08-15T15:11:28.644-04:00LITTLE BEE!!LITTLE BEE!!Avery Leigh Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14298265563829930386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-67978499754808926102012-08-14T18:31:35.961-04:002012-08-14T18:31:35.961-04:00Blood, Bones, and Butter - a good Anthony Bourdain...Blood, Bones, and Butter - a good Anthony Bourdain-ish read<br />Rules of Civility - beautifully written and such a great story<br />The Paris Wife<br />Girl in Translation<br />Shantaram - one of my all time favorites although I've heard it means more to people who have spent time in India<br />Pillars of the Earth, Fall of Giants by Ken Follett<br />When God was a Rabbit <br />A long way down by Nick Hornby - morbid subject but very funny<br />Zeitoun<br />Also loving the classics - the Awakening, and anything by F. Scott Fitzgerald<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-49530439715459325602012-08-14T13:20:08.123-04:002012-08-14T13:20:08.123-04:00Just Kids a memoir by Patti Smith is incredible
Op...Just Kids a memoir by Patti Smith is incredible<br />Open an Autobiography by Andre Agassi is very good<br />Bel Canto by Ann Patchett is quite rivetingSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11080244274174774401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-4789308973034446792012-08-14T13:19:28.707-04:002012-08-14T13:19:28.707-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11080244274174774401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-20479248108107441252012-08-13T19:07:39.210-04:002012-08-13T19:07:39.210-04:00I just finished reading the first two books of the...I just finished reading the first two books of the Divergent Trilogy. Can't wait for the last one to come out! I also loved The Glass Castle. My favorite book in the last few years was A Thousand Splendid Suns. Also, enjoyed The Kite Runner by the same author. Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10750567421145135748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-25598611861236762222012-08-11T15:47:34.101-04:002012-08-11T15:47:34.101-04:00The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship o...The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of her Own Making by Catherine Valente was delightful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-88712244138474565482012-08-11T00:58:12.485-04:002012-08-11T00:58:12.485-04:00How timely! I was just perusing Amazon for a coupl...How timely! I was just perusing Amazon for a couple of books to buy, some of them are already in the comments. And I'm waiting impatiently for Junot Diaz's This Is How You Lose Her, it comes out next month.Jonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-81418976150702519282012-08-10T17:43:26.362-04:002012-08-10T17:43:26.362-04:00Sandcastle Girls Is a great book. It's Hard to...Sandcastle Girls Is a great book. It's Hard to put downNsarkiMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08898302909707350113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-57060842135342680072012-08-10T06:09:14.583-04:002012-08-10T06:09:14.583-04:00Check put The Girls by Lori Lansens. Its a first ...Check put The Girls by Lori Lansens. Its a first person narrative from conjoined twins living in a small town. A great bookAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-34993315201133120202012-08-10T02:56:01.087-04:002012-08-10T02:56:01.087-04:00I genuinely enjoy reading on this web site , it ha...I genuinely enjoy reading on this web site , it has excellent blog posts. "We find comfort among those who agree with us--growth among those who don't." by Frank A. Clark.Agen Bola Ibcbethttp://genkbola.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-59240404239492987642012-08-10T02:25:11.864-04:002012-08-10T02:25:11.864-04:00The Likeness by Tana French (or really any of her ...The Likeness by Tana French (or really any of her books because they are all brilliant reads!)Anne Larivierehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08236096445358734504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-59667959512008250822012-08-10T01:09:07.662-04:002012-08-10T01:09:07.662-04:00About to finish the Last Matchmaker - which is a t...About to finish the Last Matchmaker - which is a true story about a real life (male) Matchmaker in Ireland!! Its been a great story, light read, and really funny at times! The author is Willie Daly.AllAmericanGrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18283681385931840523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-44893467899717735842012-08-10T00:37:07.219-04:002012-08-10T00:37:07.219-04:00Mink River by Brian Doyle....
seriously will refra...Mink River by Brian Doyle....<br />seriously will reframe your reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-42195396573621839912012-08-09T23:15:08.827-04:002012-08-09T23:15:08.827-04:00I just finished reading The Book Thief. Intense ye...I just finished reading The Book Thief. Intense yet lovely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-10037149563824601782012-08-09T20:30:34.030-04:002012-08-09T20:30:34.030-04:00Gone Girl was a great read!
Cutting for Stone w...Gone Girl was a great read! <br /><br /> Cutting for Stone was another favorite of the last few months. <br /><br />Unorthodox - a non-fiction book about a girl who grew up in the Hassidic community in Williamsburg and then left it all was fascinating.<br /><br />Anything by Jhumpa Lahiri!<br /><br />Zeitoun by Dave Eggers...<br /><br />I could go on and on. I sometimes post book recs on my blog at www.modernsweets.blogspot.com.<br /><br />Love your blog!kkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03057494368415541503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-66829145946621468592012-08-09T17:32:53.740-04:002012-08-09T17:32:53.740-04:00Velva Jean Learns to Drive is such a fun read!Velva Jean Learns to Drive is such a fun read!ErinMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06828216416261837784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-54542241401213923472012-08-09T17:11:35.433-04:002012-08-09T17:11:35.433-04:00Roald Dahl's adult fiction! Even darker than h...Roald Dahl's adult fiction! Even darker than his children's books-- one of my favorite discoveries coming into adulthood. Omnibus is a great collection.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com