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The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume 1) by Robert A. Caro
When We Were Orphans: A Novel by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
My Dog Skip by Willie Morris
Comic Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets) by Peter Washington
Olive Kitteridge: Fiction by Elizabeth Strout
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Favorite contemporary authors: Doris Kearns Goodwin, Joseph Ellis, Alexander McCall Smith, Elizabeth Kolbert, Michael Pollan, Atul Gwande, Peter Hessler, Jhumpa Lahiri
Favorite classics/contemporary literature: Anna Karenina, East of Eden, Gaudy Night, Bleak House, Age of Innocence, The Moonstone, Pride and Prejudice, My Antonia, To Kill a Mockingbird, Possession, Cold Mountain, Remains of the Day
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Thank you so much for getting back with me
regarding your preferences. I will let Mark
know and you will be hearing more as the time
draws near.
I appreciate your time and thoughts.
hugs,
belva
posted by nannybebette at 1:28 pm (EST) on Sep 10, 2009
Mark and I have been discussing the possibility of another group read in November and want your input. We have narrowed it down to two books at this point. "The People of the Book" by Geraldine Brooks and "The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield. So chat it up with friends or us and let us know if you are up for it and what you think. Probably the same plan as with "Pillars of the Earth" which seemed to work out perfectly for almost all of us.
Think it over and give one of us a shout.
hugs and looking forward to hearing from you,
belva
posted by nannybebette at 9:58 pm (EST) on Sep 8, 2009
I understand your loss and your pain.
posted by Whisper1 at 9:22 pm (EST) on Aug 15, 2009
I'm simply stopping by to see how you are today. I know the first days, weeks, months after losing a beloved pet are exceedingly difficult. You are very much in my thoughts.
Hugs to you,
Linda
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posted by suslyn at 3:53 pm (EST) on Jan 28, 2009
Great reviews.
Susan
posted by suslyn at 3:52 pm (EST) on Jan 28, 2009
Thanks for your post and comments re. Anna Quindlen. I tried to obtain a copy of the recommended book, but it must be a popular one because my local library has a list of those waiting to check out the book. I'm now on the list.
There are authors that stick with us and it is good to know that Quindlen is one of them. Years ago I met Madeline L'Engle and was in awe of both her and her writing.
posted by Whisper1 at 8:26 am (EST) on Aug 27, 2008
I haven't actually got a lot of momentum in the direction of Edith Wharton. I had an opportunity to get a new copy at a fair price, so I did. I like and respect Age of Innocence and hope to read more by her, but I have Henry James, George Eliot, and Thomas Hardy ahead of her in fiction. I have a feeling I should get into Cather, too; I believe I read My Antonia in grade school and started Death Comes for the Archbishop in the last decade or so. I am fascinated by how all these folk cluster, James, Howells, Cather, Wharton, Jewett with Twain off to the side sort of.
I have read biography before now, and dipping into this one, I think it will be about right. I could swear that I have read something else happily by Hermione Lee, but looking at her list of works, I think myself mistaken.
Have fun,
Robert
posted by Mr.Durick at 7:39 pm (EST) on Jul 31, 2008
posted by Fourpawz2 at 8:05 am (EST) on Jul 13, 2008
Thanks for your comments re. The Holbein painting at the Frick. About 15 years ago, I found the Frick museum (by accident) after visiting the Met. It is such a gem!
I like your descriptiveness re. the painting. I visited the Museum of Natural History a few weeks ago..took my granddaught to see the dinosaur bones. I travel to New York often (live in Bethlehem, PA) and your comments re. the Holbein painting prod me to want to re-visit the Frick.
posted by Whisper1 at 10:47 pm (EST) on Jun 13, 2008
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