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The Monsters of Templeton
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These two I had high expectations upon starting
The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff: Overwrought prose and characters who in no way acted like real people actually behave.
Out by Natsuo Kirino: Grim, grim, grim. A book with relentless hopelessness and misery. At another ...
My SantaThing gave me
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers.
Another LT friend sent me
The Beauty of the Beasts by Ralph Helfer.
And while shopping in bookstores for gifts I bought myself ...
... McKean's illustrations and the opening chapter segments. The only thing close to this approach that I've seen lately is The Monsters of Templeton . The portrayal of Silas in one of the drawings reminds me of Dream himself in the Sandman characters, and the Convocation here is very ...
... Outlander by Gil Adamson
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
The Condition by Jennifer Haig
Not sure, maybe The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff, which I just finished
I finished The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff day before yesterday and started right in on What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman. However, I don't expect to get too, too far in the book because you can count me in as someone whose children and grandchildren will be trickling in over the ...
The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff was an excellent, fairly light book that would definitely appeal to anyone familiar with Cooperstown, New York. I am not, but enjoyed it nevertheless. The monster in the lake is a little farfetched, but the story is mostly that of the main character's ...
... should try some Alice Hoffman; specifically Blackbird House, Practical Magic and The Ice Queen. You might also try Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff and Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke.
In addition, several that are on my list this year are Shadow of the Wind ...
I polished off The Condition by Jennifer Haigh the other night, loving it, and started The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff on recommendation of my daughter. I had never heard of the Groff book but it's easy and entertaining reading so far.
... can't have been an easy book to write and, at times, it's not an easy one to read, but it is well worth the journey.
The Monsters of Templeton is another enjoyable read. When Willie Cooper returns to her home-town, pregnant and disillusioned, on the day the body of a 'monster' is ...
OK, that list was way too long! I've deleted it. If anyone wants the alphabetized list, tell me and I'll send it to you.
@174: Kelly, I'll keep Delicate Edible Birds in mind. It was such a fluke to read The Monsters of Templeton in the first place, though. I am very fond of The Riddle-Master of Hed trilogy. After all these years, it still ranks in my top 20 of all time fantasy trilogies. The lyrical prose, ...
I liked The Monsters of Templeton . Groff's book of short stories, Delicate Edible Birds, is so much better. I read it earlier in the year and still occasionally think about some of the stories.
I have The Riddlemaster trilogy on next years reading list. It'll be my first McKillip.
Just looking at the books mentioned previously, Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff is one of my favorites. I loved reading the chapters told by Willie's ancestors and watching as her family tree grew and grew.
I read and liked Death on the Family Tree by Patricia Sprinkle, but ...
Next is Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff. A friend loaned this to me after he finished reading it during our joint Memorial Day weekend camping trip. It was interesting, in part because it is well outside of the usual genres that I mostly read (historical, mystery, romance, science ...
39. The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff. Loved this ;-)
40. e by Matt Beaumont - a novel written in emails between the employees of an advertising agency. I saw it recommended on amazon when I was reading Who Moved My BlackBerry?. Very funny.
41. The Believers by Zoe Heller. I ...
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cmt in 999 Challenge : judylou's 999 challenge (Aug 11, 2009, 12:40am)
Judylou, I have The Monsters of Templeton out of the library at the moment. I don't know if I'mgoing to get to it before it's due back though - it's that or Burnt Shadows, and not till I've finished Smiley's People... and written a midterm test....
The Monsters of Templeton was a great read and is another on my just-in-case list for the Orange category.
I also finished The Ersatz Elevator - the next instalment in The Series of Unfortunate Events books.
... Toews - 3 stars
The Gathering by Anne Enright - 3 stars
The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff - 4 stars
A Crime in the Neighborhood by Suzanne Berne - 3 ...
I think I'll switch to The Monsters of Templeton for my last OJ; it sounds much more fun than The Gathering.
I liked The Monsters of Templeton too!
... not my usual type of book, I enjoyed this story. It was an easy read with a satisfyingly unpredictable storyline.
89. The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
... not my usual type of book, I enjoyed this story. It was an easy read with a satisfyingly unpredictable storyline.
14. The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
This is a very interesting story. On the surface it appears to be a family saga set in a small town, but there is a lot ...
... my reading ideas from here is that I seem to be out of sync from the locals - I was really happy to see Burnt Shadows and Monsters of Templeton in the "new books" section instead of the " bestsellers" section - $5 for a week's borrowing!!
Bonnie I still feel happy going to the supermarket ...
Belva, I too was struck by the cover of The Monsters of Templeton --that's why I initially picked it up. Both were enjoyable.
... with Faceless Killers so will finish The Honourable Schoolboy then start it. I also brought home Burnt Shadows and The Monsters of Templeton because I'd read good comments on here... eek!
Edited to explain "blissful childfree trip without kids"... before you all nominate me for ...
am listening to The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff...only on disc 2 so far so good.
The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
Orange July is finally shaping up! :) While not without its flaws, The Monsters of Templeton was fun ,
4/5 stars
... who disrupts an art gallery opening and is later found dead. Takes place in the summer when the sun never quite sets.
The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Goff, Fiction
This was inspired by LT, from a 100 book challenge thread. The POV has a life set back and goes home to lick her wounds. ...
More books. Several are LT Inspired
The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
Never After by Laurell K. Hamilton
The Teahouse Fire by Ellis Avery
The Year of Horsetails by R.F. Tapsell
Chaka (African Writers Series) by Thomas Mofolo
The Unit ...
I put Monsters of Templeton on my wishlist. Looks interesting.
I've left upstate New York and the Monsters of Templeton and am now visiting Crow Lake in northern Ontario. Not much between here and the North Pole.
I finished The Monsters of Templeton this morning - a complex, fun novel full of variety and surprises. Now onto Crow Lake by Mary Lawson.
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44. The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff. I'm not sure where to even start with this! I had a lot of fun with this book - it's clever, quirky, so many unexpected ...
I'm in upstate New York discovering The Monsters of Templeton .
OK, I lied in #26. I picked up The Monsters of Templeton from the library today and made the mistake of opening it. So I'll be reading that one for a few days.
#290 TBRing - is that a new word???? If so, it is going to come in very handy!
and btw, I have just TBRed The Monsters of Templeton too!
Glad you enjoyed The Monsters of Templeton . I read it last year and enjoyed it as well. Groff also has a book of short stories, Delicate Edible Birds: And Other Stories that's on my TBR pile.
I really liked The Monsters of Templeton and am looking out for Groff's next books.
69. Kafka's Soup-A Complete History of World Literature in 14 Recipes by Mark Crick. This cookbook is really cute. The author presents recipes written and illustrated in the style of Jane Austen, Raymond C ...
"Not only is that a cliche, you're a lotus-eating hedonist."
The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
"Tell me: what is the one thing in the world that you'd be overjoyed to have, right now, even if you were to die in the middle of experiencing it?"
I just finished The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff and have started Giving Up America by Pearl Abraham.
I just finished The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff and have started Giving Up America by Pearl Abraham.
68. The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff. I suppose that I should have saved this book ( was the first novel winner in the Orange Prize) for Mrstreme's Orange July read but I wanted to read it now. This story of Willie Upton's quest to find out who her father is and her discovery of ...
68. The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff. I suppose that I should have saved this book ( was the first novel winner in the Orange Prize) for Mrstreme's Orange July read but I wanted to read it now. This story of Willie Upton's quest to find out who her father is and her discovery of ...
"Give me a minute, Willie. This is very difficult."
The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
"What if I guess?"
I'm reading The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
... Niffenegger 11/16/09
44. The Cruelest Month, Louise Penny 11/27/2009
45. The Condition, Jennifer Haigh 12/4/2009
46. The Monsters of Templeton , Lauren Groff 12/15/2009
47. What the Dead Know, Laura Lippman 12/22/2009
I started The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff this morning.
#48 and 49 I'm glad to hear you both liked The Sugar Queen--I'm planning to buy it soon, as I really liked Garden Spells.
... about the stories since I finished reading the book. Now that I've had time to think about it I like this book better than The Monsters of Templeton . I may bump it up to a 4.5/5.
Yeah, my last four books were not very interesting. Now I'm reading The Summer Sherman Loved Me and The Rabbi' ...
#83 Thanks for the review of Delicate Edible Birds. I've had my eye on that book because I really enjoyed The Monsters of Templeton .
... Edible Birds: And Other Stories by Lauren Groff
Short Stories, Fiction 4.5/5
Nine short stories from the author of The Monsters of Templeton . I enjoyed all of the stories: my favorites were: Lucky Chow Fun , set in the town of Templetown (from her novel, based on her hometown of C ...
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#17. The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
Willhemina Upton, a direct descendant of Marmaduke Temple, the founder of her hometown of Templeton returns home to lick her ...
... I do agree with your comment about how timely it is. It's one of the first things that struck me as I was reading it. Monsters of Templeton : it's a slow start since somehow I'm having trouble just sitting with a book right now, but I've liked what I've read so far and will soon give it a ...
Book #33 - Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
This convoluted story of the Temple family of Templeton (Cooperstown), NY, tells the story of Willie Upton, a postgraduate student who returns home in disgrace after an affair with a professor on an archaeological dig in Alaska. Her mother, ...
#22 I have Delicate, Edible Birds: And Other Stories coming up soon on the TBR list. I liked The Monsters of Templeton but found it didn't stay with me. It did make me want to read The Last of the Mohegans though.
15. Delicate, Edible Birds, Lauren Groff
This is a book of short stories by the author of the Monsters of Templeton. I read the Monsters of Templeton last year and I have really enjoyed both books although I found the short stories the better of the two. The twists and dramas in Groff's ...
I'm looking forward to your thoughts on The Monsters of Templeton . I was really tempted by it at Costco recently but didn't get it and I've been thinking about it ever since.
... so:
14. Currently reading: The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster
15. All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
16. The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
17. True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
18. The Sea by John Banville
19. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
20. Litte B ...
... I will spend some time this afternoon with my better half's collection of art books.
Meantime, I'm nearly finished with Lauren Groff 's new Delicate Edible Birds and thoroughly enjoying it.
I'm behind in reviews for Saffron Dreams and Losing Kei, among others.
Also, working on a ...
From the Library book sale.
The Monsters of Templeton Lauren Groff
Homecoming Bernard Schlink
Careless in Red Elizabeth George
The Ground Beneath Her Feet Salman Rushdie
The Swallows of Kabul Yasmina Khadra
A Widow for One Year John Irving
Marjorie Morn ...
Nudges to,
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
Diary of a Bad Year
Monsters of Templeton but only if you have a pretty good acquaintance with pre-1860 American literature; otherwise, you may miss a lot of the humor and be bored.
Essential Chomsky How not?
I read the The Monsters of Templeton last year. It is a really good read. Some of the historical sections aren't very realistic, and I found I was getting bored by them. It is worth skipping over those bits, as the modern part of the story is really good.
For Orange January I have read We Need ...
... Food ( on my TBR pile)
Enchantress of Florence ( read-interesting )
Diary of a Bad Year ( haven't read-looks good )
Monsters of Templeton ( just bought! )
Three by Vonnegut ( I'm sure that I read one of them )
Good list -a number of the other books look interesting ( I do get greedy ...
... Dictionary for Lovers, Xiaolu Guo
5. Diary of a Bad Year, Coetzee
6. Enchantress of Florence, Rushdie
7. Monsters of Templeton , Lauren Groff
8. Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris, Paul Gallico
9. Tenderness of Wolves, Stef Penney
10. Three by Vonnegut (Cat's Cradle, Slaughter H ...
... interesting way to get rid of extras when you're not supposed to sell them). We ended up with three full price books:
The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
Scandinavian Folk Belief and Legend b Reimund Kvideland
And ...
... Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
24. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
25. The Plague Tales by Ann Benson
26. The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
27. The Invisible Circus by Jennifer Egan
28. The Keep by Jennifer Egan
29. Trash by Dorothy Allison
30. The Mommy Club ...
... my fifth book of the challenge from the Orange Prize category (it's Orange January over in the Girlybooks group):
The Monsters of Templeton : this was a strange but fun blend of modern and historical fiction with some fantasy thrown in in the form of a lake monster. There are a lot ...
Am about two-thirds through The Monsters of Templeton and am still interested even after the Homecoming Queen stuff. :) The story is intriguing even though I don't actually like the main character that much. Also I love that the CIP data is 1. Single women, 2. Women genealogists, and 3. Sea ...
... while still being very alive. I immediately got another Yoshimoto novella from the library after returning this one.
The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff Three sentence review: Some women are 28 but act 18. Willie’s mother won’t reveal her father but ...
I dumped The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff that I was reading for Orange January. Her talent was evident, but her characters and plotting aren't soup yet.
Then I picked up and quickly finished Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto for the Japan Group Read. I loved it. It used death ...
... after I've read a book because some of them weren't so great and now I feel upset for the author. :)
Want to read Monsters of Templeton once it comes in at the library. You all have me worried about prom queens now though. :)
> 7 & 8
I read The Monsters of Templeton last year and enjoyed it well enough. Though not one of my favorite reads of the year, it was good enough that I will be watching for the next book by this young author. It's not a bad effort for a first book.
I read The Monsters of Templeton and though I finished it, I am amazed that it is up for any kind of award! No way did I think it was that good.
But then again, most of the prize committees and I do not see eye to eye anyway. Most of my attempts to read Booker Prize winners have gone for ...
Abandoned 1 - The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
I really wanted to like this and there are moments where the writing shined, but ultimately they were outweighed by how much I didn't like the main character or the secondary characters. It felt like chick lit trying to pass as high ...
#7: I agree with your assessment of The Monsters of Templeton . Not terribly bad, but not terribly good either. I hope your next book is better.
Grrr. I'm about 100 pages in to Monsters of Templeton and just can't decide whether to continue with it or not. I like it for a moment and then feel that its chick lit with heavy makeup and smelly perfume. I don't always dislike chick lit, but I don't want it all dolled up and pretending to be ...
#2 The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
I have mixed feelings about this book. There were parts that I liked and parts that just seemed slow to me. I wasn't expecting all the flipping back and forth between historical periods and present time. After awhile I felt that there were ...
... fact that he managed to hold my attention through the financial wheeling and dealing demonstrates his talent.
I began The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff for Orange January. So far, it is a little meh with moments of greatness. Fair enough, I suppose, from a debut writer.
... Jan 09)
3. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
4. The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
5. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
6. Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff (READ : 13 Jan 09)
7. Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka (READ : 31 Jan 09)
8. Beyond Black ...
... 5 stars)
Abandoned in 2009
2. Out by Natsuo Kirino - Read about 250 pages and skimmed rest including ending
1. Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff Read 100+ pages. Wildly overwrought.
Read but not included in challenge
1. Hungry Girl by Lisa Lillien (2 of 5 stars)
2 ...
... Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Okay, I've given up gaining understanding of the Touchstone issues ...
I think I might start with The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff, which I received from my Santa Thing. I will probably also start one of the really long books I intend to read in 2009- possibly War and Peace or The Count of Monte Cristo.
...
The Boar Stone (Dalriada, Book 3) by Jules Watson -- been putting off reading this trilogy until I had the 3rd book.
The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
Gosta Berling's Saga by Selma Lagerlof -- Swedish novel in the style of the sagas.
I got my LT Santa Thing gift today as well. My Secret Santa sent me The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff. I also got The Scarlet Pimpernel from my own Amazon order.
Orange Prize Long & Short Listed Books
1. Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie July
2. Monster Love by Carol Topolski January
3. Rape: a Love Story by Joyce Carol Oates January
4. ...
I'd like to try Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Goff and maybe Small Island by Andrea Levy.
Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
The Likeness by Tana French
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
The Tale ...
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177. The Omnivore’s Dilemma - Michael Pollan (450)
178. Edmund and Rosemary Go to Hell - Bruce Eric Kaplan (114)
179. The Monsters of Templeton - Lauren Groff (364)
180. Need More Love - Aline Kominsky Crumb (383)
181. The Turmoil - Booth Tarkington (348)
182. Bottlemania - Elizabe ...
I just finished The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff last night (which I enjoyed quite a bit) and I'm in the middle of The Company by K.J. Parker, The Ghost in Love by Jonathan Carroll and The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America by David Hajdu.
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My Big Haul Today From QPB (yes, i re-joined..but could not resist the opportunity to score these puppies tres cheap:
The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Goff
The Tain by Ciaran Carson (translated by...Touchstone is wrong)
Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon
People of the Book by G ...
#40. The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff - this was pretty good. The story of Wilhemina Upton, a girl who comes home from school in "disgrace," and sets out to find out who her true father is. It's set in a small village in upstate New York and there is an interesting cast of ...
Stopped at the library on my way home from work and borrowed The Monsters of Templeton . They also had a never-been-read copy of Wuthering Heights on their used book shelf that I couldn't resist - it's an old favorite of mine.
I really enjoyed The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Goff and Ursula, Under by Ingrid Hill.
I read a review copy of The Monsters of Templeton earlier this year. If you happen to have read a lot of early (and some later) American literature, the book is a hoot and has lots of inside jokes. Over the course of the book Groff manages to explore quite a few byways as well as highways in Ame ...
I was interested in Monsters of Templeton but think I will pass on it for a while as well.
... week end and participate in the Missouri Readers' discussion. See you there!
Now, on to my most recent book:
#40. The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
My believability factor was stretched pretty thin by too many mystical creatures. I could take the sea monster (rather liked ...
... for June:
1. China Road by Rob Gifford (nonfiction)
2. Why Mermaids Sing by C.S. Harris (historical mystery)
3. The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff (fiction; shortlisted for the 2008 Orange Broadband Award for New Writers)
Edited to correct Orange award designation
I started China Road a week ago but was seduced into reading The Monsters of Templeton instead, which much to my surprise hooked me on the first page. Now am back in China with Rob Gifford and loving it! It's just fascinating. I could hardly put it down last night to sleep! Now that ...
51. The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff. 8 stars. LT Excellent novel ~ sucked me right in from the first page. Loved the use of old photos, portraits and drawings, as well as the journal entries, to illustrate the genealogical aspect of it. Loved Vivienne, the mom ~ I so identified ...
Just started The Monsters of Templeton .
The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff. Just started it so am not sure how good it is, but I believe I saw a good review here on LT in one of the groups to which I belong.
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7. Nim's Island by Wendy Orr
8. Circle of Quilters by Jennifer Chiaverini
9. The Arthurian Omen
10. The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
11. The Midlife Bible: A Woman's Survival Guide by Michael P. Goodman
12. Melinda and the Wild West: A Family Saga ...
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38. Promise Not to Tell by Jennifer McMahon
39. Thyme of Death by Susan Wittig Albert
40. The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
41. Blackbird House by Alice Hoffman
42. Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris
43. Plain Truth by Jod ...
... (February)
4. What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn (March)
5. The Sweet Dove Died by Barbara Pym (April)
6. The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff (May)
7. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson (August)
8. The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti (October)
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