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49. THE SHIPPING NEWS by Annie Proulx - This was an interesting novel about a young widower discovering his family's history while making a new life for himself and his daughters .

And UN-recommends - again based purely on my own taste - would be Waiting for Godot, In a Free State and The Shipping News and The God of Small Things though I do know I'll be in a minority on a couple of those. Quick count up - have read 63, several more on Mount TBR

... Alan Paton Heat and Dust, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth, Malcolm Pryce Shipping News Annie Proulx All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy Midnight's Children, Slaman Rushdie The Dic ...

Still working my way thru The Shipping News . Its an interesting story , but I'm not loving it . Guess I wasn't expecting so much of the story actually being about ships . LOL

Started reading The Shipping News .

Moving to the Newfoundland Coast in The Shipping News .

From the library I got Gilead and The Shipping News .

>4 I really enjoyed The Shipping News when I read it and I need to get to Gilead it's on mount toobie.

I'm planning to start The Shipping News within the week .

I'll be reading The Shipping News and Gilead .

I'll be getting The Shipping News sometime this week .

... and then finished Widows. On the Line by Serena Williams with Daniel Paisner Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns The Shipping News by Annie Proulx When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman And I almost forgot Anan ...

Guess it's time to head west. Yes, The Shipping News is definitely set in Newfoundland, although Proulx is from the US. For your western provinces, I recommend: BC: Stanley Park, Timothy Taylor, Eleanor Rigby, Douglas Coupland, The Sad Truth About Happiness, Anne Giardini ...

The Shipping News by Annie Proulx

This month I'm planning on Gilead and The Shipping News .

... the D'Urbervilles. I went back to them later, really enjoyed them, and they are now two of my favorites. I HATED The Shipping News, White Tiger and The Unconsoled, but finished them all, complaining every step of the way. The Shipping News won a Pulitzer, White Tiger won the Man Booke ...

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.

... Mount TBR 125 The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 126 Pereira Declares: A Testimony 129 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin 133 The Shipping News 134 Trainspotting on Mount TBR 135 Birdsong 140 What a Carve Up! on Mount TBR 141 A Suitable Boy 142 The Stone Diaries 145 The Robber Bri ...

The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx

... fiction, novels, poetry, essays, cultural history, Victorian/Edwardian era travel writings. All over the map, really. Shipping News, The Wind in the Willows, Oscar Wilde, Saki, To Kill A Mockingbird, Winesburg, Ohio, "Hitchiker's Guide" books Since 40 - Guy Davenport's ...

... fiction, novels, poetry, essays, cultural history, Victorian/Edwardian era travel writings. All over the map, really. Shipping News, The Wind in the Willows, Oscar Wilde, Saki, To Kill A Mockingbird, Winesburg, Ohio, "Hitchiker's Guide" books Over 40 - Guy Davenport's ...

From KimB's library I chose The Shipping News by,E. Annie Proulx

... in My Closet 1. Larry's Party, Carol Shields (Jan 9) 2. Travelers' Tales Tuscany, James O'Reilly ed. (Apr 29) 3. The Shipping News, E. Annie Proulx (May 28) 4. The Enchanted April, Elizabeth von Arnim (July 11, read within 50 miles of where the book was set) 5. Paula, Isabel Alle ...

Proulx's The Shipping News in a pairing with The Ashley Book of Knots. Os.

I loved Snow Falling on Cedars. It felt like a cross between a better version of The Shipping News (which I did not like) and To Kill a Mockingbird. Guterson expertly conveys the spirit of all the characters, relationships, events, etc. That explanation is the best way I can describe it. T ...

A few months ago I really enjoyed The Shipping News. I haven't counted it though because I'm hoping to read something written by a Newfoundlander.

... Jacob's Room, Virginia Woolf Vile Bodies, Evelyn Waugh The Geography of Bliss, Eric Weiner 2nd Quarter The Shipping News, E. Annie Proulx The Robber Bride, Margaret Atwood Portrait of a Lady, Henry James Late Nights on Air, Elizabeth Hay Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbea ...

I think The Shipping News was set in Newfoundland and Labrador, not Nova Scotia. Some NS books could be Fall on Your Knees,or The Birth House.

... Roy's The Tin Flute Prince Edward Island: all the Anne of Green Gables books Nova Scotia: Anne Proulx's The Shipping News Guess it's time to head west.

... c. As for titles, I will just throw out a couple that I already have on my TBR! The Robber Bride Suite Francaise The Shipping News The Stone Diaries The Remains of the Day Love in the Time of Cholera Slaughterhouse-five The Magus A Farewell to Arms A Passage to Indi ...

... I did get my hands on 3 particularly wonderful books, by which I mean beautiful prose coupled with great story: 1. THE SHIPPING NEWS : A NOVEL, by E. Annie Proulx. "'What do you think,' she said. Her voice was rapid. 'You want to marry me, don't you? Don't you think you want to marry ...

... I've read, and it was recommended to me by a native Newfoundlander as much better and more reflective of that province than The Shipping News. Maritimes? Loved No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod.

... how a family took in a foundling that probably came off a ship that foundred off the coast. For many, Annie Proulx's Shipping News is their big introduction to Nfld. It is set in the NW of the island, and I only lived on the opposite SE corner, so I was unable to fully identify with the ...

... is really on the pitiful side. These are the 3 Fiction Winners I've read and are still in my library. March 2006 The Shipping News 1994 Gone with the Wind 1937 Quite a while ago I read The Yearling 1939 The Good Earth 1932 Very soon I hope to read To Kill a Mocking Bi ...

... haunting book 3rd Degree by James Patterson Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich...she is very amusing The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx...loved the knots Suspicion of Guilt by Barbara Parker

Janetaileen . . . I loved the knots in The Shipping News too! I looked up the source on Amazon.ca (was it Ashley's Book of Knots?), and it was really expensive--$72 CAN. Guess I won't be buying that one.

I just finished The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx. Loved the knot sketches and descriptions.

I finished The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx. Many people loved this book, I am not one of them. It is an award winning novel. The best part for me was the knots.

Bingo! Quoyle from The Shipping News. Over to you!

39. The Shipping News, E. Annie Proulx Contemporary lit, 1993 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Why I read this now: This is a borrowed book that I needed to return. Comments: I liked this one, but I can't say exactly why. I guess I liked the evocative, inventive writing style mixed with ...

I think you'd have to include The Shipping News, and also Thousand Acres, and The Road. Gritty, all three.

... es 105. Great Expectations 106. Parades' End 107. Veronika Decides to Die 108. Where Angels Fear to Tread 109. The Shipping News 110. The Graduate

39. The Shipping News, E. Annie Proulx Contemporary lit, 1993 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Why I read this now: This is a borrowed book that I needed to return. Comments: I liked this one, but I can't say exactly why. I guess I liked the evocative, inventive writing ...

29. The Shipping News, E. Annie Proulx Categories: Oldest Books in My Closet & Prize Winners Comments to follow on my 75 Book thread at some later time.

... put it down until I finished it. Lots of mystery and intrique, and I love that it's set in Iceland. Nickelini, I started The Shipping News but didn't enjoy it enough to finish it, although it's a well-written book. In answer to your question, yes, I thought she got the atmosphere right. It ...

I'm currently reading The Shipping News, which I've heard authentically represents Newfoundland. However, I've never been to Newfoundland, so I have no idea if that's true. Does anyone know? Did Proulx get it right?

... me or have some other reason to continue it, I drop it after 50 pages. There are, of course, exceptions to this rule. The Shipping News was a prime example. I thought it was a well written book, but the characters were odd and I couldn't figure out where the book was going. Still I ...

... I might be one of them. Anyway, I'm reading Portrait of a Lady and when I'm not in the mood for that, I'm reading The Shipping News. Both are good so far.

I'm at the coast of Newfoundland with The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx. What a fantastic book! - Anyone else here who like me use to check out the scenery of a book with the help of Google Earth?

A belated welcome and i agree with you on The Shipping News! Glad to have you!

I had to put The Shipping News down. It was just far too bleak for me. I did end up liking the movie though, which is strange. That almost never happens.

#15 I didn't like The Shipping News either. I can't figure out why it's so wildly popular. Oh well, different strokes.... edited for spelling

I started and finished The Shipping News today. I was underwhlemed to say the least. I also started White Tiger today, and I love it so far. I really need to start The Plague of Doves as well.

25. The Shipping News I didn't really like this book, though it was well written wtih a lot of beautiful imagery. I thought the book was slow, and the characters weren't very interesting. I just see much of a story in it.

... of the Israeli ambassador to France. I couldn't even read more than a few pages of The Secret Life of Bees, The Shipping News was terminally boring, and The Kite Runner was odd and schmaltzy. Did enjoy An Instance of the Fingerpost and The Shadow of the Wind. But thats ...

I started The Shipping News today. I'm about 65 pages into it, and a lot happens in those first pages, yet the story seems slow. I'm not loving it yet, but I do see potential.

*waves* to porchy... I still have The Shipping News and The Shadow of the Wind sitting on the shelf next to me. I started Shadow, but it was a hectic time so I put it aside for better days. I look forward to both of these... koalamom said "Lace Reader was good." I loved ...

... Road by Richard Yates....I just love it. I love this guy's writing. For some reason, it reminds me of the style of The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx. I wouldn't be unhappy if this book never ended. I also received a PDF version of the book Everything twitter - From Novice To Ex ...

7. Books I Ought to Restart and Finish 1. Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett 2. The Shipping News by Annie Proulx 3. Watchers by Dean Koontz 4. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith 5. Jinx by Meg Cabot 6. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King ...

... This is my older daughter's book, and she warned me about it being strange. So the title is appropriate. I have not read The Shipping News, but I have heard that people like it. Thanks for sending me sunshine, readeron!! :D I am one happy person now!! Hope you have a wonderful sunny day, ...

... pages) - Don DeLillo: White Noise (326 pages) - John Irving: A Prayer for Owen Meany (640 pages) - Annie Proulx: The Shipping News (320 pages) - Arundhati Roy: The God of Small Things (352 pages) - Joanne Harris: Chocolat (394 pages) - Haruki Murakami: The Wind-up Bird Chronicl ...

Two long overdue updates: 16. (New) Delta of Venus by Anais Nin 17. (New) The Shipping News by Annie Proulx

Two long overdue updates: 16. (New) Delta of Venus by Anais Nin 17. (New) The Shipping Forecast by E. Annie Proulx

It might be worthwhile try again at a later. I was like that with The Shipping News but I can honestly say it is now one of my favourite books of all time.

... All the other editions I looked at on WorldCat were subtitle free. Will I prune my copy? No. OTOH I noticed a copy of The Shipping News in my catalog with the a novel subtitle. I'd entered this in early days from Amazon before there were the choices we have today. The subtitle was ...

Smiler: I love both of those books. As kambrogi said, don't rush The Shipping News.

Well guess what? I ended up getting The Shipping News from BookMooch and it looks like I'll be getting Their Eyes Were Watching God soon as well (have had my eye on it for a while now). I've been reading quite a few short books this year and not feeling guilty one bit - at least I have the ...

... permission to do the same, and look forward to your comments on same! If anyone quibbles, send 'em to me. :-) Do read The Shipping News, and give it a little time to draw you in -- the language is quirky until you get into it. I adore Robertson Davies and Margaret Atwood -- and Proulx is ...

... Here's my start: 1. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon 2. Life of Pi - Yann Martel 3. The Shipping News - E. Annie Proulx 4. Billy Bathgate - E. L. Doctorow 5. The New York Trilogy - Paul Auster 6. Watchmen - Alan Moore and David Gibbons 7. Love ...

... probably end up feeling like a failure if I didn't follow the list perfectly too. So no list for me at this point. Re: The Shipping News I guess I haven't been very attracted to that book for the simple reason that it's set in Canada and it takes me a lot of convincing to read stories that ...

I just couldn't get on with the shipping news, and I don't know why. The prose style was interesting, but for some reason the characters left me cold.

The Shipping News was one of my fav reads last year and caught me totally by surprise. *off to Joyce's thread to read her review*

#112: I was referring to the part about deviousness in dealing with outsiders. I didn't get that from The Shipping News. Kinda bizarre people, sure, but not particularly devious. There were a few outsiders in the book, but they had been there long enough, I suppose, to qualify as part of the ...

#107 I don't know, Joyce. I read your review of The Shipping News. Your description of the people and place doesn't sound so different than those in Colony of Unrequited Dreams. I'm sure I haven't done a good job conveying the mood of the book. I'm not sure I ever could. You might be ...

Hmm. A somewhat different view of Newfoundlanders from Proulx's The Shipping News. But then her novel is set in more recent times.

... link 29. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Haruki Murakami 30. Captain Corelli's Mandolin Louis de Bernieres 31. The Shipping News E Annie Proulx 32. A Suitable Boy Vikram Seth 33. The Secret History Donna Tartt 34. All the Pretty Horses Cormac McCarthy 35 ...

My progress so far in my unfinished books (in the 'abandoned' ones, too) : The Winner (Jan 29) The Shipping News - 7/39 chapters Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - 5/37 chapters Undead and Unappreciated - 5/35 chapters Remember Me - 9/21 chapters Jinx - 3/22 ...

... by Annie Proulx is an example of that. After the commercial and literary success of her other books, especially Shipping News, it seemed that her editors didn't have the guts to help her trim that book down. And, this will probably be considered heresy, but I think the Harry Potter ...

... Alice Hoffman The Prestige by Christopher Priest Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris (And many of Harris' other books: Manhunter, Hannibal, Red Dragon, Hannibal Rising) S ...

>73 "intrigued by the life style in isolated towns that she describes." That was the fun part of The Shipping News for me. Grim, huh? What a surprise after the funny warm story I found her book to be.

On the strength of your recommendation, Kathi, I got a copy of The Shipping News too. Oh, the power of persuasion (plus the respect for your opinion)!!! ;-))

>Msg 54: 'short stories of Annie Proulx' I didn't know she had done any. I found The Shipping News to be completely delightful and pretty darn funny. :) Somehow I'd missed your thread, but I'm glad I'm here now.

... by Carol Shields, 1994 276. A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth, 1995 277. *Complicity by Iain Banks, 1999 278. The Shipping News by Annie Proulx, 1994 279. Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres, 1997 280. The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, 2006 281 ...

... by Carol Shields, 1994 276. A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth, 1995 277. *Complicity by Iain Banks, 1999 278. The Shipping News by Annie Proulx, 1994 279. Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres, 1997 280. The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, 2006 281 ...

Currently reading Introducing NLP by Joseph O'Connor and John Seymour, The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx and Brimstone by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston. (NLP sounds interesting, but I don't like the 'Influencing' part of it. The 'Understanding' part makes me curious. :)

... Beloved by Toni Morrison 1989: Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler 1992: A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley 1994: The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx 1999: The Hours by Michael Cunningham 2002: Empire Falls by Richard Russo 2003: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 2004: The ...

... 14 of My Catalog 1. Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Closterman finished 6/12 2. The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx 3. Sides by Peter Straub 4. Skim by Mariko Tamaki finished 1/15 5. The Solitare My ...

... out of, although he is clever and very popular. Guess it is just about what you are looking for. On the other hand, The Shipping News had me in stitches again and again, in the midst of all the darkness!

Another fan of The Shipping News here.

Kambrogi, I shall wait a while before I read The Shipping News. I have not read or seen Brokeback Mountain yet, but I will. Edited because keyboard can't spell!!!

... enjoyed seeing the series regulars engaging again in the early relationships and how they are visualized by others. 61) The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx (audio book) This is a reread of one of my favorites books. After losing his unloving wife in a car crash the main character ...

I have not read The Shipping News yet but last night I decided to watch the DVD with my son. We both loved it! I usually prefer to read books before seeing the movie but have had this DVD for an age plus boredom with the TV had kicked in! I can now look forward to reading the book. I agree Jud ...

... them willy-nilly. My tentative list is: i. Empire Falls ii. The Interpreter of Maladies iii. The Hours iv. The Shipping News v. American Pastoral vi. Beloved vii. The Killer Angels viii. The Fixer ix. The Grapes of Wrath (ii, iii, and iv because I own them, and ...

Kathi, I love The Shipping News too, and now I may have to re-read it. Your description of the voice is so perfect...who could resist grabbing the book after hearing that??

... src="http://www.librarything.com/picsizes/ce/3a/b46ced780aa446ea8622381ba5c8c74d.jpg"> #2 The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx (January). I reread this for a book club, and sure am glad I did; I was so thrilled that I upgraded my review to a 5. I never ...

... Curiosity Shop Little Dorrit Austen Emma Book Clubs/Group Reads so far The Shipping News (a reread) The Brothers Karamazov (a reread) Moby Dick (For my trip to the Berkshires – I am halfway through, and might ...

... Roth A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham The Trick is to Keep Breathing by Janice Galloway The Shipping News by Annie Proulx A Room With A View by E. M. Forster Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel A Mighty Heart ...

... Dark - Charlaine Harris - FINISHED January 30/09 4. TBA 5. TBA 6. TBA 7. TBA 8. TBA 9. TBA 1001 Books… 1. The Shipping News – E. Annie Proulx 2. The Magus – John Fowles 3. Love in the Time of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez 4. Slaughterhouse-five – Kurt Vonnegu ...

I have to get my frozen-ass suggestions in! An obvious one is The Shipping News. Less obvious is a book called The Long Walk about some escapees from a Russian labor camp who attempted to cross Siberia to freedom. Excellent read!

... Review** 3 The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver 4 The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Victor Hugo 5 The Shipping News – E. Annie Proulx 6 The Color Purple – Alice Walker 7 Girl with a Pearl Earning - Tracey Chevaller 8 Chronicles of Narnia – C.S Lewis 9 ...

The Shipping News by Annie Proulx about a man who goes back to his family home in maritime Labrador with his young daughter to start life anew. Vivid chararcters and descriptions of fishing life in coastal Canada. Great book, good movie.

For my 2008 888 Challenge, I over-planned and underachived. For 2009, I am giving myself a break and making it easier and more flexible. If I really do no overlaps (no guarantee on that), this will be 81 books, which is pretty much my maximum for a year. Between work, life, and my natural ...

1001 Books ... 1. Lolita 2. The Color Purple 3. The Sun Also Rises 4. Choke 5. A Clockwork Orange 6. The Shipping News 7. American Pastoral 8. An Artist of the Floating World 9. 2001: A Space Odyssey

... Kick. It was interesting to say the least. I'm going to try my hardest not to kill the thread again. Has anyone read The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx?

Pulitzer Winners i. The Hours Finished Jan. 11 ii. Interpreter of Maladies Finished Feb. 11 iii. The Shipping News Finished Mar 6 iv. Olive Kitteridge Finished Apr 25 v. The Fixer Finished May 12 vi. The Stone Diaries Finished June 23 vii The Grapes of Wrath Finished July 13 vi ...

All He Ever Wanted by Anita Shreve The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve The All of It by Jeannette Haien All showed up today.. all purchased used from BetterWorldBooks

I loved The Shipping News. Thanks for reminding me about Accordion Crimes---it's on one of my TBR shelves...somewhere. >273 lindsacl often gets called "Linda" by mistake; a trick of the eye when you look quickly at her user name. So she and I have a running thing about her not being me, ...

While I really liked both books--think them excellent--IMO The Shipping News is the better of the two. If you really like that, then don't miss Accordion Crimes. I think Proulx is one of those outstanding authors who is not for everybody--not everyone is going to appreciate her tilted angle ...

Annie Proulx is an author I must get to in 2009. I have The Shipping News on my shelf.

Well, I'll definitely read The Shipping News sooner rather than later. Mostly because I'm not sure if the person I got it from gave it to me or loaned it to me. Plus, it will fill in several blanks on my 999 challenge (which starts as soon as I finish my 888 challenge).

... (touchstone?) The Hours, Michael Cunningham Gilead, Marilynne Robinson in my TBR pile: The Stone Diaries The Shipping News and high on my TBR list: The Confessions of Nat Turner

I don't know about "light and refreshing", but parts of The Shipping News made me laugh out loud.

... makes nudging difficult. The only three books here I have read are The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The Third Man and The Shipping News. Of those, The Prime of Miss Brodie was the most memorable, although I did enjoy The Shipping News when reading it. So I guess that's a nudge for Miss ...

... the parts about modern workplaces) were so astute. A modern version of The Outsider. Should be on the list The Shipping News E. Annie Proulx I wasn't as enthralled by this as I'd expected to be. I lost interest in it part way through, but I can see what others love about it, ...

... 1. Larry's Party 2. Parade's End 3. Travelers' Tales Tuscany 4. Leonardo's Swans 5. Late Nights on Air 6. The Shipping News 7. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit 8. The Robber Bride 9. The Enchanted April and so on . . .

... (Apr 22) Commonwealth Writer's Prize 4. Late Nights on Air, Elizabeth Hay (May 16) Giller Prize, 2007 5. The Shipping News, E. Annie Proulx (May 28) Pulitzer Prize, 1994 6. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, David Sedaris (June 9) Lambda Award, humor, 2004

... My Closet 1. Larry's Party, Carol Shields (Jan 9) 2. Travelers' Tales Tuscany, James O'Reilly ed. (Apr 29) 3. The Shipping News, E. Annie Proulx (May 28) 4. The Enchanted April, Elizabeth von Arnim (July 11, read within 50 miles of where the book was set) 5. Paula, Isabel Alle ...

... le The Light of Day Graham Swift Choke Chuck Palahniuk City of God E L Doctorow Whatever Michel Houellebecq The Shipping News E. Annie Proulx Hideous Kinky Esther Freud The Sea, The Sea Iris Murdoch The Graduate Charles Webb The Third Man Graham Greene

... (bk 68) Texas Blossom (bk 69) -- despite the horrid cover and historical inaccuracies this was a pretty good story. The Shipping News (bk 70) -- I'm so glad I read this book. Love and Splendour by Patricia Hagan (bk 71) Bird of Paradise by Elizabeth Daniels (bk 72) Starfire by Barba ...

... would definitely be Jean Brodie - a book I've read about a million times and can still read again any time. Didn't get The Shipping News at all.

The Shipping News! Amsterdam wasn't bad, I didn't think, but it wasn't great - I'd agree with others who've said that it's not McEwan at his best, and likewise Atwood with Surfacing.

I just finished The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and really loved it so I'm nudging that. My second choice would be The Shipping News which I also enjoyed.

Cry the Beloved Country is terrific. Breakfast at Tiffany's good fast read. Prime of Miss Jean Brodie enjoyable. Shipping News one of my favorite books, therefore my first choice. And for you CanLit choice, I would suggest something not in this pile, but probably on another pile in your ...

... Muriel Spark's unique and refreshing style off to its best effect. Don DeLillo's White Noise is a great read too. The Shipping News is a fine book, but a bit soapy for my taste. Death in Venice is rather less daunting an option than The Magic Mountain but I do find Thomas Mann more ...

Right side: White Noise The Crying of Lot 49 Breakfast at Tiffany's The Third Man The Castle Otranto The Shipping News The Pleasure of Her Company (no touchstone) Death in Venice The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick The History of the Siege of Lisbon Cry the Belov ...

... My TBR shelf: 1921 - The Age of Innocence 1983 - The Color Purple 1986 - Lonesome Dove 1988 - Beloved 1994 - The Shipping News 1996 - Independence Day 1999 - The Hours 2002 - Empire Falls 2003 - Middlesex 2004 - The Known World 2008 - The Brief Wondrous Life of Osc ...

... Ford (1996 Pulitzer) The Known World by Edward P. Jones (2004 Pulitzer) Beloved by Toni Morrison (1988 Pulitzer) The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulz (1994 Pulitzer) **Fantasy, Horror, or Supernatural** Women of the Night by Various Frankenstein by Marry Shelley Fledgling ...

... Orwell Don Quixote - Cervantes Lord Jim - Joseph Conrad Saturday - Ian McEwan Slaughterhouse-5 - Kurt Vonnegut The Shipping News - Annie Proulx Dispatches - Michael Herr The Honorary Consul - Graham Greene

... read this book. It was interesting but didn't add too much to the film. All very odd, but touching too in places. 52. The Shipping News by Annie Proulx I really liked the style of her writing at first but then I began to find it harder to follow. The lack of pronouns made it difficult to ...

... Winner 6. Boy A Jonathan Trigell, 2004 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 7. Whatever - Michel Houellebecq, Impac award 8. Shipping News - Annie Proulx, Pulitzer Prize So this is complete apart from a few overlaps. I now just have 2 books to complete in the Book Club category which I need ...

After I've finished my current book13 Months at Grey Gardens by Lois Wright, I will probably read: The Shipping News - Annie Proulx (I've actually just about 70 pages of this left to read) Shame the Devil - George Pelecanos The Secret History - Donna Tartt That should be a good ...

... (I can't remember if this was an audio book), The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, A Thousand Acres (audio book), and The Shipping News.

... 1996 Independence Day by Richard Ford (Alfred A. Knopf) 1995 The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields (Viking) 1994 The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx (Charles Scribner's Sons) 1993 A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler (Henry Holt) 1992 A Thousand Acre ...

... Duras The Future of the Book by Geoffrey Nunberg James McNair's Cold Pasta by James McNair Evening by Susan Minot The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez Myth and Sexualit ...

... Sea around Us The Odyssey I don't want to read the Life of Pi, so don't tell me I need to read it. The same goes for The Shipping News. I've made several abortive attempts and it's bored me silly every time. Treasure Island Kidnapped Island of the Blue Dolphins The Old Man and ...

I've just started The Shipping News by Annie Proulx. I didn't see the movie so am looking forward to the book.

Don't forget E. Annie Proulx's The Shipping News. Proulx shares her time between the Maritimes and the American North West. A great read! There is also Ann-Marie MacDonald's Fall on Your Knees

... Was, How Late Captain Corelli’s Mandolin Felicia’s Journey Disappearance The Invention of Curried Sausage The Shipping News Trainspotting Birdsong Looking for the Possible Dance Operation Shylock Complicity On Love What a Carve Up! A Suitable Boy The St ...

What about The shipping news? - must be one of the best novels about a local paper. War correspondents - wouldn't that be Scoop again? Or Graham Greene - maybe The Quiet American?

The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx jumps to mind. Also, Returning to Earth by Jim Harrison, set partially in Canada.

I felt this way about The Shipping News All I heard was how great it was. I started that book 3 times and then I really did throw it out. Life is too short.

I've not read Wolfe or Cussler, but I like some of Annie Proulx's work. I haven't gotten around to The Shipping News yet, but I've read Bad Dirt and some of her other short fiction. rocketjk, what would you recommend for a first novel by Roth?

I almost hate to bring this up, but when I was reading The Shipping News by Annie Proulx many years ago, I was slogging and slogging and almost put it down. Got to page 110 and suddenly everything changed, and I ended up loving the book. Generally though it's 50 pages and back on the ...

... by Charles Kuralt Dispatch from a Cold Country Beyond the Headlines Timothy Shy Stop the Presses! Dick Hyman The Shipping News Annie Proulx

... ea The Lord Of The Rings The Silmarillion Desolation Road Catcher In The Rye The Wasp Factory The Riders The Shipping News The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime The Book Thief

... by Samuel R. Delany Little, Big by John Crowley Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Demien by Hermann Hesse The Shipping News by Annie Proulx Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger Lord of the Rings trilogy King of the City by Michael Moorcock Cruddy by Lynda Barry Crypto ...

As I recall, the film adaptation of The Shipping News (one of my favorite books ever) was faithful to the novel. Enjoy!

... Kon-Tiki Wide Sargasso Sea The Sailor who fell out of Grace from the Sea The Tempest The Odyssey Moby Dick The Shipping News The open boat shipwrecked mutiny on the bounty

As Seen on Screen 1. The Graduate Charles Webb (interested to see how the book compares as the film is one of my all time favourites 2. 84 Charing Cross Road Helene Hanff (again another film I love) 3. The Last King of Scotland Giles Fod ...

... 9) 3. The Gathering Anne Enright (Booker Prize 2007) 4. Cloud Atlas David Mitchell (Booking 2004) 5. The Shipping News Anne Proulx (Pulitzer Prize 1994) 6. The Road Cormac McCarthy (Pulitzer Prize 2007) 7. The Restraint of Beasts Magnus Mills 8. ...

Pulitzer Winners 1. Middlesex 2. The Shipping News 3. A Confederacy of Dunces 4. Grapes of Wrath 5. Age of Innocence 6. The Hours 7. Beloved 8. American Pastoral

... don't think I'm critical about you're not being able to finish The Zimmerman Telegram--I couldn't finish Possession nor The Shipping News, which some people think are the greatest.)

... Lights Erase Your Name, The History of Love, and Gang Leader For A Day. now i am onto The People of the Book and the shipping news. how i love visiting the library in the summer!

Is it The Shipping News?

... this one! :-)) The Cell by Stephen King I just finished Lisey's Story Saturday, and am ready to read this! The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx saw the movie, didn't know it was a book, too... sad story.

I finished reading The Shipping News by Annie Proulx. I was disappointed by it because I expected a book that had won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction to be better than this. I didn't like the style - too many sentences without nouns or pronouns. Too disjointed. Wooden characters. Don't fancy ...

... sent me her copy of Unformed Landscape, which arrived yesterday, and then in the evening a friend passed on her copy of The Shipping News.

... Robinson 2000: Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri 1995: The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields 1994: The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx 1992: A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley 1989: Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler 1988: Beloved by Toni Morrison 198 ...

I've read and loved A Fine Balance, how about The Shipping News?

... (Camus) A Passage to India (Forster) Heart of Darkness (Conrad) Light in August (Faulkner) Shipping News (Proulx) God of Small Things (Roy) Ground Beneath Her Feet (Rushdie) The Accidental Tourist (Tyler) Franny and Zooey (Salinger) ...

... dealing with American life published the previous year. The "preferably" saved Annie Proulx, in my opinion, with The Shipping news, which was hardly about American life although it had a more or less American protagonist. I've also read somewhere that maybe an informal criterion is ...

I remember Shipping News as being challenging, but very satisfying; I'd recommend Ace in the Hole and Open Range, great feel for the west (except that Brokeback story)...

... novel, but if Clancy does offer another, I'm not sure I'd even be interested. All good things must come to an end. 19. The Shipping News - Annie Proulx (Finished April 2) 337 pgs At first the author's style completely annoyed me. But as she toned it back and as I got used to it, the ...

... Deborah Blumenthal The middle ages by Jennie Fields The artist's way at work : riding the dragon by Mark Bryan The shipping news by Annie Proulx Inherit the wind by Lee Lawrence Howard Hughes, the hidden years by James Phelan As he saw it by Elliott Roosevelt The ...

Well, I guess you and I had the same response to Shipping News -- I didn't bother to finish the book. Annie Proulx is a New Englander having been born in Norwich, CT, and raised quite a bit in Maine. She now splits her living betwen Wyoming and NW Newfoundland, (L'Anse aux Meadows. Her ...

Thanks for the great suggestions, I'll have to check some of them out. @vpfluke - I read Shipping news a few years back. I just couldn't bring myself to care about any of the characters. It was my first book by Proulx and I haven't picked up another of hers since.

... Latitudes of melt has aspects of magic realism, but Clark has caught the tempo of the people that I knew. Proulx' Shipping News is set in the far NW of Nfld, and since I didn't know anyone from there, I could not relate to the characters that she drew up, despite wanting to because I ...

... the dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon (3803/12171) 2. The god of small things by Arundhati Roy (1668/5117) 3. The shipping news by Annie Proulx (1258/3838) 4. Bel canto : a novel by Ann Patchett (1138/3276) 5. Snow falling on cedars by David Guterson (1120/3457) Boo ...

III. Pages to Film 1. The Shipping News by Annie Proulx 2. Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman 3. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 4. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel 5. A Mighty Heart by Mariane Pearl 6. Cider House Rules by John I ...

... Julia Alvarez * 3. The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson 4. The View from Mount Joy by Lorna Landvik 5. The Shipping News by Annie Proulx * 6. Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel * 7. The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch 8. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

III. Pages to Film 1. The Shipping News by Annie Proulx 2. Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman 3. No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy 4. In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez 5. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 6. Cider House Rules by John Irving 7. Everythin ...

... - Jeffrey Eugenides Vanish - Tess Gerritsen The Road - Cormac McCarthy The Shipping News - E.Annie Proulx The Interpretation of Murder - Jed Rubenfeld

... nog sterker te onderstrepen: de Nederlandse uitgever van Annie Proulx heeft een aktie georganiseerd waardoor Scheepsberichten in de top-tien belandde. Zo zie je maar,

The Shipping News by Annie Proulx.

3.The shipping news by Annie Proulx What a great start to this challenge, so far every book has been better than the previous one. The shipping news is amazing, I will highly recommend it to every one from now on. Next The invention of Hugo Cabret. Very excited.

... suspense is almost unbearable. It reminded me of Harold Pinter; every word conceals as much as it reveals. Just started The shipping news and I'm in awe of the language. I've read Brokeback mountain, wich I found a perfect short story. I must read more by Annie Proulx

4. The Shipping News by Annie Proulx - I have read her Accordian Crimes which I really enjoyed - this one was interesting to read as I used to live in an area where a lot of Newfoundlanders lived. I think Ms. Proulx must have lived in Newfie for awhile to catch the spirit of the place so ...

... sleep last night so I started Neither Here Nor There by Bill Bryson. Enjoying it, as I do all his books. I started The Shipping News by Annie Proulx yesterday as well. I liked her Accordian Crimes so thought I'd try this one, and also because I knew a lot of Newfoundlanders at ...

The Shipping News actually is on the list. Have not read it, but have always meant to get to it sooner or later.

... enjoyed some books as well as their film-based counterparts. Not on the 1001, but worth reading/seeing in any order: Shipping News by Annie Proulx.

Watched The Shipping News(movie) last nite-gotta read the book now to see what I missed! 8^)

... of Melt, something of a fantasy, set on the SE coast of Newfoundland, but reminiscent of the Newfoundland I know (as The Shipping News, set in NW Nfld, is a place I don't know). Three Bags Full : a sheep detective story is set in Ireland, in which the sheep, led by Miss Maple do the ...

#98 teelgee: Actually The Shipping News is a reread for me--I must have read it maybe 10 years ago, not that long after it came out. I'm rereading it now for the Pulitzer Project. It's every bit as much a delight as it was the first time, when it surprised me. Seems that at that time, Proulx ...

Joycepa - The Shipping News took me awhile to get into, her use of language is so different, but it turned out to be one of my favorite books. I hope you enjoy it.

... certainly was articulate--and get instantly more interesting when he is exiled. I'm still working my way through The Shipping News and The Leopard, both of which are somewhat slow going--reading Martha Grimes and Jane Haddam in between.

... be light reading, but a real page-turner, and can't wait to read the two books that follow, they are waiting on my shelf. Shipping News was good and the movie wasn't too shabby either. I listened to The Othe Boleyn Girl on audio book. That's how I get my historical romance novels in, I don't ...

#58 Joycepa I enjoyed Accordian Crimes maybe more than The shipping newsAnne proulx is very good w/her characters & the AC characters are all a bunch of very interesting people. Actually AC is more like a series of short novels as the cursed accordian passes from one unsuspecting hand to the ...

... The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency is a gem. (IMO) #Joycepa: I didn't finish Accordion Crimes. IMO it wasn't as good as The Shipping News. Finished The Broken Shore by Peter Temple, which won the Duncan Lawrie Dagger 2007. I don't normally read crime novels but quite liked this. Apar ...

... interested to read your final opinion of Accordion Crimes. I've been wondering whether or not to get it since I liked Shipping news, which I'm rereading at the moment, so much.

... bag sale for $1. Whatever you can fit in a bag for a $1!!!! I got the following: We Were the Mulvaneys Mrs. Dalloway The Shipping News Walden Middlesex The Things They Carried Rock Star Brave New World Revisited Wuthering Heights A Widow for One Year Little Women a ...

... A sci-fi book that somehow, weirdly enough, didn' feel like a sci-fi book! go figure. I've started--a reread--The Shipping News by Annie Proulx for the Pulitzer Project.

I am getting the books in the mail faster than I can read them. I got Shipping News yesterday.

... Hitlers by Elinor Langer Chilling. These young skinheads could have grown up in the same neighborhood that I did. 28. The Shipping News by Annie Proulx Yep. A lovely story beautifully told.

Shipping News by Annie Proulx The Borrowers Afloat by Mary Norton A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

"When are we gonna get there?" said Bunny, kicking the back of the seat. Shipping News by Annie Proulx

... such fun to follow the kids through seven years. Just finished Ratking and The Black Echo. Think I'm going to start Shipping News while finishing up some other books.

Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb The Mad Ship by Robin Hobb Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb The Shipping News by Annie Proulx and all those on the water: Life of Pi by Yann Martel Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff The Hunt for Red October by Tom Cl ...

... Marina Lewychka 3. Happiness by Will Ferguson 4. Tender is the NIght by F. Scott Fitzgerald 5. The Shipping News: A Novel by Annie Proulx 6. The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel by Stef Penney

I confess that I listened to the abridged version of The Shipping News - and was glad of it as I truly disliked the book.

Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz The Shipping News by Annie Proulx Something Fishy by Derek Hansen The Bridge to Holy Cross by Paullina Simons Skating on Thin Ice by Louise Everett

57. The Shipping News by Annie Proulx (337 pages)

re: 25 There's a funny story in The Shipping News, which takes place in Newfoundland where men apparently knit. One of the characters tells a joke about a trucker who was knitting while driving. The cop pulled up and said, "Pull over!" The trucker looked over and said, "No, cardigan!"

I'm reading Order of the Phoenix too, but I'm taking a quick HP break to read The Shipping News. It came highly recommended from 2 wonderful people (Clam and Georgia), so I had to start it. I'm about halfway through, and I love it!

What did you think of The Shipping News? Clam told me to read it too.

So far this week, I have read The Shipping News and The Gunslinger. Tonight, I will begin To Ride Hell's Chasm by Janny Wurts for a group read.

41. The Shipping News by Annie Proulx, 337 pages

I'm currently reading The Shipping News by Annie Proulx and The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.

I'm currently reading The Shipping News by Annie Proulx and The pictures of Dorian Gray bu Oscar Wilde.

#110 I found Shipping News disappointing also. I would recommend Latitudes of melt if you want a book that has caught the flavor of Newfoundland. I lived on the Avalon peninsula where the story is laid for a year and a half while in the U.S. Navy. This book has some fantastical elements ...

Finished The Shipping News by Annie Proulx, which was a massive disappointment. And I love her short stories... Anyway, am now working on Atonement by Ian McEwan, which so far is really enjoyable. Hopefully I'll be done with it in a few days. Then, who knows? I'm trying to ...

Still working through The Shipping News. Only a hundred or so more pages to go. I'm kind of tempted to go to Borders today and pick up a few more books, even though I have a boatload of books from work that I should read. Ah, the joys of compulsive book-buying.

Since I spend my days reading children's books, I've been devoting my free time to The Shipping News by Annie Proulx. But it's hard to switch from Pat The Bunny to multi-syllable words.

I also didn't like The Shipping News. Other books that I can't believe I wasted my time on were The Crimson Petal and the White. To me it was 900 pages that never went anywhere. I only finished it because it was lent to me by a friend and I felt obligated to see it through to the end. It ...

I enjoyed The Shipping News in movie form, but struggled with the book. It was written in a style that only Montezuma's Revenge could understand.

I loved this one line from The shipping News "Almost half the population works for the goverment and the other half is worked on."

... Trainspotting - very good book and after the first few pages it was an easy read - very sad at times I am now reading The shipping news and so far I am enjoying it.

If you guys are talking about The Shipping News I didn't hate it, and had no trouble reading it, but I have no idea why people rave about it. It was just an average to so so book, nothing special. I didn't read it this year, so it isn't on any of my lists. A more recent book that also ...

#77 fyrefly98. You are the first person I have come across who didn't like The shipping news and I feel so much better for knowing I am not alone. It's the only book, other than my maths exercise book, I have ever thrown across a room. It missed my husband by millimetres.

Three that I just flat-out didn't like at all: The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx Messenger by Lois Lowry Our Lady of the Forest by David Guterson And then two that I didn't like very much but that feeling was intensified by how much everyone else seems to love them: A Wizard of Eart ...

Europe: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (Russia) North America: The Shipping News by Annie Proulx (Canada) Africa: The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emechata (Nigeria) Oceania: The Bone People by Keri Hulme (New Zealand)

We mustn't forget Shipping News by Annie Proulx

... by Nadine Gordimer (South Africa) Europe: Rembrandt's Whore by Sylvie Matton (France) North America: The Shipping News by E.Annie Proulx South America: I cannot think of anything I've read from there. Must get act together.

I haven't tried The Shipping News on audio, but I did read the paper version this summer and... you didn't miss much, I'm sure.

... If you look at your library with a display (A, B, C, D, or E) that shows a language column, you will see that your copy of Shipping News has been entered with English. Your data is OK. Another way to check what information has been entered into your library, is to click on the edit pencil on ...

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... am developing a fascination with Newfoundland after flying over it and seeing the landscape in the summer. I haven't read The Shipping News though I have seen the film. I must get that to read. I just read Lost Lands Forgotten Stories by Alexandra Pratt. It is actually set in Labrador ...

... first though a band called Great Big Sea, but because of them and their love of their homeland, I picked up The Shipping News. It's on my list of places to visit. As is Australia, inspired as was the OP by A Town Like Alice. :D Paul Scott's Raj Quartet made me want ...

I'd have to say Annie Proulx's The Shipping News has left me with a fascination with Newfoundland. I've bought maps and looked at routes but still haven't been. It's almost as if the real place might disappoint. I think I'd most like to have looked over Proulx's shoulder and seen exactly what she ...

... be more difficult, so praises to whomever wrote the screen play. Although I love Annie Proulx, I did not like the movie of Shipping News. The book was great. I think it was Kevin Spacey's portral--it was a little too creepy, and I didnt get the same impression when I read the book. You ...

No, but it's a great idea, and the metaphorical possibilities are interesting. Knitting appears several times in The Shipping News by Annie Proulx. Doesn't Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood use quilt patterns to help structure her novel? Been awhile since I read it, and I'm not ...