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I was starting to think I was the only one who wasn't blown away by Peace Like a River . I just couldn't seem to connect with it.
... by Steven Galloway
Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
Wizard of the Crow by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Villette by Charlotte Bronte
Peace Like A River by Leif Enger
A City of Bells by Elizabeth Goudge
The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
Green Grass, Runni ...
... Storm by: Erik Larson
-The Ride of Our Lives by: Mike Leonard
-Cry, the Beloved Country by: Alan Paton
-Peace Like a River by: Leif Enger
-The Soloist by: Steve Lopez
-A Mercy by: Toni Morrison
-The History of Love by: Nicole Krauss
-The Grapes of Wrath by: Jo ...
I finally managed to finish reading Leif Enger's Peace Like a River . It's a well-written book with prose that many will appreciate, but the plot never really grabbed me. The book could count for either Minnesota or North Dakota. I'm choosing to count it for North Dakota.
... The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
*2) The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
*3) Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
*4) Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
*5) Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
6) The Brothers K by David James Duncan
7) Here is New York by E.B. White
8) The Portable Do ...
... hold so much interest if you're younger than 45. Before that I picked up a thin YA book from my daughter's shelf called River Boy by Tim Bowler which was a nice, quick read and quite moving despite it not having time to really flesh out the characters.
Just started Doris Lessing's The Habit ...
... MIA all of November. Not a very big month for me. I'll need to step it up to beat last year's number of 115.
103. Peace Like a River – Leif Enger
Rating: 3
104. Land of the Living – Nicci French
Rating: 3
105. The Knife of Never Letting Go – Patrick Ness
Rating: ...
... over Shakespeare's histories.
The last 2 books of the month were my least favorites -- A Walk in the Woods and Peace Like a River . Just not my cup of tea, but at least now I can say "yes" to the people who keep asking me if I've read them yet.
As I expected, it looks as though I ...
124. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Category: USA
125. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger, 3*
Categories: Contemporary Fiction, Books in my house
After a long string of books that I very much enjoyed, I finished November with these 2 books which I didn't much like. They've ...
#68 - Many thanks! So Brave, Young, and Handsome is a very different book than Peace Like a River , but most definitely a worthy follow-up. It packs a good dose of humor as well. I appreciate it when writers take their time with their work rather than trying to capitalize on their best-seller ...
>jhedlund- I liked your review of So Brave, Young, and Handsome. I have a new copy sitting in my tbr and btw: also loved Peace Like a River !
Finished So Brave, Young, and Handsome. Leif Enger's writing makes my toes tingle. Peace Like a River was a seminal book for me - one of those handful that grace you in a lifetime, so I knew better than expect that to happen twice. Luckily, with my expectations set appropriately, I was ...
Peace Like a River is a good choice for ND.
I would also recommend A Christmas Blizzard by Garrison Keillor. A good, funny little holiday read and it certainly makes you feel like you're in ND in winter. Brr!
... wa Thiongo and Germinal by Emile Zola
Nonfiction: Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov
May
Fiction: Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Nonfiction: I did not have an outstanding nonfiction read for May.
June
Fiction: The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Albe ...
... by D. H. Lawrence - Completed 25 Jan 09
- Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain - Completed 29 Sep 09
- Peace Like a River by Leif Enger - Completed 5 Feb 09
- The Good Mother by Sue Miller - Completed 3 Feb 09
- The Devil's Highway by Luis Albert ...
... Catcher in the Rye, The Outsider, Pernod, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Christmas Story, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Peace Like a River , Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Hiroshima and The Road. If you have read some of these, do you agree or disagree, and why?
3. The novel ...
I suggest Lost Horizon by James Hilton and Peace Like a River by Leif Enger. I read both recently and enjoyed them a great deal. Easy to read, interesting.
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.
... In the Footsteps of Marco Polo. I also still have So Brave and So Handsome which I checked out just because I loved Peace Like a River by the same author. I think a lot of these books are on your lists too, so I know I have some great choices. My plans for this weekend: Read and work ...
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger -I feel like I'm the only person who was meh about this book.
... by D. H. Lawrence - Completed 25 Jan 09
- Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain - Completed 29 Sep 09
- Peace Like a River by Leif Enger - Completed 5 Feb 09
- The Good Mother by Sue Miller - Completed 3 Feb 09
- The Devil's Highway by Luis Albert ...
lindapanzo/2 and sweeetbug/6 - Thanks for the mention of Peace Like a River . I recently finished it for my North Dakota read. Now one of my favorites!
Peace Like a River
#317 and I must have posted at the same time!
hemlokgang- Glad you enjoyed So Brave, So Young and Handsome! I have it sitting in my tbr. How did it compare to Peace Like a River ?
... (September, 4*)
2. The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson (October, 4 1/2*)
3. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger (November, 3*)
4. Heat Wave by Richard Castle (December, 2 1/2*)
5. Irregardless of Murder by ...
... Books)
7. Promises in Death by J.D. Robb (November, 3*, Series / Favorite Authors)
8. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger (November, 3*, Contemporary Fiction)
9. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (December, 5*, Women Author ...
My faves from the past 4 years, in no particular order:
FICTION
The Help
Out of Africa
The Handmaid's Tale
Peace Like a River
Sunshine (this was vampire fluff but I loved it)
The Power of One
NONFICTION
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Three Cups of Tea
My Life in France
Omnivore' ...
... Strout
4. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
5. What's the Matter With Kansas? by Thomas Frank
6. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
7. The Lost City of Z by David Grann
8. The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
9. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak ...
At the moment it's a tie between Peace Like A River by Leif Enger and The Clearing by Tim Gautreaux. Sci-fi/Fantasy is Flashforward by Robert J Sawyer,which is on t.v shortly!
... is a compelling story line.
2. Books I'd recommend that I've read over the past year or so are The Book Thief, Peace Like a River by Leif Enger, and The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry, which incidentally, has some of the same themes as yours. Also, MY all-time favorite ...
I loved Peace Like a River a great deal; however, Darling Jim was a surprise and very good, too.
... 09
- Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence - Completed 25 Jan 09
- Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain
- Peace Like a River by Leif Enger Completed 5 Feb 09
- The Good Mother by Sue Miller - Completed 3 Feb 09
- The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto ...
... Lucia by Adriana Trigiani
2. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
3. Ocean Star by DiMari
4. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
5. Saints at the River by Ron Rash
6.
7.
8.
9.
... Demon by Terry Brooks
August
27. On Writing by Stephen King
28. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
29. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
30. Misery by Stephen King
31. My Life in France by Julia Child (review below)
32. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
33. Sai ...
... in the Era of the Civil War and Reconstruction by Paul D. Escott; Down River by John Hart
North Dakota: Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Ohio: Let There Be Suspects by Emilie Richards
Oklahoma:
Oregon:
Pennsylvania:
Rhode Island:
South Carolina: Oolong Dead ...
Wonderful suggestions throughout this group! While looking at books to fit in this challenge, I decided to keep a list of my potential choices here. I'm putting no touchstones here in my books-to-be-considered list. My next post shows actual reading progress; finished books will be touchstoned ...
I will likely give Leif Enger's Peace Like a River a try.
#10 msf59 - two of the books on your list this quarter are among my favorites -- Peace Like a River and The Book Thief. What a great quarter you've had!
But so have I!! Here are mine:
The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Gods Behaving Badly ...
... this is what I came up with:
Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada easily a contender for best book of the year!
Peace Like A River by Leif Enger
Lost City of Z by David Grann
Guards by Ken Bruen
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
... one a try too, once I locate a copy. I look forward to your review!
#289/302: Glad you were able to Mooch a copy of Peace Like a River . I hope you enjoy it!
Just got Peace Like a River on BookMooch. Win!
Stasia, looks as if you had another good reading week. I liked Peace Like a River too. It has that hook that makes people remember it. Semantic Antics sounds interesting so I'll add it to the TBR lists.
I just picked up Peace Like a River at a book fair a few months ago because I liked the cover. Guess I actually have to read it now! Thanks for the validation!
... Agency series and couldn't get into it either. The series is very popular but not my cup of tea, I guess.
I'm adding Peace Like a River to the TBR pile 'cause it sounds sooo good!
It looks like you had some good reading this month!
@288-- I've heard a lot of good things about Undiscovered Country.
I just added Peace Like a River and Semantic Antics to my wishlist as well. ha
... progress. I continue to keep you both in my prayers.
And what a great reading week you've had! I'm glad that you liked Peace Like a River . It is one of my favorites. Did you know that Leif Enger's brother, Lin Enger, has also written a book? It's called Undiscovered Country. I haven't ...
#282: Thanks for dropping by, Hayley. I hope you enjoy Peace Like a River and One False Note (be sure to read the 1st book in the series, though).
#283: I knew I could count on you for a recommendation, Peter. Thanks, I will take a look.
Hi Stasia,
I can't believe how many books you have read this year!!
Just had a quick peep at Peace like a river and added it to my wishlist, also added One false note by Gordon Korman.
Better reading week for me than last week's.
This week's reads:
218. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger - I read Enger's second book So Brave, Young and Handsome, which I thoroughly enjoyed, before I read this one, but I loved this one; highly recommended and on my memorable ...
... micon
And the Dead Shall Rise
Move Your Shadow - Read 05/17/09
Shutter Island
Dog Man
Peace Like a River
dchaikin in Club Read 2009 : dchaikin's 2009 reading log (Apr 19, 2009, 9:56am)
... 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 Shriver
A Concise Chinese-Englis ...
Peace Like a River is one of my all-time favorite books. I loved the father with all his Jesus-like abilities and thinking--which I think is pretty funny coming from an atheist such as me, but it's true. It just goes to show that good writing and "good people" have mass appeal! :-)
#73: Peace Like a River is on my 'must-read' list for this year! I read one of Enger's books earlier this year, So brave, young, and handsome, and enjoyed it, so since you liked the writing of Peace, you may want to give that one a try as well.
31. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Ha, I read another book from my 999 list. This was a recommendation from the Desiring God blog. I didn't find it as moving or challenging as John Piper (which I would say is my loss, not his). It was a well told story with interesting descriptions of the ...
34. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger - 311 pp
Well told and I like the writing. Very interesting story about choices and consequences and how difficult it is to believe, especially for someone who wants to know they are in control of their own actions.
34. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger - 311 pp
This was a recommendation from one Piper to another and reviewed on the Desiring God blog. The writing was very good and the story was well told. It was an interesting story and I'm still trying to understand how I feel about it.
... I have not read it yet, but I think it's been well-reviewed, though perhaps it didn't earn as many superlatives as Peace Like a River . Peace Like a River was the first book chosen for Denver's "One City, One Book" program. Let me know how you like So Brave, Young and Handsome. Hav ...
http://www.librarything.com/work/2573123/details/35603861 and Peace Like a River I flung 'em both.
re:179 Niven and Pournelle are generally pretty good. I'm currently struggling thru Oath of Fealty but the rest of their work is better.
24) Peace Like a River by Leif Enger *****
I selected this book based on high praise here on LT and it may have surpassed my lofty expectations. Someone here, I'm sorry I forgot who, read this in one sitting and then started it over again. Wow, that's impressive! Me, I would rather savor it ...
I finished, very reluctantly, Peace Like a River by Leif Enger. I selected this book based on high praise here on LT and it may have surpassed my lofty expectations. Someone here, I'm sorry I forgot who, read this in one sitting and then started it over again. Wow, that's impressive! Me, I ...
Peace Like a River ! One of my all-time favorites! And whenever I think of Peace Like a River, I also remember how much I enjoyed Plain Song by Kent Haruf, a book I read right around the same time. (I can't believe Touchstone isn't working for such a beautifully written book that is so well ...
... can match that "first love" feeling/attachment to an author.
I SO agree. Last year I fell head over heels with Peace Like a River by Leif Enger, and even though I have a signed hardcover copy of So Brave, Young and Handsome, I'm afraid to read it.
amkie, I have Gods Behav ...
... 04/21/09
A Separate Peace
Cryptonomicon
And the Dead Shall Rise
Move Your Shadow
Shutter Island
Dog Man
Peace Like a River
...
... unfinished AUDIO
45) Don't Forget to Sing in the Lifeboats
46) The Widow of the South AUDIO
47) Grave's End
48) Peace Like a River
49) A Winter Haunting
50) Drood AUDIO
51) The Ice Queen
52) The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane AUDIO
53) The Minotaur by Barbara Vine AUD ...
... by Harry Bernstein. It's a strong memoir, in a similar style and subject matter as Angela's Ashes.
I'm starting Peace Like a River by Leif Enger. I know this book is a big LT favorite and based on the 1st few pages, it's going to be a winner.
I heartily second Peace Like a River and 84, Charing Cross Road. I have also recently enjoyed:
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
Plainsong by Kent Haruf
Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
... Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich
Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
The Beet Queen by Louise Erdrich
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman
... sometimes it feels good to at least know the reality of what war does to you, even after you come home.
Glad you loved Peace Like a River ; it's been a favorite and I think I've bought it for everyone in my family. Also loved A Prayer for Owen Meany. Both of them are evidence that good ...
Peace Like a River is on my list of 'must-reads' for this year, and I am going to have to move it up, especially since I enjoyed the other book of his that I read, So Brave, Young and Handsome, very much.
Just bought Peace Like a River today and look forward to reading it.
10) Peace Like A River by Leif Enger ( review )
Stasia - I'm so glad that you liked So Brave, Young, and Handsome. I hope that you'll like Peace Like a River too. Both are favorites of mine.
As always my TBR list grows when I visit your thread. I''m definitely adding Pied Piper to my list. I've seem to be reading several WWII-related ...
... by Leif Enger - I really liked this book and I appreciate the recommendation from porch_reader; I am slated to read Peace Like a River by Enger this year and based on how much I enjoyed this book, I have a lot to look forward to in Peace; highly recommended
68. The Secret History of ...
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Power and the Pursuit of Peace: Theory and Practice in the History of Relations Between States by F. H. Hinsley
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
The Stars, Like Dust by Isaac Asimov
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger; book club read
... not chasing wolves.
Unfortunately, or fortunately, I have to go to my Green Dragon book group tonite. We're discussing Peace Like a River . See you guys later.
... definitely put it at the top of your TBR pile. I'm supposed to be working right now, but I spent the morning finishing Peace Like a River by Leif Enger. WOW! I find it hard describe how much I liked this book. It was especially good to read something so well written after my last two ...
I'm supposed to be working right now, but I spent the morning finishing Peace Like a River by Leif Enger. I can see why AMQS loved it so much she immediately re-read it. WOW! I find it hard describe how much I liked this book. It was especially good to read something so well written after ...
When I finished Peace Like a River I immediately turned back to the beginning and read the whole thing again in one sitting.
I haven't read Peace Like a River yet, but last year a lot of LTers raved about it, so this one may be a better read for you. I hope so. It's frustrating to feel obligated to read a book you don't care for when there are so many good reads out there!
ETA I'll check back to see what you say ...
I hope your luck improves with Peace Like a River -- it is one of my favorites.
... genre fiction; what I need right now is a good mystery with a nice tidy resolution at the end. Unfortunately, it's on to Peace Like a River for another book discussion.
... genre fiction; what I need right now is a good mystery with a nice tidy resolution at the end. Unfortunately, it's on to Peace Like a River for another book discussion.
Oh, and that's five books for the year, so far.
I only finished 5 books this month, but my favorite is Peace Like a River .
Hi Maggie welcome to the group! I'm adding Peace Like a River , thanks for the review!
#43: Peace Like a River is on my must-read list for this year. Thanks for the review. It will be interesting to see how my thoughts on the book compare.
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Finished Peace like a River just now. I really enjoyed this book which takes the form of a boy's memoir of his family in the 1960s in North Dakota and Montana. This is not a child' ...
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Move Your Shadow
Shutter Island
Dog Man
The March - I promised Joyce not to read this one!
Peace Like a River
Tree of Smoke - Read 02/21/09
And in honor of Richard (because I was just going to leave the tickers where they were):
I recently finished Peace Like a River by Leif Enger and I am now reading Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten Troost. Both are good reads.
Let's see - I am taking a day off today and got my exercise by turning the pages of Peace Like a River which I am loving.
Oh, I vacuumed while the doggies attacked the vacuum cleaner machine. War it was! War.
OK, that's it for today.
I have started reading Peace Like a River and was instantly hooked. Very beautiful use of the language; evocative descriptions and already.... first 30 pages ... a gripping story.
I am in heaven.
I finished Peace Like a River yesterday, what a great suggestion for our book club, I think we will have lots of good discussions at our next meeting.
I am really enjoying Peace Like a River so far. Don't think it will last too much longer.
I just finished Lady Chatterley's Lover (what a waste of an ending). Now it's on to The Good Mother, and then Peace Like a River .
Thank you, Carol, I needed some encouragement to get started. I need to finish Lost Horizon and then I am on to Peace Like a River . February is just around the corner.
I started Peace Like a River and so far it is really good, I'm only in about 70 pages but I think this is going to be a good read.
... >
- Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence - Completed 25 Jan 09
- Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain
- Peace Like a River by Leif Enger Completed 5 Feb 09
- The Good Mother by Sue Miller Completed 3 Feb 09
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato-Peel Soc ...
I picked up the following books last night at Third Place Books:
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Mr. Timothy by Louis Bayard
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird
Jasper, we missed you!
February 10th we will be discussing Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
We are also each picking a read and posting it on this thread for March and later reads, so feel free to add your book suggestion and keep an eye on this thread for our future picks.
... Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy by William Barrett
- Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
- The Good Mother by Sue Miller
2. DD Books
- The Game of Kings
- Queen's Play
- The Disorderly Knights
- Pawn in Frankincense
- ...
... New Year to all and here is my Book No. 1...
1. So Brave, Young, and Handsome by Leif Enger...OK, so it was no Peace Like A River . I still thought the writing was top-notch and I enjoyed the rambling journey set in the waning days of the Old West. Some memorable characters, esp, ...
... >review )
9) Florida Roadkill by Tim Dorsey (review )
10) Peace Like A River by Leif Enger (review )
11) American Rust by Philipp Meyer (lauranav in 999 Challenge : Laura's Imperfect 999 Challenge (Dec 30, 2008, 4:20pm)
...
5. Jeremiah - done
6. Galatians - done
7. Matthew - done
8. Mark - done
9. Luke - done
5. Recommendations - done
1. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger - done
2. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer - done
3. How Long, O Lord? by D. A. Carson - done
4. ...
Imp - I second the recommendation of Peace Like a River . And I just read Enger's new book, So Brave, Young and Handsome, which I loved.
Happy TBR Building!
... Listing books and recomendees :)
At the moment I have
The Wave in the Mind by Ursula K LeGuin - sebourne @twitter
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger - sebourne @twitter
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue by John McWhorter - sebourne @twitter
Twice Told: Original Stories Inspired by Origi ...
One book of fiction, Peace Like a River by Leif Enger.
The rest are nonfiction:
The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton
Fred Astaire by Joseph Epstein
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression by Amity Shl ...
I'll add my endorsement for Peace Like a River -- I stayed up late one night to finish it, and then turned back to the first page and re-read the whole thing in one sitting. Yes, I was up most of the night. Yes, it was worth it.
avaland - perks indeed! I'm jealous! msf59 - do go to Peace Like a River . I have yet to meet someone who doesn't love this book.
... I just listed my book titles! Boring!
> jhedlund- I have both Leif Enger books in my tbr pile. Looks like I'll go to Peace Like a River first! January is starting to fill in!!
>115 the new one got a great review in Publishers Weekly, if I remember correctly.
My Peace Like a River is signed. I got to sit at his table at the American Booksellers "Booksense Awards" the year it won. I hadn't read the book at that time, but he impressed me with what he had to say about ...
... I was on a business trip and I made my husband go get the book, get it signed, and give him a letter about how much I loved Peace Like a River . I haven't read the new one yet, which by the way is So Brave, Young and Handsome. I loved Peace so much that I fear being disappointed. That being ...
Here goes:
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Kindness of Strangers by Katrina Kittle
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Hands down, my favorite book this year was Peace Like a River by Leif Enger.
Top in Fiction:
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Kindness of Strangers by Katrina Kittle
Top Memoir:
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls ...
... - Leif Enger - Finished December 7, 2008
I borrowed this book from my mom and dad. They both read it. I read Peace Like a River a few years ago, so I was excited to read another one by Enger. This one didn't disappoint. In So Brave, Young and Handsome, Enger tells the story of Mont ...
From AMQS's library, I chose Peace Like a River by Leif Enger. I have heard good things about the book.
... discussing The Absolutely True Diary of a part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie
February 10th we will be discussing Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Keep an eye on this thread for updates and please join us at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park if you can.
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
LOTR Series
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
The Sixteen Pleasures by Robert Hellenga
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Mila 18 by Leon ...
... Kushner
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
March by Geraldine Brooks
Peace Like A River by Leif Enger
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell
Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen
Mosqui ...
... by Ernest Gaines
95. Three Junes by Julia Glass
96. The Drowning Tree by Carol Goodman
August
97. Peace Like a River by Lief Enger
98. Lost and Found: A Novel by Carolyn Parkhurst
99. In the skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje
100. Cold Sassy Tree by ...
Peace Like A River looks good. I read some of the reviews here on LT and was impressed it could be both a good read and a good discussion.
As to November, I will probably just barely be able to finish the book but I am looking forward to talking about it.
So far, Pamur and Maggie1944 are ...
... for a book for December. I said we needed something very different than Crazy '08. She said she had just read Peace Like a River by Leif Enger and everybody in her book club liked it. Let me know what you think.
I like history and baseball so I am enjoying Crazy '08 but ...
... Francine Prose
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Crooked River Burning by Mark Winegardner
msf59: (re: Peace Like a River from the previous thread), as far as I know, he has only written one other book -- So Brave, Young and Handsome, which was published recently. I have not read it, but I definitely plan to. A few years ago, Peace Like a River was the first book chosen for One Boo ...
#269, msf59, Peace Like a River is one of my all-time favorites. I finished it late at night, and immediately turned back to the first page and read the whole thing again in one sitting. I hope you love it as much as I did.
... surrounding this author, for some time and since I now have it in my hot little hand, I have no excuse but to dive in.
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger. Another author I've heard great stuff about. This looks so good!
Where River Turns to Sky by Gregg Kleiner
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
The World of the French Revolution by Robert Roswell Palmer
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi
Stone Creek by Victoria Lustbader
Gap Creek by Robert Morgan
Mind the Gap by Simon James
... Trip to the Beach by Melinda and Bob Blanchard
A Cup of Tea by Amy Ephron
Sleep Toward Heaven by Amanda Eyre Ward
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Palace of Desire by Naguib Mahfouz
No:
Staircase of a Thousand Steps by Masha Hamilton
Steps and Exes by Laura Kalpakian
Dea ...
I second the Tomorrow series by John Marsden. Another recommendation would be Peace Like A River by Leif Enger. It is vaguely reminiscent of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
Here are my top five in order of preference:
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger - I'll be VERY surprised if I read anything that will edge this book out of my top spot for 2008
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls - Unbelievable!
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Me Talk Pret ...
... Wonders because it's much recommended here and because I loved March, and So Brave, Young and Handsome because I loved Peace Like a River and hope this one is as good.
... shelves were full and now the stacks are back in full swing. The Story of Lucy Gault, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, Peace Like a River , Prodigal Summer, Timbuktu, Cloud Atlas, Freddy and Fredericka, and The Raw Shark Texts. Do you think he'll notice?
As if that wasn't ...
to #97
I have been comtemplating the purchase of Peace Like a River on CD becuase another friend recommended it. With two recommendations I may have to cut loose with the money and buy it.
I thought Water for Elephants was good but not exceptional.
Hands down it's Peace Like a river by Leif Enger. In fact, it is one of the best books I've ever read. I also loved Water for Elephants. The most revelatory book would have to be A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle. Lots of good books already this year!
... the whole. Explores historical, cultural, religious, political influences, with an emphasis on narratives.
18. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Beautifully written, almost distractingly so, and a good story.
19. Flawed by Jo Bannister
A Brodie Farrell ...
... March book, I figure I'd better get going on this one so I can get a review in and keep my good ER name! I just finished Peace Like a River by Leif Enger, and I think it's one of the best books I ever read. I haven't said that in a long time (possibly since reading A Prayer for Owen Mean ...
jhedlund - I loved Peace Like a River ! I agree with you, the way he writes is beautiful.
Just finished Through the Narrow Gate and The Spiral Staircase by Karen Armstrong. They are both autobiographical, the first is a memoir of her career as a nun, the second is about her life after she ...
... Dating Big Bird yesterday, which was a nice light break from the heavier duty reading I'd been doing lately. I started Peace Like a River by Leif Enger last night, and I'm already hooked! His writing is gorgeous.
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
... conelli
4. Preparing Your Son for Every Man's Battle - Stephen Arterburn
5. The Rule of Four - Caldwell / Thomason
6. Peace Like a River - Leif Enger
7. She's Come Undone - Wally Lamb
8. The #1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
9. Jemima J - Jane Green
10. The Eye ...
Here is my list for the start of my
50 Book Challenge:
1) The Golden Tulip, Rosalind Laker
2) Peace Like a River , Leif Enger
3) The abstinence teacher, Tom Perrotta
4) Shield of Three Lions, Pamela Kaufman
5) The Bookseller of Kabul, Asne Seierstad
... MORE books in my TBR pile.)
citygirl - I think you would like Water for Elephants, A Cure for Death by Lightning or Peace Like a River .
... in France
Omnivore's Dilemma
White Man's Burden
The Third Chimpanzee
Bird of Life, Bird of Death
Fiction:
Peace Like a River
The Power of One
Sunshine
I'll be finishing Peace Like a River by Leif Enger unless the fireworks start up again, driving my greyhounds into stress-mode.
Books 71-80:
71. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
72. The Woven Path by Robin Jarvis
73. Sole Survivor by Dean Koontz
74. Cheating Death by Edwin Chen
75. Brother Odd by Dean Koontz
76. Anything Considered by Peter Mayle
77. Demon of the Waters ...
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I think I finished Peace Like a River Thursday, November 1. I tried to read Selected Letters by Jane Austen but they were to hard to follow. It was like being dropped into an Austen novel ...
... waiting for what already happened to happened. It really bugged me in the movie.
Tonight I am going to start rereading Peace Like a River . I actually only remember bits and pieces from before, but I remember that I really liked it.
This month we're reading Peace like a River by Leif Enger, I love this book and am only sorry that I must wait another week to discuss it, particularly since I regularly encounter some of the group members and we try to refrain comment until the meeting
A friend lent me a book a while ago that I haven't had time to get to yet, but he claims is excellent -- Peace like a river by Leif Enger.
Another suggestion for the same friend that I loved was myshelves in List Five Books Parlour Game : Rivers (name of river in title/subtitle) (Jun 17, 2007, 10:22pm)
... Kwai
Rhine Guide: from Mainz to Koblenz (1984 edition)
The Spell of the Yukon and other verses
Miami Blues
Peace Like a River (The Peace is a river)
... by Jung Chang
* Colombia - Memories of my Melancholy Whores by Garbriel Garcia Marquez
* Czech Republic - Disturbing the Peace: A Conversation with Karel Huizdala by Vaclav Havel
* Denmark - Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg
* Dominican Republic - How the Gar ...
... as it reminds me that all three bathrooms need literary refreshening.
How about suggested titles for the bathroom? Peace Like a River , Towelhead, Mountains beyond Mountains, Every Visible Thing or...*cough *cough*.... Howard's End.:-)
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