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| Topics | | messages | Last message | | | 50 Book Challenge : bonniebook's Best of Your Best, 2009 | | 293 | Porua, Today 9:42am |  |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : avatiakh reads some books in 2009 - Part 2 | | 295 | legxleg, Yesterday 3:16pm | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Dihiba's 2009 Books | | 228 | cmt, Yesterday 1:25pm | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : The 1001 Books 'I've Read That' chain game - part 4 | | 222 | jfetting, Yesterday 12:27pm | |
| 999 Challenge : avatiakh's 999 challenge | | 140 | avatiakh, Friday 6:22pm | |
| 50 Book Challenge : citygirl in 2009 | | 67 | citygirl, Friday 10:28am | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Rocketjk's 49.49 book challenge for 2009 | | 219 | cameling, Friday 6:18am | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Samantha's 100 of 2009 [angrystarlyt] | | 90 | angrystarlyt, Friday 2:49am | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : Judylou's 1001 | | 40 | Nickelini, Tuesday 11:52am | |
| List Five Books Parlour Game : Beauty School | | 7 | AMQS, November 28 | |
| 25 Books in 2009 : CalamityK books for 2009 | | 69 | CalamityK, November 26 | |
| 999 Challenge : Plekter's 999 challenge | | 35 | plekter, November 3 | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : Katrina 1001 attempt | | 14 | katrinasreads, October 29 | |
| 1010 Category Challenge : kimb 1010 list for 2010 | | 23 | KimB, October 14 | |
| Club Read 2009 : Keren7's Reads for 2009 | | 60 | keren7, September 12 | |
| 999 Challenge : What are you reading, August 2009? | | 63 | AnnieMod, August 31 | |
| Book talk : Life of Pi and other similar books | | 14 | omaca, August 12 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : The Clunkers of 2008 | | 180 | DMO, July 19 | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : What are you reading, June 2009 | | 109 | notmyrealname, July 17 | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : Plekter's progress | | 17 | plekter, July 9 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What is the Best Book you've read so far this year --2009 | | 78 | dchaikin, June 25 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of 30 May, 2009? | | 231 | FicusFan, June 8 | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : What Are You Reading From the 1001 List, May 2009 | | 97 | PaperbackPirate, June 1 | |
| 999 Challenge : jessicawest's 999 challenge | | 22 | cmbohn, May 30 | |
| Club Read 2009 : Books that make you angry | | 22 | bobmcconnaughey, May 27 | |
| Audiobooks : What Are You Listening to Now? Part 4 | | 273 | alans, May 19 | |
| It's a LondonThing : Books about, or set in, London? | | 85 | Miranda_Paige, May 9 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You Are Reading the Week of 18 April 2009 | | 188 | mta214, April 29 | |
| 999 Challenge : Psychodelicacy's 999 challenge | | 3 | avatiakh, April 28 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You Are Reading the Week of 28 March 2009 | | 190 | SupaMaori, April 21 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You Are Reading the Week of 4 April 2009 | | 192 | kara1560, April 21 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You Are Reading the Week of 21 February 2009 | | 205 | bookwormjules, April 12 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You Are Reading the Week of 21 March 2009 | | 224 | Storeetllr, April 3 | |
| 999 Challenge : celiafrances and the 999 challenge | | 31 | detailmuse, April 1 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : Books that came home with you in March 2009 | | 414 | richardderus, April 1 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You Are Reading the Week of 14 March 2009 | | 196 | porchsitter55, March 24 | |
| Queer and Trans Lit : What are y'all reading? | | 41 | Johnny1978, March 12 | |
| BookMooching : Angels needed or offered, part 3 | | 335 | Lman, March 7 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : Books that came home with you in February | | 267 | crazy4reading, February 28 | |
| Book Listers UNITE! : The EW 100 New Classics List | | 18 | trinah, February 26 | |
| Literary Snobs : Henry James: Where to start? | | 16 | kswolff, February 22 | |
| 999 Challenge : allthesedarnbooks' 999 challenge | | 37 | allthesedarnbooks, February 8 | |
| Gay Men : Queer Recommendations from the New Millenium | | 39 | richardderus, February 3 | |
| 999 Challenge : Jennitope's | | 2 | avatiakh, January 17 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : lindsacl's 2008 read-a-thon | | 217 | kambrogi, January 2 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Judylou's at it again in 2008 | | 245 | merry10, January 1 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today?--DECEMBER 2008 | | 234 | richardderus, December 2008 | |
| List Five Books Parlour Game : Political fiction | | 15 | mallingham, December 2008 | |
| TBR Challenge : Medellia12 2009: I'm going to do something I should've done a long time ago | | 4 | Medellia, December 2008 | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : International edition? | | 34 | Stbalbach, November 2008 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Left Your Home Today? October 2008 | | 157 | iwillrejoice, October 2008 | |
| Gay Men : just wanting to connect with other gay guys in this place. | | 11 | aedinallil, August 2008 | |
| BookMooching : Treasures and Triumphs! | | 29 | mint910, July 2008 | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : Books added to the 2008 edition | | 15 | streamsong, July 2008 | |
| The Prizes : The Best of the Booker | | 36 | Cariola, July 2008 | |
| What did YOU buy today? : Message Board #2 | | 188 | karen5l, June 2008 | |
| Someone explain it to me... : Bonfire of the Vanities: Tom Wolfe | | 28 | kambrogi, June 2008 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - #2: May. 2008 | | 147 | annatapl, June 2008 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - April. 2008 | | 388 | milbaby, May 2008 | |
| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 22 March 2008 | | 145 | thekoolaidmom, March 2008 | |
| Dormant: Reading Globally : Where in the World Are You Now? January 2008 | | 114 | teelgee, March 2008 | |
| Dormant: 1001 Books to read before you die : What are you reading for February 2008 | | 123 | Vonini, March 2008 | |
| Dormant: Reading Globally : Where in the World are You Now? February 2008 | | 134 | CEP, March 2008 | |
| Dormant: List Five Books Parlour Game : Geometry | | 13 | ostrom, February 2008 | |
| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 19 January 2008 | | 209 | Cariola, January 2008 | |
| Dormant: BookMooching : Books You've Mooched | | 120 | bostonbibliophile, January 2008 | |
| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 12 January 2008 | | 172 | Cariola, January 2008 | |
| Dormant: Book talk : Another Silly Game To Play (new thread - the last one was getting entirely too long) | | 443 | Mr.Durick, December 2007 | |
| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What books came into your home today? - September 2007 | | 147 | thioviolight, October 2007 | |
| Dormant: Contemporary Fiction : for Old Grumps? | | 10 | andyray, October 2007 | |
| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What books came into your home today? - August 2007 | | 176 | Cariola, September 2007 | |
| Dormant: Gay Men : nothing posted yet?? | | 11 | Kaysbooks, August 2007 | |
| Dormant: Reading Globally : Sexuality and World Literature | | 10 | NativeRoses, August 2007 | |
| Dormant: The Prizes : The idea of the prize/award | | 25 | piefuchs, August 2007 | |
| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 24 Feb 2007 | | 137 | Storeetllr, March 2007 | |
| Dormant: Book talk : Do spoilers spoil? | | 19 | Thakhek, March 2007 | |
| Dormant: Book talk : Brushes w/authorial greatness | | 48 | xicanti, January 2007 | |
... Lola Montez
Personal Beauty, by D. G. Brinton
Better than Beauty: a Guide to Charm, by Helen Valentine
The Line of Beauty, by Alan Hollinghurst
Beauty in Japan, by Samuel Hayman Wainwright 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.
... taste I respect tell me how wonderful Jasper Jones is, yes I must look out for a copy.
I've heard mixed reviews about The Line of Beauty, another bookfair purchase, still I'm keen to take the plunge, but it might not be the first I choose in 2010 ;-) ... It was really interesting and I ended up becoming extremely familiar with Facey's story.
From your 1001 category I read The Line of Beauty this year, and while I found it an excellent read from a literary POV, I'd suggest you read some reviews before you take the plunge with it.
A ... ... the Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach
Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey by Chuck Palahniuk
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
GraceLand by Chris Abani
The History of Rome Hanks and Kindred Matters by Joseph Stanley Pennell
Up in the Air by Walter Kir ... (110) The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst.
This Booker prize winner of 2003 chronicles a few years in the life of Nick Guest, who at the age of 20 in 1983 is embarking on the beginning of his gay relationships. At the time he is living with the Fedden family - Gerald Fedden is an MP ... The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst (2004)
Good Intentions category
This Booker Prize winning book had spent a long time on my tbr pile so I feel very virtuous now that I've finally read it.
It's 1983 and Nick is young, gay and middleclass. While at Oxford he has made several friends from ... 183) The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst (2004)
fiction, 999 challenge
This Booker Prize winning book had spent a long time on my tbr pile so I feel very virtuous now that I've finally read it.
It's 1983 and Nick is young, gay and middleclass. While at Oxford he has made several friends ... ... book would you like to be buried with?
No - none
What are you reading right now?
Lamplighter by DM Cornish and The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst, Bright Star - Beatrice Hill Tinsley Astronomer.
... on a 3 week training - I just had to laugh and this was probably the best of all.
Now I'm back to Madame Bovary and The Line of Beauty.
I'm currently reading the classic Madame Bovary and also The Line of Beauty which won the Booker Prize in 2004. As well I'm slowly getting through the nonfiction Tel Aviv. ... At swim two boys
3. Captain Corelli's Mandolin
4. Cloud Atlas: A Novel
5. The Inheritance of Loss
6. The Line of Beauty
7. Middlemarch
8. The Moor's Last Sigh
9. Possession: A Romance
10. A Prayer for Owen Meany
10 prizes (recent)
1. Breath Miles ... ... Hive
The Sound of Waves
Clear Light of Day
All the Pretty Horses
Snow
Vernon God Little Awful!
The Swarm
The Line of Beauty
The Accidental Blah...
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian Supposed to be funny... apparently
Mother's Milk
Carry Me Down
The Inherita ... 16. The line of beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
Picked this one up randomly at the library, since I knew it was on the 1001 list.
So I just plunged into it, didn't know what to expect. I soon realised it was about upper-class life, gayness, gay sex, kokain and aids. Never read a book ... The line of beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
Category 7: Audiobooks
This could have been in category 1, 1001 books, as well and I just picked it up randomly at the library for that exact reason. I'm an super-1001 books fan!
So I just plunged into it, didn't know what to expect. I soon ... ... is a woman who is truly in love with fiction. I'll be referring back to this often.
The Two Towers - Tolkien.
The Line of Beauty - Alan Hollinghurst.
Why: Booker Prize 2004.
This is a very good book that I found compelling and with a complexity that I appreciated the most after I' ... I'm listening to The line of beauty by Alan Hollinghurst. Soon done, and happy to move on to something else. Just finished #24 The Line of Beauty so am going to start War and Peace next for #25. You've scared me with your post Tames, I'm 3 days and 12 chapters behind already to finish by the end of the year!! I started The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst (Booker 2004) a few days ago. Can a book be both compelling and wearying at the same time? I imagine it will be done in a day or two.
Continuing my LotR reread with The Return of the King. I'll start something else this week but not sure ... Best for me so far this year is GraceLand by Chris Abani, with The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst a very respectable second. ... I enjoy reading books where the characters or the plot line makes me angry or groan. Books like Vernon God Little and The Line of Beauty. Do you guys tend to enjoy books that infuriate you - do you tend to finish them? Most importantly, what books have you made at either the characters ... Keren: I enjoyed reading The Line of Beauty but I felt that the author remembered the point just in time before the book ended. After that I hated it. ... was sad, but a good read (or rather, a good listening, librivox).
Now I've started listening to Alan Hollinghurst's The Line of Beauty. Should be interesting... I have a copy of a Line of Beauty, and it's huge. I'm a little discouraged--but somehow not surprised--to hear that it's slow. Oh well, one day. Maybe I'll pack it around until my retirement. So I just finished A line of beauty, the 2004 booker prize winner by Alan Holinghurst. I hated most of this book and it took me a month to finish. The characters were boring and no real plot for the longest time. I couldn't figure out why this book won the prize.
Once I hit page 360 or so (y ... ... takes place among the poor of Lagos duing the 1980s, represents more or less the polar opposite of the last novel I read, The Line of Beauty, which takes place among the rich of England during the 1980s. Both books, however, are exceptionally well written. ... and takes place during the 1980s. As such, it is essentially the polar opposite in setting of the last novel I read, The Line of Beauty, which was about rich people in England during the 1980s. What the books have in common is that they are both extremely well written. I skipped most of the last few posts above, so as not to spoil A Line of Beauty, which I'm sure I will read one of these days, but No. 62 had me spitting spice tea on an important letter I just printed out (Yeessss...I'm LT'ing at work...shhhh). What an image---that's gonna stick with me. We are already into SPOILER ALERT territory for A Line of Beauty so beware one and all.
To be clear, Richard, I thought the ending was genius. It was the middle ground that made me a bit antsy. Not lost on me, however (Did I say SPOILER ALERT?) is the fact that while everyone ... ... worth reading for the human interest element I described above.
btw, as you professed yourself interested in my take on The Line of Beauty (see Post 50), I'm wondering how you reacted to my review (posted above).
Best,
Jerry ... I did not enjoy VGL. So I finally finished twney thousand leagues under the sea and am now reading Anna Kareinana, The line of beauty and The Jesus Christ Pawn shop and I am study for a licensing exam.
I guess sleep can wait. ... end).
I am now starting The Folding Star by Alan Hollinghurst, by whom I've already read two books I very much enjoyed (The Line of Beauty, life-changing, and The Swimming Pool Library). Oh, I loved The Line of Beauty! While we're on him, has anyone else read The Folding Star? ... so long since I joined in that I thought for sure all my books would have come and gone, but I've read this! How about The Line of Beauty? ... Booker--
Bernice Rubens – The Elected Member
Anne Enright – The Gathering
Alan Hollinghurst – The Line of Beauty
Margaret Atwood – The Blind Assassin
Ian McEwan – Amsterdam
James Kelman – How Late it Was, How Late
Kingsley Amis – The Old Devils
< ... Hey, Jerry! Nice review! I picked up The Line of Beauty last week, based on the high praise here on LT. I'm looking forward to it! >168 rocketjk
I too really loved The Line of Beauty although, I do remember that I put it down for a long time and had to start it again, but I'm so glad I did! It was a fantastic piece of writing and deserved to win the Booker. I am determined to read some more Hollinghurst - The Swimming P ... Book 14: The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
Hollinghurst writes beautifully and perceptively, and the story/protagonist really allows a heterosexual reader (at least this one) to get an ... ... and a nice, dark dive bar that my wife and I both enjoyed. Also got some good reading time in, which allowed me to finish The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst. Hollinghurst writes beautifully and perceptively, and the story/protagonist really allows a heterosexual reader (at least this one) ... From Frugal Muse Books (used book store):
The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean An LT recommendation!
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst A strong LT recommendation!
The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon. I need to read more of this gifted author! The Swimming-Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst was a fun read. While I wasn't as enthralled by it as I was by The Line of Beauty (which was a crazy, disturbing and wonderful experience), it was hard to put down nonetheless. It's both a physical and intellectual experience to read a Hollinghurst ... #49-51 >
I am just past halfway through The Line of Beauty right now. The writing is really terrific. The first 75 pages or so were particularly a tour de force, I thought. In particular Hollinghurst has a subtle but extremely effective touch in showing how a gay man, living on sort of the ... I sank so completely into The Swimming-Pool Library - it was beautifully written and quite compelling. I've not read The Line of Beauty yet but it's on my TBR mountain waiting... ... finished (at long last), Katherine Mansfield's stories, I'm starting Alan Hollinghurst's The Swimming-Pool Library. His Line of Beauty was excellent so I can't wait to read this new book by him (the first he published). The Line of Beauty, eh...hmmm...can't wait to hear what you're gonna sayy about that one! I hope I can listen in tomorrow, for once I don't have a PLANNED duty. You watch...the dog will want to go out and then the aunt will too.
*sigh* Adulthood. You're welcome! Next up will be The Line of Beauty by Allan Hollinghurst. #83> Thanks, Sibylle! Now I'm looking forward to The Line of Beauty even more! #59
The Line of Beauty is one of my favourite books. I hope you'll enjoy it. ... at least of the ones I've read so far.)
After spending some time with a few of my "between books," I will start on The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst, which I picked up more or less at random during my last jaunt into San Francisco.
I've just finished The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst, which is probably the best book I've read this year. Everything in it was incredible.
I'm now focusing on The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley. I loved Hollinghurst's The Line of Beauty, probably one of the most deserving Booker winners of the last 20 years. I've just received my copy of The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst and have already started it, even if I'm theoretically already reading another way less exciting book ( The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley, can't understand the attraction at all).
I thought the BBC miniseries of Beauty ... Any Netherlands -> US Angels?
http://bookmooch.com/m/mooch_choice?asin=0330483218 (Line of Beauty)
I would greatly greatly appreciate it! I feel bad.
The Line of Beauty - Alan Hollinghurst
The Observations - Jane Harris
The Secret of Platform 13 - Eva Ibbotson
Me and Orson Welles - Robert Kaplow
Debs at War - Anne de Courcy
A Rambling Fancy: In the Footsteps of Jane Austen - Caroline Sanderson
The Tricksters - M ... Have you read The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst? There's a bit of James in that, so I've heard. I haven't read it myself. I read The Swimming Pool Library and enjoyed it immensely. First time I encountered the name Ronald Firbank. ... Hyland
4. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian Marina Lewycka
5. The Sea John Banville
6. The Line of Beauty Alan Hollinghurst
7. Small Island Andrea Levy
8. Cloud Atlas David Mitchell
9. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night T ... I also have The Line of Beauty in the same category of my challenge!
I see you have a Robert Wilson book - I haven't read any of his books set in Africa but have read and enjoyed his others. I especially loved A Small Death in Lisbon.
Animals in translation sounds interesting, I have All ... ... gush enough about it. hehe
If you haven't already read it, I highly recommend Coraline too.
Also, I see you have The Line of Beauty on your list. If you enjoy that one, you might want to check out The Swimming Pool Library (also by Hollinghurst) or The Lost Language of Cranes by Da ... ... a lot lighter reading load. (I'm not sure whether this will make my list get higher or lower, really.)
To begin:
1. The Line of Beauty, Alan Hollinghurst
About what you could expect from a novel about the 80s--politics, very rich people, cocaine, gay intrigues. Great writing, ... ... - highly enjoyable romp and also Bonjour Tristesse - it was one of my booknudges from the booknudge group.
I'm also have The Line of Beauty and Oranges are not the only fruit on my challenge list - like you I'm trying to attack my tbr pile.
Which book have you decided to read first? ... 22 Mar 2009)
2. The Hours by Cunningham
3. Miss Lizzie by Walter Satterthwait (READ: 15 Mar 2009)
4. The Line of Beauty by Hollinghurst
5. Lonely Werewolf Girl by Millar
6. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
7. The Abstinence Teacher by Perrot ... ... to)
7.1 Pyramiden by Henning Mankell DONE
7.2 Tess of D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy DONE
7.3 The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst DONE
7.4 Jernvognen (Radioteateret) by Stein Riverton DONE
7.5 Pilegrimsreisen by Paulo Coelho DONE
7.6 H ... ... and experience. Written, I believe, in the 1960s, it has held up markedly well.
I second the recommendations of "Line of Beauty." I'd also suggest "The Swimming Pool Library" by Alan Hollinghurst, the same author.
A classic coming-of-age tale is Edmund White's marvelous "A Boy' ... ... check out the book section. I scored:
Stones from the River, Ursula Hegi, which has been on my TBR list for a while
The Line of Beauty, Alan Hollinghurst
and for my daughter,
How to Be Popular, signed by the author, Meg Cabot (how can someone give away a book that was personally ... And back to post my alternates list, though I'll try to stick with the other 12...
1. The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
2. The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
3. Three Junes by Julia Glass
4. Wittgenstein's Mistress by David Markson
5. Moo by Jane Smiley
6. The Sheep Look ... ... Ruiz Zafon finished 06Feb
2. The Secret River by Kate Grenville finished 10Nov
3. The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst finished 7Sep
4. A fine balance by Rohinton Mistry finished 15Apr
5. Behind the scenes at the ... ... ergo clunkers:
My Name is Red
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Baltasar and Blimunda
The Piano Teacher
The Line of Beauty
I also finished, but really hated, In a Free State. ... Prize
1.The Gathering by Anne Enright
2.The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
3.The Sea by John Banville
4.The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
5.Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre
6.Life of Pi by Yann Martel
7.True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
8.Dis ... Sent The Line of Beauty off via Paperbackswap today. Another one I am happy to release into the wild world ... I finished The Line of Beauty but was not terribly keen on it. ... target="_blank"> The Line of Beauty - review
Did not finish. Just not very interesting. Dolley, by Rita Mae Brown
The Bomb, by Frank Harris
The Line of Beauty, by Alan Hollinghurst
Funeral Games, by Mary Renault
Election Results, by Louise Neaderland ... i'm in my workshop but this one really demanded my complete attention. highly recommended though.
yesterday i began the line of beauty by alan hollinghurst. ... books like Barrabas, The Birds and Snow are on the new list. I've been planning to read them anyway. And I liked both The Line of Beauty and A Dry White Season very much and had wondered why they weren't there in the first edition. The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a good additon too.
... ... Branch (1988)
33. The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion (2005)
34. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold (2002)
35. The Line of Beauty, Alan Hollinghurst (2004)
36. Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt (1996)
37. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (2003)
38. Birds of America, Lorrie Moore (199 ... ... persevered through. I am always afraid I will miss the point the author intended if I quit too soon. I got the point of Line of Beauty in the last few pages, and it was a long slog to get there.
I agree, varielle, although part of my goal in reading is to learn and grow, I wonder how much ... From Bookmooch, Saturday by Ian McEwan, The Line of Beauty by Allan HOllinghurst, and Like water for elephants from ealandaroi here on LT. A great week!
#2, scaifea - you've got some nice friends throwing you a baby book shower!! I'd forgotten Ferdinand, but loved it as a kid. Will hunt ... I just got my first mooch from Japan - The Line of Beauty and Saturday in one parcel, and they came in four days to New Zealand!!
I love book mooch. ... Tempest Williams
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant
The Interpreter: A Story of Two Worlds by Robert Moss (which ... ... Olov Enquist Boken om Blanche och Marie
8 "2666" Roberto Bolaño 2666
9 Den skjønne linje Alan Hollinghurst The Line of Beauty
10 Skyatlas David Mitchell Cloud Atlas
11 Berlinerpopplene Anne B. Ragde
12 "Ansiktet ditt i morgen" Javier Marías Tu rostro mañana
13 Hvi ... From BookMooch:
Stealing Jesus by Bruce Bawer
Stopped at the Goodwill yesterday and got:
The Line of Beauty by Allan Hollinghurst
Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
Blood Memory by Greg Iles
The Blue Nowhere by Jeffery Deaver
Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoul ... ... Monica Ali which I am loving and almost at the end of Chaos by James Gleick. After that, the only book left is The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst, another Booker winner - finished The Sea by John Banville last week. Then it's a trip to the second hand English ... ... Tarjei Vesaas
14. (145) Morder uten ansikt by Henning Mankell
15. (243) Juleoratoriet by Göran Tunström
16. (14) The Line of beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
17. (90) The reader by Bernhard Schlink
Currently reading: none from the list, can you believe it! ...
I haven't read all of the winners - although that is one of my goals - but the only one I have not liked so far is The Line of Beauty. ... sea by John Banville
3. The god of small things by Arundhati Roy
4. Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre
5. The line of beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
Special sauce recommendations!
1. Self by Yann Martel
2. The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios by Yann Martel
... ... Gang
2002: Yann Martel - Life of Pi
2003: DBC Pierre - Vernon God Little
2004: Alan Hollinghurst - The Line of Beauty
2005: John Banville - The Sea
2006: Kiran Desai - The Inheritance of Loss
2007: Anne Enright - The Gathering
Any thoughts?
Until yesterday I was in Thatcher's England with The Line of Beauty and then last night I jumped feet first into 1950s French colonial Vietnam with Pyle and Fowler in The Quiet American by Graham Greene. >buckifire
I've found a couple of Booker (and other) Prize winners to be like that also, but I think The Line of Beauty was more balanced in that respect than some.
I'm not sure what I'll be reading next on the list but I suspect Graham Greene might have something to do with it. Brighto ... Looks like I may have made a slight error. Turns out The Line of Beauty is not in fact on the 1001 list. Which means I'm still only at 100. On the plus side it was well worth the read, and it knocks one off my Booker Prize list anyway.
>buckifire
I enjoyed The Line of Beauty quite a bit. It ... ... dreamlikecheese, you reminded me that I'm reading a "double-lister" as well: Iris Murdoch's The Sea, the Sea which, like Line of Beauty, is on the 1001 list and won the Booker. And it's pretty good so far ... ... 1000 pagers in a row was a bit extreme!
dreamlikecheese (and others if you've read it) - let me know how you get on with The Line of Beauty - I wasn't sure how I felt about it! ... So much of Western culture and novel development came from these early oral "books".
Meanwhile, I started reading The Line Of Beauty last night. It's both a 1001 book and a Booker Prize winner so I can knock it off two lists. They were showing the mini series on TV a couple of weeks ... Judy, I didn't like The Line of Beauty either. The writing was good but towards the end I just couldn't see any point in the novel at all. ... Lee's very long yet comprehensive and interesting biography of Virginia Woolf. Fiction-wise, I'm powering through The Line Of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst as the mini-series is currently screening on the ABC. sussabmax: I really highly recommend it. It has just enough cleverness to keep a "smirk" on your face throughout!
8. The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
This was a Booker Prize winner, but if I was on the committee . . . it wouldn't have had a chance! I was bored from the start. I ... Just finished The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett, a very clever little book. Still trying to finish The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst as part of my plan to read all the Booker Prize winners. It is extremely tedious! Next up is The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman. ... same time I am reading with the Queen of England in An Uncommon Reader and visiting with some upper class London toffs in The Line of Beauty. ... at lunchtimes (a great read) and just finished The Restaurant at the end of the Universe. Now I am about to pick up The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst as part of my attempt to read all the Booker Prize winners. The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst ... go far beyond the specifically gay experience. I recommend his The Swimming-Pool Library, The Folding Star, and The Line of Beauty, which won the Man Booker Prize a couple of years ago. ... for a new thread!
I now have a couple of Booker Prize winners:
- Hotel du Lac (1984), from a local used bookshop
- The Line of Beauty (2004), from Paperbackswap Could I clarify first if you want to discount contemporary UK fiction like The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst: or novels by Sarah Waters with their strong lesbian themes running through them.
If you do exclude the UK, then I can think of the poet Constantine Cavafy, born in Alexandria ... ... by Khaled Hosseini
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
The Seven Daughters of Eve by Bryan Sykes
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
These High, Green Hills by Jan Karon
Yesterday I received Gap Creek by Robert Morgan thru Mooch.com Will the circle be unbroken?, by Studs Terkel
Tales of Times Square, by Josh Alan Friedman
The Line of Beauty, by Alan Hollinghurst
Octagon : Being an account of a famous Washington residence, by George McCue
lizzier in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 24 Feb 2007 (Mar 1, 2007, 12:26pm) Finished re-reading The Night Watch by Sarah Waters and also Crack in the line. The first re-read very well and who knows, I may yet return to it.
Have now started, during the insomniac hours, My name is red by Orhan Pamuk and am already speculating and feeling I should have a ... ... me who the killer is!
But with a literary novel, I don't think the same considerations hold. It would not have spoiled The Line of Beauty for me, for instance, to know the ending.
I do think that some people go completely overboard in trying to avoid spoilers. I'm truly annoyed by those ... ... a New Year's Day factory outlet book sale this afternoon... what a great way to start 2007!
This is what I picked up:
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Joe Cinque's Consolation by Helen Garner
Father Lands ... ... indeed!
I went to a reading by Mr. Hollinghurst at the University of Chicago, after he had won the Booker Prize for The Line of Beauty. In a bit of bad timing on the part of the organizers, it was held the night of the deciding game of the World Series, in which the south side baseball ... ... acclaimed work that I have forgotten.
I don't believe, however, that winning a prize guarantees longevity. For example, The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst won the Booker two years ago. I didn't think it was a superior novel and won't read Hollinghurst again. Most people I know have ... ... the Volcano (above), I've now received Arcadia by Jim Crace, and Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. Still waiting for The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst) and Under the Skin (Michel Faber).
So far, I've sent out Tender at the Bone (Ruth Reichl), Drinking Coffee Elsewhere (ZZ Pac ... ... I've read in the recent past so shy away from queer titles of late. The last fantastic queer-themed book I read was The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst, and wow I thoroughly enjoyed it. (The 3-hour British film adaptation is playing at our local film festival next Friday, and I'm ... ... two books mentioned about James, there is also Emma Tennant's Felony in which he appears, and Alan Hollinghurst's The Line of Beauty, where the lead character is writing a thesis on him. Bizarrely, all four of these books were published within 18 months of each other, which led to ... ... good.
As for contemporary novels to convince the unfaithful, I'd go with Atonement, What a carve up!, Cloud atlas, The line of beauty Everything is Illuminated, White Teeth, La classe de neige (any francophiles around?), The amazing adventures of Kavalier & Clay, and I'm leaving ... ... there's so little good gay SF (Samuel R Delany is the only other author that comes to mind).
I found the characters in Line of Beauty so unsympathetic that by the end I really didn't care what happened to them; The Folding Star is still my favourite Alan Hollinghurst novel ... outside my window . . . There's a lot of Wartime London in Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow and of course 80's London in The Line of Beauty
I almost forgot, Diary of a Nobody, the funniest introduction to Victorian London middle-class mores
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