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crisjenie
19 yrs ago
and my ulysses annotated hasn't come in the mail yet! :(
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April 2-4 -- What are you reading this weekend?
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Re: April 2-4 -- What are you reading this weekend?
crisjenie
20 yrs ago
Light in August, by Faulkner. Also some short stories from Best American Short Stories (2003).
crisjenie
20 yrs ago
interesting, i don't find edith wharton anything like jane austen. she's much darker, more tragic. i find her more nuanced, too, but that's just my opinion.
crisjenie
20 yrs ago
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Does anyone know of any good novels that take place in the Caribbean (preferably written by Caribbean authors)? I'll be going this March and want to "read up on it."
Christine
crisjenie
20 yrs ago
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1) Sitt Marie Rose, by Edel Adnan (for class)
2) Autobiography of My Mother, by Jamaica Kincaid
3) An Artist of the Floating World, by Kazuo Ishiguro
Christine
crisjenie
20 yrs ago
on the other hand, knowing people's deepest secrets can also help you appreciate them more.
crisjenie
20 yrs ago
currently reading Bastard out of Carolina, by Dorothy Allison. just finished China Men, by Maxine Hong Kingston and a little while ago finished The Chosen, by Chaim Potok. after this i'll be reading Pale Fire, by Vladi…
crisjenie
20 yrs ago
I started keeping track when I was in junior high also, but I counted a few that I remember reading before then. So, all in all, not including the books I read when I was little and don't remember, I've read a little ov…
crisjenie
20 yrs ago
how did you like A Thousand Acres, then? i actually really liked the book and have added jane smiley to my list of authors i want to explore. but i kind of know what you mean about the people in it--i felt kind of depr…
crisjenie
20 yrs ago
Tell me how you like Accidental Tourist. I have it on my TBR pile.
crisjenie
20 yrs ago
Ooo, I liked Deep End of the Ocean.
crisjenie
20 yrs ago
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Really? I liked The Book of Ruth much better. It made me sob into the pillow at night when I had finished reading it. In fact, I would count it as one of the books that most influenced my personality. It's not someth…
crisjenie
20 yrs ago
ppl = people
crisjenie
20 yrs ago
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Hey, we haven't done one of these in a long time. I'm reading The River Ki, by Sawako Ariyoshi. It's okay, but nothing gripping. I'm also still in the midst of The Wings of the Dove (but taking a break from it).
crisjenie
20 yrs ago
Read My Antonia. I kind of feel the same way you do--there didn't seem to be much plot, but I liked reading it. Passed it on to my mom.
Christine
crisjenie
20 yrs ago
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Is this only happening in Ann Arbor? Does Borders pay low wages all around the country? Is there anything we can do to help?
Christine
crisjenie
20 yrs ago
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Just finished Where the Heart Is, by Billie Letts. Continuing The Wings of the Dove, by Henry James (it's divided into about ten "books" or so, so every time I finish one, I take a break and read something else). Next …
crisjenie
20 yrs ago
I love Katherine Mansfield's short stories and some of Virginia Woolf's (in particular, "Unwritten Novel" and "Slater's Pins Have No Points"). I also like Alice Munro, but I've only read a couple of her stories.
crisjenie
20 yrs ago
I mostly did it when I was younger. Now I usually only read books once--unless I have to read it again for a class.
Matilda (about 5 times)
Little Women
Hamlet (3 times--all for class)
Their Eyes Were Watching God…
crisjenie
20 yrs ago
ooo, i love this question.
(in no particular order):
catch-22
lolita
remains of the day
one hundred years of solitude
song of solomon
christine
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Books as launching points for other books
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crisjenie
20 yrs ago
Actually, I was inspired to read Wings of the Dove after seeing the preview for the movie. I also read A Beautiful Mind after seeing the movie. Let's see, what else--I got on Edith Wharton after watching this movie wit…
crisjenie
20 yrs ago
I'm wading through his Wings of the Dove right now. It's agony.
Christine
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crisjenie
20 yrs ago
Sugar and Rum, by Barry Unsworth. I'm not really enjoying it so far. Maybe it's one of those books you have to sit down and read in one sitting--then again, maybe that wouldn't help it. It's just not compelling, and I…
