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What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of January 2, 2010		166	jbleil, Yesterday 9:14pm
75 Books Challenge for 2010 : *Hot Reviews - 1st Thread		50	Whisper1, Yesterday 7:46pm
Reading Globally : Where in the World Are You Now? January 2010		29	grelobe, Yesterday 9:12am
Girlybooks : What Books By Women Are You Reading-January 2010?		20	englishrose60, Yesterday 1:37am
75 Books Challenge for 2010 : Terri - teelgee: 75 in 2010		55	teelgee, Wednesday 7:06pm
List Five Books Parlour Game : Head, shoulders, knees and toes...		11	Polyp, Wednesday 6:37pm
1010 Category Challenge : What are you reading for the Challenge this month - January 2010 ?		16	KimB, Wednesday 5:00am
Le Salon des Amateurs de la Langue : Welcome to le Salon de Amateurs de la Langue!		111	nee-nee, Tuesday 10:42pm
1010 Category Challenge : teelgee Tries Ten Ten		42	sorminato, Tuesday 12:06pm
50 Book Challenge : On the way to 50		284	heidimorden, Tuesday 9:35am
1010 Category Challenge : avatiakh's 1010 challenge		26	avatiakh, Sunday 5:53am
1010 Category Challenge : dreamlikecheese's 1010 Challenge		80	pamelad, Saturday 5:32pm
What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of December 26, 2009?		161	teelgee, Saturday 3:08am
What Are You Reading Now? : Books Brought Home-December 2009		159	mstrust, Friday 2:02pm
50 Book Challenge : SusanJ's 50 book challenge for 2009		109	susanj67, December 2009
Club Read 2009 : Kidzdoc's 2009 Goals #4		181	kidzdoc, December 2009
Folio Society devotees : Which books would you like to see as Folio volumes? (2)		150	Willoyd, December 2009
INFP : What is your occupation (work)?		55	mpramanik, December 2009
TBR Challenge : Jennifer's TNR List 2009		26	socialpages, November 2009
Book talk : Another Silly Game Part 31		361	moibibliomaniac, October 2009
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Kidzdoc's 75 Book Challenge for 2009 #5		268	kidzdoc, October 2009
Comics : If you had to recommend something...		32	Echobrain, September 2009
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : lycomayflower's 2009 75 Challenge		261	lycomayflower, September 2009
999 Challenge : soffitta1's		72	ivyd, September 2009
Reading Globally : lindsacl reads around the world		85	lindsacl, September 2009
What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of July 4, 2009?		312	simora, August 2009
Reading Globally : August THEME read - Aboriginal Peoples		15	janeajones, August 2009
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Kidzdoc's 75 Book Challenge for 2009 #3		259	kidzdoc, August 2009
Book talk : Another Silly Game, part 13		365	emagin, July 2009
List Five Books Parlour Game : Tinker, Tailor...		54	rolandperkins, July 2009
Girlybooks : 500 Great Books by Women		210	tiffin, July 2009
What Are You Reading Now? : Books Brought Home- June 2009		331	mckait, July 2009
Reading Globally : The Library Nook 'Year Around the World' challenge		14	KellReader, May 2009
What Are You Reading Now? : Books Brought Home, April 2009 #2		160	elliepotten, May 2009
Metaphysical Poets : The sun rising		47	frdiamond, April 2009
Book talk : Book recommendations?? (books in different cultures/eras)		33	momom248, April 2009
What Are You Reading Now? : Books that came home with you in March 2009		414	richardderus, April 2009
50 Book Challenge : girlunderglass stares out from her display case		267	girlunderglass, March 2009
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : wid_get's 2009 non school related challenge		4	fantasia655, March 2009
Club Read 2009 : If everybody's reading it, can it be that good?		103	Nickelini, March 2009
Book talk : Game ---->PICK A BOOK YOU HAVEN'T READ YET II		349	AMQS, February 2009
Reading Globally : Recommend a book from your country of origin/residence		82	CarlosMcRey, February 2009
List Five Books Parlour Game : Anatomy		25	mamalaz, January 2009
50 Book Challenge : englishrose60		253	englishrose60, January 2009
50 Book Challenge : Wandering_star's 50 book challenge: more non-fiction		132	carlym, January 2009
50 Book Challenge : lindsacl's 2008 read-a-thon		217	kambrogi, January 2009
75 Books Challenge for 2008 : TrishNYC's Attempt at the 75 book Challenge		248	Fourpawz2, December 2008
Book talk : Another Silly Game, part 17		274	FAMeulstee, December 2008
Book Nudgers : Books Nudged in November		17	Rullakartiina, December 2008
Book talk : Another Silly Game, Part 16		283	FAMeulstee, November 2008
1001 Books to read before you die : International edition?		34	Stbalbach, November 2008
Book Nudgers : Rachbxl needs a nudge!		38	rachbxl, November 2008
Girlybooks : What books by and/or about women are you reading Sept.		98	urania1, October 2008
888 Challenge : fannyprice's 888		52	fannyprice, September 2008
Book talk : Another Silly Game, Part 12		358	FAMeulstee, September 2008
What Are You Reading Now? : Abandoned Books		335	Cariola, August 2008
The Prizes : The Best of the Booker		36	Cariola, July 2008
Go Review That Book! : Game Thread 2		253	ireed110, June 2008
Girlybooks : What books by and/or about women are you reading Jan-April 08?		141	avaland, May 2008
What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 29 March 2008		178	mrspenny, May 2008
Best of British : Prizewinners?		15	skoobdo, May 2008
What Are You Reading Now? : First Line Game Chapter 6		199	thekoolaidmom, May 2008
What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - April. 2008		388	milbaby, May 2008
Reading Globally : Pacific Islands		18	sigridsmith, April 2008
Reading Globally : Where in the World Are You Now? March 2008		124	teelgee, April 2008
Working Class : Working-Class Short Stories?		5	elle.wilson, March 2008
What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 22 March 2008		145	thekoolaidmom, March 2008
Book talk : Another silly game -- Part 3		506	KymberK, February 2008
50 Book Challenge : Late as usual . . . judylou		76	judylou, December 2007
Girlybooks : Masterpieces of Women's Literature		112	yareader2, December 2007
50 Book Challenge : aljazcosini is going for 50		18	aljazcosini, November 2007
Book talk : can't believe I am the only member with this book		17	vpfluke, October 2007
What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 8 September 2007		108	coorabella, October 2007
What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 1 September 2007		170	woodbear, October 2007
Reading Globally : Where in the World Are You Now? September 2007		155	digifish_books, October 2007
Reading Globally : Australian and New Zealand Fiction		33	aarti, September 2007
Reading Globally : Where in the World are You Now? August 2007		139	digifish_books, September 2007
What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 11 August 2007		174	melsmarsh, August 2007
Reading Globally : Recommend four novels from four different continents...		42	rudyleon, August 2007
Reading Globally : Where in the World Are You Know? July 2007		123	cestovatela, July 2007
What Are You Reading Now? : What book came into your home today? - June 2007		116	Kell_Smurthwaite, July 2007
What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came into Your Home Today? - April 2007		161	Kell_Smurthwaite, May 2007
New Zealand Thingamabrarians : Message Board		24	ezwicky, March 2007
Book talk : Fun with Libraries: Body Parts!		24	NotSunkYet, February 2007
The Green Dragon : Fantasy Graphic Novels		43	LyriqueTragedy, January 2007

found you and starred you! Teri, I just gave a thumbs up on your excellent review of The Bone People. I was #15 by the way! Kudos to you for a job well done!

White Teeth by Zadie Smith The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin The Bone People by Keri Hulme Skin and Other Stories by Roald Dahl Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov

And now tiffin has TWO hot reviews: Wolf Hall and Giving up the Ghost, a veritable Mantel-fest. teelgee's review of The Bone People tops the list!

Great review. I tried to read The Bone People several years ago, and couldn't get into it. I'm certainly going to try again now.

I loved The Bone People. It's definitely on my "all-time favorites" list, but now I'll have to go read the ending again, because I don't remember what I thought about that part. I do remember I liked the book because the characters were complex--they weren't the simple "good guys/bad guys" that ...

>40: I've read The Bone People twice now and I still don't "get" the ending. But it's one I'll never forget and may even read again someday. I guess you might say I agree with marise in that it made a lasting impression on me as well.

I just finished The Bone People (link to my review) and am about to start The Mammoth Cheese by Sheri Holman for Orange January.

... src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0140089225.01._SX140_SY225_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"> 1. The Bone People by Keri Hulme -- Booker, Dano! (cat. 4) The Bone People has been on my shelf for years and I've never had enough curiosity to pick it up. I read ...

I saw The Bone People at the last 2nd-hand book fair but decided I had enough to keep me going (3 bags of books) until the next fair and put it back. If I can find it again it is going to be bagged the next time ;-)

... src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0140089225.01._SX140_SY225_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"> 1. The Bone People by Keri Hulme The Bone People has been on my shelf for years and I've never had enough curiosity to pick it up. I read it for a book group this ...

>7 I love The Bone People. I don't know if Hulme ever wrote anything else, but I found that novel amazing! I am reading Mudhouse Sabbath and Dr. Zhivago for my 1010 challenge.

I'm reading The Bone People for my Booker prize category (and for my book group). It's taking awhile to read! But I like it more than I expected to.

On the south island of New Zealand living in a tower with The Bone People by Keri Hulme.

>5 Thanks, Mark! Happy New Year to you too. I'm well into The Bone People this weekend. Need to finish by Monday night for my book group. It's slow going but I'm liking it lots.

I'm starting 2010 with The Bone People. Dense, but I think it's worth it!

... Category #4 - Booker prize winners (I unintentionally chose books that were all prize winners, not short or long listed). The Bone People by Keri Hulme.

OMG, a world of Terris! Happy New Year to you. I'm starting 2010 with The Bone People by Keri Hulme. Slow going, but I need to finish it for my book group Monday evening.

... mail - One Amazing Thing by Chitra Banerjee Bivakaruni. Trying to squeeze in a couple more reads before I tackle The Bone People for my F to F group that meets next week.

... one NOT love Dostoevsky and Chekhov. And the language IS so beautiful, so musical. Zeno: all I know about Maori is from The Bone People which I loved. I would love to learn it myself. This is SUCH a great group, Murr. Thanks for thinking of it.

... definitely going to enjoy following your thread and I may even join you on a few of GREAT choices! P.S. I really liked Bone People but lots of people do think it's depressing. And if I were an aboriginal (proper term, ct?) I might not like it.

... ctory.com/counter/wcqQnec/"> 1. The Bone People by Keri Hulme.

Two books: The Bone People by Keri Hulme......been meaning to read this one for dog years...... GUM-DIPPED: A Daughter Remembers Rubber Town by Joyce Dyer...an LT Member Giveaway....and i too remember Rubber Town...the same as Ms Dyer??? Dunno... ;-}

#23 if you like the Bone People I might give it a go. Sounds like a keen book group... I loved A View from Castle Rock, the OMnivore's Dilemma, Travels with charley and Wolf Hall. You have some great reading for next year!!

cmt -- The Bone People is one of the books my book group chose for 2010, so I'd be reading it anyway. I've heard such differing opinions about it, so will see what mine is! Thanks, cmt and NeverStop -- I'll look for your threads as well!

I'm loving your categories and lists! Good luck with The Bone People. I feel like a rather unpatriotic New Zealander when I a) admit to not having got past the first paragraph and b) groaning whenever anyone mentions it. But there you go! I'm going to come back when I've run out of book ...

... overlap in our Booker Prize category. I'll be interested to see what you think of The True History of the Kelly Gang and The Bone People. They've been sitting in my TBR pile so long it's shaming!

... Roy C. True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey D. Possession: A Romance by A.S. Byatt E. The Bone People by Keri Hulme F. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

... 24/12/09) 4. 5. Possible candidates: The Siege of Krishnapur by J G Farrell The Famished Road by Ben Okri The Bone People by Keri Hulme The Sea by John Banville True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey How Late It Was, How Late by James Kelman Electric Michelange ...

... by Patricia Grace 4: Plumb by Maurice Gee 5: Black Oxen by Elizabeth Knox 6: Departure Lounge by Chad Taylor 7: The Bone People by Keri Hulme 8: Owls do Cry by Janet Frame 9: 10:

The Bone People by Kerry Hulme

Hi Darryl - just wanted to point out that Keri Hulme & The Bone People is from New Zealand not Australia as in msg #1.

I have found Bone People to be one of the most controversy-inducing books ever. I introduced it to my reading group about three years ago, where I loved it and everyone else loathed it. I have recommended it to a number of people who have hated it. And I know there are some people out there ...

Ahem... excuse the parochial noises... but Keri Hulme is a Kiwi!! Have fun with The Bone People...we gave our unread copy away to a German friend last year, who put us to shame by reading it on the plane home.

And I'll be interested in your thoughts on Bone People - I bought it a few years ago, but have never got round to reading it...

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Willoyd in Folio Society devotees : Which books would you like to see as Folio volumes? (2) (Aug 30, 2009, 6:23am)

... not really be worth the effort, there are some that to my mind are worth adding to the collection. I adored Keri Hulmes's The Bone People, and several others seem to have enough acclaim to be worth the effort too (although can't say that for instance Vernon God Little is exactly amongst my ...

Oh, I loved The Bone People--though it was dark wasn't it? Loved The White Tiger too.

... steer well clear of Booker prize winners, on the basis that I'll be too dim to understand them properly (this may stem from The Bone People many years ago) but I liked everything about this book, and I will definitely want to read the next thing the author writes. I'm now about half-way ...

Oooh, kidzdoc, I forgot about The Bone People. I have that one, too. Maybe I'll add it to the stack. I've heard such terrific things about it.

I think I'll read Bone People by Keri Hulme, the winner of the 1985 Booker Prize, which is about a Maori artist (New Zealand) who comes upon a mute boy and his Maori step-father. I would recommend reading Carpentaria by Alexis Wright, which I read last year for the Reading Globally ...

... The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey. Of course, there's also Oscar and Lucinda. A long time ago, I read The Bone People which I really liked, but it was bit depressing/dark--not necessarily a summer read. Hmmm...those were off the top of my head--I'll have to go check out my ...

... of Paris until next week. My first novel of the week will probably be Knowledge of Hell by Antonio Lobo Antunes or The Bone People by Keri Hulme, or possibly Behindlings by Nicola Barker.

... I'll start Seven Ages of Paris this weekend or next week, as I may visit the city as early as next month. I may read The Bone People as early as this weekend, too.

... Latin America and probability... looking forward to some reviews. I gave away our unloved, long ignored copy of the Bone People to a German friend, who read it on the plane home. I know it's a Great Work of NZ Literature, but that doesn't make me want to read it. (All the good reviews ...

Oh, right. I posted it on the What Are You Reading Now? thread, but not here. I'll do a cut and paste... The Bone People by Keri Hulme The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow The Other City by Michal Aj ...

... friend for lunch, and stopped at Strand Bookstore to pick up the following: The Bone People by Keri Hulme The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow The Other City ...

... ves 6. The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje 7. Borderliners by Peter Hoeg Read August 09 8. The Bone People by Keri Hulme 9. Living in the Maniototo by Janet Frame 10. Howard's End by E M Forster 11. Death of a River Guide by Richard ...

... Elizabeth Goudge In the Steps of The Master by H. V. Morton The Beautiful Visit by Elizabeth Jane Howard The Bone People by Keri Hulme The Flame Trees of Thika by Elspeth Huxley Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter A S ...

... another example of me refusing to choose.) 32) And... what are you reading right now? The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Bone People, Breaking Dawn

Some recommendations: The Bone People by Keri Hulme, about how the Maori are/were adjusting to life in New Zealand in the mid 1980s. The Famished Road by Ben Okri, which, in a way, has a similar plot, but it's set in Nigeria a bit later and is written completely differently, using ...

My Dream of You by Nuala O'Faolain Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn The Bone People: A Novel by Keri Hulme Your Heart Belongs to Me by Dean Koontz

... High School, most of these requirements had been dropped. Which may help to explain why TV guide, National Enquirer & People are in my Dr.'s office instead of the Saturday Review

... Glass Wars, Frank Beddor 32. Bloodsucking Fiends, Christopher Moore 33. You Suck, Christopher Moore 34. The Bone People, Keri Hulme 35. Virtual Light, William Gibson 36. To Say Nothing of the Dog, Connie Willis 37. An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in N ...

... 4/5 of a very good novel was rather derailed by a final 1/5 that unnecessarily demolished the unity of the narrative. * The Bone People. NZ's other big award-winning novel (1985 Booker). Have tried to read it twice and failed to get beyond the first hundred pages both times, but friends ...

... me like that all the time I may have to follow the instructions hinted at in the title. (i.e. steal it) Never heard of The Bone People - hmm I just read some reviews of it...mental disorder was one thing, but I'm not sure I can deal with child abuse as well! I'll keep it in mind though when ...

... cry. This is one of them." The Book Thief and Of Mice and Men are the two that spring to mind for me. Possibly also The Bone People.

#27: I think a pitfall for us is "getting to know people" better than we are comfortable with. I am always trying to learn when to pull back.

... the Velvet is a great read. Have you read any Peter Carey he is good for Australian fiction or Kerri Hulme The Bone People one of my fav books, is set in New Zealand.

Adding to my TBR list from appydo1's library "The Bone People" by Keri Hulme; the New Zealand setting interests (I've read several novels set in Australia, but none set in New Zealand). #167/171...appydo1...R.F. Delderfield's "The Avenue" ("The Dreaming Suburb" + "The Avenue Goes to War") ...

The Bone People: A Novel, by Keri Hulme

The Bone People by Keri Hulme

The Bone People: A Novel, by Keri Hulme, read earlier this year.

The Bone People by Keri Hulme - because it aroused so much controversial discussion on my thread. Comments to follow.

Never happier than when not doing the obvious, I like the suggestion from polutropos about The Bone People, and that's what I've just started to read. The author's introduction (I don't normally read them) was so pretentious that it made me want to throw the book across the room. The preface ...

... keeping with those who criticized it. Or, of course conversely, absolutely love it. So, we have a discussion here about Bone people with some loving, some hating, one reader calling it a mess, but an interesting mess, another saying only three out of (by implication) thousands have managed ...

#18, #20: I'm with you on this, cmt. I have tried to read The Bone People twice - tried really hard - and neither time have I got past page 100. I find it completely unappealing. I've read and enjoyed some of Keri Hulme's short stories, but as for The Bone People, I've concluded it's just not a ...

As a novel The Bone People is a mess (Hulme doesn't have the technical skill to pull it all together) but it is an interesting mess. Death in the Andes is lesser Vargas Llosa - probably he was investing more in the political arena and in A Fish in the Water at the time. Enjoyed Waterla ...

I'm going to nudge The Bone People. I read it quite some time ago, but I remember it vividly as a terrific read.

Let me most enthusiastically nudge Bone People by Keri Hulme. It won the Booker, most deservedly. I brought it, full of enthusiasm to a book group a couple of years ago and everyone in the group hated it. It deals with a difficult relationship and abuse but is still filled with hope, and ...

#16 christiguc I agree - Ghosts of Spain looks really interesting. I'm going to say an unpatriotic word about the Bone People. It's the only New Zealand novel to have won the Booker Prize, but I know about 3 people who've managed to read it. I am not one of them. I couldn't get into it ...

... in the Andes by Mario Vargas Llosa Ghosts of Spain: travels through a country's hidden past by Giles Tremlett The Bone People by Keri Hulme The Dark Heart of Italy by Tobias Jones This Earth of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta Toer Travels with Herodotus by Ryszard ...

The Bone People by Kri Hulme. (New Zealand) The Harafish by Naguib Mahfouz (Egypt) Candide by Voltaire (France) Kicks touchstone

... leaving lovers in the morning. I can't off hand remember the name for this genre but will see. I am currently reading Bone People are you familiar? I saw that you were from Australia and wondered if it was popular there.

The bone people : a novel by Keri Hulme

I read The Bone People many years ago when it was first published in the US and it is one of those books that has stayed fresh in my mind over the years. I am glad I read it before I became a parent, though, don't know if I could now.

The Bone People was a very powerful book. I am glad I read it as well.

Finished The Bone People by Keri Hulme - set in New Zwaland; story about child abuse is well written and I am glad I have read it, even though I found some parts very distressing. Starting Shadows on Our Skin by Jennifer Johnston.

110. The Bone People by Keri Hulme - well written and intersting - I am glad I have read this book although the subject matter, child abuse, I found quite horrific at times.

Finished Notes on a Scandal - enjoyed it but felt left in limbo at the end. About to start The Bone People by Keri Hulme.

The Bone People by Keri Hulme

I have never been able to finish The Bone People, New Zealand's only Booker Prize winner (to date).

... Dancing Master by Henning Mankell The Naked Civil Servant by Quentin Crisp The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen The Bone People by Keri Hulme A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

The Bone People Keri Hulme Eyeless in Gaza Aldous Huxley Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad Five Finger Exercise Peter Shaffer Blood Wedding Federico Lorca

... Eyes, Memory (review), ***1/2 - Edwidge Danticat New Zealand - The Bone People (review), ***1/2 - Keri Hulme Somalia - Links alcottacre in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : TrishNYC's Attempt at the 75 book Challenge (Jun 16, 2008, 1:47pm)

... of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey and could not even make it to the 50 page mark and I had the same problem with The Bone People by Keri Hulme. My local library does not have many of the Booker Prize recipients, which may be just as well. On the other hand, I really did like The ...

... For a classic superhero series read Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. Non-superhero recommendations: Bone by Jeff Smith Clumsy by Jeffrey Brown Blankets by Craig Thompson Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware Scott Pilgrim, Volume 1: Scott Pilg ...

... to a single volume story. Especially the second one. Any of the Sin City's by Frank Miller are worth a look, and Bone by Jeff Smith can be bought in a large, single-volume version - it's drawn in a very kiddie-cartoon style, but don't let that sway your judgement, it's an ...

... Franklin The Lost King of France by Deborah Cadbury True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey The Bone People by Keri Hulme Life and Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee End of the Earth by Peter Matthiessen Three Complete Novels by James M ...

... with Peter Carey (for Illywhacker and Oscar and Lucinda), Wiiliam Boyd (An Ice-Cream War), Keri Hulme (The Bone People), and many more. I stopped the comprehensive approach when it became a chore. I still cannot tell whether it was my tastes or the selection criteria that ...

Is it The Bone People by Keri Hulme. She only has 1 novel at the moment (though she apparently has two more "twinned" novels in progress).

... by Edwidge Danticat, was part of a theme read for the Reading Globally group. - I finished the month with Keri Hulme's The Bone People, which I really enjoyed. I just started The Gathering last night and was immediately hooked. Next up will be Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, ...

I finished The Bone People and had a little time before bedtime last night to start The Gathering. I know this book isn't "enjoyable" in the traditional sense, but I have been looking forward to reading it.

I've just left New Zealand with The Bone People. Last night I touched down in Ireland to read The Gathering, and I will get more immersed in the country later today.

... - Malika Oufkir Australia and Pacific New Zealand - The Bone People (review) - Keri Hulme I also updated my 2008 goals in message #17, and the visited countries ...

I finished House of Sand and Fog (my rating: 3 stars) and am now reading The Bone People. Very different style but intriguing.

lindsad- I really enjoyed Bone People. I hope you do too!

I arrived in New Zealand late last night, just before bedtime, in The Bone People by Keri Hulme.

... authentic "take" on working-class life in contemporary Hawaii. It's *really* funny. I'd recommend Fae Myenne Ng novel Bone--great class-and-immigrant stuff in S.F. Superbly written.

... src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0140089225.01._SX50_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"> The Bone People - review. Couldn't put this one down! Read to "visit" New Zealand and because it won the Booker P ...

... 1983: J.M. Coetzee - Life and Times of Michael K 1984: Anita Brookner - Hotel Du Lac 1985: Keri Hulme - The Bone People 1986: Kingsley Amis - The Old Devils 1987: Penelope Lively - Moon Tiger 1988: Peter Carey - Oscar and Lucinda 1989: Kazuo Ishiguro ...

... US) Beirut Fragments: A War Memoir, Jena Said Makdisi (memoir, Lebanon) Beloved, Toni Morrison (novel, US) The Bone People, Keri Hulme (novel, New Zealand) Burmese Looking Glass: A Human Rights Adventure and a Jungle Revolution, Edith T. Mirante (nonfiction, Burma) The Butch ...

I'd recommend The Bone People by Keri Hulme for New Zealand. I'm new to the group, so I don't know where you stand on fictional islands, but One Big Damn Puzzler by John Harding is a combination of Pacific island-meets-Western culture, Shakespeare, satire/humor and more - a bit broad at ...

The Bone People by Keri Hulme

> 32: I have tried to read The Bone People twice and never managed to finish it. People seem to either love or hate this book - I'm glad you enjoyed it, MrAndrew. As for Mister Pip, NZ literature's other big international success, I thought it was 4/5 of an excellent book, but tailed away badly ...

The Bone People is one of my favorite NZ books. Not that i've read many, i'm ashamed to say. Thanks for the suggestions, senjmito.

... today. Here's my review. fannyprice - please read and review The Bone People. I heard of it, but don't know much more. Please pick a book for me that's tagged fannyprice in Go Review That Book! : Game Thread 2 (Jan 10, 2008, 4:57pm)

... me that is either tagged TBR or TBR2008. Can't wait to see what (else) I'll be reading next! ETA: Ok, I have requested The Bone People from the library and will read and review it, as per instructions!

Just stumbled on this list. In the Families category Bone by Fae M. Ng is moving, complex story about a Chinese immigrant family, and Smiley's A Thousand Acres retells the King Lear story on a midwestern farm -- it was made into a film a while ago -- but the book is much better. I must have ...

Category: FAMILIES Bastard Out of Carolina, Dorothy Allison Bone, Fae Myenne Ng Cantora, Sylvia Lopez-Medina Clear Light of Day, Anita Desai Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons Crossings, Chuang Hua Dreaming in Cuban, Cristina Garcia Family P ...

... Eyes, Memory (review), ***1/2 - Edwidge Danticat New Zealand - The Bone People (review), ***1/2 - Keri Hulme Somalia - Links fannyprice in 888 Challenge : fannyprice's 888 (Dec 30, 2007, 8:19pm)

This space used to contain the full category list, but there got to be too many touchstones, so I've broken them out into individual entries below and decided to delete this one.

The Bone People by Keri Hulme

... for non-kiwi's they think of NZ books as representing an interesting culture (judging from comments I've heard about The Bone People for example) but of course for us it's nothing new/spectacular and instead incredibly boring. And I agree about the NZ English Curriculum. After 5 years ...

Hi, The Bone People is by Keri Hulme. Your book is lonely by itself because it's linked to a different author name. There's a good chance it'll auto-combine by itself to the actual The Bone People work if you edit the data in your entry. Brilliant book by the way. It's one of my ...

Firstly you use square brackets for the touchstones. Keri Hulme - The Bone People. Also you aren't the only person to own this book. I have just done a search and apparently 749 people own it. I guess that is because you have not got the author's name entered correctly in your ...

3. The Bone People by Keri Hulme, a story of three damaged people - a man, a woman and a child - and the way they interact, damage and help each other. I feel quite ambivalent about this book. It's not an easy/pleasant book to read - it includes scenes of horrifying violence (against the ...

Having just finished The Bone People by Keri Hulme - a rather disturbing and gruelling read, I needed something a bit lighter so have started A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo. So far it is a fun read.

Three quarters of the way now - can I make 25 more books by Christmas? 76. The Bone People by Keri Hulme This was a difficult story to read. Although very well written (a Booker Prize winner) the violence in the story was quite confronting. Three "broken" people are drawn together - Kere ...

26. the bone people by keri hulme 27. das treibhaus by wolfgang koeppen

judylou (#136): I read The Bone People a while back and quite enjoyed it ... it was a powerful look at a culture I didn't know anything about.

Back from London with Daniel isn't Talking to arrive in New Zealand with The Bone People.

... into the emotions of the characters, but did not enjoy the way everything was neatly tied up in the end. Just started The Bone People - not sure how I will like it yet.

... Bone by Fae Myenne Ng The Bride by Bapsi Sidhwa Brown Girl, Brownstones by Paule Marshall I've heard good things about Bone. The others I know very little or nothing about. Backlash is an excellent and important book, sadly still quite timely too-if you haven't read it, avaland, you ...

I did a little better than Rebecca and read Backlash, The Bean Trees, The Bell Jar, Beloved, The Bluest Eye, Bone, Bonjour Tristesse, and Brown Girl, Brownstones. If the word used in the title were 'important' or 'influential', I would be more in agreement with the choices. i ...

... Colour and now I have come back home to Sydney Cove with Will in The Secret River. Hope to cross the sea to NZ to visit The Bone People next.

I just started Astonishing Splashes of Colour last night and have The Bone People, The Secret River and Special Topics in Calamity Physics waiting to be read thanks to a fruitful visit to the local library. Looks like I'll be busy this week!

... in fictional "The City" with Australia's Rodney Hall in the Last Love Story, and will move on to New Zealand with The Bone People.

I spent a week in Barcelona with The Shadow of the Wind; now I've arrived in New Zealand with The Bone People - amazing writing in this novel; very lyrical, almost like a narrative poem in places.

I received The Bone People from paperbackswap today. Not sure when I'll get to it, but I've heard great things about this book.

My latest Amazon acquisitions arrived today: The Bone People by Keri Hulme The Shadow Master by David Chacko Fall On Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail by Malika Oufkir They all look so good!!!!!

... a much lesser extent, Australia. I would love recommendations of books to read while I'm there! I have Keri Hulme's The Bone People, and everyone talks about Bill Bryson and In a Sunburned Country. I've seen other travelogues of trips in the area, but does anyone recommend ...

... Wilder Mysterious Skin by Scott Heim Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins Bones by Gabrielle Lord The Bone People by Keri Hulme The Rage and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier

... the first 8 volumes in full color original size collection (large) from the 1980s, and I do have the complete series of Bone. But with that last one - I’ll say the first third was better than the latter two thirds.

Just thinking and typing a bit more here. I haven't read all that many of the Booker Prize winners, but when I compare The Bone People to Barry Unsworth's Sacred Hunger, which was brilliant. ... Well, The Bone People is not on the same level.

The book *is* a bit of a shambles, but I think that the character development, plot and Maori subject matter make The Bone People worthwhile reading. I found it kind of weird I ended up liking the book as much as I did, because I didn't find the characters all that likeable.

Re: The Bone People and the Booker ... was the response based on the quality of the book or the subject matter? (Subject matter in the sense that the book was about Maori dealing w/modern day life, as opposed to a more "English" topic.)

... target="_blank">Keri Hulme Profile I remember when she won the Booker Prize with The Bone People, and the critical response was not exactly friendly.

I loved The Bone People! Have you read anything else by Keri Hulme?

... Shipping News by Annie Proulx (Canada) Africa: The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emechata (Nigeria) Oceania: The Bone People by Keri Hulme (New Zealand)

Yes well when I checked The Bone People had 173 members, which is quite a bit for a NZ author I would think. It would be interesting to have a wiki-type setup on LT to expand on the information available about an author. For example: their DOB, country of residence/citizenship etc...

... three books tagged with 'new zealand' are: The bone people The Penguin history of New Zealand The whale rider Is The Bone People also the most owned LT book by a kiwi writer do you think?