"Go to sleep."
The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
"For what else can any of us do?"
The Tenderness of Wolves has some minor geography challenges, and a misunderstanding of what discovering a ancient written aboriginal culture would mean politically. But, it is very Canadian in the description and importance of landscape, which is treated almost as a character in the novel.
No ...
"One minute he was there, the next he had gone."
The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
'Were you born a Christian?"
"One minute he was there, the next he had gone."
The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
'Were you born a Christian?"
Goodwill (second hand store) was calling my name again today. I scored some lovely books! Most were on my want list:
The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney (never would dream to find it there already!)
Homeland and other stories by Barbara Kingsolver
Moral Disorder and other ...
I'm reading The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney. The back cover says that the author has written a very impressive tale in spite of never having visited Canada. Well, this Canadian Bookworm will just have to see about that......
... to those two great books, I even enjoyed the long flights from Ottawa to Edmonton and back this week.
Now, I'm reading The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney -- and I've just realized it's May. Time to start a new thread.
... England in Our Longest Days written by The Writers of Mass Observation. I have now flown back in time to Canada with The Tenderness of Wolves by Steff penney.
Edited as Touchstones not working.
thatbooksmell, The Tenderness of Wolves was one of my favorite novels of 2007, great stuff.
I just started The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney. Good so far and I look forward to seeing how the plot develops.
I've just started The Tenderness of wolves by Stef Penney. I think I'm going to like it!
... Lost Things by Sheridan Hay
A Great and Terrible Beauty (youth fic) by Libba Bray
Ophelia (youth fic) by Lisa Klein
The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
Lies Young Women Believe by Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Cabal by Clive Barker
The Manga Bible cooool...LOL
... of the best contemporary fiction 1969-2003 by The Booker Prize Foundation
3 July's People by Nadine Gordimer
4 The Tenderness of Wolves by Steff Penney (Costa Book of The Year 2006)
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Spiritual
1 Pilgrim Road a Benedictine Journey through Lent by Albert Holtz ...
I was REALLY bad on Amazon this week..
LF: Thirsty
LF: Burger Wuss
LF: Skin by Adrienne Maria Vrettos
LF: Tenderness
LF: The Wish House
LF: Among the Dolls
Believe it or not, that's not even my whole order, just the YA..it's a sickness people! O¿o
... my order from Amazon on Sunday night:
The Colour of Magic
Thirsty
Burger Wuss
Skin by Adrienne Maria Vrettos
Tenderness
Dreamside
The Wish House
Among the Dolls
Harvey Walden's No Excuses! Fitness Workout
The Fat Smash Diet
Extreme Fat Smash Diet
Preordered:
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... 8
Forsyte Saga – 7
Wives and Daughters – 7
The Moonstone – 5
The Divine Comedy – 2
Ivanhoe – 2
The Tenderness of Wolves – 2
Age of Innocence – 1
Anna Karenina – 1
The Book Thief – 1
The Diary of a Nobody – 1
Don Quixote – 1
Ex Libris †...
... by Anne Fadiman (13), The Yacoubian building : a novel by Alaa Al Aswany (8), The lizard cage by Karen Connelly (5), The tenderness of wolves by Stef Penney (9), Snow flower and the secret fan : a novel by Lisa See (14), The book thief by Markus Zusak (15), Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean ...
... Daughters and Middlemarch on my shelf. Either would be good. I'd also go for something a bit lighter, maybe contemporary. The Tenderness of Wolves intrigues me.
... by Anne Fadiman (13), The Yacoubian building : a novel by Alaa Al Aswany (8), The lizard cage by Karen Connelly (5), The tenderness of wolves by Stef Penney (9), Snow flower and the secret fan : a novel by Lisa See (14), The book thief by Markus Zusak (15), Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean ...
Well, I know there's a prize-winning, much-enjoyed novel called The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney but I don't know if there are actually any wolves in it.
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... of books to read...
FINISHED:
9. H. G. Wells - The Island of Dr. Moreau (audio book)
10. Stef Penney - The Tenderness of Wolves
11. Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness (audio book)
12. Gyles Brandreth - Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders
13. Global Ideas ...
... the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
5.Tunnels of Terror by Patricia Edwards Clyne
6.Echo Park by Michael Connelly
7.Tenderness by Dorothy Garlock
8.The Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway
9.Skin Tight by Carl Hiiasen
10.The Beloved Scoundrel by Iris Johnson
11.White ...
... Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, but I haven't really been enjoying it - I find it very blah. Also just finished The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney, which was excellent.
NOW READING:
500 Ways to Change the World - Global Ideas Bank
Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight M ...
Loved The Tenderness of Wolves - really excellent stuff and very deserving of the Costa awards.
Now listening to Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and reading 500 Ways to Change the World by Global Ideas Bank and Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders by Gyles Brandreth.
Although Stef Penney is actually a Scottish author who has never visted Canada, her debut novel, The Tenderness of Wolves (which won the 2006 Costa Book Award), is set in Canada in 1867.
Synopsis:
It is 1867, Canada: as winter tightens its grip on the isolated settlement of Dove River, a man ...
Listening to The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad on audio book, and reading The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney.
Not sure it takes place in Quebec, but the tenderness of wolves takes place in the late 19th century in Canada and is quite good.
... Ah well, it'd be a dull world if we all liked the same things, eh?
I'm enjoying both The Island of Dr Moreau and The Tenderness of Wolves though.
... DONED:
The House in the Forest by Michele Desbordes
CURRENTLY READING:
The Island of Dr Moreau by H G Wells
The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
This is a GREAT reading week!
... tributors
8. How to Do Just About Everything - eHow
CURRENTLY READING:
The Island of Dr Moreau - H G Wells
The Tenderness of Wolves - Stef Penney
ABANDONED:
The House in the Forest - Michele Desbordes
Currently listening to an audio book of The Island of Dr Moreau by H. G. Wells and reading The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney.
... books in quick succession!
Am now listening to an audio book of The Island of Dr moreau by H G Wells and reading The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney.
...
The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux
Novels I'm Currently Reading:
The Island of Dr Moreau - H G Wells
The Tenderness of Wolves - Stef Penney
Novels Abandoned:
The House in the Forest - Michele Desbordes
Non-Novels:
The Wit and Wisdom of the Discworld - ...
... the mood for. So, I've started two books, both of which I think will be good, but I'm only going to read one right now.
The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman (His Dark Materials, book 2)
oops I can spell Favourites!!
Must also add..
The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
Olga's Story by Stephanie Williams
Urban Grimshaw and the Shed Crewe by Bernard Hare
In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
... Wulf *** Written as novel...but is based on story about Author's mother in law!
Gents by Warwick Collins
The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
Non Fiction
(Creole) by ((Babette de Rozieres))
Lucky man: A memoir by ...
... of Krishnapur by J.G. Farrell
The Secret River by Kate Grenville
The Lizard Cage by Karen Connelly
The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
... am reading The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano, but I won't finish it by tonight so the last book I read will be The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney.
I have left the wilds of 1860s Canada with The Tenderness of Wolves and prewar England with Rogue Male and am now at home in NYC trying to figure out which of the many books in the TBR pile to read next!
... the Crow by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
A Time to Keep Silence by Patrick Leigh Fermor
War and Peace by Tolstoy
The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
... House in the Forest - Michèle Desbordes - UNFINISHED - 0/10
9. The Island of Dr Moreau - H G Wells - 7/10
10. The Tenderness of Wolves - Stef Penney - 8/10
11. The Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad - 2/10
FEBRUARY:
12. Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders - Gyl ...
I am engrossed in The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney, a non-SantaThing Secret Santa gift.
... Sun, The Inheritance of Loss, The Road, Alentejo Blue, One Good Turn, Water for Elephants, Black Swan Green, The Tenderness of Wolves, and The Thirteenth Tale. I'd say Half of a Yellow Sun was my favorite. I didn't dislike any of them, but One Good Turn didn't grab me as ...
... ations).
*Canadian libraries seem to like The Birth House and Law of Dreams.
*England likes Half of a Yellow Sun and The Tenderness of Wolves
*Germany likes Measuring the World.
*Ireland likes Winterwood
*New Zealand, as expected, like Mister Pip but also mentions My Name is Juda ...
... in Afghanistan with A Thousand Splendid Suns. Fantastic book, but time now to visit the Canadian wilderness c. 1860 in The Tenderness of Wolves. Somebody's been murdered in his cabin ...
... in order to read the last 50 pages or so. This was a superb book; it will be "the book to beat" this month.
I started The Tenderness of Wolves tonight.
... in order to read the last 50 pages or so. This was a superb book; it will be "the book to beat" this month.
I started The Tenderness of Wolves tonight.
... This was so fantastic, on Nov. 3 I'm already predicting it will be my favorite book of the month!
60. The Tenderness of Wolves - review
61. The Jewel Trader of Pegu - miss_read in Girlybooks : What book by and/or about women are you reading Sept-Dec 07 (Oct 25, 2007, 11:16am)
