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18) White Teeth by Zadie Smith
19) Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O' Nan
20) Tethered by Amy Mackinnon
21) Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
22) A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
23) Dancing to the Concertina's Tune by Jan Walker
I've been on a Frank Lloyd Wright kick. I recently read The Women: A Novel by T.C. Boyle and Loving Frank by Nancy Horan. My interest was sparked by a visit to Falling Water and the Guggenheim Museum which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.
My mom enjoyed Loving Frank and passed it onto me, but I haven't read it yet. I think maybe her interest was swayed by, like Linda, having visited Falling Waters right around the time she read it.
... and some bios I've read. I couldn't get that image of a little, pompous know-it-all out of mind while I was reading Loving Frank , so just couldn't see the romantic potential there--ugh! And even though his first wife didn't come across so favorably either, I don't think his choice to ...
You know, Linda, that was the impression I had of him from just the short bit of Loving Frank that I listened to. I wasn't sure I could take a book with someone mooning so totally over someone who didn't impress me much. That's why I thought maybe a different book would shed a different light. ...
There's been no time to read deeply, and so I think I'll attempt Loving Frank as an airplane book in a week. In the meantime, I've been reading some Henning Menkell as a simple pleasure. Given the small bits of time available, I've dipped into the story collection, The Pyramid. Dour but ...
>7 - I liked, but did not love, Loving Frank . It made me want to read a non-fiction book about Frank Lloyd Wright.
Loving by Henry Green
I didn't like Loving Frank at all!
... 19th Wife by David Ebershoff in my MP3 player, The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin on my reading table, and Loving Frank in my car, which is about to come out. It may be a good book (is it? anybody?), but the audio version is awful. And occasionally I'll pick up The Brothers Ka ...
Book # 70 - The Likeness
Book # 71 - Loving Frank
Book # 72 - Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
Comments and reviews to follow as I am able to post.
Ruth/womansheart
35. Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
I finally read this book because my husband and I went to Taliesen a few weeks ago and I decided this would be the time to read it. I liked it more than I think I otherwise would because I could picture the house and I had just heard some of the history. And I ...
I bought it last week, so I am glad you liked it. Finishing Loving Frank first, since I was just to Taliesin last weekend.
... on reading Await Your Reply next, but my brain is pretty much mush so I am reading Jennifer Weiner instead. Picked up Loving Frank - I had passed along the arc I had years ago, thinking I would never read it - since my husband and I are going to Taliesin this weekend.
... by Preston/Spezi
3. Three Cups of Tea by Mortenson
4. Artic Drift by Cussler
5. Inside Out Girl by Cohen
6. Loving Frank by Horan
7. Waiting to Surface by Listfield
8. Righteous Men by Bourne
9. PS I Love You by Ahern
10. The Smart One & The Pretty One by LaZebnik
11. ...
#29 - sisaruus, my RL book club had a raging (which is always fun!) debate over Loving Frank . A couple of folks strongly dislike it when an author imagines and expresses those imaginings of the inner world of a person who truly existed, with no way to know the truth of their thoughts. What do ...
I'm reading Loving Frank by Nancy Horan.
My mom read Loving Frank in a day and a half-- she's not a reader, but if you're looking for a quick read, I recommend it from her testimony.
I haven't been able to pick up a book this weekend, but I have Birds of America, Assassination Vacation, and The Abstinence Teacher waiting for me ...
... forward to reading A Room with a View this evening! Bridget770 (message 15), you said that you were thinking of reading Loving Frank - I read it and thought it was excellent. My book club had a very provocative conversation about it!
... and The Pillars of the Earth. I need to find something to read in between. I'm thinking either American Rust or Loving Frank.
Parts of Loving Frank take place in Oak Park, and Chicago, IL. Also Taliesin in Wisconsin and parts of Europe and Japan.
Parts of Loving Frank take place at Taliesin near Spring Green. Also places in Europe and Oak Park, and Chicago, IL.
... by Lisa Gabriele
Still Life by Joy Fielding
Before I Wake by Robert J. Wiersema
Historical Fiction:
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
Coventry by Helen Humphries
Night Villa by Carol Goodman
Beside a Burning Sea by John Shors
Resistance by Anita Shr ...
#91 - Loving Frank by Nancy Horan, audiobook (library). The ending on this was completely unexpected for me! True event too!
... Silk
Personality
Boy A
The Art of Murder
As If I Am Not There
Tiny Deaths
World Without End
Shantaram
Loving Frank ,
The Gargoyle
With the mature reflection of 6 and a bit months into the year I can now cut that list down to a rather shorter A Thousand Splendid Sons, T ...
... the characters in The Emperor's Children and finally put it down. But as loathsome as I found the main characters of Loving Frank , I finished it because I knew roughly how it ended and I wanted to see how the author handled it.
Limericks, huh?
Loving Frank
There once was an architect named Wright
Who fancied a client first sight
They each left a spouse
The papers called him a louse
But in the end two wrongs just seemed right.
10. Kidder, Tracy, Mountains Beyond Mountains: such a hopeful book!
11. Horan, Nancy , Loving Frank:A Novel
... The meeting for that book is in February at someone else's house. The meeting at my house will be for the person who chose Loving Frank and will be in January.
We meet the first Sunday of each month at 7 p.m. except for strange holiday situations, when we meet the 2nd Sunday (usually Labor Da ...
... for me. It didn't grab me (the Brontes generally leave me cold), but now I know what it's about.
I plowed through Loving Frank , which I hated, largely because I knew roughly how it ended and I wanted to see how the author handled it.
...
Girl in Hyacinth Blue about a Vermeer painting.
People of the Book about an illuminated Haggadah.
Loving Frank about the affair between the architect Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney
The Women about the women connected to architect Frank Lloyd Wright
The Pi ...
... books in one volume, this)
The Brontes by Juliet Barker
Talk Talk and Drop City both by the inimitable T C Boyle
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
The Women again by T C Boyle
........these last two were downloaded to my Kindle...she must be fed as well
;-p
... I have been reading other books that don't fit into my categories. I still have 8 months, though. I did finish Loving Frank for my Historical Fiction list. I only gave it two stars. I didn't like either of the two main characters, and the story just didn't interest me all that ...
From siubhank's library, I choose Loving Frank .
... she had unrealistic expectations.
I'm most looking forward to reading the third part, about Mamah. I LOVED her story in Loving Frank .
Some quick light(ish) reading
12. Loving Frank
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These are books I have read in 2009 by authors that are new to me-
#1-Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
#2-The Mammoth Cheese by Sheri Holman
#3-The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver
#4-A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
#5-G ...
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These are books I have read in 2009 by authors that are new to me-
#1-Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
#2-The Mammoth Cheese by Sheri Holman
#3-The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver
#4-A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
#5-G ...
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Recapping my reading-
#1 is Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
#2 is The Mammoth Cheese by Sheri Holman
#3 is The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver
#4 is A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hossei ...
8. Loving Frank by Nancy Horan. I was disappointed in it, we read it for my book club. It was hard for me to get into. It was slow and rather dull. In some ways I could sympathize with Mamah but I didn't have a lot of compassion for her because she put herself in many of the situations she ...
... Maggie O'Farrell
This is Not Civilization by Robert Rosenberg
Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Conjurer's Bird by Martin Davies
Others that I would second are Independent People, The ...
I just added Nineteen Minutes and Loving Frank , both in hardcover. Also, All He Ever Wanted by Anita Shreve in paperback. Here's the link to my inventory:
http://www.bookmooch.com/m/inventory/jhedlund
... he had some racist sentiments at heart.
I've always had a fascination with Wright. I read Nancy Horan's novel, Loving Frank , about a year ago and didn't think too much of it. While Boyle's novel is the better of the two, I'm only giving it 3.5 stars.
... he had some racist sentiments at heart.
I've always had a fascination with Wright. I read Nancy Horan's novel, Loving Frank , about a year ago and didn't think too much of it. While Boyle's novel is the better of the two, I'm only giving it 3.5 stars.
... don't need
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
This is Not Civilization by Robert Rosenberg
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
The Conjurer's Bird by Martin Davies
... got an impressive head-start and indeed, quite the diverse reading list. Interesting! I'm seriously considering getting Loving Frank , as I wrote on another thread. I've read several times now that it's more Mamah Cheney's story than FLW's. I'm also fully expecting FLW to be an unsympathetic ...
I'm also curious about Loving Frank . It's been on my wish list since last year but I can't seem to make up my mind on whether I want to read it or not.
... Also T. C. Boyle's The Women (for which there is no touchstone yet). I have a fascination with Frank Lloyd Wright; Loving Frank was pretty bad, so I have higher hopes for this one.
... Tortilla Curtain as its next pick. What did you think of that one? I look forward to reading it. Also have you read Loving Frank about Frank Lloyd Wright? If so, how would you compare it to The Women--I had that one in my hand at Borders and put it back.
... characters in books, having just met two more of them in the historical novel The Given Day. The characters from Loving Frank keep sneaking into my mind again, even though it's been over a year since I read the story. I'm going to find it for a re-read.
... book on a second read. Another bleak read that left me a bit drained and sometimes not too keen to go on with it.
7. Loving Frank by Nancy Horan. Another Booksloth recommendation and another great book. I was hooked just a couple of pages in by this story of Frank Lloyd Wright and his ...
... in the category of authors that are new to me. The Mammoth Cheese My 2nd book is also from an author that is new to me-Loving Frank and my 3rd book is a new author-The Post-Birthday World So I only need 6 more of those,right? And if I want I can use any of these in other categories, also?
Hi Jody,
Just checking in on your list this year. You are off to a great start! I read Loving Frank and enjoyed it more than I can explain. I think Horan gave the book a pleasant tone that made me want to listen to what Mamah had to say. I know FLW was rather arrogant, but yes, the end was a ...
7. Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
Based on the real life love affair between architect Frank Lloyd Wright and clients wife Mamah Cheney. Started out liking Frank but this story really belongs to Mamah and she is the real star of the book. Abandoning spouses and children they are forced to flee ...
Linda - I'll be interested to see what you think about Loving Frank when you get a chance to read it. I also noticed that T. C. Boyle has a book called The Women: A Novel about all of Frank Lloyd Wright's wives and mistresses. It comes out next month. I know that you often read several books ...
I've been on my local libraries long list of those wanting Loving Frank . Thanks for your great review..
Book #4 - Loving Frank - Nancy Horan - Finished January 11, 2009
Loving Frank is a fictionalized account of the life of Mamah Borthwick Cheney, who had an affair with Frank Lloyd Wright in the early 1900s. Horan does a great job of describing what life was like for women during this time ...
... titled The Women . Apparently no touchstone on this this one as yet. I enjoyed reading about one of these women in Loving Frank by Nancy Horan.
... and a running total of pgs read-(I find this to be a bit of a compulsion so please humor me)genre(s) of book(s)-
1) Loving Frank historical fiction/romance
pgs-359
I recommend you read it if you like a quick
but on-target historical/fiction book.
... time I put another book in here. Positive thinking, and decidedly not fortune-telling. The first book I read this year is Loving Frank . You can look for my review from my profile unless I can get a link in here. I am determined to get better at all this computer fol-de-rol. To be brief about ...
... Silk
Personality
Boy A
The Art of Murder
As If I Am Not There
Tiny Deaths
World Without End
Shantaram
Loving Frank
The Gargoyle
Whew! That wasn't easy! I'm sure I've missed a few that should have been there but the list would have got completely out of hand - so now ...
STCP was my SantaThing gift this year. Can't wait to read it, right now I'm rading Loving Frank
... a link so others can click on it and be connected to information about the book, the cover, etc? When you post the book put Loving Frank around it and it will become a touchstone. Maybe I'm just butting in, but sometimes people don't realize they can do it. Hope that helps if you want the help ...
... early 1900's with Mamah (Maymah) Cheney who has just fallen in love with the charismatic Frank Lloyd Wright. I'm reading Loving Frank by Nancy Horan. I've just begun but I like it already. Look for my review. M
#1 is Loving Frank , by Nancy Horan, a fictional account of the life and love of Frank Lloyd Wright. This book got fantastic reviews in more than one place. I hope I can add mine to the list. P
...
Inkspell enjoyable fluff. Luckily, the book reached me before the hype did, which improved my reading of it no end.
Loving Frank - a real gem, beautifully written and full of heart. The ending left me feeling as if I'd been clumped on the head with a brick.
A Doll's House - my ...
... set of four Charlie and Lola books added to his/her library.
And to mine I added The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson and Loving Frank by Nancy Horan, both recommended by Booksloth, plus Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates and The Blindfold by Siri Hustvedt.
I've been stalking Revolutio ...
... Conrad
RAGTIME by E.L. Doctorow
THE OLD WIVES' TALE by Arnold Bennett
THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London
LOVING by Henry Green
MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN by Salman Rushdie
TOBACCO ROAD by Erskine Caldwell
IRONWEED by William Kennedy
THE MAGUS by John Fowles
WIDE ...
Did anyone dislike Loving Frank ? I read it over the summer and was very disappointed but everyone else that I know thought that it was good. I'm just wondering if there was something that I missed.
Loving Frank . Looking forward to this; I've heard good things!
... straight architectural book, perhaps.
The Frank Lloyd Wright book is a nudgoid, based on my love for his architecture. Loving Frank by Nancy Horan is a novel about the early years of Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney, which explores quite a bit about his architecture and personal life ...
... of my family often feels neglected at home, my grandsons take priority over reading! ;-)
#138 Whisper1
I brought Loving Frank with me to read in Chicago, but I may have to take it home to read. I've already borrowed about 6 books from the library here to take home and can't possibly ...
... and Potato Peel Pie Soceity. It is one of my top reads for 2008.
I am on the waiting list at my local library for Loving Frank . A few years ago I visited his house near Pittsburg, PA called Falling Water. The guide had so not so nice things to say about him.
I will also look for ...
Congratulations - an inspiration to us all!!
Now I have to add Loving Frank and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society to my list - don't think it will be this year but perhaps they will lead off for next year's 75.
...
4. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
5. Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier ***Finished 2/7/09***
6. Loving Frank by Nancy Horan ***Finished 4/15/09***
7. Lavinia by Ursula L. Le Guin ***Finished 5/20/09***
8.
9.
... (Claire Ferguson/Russ Alstyne) (library)
2 "Chicago" books (going there in November):
The Devil in the White City
Loving Frank (read mixed reviews, but I own it so I will try it)
1 Borrowed book I need to return:
Running Blind by Lee Child--I was encouraged to try another of his ...
... to Death (Claire Fergusson/Russ Alstyne)
"Chicago" books (going there in November):
The Devil in the White City
Loving Frank (read mixed reviews, but I own it so I will try it)
Borrowed book I need to return:
Running Blind by Lee Child--I was encouraged to try another of his by ...
Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi
Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
Wisdom of No Escape and the Path of Loving Kindness by Pema Chodron
Finnished Loving Frank Nancy Horan this afternnon. It was an ok read.
Glad I checked it out from the library instead of buying it. It is not a reread.
From the library,
Loving Frank Nancy Horan
Nightshade Susan Wittig Albert
The Meaning og Everything Simon Winchester
Also checked out the John Adams dvd.
Two BookMooch requests went out the door:
Loving Frank went to England and The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger went to Canada.
... and is now furious. Did the author have an obligation to run the novel by the cellist? Additionally, since we discussed Loving Frank at this meeting, one member said she had real trouble with creating fictional interior monologues and intimate dialogue which has no basis in fact. I didn't ...
Not in any specific order:
Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Fear and Trembling by Amelie Nothomb
A Week in October by Elizabeth Subercaseaux
... a couple excellent, 3-4 mediocre, and the rest very good. My top five:
No Country for Old Men
Small Island
Loving Frank
About Alice
84 Charing Cross Road
Honorable mention to: The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher, Sounds of the River, Skeletons at the Feast, and People ...
... about what is going on there. ANOTHER MEMOIR! I’ll let you know if she whines. ;-)
From Costco
Horan, Nancy: Loving Frank – because someone on LT raved about it and I love architecture in general and Frank Lloyd Wright in particular, I’m going to Chicago in November where his ...
Thanks for the post regarding Loving Frank . WOW. yet another book that I would not have heard about save for this group of very interesting readers.
I've added this one to my list of tbr. A few years ago I visited falling water, his house in PA. The tour guide was very informative ...
... join in a group read of Kristin lavransdatter. I was blown away by his imagery as far as I had read.
Really enjoyed Loving Frank on multiple levels, socio-politically, as a love story, and as a window into the life of Frank Lloyd Wright.
I thought The Blue flower was marvelous. I ...
What are your thoughts on Loving Frank ?
Just finished Little Women, again. And I am finishing The Poisonwood Bible.
Next 'women's' novel is Loving Frank but I think I am losing interest in current novels with a woman's pov. I want both sides.
... they choose that one. I love to read classics so I'm happy to know about this group. I will be joining, I'm sure. Also, Loving Frank sounds like a winner--I'll be adding that to my list of books to read.
MusicMom......go to:
http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?newpost=1&topic=44605#top
Finished Loving Frank by Nancy Horan. Wonderful book on multiple levels. Love story, architectural history and specifically Frank Lloyd Wright, sacredness in relationship, global woman's ...
I am in Florence waiting out the aftermath of social disgrace along with Mamah Borthwick and Frank Lloyd Wright and Loving Frank .
"She closed her eyes and waited for it to pass."
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
"Caught you doing what?"
"She shrugged sadly."
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
"Oh Lord, she thought, what am I getting myself into?"
"Don't you find any of them beautiful? said Mamah."
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
"What better place could there be for you than in your own living, breathing skin?"
Working my way into the society structure of 1903 Chicago while Loving Frank by Nancy Horan.
"Mattie looked skeptical."
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
"Well, she looks just the same, doesn't she?"
Finished The Blue Flower, and what a little gem it is! Just about to start Loving Frank by Nancy Horan for my September book club read. I haven't spent too much time in the car lately, so I am still listening to The
Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen.
"From Martha's bedroom window, a shrill giggle echoed against the walls."
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
Just finished The Blue Flower and thought it was a real gem of a story! Just about to start Loving Frank by Nancy Horan which is my September book club read.
Thanks for the congrats, everyone! Is there a 100 book challenge? :)
76 - Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
The Food and Cooking of Finland by Anja Hill
The Food and Cooking of Sweden by Anna Mosesson
Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics by bell hooks
Goddesses in Older Women: Archetypes in Women Over Fifty by Jean Shinoda Bolen
I'm not sure how popular it is, but I'm reading Loving Frank by Nancy Horan. It's about Frank Lloyd Wright, fiction. Slow going, told from the point of view of his married lover.
WHL, I completely agree with your motto. We eat very little meat, but now and then I must have steak, lamb or ...
Someone passed along a copy of Loving Frank to me while I was on vacation. It is not a book I would have chosen, but hey, it was free. It was much better than I expected. I've read about Frank Lloyd Wright before and knew that he was an egomaniacal jerk, so I couldn't imagine him as the subject ...
From BookMooch:
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
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Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
Finished my adult novel for Tuesday night's Book Club this afternoon: Loving Frank . I do recommend it as a change of pace from teen books--it surely can't be easy living with a genius!
Then it's back to Un Lun Din which I had set aside for fear of not finishing Loving Frank in time.
I ...
... (I think there are six on the list) but it's the first one I've really enjoyed. I only wish I'd read the previous two (Loving and Party Going) in the same way. Oh well, three down, three to go!
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Small Island, slow read, but excellent
Skeletons at the Feast
People of the Book
Honorable mention: Loving Frank
... Lun Dun which is pretty good, but since I tend to read fantasy rather slowly, I've set it aside in order to get through Loving Frank by Nancy Horan (adult) for my book club next week.
... a book devoted to Gatty. Ophelia's Fan by Christine Balint is my current nighttime reading and I also just finished Loving Frank by Nancy Horan. Good biographical fiction.
I really enjoyed Salman Rushdie's latest book, The Enchantress of Florence and for fun, Darkly Dreaming ...
... Jewish boy, I would have hated living in that part of Europe in those times.
#95 - So glad to hear of someone else reading Loving Frank . One of my favorite books. Nancy Horan has written a great story, and even tho' one knows how it will turn out in the end, still worth every page.
... discussing Patagonia and its environs Voyage of the Beagle; also in Illinois with Mamah Cheney and Frank Lloyd Wright Loving Frank .
Finished Things Fall Apart so started Loving Frank , only a few pages in, but enjoying it already.
#36/#86 - I'm a huge Rick Bragg fan. Be sure to read Ava's Man when you're done, it's about Charlie, his grandfather. I recently finished The Prince of Frogtown which is his newest ...
I finished Loving Frank this week. I almost didn't finish it because of the interweb. The main character, Mamah Borthwich (I think that's how you spell it), was described over and over again as very beautiful. Curious, I googled her. The first hit, wikipedia, gave away the ending in the very ...
... Kyle c. 2007 (fiction)
18. 4-27-08: Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet by Joanne Proulx c. 2008 (fiction)
19. 5-4-08: Loving Frank by Nancy Horton c. 2008 (fiction)
20. 5-16-08: Seven Types of Amgiguity by Elliot Perlman c. 2003 (fiction)
21. 5-20-08: The End of East by Jen Soo ...
... it. I have put aside The Homecoming by Bernhard Schlink to continue with the love story theme and I have picked up Loving Frank . I can't comment on this one yet but I've been looking forward to it.
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I second the recommendations above for Property, The White, Alias Grace, and anything by Rose Tremain.
I read Loving Frank . It was OK. Focus is more on Mamah Cheney as a "feminist" (put in quotes because I'm not sure I really see her as one) than on Wright.
I just bought Loving Frank: A Novel by Nancy Horan. It looks like perfect summer reading. I'll give you the Amazon blurb:
I have been standing on the side of life, watching it float by. I want to swim in the river. I want to feel the current.
So writes Mamah Borthwick Cheney in her diary ...
I just bought Loving Frank: A Novel by Nancy Horan. It looks like perfect summer reading. I'll give you the Amazon blurb:
I have been standing on the side of life, watching it float by. I want to swim in the river. I want to feel the current.
So writes Mamah Borthwick Cheney in her diary ...
possession: A Romance looks great.
Has anyone ever heard about Loving Frank: A Novel by N. Horan?
... Lewis 4/6/08
17. Middle Sex by Jeffery Eugenides 4/28/08
18. Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis 5/5/08
19. Loving Frank by Nancy Horan 5/13/08
20. The Camel Bookmobile by Masha Hamilton 5/19/08
21. The Muse Asylum by David Czuchlewski 5/26/08
22. The Lightning ...
... he'll notice?
As if that wasn't enough, I hit the library on the way home for Beginner's Greek, Christine Falls, Loving Frank , and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. It's a good thing summer break is less than two weeks away.
... to add to my BookMooch inventory. They include some highly wishlisted titles like Absurdistan, The Gathering, and Loving Frank . I'm going to go add them right now so mooch away.
http://www.bookmooch.com/m/inventory/mcna217
The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
Trail of Crumbs by Kim Sunee
Without a Map by Meridith Hall
Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
... the by) this Sunday at 2PM.
Then on March 20th, they have their Book Club and they're featuring a discussion based on Loving Frank (another wacky touchstone) by Nancy Horan.
Unfortunately the museum does not have an RSS feed. To boot, even if they did, you'd really need to sift ...
#52 I read Loving Frank . It was OK. Yes, it's based on fact; Wright and Mamah Cheney were both married to others when they eloped. I did like that the book also details her own work as a feminist instead of just focusing on the affair.
So far I have one for the best of 2008
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan...will discuss it next week in a book group. Should be lively.
Started Loving Frank last night.
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4. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
5. Loving Frank by Nancy Horan*
6. Nefertiti by Michelle Moran*
7. Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
8. Pope Joan by Donna Cross
Books About Books:
1. The ...
... as a Young Man James Joyce
2. Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own Isaac Asimov
3. Goodbye, Mr. Chips James Hilton
4. Loving Danielle Steel
5. Asking for Trouble Elizabeth Young
6. About a Boy Nick Hornby
7. Dirty Work Stuart Woods
8. Deadly Embrace Jackie Collins
9. Remember ...
... read fewer books this November than in any other month for the last two years so it makes it easy to choose a favorite: Loving Frank by Nancy Horan. It's the story of Frank Lloyd Wright and his long-term affair with Mamah Borthwick Cheney, the scandal it caused, the course of their ...
I've read a few duds this month (I Think of You and Edith Wharton) and a few OK books (Scandal of the Season, Loving Frank ). I'm a little more than halfway through The Accidental, which promises to be my top book for October--barring disaster.
#21 teelgee, I loved The Hours and Mrs. ...
I just left 1914 Wisconsin and the remains of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesen, as I finished Loving Frank . Now I'm shuttling between England and Egypt as I read Ahdaf Soueif's short stories collection, I Think of You (wrong touchstone).
62. Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
63. Edith Wharton by Hermione Lee
... at the society and situation that inspired Alexander Pope to write The Rape of the Lock. Have about 20 pages left in Loving Frank by Nancy Horan. It's based on the scandalous and ultimately tragic life of Mamah Borthwick Cheney, a married woman and mother of two who ran off with Frank ...
... year. Life has been incredibly busy. (I'm not including all the books I'm reading to my 3 1/2-year-old grandson.)
25. Loving Frank: A Novel by Nancy Horan.
A fictionalized account of the love affair between Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Borthwick Cheney, based on real events. Very good ...
... Hardy
The Big Over Easy, Jasper Fforde
The Good Thief, Hannah Tinti
The Secret History, Donna Tartt
Loving Frank: A Novel , Nancy Horan
First among sequels, Jasper Fforde
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer
American Gods, ...
I had some good coupons, so I made a Border's stop today. I came back with:
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Royal Harlot by Susan Holloway Scott
and a book on living with arthritis.
I listened to Atonement ...
I'm currently reading Nancy Horan's Loving Frank . It's about Frank Lloyd Wright's lover and mistress Mamah Chenney. It's incredibly lovely! Even though I already know what's going to happen because it is based off of fact, It's still really enticing.
... the arts and crafts movement, but also had an affair with Dante Gabriel Rosetti.
#3--> I just read a recommendation for Loving Frank . Sounds good!
I haven't read it yet, but I'm looking forward to Loving Frank , a new book about the woman Frank Lloyd Wright abandoned his family for. It sounds like it will be a very interesting story about some fascinating people.
