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Favorite authorsJohn Banville, Michael Chabon, Bruce Chatwin, Don DeLillo, Joan Didion, David Mitchell (Shared favorites)

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Member sinceDec 30, 2007

Currently readingMarco Polo Didn't Go There: Stories and Revelations from One Decade as a Postmodern Travel Writer (Travelers' Tales Guides) by Rolf Potts

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Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck

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Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure by Michael Chabon

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Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones

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Let the Great World Spin: A Novel by Colum McCann

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City of Thieves: A Novel by David Benioff

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Waterland (Picador Books) by Graham Swift

Thanks for the feedback! I'd heard so many great things about Mitchell that I was expecting to have my socks blown off. I'll still give his other books a try since I've seen plenty of good reviews and know quite a few people who really enjoyed Cloud Atlas and Black Swan Green too.

posted by Smiler69 at 7:59 pm (EST) on Jul 8, 2011

THANK YOU for concurring on Let the Great World Spin - despite my "live & let live" style of book-reviewing, I'm getting more & more frustrated to see almost uniformly glowing reviews of this novel!

posted by emily_morine at 5:53 pm (EST) on Jul 20, 2010

Thoughtful review of Tree of Smoke.

posted by novelcommentary at 10:55 pm (EST) on Nov 13, 2009

Glad to hear someone else agrees. The other four reviews of Nikolski glow/rave. I think we need to demand more before we praise something so highly. I struggled to finish it simply because I found I didn't particularly care what happened, which is not how a really well-crafted story should be--ah, of course I've spoiled myself on White, Welty, and Woolf lately.

Interesting selection of books! I've enjoyed perusing.

posted by lasomnambule at 8:13 pm (EST) on Apr 16, 2009

btw - yes I agree regarding 'The Echo Maker' though it might be because I enjoyed the other novel so much, and was expecting that languid style, that Echo Maker disappointed, I'll give it a re-read at some time. So far I haven't read the other two Powers novels in my library.
Caroline

posted by Caroline_McElwee at 5:07 am (EST) on Jan 11, 2008

Hi, thanks for leaving a note on my profile page, glad you are enjoying surfing my library. Look forward to seeing what goes into yours.
Kind regards
Caroline

posted by Caroline_McElwee at 5:06 am (EST) on Jan 11, 2008