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| Dormant: The Green Dragon : Have you been bad recently (bought any books), Part 4 | | 431 | clamairy, April 2008 | |
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| 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : The Best of Books, the Worst of Books | | 19 | Whisper1, January 3 |
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| 50 Book Challenge : SaraHope's 2008 Book Challenge | | 39 | SaraHope, September 2008 |
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| The Green Dragon : I've lost the currently reading thread - so here's number errr lots | | 272 | Busifer, September 2008 |
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| 50 Book Challenge : FlossieT's 2008 books - 100 book target! | | 1 | FlossieT, August 2008 |
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| What Are You Reading Now? : Abandoned Books | | 335 | Cariola, August 2008 |
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| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - March. 2008 | | 273 | Talbin, April 2008 |
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| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : Top Five books read during 2007 | | 255 | RcCarol, March 2008 |
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Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris I am glad to hear that you are feeling better, Kath!
I tried one of Joshua Ferris' books last year, Then We Came to the End, and did not care for it at all. Looks like he has another out with which I need not bother.
ETA: Putting The Man with the Golden Flute in the BlackHole. It looks ... OK, that list was way too long! I've deleted it. If anyone wants the alphabetized list, tell me and I'll send it to you.
... York Times Best Books of the Year 2006)
7) The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami (Yomiuri 1996)
8) Then We Came To An End - Joshua Ferris (New York Times Best Books of the Year 2007)
9) White Tiger - Aravind Adiga (Booker Prize 2008) (Started 19-11-2009 - F ... ... noticeable is the influence the book has had on later writers: I'm strongly reminded of The Flying Troutmans, and also Then We Came to the End, which in retrospect reads like an extended riff on the office scenes that Dag describes from his "former life".
I liked Microserfs a lot more, ... ... books with unchanging caricatures.
* Mary Stewart is good. Thornyhold in particular springs to mind here.
* Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris is a fun book, if slightly manic.
Wait, I take it back, I missed a book I read on your list--The Shadow of the Wind. I ... ... discussion that's going on a little bit on the What Are You Reading Now post for the week about, if you like Mad Men try Then We Came to the End. Are there other complimentary TV show to book recommendations you could make? (without it being based on a series.. ie Sookie Stackhouse and True Bl ... >59, 61
I remember some love-hate discussions here about Then We Came to the End last year, so I decided to wait until I could give it a real shot. I'm loving it! -- the first-person-plural narration might get old but right now it's fresh and absolutely spot-on. The first three words did remind ... Another happy thumbs up for Then We Came to the End!! > detailmuse- I'm a big fan of Mad Men, also! Great show! Then We Came to the End is easily one of my favorite reads from last year. Hope you feel the same way! Gearing up for Mad Men's return tomorrow night by reading Joshua Ferris's ad-agency satire, Then We Came to the End.
Also finishing up audio of How Doctors Think from a recent road trip. ... passed. I'm glad I've read it, but I didn't especially enjoy the experience.
And I'm afraid I'm in the 'no' camp for Then We Came to the End. I just found the narration really gimmicky, and found it extremely difficult to get past that. My reading experience was almost the flipside of ... ... her very well.
Now that I think about all this, it seems so weird that none of it kept me from enjoying the novel. Then We Came to the End was definitely a unique reading experience for me. It's interesting to think about it in the context of your situation too--that would put a whole ... I thought Then We Came to the End was okay - the "We" and "Our" did not drive me crazy like I've heard others mention. The only thing preventing me from loving the book was that I did not bond with any of the characters. I found some of them scary, some amusing, but none that really touched my ... 51) Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris--I heard about this novel a few months ago but didn't feel the urge to read it until just recently, possibly because I've only had my first real, nine-to-five job for about a month now. The novel, which was a finalist for the National Book Award ... LOL! For Then We Came to the End, it looks like NO ONE has come to the End!
Sorry, just struck me as pretty funny as I read the posts. Carry on. I abandoned Then We Came to the End (which did not end nearly soon enough for me) at about the 50 page point. I know a lot of people liked the book, I am just not one of them. Ditto what Flossie said about Then We Came to the End. The middle was the best part. The boss's name is Lynn. Didn't bond with the other characters, though. ... on the cover of the UK edition that calls it something like "a glimpse into the future of the novel itself". Given I found Then We Came to the End distinctly meh, this really discouraged me, but I'm grudgingly going to have to admit he's right (not grudging because of Catton, grudging because I ... Then We Came to the End - Joshua Ferris
I abandoned this one after 70 pages. It wasn't going anywhere, and I had no interest in the characters. It wasn't awful, but I found it very repetitive, thought the characters were irritating, and then got to the point where I just didn't care any more. I ... I did add The Forest House by Marion Zimmer Bradley, a few days ago. Send me a message if you are interested! 26. Then We Came To The End - Joshua Ferris
I chose this book because numerous reviewers led me to believe that it was "hilarious".
It isn't, although there's this:
"We worked with some fat, simple people, and the hideously ugly walked among us as well."
CELEBRITY DEATH WATCH, ... 26. Then We Came To The End - Joshua Ferris
I chose this book because many reviewers led me to believe that it was "hilarious".
It isn't, although there's this:
"We worked with some fat, simple people, and the hideously ugly walked among us as well."
CELEBRITY DEATH WATCH, breast ... >JolieLouise- A very nice explanation of Then We Came to the End. I, to felt that the format the author used might end up being limiting but he always came through with something fresh. I loved those characters! I'm also a big fan of the "The Office" and saw many similarities.
>129: rebeccanyc- ... #122 - Msf - You know, I really liked Then We Came to the End. Sometimes I wavered in my feelings about the book and then I would read something and think - "Geez, this author is a genius!". Near the end I was starting to think that it had gone on too long and then I read something and thought, ... >119: JolieLouise- What did you think of Then We Came to the End? It was one of my favorite reads from last year. I'm also looking forward to Olive Kitteridge.
>coppers- I've heard mixed things about this Koontz but the book by him you should have selected, featuring a golden, is Watchers, ... I finished Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris and am now halfway through Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout.
I am loving Olive Kitteridge! I can't put it down! What is it about some authors' writing that grabs you and won't let you go? Wow! Good choice for the Pulitzer Prize. ... Orange Prize winners I've read - like Bel Canto and We Need to Talk About Kevin.
I'm currently about halfway through Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris. "I had no idea you were such a cynic, Joe."
Then We Came To The End - Joshua Ferris
"What do you mean," he said, "what did I mean by it?" I have about 60 messages to catch up on, but am glad I made the effort because I'm about 80 pages into Then We Came to the End and I'm going to keep going, just, thanks to you and your thread-mates! I 'd almost decided to give it up and haven't looked at it for about a week, but reading your ... 21. Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris (**1/2)
Normally, I love a book like this that mocks rampant commercialism and is scathingly funny, but it just didn't do it for me. The main problems continued to be those mentioned in messages 53 and 55. It became like work. Few of the ... ... probably says more about my politics than whether it is actually a good book or not.
From a fiction point of view, avoid Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris. It's poor. Try something like Microserfs by Douglas Coupland instead. #51: I hope you enjoy Then We Came to the End more than I did when I attempted it last year. I could not finish it - just not my cup of tea. >49 Thanks! I'm reading Then We Came to the End right now, which is proving much more enjoyable so far.
>50 That's exactly how I got into this situation--I had two students, whose reading preferences I greatly admire, recommend this book to me, so I thought I couldn't go wrong with it. It's ... Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris; excellent book, read last year. Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris; one of my favorite books of 2008 ... Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
- Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips
- One Pair of Hands by Monica Dickens
- Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
- Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier
- Pole to Pole by Michael Palin
- Dude, Where's My Country? by Michael Moore
- Ocean ... ... Red Cross)
Pole to Pole by Michael Palin (Help the Aged)
Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella (Help the Aged)
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris (Help the Aged)
One Pair of Hands by Monica Dickens (Save the Children)
I think I just about covered all the major causes ... ... he introduced me to
The Long Firm Jake Arnott
Scenes from Provincial Life William Cooper
Ghosting Jennie Endal
Then We Came to The End Joshua Ferris
Notes of a Scandal Zoe Heller
George and Sam Charlotte Moore
Persepolis Marjane Satrapi
Gods Behaving Badly
Amateur Marri ... ... ders
38. Shadow Country by Peter Matthiessen
39. Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow
40. Song Yet Sung by James McBride
41. Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
42. This Republic of Suffering by Drew Gilpin Faust
43. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
44. Touch the Top of the World ... #4: I tried reading Then We Came to the End last year, but gave it up after 50 pages or so. I did not like any of the people in it, could have cared less about their problems since they generated pretty much no sympathy from me, so I did not care about knowing how the problems were resolved ... Okay, I tagged A Room of One's Own as non-fiction.
And I finished my last 'work-related' book:
4. Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
Honestly, this didn't remind me too much of my workplace. For one thing, I work in a small office, not a large corporation like the characters do. I ... ... the year. I've read a lot of books that were just OK, but thankfully very few that I thought were actually bad.
Worst:
Then We Came to The End - Joshua Ferris. Honestly, someone writes a novel in the first-person plural and everyone hails him as a genius. bleurgh.
Master Georgie - Beryl ... ... Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
I make no guarantees that my ... ... (written by my friend!!)
Losing Moses on the Freeway
Wicked Lovely
Then We Came to the End
The Jane Austen Book Club
Into a Paris Quartier (started ages ago and stopped for some reason)
A M ... Currently listening to Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris. As an office drone myself, I'm finding it a little underwhelming. This place sounds far too interesting. A poor man's Douglas Coupland, basically. ... easy but selecting 5 is brutal:
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
The Known Worldby Edward P. Jones
March by Geraldine Brooks
My copy of The Book Thief is on it's way, so ... ... realize how ridiculously difficult this would be until I actually tried to pick 5. But what a great problem to have!
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
City of Thieves by David Benioff
The Outlander by Gil Adamson
When Will There Be Good ... Is anyone looking for a copy of Then We Came To The End? My copy is in good shape; only read twice. Leave me a message on my profile, please.
Claimed! :)
#159 I also loved Then We Came to an End and recommended it to several people at work who also loved it. It reminded us of some pretty odd things that have happened in the 10 years or so that we have all worked together and been layed off together at different companies.
I'm 400 or so pages ... >159: SeanLong- I also loved Then We Came to the End. It was one of the best books I've read this year. My next choice for Richard Price would be Samaritan. Freedomland was also very good. I’m flying right through Joshua Ferris’s 2007 National Book Award Finalist, Then We Came to the End, and I tell you, as one who has spent 25 years working in office hell, this is the book I wish I had the talent to write. It’s told in exceptional first person narrative with perfect ... ... (244)
192. The World Without Us - Alan Weisman (324)
193. The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs - Jack Gantos (185)
194. Then We Came to the End - Joshua Ferris (387)
195. Stealing Lincoln’s Body - Thomas J. Craughwell (288)
196. The Invention of Hugo Cabret -Brian Selznick (533)
197. ... ... October 2009)
The Bear Went Over The Mountain - William Kotzwinkle
Barrel Fever - David Sedaris (read November 2009)
Then We Came To The End Joshua Ferris (read June 2009) ... end of aSoIaF. Given the amount of projects he seems to keep his hands in, has he just lost interest?
All you fans of Then We Came to the End, listen up: Ed Park's Personal Days is more inter-office goodness. Oddly, both books came out right around the same time-ish, and both are told ( ... ... Rake William F Buckley
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Suzanne
and also
then we came to the end by Joshua Ferris
which i reviewed here:
www.autumnrouse.com ... er
8. Mapp and Lucia - EF Benson
9. The Broken Places - Susan Perabo
10. The Good Life - Jay McInerney
11. Then We Came To The End - Joshua Ferris
12. The Testament of Gideon Mack - James Robertson
13. This Book Will Save Your Life - AM Homes
14. Conrad's Fate - Di ... ... er
8. Mapp and Lucia - EF Benson
9. The Broken Places - Susan Perabo
10. The Good Life - Jay McInerney
11. Then We Came To The End - Joshua Ferris
12. The Testament of Gideon Mack - James Robertson
13. This Book Will Save Your Life - AM Homes
14. Conrad's Fate - Di ... Lucky me - I can't seem to narrow it down to less than three:
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
They were all very different (although the 2nd and 3rd certainly had some connections) and I'm so glad ... ... category, I didn't own when I started the challenge. I found a Borders gift card in my room while cleaning and spent it on Then We Came to the End. I got that book because out of that versus the other books I was considering purchasing hubby said he might actually read this one also. (Generally ... ... home, and it's small, so there are plenty of good things to choose from):
Dear American Airlines by Jonathan Miles
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Farris ... t.)
51. Ni d'Eve ni d'Adam by Amélie Nothomb
52. Topaze by Marcel Pagnol
53. Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult
54. Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris 87. Personal Days by Ed Park
I was hoping for something along the lines of Then We Came to the End or Company. I didn't think this book was as good as either one of those. It takes place at an unnamed company in New York where slowly everyone is getting fired. It had some funny moments, ... ... Ordeal of Elizabeth (6 cust); Rest is Noise (42 cust).
Two books got 3.5 ratings, Savage Detectives (36 cust); Then We Came (180 cust).
One book got a 3.0 rating, Tree of Smoke (74 cust).
Not dissimilar ratings between Amazon and Librarything. Savage detectives does ... ... doesn't compare with the best fiction in terms of owners--Imperial Life in the Emerald City has less than half as many as Then We Came to the End, and hasn't had many legs since December. So, it might be a book of short time in history.
The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh is obviously the ... ... Bolano had 266 owners, now has 492 owners with 10 reviews and 4.06 average rating. 1,035 copies in Worldcat.
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris had 505 owners, now has 1,092 copies with 46 reviews and 3.65 average rating. 1,290 copies in Worldcat.
Tree of Smoke by ... 26. Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris - This book is a weirdly enjoyable look at the slow demise of a group of employees at an advertising firm in Chicago. Told in first person plural, "we" is able to see all the characters at once and yet be none of them. Just like in any office, ... ... Adrian, a masterful first novel (how could it not be, with Walt Whitman as a main character!)
I've also just begun Then We Came To The End by Joshua Ferris, a sendup of modern cubical life in an advertising agency that a friend has just passed on to me.
... use my Visual Bookshelf list on Facebook) and I've read 15. 14 were fiction, with only 1 lonely non-fiction. Number 15 was Then We Came to the End which I finished this morning on the train. That's average for me I think. 5 months so far this year, roughly 20 weeks, and it usually takes me a ... ... read 12 books so far this year. I narrowed it down to 3 favorites (it's been a good year): The Time Travelers Wife, Then We Came to the End, and Unaccustomed Earth.
#93 - I read Alexander's The Kitchen Boy a few years ago and loved it. I'll have to try your favorite! 46. The Sharing Knife: Legacy by Lois McMaster Bujold (348 pages)
47. Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris (385 pages)
48. Dairy Queen by Catherine Murdock (277 pages)
49. Burn Zone by James O. Born (320 pages)
50. Tithe by Holly Black (331 pages)
51. Dark Needs at ... ... people could see her ghost being taken out of the yard, just like when she was a child. It still creeps me out!
6. Then We Came To The End by Joshua Ferris
Great book, it reminded me of the TV show "The Office" which I love and, unfortunately, my own workplace. :)
7. Watership Down ... 20.THEN WE CAME TO THE END by Joshua Ferris - It was an interesting novel about office life . But I felt most of the main characters came across as gossipy insensitive jerks . The few sympathetic characters that existed had their stories being told from the jerks' perspective . Which annoyed me ... #152 Louis: I did not care for Then We Came to the End that you liked so well, either. I do like a lot of your recommendations (I really loved Charlatan and Cultural Amnesia), but I guess when it comes to modern fiction, my brain is just built different. I've started Then We Came To The End by Joshua Ferris . 60pgs in and I still find it interesting and funny . After checking it out at the bookstore for a month, I finally purchased Then we Came to the End. It got rave reviews from just about everyone and I thought it would be a cross between Office Space and David Sedaris. Wrong, wrong, wrong! I struggled through 100 pages, all trying to figure out ... ... and expository, and I am not a patient woman.
Tried Middlesex next, but it didn't grab me. After that I started Then We Came To The End, but the audiobook reader is a woman with a far too-proper-sounding voice for me to accept conveying the cynicism and biting, sometimes profane wit ... ... latter is not being published in the US until early June).
Other books: A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving; Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris; American Gods by Neil Gaiman; The Once and Future King by T. H. White; Lamb by Christopher Moore; any of the ... I generally do not abandon books and will try my best to get through them, but I just could not manage Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris. I made it through the first 80 pages or so and finally gave up. I will probably attempt it again later at some point, but I have too many other ... ... Review -- anthology of medical stories, essays, and poems from New York University's Dept. of Medicine (LT inspired!)
Then We Came to the End -- Joshua Ferris's Chicago ad-agency novel (I love stories set in workplaces) ... weeks later it ends up on that table and the receipts are nowhere to be found. So frustrating. Let me know how you like Then We Came to the End. I had that one in my hand recently and put it back.
Well my daughter informs me today she needs a gift card for a b-day gift from Borders. I'm ... ... Instead I walked out with the following:
Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
Rise & Fall of the Nazis by Claire Welch
Only in Your Dreams by Cecily Von Ziegesar
Nothing Can Keep Us Together ... ... the end I walked out with:
Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat (BOGO)
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris (BOGO)
Rise & Fall of the Nazis by Claire Welch (Bargain Table)
Only in Your Dreams by Cecily Von Ziegesar
Nothi ... So, I've read some more books. I was waiting to write reviews to add, but that's crazy.
Book #5 -- Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris was a wonderful book, imho. I truly loved the tone, didn't mind (in fact, I liked and didn't notice much) his use of first person plural ... ... Jimmy Choo
* Not Tonight Honey, Wait 'Til I'm a Size Six
* A Reader's Manifesto
I'm currently reading Then We Came to the End for book club and The Artist's Way for a creativity group, and I have a "wish list" a mile long. If only all I had to do all day was read. Wouldn't ... The life and times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
Then we Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud ... Jan.
Memories of My Melancholy Whores April
The Time Traveller's Wife June
How to Make an American Quilt July
Then We Came to the End July
Where the Sidewalk Ends September
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life October
Repunzel's Revenge November
Turned into a ... ... wald
I Walked The Line: My Life With Johnny - Vivian Cash
Age Doesn't Matter Unless You're A Cheese - Kathryn Petras
Then We Came To The End: A Novel - Joshua Ferris
Warriors Don't Cry - Melba Pattillo Beals In exchange for some money, those nice people at Amazon sent me:
The Electric Michelangelo by Sarah Hall
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
... Station, Joseph Wambaugh
2. Tree of Smoke, Denis Johnson
1. Twilight, William Gay
Honourable mentions:
Then We Came to the End, Joshua Ferris
The Godfather's Revenge, Mark Winegardner
The Shotgun Rule, Charlie Huston
Anyone already read any of these?
(some of ... ... be obvious):
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger - If you don't like this, you're dead inside. :)
Then We Came To the End by Joshua Ferris - The best novel about work EVER.
Big Bang by Simon Singh - Deniers of the whole 'universe' thing need not apply. Real ... I was pretty amazed to find a hardback copy of Then we came to the end, Joshua Ferris in Oxfam for 2.99 GBP- and therefore couldn't resist :)
Also Bookmooch Russian Disco, by Wladimir Kaminer arrived today. 32. Then We Came to the End: A Novel by Joshua Ferris
I've given it the required 50 pp (68, actually), and I'm throwing in the towel. It's not *bad* exactly, but there's no THERE there. But please understand that my review is entirely based on the first 68 pages and it might get better. I'm ... ... Smoke
Mischa Berlinski, Fieldwork
Lydia Davis, Varieties of Disturbance
Joshua Ferris, Then We Came to the End
Denis Johnson, Tree of Smoke
Jim Shepard, Like You’d Understand, Anyway
NONFICTION
WINNER: Tim Weiner, Legacy of As ... ... and the Primrose Path - John Mortimer
21. Raney - Clyde Edgerton
22. Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris
23. Then We Came to the End - Joshua Ferris
24. Living Dead in Dallas - Charlaine Harris
25. Quite a Year for Plums - Bailey White
26. Crazy Laws and Lawsuits - Robert A ... ... Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More, Then We Came to the End, and my assignment, Oak Mot. You can view them - HERE.
The next ... ... Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More (can't get touchstone to work) and I need to write one for The We Came to the End also.
Tonight - hopefully.
... Sorry for the delay. I'm game for another selection but it should be noted that I have half of Then We Came to the End to finish before I begin another book.
***edited to add***
If you're selecting a book for me, please select from my books tagged with "GRTB!" ... ... priorities. I'll post the review later today.
I went camping this weekend so I also made it about halfway through Then We Came to the End. Once I write my review of Lolita, I'll post on the main board and take another assignment. I finished Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris and thought it was pretty good, but not great. Once I got used to it, I thought the first-person-plural narrative was an apt device for this story of a work group as a whole.
Now I'm reading The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by LT ... ... book--I was exhausted, reading with my heart in my throat the whole time.
On to something lighter--I just started Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris. I should finish Then We Came to the End this week, then I'll start Jamestown: A Novel. ... I had to work in the morning -- then couldn't get to sleep because I was freaked out!
Moving on to something lighter: And Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris. hazelk, Then We Came to the End is one of my favorites this year, a great new book.
I've got a couple of things lined up, the first being Arthur Phillips' new novel Angelica, after that it's Jack Butler's huge 1993 novel Living in Little Rock With Miss Little Rock, then Trollope ... Next on the list is Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris after which it will be North Face of Soho by Clive James. ... ever since! I also loved
both of Hornby's collections of Believer columns. I recently finished Joshua Ferris' Then We Came to the End after first reading about it in Housekeeping vs. the Dirt. I read the latter in December and had been anxiously awaiting the Ferris ever since. I ... ... on my Profile page, and here's the only novels I'm claiming so far:
1. The Painted Veil - W. Somerset Maugham
2. Then We Came To The End - Joshua Ferris
3. Half of a Yellow Sun - Chimamanda N. Adichie
4. Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
5. Jamestown - Matthew Sharpe In this weekend's NYT Book Review Joshua Ferris's new novel Then We Came To The End gets a front-page rave review and this exceptionally entertaining book truly deserves every accolade. It's been one of my favorites of the year so far, and is most highly recommended to all. I am in envy of those who have read or have a copy of Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris. I have been anticipating this book ever since I read Nick Hornby's take in Housekeeping vs. the Dirt, a book I highly recommend to all booklovers.
I just started Alternatives to Sex by ... #14, I'm glad you liked Then We Came to the End. I have the ARC sitting on my bookcase along with 20 other ARCS, but it's always good to hear what someone liked and didnt like. :) Joshua Ferris's outrageously good first novel Then We Came to the End won't be released until March 1, but I don't think it's too soon to begin praising this wise and often very funny story of what happens when a business downturn forces layoffs at a large Chicago ad agency. Tension mounts ... ... for this weekend's NYTBook Review too. I should be getting to it pretty quick, as soon as I finish Joshua Ferris's Then We Came To the End, which I'm about halfway through with right now, and really enjoying. ... Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties. And from a friend of mine in the bookbiz, I got an ARC of Joshua Ferris's Then We Came To the End, which has been highly recommended and which I'll be getting to post haste.
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