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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Awesome. When I wasn't reading this I wanted to be reading this. The writing style is electric, and I know that sounds really cheesy but it's true. It's one of those tragic but happy novels that breaks your heart.
... as always with Cather
Child 44 a wonderful mystery in a terrible time and place, and there's a sequel if you like it
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , a surprisingly enjoyable novel, with superb dialogue
The Lace Reader
The Likeness - an engrossing mystery
I've also got The W ...
... by Nancy Mauro
3. The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
4. In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming
5. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
6. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
7. White Oleander by Janet Fitch
8. One Thousa ...
... or iphones handy when we are ready...(although my husband kept his laptop handy for translating the slang terms in The Brief Wonderful Life of Oscar Wao . I also should say here that I enjoy a good map in a book also!
I like that China Miéville included a little glossary and note in ...
25) The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , by Junot Diaz. This book broke my heart. A suprisingly tragic and epic tale about nerds, curses, Dominican history, violence, and hopeless love. Diaz is the perfect writer for our age; multilingual, equally well-versed in history and pop culture, ...
... on what you mean by The Thirteenth Tale leaving a peculiar aftertaste in your mind? I'm puzzled....
I abandoned The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao despite wanting to finish it for my RL book club. I was looking forward to the group's comments and although most liked it and I wished ...
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz, for my RL book club: I am sad that I could not get past the language barrier, both Spanish and street language, to hear the messages in this book. I read about 100 pages and was growing to love Oscar, appreciate Lola, and understand (somewhat) ...
... seeing wonderful in-depth comments about the book and it's story line. I love it.
Was happy to see your comment regarding The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao as it is on my shelf and I am hoping to get to it in 2010.
>#21:
Jennifer;
I am so envious of you and a first time read of The F ...
... starting The Killing of the Tinkers by Ken Bruen. It is the 2nd in his Jack Taylor Irish crime series.
BTW, I loved The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao !
Sorry, can't be encouraging. I read The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and detested it. It felt like something that needed to be scraped off my shoe.
The Spanish, the Spanglish, the wallowing in the gutter, the crude attitudes and language - and the narrator is supposed to be a college ...
I'm about 35 pages into The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and am giving serious consideration to dropping it, were it not for the fact it's for my RL book club meeting on Thursday. I'm having a hard time with the language, not only the liberal use of Spanish expressions (my long-ago high ...
... on the other, I couldn't get too wrapped up in the characters or action. I'll give it a few days to soak in.
Next up is The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz for my RL book club. I know almost nothing about this book, but it doesn't seem the sort of thing I usually enjoy. I ...
Whoops, double post.
... 20's, at the latest). The review was fun to write, though.
Next up, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz, probably followed by Elizabeth von Armin's The Enchanted April.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
... of the Revolution) by Dinaw Mengestu
Man Gone Down by Michael Thomas
A Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah
The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Ll ...
... st.
There are only have seven in common;
American Genius, A Comedy
Gilead
Cloud Atlas
The Road
Austerlitz
The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Middlesex
... this year. I think we will have quite an interesting book club meeting next month discussing both The White Tiger and The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao . Both books are written in the character's vernacular (there's probably a more elegant way of describing that, but it's early in ...
... ,
Seems like a well rounded list. A little bit of everything, which is a good thing. I have only read three, Guernsey, Oscar Wao and Beach Music and liked them all. I wish our club would chose more than one month at a time, ahh an organized book club.
... Dress
Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Through Black Spruce
Everyman Dies Alone
The Golden Spruce
Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao
Beach Music
Her Fearful Symmetry
... (I'm familiar with the restaurant the book revolves around, so this should be interesting)
House by Tracy Kidder
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Super-Cannes by J.G. Ballard
My third state down is New Jersey. About half of The brief wonderous life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz is set in the latino dominated Paterson, peppered with references to places, stores and slang. The other half is set in the Dominican Republic, both in the present and in the past überdictatorship ...
... the Spanish speaking world 6/10
1. Paradise Travel read
2. Captain Alatriste read
3. Purity of Blood read
4. The Brief Wonderful Life of Oscar Wao
5. The Scarlet Cloak read
6. The Return read
7. The Queen's Sorrow read
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53. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian, Sherman Alexie *****
52. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , Junot Diaz *
51. Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors, Jenny Nimmo ***1/2
50. Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson ****
49. Autobiogr ...
And I'm back in the states, go figure. But also in Dominican Republic during the horror days of Trujillo, with Junot Diáz' The brief wonderous life of Oscar Wao . Enjoying it a lot actually. Moving, fast and often very funny.
... long and didn't hold my full attention, but did give me more information about Trijullio following on from my early read of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao .
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
A mixture of heartwarming storytelling and philosophical musings, I preferred the ...
... Tree Duck by James Crumley
Bordersnakes by James Crumley
First Lensman by E.E. "Doc" Smith (A purchase inspired by The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao ).
The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
The Blue Hammer by Ross Macdonald
>mollygrace- How was Drown? Ever since reading Oscar Wao , I've been trying to snag a copy of his 1st book. I've heard good things.
... by. Sorry to hear about your relative's illness. Hope all will be well.
I looked through your books and I agree about The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao . I read it last year. One of my book groups read In the Time of the Butterflies about the dictatorship in the Dominican Republic, ...
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey - Oscar Waos korta förunderliga liv / The brief wonderous life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (finished 15/9 2009 )
New Mexico
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Just started The Right Stuff, which I'm enjoying a lot and is my first book by Wolfe. Just finished The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao , a non-FS, which was good but not as good as I thought it would be. I'm also dipping into East of the Sun and Eyewitness to History here and there.
... books.
That's interesting that you don't like the Pulitzer Prize. I think some of its picks have been good choices (Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao ). However, this years pick came out of nowhere and probably wasn't the best choice.
... which is fascinating but pretty dense. I guess it's going to take a while to get through. Otherwise reading, non-FS, Oscar Wao .
... and touching. It is evangelical / christian writing, which is not really my thing. But the story was amazing.
3. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Wow, amazing. I learned so much about the Dominican Republic!
4. Heart and Soul by Maeve Binchy
Kind of a beach ...
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WRITER'S BOOK CLUB
Linda Salem leads a discussion of Junot Diaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao .
Date Sunday, July 26, 2009 - Sun
Time 3 P.M. - 5 P.M.
Place The Ink Spot @ Art Center Lofts
http://www.sandiegowriters.org/
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... teenagers in love...and probably more if I thought longer.
I especially recommend fans of Junot Diaz, esp. Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and Jonathan Lethem.
I finished The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao last night. The writing was fun and fresh while the story was painful, the repercussions of violence through generations and the desperate search to regain home and love.
I will also finish The Hummingbird's Daughter today. Another superb ...
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Diaz is one hell of a writer and I felt I learned so much about Trujillo and life culture of the Dominican Republic. And even after all that I don't know how much I LOVED the book the way everyone has raved about it. I ...
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Diaz is one hell of a writer and I felt I learned so much about Trujillo and life culture of the Dominican Republic. And even after all that I don't know how much I LOVED the book the way everyone has raved about it. I ...
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Just finished The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao . Found the 20th century history of the Dominican Republic scary and fascinating. I love all the allusions to Tolkien, Marvel, Doctor Who ...
Just finished The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao . It was very good. It was interesting (and scary) to learn some of the history of the Dominican Republic. There was also a lot of fantasy/scifi allusions that were fun.
Next I am going to read The Battle of the Labyrinth!
... Alleyn (ARC by LTAuthor)
For the first 2/3 of the quarter, the only really special book I'd read was Oscar Wao . Then, in the past 3 weeks, I scored on the last three. These four were all extraordinarily good in quite different ways, and each is from a different genre.
...
... really sci-fi in that regard just a different path. There wasn't even a lot of yiddish in the book to distract, unlike Oscar Wao in which I found the untranslated Spanish distracting. Maybe, had I read the book instead of listened I would have had a problem too, gee, I hope not or I would ...
... around first loves and the loss of innocence. And like all first loves, it's tragic and dramatic.
I am now reading Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao . The writing is superb and I have 100 pages left so I will wait to make my judgment.
... things I've read...wow! They are, from best on:
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1. The Sound of Building Coffins by Louis Maistros
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I am flying through The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and I really like it so far. I started rereading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which will be my final HP reread until after seeing the movie.
I'm almost half way through The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and am loving it. I love its rambunctious lively writing even if I don't understand all of the Spanish. Yesterday I started The Hummingbird's Daughter, inspired by LT recommendations. It also promises to be a joy.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , by Junot Diaz.
So, I finally finished The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. The Prologue was off-putting. All that tiny print about people I have never heard of (which ...
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The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
... words and for hanging out with me here. :)
Reading has been a little slow for me lately. I am plodding through the Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar and I have to finish by tomorrow for book group. It has picked up a little (p 170 or thereabouts) when some of the narrative voices started to ...
Just finished The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and all I can say is WOW! Actually, here's my entire review:
When I began reading this I didn't expect to finish it. The angst of a teenage boy, told in crude language and sprinkled liberally with Spanish slang and idioms, didn't appeal to ...
... Union - Michael Chabon (5/17/09)
56. Oscar and Lucinda - Peter Carey (5/21/09) re-read, book group
57. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz (5/23/09)
58. Family Man - Elinor Lipman (6/05/09)
59. Mudbound - Hillary Jordan (6/06/09)
60. 26A - Diana Ev ...
... well done and I am anxiously reading to find the truth and as much of the whys as is possible to get. I've also started The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao . I'm enjoying it but I'm not very far into it yet.
... posting away since May on this 100-book thread totally unbeknownst to me! I'm gonna have to get out more often! :-) Re: The Brief Wondrous... I always prefer one voice as well and was initially jarred and disappointed by the first change. Ended up glad I read it, but I know my son is going ...
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So I am a third of the way through The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao . The Prologue was off-putting. All that tiny print about people I have never heard of (which should be educational, but didn't really ...
#22 I can vouch for Oscar Wao , snash. It was great!
... I might have to change it to my daytime read. I found it a little hard to sleep to last night. Next?? I'm thinking either The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao or Tender Bar
good review kidzdoc! i'll add it to the tbr. i'll also be adding The Feast of the Goat. Since reading The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , i've had some interest in learning more about the Trujillo regime.
Thanks for the birthday felicitations everyone!
After quickly digesting The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (please read it!), I am on to my next adventure:
Storyteller by G R Grove
1. I bought it from Amazon because I was lucky enough to win a copy of Flight of the Hawk from Ms. Groves' ...
#55: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
06/14/09 - 06/16/09, *****
Reviewed (Short Review: Wow.)
I am currently in Leeds, England and am also reading about the DR and NJ in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. It is also the first book I have ever read on my new Kindle, which I bought so that I no longer have to haul several books with me when I travel (which is often). LOVE the Kindle! L ...
I'm reading The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
1. I waited a good long time for this book from the Durham library.
2. I'm reading it now because I didn't want to rack up any more late fees.
3. It's been on my shelf for about a week.
4. I really like the author's tone ...
I am bouncing back and forth between the Dominican Republic and Nueva York in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao .
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You either run or that's it.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Jesus Christ, one of them said, jumping to his feet, what the hell is wrong with you?
Re-reading The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. A SIGNED copy no less.
>9 Hello Bridget, I have just caught up on your thread. I was interested in Oscar Wao as it looks something I would enjoy. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
~ TT
>9 Hello Bridget, I have just caught up on your thread. I was interested in Oscar Wao as it looks something I would enjoy. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
~ TT
>9 Hello Bridget, I have just caught up on your thread. I was interested in Oscar Wao as it looks something I would enjoy. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
~ TT
36. The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
A sad story of an immigrant family from the Dominican Republic, who are either cursed or blessed, depending on how you look at their life. Detailed family history gives a real sense of the reasons why the characters do what they do. I ...
1. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
I read this book due to a recommendation from my brother. My bro fell in love with the novel last year when he read it. My brother and I have similar artistic tastes but often for different reasons. We tend to like the same Writers, Sing ...
... first time (or two) I try it has turned out to be a favorite when I try it for the second or third time. Case in point: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao . Loathed it the first time I tried it; loved loved loved it the second time a few months later.
That is still not enough to ...
Bonnie, we must be drinking the same water or something. I am half way through the audio of Oscar Wao right now, and already loaded and waiting for me when I finish is the audio of Yiddish Policeman. I hope that holds up on audio. My only issue so far with Oscar Wao is, I cannot speak Spanish ...
Hey, Bonnie- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao was one of my favorite reads from last year. He has quite an original voice. I hope you liked it!
Since your review of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao put this book at the top of the pile, I just wanted to come over and say that I just finished it. Really enjoyed the book, although "enjoyed" always seems like the wrong word for a book like that. Wish I could summarize what I felt/though ...
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
56. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz - A pretty exciting and funny story of a fat nerd from Santo Domingo. I don't know too much Spanish so I doubt I'm getting a good deal of it. However, I'm definitely fluent in the OTHER language spoken in this book, the language of nerd-dom. In ...
A very good review to help those of us who wish to read this book mentally prepare ourselves for it. I have had Oscar Wao in my bookcase for months and just keep putting it off so I was glad to see the comment to judylou regarding Allende (as I am a fan as well) so I have a little more faith ...
23. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao -- Junot Diaz
A great read. Only speaking a little Spanish I think that I may have missed out on some of the subtleties that the Spanish phrases Junot uses provide but I still think I got the gist. Goes in directions that I didn't expect and the prose ...
41. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. 5 stars. Audiobook. This is not a novel one enjoys. There is too much horror in it (and not of the Stephen King kind, but of the Rafael Trujillo and his ilk kind) for that. But, it is an amazing novel, one that I did not want to put down ...
Oooh, Ficus, Black Ships sounds good!
I finished The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao last night and must say it was incredible! I found parts of it very hard to take ~ I will never think of sugar in quite the same way after the scenes in the cane fields ~ but parts were pure wonderment. It ...
... Kleypas. 3 stars. Light, breezy, fluffy, sweet, and pretty much predictable, just what I needed between bouts of reading The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao .
I had planned on reading The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao next, but, apparently, it's one of my books that is getting tired of being ignored, so is seeking revenge by hiding out--thus, making me really want to read it! Instead, I'll follow up on my increased curiosity/interest in Micha ...
From my daughter for Mother's Day: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz.
Hope everyone had a Happy mother's day!!
Last night, just because I was bored, I started The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz and to my utter surprise I am enjoying it a lot, which just goes to show that sometimes it's not the book, it's the mood I'm in at the time. Last time I tried to read it, I loathed it!
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Very sad ~ only four out of so many. But, I can attest that ...
My list of books to look at/buy is now in my library under, appropriately enough, Wish List.
... Union - Michael Chabon (5/17/09)
56. Oscar and Lucinda - Peter Carey (5/21/09) re-read, book group
57. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz (5/23/09)
58. Family Man - Elinor Lipman (6/05/09)
59. Mudbound - Hillary Jordan (6/06/09)
60. 26A - Diana Ev ...
> #21 Hi Bridget, welcome to the group.
I just finished Oscar Wao and loved it.
... year:
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Possessed by Shadows by Donigan Merritt - this year's favorite
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
4 1/2 star from this year:
Peace by Richard Bausch
De Niro's Game by Rawi Hage
Five-star books from last ...
... enjoyed Winnie-the-Pooh is My Coworker and The Recruitment of Harry Potter . Recommended.
(41)The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Fiction , May bookclub 4.5/5
This book tells the story of Oscar, an overweight, nerdy fanboy who lives in Patterson, ...
... sideways from me yours truly.
Examples of similar contemporary literary fiction I would exalt over the others are: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Diaz, Mudbound by Jordan, The Air We Breathe by Barrett, The Echo Maker by Powers and Birdsong by Faulks.
21. Oscar Wao
I love books with unique characters and that explore the family dynamic. I also love books written in a conversational tone. This book was all of those things.
... drawn into the family dynamic (who can't relate). I found the spirituality especially fascinating.
I'm finishing The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao tonight. Lately I'm very into books that have different chapters or parts from the point-of-view of the various characters. I love ...
29: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
This book was incredible!
I'm going to start reading The Brief Wondrous Life... tomorrow when I have the whole morning. I really loved Burger's Daughter. I think I put it in my "First 100" and I was going to reread it this year, but then LT-ers have given me so many new books to read that I had to scrap my "re-reads" ...
#96: I hope you like The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao more than I did - I forced myself to finish it and then wondered why I did. I am in the minority here on LT, though - most people think it is wonderful.
And what is wrong with FUN reads? Everyone needs those!
... 23
NonFiction: 9
Poetry: 4
Female authors: 16
Male authors: 18
I'm almost finished The Elegance of the Hedgehog. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is up next for bookclub. After that it depends - if May is as horrible as April I'm going for FUN reads.
... Inkspell, Cornelia Funke *****
June
53. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian, Sherman Alexie *****
52. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , Junot Diaz *
51. Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors, Jenny Nimmo ***1/2
50. Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson ****
49. Autob ...
In 2009, Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier would top the list. I also thought The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao was impressive.
For pure reading enjoyment, three YA titles stick out: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Graceling by Kristin Cashore, and The Graveyard Bo ...
I have begun reading for the Pulitzer Prize winners for fiction. The first one I read was The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. My review is here: http://jeskareads.blogspot.com/2009/04/brief-wondrous-life-of-oscar-wao-by.html.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz.
I was about five pages in when I turned to my husband and told him, You have got to read this book. The book hits you in the face with its energy. The ideas and the language just jump off the page. The family history of the Dominican Cabra ...
...
A Case of Exploding Mangoes - Mohammed Hanif (2/12/09)
Yiddish Policemen's Union - Michael Chabon (5/17/09)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz (5/23/09)
Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout (6/22/09)
The Outlander - Gil Adamson (7/04/09)
A Conc ...
I did read The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao before it won the 2008 prize. I haven't purchased or read Olive Kitteridge yet. What did and didn't you like about it, Dan?
... web site can be found here . Last year's model ranked the winner, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , #3, and a finalist, Tree of Smoke, #5.
These are the 15 books the model predicted, in order of probability:
1. Home by Mari ...
13. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (book club read) - liked this but struggled with the Spanish bits in it.
... Outlander, Gil Adamson 10/17/09
40. Still Life, Louise Penny 10/21/09
41. The Given Day, Dennis Lehane 11/6/09
42. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , Junot Diaz 11/12/09 (book club)
43. Her Fearful Symmetry, Audry Niffenegger 11/16/09
44. The Cruelest Month, Louise Penny 11/27/2 ...
I know next to nothing about Dominican Republic so the Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao sounds really interesting, any other fiction set in DR that you would recommend? Also you made me want to reread And Then There Were None (in my head its always 10 little Indians but there you go!). Anyway ...
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (Another Time and Another Place)
This book is advertised as being about a young Dominican man who is an uber geek and doesn't have any luck with the ladies, but it is about so much more than that. This book follows Oscar's family's "fuku" (aka ...
Book #19--The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
This book is advertised as being about a young Dominican man who is an uber geek and doesn't have any luck with the ladies, but it is about so much more than that. This book follows Oscar's family's "fuku" (aka curse) through 3 ...
Book #24--The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
This book is advertised as being about a young Dominican man who is an uber geek and doesn't have any luck with the ladies, but it is about so much more than that. This book follows Oscar's family's "fuku" (aka curse) through 3 ...
I've read The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Animal's People, and Man Gone Down. I liked all of them, but the Thomas and Sinha novels were especially good.
Very odd that no women were picked. How many of the longlisted books were written by women?
... that these are the "best", but they're personal favorites:
1. Possessed by Shadows* by Donigan Merritt *****
2. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz *****
3. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan ****1/2
4. Peace by Richard Baus ...
And the shortlist is...
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (Dominican / American)
Ravel by Jean Echenoz (French) in translation.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (Pakistani / British)
The Archivist’s Story by Travis Holland (American)
The Burnt-Ou ...
... to be overly impressed by hyped novels - not through snobbishness I would hope, but simply because they are hyped. For me The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is not in that category: it deserves all the praise it has garnered.
As I remember, it's not the Spanish (i.e. Díaz ) that's "incor ...
Chris,
I am glad to hear you liked The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao . I was avoiding it because of all the hype. And it is available on Kindle. Oh happy day!
I am curious about the audiobook. Do you think the "incorrect" Spanish had to do with the particular brand of Spanish? In Argen ...
... find anything else by du Maurier not up to scratch, though I'd love to read more. - I'm still savouring Rebecca!
6. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz . Finished 20 Jan. 4.5/5.
I was happy to find that this book really did live up to the hype. Actually, it wasn't a ...
... but decided (for one reason or another) to continue reading, and I am glad that I did. The one book that comes to mind is The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , which I didn't like in the beginning. I almost gave up on it twice, but kept going because it had received great reviews (and won the ...
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. If I weren't biased I'd say 4 stars, but since I've been in love with Diaz since Drown came out in '96, and since Oscar Wao won the Pulitzer, and since I've got an autographed copy... I'm gonna have to say 5.
... most obvious remedy would be to NOT go into Borders in the first place, but . . . .)
The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
Mistress of ...
... and, like you, have no real intention of writing, his style and charm were still totally engaging and memorable. 3) I LOVED Oscar Wao ; I pass it on to anyone who will listen. Lastly, after reading your list and reviews so far and thus putting complete trust in your picks, I'm excited to pick up ...
... Harris
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
The Color of Water by McBride
A Writer's Space by Eric Maisel
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
I finished and really enjoyed The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao . I thought a rather dark story and background was somehow transformed into a pretty fun read.
Now I'm reading more somber voices in Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories by Sandra Cisneros. These are mostly short ...
Dan -- Diaz came to our college a couple of years ago (before The Brief Wondrous Life came out and he won the Pulitzer). He was funny, profane, and great with the students. I picked up the book this summer, but it's still sitting on my TBR list -- I'll have to move it up on the pile. Thanks ...
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
I've finished The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , and for the moment I've given it five stars. I hope to comment soon, still processing. I'm now trying out Woman Hollering Creek: And Other Stories by Sandra Cisneros. It's a bunch of potent short sketches, which is a quite mental gearshift for ...
... punctuation - I've come across the lack missing quotation marks a lot lately, always new or new-ish books. (The Road, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , Sweetsmoke (where the free people have quotation marks and the black slaves don't), etc) It hasn't bothered me. The effects can be ...
i very much enjoyed special topics in calamity physics too. Junet Diaz Oscar Wao was born in 1968...close enough? China Meiville was born in 1972 - i like his stuff a lot, but it is often grotesque.
dchaikin, I have to read Gargoyle and Oscar Wao now. I loved Middlesex.
... about "Sawtelle."
#82: shootingstarr7 - I really enjoyed The Gargoyle, hope you do too.
As for me, I'm reading The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , which is fantastic so far. It reminds me a little of Middlesex.
... Jamaica, Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures. Sort of an unsettling title. Abandoned in the juice bar of the same gym The brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao .
... once went there on holiday, but I doubt that will feature in their history books. I now know a little bit more thanks to The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao . Although partly set in New Jersey, the Dominican Republic is at the centre of this book. I learned about the reign of the dictator Tr ...
... and because I'm not sure what I want to say about it. I have some conflicting opinions that won't resolve. I'm reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz, which is notable, among many other reasons, because it's the third book in a row I'm reading that I actually own, ...
I've just finished The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao for my Around the World category.
I have now returned to Slow Man by J M Coetzee which Oscar leaped ahead of. About a third of the way through and enjoying it so far, although it has just taken a strange twist so no idea whether how ...
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Category: Around the World - Dominican Republic
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I absolutely loved this. It is partly the story of Oscar, an overweight science fiction fan, who falls in love too ...
I'm jumping between the Domincan Republic and New Jersey in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
... Suns
Mooch 6 books and choose one of the following hardcovers signed by author:
http://bookmooch.com/detail/1594489580 Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao TAKEN
I posted a review of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao today, and was amused to see yours was the one posted just before (but some days ago).
... I think it's an important book to read and discuss. I'm also hoping our discussion will be even better since we just read The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and I think these two books make a good comparison in some ways.
... a book a chance if it has been favorably reviewed; I had started to give up on The Obscene Bird of Night this year, and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao last year, but I'm very glad that I stuck it out and finished both of them. Nazi Literature in the Americas, on the other hand, was ...
... the Dance: A Walk Through Carnival in Jacmel, Haiti by Edwidge Danticat *
2. The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat *
3. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz *
4. The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle *
5. The Book Thief by Markus Zusa ...
... written my review yet - sorry if that's becoming a refrain here. I'll probably have this review done before I finish the Oscar Wao one.
Meanwhile, the bookstore angels this weekend dropped off an ARC of China Mieville's next novel, The City & The City, upcoming in May. I'm about 60 ...
... READ
5) Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
6) Causing a Scene by Charlie Todd READ
7) The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao READ
8) Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters READ
9) Conversation in the Cathedral by Mario Vargas Llosa
10)Dom Casmurr ...
... questions through its story of a Catholic missionary in Japan who consciously decides to renounce his faith. I just started The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz - mainly just to see what all the fuss was about. I love his hilarious re-telling of Dominican history, although some ...
... it Saw-Ron, but still. :oD
The most references to Tolkien in another book (Fiction) that I have EVER seen were in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao . This book won the Pulitzer last year. If fact, there are so many references that I lost track. :oD
Hmmm, well I've finished The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. There are no less than 74 reviews of this book on Librarything so probably all that needs to be said has already been covered. I did like one very short review which said "I wept for Oscar. All he wanted was ...
... said a lot about her character without saying anything at all.
I'm interested to see what you think of The Road and The Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao . I've read The Road, and have heard mixed opinions, and have heard nothing but good things about The Wondrous Life...
Thanks for the review of Flashman -- seeing as I thoroughly enjoyed Oscar Wao , I'll trust you and your friend on this one and give it a go. :)
... proving to be an extraordinarily good read. Between times I visit New Jersey and the Dominican Republic in the company of Oscar Wao , via the entertainingly-read audiobook. I'd say that thus far the book lives up to the hype - at least I have not read anyone who writes quite like Junot Díaz ...
... read (Feb 15th)
2.Heartsick by Chelsea Cain read (Feb 2nd)
3.Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain read (Feb 3rd)
4.The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz read (Feb 17th)
5.Still life by Louise Penny read (Mar 18th)
6.Heart-shaped box by Joe Hill (Apr 16th)
...
I share you love of footnotes, but I am an academic at heart. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is particularly good in its use of footnotes.
The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is one that did it to me. I liked the beginning, where the book concentrated on Oscar, but after that, the book went downhill for me.
... and Fog by Andre Dubus III, Finished 1-3
A Mercy by Toni Morrison, Finished 1-29 (could also be Historical Fiction)
The Brief and Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz, Finished 3-15
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga, Finished 3-25
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink, Finished 5-23 (c ...
I've been wanting to read The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao for a while now. I almost picked it up at the bookstore yesterday but then decided to save money and get it from the library. :/
2. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz
I read this one because of a hearty recommendation from a friend who generally has good taste in all sorts of things.
I have to say, this was no exception. I really, really liked this book. From the enormous numbers of nerdly references ( ...
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Books read:
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2008)
The Road (2007)
Middlesex (2003)
The Color Purple (1983)
Advise and Consent (1960)
The Old Man and the Sea (1953)
...
glad to hear you liked The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao . i loved it! the dialect was cumbersome @ times, but well worth it and added another great layer to the story.
#3. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz - This novel, the winner of the 2008 Pulitzer, won me over in the end. I didn't really enjoy the first half, but really got into it as the story went on. The story is, as told by a family friend, about the de Leon family. They ...
Ms. Bella, I almost picked up Elsewhere today! I went withThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao instead. I just finished Paper Towns, which (as anything I have read from John Green) was hilarious. If you haven't read Looking for Alaska you NEED to.
I went to Target to get.... ummm... ...
I've been reading the Pulitzer's for Fiction in order backwards from Oscar Wao for a couple of months now but I think that for the 999 Challenge I may be reading them willy-nilly.
My tentative list is:
i. Empire Falls
ii. The Interpreter of Maladies
iii. The Hours
iv. The Shipping Ne ...
... Sinha
4. Blessed Unrest by Paul Hawken
5. Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller
6. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
7. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
8. Broken Prey by John Sandford
9. Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
10. City of Thieves by David Benioff
11. F ...
... Bolano
5. With the stroke of a pen--A. Louise Staman
6. Infinite Jest--David Foster Wallace
7. The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao --Junot Diaz
8. Gomorrah--Roberto Saviano
9. The Unfortunates--B. S. Johnson
10. A werewolf problem in Central Russia-- ...
Because there was 25% off...
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
The Life and Death of Laura Friday by David Murphy
Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon
Black Oxen by Elizabeth Knox (in the bargain bin)
In response to my no. 2 challenge for the year (see post 1) to read more new releases, I bought The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , which is new enough for me to fulfill the criteria. Then I realised that it breached the "no prize winners" rule that I generally adhere to. Fortunately I have ...
... avaland! Authors new to me whose work I most enjoyed in 2008 include:
Prose
Junot Diaz - for The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Elizabeth Jane Howard - for her autobiography Slipstream and the four-volume Cazalet Chronicles
Viktor Pelevin - for A We ...
... History Boys but I saw the movie and loved it. They used the same actors as in the play.
My previous clunkers:
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Water for Elephants *
The Poe Shadow *
Additions, books under 3 stars:
Beasts of No Nation
True Confessions of Adrian Al ...
Currently I'm splitting my time between The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz and The Complete Book of Swords by Fred Saberhagen (which is really a re-read, but since I last read it about fifteen years ago and I can't remember what happened last Tuesday....) so we'll see what I ...
... person, &c., but perhaps it will simply be (like last year) yet another enumeration of my failures.
First read is 1) The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. I don't feel like discussing it at the moment (I prefer to talk about classics more, simply because they invite ...
... lighter fiction (including The City of Dreaming Books and Love in the Time of Fridges), I'm currently in the middle of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz.
... a
Walking with the Wind by John Lewis
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
... by my college where they give out free copies of and have discussions about one book-- book for this year!)
2. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao —Junot Diaz
3. The White Tiger—Avarind Adiga
4. Never Let Me Go—Kazou Ishiguru
5. The Road—Cormac McCa ...
I absolutely LOVED The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. This book put Diaz on my super short list of favorite authors, and I read the book TWICE within a two-month span.
I really liked The Thirteenth Tale: a Novel by Diane Setterfield. Once I started it, I had to ...
I finished The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao yesterday. Liked it; will do a review and say more later. Started the novella The Luminous Depths by David Herter, a sequel of sorts to his On the Overgrown Path; so far it's fine.
... I'll review tomorrow), and The Tales Of Beedle The Bard.
Added to my currently reading pile The Satanic Verses and The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao . Also reading Modern Magic, another ARC, A Long Way Gone, Reading Lolita In Tehran, and as my 'fun' book, Harry Potter and the Cham ...
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta
Anathem by Neal Stephenson
... fave, and several Austens):
The Welsh Girl (my if-I-had-to-pick-one)
No One You Know
Somebody Else's Daughter
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao .
... just started reading The Thirteenth Tale this morning. I needed something a little lighter after finishing Slow Man and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao last week.
Again, try to limit yourselves. ;o)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
The Girl With No Shadow by Joanne Harris
... Thomas Hardy
456. Thornyhold by Mary Stewart - I still love Mary Stewart even after all these years
457. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz - this book won a ton of awards including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and I find myself asking "Why?"; totally ...
... stand out for me this year are:
Fiction
The Cazalet Chronicles (four-book series) by Elizabeth Jane Howard
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Poetry
My Iron Spine by Helen Rickerby
Moonshot by Harvey Molloy
#397 alcott So glad someone feels the same way I did about The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao in fact I congratulate you on finishing it. It was one of only four that I abandoned this year. Not only the use of the two words you mentioned but the over-use of Spanish, which I don't speak, left ...
#395: OK, Linda, this is me returning the favor. Do not waste your time reading The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao . I had high hopes for this book, but once I got past the first part of the book, it just went downhill for me. I was very disappointed. I know it got some very good reviews ...
... listers" now in paperback. Yeah!
1. Shadow Country by Peter Matthiessen - National Book Award for Fiction, 2008
2. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Juot Diaz - National Book Critics Circle for Fiction, Pulitzer Prize in 2008
3. Medical Apartheid: the dark history of medical ...
My IMMEDIATE TBR Pile includes:
Soul Music
Interesting Times
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Reading Lolita in Tehran
A Long Way Gone
Salt
Mayflower
After that, it goes out of control.
... to jump the gun and start reporting on my reading now, if everyone's OK with that. Why wait? I am now about 1/3 through The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , and liking it so far.
... 7/09)
54. Bad Mother - Ayelet Waldman (5/13/09)
55. The Yiddish Policemen's Union - Michael Chabon (5/17/09)
56. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz (5/23/09)
57. Family Man - Elinor Lipman (6/05/09)
58. Mudbound - Hillary Jordan (6/06/09)
... List
January
1. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
2. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
3. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
4. People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
5. A Holiday for Murder by Agatha Christie
6. The Magicia ...
... As I say whenever I dislike a book, I didn't care, and I wanted every character to die horribly.
And I just bought The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , mainly because something about the summary reminds me of Confederacy of Dunces. I hope I don't hate it.
I did like Special Topics ...
My five star reads are:
Night by Elie Wiesel
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
Half a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Mao II by Don DeLillo
The Ministr ...
... and so I'll be reporting on those too. Expect I read less than most of you.
I will keep a list of books-read here.
The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , by Junot Diaz
The Luminous Depths, by David Herter
The Situation, by Jeff Vandermeer
The King's Last Song, by G ...
... Crumb Vol. 1 - Any early Christmas present from my Dad.
Plus, I bought myself:
The Tale of Beedle The Bard
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
... .
Not sure if that's a function of parenthood, or the internet - but these days I'm having trouble with longer works.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is also on my list - and significantly more likely (...except for the pesky detail that I haven't run across a copy yet).
... late...but.
Graphic stories
G. Willow Wilson Cairo
Lappe Shooting war
Gen. Fiction -
Diaz the brief wondrous life of oscar wao
The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander
Non-Fiction -
Michael Pollan In defense of food
Noah Adams ...
... and watched over the years, with a few typos, at http://homepages.mcs.vuw.ac.nz/~rarnold/bookgroup.html):
Middlemarch
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Northern Lights aka The Golden Compass
2) My own choice:
Slipstream (OK, that's an autobiography) and the four-volume Cazale ...
... Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Last Night by James Salter
... tedious- not in its plot but in its mood, emotional setting, whatever. Read about 2/3 and then dropped it. REALLY liked the brief wondrous life of oscar wao . About half way through Park's Roumania series.
Very disappointed in Jarpe's radio freefall - should have known it wasn't my ...
Comments on others books:
Clunkers I agree with:
SnowCrash
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Alchemist
Peony in Love It was an Early Review book and I couldn't find a thing to say
Moloka'i I didn't find is sad, so much as underwhelming, uninformative and boring. ...
... Celine.
as for Antonio Munoz Molina--I started his today so I guess it's not going to make '09 now. Junot Diaz's The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao is figuring in the near future as well. As is The kite runner when my wife gets done with it.
... -- have to sneak my non-school reading in little bits when I can... but definitely needed for my sanity!
just recieved The Brief Life of Oscar Wao and have an ER book coming too...
... the mental gymnastics required to read the French passages (call it a quirk!). However, with the exception of Spanish in Oscar Wao I can't recall seeing untranslated text in American books. I don't think it would "sell." Unfortunately too much of the American population can't be bothered to ...
... Brick Lane. My least favourite is Reluctant Fundamentalist, but even that was worth reading.
I was recommending Oscar Wao to people all over, and then I had a chance to meet Junot Diaz at a discussion/reading, and he is such a silly goof, working so hard on his act, feeling the need ...
>26: well, you may not be fulfilling an American obligation (which, btw, is why I read and did not finish Oscar Wao ), but you are fulfilling what is no doubt a secret British obligation by reading a Booker Prize winner !
... - Stephen Prothero (296)
122. The Big Year - Mark Obamscik (288)
123. Not That You Asked - Steve Almond (288)
124. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz (339)
125. Easy Money - Liz Pulliam Weston (198)
126. The Life of the Skies - Jonathan Rosen (324)
127. Into the Wi ...
>3: what are you doing in the nude, urania1?
This is an amazing TBR pile indeed. So, I would de-nudge Oscar Wao , which I couldn't finish.
I agree with FlossieT's assessment of One Good Turn, Arthur and George, and Purple Hibiscus.
I have not yet read Remains of the Day, so I ...
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
Arthur and George by Julian Barnes
Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner
Man ...
... for that piece of literary crap!
I wouldn't call it a clunker, because I didn't finish it, but I didn't care for Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao . Didn't get the hype and didn't get very far into it.
I had an hour to kill before a hair appointment, so wandered into B&N and came out with:
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (which I've heard both great things and not so great things about, but couldn't resist it)
The Forever War by Dexter Filkins (which I'd never heard of, but ...
I actually had several books I couldn't get through, ergo clunkers:
My Name is Red
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Baltasar and Blimunda
The Piano Teacher
The Line of Beauty
I also finished, but really hated, In a Free State.
... **
CENTRAL AMERICA / CARIBBEAN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
The Color of My words by Lynn Joseph ****
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
JAMAICA
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhyss
AFRICA BOTSWANA
Maru by Bessie Head
CAM ...
19. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz.
This was the 2008 Pulitzer Prize award-winner for literary fiction, and wow! was it an amazing read. I finished it last night (it's the November selection for my neighborhood book club) and it will take me awhile to sort out my thoughts ...
I just finished The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao which was wonderful - I loved the flashbacks to his mom's life, and Diaz's writing. He uses a lot of slang, and Spanish, and this makes the narrator's voice so much more compelling. Also, I can now curse in Spanish. So it was an educational ...
#98 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
One of those books that deserves every bit of praise it has received. Wonderful writing, heartbreaking story (this book actually is a heartbreaking work of staggering genius). I really knew nothing about the Dominican Republic ...
... - Stephen Prothero (296)
122. The Big Year - Mark Obamscik (288)
123. Not That You Asked - Steve Almond (288)
124. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz (339)
125. Easy Money - Liz Pulliam Weston (198)
126. The Life of the Skies - Jonathan Rosen (324)
127. Into the Wild - ...
...
1996 - Independence Day
1999 - The Hours
2002 - Empire Falls
2003 - Middlesex
2004 - The Known World
2008 - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
...
Also toward the top of my TBR list are: The Maltese Falcon, Little Women, Candide, The Bell Jar, and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao .
At least as it stands now, of course.
... Ashes by Frank McCourt (1997 Pulitzer for Biography or Autobiography)
Empire Falls by Richard Russon (2002 Pulitzer)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (2008 Pulitzer)
Independence Day by Richard Ford (1996 Pulitzer)
The Known World by Edward P. Jones (2004 Pulitzer)
...
#80 & #39 - Just discussed The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao in book club. Very intense and marvelous!
Its been a very well read week already, finished
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz - a killer to get into but worth it by the end. Then went on to The Dead Fathers Club by Matt Haig.. still wondering what really happened at the end.. Finished Little Face by Sophie Hanna ...
... Heights and they were my top three. It'll be good for reading though, regardless.
On another topic - wookiebender, The Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao sounds awesome. *Loved* your description (#41)! I must get hold of that for my bro-in-law. He's not fat, but everything else fits :D
... and others talk openly about sex, deceptions, love, and betrayal." Oh, the other woman is so misunderstood.
23. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. Dominican-Americans and their amazing (although fictitious) tales, and boy is this author hilarious.
24. Up at ...
... guidelines are here. :)
I'm sure I'll think of some more over the weekend.
I just popped on to say that I finished The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and did enjoy it: all about a fat role playing science fiction addicted nerd. What's not to like? :) And, in a burst of reading, Go Ask ...
I finished The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao . It had some funny moments, but mostly its something I feel the need to scrape off my shoe. It is written in what could kindly be called dialect, but is really part of the 'ignorance is cool oeuvre'. Definitely not in the same league as In the ...
... - it's still atmospheric more than plot-driven, but the atmosphere and characters have suckered me in. And still enjoying The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , I was up Far Too Late last night reading it. *yawn*
... Suns by Khaled Hosseini Afganistan
3. Distant Star by Roberto Bolano Chile
4. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz Dominican Republic
5. Purple Hibiscus by Ngozi Adichie Nigeria
6. Tropical Fish Tal ...
49. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz c. 2007 (fiction)
49. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz c. 2007 (fiction)
OC: God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, The Return of the Native, Capitalism and Freedom, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , Jane Eyre (doubling my Victorian category since I moved the Barchester novels to my 'series' section) EX: The Maltese Falcon, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Doug ...
... than a purchase.
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#63, FicusFan, If you want to continue the Trujillo theme, you might like The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. The writing is staggering, blunt, and ...........staggering!
Yes, Hemlock, I have the book (which I just got ...
Maybe it was her.....you'd think I would have paid closer attention to that little detail!!!
#83 - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz - Fabulous plot, historical reference, and amazing writing style!
Finished up The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , which I thought was amazing in terms of historical interest, plot, and writing style! I am about to start reading Sea Wolf by Jack London for an LT Group Theme read about ocean adventures. I continue listening to David Baldacci's The W ...
#63, FicusFan, If you want to continue the Trujillo theme, you might like The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. The writing is staggering, blunt, and ...........staggering!
... able to wear his NEW school shoes and tell all his classmates about seeing WALL-E at News this morning.
Still enjoying The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao although I might have to find my English/Spanish dictionary because there are far too many Spanish words/phrases! And The Time We Have ...
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I'm often disappointed by books that are over-hyped: they tend to be OKAY but little more than that. Junot Diaz's BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO and TREE OF SMOKE by Denis Johnson were like that for me. Big award-winners, critical darlings but (to this author's eyes, at least) ...
"Of course I do, he said, but nothing I have tried has been ameliorative."
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
"Do you really want to change it?"
... which is a lovely book! I am about to start listening to The Whole Truth by David Baldacci. I am continuing to read The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz.
... foot, and with the other I am hopping between the Dominican Republic and New York City trying to keep up with the rapidfire Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao . It is a joyous ride!
"She tried to scream, but it was too late."
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
"Didn't I tell you to send your daughter abroad while you had the chance?"
Capitalism and Freedom
by Milton Friedman
10/09/08
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao ***/***½
by Junot Díaz
10/09/08
2008 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (Riverhead Books)
2007 The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Alfred A. Knopf)
2006 March by Geraldine Brooks (Viking)
2005 Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (Farrar)
2004 The Known World by Edward P. Jones (Amistad HarperCol ...
... winner for 2008) but had to put it to one side to continue contemplating The Book of Illusions.
And very much enjoying The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao .
Gotta go, Heroes is on TV!
... ending wasn't the best bit of it. Wonderful narrator though, she just kept everything bubbling along nicely.
I'll start The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao tonight, as that's a library book and is due back Saturday week (and I doubt I'll be able to renew this one, I think I was bloody lucky ...
How fortuitous..
To friends local and away
The Lieutenant
Fingersmith
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Secret Scripture
Hotel du Lac
The Inheritance of Loss
The Lost Dog
The Tenderness of Wolves
A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian
In Defense of Food
"He'd said, no, be a baby."
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
"For the sake of argument, would you let your pubescent daughter have relations with a twenty-four-year-old male?"
"A punk chick."
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
... story which also addresses the impact of colonization and the role of women in 1960s Rhodesia. I am just about to start The Brief wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz, my October book club selection.
... so there is some hunting required (Editions of the books) to find the English titles.
Then in BJs Warehouse I found
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz.
Yet another book with ties to the Dominican Republic and the dictatorship. I have gone my whole life with very little ...
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz is a truly fabulous, inventive book. The characters are one of a kind , shaped by their shared Dominican experience and heritage transported to the state of New Jersey.
Most deserving of its Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
Yunior is a ...
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz, though not technically a "South American" piece of fiction should certainly find a warm home amongst the members of this group.
Diaz is a fresh voice, a marvelous young writer who introduces us to fabulously created one of a kind characters ...
Had a 30% coupon AND a $5 frequent buyer coupon, both about to expire, so I hurried down to Borders and came home with
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz and
Brief Encounters with Che Guevara: Stories by Ben Fountain.
As if that's not enough, the Sunday afternoon ...
... stores in two states) bookseller tonight and picked up:
Why We Hate Us by Dick Meyerdue to the praise here on LT
The Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
From PBS in the past few days:
Beware False Profits by Emilie Richards
1776 by David McCullough
Clapton ...
(Trumpets, cymbals, and divers alarums!)
79. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Ink in the margins--
Kaneda glosses the text
--blood in the cane fields
80. The Golem's Eye by Jonathan Stroud
That uneasy choice
between joyless villainy
and dull heroics.
81 ...
Just finished reading The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and it's every bit as good as the reviews. Perfect geek book. I felt, more than once, like Diaz could have been writing about me.
... yes, I know I've promised that before but this time--
Eyes pile of to-be-read books longingly.
On top, Junot Diaz's BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO ...
From the cashing in of long accumulated bonus points at Quality Paperback Books: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz; War and Peace, the Pevear/Volokhonsky translation; Gertrude Bell by Georgina Howell; Ad Infinitum by Nicholas Ostler; and The Essential Rumi translated by C ...
This is a newer prize with only two previous winners. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and Special Topics in Calamity Physics. Near as I can tell it's only for American authors. What makes it interesting to me is some of the books up for this year's prize have been offered in the EarlyReview ...
... choices for a longstanding classic: Don Quixote
My choice for a contemporary, probably to be a longstanding classic: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
I finished off Oscar Wao the other day, but have been so insanely busy that I've only gotten 16 pages into That Old Ace in the Hole for Wednesday night's book club.
Don't expect to see too much of me until I'm finished with it.
SUGEY PANTS!!!
girl, I am listening to a book about DR. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. So far it's hilarious, with lots of Dominican history for us ignorant Americanos. Won the Pulitzer.
And reading the Way We Live Now, finally.
... audiobooks on my iPod: Ackroyd's Hawskmoor, Mistress of the Art of Death, Cat's Eye, Brunelleschi's Dome, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , Crime Beat, Ice Queen, Magyk, and a few classics.
Do you think that should be enough for a 9-day vacation? lololol
I finished Fast Food Nation and started this year's Pulitzer Prize Winner - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - and I am loving it!
I just finished The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao . Just... wow. I haven't read a book like it in a while for impact, but this book perfectly blends nerdtastic pop culture analogies with a literary analysis of the Trujillo era in the Dominican Republic, and the lives of the grandchildren of ...
... Beauty, Zadie Smith (2005)
20. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding (1998)
21. On Writing, Stephen King (2000)
22. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , Junot Díaz (2007)
23. The Ghost Road, Pat Barker (1996)
24. Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry (1985)
25. The Joy Luck Club, Amy T ...
It's not The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is it?
Great progress, kambrogi! I like your take on Oscar Wao , and applaud your persistence in getting through it!
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#32 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. It took me forever to engage with this book. It read too much like a strained attempt at a pop-culture Hispanic teen voice, and also echoed so much current literature/film about adolescent boys whose Big Life Quest is to ...
... This has actually been quite helpful, because it means that my last trip to the bookstore only yielded two purchases: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and The Sandman: Endless Nights, both in beautiful hardcovers.
Great reviews, lindsacl. As you know, I put down Wao , but I ended up rechecking it and plan to try again this week. Why? Because I have very specific ideas about why I don't like it, but feel I must finish it before I pan it! Haha! Those of you who are still on the fence -- it reminded me a ...
The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Hard to pare this down! Some highlights:
The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
So Brave, Young and Handsome by Leif Enger
In the Woods by Tana French
The Gravedigger's Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates
Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier
(Note: Touchstones seem to be a ...
#32 - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz - Finished May 23, 2008
Wow! This is an amazing novel. I can't wait to go back and read Drown, Diaz's debut book.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is the story of Oscar, an overweight boy who has trouble fitting in. Oscar's ...
A_musing, I found it difficult to identify/connect with the characters in Oscar Wao , and that often prevents me from really getting into a book. There was also a lot of Spanish vernacular and, not knowing the language, that got in the way for me.
Oh, and I had several other books calling my ...
... target="_blank"> The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - did not finish ... I couldn't get into it, set it aside, and one week later have decided I'm not going to come back to it. So there.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Prince by Machiavelli
Mum insisted on buying me some books, and referred to me as "dangerous" whenever I took her to a bookshop.
We also got The Painted Veil, two copies of Breath by Tim Winton that were freshly signed (sadly he came and went ...
... it is a wonderful book!
At the same time, I also have two library books competing for my attention. I started The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , admittedly going into it with low expectations. I read the first two chapters and it was just OK. The third chapter is a long one ... ...
I love Amazon, they send me great stuff. Today I got Carry Me Down, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , and Lush Life. I also got the new Portishead CD for listening while I read.
... Man, and thought it unfairly ignored last year -- indeed, I thought it a much better book than the heaped-with-prizes The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , which just didn't ring many bells with me at all. I review The Great Man on my blog here: http://www.readingtheleaves.com/thegreatm ...
... for the tip. A Short History of Nearly Everything on audio is going right on my wish list.
mejix ~ Ditto to you. The brief wondrous life of oscar wao and the Plot against America on audio are going on my wish list too.
... and had it listed last year as my favorite of the year, being the only person in the world who didn't particularly care for The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao ); The Death List by Paul Johnston, which is a pretty straightforward thriller, but fun; and How the Dead Dream by Lydia Millet, ...
... with fiction has been more uneven. having said that, the two works that sold me on audiobooks were fiction works: the brief wondrous life of oscar wao by junot diaz and the plot against america by philip roth. they still are at the top of my personal hall of fame.
16. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Not the sort of book I'd normally read, but the genre references drew me in, and the writing's undeniably superb. While the story centers on Oscar, it also leaps back in time to tell the stories of his family, which helps to soften ...
... of Memory is more challenging, but definitely worth it. A recent book that probably would interest young people is The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao .
... The Satanic Verses ****
14. E.L. Doctorow - Ragtime ***½
15. Michael Chabon - Wonder Boys **½
16. Junot Díaz - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao ***
... by Mario Vargas Llosa
Children of God by Mary Doria Russell
The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Life & Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee
I got The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao from the library, but I really couldn't get into it. Maybe it was bad timing. I'd be willing to give it another try.
Winners:
Fiction The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Non-Fiction Medical Apartheid
Biography Stanley: The Impossible Life Of Africa’s Greatest Explorer
Autobiography/Memoir: Brother, I'm Dying
Poetry: Elegy
Criticism: The Rest is Noise
... by Janet Evanovich
The End by Lemony Snicket
The Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
His Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Se ...
... was just too long. I thought editors were supposed to help with that sort of thing. I'm finding the same problem with The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao on audiobook. I enjoyed much of the audiobook, but now it's sort of a background blah blah blah. There are some short stories in the ...
Book #7 is The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Audiobook-copious research must have gone into that book and the reader is amazing which makes a great book even greater. I don't know if I would have liked it as much if I read it because it has a very distinct voice that was a delight to listen to ...
7. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
I finished this book yesterday, which means that it took me 19 days. This just isn't the way to finish 50 books. However, the book was awesome, so that's cool.
Seven books in 81 days is a 31.63 book pace. 1969 pages in 81 days is a 88 ...
... effort. Must now seek out The Extra Man.
To be read:
Dave Eggers - What is the What
Junot Diaz - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Phillip Roth - Portnoy's Complaint
Janice Erlbaum - Girlbomb (I wish this was called Girlbaum!)
and others.
Looks ...
... a total of 1634 pages in 62 days, for a pace of 9619.5 pages in a year.
Finally, to get back to work, I'm starting on The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz.
... book is effectively a love-letter to Vita Sackville West. I'll have to read more about it and Woolf's other works.
15. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz, 2007
I felt so cool reading this story of a family of Dominican Republic immigrants to the US. It's funny being ...
... has (because I gave it to him), but hasn't yet read, Coltrane: The Story of a Sound by Ben Ratliff.
I hope to read The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , Brother, I'm Dying, possibly the biographies of Edith Wharton and Thomas Hardy, and The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentiet ...
I left the Dominican Republic after learning about The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao which I adored and couldn't put down and now I am in Cairo deciding the fate of the world after WWI in Dreamers of the Day
... Eggers
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
... year listlessly wandering between the Dominican Republic and New Jersey, trying to figure out what was so wondrous about The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and have now decamped with a certain sense of relief to Kurdistan: My Father's Rifle.
1. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Despite my disappointment with this book, I've decided to be gentle – not only in the spirit of the New Year, but also because I'm wary of introducing bad karma into my thread FROM THE VERY BEGINNING! (Dear Gawd, please let the ...
I am off for Christmas break and I have managed to read two very good books: The Ministry of Special Cases and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao . While both were very interesting, they were somewhat depressing. Hopefully The Year of Living Biblically will be lighter.
... little nuts on the Levenger website and got me a monogrammed book weight, page points and three lovely bookmarks. I got him The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao .
Finally condensed the fiction for this year's top five list.
1. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. Reading tip. Use a Spanish to English dictionary if needed.
2. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. Hey, it's still ...
Is there any chance that something like The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz might get a few nominations? It's not SF per say but it portrays a SF nerd. I don't think it would win though.
For those thinking about reading it grab a Spanish dictionary because it's written in a ...
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. I heard it's good.
... it. I found it really boring overall.
Next up I would like to read either Baby No Eyes by Patricia Grace or The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
... random taste in books. And that I love Dr. Thompson.
This also does not include the books I bought for others:
Run
The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao
50 X 50 (50 Cent signed at my bookstore, and I bought it for my cousin.)
I have a problem. *runs to the TBR pile support thread*
For OTHER people, I've purchased:
Run
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
50 X 50
But none for Elle. I weep.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao has 97 copies on LT and The Stuff of Thought has 124 copies but neither have recommendations built. Both have had copies cataloged on LT for at least six months even though they haven't been out for quite that long.
... the London Night by Sukhdev Sandhu
6. That the World May Know: Bearing Witness to Atrocity by James Dawes
7. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (fellow Rutgers alumnus!)
8. Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks
9. The Bad Girl by Mario Vargas Llosa
10. Co ...
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz.
So, I finally finished The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. The Prologue was off-putting. All that tiny print about people I have never heard of (which ...
8. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (c2007, 335 pages, finished Feb 18)
This book has no business being enjoyable. It’s about girl-obsessed overweight Dominican kid from a screwed- ...
