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... Black Narcissus and Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy; Katherine Hulme's A Nun's Story; and Anne Patchett's The Patron Saint of Liars.
There's also Muriel Spark's The Abbess of Crewe, but that's more political satire than it is about nuns.
Louise Collis wrote a ... I read my first work of fiction by Ann Patchett, The Patron Saint of Liars. Even while having enjoyed her writing style in Truth and Beauty, I was unsure if this would carry over into her fiction. It did. Wonderfully written. Powerful story. Complex characters.
That having been said, I have ... ... it helps -- I read The Magician's Assistant and liked it well enough to keep pursuing Patchett's whole list. (I'm on to The Patron Saint of Liars soon, and then Run). It was an easier read than Bel Canto but nowhere near as stunning. #68 - I thought The Almost Moon was a very good book, although it was disturbing. Also, I think The Patron Saint of Liars is my favorite Ann Patchett book.
I am currently reading What Maisie Knew by Henry James and enjoying it. ... Moon, which just really reached me since my grandmother has finally been diagnoised with dementia. Currently reading The Patron Saint of Liars and I am finding it to be very enjoyable. ... 22/2008)
13. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells (completed 4/27/08)
14. The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett (completed 05/01/2008)
15. Size 12 is not Fat by Meg Cabot (completed 5/15/08)
16. Size ... "888 Challenge: Read 8 books in each of 8 categories during 2008." It feels big -- 64 books! -- since I’ve read only ~45 books per year in each of the last 5 years.
But this year's choices are well-screened: every book designated by "#" comes from my to-be-read shelves -- books I already own ... I’m taking the 888 Challenge: "Read 8 books each in 8 different categories in 2008."
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Edited to move remainder of post to LT's 888 Challenge group.
Thought it might be good to kick off the group with a list. Here's what I've got.
Lying Awake
Patron Saint of Liars
Abbess of Crewe
In This House of Brede
Black Narcissus
Holy Fools
Clerkenwell Tales
Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy
Also read some of the Margaret Frazer ... ... Dessen
6. The Color of Water by James McBride
7. A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass
8. Candide by Voltaire
9. The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett
10. The October Country by Ray Bradbury
11. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
12. I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
13 ... #103, I liked The Patron Saint of Liars better than The Magician's Assistant, but Bel Canto is definitely better than both. I haven't read Truth & Beauty: A Friendship (touchstone not loading) because I read an excerpt in a magazine and it annoyed me.
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