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The Mummy Diaries by Rachel Johnson
Paris: A Biography by Colin Jones
To the Baltic with Bob by Griff Rhys Jones
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Looking forward to choosing from those five, actually!
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The Mummy Diaries by Rachel Johnson
Paris: A Biography by Colin Jones
To the Baltic with Bob by Griff Rhys Jones
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Also, take a look at Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones which introduced me to a part of the South Pacific world I knew little about (Bougainville Island). Great Expectations played a major role in the tale.
... down because my personal rules were strict--I was looking for both author and setting. For example, I wouldn't have used Mr. Pip because it tells me nothing about New Zealand. But that's just me. I also wasn't using memoir or any non-fiction, which further painted me into a corner. I'm ...
... to add another 8 countries to my list. I'm not sure if I am happy with how I am classifying my books though; for example, Mister Pip is set in Bougainville Island, part of Papua New Guinea, but Lloyd Jones is from New Zealand. I've counted it under New Zealand, but I'm not sure I am ok with ...
... Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque
Australia: People of the Book - Geraldine Brooks
New Zealand: Mister Pip - Lloyd Jones
Afghanistan: A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
India: The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga
Sri Lanka: Anil's Ghost - Michael Onda ...
... me:
The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
A Case of Exploding Mangoes - Mohammed Hanif
Mister Pip - Lloyd Jones
Black Swan Green - David Mitchell
Lush Life - Richard Price
The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur - Daoud Hari :-( ...
... years ago. She has an interesting blog.
Other contemporary writers worth mentioning are Paula Morris, Fiona Kidman, Lloyd Jones . I really loved Lloyd Jones' The Book of Fame - about the 1905 NZ rugby team that toured the UK (I hate rugby though!).
Elizabeth Knox includes fantasy ...
... Stone Diaries, The Good Mayor, Alias Grace, Maus, A Fine Balance, The Earth Hums in B Flat, De Niro's Game, Mister Pip , The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, and because I can't stick to limits - no 11 is Half of a Yellow Sun.
... a spy-novel kind of girl.
#166: avatiakh - Thanks for that link! I have read a total of 2 books from the list so far (Mr. Pip and People of the Book), so I clearly have a lot of great reading to do!
#170: Faith - I am glad I am not the only one who prefers short-ish books. I always ...
From BookMooch.com:
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
... The terra-cotta dog - Andrea Camilleri
23. What was she thinking? (Notes on a scandal) - Zoe Heller
24. Mister Pip - Lloyd Jones
25. The Beats: a graphic history - Various authors
26. Down and out in Paris and London - George Orwell
27. Go with me - Ca ...
... I'm listing them again here:
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky
Death of a Murderer
Mister Pip
The Pillars of the Earth
Silk
Personality
Boy A
The Art of Murder
As If I Am Not There
Tiny Deaths
World Without End
Shantaram
Loving ...
twinkley, thanks! I think Mr Pip would make for some very interesting lessons.
FicusFan I wouldn't tell you not to read it, but I just couldn't find any redeeming qualities at all.
bonnie, now you have me intrigued - where are those comments?
I like your list :-)
Re-44. Mister Pip - I just loved this book when I read it last year. It joined my list of books I would love to teach some day!
... /07/09)
23. Gardens of Water - Alan Drew (2/09/09)
24. A Case of Exploding Mangoes - Mohammed Hanif (2/12/09
25. Mister Pip - Lloyd Jones (2/18/09)
26. Digging to America - Anne Tyler (2/20/09)
27. Proust and the Squid - Maryanne Wolf (2/24/09)
28. A Northern Light - Jen ...
... in store for this character -- guess I'll find out tonight.
Considering 3 for my next read - Fool by Christopher Moore, Mr. Pip by Lloyd Jones, or a mystery, Killer Keepsakes by Jane Cleland. Leaning toward the mystery. . .takes place in NH and I get very homesick this time of year, plus ...
In Mister Pip I actually thought that reading of Great Expectations gave the children solace. I also liked the way the adults were encouraged to teach the group of children something of themselves. I'm all for solace in a tight spot, especially when there was nothing the children nor their ...
Funny how varying the reactions to Mr. Pip are in the reviews. I gave it a 3 1/2 but didn't find it objectionable. It read as a passage from innocence to experience tale, to me, with the first part of the book on the island the world of innocence until experience intruded, finishing up entirely ...
cabegley, agreeing with you on Mr Pip . The last section trivialised everything that had gone before.
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
On a tropical island blockaded by military forces, in a village beset alternatively by occupying and insurgent armies, the last white man left on the island reopens the school and attempts to teach the children, primarily through both reading them Great Expectation ...
#128 I was also unsatisfied with the last part of Mr Pip , I've now read two more of his books and would recommend his The Book of Fame.
I have Atomised and also Tsiolkas' Dead Europe to read though not as part of this challenge.
#112 I just heard Akpan speak at the Commonwealth Writers ...
... a very speedy read compared to my long trawl through Anna Karenina. I read Dickens' novel back in first year uni, and got Mister Pip for Christmas two years ago... it's now stuck in Mt Toobie somewhere.
pinkozcat>>> Wow. I feel drained just reading your blurb - intense!
My list of books to look at/buy is now in my library under, appropriately enough, Wish List.
... /07/09)
23. Gardens of Water - Alan Drew (2/09/09)
24. A Case of Exploding Mangoes - Mohammed Hanif (2/12/09
25. Mister Pip - Lloyd Jones (2/18/09)
26. Digging to America - Anne Tyler (2/20/09)
27. Proust and the Squid - Maryanne Wolf (2/24/09)
28. A Northern Light - Jen ...
>129: I quite liked that one, too pamelad. And it sounds like you needed a good book after Mr Pip !
Thanks for the infor on Lyra's Oxford - and I am glad you enjoyed Mister Pip , though I am surprised it was YA as well!
Mr Pip by Lloyd Jones
I thought this book was a con job. Reviewed here .
3*
Reading Atomised and Mr Pip .
... Emma, Rebecca) are my literary version of comfort food. I don't know how many times I've read each of them.
I loved Mister Pip too, and it almost had me re-reading Great Expectations which was one of the books I studied in English Lit, but I didn't. Too many other books I haven't read ...
Miss-Owl I loved Mister Pip . I know the Great Expectations story, from various TV series, but the language of Dicken's time generally lulls me to sleep. Though, every now and again a passage of writing really grabs my attention. I find it much easier to read if I can read a little during ...
... it's anything like my reading of Ms Karenina than the pride you will feel when finishing is enormous :) Btw, have you read Mister Pip ?
wookiebender: more happy birthday wishes for Miss Boo :) Oh, and speaking of high school reading, my Lord of the Flies is an "educational edition". Not ...
... Blinding Absence of Light by Tahar Ben Jelloun
Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington by Richard Brookhiser
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
This Blinding Absence of Light was one I originally found on kiwidoc's thread--and it is magnificent ...
...
31. 100 Ways America is Screwing Up the World, John Tirman
30. Travelers' Tales Tuscany, James O'Reilly, ed
29. Mister Pip , Lloyd Jones
28. Mutiny on the Bounty, John Boyne
27. The Lost Painting, Jonathan Harr
26. Veronika Decides to Die, Paulo Coelho
25. Generation X, Dou ...
29. Mister Pip , Lloyd Jones
2009, fiction
Rating: 3.5/5 stars
Comments: I spent two months in Papua New Guinea, and my brother lived there for eight years, so I was excited to read this novel right from the time it was published. Perhaps I anticipated it too much, because now that I ...
... mood takes me, whether I want fantasy The Lies of Locke Lamora or To Ride Hell's Chasm or historical fiction Drood or Mr. Pip or a more modern fiction like Love Marriage or The Complete Stories of Truman Capote. I love finishing a book and then browsing my bookshelves and seeing what ...
Hmm, I really liked Mister Pip , although I agree with those who found the ending not so good.
29. Mister Pip , Lloyd Jones
2009, fiction
Rating : 3.5/5 stars
Comments I spent two months in Papua New Guinea, and my brother lived there for eight years, so I was excited to read this novel right from the time it was published. Perhaps I anticipated it too much, because ...
20. Mr Pip , Lloyd Jones
Category: Prize winners
I'm in Bougainville and the weather is lovely, in Mr. Pip .
...
On a Grander Scale: The Outstanding Life and Tumultuous Times of Sir Christopher Wren by Lisa Jardine (fascinating)
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones (thank you, Lois!)
Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had by Brad Cohen and Lisa Wysocky (I learned a ...
... and yes we did get a gift of a little rain while I was reading it. Almost my favourite from the 2007 booker challenge. But Mister Pip still holds that place :-)
Just Darkmans to go now and I've finished the challenge!
Badly needed some light relief after work yesterday and The List: A ...
... /04/09)
Special Topics in Calamity Physics - Marisha Pessl (1/12/09)
Gardens of Water - Alan Drew (2/09/09)
Mister Pip - Lloyd Jones (2/18/09)
Black Swan Green - David Mitchell - shortlisted, Costa Novel Award; LA Times Book Prize, 2006 (3/22/09)
A Complicated Kindn ...
... week...
So, highlights from the book sale:
Books I've really wanted to get a hold of:
Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart by M. Glenn Taylor - an ARC
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriv ...
...
It is one of my top 3 for that year along with Animal's people, which made it onto the 2008 edition of the 1001 list, and Mister Pip which should make it onto everyones must read list, in my humble opinion ;-)
The Welsh Girl was also an original story that I'd recommend.
Interesting ...
... where we used to live and the used-book store there where I found to my delight I still had quite a large credit. So I got Mr. Pip by Lloyd Jones 'cause I've been hearing so much about it and The Portent by George MacDonald which sounds very intriguing.
Today my BookCloseouts order came in ...
I've added Mister Pip to my list. I like your well written description.
I recently bid on and won 68 YA books from ebay (for $15.50!) Holes was one of the books in the box and I hope to read it soon.
44. Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
44. Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
This is an exceptional book. I just loved it. I have no idea why I put off reading it for so long. The story is set in Bougainville - an island close to New Guinea. In the 90's there was an uprising which caused the mines to close down, jobs to be lost and ...
Book no 25 Mr Pip was a stunning book. Just exceptional.
... was a new Joanne Harris book, but in the U.K. this was published as The Lollipop shoes.
I am reading 2 books at the mo.
Mister Pip and Mr. Potter, both good reads.
Am currently reading Mr Potter at home and Mr Pip on my travels. As we finished work tonight for Easter, hope to crack on a bit quicker. Very different books, the lyrical style of Mr Potter makes you slow down, but also makes it stand out from other books. Mr Pip has grabbed me from the ...
... really good. I also finished Pretties tonight. I'm really curious how that series will end.
My current audio book is Mister Pip . I'm liking it a lot so far. It is for a book discussion group I'm joining.
... to dance has been recommended to me before and your review makes me keen to read it. I've read his The Book of Fame and Mr Pip . The Book of Fame is fiction about the first Allblack rugby tour of England, Wales and I think Ireland - I loved it and I don't even like rugby!
I enjoyed both The ...
... and thought it was well accomplished. This was the first novel I've read by Lloyd Jones and I'm working my way up to Mister Pip .
15. Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith. A contemporary vampire YA tale, this one works hard to invoke connections to Stoker's creation. I wasn't ...
#29: I may give it a try since I enjoyed Jones' Mister Pip so much last year.
12 My first colouring book by Lloyd Jones This started really well but petered out towards the end. Some great stories though. 3 1/2 stars.
... by Khadra. Not as good as The Attack and not my favourite ending but 4 stars.
Now reading my first colouring book by Lloyd Jones the author of Mister Pip his short stories are set in Wales, and each story is themed on a colour (there or thereabouts! e.g. post office box red), so far ...
March
10) Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs. 459 p.
11) The Memory Man by Lisa Appignanesi. 257 p.
12) Mr Pip by Lloyd Jones. 256 p. {book club}
13) The garden letters by Elspeth Bradbury & Judy Maddocks. 251 p. {gardening}March, four ...
You will love Mister Pip . It was one of my best reads of 2008.
I'm a big fan of Mister Pip , hope you like it.
... John Boyne.
This weekend I am indulging in a re-read of Twilight by Stephenie Meyer then this week I will read Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones and The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruis Zafon.
Hi Cait, good review on Mister Pip . My boss at the time encouraged me to read this book. She was very big on New Zealand authors and music and quite appalled that I hadn't already read this.
Like you I found the ending to be different to the rest of the book. I thought that Jones wrote with a ...
Funny you should mention that . . . my book club is reading Mr. Pip for April. That's why we read Great Expectations this month. (I've had both in my TBR stack for ages, so it's all good for me!)
Hey Dianestm, I posted my review of Mister Pip on my thread, and would love to hear your views on the book!
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
I have mixed feelings about this book. I loved it for the first 200 pages, and absolutely hated the last. 50. I felt as though the ending did not connect to the rest of the story - but I am getting ahead of ...
Nickelini, since you just finished Great Expectations, you might want to try Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones, which is about a young girl, Matilda, living on an island off of Papua New Guinea. Matilda's teacher reads Great Expectations to the class, one chapter a day, and it comes to mean a great ...
It has been a crazy few days, so I haven't really had time to post, or to read much. That said,
Book #27: Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Review to follow!
Mister Pip is one book that really should be on the list ;-) It is beautifully written and a very original story. I haven't read Great Expectations yet but I plan to this year. After that Jack Maggs is on my TBR list.
This is a great thread, very interesting to see everyones impressions ...
#14: Oops ~ you're right. My mistake; sorry. Guess I liked it so much that I just assumed Mr. Pip was listed. But Jack Maggs is, and it's a parallel but quite different take on the Great Expectations storyline. Talk about alternate endings...
... Great Expectations ~ for its all 'round greatness, but also because it sets you up to enjoy two other books on the list, Mr. Pip and Jack Maggs, for which Great Expectations is a prerequisite.
... and Small Wars Permitting so will look for House of Stone.
Bonnie I'll lurk on your thread to see when you review Mister Pip !
... I am hoping to finish up Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood, and then read Maus II by Art Spiegelman.
In March:
Mister Pip - Lloyd Jones
Club Dead - Charlaine Harris - I could run out and read this entire series as I really enjoy it, but instead I am going to make it last and only ...
... enjoyed most of that series - particularly books 3, 5 and 7 (except for the over-extended camping trip in the latter).
* Mister Pip : Hugely hyped in NZ because of its awards success. Didn't read it until our book group decided on it. After I did, I felt that 4/5 of a very good novel was ...
... my contemporary favorites list), When the Emperor Was Divine, The English Patient, On Chesil Beach, The Accidental, Mister Pip , Sorry, The White Tiger. I read a lot of Stephen King years back and enjoyed most of those as well.
I also read a lot of classics--books that have EARNED ...
24. Mister Pip
20. Mister Pip
... English, but I didn't take it. I'm going to try to read The Book of Fame by Lloyd Jones soon. I haven't even managed Mister Pip yet!
Kiwi, I hope you enjoy Cicero more than I did...it probably won't take you long. I can't work out why I feel ambivalent about it. I think it was Everi ...
... in the end. Interestingly enough, Little Bee shares several key story elements with Lloyd Jones's Booker-nominee Mister Pip from 2 years ago, but I found Mister Pip much more affecting and a finer novel as well.
T. Coraghessan Boyle is perhaps my favorite contemporary American ...
... to mention that, since you recently read Great Expectations, I think you would enjoy a book I read last year called Mr. Pip . Anyway, thanks for some great reading suggestions. I'm going to pick up some Chekov and Maupassant right away!
... re my 'alternates' list: using my online book groups choices to populate it. They choose 2 books a month:
-JAN: Mr Pip or
The Book Thief
-FEB: Brideshead Revisited , or
Mudbound
-MARCH: Wuthering Heights, or
The Birth ...
#23: I will second the recommendation of Mister Pip , Cait. It is very good!
Love the sparkly numbers! I have added Mister Pip to my TBR list - looks good!
... src="http://img35.glitterfy.com/33/glitterfy040757T851D38.gif" alt="Glitter Words" border=0 /> Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones I loved this beautiful, novel. I'm not sure why now but I have been avoiding this book since it was published. When I saw a near new copy in a ...
... it was being used as a form of conquer.
Some novels justify the violence if it teaches us something about humanity, like Mister Pip for example, but there is a limit to how many books like that I can read.
I agree with comments about the C.S. Lewis Chronicles of Narnia novels, there will ...
... start with my 'shortlist':
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky
Death of a Murderer
Mister Pip
The Pillars of the Earth
Silk
Personality
Boy A
The Art of Murder
As If I Am Not There
Tiny Deaths
World Without End
Shantaram
Loving ...
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Group 1:
Oceania and Islands 9/9 COMPLETE
1. Reef
2. Mr. Pip
3. The Flamboya Tree
4. Masters of the Dew
5. Theft A Love Story
6. Mr. Potter
7. The Book Thief
8. The House at Riverton
9. The Pirate's ...
...
22. The terra-cotta dog by Andrea Camilleri
23. What was she thinking? (Notes on a scandal) by Zoe Heller
24. Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
25. The Beats: a graphic history by Various authors
26. Down and out in Paris and London by George Orwell
27. Go with me by Cast ...
Looking back at 2008, here were my favorite reads for last year.
Fiction:
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan
Nonfiction:
Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat
Corpse Walker by Liao Yiwu
The Good Women of China by Xinran
... resting
Enchantment by Orson Scott Card So different from his Ender books, but I liked it. The readers were excellent.
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones Picked it up because I love great expectations. I liked it more than not.
The Rosetta Key by William Dietrich Hidden treasure, conspiracy ...
... of Istanbul by Elif Shafak
Conceit by Mary Novik
Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toews
Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
... Clarke Hahaha by Roddy Doyle October
6. The Famished Road by Ben Okri
7. Mr Pip by Lloyd JonesApril
8. The Accidental by Ali Smith September
9. What Was Lost by Catherine O'Fl ...
... by Roddy Doyle
Afterwards by Rachel Seiffert
Sorry by Gail Jones
Restoration by Rose Tremain
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
... by Roddy Doyle
Afterwards by Rachel Seiffert
Sorry by Gail Jones
Restoration by Rose Tremain
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
The March by E. L. Doctorow
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope
The Uncommon Read ...
... London, Lisa Jardine
30. Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had, Brad Cohen
29. Mister Pip , Lloyd Jones
28. On a Grander Scale: The Outstanding Life and Tumultuous Times of Sir Christopher Wren, Lisa Jardine
27. The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the B ...
Hey spinak - New Zealand writer Lloyd Jones wrote Mr Pip. A great Australian read is The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
... /07/09)
23. Gardens of Water - Alan Drew (2/09/09)
24. A Case of Exploding Mangoes - Mohammed Hanif (2/12/09
25. Mister Pip - Lloyd Jones (2/18/09)
26. Digging to America - Anne Tyler (2/20/09)
27. Proust and the Squid - Maryanne Wolf (2/24/09)
28. A Northern Light - Jen ...
... Trollope
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
The Deportees and Other Stories by Roddy Doyle
Lady Susan by Jane Austen
Afterwards by Rachel Seiffert
The Child in Time ...
... of Lucky
Kat32: Real Vampires Have Curves
Kat32: High Stakes
gregtmills: The Ayatollah Begs to Differ
Cait86: Mister Pip
sanddancer: The Boy Who Kicked Pigs
rebeccanyc: Freedom From Fear
blackdogbooks: You Learn by Living
kethonna: Luna
enheduanna: Thus Was Adonis Murd ...
...
* The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz
* Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley
* The Pigeon by Patrick Suskind
* Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
* Lost Laysen by Margaret Mitchell
* Eye of Cat by Roger Zelazny
* Skellig by David Almond
June Books:
* The Reluctant Fundamentalist ...
... by Mary Novik
Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill
Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toews
The Last Train to Kazan by Stephen Miller
Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
... when snow are about to happen outside :-{
No new books, still unpacking boxed books and registering. Reading Mr. Pip
... - MP Dunleavy (212)
6. The Vile Village - Lemony Snicket (256)
7. The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster (255)
8. Mr. Pip - Lloyd Jones (256)
9. His Excellency - Joseph J. Ellis (352)
10. An Unquiet Mind - Kay Redfield Jamison (223)
11. Wild Ducks Flying Backward - Tom Robbins ...
... Modern Memory, (Feb 19) National Book Award for Arts & Letters, 1976; National Book Critics Award for Criticism
3. Mr Pip , Lloyd Jones (Apr 22) Commonwealth Writer's Prize
4. Late Nights on Air, Elizabeth Hay (May 16) Giller Prize, 2007
5. The Shipping News, E. Annie ...
... IA
Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta ***
Saving Francesa by Melina Marchetta ***
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones ****
Hi, I'm Cyrel and you have a great book pile. My choice would be Mister Pip . I thought that Lloyd Jones wrote a terrific book.
... not sure if The Eye in the Door should be high on your list or not.
And as a patriotic New Zealander I should nudge Mister Pip into your lap. I haven't read it though... or much other NZ fiction! blushes and changes the subject...
I'll try to take a photo of some of my unread ...
... understands relationships, and she's able to make a subtle statement about war without making a statement at all.
And Mister Pip has been one of my favorite books so far in 2008.
... rather than reading it all at once.. I am not sure how much information I have retained by reading it so quickly.
56. Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones. Short review here... *****
57. Innocents in Africa by Drury Pfifer Just starting this one, noy sure what to expect.
... by David Mitchell
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
The Giant O'Brien by Hilary Mantel
Troll a Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo
and non ...
... years which fit the theme are: Ahab’s Wife by Sena Jeter Nasland, The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin, Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo, and Star of the Sea by Joseph O’Connor. Checking my towering TBR I ...
... who is, deep down, aware of her own ridiculousness. She was sympathetic, but there was just too much of her...
108. Mr Pip . Another very highly recommended book on LT. I enjoyed this book, and the way that the simple, clear language was used to tell a moving tale which demonstrated how ...
28/50
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
I liked Mister Pip .
I'm reading The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Count me in on the Mister Pip lovers, too!
71. Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones. I really liked this book that relates the story of a young girl on a South Pacific island. All the white men have left in the wake of a war except for an eccentric man who takes over as the school master and reads to the children from Great Expectations by Charle ...
#159 I read Mister Pip earlier this year and loved it (although I have to agree that the ending was abit of a let-down). Such a powerful message about the importance of books.
I am on a South Pacific island with Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones.
I just started Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones.
Reading Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones. Finished a book of short stories on Toronto that was terrible. They were published by a company that produces stories on many cities called ''(name of city) Noir''.
I don't suppose it's Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones, is it?
... books.
Two little visits to bookstores this week and I got home with:
Harry Potter og halvblodsprinsen, Rowling, J.K.
Mister Pip, Jones, Lloyd
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Haddon, Mark
A Spot of Bother, Haddon, Mark
The last three was; 3 english pocketbooks for ...
Currently reading Mister Pip . So far wonderful :-)
... in the absense of a crown her hair did the trick. She looked so proud, as if she had no idea of her own bare feet."
From Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
... word 'schizobibliomania' says more to me than the acronym 'BADD'.
And yesterday I bought two new English paperbacks:
Mister Pip
The Curious Incident of the Dog in The Night-Time
I guess I'll have to postpone reading Leaves of Grass and rereading Growth of the Soil, and ...
... Copperfield
Next from my TBR pile:
To kill a Mockingbird
'Hunger' by Knut Hamsun (reread, this time in English)
Mister Pip
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Enchantress of Florence
#25 Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones -- fiction
I read this book in fits and starts at work. It was good but I think I would have enjoyed it more if I'd been able to read it straight through.
... by Salman Rushdie and Essays on India by Carlo Levi next, and I hope to get to The Boat by Nam Le and Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones later this week.
Christopher Nutua had his hand up.
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
I read Mister Pip last year. Not my favourite book in the world. Some of the writing was excellent but, for me, the story was let down by the later parts of the plot (I won't spoil it for those who are yet to read the book). There were also some episodes of graphic violence that I didn't enjoy ...
I was wondering if anyone has read Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones and if so, what you thought of it.
These followed me home:
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, Marina Lewycka
Perfume, Patrick Suskind
Mister Pip , Lloyd Jones (new in paperback!)
These followed me home:
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, Marina Lewycka
Perfume, Patrick Suskind
Mister Pip , Lloyd Jones (new in paperback!)
51. Mister Pip by Lloyds Jones
Short, clever and moving. A small community in an island is surviving throught a time of war. The children go to school and are educated by Mr.Pip who introduce them to 'Great expectations'. The text will change the life of the little girl who is the main ...
... to at least 50 this year.
13. The Alchemist: Paulo Coelho
14. Wonder When You'll Miss Me: Amanda Davis
15. Mister Pip : Lloyd Jones
16. 13 Little Blue Envelopes: Maureen Johnson
17. The Dream Life of Sukhanov: Olga Grushin
18. Change of Heart: Jodi Picoult ...
JF: Mr. Pip by Lloyd Jones
CR: Dragon's Egg by Sarah L. Thompson
LF2: The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall
I did enjoy Mr. Pip, #5. It's not the type of thing I usually read, though. I like lighter, more humorous stuff, which is why I am really looking forward to the ...
#4
I bet you'll love Mister Pip . I did
JF: Remembering Raquel by Vivian Vande Velde
CR: Blue Like Friday by Siobhan Parkinson
LF2: Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Touchstones acting wonky on these. Remembering Raquel is a bit of a departure for VVV, I think, but I really enjoyed it. After a young girl is killed in a tragic ...
I enjoyed The Known World and Mr. Pip -- and thanks 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.
... to a great understanding of Japan in various ways (but this is obviously not a prize for literary excellence). As for Mister Pip , I thought the last third of the book disappointing.
... Ruth Ozecki and 1996 was Audrey Hepburn's Neck by Alan Brown. I had never heard of this prize until now. I read Mister Pip this year and loved it. It is one of those novels that stays with you.
... Prize? I saw on another thread that one of my favorite novels, Maps for Lost Lovers, won a few years ago.
I loved Mister Pip --amazing and original. It demonstrates the power of books, if not to change lives, at least to make them bearable. My only criticism is that the end may be ...
I read The Crimson Petal and the White over xmas - loved it too!
Currently reading Mister Pip
... (ARC)
16. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy (This one took 2 months!)
17. Life and Times of Michael K - J.M. Coetzee
18. Mister Pip - Lloyd Jones
19. Red River - Lalita Tademy
* Favorites, so far
Whew! Now I'm off to start another Jane Austen book. ~Donna~
Cariola, I really loved Mister Pip as well, and I can't even recall how many times I've recommended Ingrid Hill's novel Ursula, Under, a novel that needs rediscovering over and over again.
Afterwards by Rachel Seiffert
The Deportees and Other Stories by Roddy Doyle
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
The Child in Time by Ian McEwan
Triple tie for fifth place:
Lady Susan by Jane Austen
The Brontes Went to Woolworth's by Rachel Ferguson
The Translator ...
Cariola, you obviously have very good taste. :=)
On Chesil Beach is one of my top 5 for this quarter. Mister Pip is on my wishlist, and I had a Rachel Seiffert book in my hand 2 days ago. I've never read any of her books and can't remember if it was Afterwards, but I have to go back to ...
... year. Here are three of my recent reads that I highly recommend:
The Deportees and Other Stories by Roddy Doyle
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Afterwards by Rachel Seiffert
All very different but equally good. I've posted reviews on all three.
... In addition, I would suggest:
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Behind the Mountains by Edwidge Danticat
All of the above will give your group new countries to think about and discuss.
If you read ...
... but work and family issues got in the way. So I'd be up for a faster read next time. Since I just finished and loved Mister Pip , I've been wanting to read Great Expectations, so I'll throw out that suggestion.
Of the books mentioned in #30, I'd put my two cents in for Wives and Dau ...
Mister Pip ?
... it on interlibrary loan based on your recommendation and thoroughly enjoyed it.
#52 - Completely agree with you about Mister Pip .
21. Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones.
A wonderful novel that ponders the power of books to change lives (or at least to make them more bearable) and the influence of one individual and questions the notion of heroism.
I am thoroughly enjoying Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones.
... Murakami
Making History, Stephen Fry
The Shakespeare Secret by J L Carrell
Blaze, Richard Bachman/Stephen King
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Special recommendations this month go to Through the Narrow Gate, Where Books Fall Open and Making History. Impossible to pick a single ...
... Amanda Davis
Assigned category: (2) Authors I've not previously read (3/8)
Could have been categorised as: --
15. Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Assigned category: (4) Award winners (3/8) (Award = 2007 Commonwealth Writers' Prize)
Could have been categorised as: (2) Authors I've not ...
I just started The Sari Shop by Rupa Bajwa and am continuing to read Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones. My current audiobook it The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles.
... Murakami
Making History, Stephen Fry
The Shakespeare Secret by J L Carrell
Blaze, Richard Bachman/Stephen King
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Special recommendations this month go to Through the Narrow Gate, Where Books Fall Open and Making History. Impossible to pick a single ...
24. Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Set on an island in Papua New Guinea during a period of violence in the early 1990s. The narrator, Matilda, is a young student who tells the story of how her life and the life of her village were impacted by Charles Dickens's Great Expectations.
... with works by authors from Australia, China, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and the United States. The fiction finalists are: Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones (Knopf Canada and The Dial Press, USA); The Complete Stories by David Malouf (Pantheon); The Last Chinese Chef by Nicole Mones (Hou ...
Still working on the same three books: Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones, The Brontes Went to Woolworths by Rachel Ferguson, and my commute/workout audiobook, The Commoner by John Burnham Schwartz. Plus a stack of freshman essays.
Although I'm not part of this group, regarding coming-of-age tales I thought you might be interested in Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones. It takes place on an island in Micronesia, I believe.
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
... el
by John Dunning
I don't know how she does it : the life of Kate Reddy, working mother : a… by Allison Pearson
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Original sins by Lisa Alther
The forgetting room : a fiction by Nick Bantock
The grand complication by Allen Kurzweil
... trouble focusing on one book at the moment. I've started:
The Brontes Went to Woolworths by Rachel Ferguson
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Commoner by John Burnham Schwartz
Plus for teaching I am reading:
A Midsummer Nig ...
Book #9
Title: Mister Pip
Author: Lloyd Jones
Source / Destination: Library Book
Classed as: First Time Authors
Could also have been classed as: -
Thoughts: This book took me by surprise. I expected the story of an inspirational teacher introducing Dickens to a small ...
... by Jodi Picoult. I have also read When We Were Orphans and quite enjoyed it.
Our selections for this year are Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel, The Broken Shore by ...
I am going to update on a weekly basis, so here it is for this week:
22. Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones - an LT recommendation; I enjoyed it, but not perhaps as much as others
23. Grievous Sin by Faye Kellerman - working to complete the Peter Decker mystery series
24. Eat, Pray, Lov ...
... somewhat more relevant tagmash {fiction, Pacific islands} and came up with this: (besides Island of the Blue Dolphins and Mister Pip )
The sex lives of cannibals : adrift in the Equatorial Pacificby J. Maarten Troost
Night of error by Desmond Bagley
Blue latitudes : boldly ...
... and the dead by Norman Mailer
Typee by Herman Melville
Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
The island of the day before by Umberto Eco
The thin red line by James Jones
...
... (TO ME)
Just to make sure I don't fall into a rut
1.The Rising Tide by Molly Keane (January)
2.Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones (February)
3.The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko (February)
4. What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn (March)
5. The Sweet Dove D ...
... so I HAD to go into Waterstones and spend them on a 3 for 2 offer! Am pleased to have come home with the following:
Mr Pip by Lloyd Jones:
'You cannot pretend to read a book. Your eyes will give you away. So will your breathing. A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe. ...
... so I HAD to go into Waterstones and spend them on a 3 for 2 offer! Am pleased to have come home with the following:
Mr Pip by Lloyd Jones:
'You cannot pretend to read a book. Your eyes will give you away. So will your breathing. A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe. ...
>33 I agree re: Mister Pip entirely. Sad, really, because the first 2/3rds was excellent, I thought.
... and never managed to finish it. People seem to either love or hate this book - I'm glad you enjoyed it, MrAndrew. As for Mister Pip , NZ literature's other big international success, I thought it was 4/5 of an excellent book, but tailed away badly towards the end. I guess I'm just contrary!
#4 Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones. I wanted to read this for my library book club. They are doing Great Expectations, but since I have read it three times, I chose this related book instead. It tells of a teacher who uses Dickens' Great Expectations to teach life and literature to a group of ...
... 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
... people who wouldn't normally pick up a book go and try new authors because of their book club, so I am really pleased for Lloyd Jones that his book will be so well read.
I cannot stress how much I love this book. It was on last years Booker shortlist which is a big reading turn off for me, ...
Wow, what a marvelous reading thread, tiffin! Now I have several more books for my wish list. I must get Mr. Pip , now that I finally know what it is about -- Great Expectations is the first Dickens I chose to teach to middle schoolers, and it never let me (or them) down. My Name is Red is ...
... Petterson (fiction, Norwegian author & setting)
Swallow the Air, by Tara June Winch (fiction, Australian aboriginal)
Mister Pip , by Lloyd Jones (fiction, NZ author, Solomon Islands setting)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist, by Mohsin Hamid (fiction, Pakistani author, US/Pakistan setting)
...
In 2007 Mister Pip is the only one I went out and got because of LT recommendations (and thoroughly enjoyed, thank you). However, I moved both Blood Done Sign My Name (excellent) and Half a Yellow Sun (currently reading) up on Mt. TBR because of the great comments in LT. I'm sure there will ...
... Run, Cultural Amnesia, Christ the Lord, Water for Elephants, Envious Casca, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, Mister Pip and The Founders of the Western World. Library Thing has very much expanded my reading horizons!
BTW: Shouldn't the thread be a Great Book I've Read in 200 ...
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Final Harry Potter book
...
Coming out of the Ice by Victor Herman, another LT recommendation
Ripples of Battle by Victor Hanson
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones, a book highly recommended on Library Thing
...
Coming out of the Ice by Victor Herman, another LT recommendation
Ripples of Battle by Victor Hanson
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones, a book highly recommended on Library Thing
... Washington, DC with Team of Rivals, and then jetting again to a South Seas island to spend a little time with Pop Eye in Mister Pip .
Started Mister Pip as my carry read and I'm enjoying it, though it probably won't get much reading in the next few days because I'm pretty much going to be at home. That will allow me to finish, finally, Team of Rivals, which I've loved but it's taken me a long time to complete.
#5 glad ...
... during WWII and after in Out Stealing Horses;
Sweden in Astrid and Veronika;
Bouganville, the South Pacific, in Mr. Pip ;
Dominican Republic in In the Name of Salome by Julia Alvarez;
Chile, 1800s, Ines of my Soul by Isabel Allende;
and Canada and the UK in a number of ...
... Wyck by Emily Carr
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
and #5 is between Mr. Pip and The Forest Lover.
... Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Then went to the Friends of the Library sale and picked up a new HB copy of Mister Pip for $1.50. Can't beat that.
... I read that I consider POSSIBLY prize-worthy:
Half of a Yellow Sun
The Inheritance of Loss
Dreams of Speaking
Mister Pip
In the Country of Men
Digging to America
Measuring the World
Definitely NOT prize-worthy:
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
Special Topics in Cala ...
Carpentaria, Mister Pip , and Zoli are on my wishlist. I have read, in order of enjoyment (most to least) Half of a Yellow Sun, The Inheritance of Loss, and The Road.
It is an interesting list to mine--and I am off to increase my poor sagging wishlist!
... Digging to America, and Wizard of the Crow already in my TBR pile and I have read Half of a Yellow Sun, Zoli, Mister Pip , The Road, and The Inheritance of Loss.
Has anyone read any of these?
btw, the list by nominating library is avaland in The Prizes : IMPAC/Dublin Prize (Nov 25, 2007, 8:08pm)
... Tenderness of Wolves
*Germany likes Measuring the World.
*Ireland likes Winterwood
*New Zealand, as expected, like Mister Pip but also mentions My Name is Judas a few times.
*Norway likes Half of a Yellow Sun as does Switzerland and Boston, USA.
*The Netherlands likes The Silent S ...
49. Mr. Pip by Lloyd Jones. Fantastic story - small village on the island of Bouganville in the Solomon Islands; the island is in the midst of a civil war. The only white person in the village becomes the teacher after the regular teacher leaves. He begins reading Great Expectations to the ...
I finished Fingersmith today, a really good read, captivated me from start to finish. Now I'm on to Mr. Pip .
#94 BeesleSR: Mister Pip is set on the Pacific island of Bougainville, one of the Solomon Islands. These come under the auspices of Papua New Guinea although I suspect the cultures would be different to the mainland. I had to look up Wiki for historical info.
#94 BeesleSR: I haven't got Mr Pip on me, but it's set in Papua New Guinea from memory, during the civil war there in the early 90's.
I've just finished The Omnivore's Dilemma, which took me a while to get through, but was such interesting reading. Who knew how many things were made out of ...
BeesleSR, I'm a big fan of Mister Pip , easily one of my favorite books of the year, and, pjhess, I thought Daniel Woodrell's Winter's Bone was an amazing book and probably the best thing he's ever written.
... -
On my immediate list:
Arthur and George by Julian Barnes
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Mr. Pip by Lloyd Jones
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Accordion Crimes by Annie Proulx
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Mr. Pip by Lloyd Jones arrived from Ontario for an LT book share.
Great Expectations and Mr. Pip .
... Famished Road by Ben Okri
3. Painting Chinese: A Lifelong Teacher Gains the Wisdom of Youth by Herbert Kohl
4. Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
5. Gifted by Nikita Lalwani
6. Proust Was a Neuroscientist by Jonah Lehrer
7. Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat
8. ...
... again - I seem to be here a lot...?!
After moving out of Bleak House I ended up in New Guinea with Lloyd Jones' Mister Pip and then on to Ireland with The Sea by John Banville, before returning to England with The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope. Perhaps its jet-lag on my ...
... Unfortunate Events is fun! Hope you enjoy it.
I've managed to knockover a few of my TBRs this week, i.e. Bleak House, Mister Pip and The Sea.
Still to be tackled are:
A Fine Balance
Little Women
The Unconsoled
Arthur and George
The God of Small Things
Memoirs of a Ge ...
SEPTEMBER 2007
reviews to follow later
30. Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz
31. Mr. Pip by Lloyd Jones (and into October a bit)
An island somewhere out in the Pacific Islands has been left isolated with the closure of its mine. It is now cut off from its former links to “whit ...
I'm 'powering' through my TBRs (well, the shorter books anyhow! ;) I finished the Booker nominee Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones. Something about the second half, esp. didn't quite gel for me. So, on to another Booker now, The Sea by John Banville and already I quite like this one.
... :) Hope you're enjoying it, Kromes!
I finished Bleak House yesterday and still on a Dickens theme, I'm now reading Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones.
I was under the impression that Mister Pip was set in Bougainville, in the Solomon Islands.
Moloka'i by Alan Brennert is a fiction story about a young girl who contracts leprosy and is exiled to a quarantined settlement on Molokai, Hawaii.
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones is set in Papua New Guinea. It's been mentioned in this group before so I won't go into (see the Aug and Sept reading threads)
Tahiti - marvellous series by Celestine Vaite featuring a woman called Materena and her life, family, relationship and children's ...
... People, but hopefully one of them will be a stunner...
I'm underwhelmed by the inclusion of On Chesil Beach, Mister Pip , and The Reluctant Fundamentalist and very disappointed by the exclusion of Gifted and What Was Lost. Wouldn't it have been nice to have a first-timer on ...
citizenkelly: thanks for your thoughts on the novels. I've only read Mister Pip and On Chesil Beach. While I loved the latter for what it was - a novella really - I don't think it's enough to win the prize.
...
The Gathering by Anne Enright (Jonathan Cape)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (Hamish Hamilton)
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones (John Murray)
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (Jonathan Cape)
Animal’s People by Indra Sinha (Simon & Schuster)
edited ...
I've left the troubled island of Bougainville (Mister Pip ) and now find myself in grim, consumerised Birmingham (UK) with What Was Lost.
... simple coming-of-age tale like hundreds of others, but the voice is very strong and sure and full of compassion.
3. Mister Pip – Another marvellous book told from the perspective of a young girl, which would be much higher on my list were it not for the very very poor and superfluous ...
... and only a few of the Booker long listed books are available here. The Welsh Girl has been out here for several months; Mister Pip , Consolation, and The Reluctant Fundamentalist are, too. That said, I was in Border's today and couldn't find them, although they are listed online at Amazon ...
>47 I have "Gifted" on order, glad to hear you enjoyed it.
Finished Mister Pip , it was quite good. Now reading Swallow the Air, by Australian indigenous writer Tara June Winch.
... (The Reluctant Fundamentalist) and have been in Bougainville, the largest of the Solomon Islands off New Guinea with Mister Pip , by Lloyd Jones. The beginning of the book doesn't seem to indicate the specific setting so I begged Amandameale for help (book was her recommendation) and she ...
... The Reluctant Fundamentalist which I found a thoughtful, very good read - but I wasn't wowed by it. I have started Mister Pip last night .
... get Gifted by Nikita Lalwani through Early Reviewers, but no such luck. And I've been waiting for my library to process Mister Pip , and I've been meaning to see if they have The Welsh Girl. So now this will spur me on. Unfortunately it's also given me an interest in reading Winnie and Wolf ...
I have read On Chesil Beach and Mister Pip . Has anyone read the other ones?
... e)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (Hamish Hamilton)
The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies (Sceptre)
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones (John Murray)
Gifted by Nikita Lalwani (Viking)
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (Jonathan Cape)
What Was Lost by Catherine O' ...
*****Commonwealth Writers Prize 2007 WINNER:
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones (New Zealand)
77> amandameale: Yes, I think reading Mister Pip might have been at your suggestion a few months ago - many thanks! I did like the slight twist towards the end when she finds Great Expectations in the school library (I haven't read it (*shame*), so I didn't see that coming - though I'm not ...
#73 Killeymoon
Pleased to find someone else who has read Mister Pip . I thought it was very good and liked the link to Great Expectations.
I read this week in The Age (Melbourne) that Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones has won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize.
Article here.. http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/text-book-sets-the-standard-again/2007/05/27/1180205077415.html . Has there been much publicity in New Zealand about this?
W ...
... and read something else" routine for this one. In between I've read The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory, and Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones. The Phillipa Gregory is not something I would normally have picked up, but it was recommended by an old workmate and I really enjoyed it. ...
Two books this week:
Daylight by Elizabeth Knox, and
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones, which I've already finished (and really enjoyed).
This year I read Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones. On the island of Bougainville, a teacher reads Great Expectations to his class and the ramifications are disastrous. Mister Pip uses themes from the Dickens book as part of its own story.
I recently read Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones and thought it was very good. The only other New Zealand novelist I know of is Janet Frame.
Can anyone recommend other authors?
... by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
2. The Woman Who Walked into Doors by Roddy Doyle
3. Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden
4. Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
... hasn't been released yet or 2) whatever reviews I read weren't good. I only keep a record of those that sound promising.
Mister Pip is a worthy choice and I'm currently reading In the Country of Men which is also pretty good.
I've just watched the show. I read Mister Pip recently and thought it was very good. I enjoyed the parallels between Great Expectations and what happened in the novel. Some of the Book Club panel were dissatisfied but perhaps they could have looked at it more closely. I found a lot of substance ...
... A very amusing main character
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7. Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden (Canada)*** Haunting war story
8. Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones (New Zealand)**
9. The Woman who Walked into Doors by Roddy Doyle (Republic of Ireland)*** VERY GOOD
10. The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmin ...
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones (New Zealand. Uses the reading of Great Expectations as a catalyst for terrible events. Recommended.
Finished Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones. The reading of Great Expectations sets off an horrific series of events. Themes from the Dickens novel are picked up in the story. Not a difficult read, but leaves you with lots to think about. Recommended.
Also finished The Woman Who Walked into Doors ...
#113 killeymoon: I have now almost finished Mister Pip and I do recommend it. It's deceptively simple, that is, easy to follow but raises a some serious questions. Let me know if you ever read it and we can discuss.
112 > Please let us know what you think of Mister Pip - I have it on my list of "potential purchases".
... Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden (Canada) - a moving account of a Cree Indian's experience in WWI.
Now reading Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones (New Zealand) set on the Pacific island of Bouganville. A teacher's reading of Great Expectations sets off an alarming series of events.
I'm in Bouganville, which is part of the Solomon Islands, and a province of Papua New Guinea. My book is Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones (New Zealand). Once again I had to go off to Wikepedia for a map and history of Bouganville even though it is quite a close neighbour of mine.
Is anyone else watching it? I love that Australia now has a TV book show with a discussion group. I will be reading Mister Pip for 6th March. I regret that Germaine Greer was a guest on the Christmas show and will elaborate on that if encouraged.
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This is an exceptional book. I just loved it. I have no idea why I put off reading it for so long. The story is set in Bougainville - an island close to New Guinea. In the 90' ...
