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The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella
When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro
SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance by Steven D. Levitt
Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl by Stacey O'Brien
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
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About my libraryJust finished reading "The Last Lecture" by Professor Randy Pausch. This book will stay with me for a long, long time and I am hesitant to start something new. I cried and laughed my way through it, a first for me (well, the crying anyway!). Rest in peace, Professor Pausch.
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posted by chamberk at 1:36 pm (EST) on Oct 10, 2009
I agree with you, one of my favorite things about HT was how Atwood gradually unfolds the story and the world in which it is set. I also found Atwood remarkably skillful in the way she takes us through Offred's range of feelings, perceptions, and experiences. I can relate to how Offred feels and appreciate the subtleties of her psychological portrait at the same time.
From the author: "It is an imagined account of what happens when not uncommon pronouncements about women are taken to their logical conclusions." This makes me wonder how many other beliefs and views do we come in contact with every day which if they were carried out to their extreme would also create a crazy world a la HT.
posted by karspeak at 4:04 pm (EST) on Sep 8, 2008
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posted by karspeak at 9:08 pm (EST) on Aug 28, 2008
I liked Troll: A Love Story. Each very short chapter is written in the voices of the various characters in the novel. Not all have good intentions. Interspersed in the plot are fictitious excerpts of troll tales and pseudo reports of troll siting. The story does have a science fiction twist at the end that I wasn't completely prepared for but it did resolve the key plot line. Another major theme is the sexual desires of the main characters. (almost all gay although I don't know about the troll ) It makes for an interesting, sometimes creepy but ultimately fascinating read. Everybody except for the main character has an ulterior motive!
Those are my thoughts- I heard about the book here on LT last year so i put it on my list to read!
posted by torontoc at 3:54 pm (EST) on Aug 18, 2008
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posted by jjenn1960 at 4:08 pm (EST) on Jun 24, 2008
I am not sure who the surviving twin was - my bets are on adelaide - only because she was far away from the library where the other body was found.
posted by keren7 at 11:13 am (EST) on May 28, 2008
Love it here, but should be leaving here later this year or early next. Can't wait to go to Target!!
posted by homeschoolmom at 4:04 am (EST) on May 27, 2008
posted by jjenn1960 at 2:36 pm (EST) on May 24, 2008
Best,
Abby
posted by ablachly at 8:27 pm (EST) on May 22, 2008
What is the fifty book challenge?
posted by jjenn1960 at 8:13 pm (EST) on May 22, 2008
JMJ
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