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... to Quarters by C.S. Forester 9. The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Robert Fagles. 10. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

... forgot. I finished it a few days ago, but here it goes... 1)What book did you just finish? People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks 2)Did you like it or dislike it? Like it is not the word. I loved it. 3)What did you like best? What I liked best is the book switching from ...

... dreadful mother could have held such sway over the situation. I thoroughly enjoyed Year of Wonders and thought that March was a tremendous book. I'll be first in line when Brooks' next book comes out.

... you. But she turned away from me and I knew the strength of her will. She would not turn back. People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks "Have you ever solved a crime with a hair sample?"

Cushla, I haven't read Year of Wonders or March, although I do plan on hunting down the former (and probably the latter as well) soon! I enjoyed the historical and the detail part of the writing much more than the main plot--but that is completely consistent with my reading tastes. :) ...

... that is really about the war itself. I liked: Gone With The Wind, by Margaret Mitchell Kindred, by Octavia Butler March, by Geraldine Brooks The Widow of the South, by Robert Hicks These titles are more about the relationships between the characters, or themes of the Civil War (sl ...

I am reading People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks. So far, so good.

People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks 1. Where did you get this book? Coles Book Store 2. How much did it cost you? What is the price on the book? I paid the listed price which was $16.50 plus the taxes. 3. Why did you pick this book to read NOW? This is a November read. 4. How ...

"Hanna, shut up, please." People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks "How on earth did you ever manage to crack it?"

On November 2nd, I started reading People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks.

#72: I really need to locate March (I own it) and read it! I have enjoyed both of the Jacobs' books I have read, but I must say, he has the most long-suffering wife on the face of the planet.

#25 is March. I love Geraldine Brooks and eagerly await another book from her! She really made the Civil War come to life.

Yeah, usually I'm pretty quick to cut a writer off after a few tries, but I'm eager to read March, so go figure.

Actually, I have read a Civil War-related book this week and forgot to mention it here. I read March by Geraldine Brooks. I liked it. I like Louisa May Alcott's books and this did a nice job of giving the father's story.

... by Flora Thompson. Sept. 30 - Oct. 9, 2009 J... K... L... M... N... O... P...People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks Nov. 2nd, - Nov. 23, 2009 Q... R... S... T... U... Unseen by Nancy Bush Nov. 23, 2009 V... W... X... Y... Z...

... book for discussion. Very dense: most parts I loved and some .... not so much. Having already read Year of Wonders and March, I'm pretty much a Geraldine Brooks fan for life.

I finished March by Geraldine Brooks and will not have to deal with this touchstone again! I liked it. I liked the idea of seeing what Mr. March's life was like when we had learned so much about the females in Little Women and the others of the series by Louisa May Alcott.

... to read this anyway and will I thought I'd get it and be ready if that group gets going. I am also almost finished with March by Brooks. I add the author's name so you know which March I am reading - Doctorow's comes up in the touchstones, but I have already read that one.

I just read The List of 7. It was good, interesting, but nothing special - for me, at least. Now I am going to peruse March by Geraldine Brooks.

I just finished Madeleine L'Engle's A Wind in the Door and have started Geraldine Brooks' March.

Picked up March by Geraldine Brooks today at the library which I will get to when I finish The List of 7.

... book but the contemporary narrator and her story put me off." That was exactly my take, too. I was "so-so" about March, but will eventually read Year of Wonders because I'm intrigued by the subject matter.

... things you love about something by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, but thankfully without the magical realism. (5 stars) 2. March by Geraldine Brooks (5 stars) - a well-written affecting little gem of a novel fitting in with all my Civil War reading as of late. 3. The Civil War: A Narrative ...

331. An Illustrated Life - Danny Gregory (272) 332. March - Geraldine Brooks (304) 333. Early Autumn - Louis Bromfield (312) 334. Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card (226) 335. The Kindly Ones - Jonathan Littell (992) 336. The Land of Laughs - Jonathan Carroll (256)

... Symbol - 9/25/09 13) Hothouse Orchid - 9/27/09 14) A Christmas Secret - 9/28/09 15) The List of 7 - 10/1/09 16) March by Geraldine Brooks - 10/3/09 17) Star Wars Omen - 10/4/09 18) Arctic Drift - 10/7/09 19) Star Trek Log One - 10/8/09 20) Emily of New Moon - 10/11/09

... listening to the audio book on my drive to and from work and the narration by an Australian actress is wonderful. I loved March and Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks. What a genius she is. The level of detail in her descriptions puts the reader right into the middle of each story. Sh ...

66 - finished 9/12/2009 Title: March Author: Geraldine Brooks

... 2 cents as well. I've also read People of the Book and I thought it was ok but I preferred The Year of Wonders and March. I could do Midnight's Children if that's being considered for a groupie.

... the first Brooks I read and thought it superb. I'm a big historical fiction fan anyway and especially that era and subject. March was enjoyable too, I found it compelling and not obnoxious like some of the other spin offs of characters. People of the Book I liked least, though it was also very ...

Re: The Geraldine Brooks books I haven't read Year of Wonders (yet), but I did read March before it won the Pulitzer and really did not care for it. I agree with benitasmad about not being a big fan of take-offs on characters from previous works. I love Little Women so much that I think I ...

#226 jnwelch - I loved Year of Wonders but I did not like People of the Book much at all. Haven't read March yet. What I'd really like is to get a copy of her non-fiction Nine Parts of Desire. Haven't successfully bookmooched it yet.

... and need to re-visit it someday. I've got People of the Book on the TBR pile and really need to get to it. I enjoyed March. Have you read Year of Wonders by the same author? It's very good, better than March in my opinion. I liked The Forgotten Garden well enough, but it was very ...

... inquisition and the lives of the 'people of the book'. I would highly recommend reading this book. I had previously read March by Geraldine Brooks which was an interesting concept if you are a fan of Little Women but the story didn't really impress me. People of the Book on the other hand ...

Civil War 1) Murder Most Confederate - 7/21/09 2) March Geraldine Brooks - 10/3/09

after briefly peered at you library , I thought you could be interested at Geraldine Brooks books, The Year of the Plague or People of the Book but maybe I'm wrong

... Women is still better than teenage vampires, or vampire slayers or whatever they are. What do I know? Now I am reading March by Geraldine Brooks which I am really enjoying so far.

... work, but sometimes it helps if the touchstone is bringing up the wrong book all the time to add the authors name like this March - Geraldine Brooks.

... I read it the first time when I was comfortably into my sixties; that may be the difference. I read it because I had read March and because I am fascinated by the society of the transcendentalists. It led me in turn to read Pilgrim's Progress which I did twice; it is something that should ...

... finished The Terror by Dan Simmons -- loved it! I have now started Little Women so that I can read Geraldine Brooks' March. I have never read Little Women and clearly I am doing so in the wrong time of my life. I am finding it discustingly syrupy.

30. March by Geraldine Brooks I enjoyed March, and can't wait to read some of the author's other novels. She has a wonderful way with words, and although there were some slow parts, I couldn't stop reading. On a side note, March was book #30, and since my goal is to read 60 books this ...

... halfway through Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult, which is turning out not at all like I'd imagined. I'll take that and March by Geraldine Brooks with me on a trip this weekend; hopefully I can read a lot on the trains.

Finished March by Geraldine Brooks. It was really good - I loved her take on the character and completely fell for him. I am now starting Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh.

I had to run some errands in Budapest, so I decided to stop by an English bookshop while I was in the city. I bought March by Geraldine Brooks and The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies for myself, and Wings Over Delft for the English Library at my school. It was a beautiful day and I was really ...

... for Breakfast at Tiffany's so I read that. I didn't like it at all so I'm glad I hadn't bought it. I am now starting March by Geraldine Brooks because I'm frankly tired of seeing it in my TBR pile.

#104 - Sibylle.Night - Not that I would ever discourage reading Shakespeare, but March is a wonderful read. Looking forward to hearing what you decide.

... what to read next, we'll see what I'm in the mood for tomorrow. Either a play by Shakespeare or a novel by Evelyn Waugh or March by Geraldine Brooks. I'll report back.

March is another one of those books that I bought but have not yet read. *sigh* And yes, you are correct about my love of Little Women. I still try and read it at least once a year.

... Little Women I have read this before, several times, but I haven't read it in a while. So after reading March by Geraldine Brooks I decided to reread the original and see how they fit together. As I read it this time, I realized how little the reader really knows about Mr. March. Ev ...

23. March by Geraldine Brooks I really enjoyed this one; it's about Mr. March, the father from Little Women, and what he does while he's off fighting in the Civil War. It's been so long since I've read LW though, so I'm not sure if what he's going through corresponds at all with what happens ...

Hi,Belva- I read March last fall and really enjoyed it. Brooks is a very good writer and this was my first by her. I have her other 2 books sitting patiently in a tbr pile.

... its history. I definitely have the Nightwatch movie on my ever-growing list of things to watch. Nice to see others loved March as much as I did! judylou, I did feel like I had a really enjoyable stretch of reading in April. It hasn't been quite so engrossing recently, which is possibly ...

Finished The Tricksters by Margaret Mahy. It was really good! Beautifully evocative, great writing. Starting March by Geraldine Brooks (it will be my first by her).

... that is nice of you! But VictoriaPL is right, it will be a challenge! Here are my top five book desires: Fiction: March by Geraldine Brooks Non-Fiction: The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop: a Memoir, a History by Lewis Buzbee Past Imperfect:History according to the Movies by ...

... Brooks, but have not yet read People of the Book yet, although it's on my TBR pile. I need to bump it up. Have you read March and/or A Year of Wonders? I thought both were excellent.

... me to the menagerie of readers who didn't warm up to Gilead. Reading it on the heels of Banville's The Sea and Brooks's March may not have been a good thing though. I've picked up Robinson's Housekeeping recently and may have a go at that sometime in the future.

... To me, the story of Hannah Heath, the conservator, was the backstory. I have to say that I was not a fan of Brooks's March and was a tad flabbergasted that she won the Pulitzer for it; so I had pretty low expectations of People of the Book. But what do I know? Maybe I should go back and ...

... I thought Geraldine Brooks did her homework as well, very descriptive and made the reader feel as if they were there. March was the first book I've read by Brooks but would like to read People of the Book sometime in the near future.

14. March by Geraldine Brooks March is the story of the absentee father from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women and at the ripe old age of 39 enlists for the Civil War becoming a Union chaplain and later is assigned to teach free slaves {an oxymoron I know} to read and write. Mr. March, ...

I'm reading Nine Parts of Desire. I like Brook's writing style. I also read March by her and liked it.

... of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Dear Neighbor, Drop Dead by Saralee Rosenberg March by Geraldine Brooks Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin Can't wait to see what the next few months will bring! :)

... eager to read it because I enjoyed Year of Wonders and agree that the ending kind of came out of nowhere. I also enjoyed March but thought Year of Wonders was the better story. Midsummer: Magical Celebrations of the Summer Solstice sounds like it's my kind of book. I think I'm a pagan ...

Thanks for the suggestions! I read March already for my 999, but I wasn't crazy about it. I will look at Still Life and In the Woods. I'm sure I will adjust these lists several times, but I wanted to at least make a start.

I really liked March and haven't read Little Women since I was young so that probably gave me some distance. I can't remember that the theology etc were problamatic, more that I became interested in reading more on that period of American history. I liked that she based March's character on Alco ...

>89 - 91 I enjoyed reading your reviews. You have reinforced my hesitation about reading March, but the short story collections sound very interesting to me.

89> My historical fiction book group read Brooks' March and what we found was that members who were the biggest Little Women and Good Wives fans were the least likely to enjoy Brooks. I didn't read Little Women and Good Wives until I was an adult, and wasn't infatuated with ...

Hmmm, I will have to look out for the Jane Yolen book. I'm keeping March on my wishlist, but I did like your review. I liked her newest book, People of the Book, very much, but took issue with Year of Wonder because all the "good" people thought and behaved just like modern people and ...

Review for March - Geraldine Brooks I just finished this one today and it took me forever! Like many girls, I read Little Women as a child and loved it. I read all the books in the series. So you might think a book about one of the characters would be very appealing to me. And so it ...

Spoiler alert!!!! Just finished March - Geraldine Brooks - I'm not sure why it took me so long to read this book! Maybe because I was just not looking forward to the less than happy ending I knew was bound to come.

I am one of the people who loved both Year of Wonders and People of the Book. I have not yet read March, but I have not read anything by Brooks yet that I have not liked, including the first book of hers I ever read, Foreign Correspondence, which abw mentioned. I actually discovered Brooks ...

... It couldn't have been more different! If you do read it, let me know what you think! Who knows, you may love it! My copy of March just arrived from BookMooch yesterday, and it's on my TBR list. I've been eyeing it for a while at bookstores, but after my disastrous experience with YoW, I decided ...

... different. I may still read it this year, but at least I won't be expecting more of the same as PotB. Have you read her March? I think it is an account of the fictional March family (from Little Women) while the father is away during the civil war. That is another one that I'm ...

... Then when he shared a personal experience, it was always brief. Still, it's a little hard to rate it. Now I'm reading March - Geraldine Brooks and having trouble with that one too. She seems to be basing his character on Alcott's brother. Some of the scenes are rather brutal and I'm not in ...

... The Rise of the Evening Star. I'm still reading The Trial (and not enjoying it, really. I hope it gets better.) and March - Brooks which is slow, but getting more interesting.

... a book that I have been reading for a while and a new book that I will usually read within a few days. Recently I have had March by Geraldine Brooks and in the same time frame that it took me to read that I also read The Handmaids Tale and The Company of Liars. If I am travelling I will ...

I am reading The Brothers Karamazov for the group read, I have finished March and now I am looking for a book that is not too heavy to fit into my work bag. The Brothers K will have to stay at home.

#246, I started March and I am enjoying it so far. A new thread sound good to me. #245, Victoria, I have my Brothers K all set for tomorrow.

... author. Have you read anything else by him? Thanks for the heads-up! ( Am I back in your good graces?) > 119: writemeg- March was also my first by Brooks and it also catapulted her to the higher reaches of my favorite author list. Yes, right there with Lahiri! I have her other 2 books ...

I'm halfway through Geraldine Brooks's March and I'm enjoying it immensely -- no wonder it won the Pulitzer! Brooks and Jhumpa Lahiri remind me of one another in that they both have such an all-encompassing, completely original attention to detail that sweeps you up and drops you in the middle of ...

... read a book, you still deserve to read it without it having already been ruined for you. cmbohn, I'm looking forward to March too. I recently got copies of March, People of the Book, The Secret River, and The Idea of Perfection at a huge second-hand booksale we have in Brisbane twice ...

I'm in the middle of reading Little Women right now, but I'm hoping to get to March sooner rather than later. I hope it lives up to the hype as well. Fer de Lance is one of those books I'm hoping will be a nice break from bigger, more ambitious books. I need a good brain break every once ...

I have March - Geraldine Brooks on my list too. I am hoping it's as good as it's supposed to be. You never know!

... am reading The Mysterious Affair at Styles. I want to see if I can fit these in before the group read of the Brothers K :March, In Cold Blood, and Twisted.

... Bitches, Trashy Books blog! :) I think I'm going to tackle Geraldine Brooks' March after this -- I've been looking forward to reading it for a while, but somehow keep pushing it back.

... just a bit too improbable, I don't know, but I thought People of the Book was pretty extraordinary. (And I haven't read March yet, so I'm not sure where that one fits in.)

Don't forget that Brook's March is excellent as well. I loved People of the Book and Year of Wonders.

... not as icky as I expected, but very evocative of the heaviness of death over the parishioners. I haven't bothered with March yet because I wasn't sure it was my thing, but I've got People of the Book sitting in the living room on loan from the library, so maybe I'll read that next... If I ...

... more! First half terrific, second half... not so much! It's great hearing all this Geraldine Brooks buzz. I to loved March and I have the other two waiting in the wings!

... history surrounding the Haggadah, but I didn't care for the main character and her story so much. I haven't read March yet and wasn't sure I wanted to read about the father of the characters from Little Women, but I did enjoy Brooks other books and I keep seeing enthusiastic comments ...

@>135 You should have read March before People of the Book even though March won the award, I thought People of the Book was even better. I loved both though :-) I'll be interested to know which you liked best. I still haven't read her book about the plague - anyone have any comments about ...

... Geraldine Brooks. In fact, I have 3 of her books on my 888 list for this year. Going to read the Pulitzer Prize-winning March next. Yesterday I finished A Mortal Curiosity, second Lizzie Martin mystery by Ann Granger. I look forward to more in this series!

I loved People of the Book and have both March and Year of Wonders on my wish list for this year. I hope they're as good as you say.

... book. Toss in some family drama, drama surrounding transfer of the book. I thought it was a good book but not better than March and perhaps on par with Year of Wonders. Also read The Complete Peanuts: 1953-1954 this weekend. I'm reading the Peanuts collections sort of sporatically and ...

March is very good jonesli. I gave it 4 stars. Edited for touchstone.

Hola to you also chrine! I just put a hold on March at the library, it seems to be out a lot, it must be good!

Hola Jonesli I've read about 2/3 of March with a book club. I should have to finish the Pulitzer winners that I have and have already started. lol I read less than 1/2 of Gilead too.

... on my shelf for years but haven't read it yet for I feared it might be a bit like how you describe it. I also read March a while back and enjoyed some of the themes it tackled. I'm enjoying the debates Unitarianism too. Keep up the good work!

... Magnificent Ambersons Breathing Lessons The Optimist's Daughter The Age of Innocence A Summons to Memphis March:Geraldine Brooks Alice Adams The Stone Diaries

I haven't read either March or People of the Book, but years ago I read Foreign Corresspondence by Geraldine Brooks, her memoir of growing up in Australia and particularly her correspondence with numerous pen pals around the world. When she left Australia as an adult, she began to track down ...

I've read both March and A Year of Wonders and they were both excellent. People of the Book is in my TBR pile as well and I am eager to read it. Geraldine Brooks is one of my favorite authors. I look forward to reading your review Talbin!

>17 I'm glad you liked this as I have it on my Tentative TBR pile. I read March last year and enjoyed it to some extent and wanted to see how her other stuff was.

... Nemirovsky 4 stars Two catagories--Reading globally and girlybooks finished 2/23/2009. 4.People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks 4 stars 2 catagories--girlybooks and reading globally finished 3/17/2009 5. Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell by Janet Wallac ...

... Southern A World Lit Only by Fire by William Manchester 2 Pulitzer Prize winners: The Road by Cormac McCarthy March by Geraldine Brooks With a Wisconsin connection: Driftless by David Rhodes The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski My only Murakami started and ...

... Terry Pratchett People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks (I read Year of Wonders this year and loved it, and also have March on my TBR hill I Die But the Memory Lives On: The World AIDS Crisis and the Memory Book Project by Henning Mankell Kirsten Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset (which ...

... Finished July 4 18. A Summons to Memphis Finished Feb 14 14. March;Geraldine Brooks Finished Feb 1st 40. The Stone Diaries Finished April 17

Came home last night to find Geraldine Brooks' March waiting for me -- a book I mooched a month ago! It finally arrived and I'm really excited to read it. I loved Year of Wonders and can't wait to start People of the Book -- after it comes out in paperback!

Sorry, I meant to add People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks to the Touchstones list.

My book group just recently read March. Much the same reaction to yours. I liked it more than most people, but as you mentioned, it may be more for the writing than the characters. I love Brooks' writing and loved People of the Book and Nine Parts of Desire. I've also read Twilight - ...

My top books would be: Pillars of the Earth by Follett; three by Geraldine Brooks, People of the Book, March, and Year of Wonders; and Bound by Sally Gunning.

... and eerie without scaring me enough to stop being fun. I especially liked the stories Kerfol and Mr. Jones. 198 is March by Geraldine Brooks. I had been avoiding Geraldine Brooks because for some reason I was under the impression that she was stuffy. However, I read a scathing and ...

108) March by Geraldine Brooks I had mixed reactions to the book, basically summed up by, "Enjoyed the writing, disliked the characters." I found March, himself, very tedious. The endless self-flagellation grated. Having first-hand experience (I have an 11 year old daughter), I just ...

I think I'm going to reread Little Women first - it's a cozy, winter story and I really want to read March soon... so I thought it would be good to reacquaint myself with the March sisters' story first.

... waiting for 2009 include: Glad News of the Natural World The God of Small Things Love Marriage Mystic River March The Fat Man in History My escape-from-the-holidays for the end of 2008 read will be The Mists of Avalon, so I may kick off the new year with that review. Bu ...

Again for Year of Wonders.. I read it after I finished March which I couldn't put down, the haven't shut up about either one since. And I frequently recommend both to patrons. I think I sent a copy of Year of Wonders to someone today.

... to it all, but I have enjoyed your reads and what you have to say about them. I was particularly interested in your take on March. You also reminded me of the Witches of Eastwick sequel, which I can't decide to chase down or not. I read "Witches" ages and ages ago and I don't have a particular ...

Is March by Brooks supposed to be fairly accurate historically? I've seen positive responses on the 75 threads by people who have read it and I think I might like a fiction book in my Civil War category for 999--I'm looking at a lot of "heavy reading" in several categories and may need some ...

I loved March and immediately went out and bought two more of her books People of the Book and Year of Wonders. I've read one since, and the other is in my "soon" stack. That's often a problem for me with new good authors--they don't publish fast enough. LOL!

#13 I didn't exactly hate March but I did think it was fairly dull and uninspiring. It was only because I'd forgotten the name of the author that I subsequently went on to read The Book People and Year of Wonders which are both absolutely amazing! I'm so glad that happened and I hope it ...

... reading. But my nudge here would be for Year of Wonders which I thought was marvelous. Plus I'm just finishing another Geraldine Brooks novel (People of the Book) and so her talents are fresh in my mind.

... reading. But my nudge here would be for Year of Wonders which I thought was marvelous. Plus I'm just finishing another Geraldine Brooks novel (People of the Book) and so her talents are fresh in my mind.

FlossieT: When reading March don't try to hard to "reconcile" it to Little Women. Brooks definitely takes the March-family story different direction than Alcott did. I suggested to my book group (who are all reading it) that they read the author's Afterword first. It puts the story in a ...

alaskabookworm, just got a copy of March from the charity shop yesterday! I was a Little Women nut as a kid so looking forward to this (when I get to it - realised the other day that I can't really legitimately ask for books for Christmas this year, as I have already bought more than I can hope ...

85. March by Geraldine Brooks. A great Civil War era novel; well deserving of its 2006 Pulitzer win.

... I have seen of the book. (even the ones that took liberties with the original story) I have just finished reading March by Geraldine Brooks. It tells the story of what happens to Mr. March when he goes off to war. It is a wonderful read and gives a very different take on the story ...

... If I had them all in my house, I do not know where I would keep them! Speaking of books in the house, I do actually own March, but have not read it yet. I will have to bump it up on the Continent. I read The Reader not too long ago. Let me know what you think once you have given it a ...

March: A Novel by Geraldine Brooks page 10..And I knew I was on the right path, for I smelled it. page 60...I stood in that maghogany pulpit, and I must have glowed brighter than a jar of pickled beets. page 110...I thought of the naked crying infants in their urine-soaked hammocks. pa ...

Nice bookpile! I would choose March or The Road. You have a great group to choose from!

39. March by Geraldine Brooks Have you ever wondered what happened to Mr. March of Little Women while he was away at war? This story fills in that gap. In first-person narration and lovely prose, March tells his own story of being a Civil War chaplain in 1861. During a battle, he is ...

Fiction by Australian authors: 1. People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks 2. The Idea of Perfection by Kate Grenville 3. The Secret River by Kate Grenville 4. The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville 5. Cloudstreet by Tim Winton 6. The Riders by Tim Winton 7. ...

... Kelly Gang by Peter Carey, The Secret River by Kate Grenville or Carpentaria by Alexis Wright as opposed to reading March by Geraldine Brooks (US setting and topic, Australian author). Resources: There is a thread in this group called "New Australian Literature" http://www.library ...

I just discovered Brooks this year myself. Haven't read People of the Book but having read March and Year of Wonders I can say that they are very engaging, amazing, and I didn't want to put them down. (I know I have continually plugged these books on all sorts of pages since reading them, but ...

Finished March by Geraldine Brooks and I must say I enjoyed it, and for me it has not spoilt my memories of Little Women. My next book is a reread of The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende.

130. Another great read - March by Geraldine Brooks. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. This story was about the harrowing experiences of Mr March, the father of Louisa Alcott's Little Women, during the Civil War. Recommended.

From the library today: Mysteries of Udolpho (I haven't decided about trying the group read for this) March by Geraldine Brooks and Best New American Voices 2009

I am a few chapters into March by Geraldine Brooks, a Pulitzer Prize novel, and very good so far.

I am reading March by Geraldine Brooks for a class. I am also reading Schooled by Anisha Lakhani for the ER program.

... - by Hibbert ** 2. Dune by Herbert **** 3. The Trial - by Kafka * 4. March - Geraldine Brooks** 5. Defending Angels by Mary Stanton **** 6. Barchester Towers - by Trollope **** 7. The ...

... Shaara Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig* Becky: The Life and Loves of Becky Thatcher by Lenore Hart March by Geraldine Brooks *A companion book to GWTW - some people loved it and some people hated it. I liked it except for his depiction of Scarlett. Otherwise, an ...

#29: I've read really good thins about Manhunt, March, and Confederates in the Attic, as well as High Tide at Gettysburg. I have at least two of them on my wish List, and now am resigned to the fact that I'll add the other two!! also, everyone starts off as an amateur. My very first ...

... "butting in" was the purpose of these threads! :-) I hope I haven't been stepping on toes. Now I have to look up March!

A mooched copy of Embers by Sandor Marai. Perfect timing as I couldn't decide on a book to read. Agree, March is a wonderful book and Brooks a terrific author. Read everything she writes!

My favorite book so far this year is also by Geraldine Brooks, I loved March!! It is the sort of retelling of Little Women. She tells the story of what Mr. March is doing during the Civil War while he is away from his family.

... by Rose Tremain - great historical fiction The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean - ditto; Runners up: March by Geraldine Brooks, Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. Top of the poo pile: Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen. Trite, predictable, ...

Went to the used bookstore after work, and came home with a few new treasures: Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho March by Geraldine Brooks The Master by Colm Toibin In my defense, I did sell four books, so I came home with fewer than I left the house with.

I just read March by Geraldine Brooks and it was amazing!! One of my top reads for the year. It is the story of "where the hell is Mr. March" during the time of Little Women.

aluvalibri is about as swift as they come for good books! :o) I've left Concord Mass during the Civil War with March and am now stuck in Chicago's O'Hare airport writing a long letter to Dear American Airlines.

Now that I've finished March I can concentrate fully on Dear American Airlines. It's a wonderful read - funny and sad and witty.

... is on standby. Really, I'll get to it. Don't worry, Irish, you'll zoom ahead of me soon! Yes, lindsacl, I really liked March. I'll write up some comments later, I'm too wiped out tonight. It's sleepy here today.

But isn't March a wonderful book? Glad you enjoyed it !

... src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0143036661.01._SX140_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"> 62. March by Geraldine Brooks 4/5

I'm finishing up March by Geraldine Brooks today. Wonderful read. Not sure what's next. I love that I can just go to my bookshelves and choose something great to read!

From my local bookstore I picked up March by Geraldine Brooks and then in the mail I received In the Night Garden and In the Cities of Coin and Spice, both by Catherynne Valente.

Just finished March by Geraldine Brooks. Quite good, though not sure I see the "Pulitzer" of it. Now starting Manuscript of Ashes by Antonio Munoz Molina.

Just finished People of the Book. Thought I'd dive right into March.

... experiences. As you look back on the books you have read which were stories about men written by women authors (i.e. March by Geraldine Brooks, Gilead by Marilynne Robinson, The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri), what do you think? I'd really like to AVOID lists here, but please feel free ...

... it. I lost count of how many I'd had. I kept tossing them down, glad of the numbing buzz." People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks "But why did Mum keep in touch, then? I mean, why were they together last night?"

I happened on a book sale and scored the following: March by by Geraldine Brooks Alentejo Blue by Monica Ali The Noise of Infinite Longing by Luisita Lopez Torregrossa Dreams of Waterby Nada Awar Jarrar The Moons of Jupiter by Alice Munro (my first Munro)

... Sarajevo by Steven Galloway The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali Honorable Mentions to: March by Geraldine Brooks and Pretty Birds by Scott Simon

I really liked March. I am now reading Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill. I see why it was chosen for CBC's Canada Reads 2007.

"I felt foolish." March by Geraldine Brooks "But what madness is this?"

... to be a regretful "Nothing, sir," my mortification was always entirely self-inflicted, for their civility never failed." March by Geraldine Brooks "Burden? You dare to call my darling girl a burden?"

I'm reading March by Geraldine Brooks

... Library sale. I'm not a basketball fan, but I've met Mr. Conroy so bought it and loved it. My best book of 2008 so far. March I bought this because of a review. A Big disappointment. See my review Edited to try and capture the correct touchstones.

... book coupons. Went to Borders today and picked up Year of Wonders because it's much recommended here and because I loved March, and So Brave, Young and Handsome because I loved Peace Like a River and hope this one is as good.

No need to reread Little Women before March, it really is a separate book, not closely attached to it - except as a premise to write a new novel.

... three that I already own: A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell, Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky and March by Gwendolyn Brooks. I'm leaning toward March, but unsure whether that means I should re-read Little Women first to enrich the experience. If so, I may pick ...

past Pulitzer Prize winning novels by women writers 2006: March by Geraldine Brooks 2005: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson 2000: Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri 1995: The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields 1994: The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx 1992: ...

... Geraldine Brooks, and I found Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri. I don't know how lucky I am, having put down March for another time, and finishing The Namesake with a little disappointment. Maybe the short stories will work.

I, too, am a fan of Brooks and am looking forward to reading her latest: People of the Book. I had mixed feelings about March. Also read Nine Parts of Desire in the 90's which made a lasting impression on me. It was the first book I read about the status of women in the Middle East. A ...

... ending would've been if she had the woman get on the boat to leave England. Period. The End. I can't remember the ending to March off hand, so I can't argue for a trend:-)

... isn't as nice as the one by my house and doesn't have as good of a selection, so I managed to escape with just two books: March by Geraldine Brooks The First Princess of Wales by Karen Harper

torontoc, I like Geraldine Brooks and have March on my TBR shelf. I read Year of Wonders a few years ago. I'm reading The Known World by Edward P. Jones

... a children's book, hence my "creepy" comment. I guess I was expecting it to be more like Stardust. >39 blackdogbooks, March is a beautifully written book. It's not a happy book, but I highly recommend it. >40 and 41 karenwardill, Niccolo Ammaniti's I'll steal you away has also ...

... Yellin and have started People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks. I really liked the last book I read by Brooks- March.

... the story. This is one of those books that creeps up on you. Looks like you enjoyed it also. I've been curious about March....any thoughts?

Nancy: I have only read March and People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks. I would like to get Year of Wonders soon. Have you read her stuff? I saw an ad for Mudbound the other day, and that seems like it's right up my alley too!

I just finished March by Geraldine Brooks, which I thought was a good read. Now, I am off to read Digging to America by Anne Tyler.

23) March by Geraldine Brooks (review)

I'm in the middle of a Civil War battlefield with Mr. March in Geraldine Brooks' March.

... Alaskan "alternative" for Jewish people. How interesting that would have been! #130 - lindsacl - I remember you enjoyed March - so it doesn't surprise me that I am loving it too. =)

>128 mrstreme, glad you are liking March so far!

... and thought it was a great "who done it" story. Definitely one of most unique stories I have ever read. Now, I am reading March by Geraldine Brooks, and it has sucked me in as I thought it would...

I love Tony Horwitz . . . I actually started reading his books prior to discovering that his wife, Geraldine Brooks, also writes. I started with his book on Captain Cook, Blue Latitudes, and then gradually made it through the rest of his books. I liked Confederates in the Attic even ...

Finished March by Geraldine Brooks so I'll start The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett today. Hmm, author Touchstones aren't working.

I'm in Washington, D.C. in the 1860s at a hospital in March and in Somalia in the 1960s with Infidel. Frankly, politically the world doesn't seem to have improved much, if any, in 100 years.

... Road by Cormac McCarthy On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey March by Geraldine Brooks

Half of a Yellow Sun Any of the Geraldine Brooks books - March, Year of Wonders, People of the Book

... It's mainly a story of a glimpse into a life far removed from your own (at least that is my take on it). I just got in March by Geraldine Brooks, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon and The Human Stain by Philip Roth. I think I am going to start on M ...

I finished On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan and Minaret by Leila Aboulela. I enjoyed them both. Next up is March by Geraldine Brooks.

I'm almost finished with People of the Book by Geraldine Brookes. Although the novel is a bit heavy on the research, the story itself is compelling. It is basically the history of a rare manuscript told through the viewpoints of those who have touched it. Weaving back and forth from the near ...

The secret books of Venus I & II by Tanith Lee People of the book : a novel by Geraldine Brooks The Alexandria link : a novel by Steve Berry I'm proud of you : life lessons from my friend Fred Rogers by Tim Madigan Bless your heart, tramp : and other Southern endearments by C ...

... may go back and do it and then return. Many of your reads are on my shelves, and now some are looking more appealing -- March will have to move up the stack, for sure.

March, by Geraldine Brooks Long March, Short Spring, by Barbara Ehrenreich Like a Mighty Stream : the March on Washington, August 28, 1963, by Patrik Henry Bass That's it on my shelf.

32. March by Geraldine Brooks, 2005 2006 Pulitzer Prize winning novel set during the American Civil War. March, the father of the Little Women family goes to war.

March by Geraldine Brooks

My top 3 in January were: Cry, the Beloved Country Astrid and Veronika The Secret River Close runner-up was March.

Nine Parts of Desire - Geraldine Brooks A book by Geraldine Brooks (March, Year of Wonders, People of the Book). It's a look into Muslim women in Islamic states. It was her first book, but incredibly spectacular. A lot of my preconceived notions of Islam were blown away, and I was given an ...

... and an illuminated manuscript - two of my favorite things. Brooks didn't disappoint me this time (as she did with March). Of course, the fact that it is based in truth makes the story that much more moving. Have you read Brooks' New Yorker article about Dervis Korkut, the ...

I finished March last night and really enjoyed it. I am currently listening to an audio version of Astrid and Veronika, an impulse grab at the library last weekend. Meanwhile, I hope to start The Leopard tonight, time permiitting.

I started March last night and am enjoying it so far.

March, by Geraldine Brooks May Alcott: a memoir, by Caroline Ticknor October, by Christopher Isherwood Twenty-fifth Anniversary, Eleventh of November, Memorial Edition: Souvenir Edition of the Famous Speeches Five Seasons of a Golden Year, by Cheng-ta Fan

... ile: The Alchemist -- Paul Cohelo Tipping the Velvet -- Sarah Waters The Night Watch -- Sarah Waters March -- Geraldine Brooks The Girl with the Pearl Earring -- Tracy Chevalier Kavalier and Clay -- Michael Chabon The Last Report on the Miracles at Littl ...

... Brood (this is actually a collection of three novels in a trilogy) Spin by Robert Charles Wilson Other Fiction: March by Geraldine Brooks + The Sunday Philosophy Club That's enough for now! Hopefully my upcoming "what I have read so far" posts will bear at least some slight ...

... Burroughs A season for the dead by David Hewson Nine parts of desire : the hidden world of Islamic women by Geraldine Brooks Hannibal rising : a novel by Thomas Harris Gnomes by Wil Huygen Summer for the gods : the Scopes trial and America's continuing debate over ...

... on CD. I'm anxious to listen - will probably have to wait for winter break though (only one more week!!) I also downloaded March by Geraldine Brooks from audible.com - it came highly recommended. So between hours of listening and the new hard cover War and Peace translation, I guess I ...

29. March by Geraldine Brooks 30. I, Claudius by Robert Graves 31. Shakespeare's Sonnets (Folger Shakespeare Library) by William Shakespeare 32. The World Without Us by Alan Weisman 33. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray 34. The Yiddish Policemen's Union ...

... by Christopher Moore 66. The Sign of the Book by John Dunning 67. Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris 68. March by Geraldine Brooks 69. Blood Memory by Greg Iles 70. Kitty Goes to Washington by Carrie Vaughn

... it very much so far, which is not surprising because I didn't like the first book in the Phyrne Fisher series very much March by Geraldine Brooks which I will start as soon as I can get out of work! Hope it's good - I've been looking forward to reading it.

... Junes by Julia Glass The River King by Alice Hoffman Alcatraz Versus The Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson March by Geraldine Brooks The Pull of the Moon by Elizabeth Berg Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks Animal Husbandry by Laura Zigman (Edited for wonky ...

Little Women and March Huckleberry Finn and Finn

... us, laying down a withering fire, while through the woods to our left more troops moved in stealthy file to flank us. March by Geraldine Brooks

... Awards that are awarded to a book that an author writes belong on the work page. Oy, I so disagree! Nobody says "March won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for fiction." They say "Geraldine Brooks won the 2007 Pulitzer for fiction for her book, March." In other words, the prizes are ...

... author's lifetime. Otherwise, everything would be "historical fiction" after the passage of time! For instance, March, by Geraldine Brooks, is, in my mind, historical fiction, while the book she based that on, Little Women, is not, though they are set in the same time period. ...

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I did finish March by Geraldine Brooks last week and then read The Curious incident of the dog in night-time by Mark Haddon. March was weird; I really liked the book so it was a quick read but at the end of it realized that I really hated the main character, March himself. This ...

... June I bought about 20 books and only read 4). So for July I have bought HP7 and with the voucher mentioned above I bought March by Geraldine Brooks.

... in 12 hours. I then spent the rest of the week re-rereading the first 6 books of the series. This week I am reading March by Geraldine Brooks as the Little Women series was a childhood favourite of mine and I couldn't resist when I heard of this sequel/prequel? March is moving ...

I didn't read Little Women until I was 40, and thought I'd better read it before reading March. Thank you, Geraldine Brooks!

... 13. Straight Man by Richard Russo. Enjoyed it, but didn't find it as funny as I had hoped (or read in reviews) 14. March by Geraldine Brooks. Loved it. Painful to read at times (in the way that Civil War/slavery novels can be), but I thought it a really interesting companion to the ...

I have several signed books, but the one I'm most proud of is a first edition of March by Geraldine Brooks which won the Pulitzer last year. I bought the book in '05 when it first came out, then met the author at a book signing a year later. About 3 weeks after I met her, she won the Pulitze ...

... pitting the often impractical idealism of the abolitionists (my goodness--we're circling back to my brief comparison of March and Gilead that launched this group!) against the determination of the white Southern landed class to change as little as possible, resulting in the sharecropping ...

... reading secret river. Its great, mate. Going to try dark places, if it really is too dark might not finish it. Read March recently. Dont get me started on Colleen McCullough her Rome series is masterly. Tim was heartwarming and The Thorn Birds a page turner.

... I had to keep going and I hated the foot notes. Plenty of reviews out there so I won't add anything else about it. 15. March Brooks, Geraldine 304 pages The story of the father from Little Women. I really liked it, and I hope to read onther book by her soon - it is on the TBR list. ...

I've found the book reviews in UU World to be very well written and a great way to find out more background information. March by Geraldine Brooks had been on my to be read pile for some time, but I had no idea of the Alcott family's affiliation with Unitarian Universalism until I read the ...

I really liked A Year of Wonders, and Little Women was my favorite book growing up, so I WANTED to like March, but I was disappointed. (Caveat: I listened to it rather than read it, and sometimes that can skew how it comes across.) It was too sentimental, and I thought Mr. March was too ...

... The Seventh Beggar by Pearl Abraham The Mammoth Cheese by Sheri Holman Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi March by Geraldine Brooks Alligator by Lisa Moore The Romantic by Barbara Gowdy My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki and The Lovely Bones by Alice S ...

The Curious incident of the dog in the night-time tbr Just finished march finished demon of the air might read the other 2 in the series if i happen upon them. wish list year of wonders

Just finished reading March two seconds ago, and only started reading Geraldine Brooks earlier this year with Nine parts of desire. I cant believe I actually had been resisting reading her work, placing her in the same category as Margaret Atwood, who's work I haven't as yet found any ...

... Order of the Phoenix J. K. Rowling (re-read) 39. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince J. K. Rowling (re-read) 40. March Geraldine Brooks 3.5/5 41. The Curious Incident of the Dog in night-time Mark Haddon

Nine parts of desire by geraldine brooks demon of the air until i find you march mao the unknown story by jung chang and jon halliday unintelligent design, Why god isnt as smart as she thinks she is by Robyn williams blue shoes and happiness by alexander mccall smith no. 1 Ladies ...

... an interesting read. Unfortunately, I can't remember the title, but after reading it I read Year of Wonders and bought March as soon as it was released. I enjoyed both of them- my mum wouldn't even read March after the first 20 pages because she holds Little Women close to her heart and ...

... and convert to Judaism. I missed her on Enough Rope, which is a bummer, Denton gives a good interview! Also listened to March on audiobook. I liked it. I can see why so many of you find March so annoying, but he becomes so self-aware of his faults and shakes off all naivety by the end of ...

... and convert to Judaism. I missed her on Enough Rope, which is a bummer, Denton gives a good interview! Also listened to March on audiobook. I liked it. I can see why so many of you find March so annoying, but he becomes so self-aware of his faults and shakes off all naivety by the end of ...

... still re-read it with some regularity. Frankly, I think the fact that I am so fond of LW detracted from my experience of March. My familiarity with the lives and values of Alcott's characters made Brooks' distortions thereof obvious and annoying. While I do think Brooks is an excellent ...

... next allowance to start ordering - I have already exceeded this months book and ebay allowance. Torontoc: I just finished March. I don't really think of it as history though. I was thinking more of those books that detail certain battles. I am reading The Naked and the Dead right now - I ...

No History! O.K. you are missing out- ( as I was going to suggest March by Geraldine Brooks I will suggest one of the books of short stories by Annie Proulx Why not look at Bad Dirt- Wyoming Stories I have read most of her short stories and really like her style.

... by C. S. Lewis (238 pages) 43. Molly: An American Girl by Valerie Tripp (boxed set - 385 pp. total) I've not read March but will have to do that. I pretty much stay away from books that aren't on the approved list just to protect myself. I hope to leave public schools after next year ...

... still dishes in the sink. The upside was I finished two books I had been working on. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell and March. This was good since I am also in the 50 book challenge group. I really liked March. He is such a shadowy character in Little Women. This brings him to life, and ...

I just finished March. I thought that hobbitprincess might consider this book for her middle school classes, although some parents might consider it too graphic? I have never censored my childrens reading but I hear some parents do. And maybe the maturity level for the book would be more high ...

This year I really liked two books by Geraldine Brooks March and Year of Wonders March tells the story of the father from Little Women and gives the reader a picture of an aspect of the American Civil War. Year of Wonders is a story of a woman in a village in England that closed itself ...

... 1992, still it's been 15 years! Women authors have won since but the stories are not the stories of women's lives. So, if March had been about Marmee (and based on the life of Abbie May Alcott, longsuffering wife of the eccentric Bronson Alcott) and written equally well and deeply, would it ...

... Kennedy (it's like a younger version of Squashed, by Joan Bauer) -The Very Ordered Existance of Merilee Marvelous -March, by Geraldine Brooks Partway through: -Vivaldi's Virgins, by Barbara Quick -The Middle of Somewhere, by JB Cheaney -Beauty Shop for Rent, by Laru ...

I really liked Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles and March by Geraldine Brooks

About comparing Year of Wonders and March... that easy the first is crummy, the second is really good... or is it the other way around? :o) It's interesting that so many readers seem to like one a lot (I prefer March) and not like the other much at all. What was the difference? They are both ...

March and Gilead? They have such different feels. I find them tough to compare. March is difficult to pin a theme on. Is it about the cruelty in war? I think it's more about appearances, and how misleading they can be. I haven't read Little Women (yet), but Mr. March is certianly a much ...

I loved Year of Wonders while I was reading it, but it hasn't stuck with me the way March is doing. I can't help but wonder whether I would have found more in Year of Wonders if I had written a comparison review of it and whichever novel I read immediately before or after it. LeHack, your ...

... I know I would do what Anne did - what other choice would there be? Your comparison brings up themes from Gilead and March, too. Unlike Diary and Hiding Place, both of those two books addressed the question of to what extent violence can be justified in order to put an end to an immoral ...

I've just finished Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague and for me, I much preferred March. I am unsure as to whether this is only because I loved Little Women when I was younger. I really liked the flashback sort of thing that was going on with March and the slight references to Little W ...

I'm reading March by Geraldine Brooks this week. I hope to finish with it by Tuesday and then start For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway.

You have to read March by Geraldine Brooks The author tells the story of the father of Little Women. Another Civil War story is Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles. It is similar to Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier.

I picked Gilead by Marilynne Robinson and March by Geraldine Brooks to compare, because these are the two novels I've read most recently. Both were written by women but have male protagonists. Otherwise, they seem quite different on the surface. Gilead takes the form of an elderly ...

... house, wearing a coat too heavy for the weather." ~ The Hours by Michael Cunningham "This is what I write to her." ~ March by Geraldine March Yes, I love this stuff.

... was looking at your library and noticed that some of my favourite classics were marked as "unread", including Rebecca and March. I read both of those recently for the 50 Book Challenge, and they are brilliant.

Just finished reading book #8. 8. March by Geraldine Brooks - a companion book of sorts to Little Women by Lousia May Alcott, March follows the story of the missing father in the original book. A moving story about how the Civil War affected him, this book is as good, if not better, ...

... guys are. At the moment, I'm not actually reading any 'classics', but more companions or sequels to classics. I'm reading March by Geraldine Brooks and Rebecca's Tale by Sally Beauman. They are both really good, although they are not written by the same author that wrote the 'classic ...

... a few I believe. Google AustenBlog and you should be able to find it. A few others that came to my notice... + March by Geraldine Brooks (spin-off of Little Women) + Finn by Jo Clinch (from Huckleberry Finn) + Scarlett by Alexndra Ripley (from Gone With the Win ...

Has anyone read Finn, reviewed in Sunday 3/5 Dem Gaz? or March? Both are on my list now. Finn is a take-off on Adventures of Huckleberry Finn written from the point of view of Huck's father. March is the same idea, a book written from the point of view of the father from Little Women ...

... I was not in the mood or perhaps I just read a string of books about men and couldn't stomach any more (I had read Brooks' March and Banville's The Sea just prior to taking up Gilead). And, as a matter of note, I am over 50. I do agree that's it not a book for the young but so what if you ...

#26 March by Geraldine Brooks A beautiful book that I breezed through though I thought it ended rather abruptly. Near the end I was a little put off by both Marmee's and Mr. March's negative attitudes. #27 Lady of Fortune by Mary Jo Putney Not her best but enjoyable nonetheless. It is ...

... I've been lame in that I've read a whole bunch that aren't on my list! I tried to get back to my list this weekend and read March which was wonderful.

I'm adoring March by Geraldine Brooks. The writing is beautiful and this is the first time I've really done much underlining in a fiction book. "The clouds tonight embossed the sky. A dipping sun gilded and brazed each raveling edge as if the firmament were threaded through with precious ...

Doctorow's The March is good on the Civil War, from the point of view of the people disrupted -- for better or for worse -- by Sherman's march through Georgia, including southern plantation owners, former slaves, an army doctor, reluctant southern army recruits, etc.

My next books are: Hinduism: A Very Short Introduction by Kim Knott The Hours by Michael Cunningham March by Geraldine Brooks Beloved by Toni Morrison The Druids by Stuart Piggott Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes Alaska by James Michener Coming into the Cou ...

... to note theme or content also. I happened to note that the most recent Pulitzer's won by women were for stories about men. March and Gilead. Would they have won if the stories , written equally well, were about women?

... I didn't know how else to do it effectively. As we seem to be agreed on Year of Wonders, I'll definitely seek out March. Thank you.

... was wacko - maybe we should blame the editor for not catching it (and thanks FF for the name correction). I did read March and very much enjoyed it. She based the character of Mr. March loosely on Bronson Alcott. I'm not sure I liked the impression given of Marmee (who is, of course, off ...

... discipline. Too much of the novel struck me this way, and I haven't been willing to try another. Perhaps I'll get March from the library, and consider it my re-test for the year. :)

Hi all, I'm Heather (FutureMamaHeather at MDC). Christmas morning brought March, The Handmaid and the Carpenter, The Birth House and A Song I Knew By Heart under the tree. Handmaid was a lovely and quick read - I finished it in an hour or two, with a nap in the middle! March was a ...

... these novels based on original classics) that seems to work. The Wide Sargasso Sea is now a classic in its own right; March is a prize-winner..etc. And I would mention another I thought was pretty decent, Rebecca's Tale by Sally Beauman.

... peer-juried award for fiction in the United States." From the website... http://www.penfaulkner.org Winners: 2006 The March by E. L. Doctorow 2005 War Trash by Ha Jin 2004 The Early Stories: 1953-1975 by John Updike 2003 The Caprices by Sabina Murray 2002 Bel Canto by Ann Pa ...

... Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living by Carrie Tiffany,Short History of Tractors in Ukrainianby Marina Lewyckia; March by Geraldine Brooks; Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie; Saturday by Ian McEwan; The Saint of Lost Things by Christopher Castellani. Books (that I read) that ...

... John Banville, The Sea; Sebastian Barry, A Long, Long Way; J.M. Coetzee, Slow Man; E.L. Doctorow, The March; Kate Grenville, The Secret River; Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go; Nicole Krauss, The History of Love; Marina Lezycka, A Short History of ...

... n Children of the Day by Sandra Birdsell A Cause Untrue by David Blacker Three Day Road Praying Mantis March

... had just the opposite opinion. I thought that although Year of wonders had great touches, it was only OK overall. I found March to be pretty powerful. Both are a bit contrived, with anachronistic personalities. But, that seems hard to avoid with historical fiction (I haven't really read that ...

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Hate is a strong word for me, but I was very surprised at how weak I found March. I was unhappy with the main character, especially when compared to Little Women. I think Brooks conflated Jo March's father and Louisa May Alcott's father, where I think she should have only used the parts of Brons ...

I agree with amandameale, I loved Year of Wonders, but really disliked March. I found the main character tepid and the story contrived. It may very well have been based on fact, but it wasn't alive for me.

... novel Year of Wonders and enjoyed it. Then I saw a fascinating interview with her on Australian TV so raced out to buy March. I hated it, but apparently I'm the only person in the world who did.

... enjoyedYear of Wonders and found Geraldine Brooks fascinating on the Andrew Denton interview. So, I raced out and bought March, read about one quarter of it and was bored, bored, bored. I couldn't believe it won the Pultizer Prize. Anyhow, after reading these good reports, I shall try again.

There's a good article on March in the first Australian Literary Review, which was included in Wednesday's Australian. The reviewer is not quite as enthusiastic as some people, however. Worth a look if you happened to pick it up at the newsagents.

... exactly fit the description of this group, but I'd like to share the story anyway. Last spring my book group chose March by Geraldine Brooks as our selection for the month of ...March. I like to have first edition hardcovers, so I looked on the internet to see if I could buy one. I ...

I preferred Year of Wonders, which I adored, to March which I found disappointing. Mr March annoyed the hell out of me. I still love Little Women and for that matter What Katy Did etc. Happy memories from childhood perhaps more than an appreciation for fine literature! I regularly re-read T ...

I love the section of March that is written through the eyes of "Marmee". She is very honest about her husband's shortcomings and selfish self-importance. It somehow makes it easier to tolerate his character when you consider the social confines of the time. I had one very strong feminist friend ...

... Although I do see how it wasn't in keeping with the rest of the book, but it was a fascinating story nonetheless. I read March a little while ago, and found the main character rather annoying. (I gave it to my Mum for her birthday, and she loved it however, so it was a good choice!) I didn' ...

... is one of my favourite books - aside from what I consider an odd ending. It just didn't seem 'in character' to me. Read March earlier this year and enjoyed it, but not nearly as much.

... fiction books...I tell everyone about it. I have also enjoyed her older book Nine Parts of Desire and her newest novel March. I am going to find Down the Common today. Thanks for the recomendation.

... time. Other stinkers: Due Preparations for the Plague by Janet Turner Hospital; Empress Orchid by Anchee Min; March by Geraldine Brooks which won the Pultitzer Prize.

... I first read Nine Parts of Desire, or was it Year of Wonders first, anyway they are both great! Have just finished March, another great one. Of course the Americans have claimed her as their own!

I just did my semi-regular trawl of local charity shops and came home with: The Breadmaker Bible, March (duplicate since I lent my other out - for 80p I might as well let the borrower keep it), A Portrait of Jane Austen, The Queen and I and The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (which will not ' ...

coffeespoons, I've read both of Year of Wonders and March within the last year or so. Both were good, but I enjoyed the former more.

Hi all, (Geraldine Brooks) has written some excellent historical fiction. Have any of you read Year of Wonders or March? I highly recommend them for their well researched portrayal of historical events and wonderful characters and plot. Of course, Brooks is Australian born and now a Pulitze ...