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... made my 2009 Top Ten so I hope you choose to read that one from your shelves. I have on my shelves Purple Hibiscus, Night Watch White Teeth and The Lizard Cage. A lot of my 5 star reads are Oranges:
Small Island, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Voyage of the Narwhal, The Inher ... ... src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0374500010.01._SX140_SY225_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg">
#39 Night by Elie Wiesel. Another reread, even more marvelous. Click on the book jacket picture for my review.
pwaites in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : pwaite's 2009 book challenge (Dec 23, 2009, 10:24pm) I haven't posted in so long that there are some books that have been forgotten.
209. 1. Night Watch (reread)
210. 2. Mort (reread)
211. 3. The Tough Guide to Fantasyland (reread)
212. 4. Reaper Man (reread)
213. 5. Guards! Guards! (reread)
214. 6. The Fifth Elephant (reread)
215 ... Night Watch? 31. Night Watch
32. Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea
... by T.C. Boyle
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
Night Watch by Sarah Waters
The Rosary Murders by William X Kienzle
Lady of Quality by Georgette Heyer
Millroy the magician by Paul Theroux
I Shall ... Night by Francis Pollini "Seems like centuries ago now."
Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
"What's a tuppeny upright, Sarge?" Night Watch by Terry Pratchett Night Watch?
Actually, no. I think that's way too late for this type of quote. I'll go with the obvious (although probably wrong) instead. Guards! Guards!? ... Jon Krakauer
A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire by Amy Butler Greenfield
Night by Elie Wiesel
Gilded Youth: Three Lives in France's Belle Epoque by Kate Cambor
The Lady Queen by Nancy Goldstone 180. 18. A Hat Full of Sky (reread)
181. 19. Eric
182. 20. The Wee Free Men (reread)
183. 21. Night Watch
184. 22. Wyrd Sisters (reread)
185. 23. Sent
... life of ivan denisovich (trans); the unbearable lightness of being (trans); disgrace; auschwitz (miklos nyiszli); night (wiesel); the white tiger; house of sand and fog, fasting, feasting; a couple of ed mcbain crime novels that i can't remember the names of now (ironic ... ... wanna find out about Reg, is to get Reaper Man. That's got the first mention of his organization, the Fresh Start Club. Night Watch, published many years later, includes the events that, among other things, led to Reg becoming a zombie--although that one might be a bit difficult to follow ... ... on the Water
930 History of Ancient World :
940 General History of Europe : 940 Elie Wiesel – Night
950 General history of Asia; Far East : 959 Dang Thuy Tram – Last Night I Dreamed of Peace
960 General history of Africa : 962 Halima Ba ... I don't know Mila 18, but otherwise I agree with >57 jhedlund - The Book Thief, Corelli's Mandolin and Night are all great. This year City of Thieves by David Benioff was very good. Night Watch? I loved Night Watch and I really want to read Thief of Time. My first was Thief of Time and my second was Night Watch. After that I read any I could get my paws on. Now I am going back and reading them all in order. ... ...
Perhaps you mean Vimes? He's a guard...my favorite character in Discworld, actually. I doubt he'll ever surpass Night Watch for my tastes.
"...it makes me crazy that this doesn't seem to be an issue with these books...So where does one start with the Guards series?
The ... ... order - it makes me crazy that this doesn't seem to be an issue with these books - is that right? I think maybe it was Night Watch that he had this week - he loves the character Grimes - would that be right? So where does one start with the Guards series? ... of Magic) and probably wouldn't bother to buy it if he wrote another. On the other hand, I love the Guards series (e.g. Night Watch).
Or, you might try her series that targeted at slightly younger audiences (first book The Wee Free Men); they have a slightly different "feel" to them ... Finished Night Watch. Its now my favorite Pratchett book! I'm still reading Equal Rites and I started today on the first book in the Vampirates series Demons of the Ocean. The second book I borrowed so I really need to finish it so I can give it back, but Pratchett's books have me hooked right ... ... by Pratchett.
106. Pratchett, Terry. Night Watch. 338 pages. 8.17.09
107. Pratchett, Terry. Monstrous Regiment. 405 ... Still on my Pratchett kick with Equal Rites and Night Watch. night watch? Night Watch? War
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Suggestions: Band of Brothers, Night, Bar Code Rebellion, The Boy Who Dared, One Woman's War: Letters Home, A Needle in the Hand of God, Doctor Zhivago, All Quiet on the Western Front, Vienna Prelude, Scoop, Briar Rose - ... thertainly wouldn't be a pretty thight. i've only met an Igor in night watch, my firtht TP novel ever. they're hard to get on audio in the U Eth. tirethome, but there it ith.
they're worth the expense of ordering from across the pond, though, as Nigel Planer and Celia Imrie do amazing ... Night Watch then? ... - Feet of Clay - 414 - Fantasy
029 - Terry Pratchett - Thud! - 309 - Fantasy
030 - Terry Pratchett - Night Watch - 480 - Fantasy
031 - Sonny Whitelaw - Stargate SG-1: Roswell - 368 - Science Fiction (Stargate: SG-1)
032 - Ellis Peters - Death and the Joyful Wom ... Night Watch? Too obvious, so probably not. Night Watch by Terry Pratchett Night Watch, and if that is it, someone needs to take my turn, cause I'm on the road and offline the next three days! So far Night Watch is the closest chronologically. ... is especially good, he's got a very dry way of reading them which just seems to make it funnier!
and we have just borrowed night watch from the library which i think is great, by far the best of his 'watch' / 'vimes' books Night Watch has a special place in my heart! It was the first Watch novel I ever read. I just got the audiobook, too, and it's really good.
It's very fitting that her name is just Madam. And I love Vetinari's ruminations on her smelly cat toward the beginning. You weren't dreaming, it's Night Watch. I just reread this one a few weeks ago, one of my favorites. 5. Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
Reread of one of my favorite books. This time I listened to the audio version, read by Stephen Briggs. Time travel and governmental overhaul and satire, ... Right now I'm juggling rereads of Night Watch and Men at Arms and reading Guards! Guards! for the first time. Just finished Thud! yesterday!
I LOVE the Watch arc, by far my favorite, but I'm so hopelessly out of order. To give you an idea, the first Watch novel I read was Night Watch. ... ... have a bad head cold or are chronically stupid.
-Jingo, which follows Feet of Clay. Also read by Nigel Planer.
-Night Watch, which I've already read, but it's one of my favorite books of all time and I've never listened to it in audio. Unlike the first two, it's read by Stephen Briggs ... 1.Memoirs
Night by Elie Wiesel
A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father by Augusten Burroughs
Her Last Death: A Memoir by Susanna Sonnenberg
Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
Driving with Dead People: A Memoir by Monica Holloway
Books to ... night watch? 21. Odyssey - Homer
22. Jingo - Terry Pratchett
23. The Fifth Elephant - Terry Pratchett
24. Night Watch - Terry Pratchett ... "O'Brian" series - the 18th century seafare ones.
Any way, today I bought 3 Pratchett books
eric
hogfather
night watch
and the devious book for cats
the discovery of the hobbit
weighing the soul
I mean, like this group is for...? ... The Future Present) by Cory Doctorow // 47 pages. Ebook.
25. Dear Cain by Ignacio García-Valiño // 351 pages.
26. Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko // 363 pages.
27. Follow Me! by Mark Tinney // 34 pages. Ebook.
28. The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving // 29 ... A few I'd recommend are are Night by Elie Wiesel, The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, Fateless by Imre Kertész, The Pianist by Władysław Szpilman and Schindler's Ark (or Schindler's List) by Thomas Keneally.
If you ever have the chance, visit Rubbah in All Things Discworldian - The Guild of Pratchett Fans : a game (Apr 11, 2009, 10:54am) night watch? ... - Harper Lee
8. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
9. Sideways Stories From Wayside School -
10. Night - Eli Wiesel
The 10 Best - as of today
1. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
2. Lord of the Rings trilogy - JRR Tolkien
3. Beowulf - Anonymous
4. Atlas Shrugged ... Well Moving on, I'm almost finished with Monstrous Regiment and I finished Going Postal and Night Watch not too long ago. I'm loving Terry Pratchett more and more with each book. The Night Watch series actually has four books, and is completely awesome. The movies diverge quite a bit from the books but are great by themselves. I hope you like The Book of Dead Days; I loved it and its sequel Dark Flight Down. I particularly like that author and would recommend any of ... #104: Completely agree with you. Night is not an easy read in any sense of the word, but it is an excellent one.
#105: Sounds like a book in which I would be interested. Thanks for the mention. 27 Night by Elie Wiesel. Thanks Cait86.
What can I say about this? I can't say I enjoyed it, since it was harrowing and shocking, but I definitely admired the writing and the style of the book, and felt its essence seeping right under my skin. Incredible work, everyone should read it, etc, etc. ... Night Watch? Elie Wiesel is quite an incredible man. I read Night a long time ago and it still haunts me. No, I haven't yet read Night, but very much want to, and it's on my wishlist. The holocaust is a subject which fascinates and disturbs me fairly equally.
In fact, I have no willpower, so have just ordered Night from the book depository. So thank you for that. ... The Future Present) by Cory Doctorow // 47 pages. Ebook.
25. Dear Cain by Ignacio García-Valiño // 351 pages.
26. Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko // 363 pages.
27. Follow Me! by Mark Tinney // 34 pages. Ebook.
28. The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving // 29 ... 8. Night by Elie Wiesel ... survival and accommodations that are made-much better. So, my advice- read all of the early Elie Wiesel books,( Night, The Gates of the Forest, The Town Beyond the Wall), Bernhard Schlink's The Reader,Irene Nemirovsky's Suite Francaise Rachel Seiffert's The Dark R ... no night watch and men at arms are both wrong ... ac,
Sorry for the delay. I was away this weekend for my daughters' activities and Web access wa pretty limited.
I got Night Watch for Christmas, but haven't read it, yet. Sorry I couldn't help. I'm glad to hear drneutron say they're worth it. Hey Ronincats, I asked TadAd and got an opinion from the doc on the Russian books Night Watchand Day Watch. I saw the Russian made films of these and really enjoyed them. have you read the books, and, if so.......?
Hey Ronincats, I asked TadAd and got an opinion from the doc on the Russian books Night Watchand Day Watch. I saw the Russian made films of these and really enjoyed them. have you read the books, and, if so.......?
I just finished reading Night Watch again, for about the sixth or seventh time.
The Guards or Watch series of books contain most of my favorites, and this gem seems to rise in my estimation every time I read it. Night Watch maybe? I've just finished re-reading Night watch, so that's my favourite (until I pick up the next Discworld book anyway...)
Least favourite - probably the colour of magic. It takes a few books for the characters and the settings to take on a life of their own. ... Novel: Crime and Punishment
Best Romance: Victoria by Knut Hamsun; Du cote de chez swann
Best Memoir: Night
Best Political Novel: Capital
Best Modern Play: Waiting for Godot tied with Happy Days
Best Philosophical Work: Being and Time
Best Erotica: Psychopathia ... ... Novel: Crime and Punishment
Best Romance: Victoria by Knut Hamsun; Du cote de chez swann
Best Memoir: Night
Best Political Novel: Capital
Best Modern Play: Waiting for Godot tied with Happy Days
Best Philosophical Work: Being and Time & The Human Condition (can ... profilerSR
I read Night awhile back and had the same reaction as you...It is quite an impressive and thought-provoking book. ... was my aunt's all-time favorite book.
The Road was an outstanding read and a book I often recommend to others.
Night is also an excellent read.
I found Middlesex so-so, but others really loved it. However, these are books from Oprah's *new* book club.
Books I liked less ... ... J.R.R. Tolkien
Ender's Game Orson Scott Card
The Return of the King J.R.R. Tolkien
Night Elie Wiesel
Ulysses James Joyce
The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck
Brave New World Aldous Huxley
Slaughterhouse-Fiv ... ...
1 Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut. 3*. Fiction.
2 If This Is A Man by Primo Levi. 5*. Holocaust autobiography.
3 Night by Elie Wiesel. 5*. Holocaust autobiography.
4 Forgotten Voices of the Holocaust by Lyn Smith. 5*.
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The Sorrow of War by Bao N ... Fascinating discussions, all. Thanks for your comments on both Holocaust literature and Dostoevsky, kiwidoc. I loved Night because of its simplicity, which reveals a deep complexity, imho. I am feeling just the opposite about The Brothers Karamazov, which I am reading again after a 30- ... ... Dead. I don't think I had heard of this Dostoevski work before. I'm intrigued that you believe it to be superior than Night. It will be my next Dostoevski read. ... reading Guards! Guards!. I'm trying to read the Watch series in Order for a change even though I've already read the Night Watch, but I've forgotten most of it so it's ripe for a re-read. ... Strange And Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
The Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett
Reaper Man - Terry Pratchett
Night Watch - Terry Pratchett
Stardust - Neil Gaiman
Coraline - Neil Gaiman
Heart-Shaped Box - Joe Hill
Fragile Things: Short Fictions And Wonders - Neil Gaiman
... ... Falcon by Rebecca West
best 19th century classic: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
most disturbing read: Night by Elie Wiesel
most thought-provoking non-fiction: The Yellow Wind by David Grossman
perfectly written novella: Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garc ... ... ic
Lion of Senet
Eye of the Labyrinth
Lord of the Shadows
The Thief
The Queen Of Attolia
Shadow's Return
Night Watch
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
I have also read most of the Vorkosigan books by Lois McMaster Bujold and I enjoyed them all but my favourites were Mirro ... ... Mind (BC 377) Msg 178
Corson, Trevor: The Secret Life of Lobsters (BC 289) LT Author Msg 20
Wiesel, Elie: Night (BC 134) Msg 17
Ali, Ayaan Hirsi: Infidel Msg 20
Final Report:
Nonfiction 34 books 0 audio 34 total
Fiction 33 books 1 audio 34 total
Mysteries ... ... would have become recommendations if I didn't already have them on the TBR pile, e.g. All Quiet on the Western Front and Night. ... Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
2008 Final Four Non-fiction
The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Night by Elie Wiesel
Prospero's Cell by Lawrence Durrell
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
Recommendations from 2008 still remaining to be tried
alcottacr ... ... (Finished 8/6/2009)
6. Spud the Madness Continues by J. Van de Ruit(Finished 8/18/2009)
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Memoirs
1. Night by Elie Wiesel (Finished 2/9/2009)
2. Have You Found Her by Janice Erlbaum(Finished 3/17/2009)
3. Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (Finished 4-13-2009)
4. ... You can - I started with Night Watch - but I'm crazy about reading order, so after that and Reaper Man I started at the beginning. The problem is the first books aren't the best, but it is nice to recognize the characters as they pop in and out of various books. It's really preference. I can't W ... ... Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
If Not Now, When? by Primo Levi
The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andrić
Night by Elie Wiesel
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Hunger by Knut Hamsun
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
... ... because this list is long enough!
Gentlemen of the Road
The Road
Fragile Things
Heart-Shaped Box
Coraline
Night Watch
Reaper Man
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
Flowers For Algernon
No Country For Old Men
The 19th Wife
Mort
A Short History Of Nearly Everythi ... ... - Robert Hellenga
18. (125) Pompeii - Robert Harris
19. (139) Just Over the Mountain - Robyn Carr
20. (141) Night Watch - Terry Pratchett
21. (152) Deep in the Valley - Robyn Carr
22. (153) Down by the River - Robyn Carr
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 ... I read Night Watch and Reaper Man, then turned around and have been reading them in order (I just finished Small Gods and am majorly jonesing for the next book). It's hard sometimes, but totally worth it. It's been a long time since I've read Night* by Elie Wiesel, but I really enjoyed it too. Have you read the following two books in the trilogy--Dawn* and The Accident*? I have Dawn*, but I haven't started it yet. Maybe I'll add it to my 2009 TBR list. Btw, congrats on almost making it ... ... said about this book? if i were to name 2, and only 2 books that are essential reads, this would be one. the other would be Night by Elie Wiesel. after books like this, the rest seem petty, inconsequential, frivolous even. Night Watch by Alistair Maclean ... these last few weeks and haven't checked the posts as often as usual. I'm catching up on your thread regarding the book Night by Elie Wiesel. I read this years ago and then followed it with some of his others. This man is a hero! Conicidentally after reading Night, I saw him on tv ... time to update my TBR pile:
Speaker for the Dead
Furies of Calderon
Night Watch
Dragon and Thief
Un Lun Dun
Evil Genius
Peeps
Life As We Knew It
The Shape-Changer's Wife
Preludes and Nocturnes
The Hound of Rowan ... I really want to read An American Tragedy.
I believe they are both about the Grace Brown murder.
119. Night Trilogy Night Dawn and The Accident by Elie Wiesel I’m counting them as one book read.
120. Enemies, A Love Story by Isaac Bashevis Singer Such a wonderful story, ... ... we don't have any imaginations?!
#129 hemlokgang
Overwhelming certainly describes the experience--but worth it. Night is one of my top books for the year. I finished Night by Elie Wiesel.........overwhelming! I have started listening to Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov. I am in Hungary, 1944 listening to Night by Elie Wiesel, and also in Scotland reading The Crow Road by Iain Banks. ... parcel. I came away with:
The Careful Use of Compliments
Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders by Gyles Brandreth
Night Watch
Archaeology: The Basics
An Island Parish: A summer on Scilly by Nigel Farrell
and The Venetian's Mistress.
82) (41) Night by Elie Wiesel
It took me two tries to get going in this book because I was listening to it on an audio book and the narrator was not the best.
Once I did, I was mesmerized. There's probably not much that hasn't already been ... ... got every one I could get my hands on, reading them in whatever order. The only thing is, I'd recommend not starting with Night Watch or Thud! so that you get to know Vimes a bit better first. But yeah, Hogfather is a great one to read this time of year. One of the one-shots is also a ... ... have a short shelf life.
Seeing Redd
Speaker for the Dead
Furies of Calderon
Grave Peril
Night Watch
Dragon and Thief
Holdovers from the previous list are,
The Shape-Changer's Wife by Sharon Shinn
Preludes and Nocturnes
The Ho ... ...
McTeague, Frank Norris
Aloft, Chang-rae Lee
Crash, J. G. Ballard
'Sippi, John Oliver Killens
Night, Elie Wiesel ... Second Chance Jane Green - Nice light read - Maeve Binchy-esque
44 - Mildred Pierced Stuart Kaminsky
43 - Night Elie Wiesel
Am now reading Tennyson by Leslie Blume and City of Thieves by David Benioff. Could be 42 & 41 :) ... as enthusiastic, as I think they become more superficial, more stereotyped, and, in some cases, more overtly political. In Night Watch I felt it OK, I really like that one, possibly because it has a lot of the Patrician in it, lol, but in Monstrous regiment I think he did things to the ... jhedlund- I completely understand the need to balance out the experience of reading Night. ... o
The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis
The Song of Troy - Colleen McCullough
Jane of Lantern Hill - L.M. Montgomery
Night Watch - Terry Pratchett
Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion - Dan Simmons
Love Over Scotland - Alexander McCall Smith
The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
... I agree that Night by Elie Wiesel is a great choice. He is one of my heros.
Like Prop2gether, I'll be reading your posts to see what you thought of this book. ... be wonderfully written or absolutely dire bodice-rippers! My worst read of the year so far has been the Borgia Bride but Night Watch and Possession are two of my all-time favourite novels.
Thanks for the recommendations. They may help prevent me with ending up with another Borgia Bride! finished up 2 this afternoon:
#48: Night Watch ...heavy on the internal soliloquies/commentary, but still very good, especially for Vimes fans... I'd read it before but didn't remeber a lot of the details, so it may have been one of my 1st Discworld books... that said, I wouldn't recommend ... almost finished with Night Watch, a re-read but worth it, and next up is Mort...
(is that the first DEATH one?) picked up Atonement, Pratchett's Night Watch, and several volumes of FullMetal Alchemist at the ol' library today...
#80 -- I really enjoyed "YofLB" but think his Know It All was even funnier/better... 52. the Fifth Elephant
53. Night Watch
54. Thud!
55. Monstrous Regiment The Twilight Watch by Sergei Lukyaneko
Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
Dark Watch by Clive Cussler
The Apocalypse Watch by Robert Ludlum
Watch on the Rhine by John Ringo
...
Two examples of the dark side, from my teaching life (both in a prestigious American private school):
*Teaching Night to 9th graders: many had never heard of the Holocaust before, and challenged me to prove it was true. A few stubbornly refused to believe it.
*I asked senior film ... ... rnaud.co.uk/stage.asp?s=413
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UK - The resurrected Point 303 Theatre Company will be performing Night Watch from 4-6 September 2008 at 7.45pm with a Saturday Matinee starting at 2.30pm.
The shows are part of a one-off fund-raiser in memory of a former member of the ... Night by Elie Wiesel, to a fellow LTer who wanted to read it. By mail. Clearing out the last remaining duplicate in my French category with Germinal. Finally polished off Disgrace with Night on it's heels (just a placeholder at present).
I'm also looking to polish off my short story category this week, leaving me free to double the book count in most of my ... ... at Barnes & Noble. I was laughing so loudly in the back room that the manager lectured on me 'maturity.'
I also bought Night Watch in Paris, France, at the original Shakespeare & Co. bookstore. I just like telling people that. 33. Night by Elie Wiesel - haunting, powerful, this is a book bound to stay with u for a long, long time. It's interesting to note that this Holocaust survivor who later went on to win the Nobel, would say of his first novel " a total embarassment, and one which ought not to have been ... ... much yet.
I've really only read the first three Tiffany Aching books (Crivens!) and The Truth, but I've also been told Night Watch is excellent.
The thing I loved about The Truth in particular was the fact that he parallels journalistic history very well. If you are a journalist or at ... ... a happy ending with King. You will usually be disappointed if you do.
I will have to keep a lookout for a used copy of Night.
... Johnston
6. All night Long by Jayne Ann Krentz
7. A Wanted Man by Linda Lael Miller
Nonfiction
1. Night by Elie Wiesel
2. Manhunt: the 12-day chase for Lincoln's Killer by by Swanson
3. John Adams by David McCollough
Historical Fiction
1. The Queen's ... ... hope you enjoyed it. Was this your first time reading it? Have you read any other King?
What was the Elie Weisel book Night like?
Did you enjoy the Narnia series? ... by Hermann Hesse
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima
Night by Elie Wiesel
The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany
Wilson: A Consideration of the Sources by David Mamet
Edit: touchstones not working? ... by Amanda Quick
5. The Rivals by joan Johnston
6. All night Long by Jayne Ann Krentz
Nonfiction
1. Night by Elie Wiesel
2. Manhunt: the 12-day chase for Lincoln's Killer by by Swanson
3. John Adams by David McCollough
Historical Fiction
1. The Queen ... 22) Night by Elie Wiesel
Wow. This was a very moving, important and disturbing read. This is the first book I've read about WW2/Auschwitz, despite it being something I've always been interested in, fascinated as well as deeply disturbed by. I had mixed feelings towards it; the feeling of ... ... Linda Lael Miller
4. The River Knows by Amanda Quick
5. The Rivals by Joan Johnston
Nonfiction
1. Night by Elie Wiesel
2. Manhunt: the 12-day chase for Lincoln's Killer by by Swanson
3. John Adams by David McCollough
Historical Fiction
1. The Queen ... ... Anita Shreve
3. The Road, Cormac McCarthy
4. As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner
5. Gap Creek, Robert Morgan
6. Night, Eli Weisel - REPEAT!
7. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy - REPEAT!
8. Back Roads, Tawni O'Dell
Books Set in Other Countries
1. Corelli's Mandolin, Lou ... ... Vol. 1
BT Doctrinal Theology: Mere Christianity
CB History of Civilization: Dark Age Ahead
D History General: Night
DA History of Great Britain - History of Ireland - History of the British Isles: How the Irish Saved Civilization
DF History of Greece: The Orientalizing Revoluti ... 77: Yeah, Night Watch is definitely one of the few that won't work as a good starting point. Night Watch is also one of those controversial books that some people either really love or really hate. I got a kick out of it because it took the ephemeral theoretical hodge-podge from Thief of Time ... Oh, as an alternative, I'll put in a plug for Terry Prachett especially some of the later watch novels such as Night Watch, Thud! and also Monstrous Regiment and Going postal : a novel of Discworld have some very developed writing. The earlier Diskworld novels are a bit rougher in my ... ... owner of...
Non-Fiction
A Billion Bootstraps; Leaving Microsoft to Change the World; Incendiary Circumstances; Not On Our Watch:The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond; The Best American Sports Writing 2002; The Oxford Guide to Word Games; Reflections on the Revolution ... ... Of this year's reads, that will certainly make my top five. (I read Atonement some time ago. I haven't got round to Night Watch yet but will do. (don't know why Touchstone though Terry Pratchett wrote it!) ... humour. I find, though, that in the later books the satire is darker and a little more cutting. I'm thinking mainly of Night Watch here.
I agree with a lot of people that his Rincewind books aren't the best, of which The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic are the first two. Th ... ... tastic.
Witches Abroad is a special one for me (I read it in one evening whilst trying to ignore a really sore throat)
Night Watch is one of my favourites (I really like Vimes as a character, and his progression is well worth following)
Fifth Elephant was pretty good, I seem to remember
... ... I think this will be more accessible for me than the magic realism type of novel.
>1:greyhead: I couldn't get on with Nightwatch by Sarah Waters either (touchstones not working) ... a one's list and as a reinforcement of recommendations for those who might be reading.
I thought about adding Waters' Night Watch, Goodman's Intuition, or Alvarez's Saving the World, but thought they might be more on my "b" list.
*kicks off shoes, puts feet up against the edge of ... ... isn't physical.
R. A. Macavoy - The Book of Kells
Diana Gabaldon - Outlander
Terry Pratchett - Night Watch
Gene Wolfe - There are Doors, Free Live Free
Steven Brust - Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille
Kage Baker - The Company series. Haven't ... Afternoon of the Elves
The Morning Star
A Night in the Lonesome October
Night Watch
Some dreams are nightmares
Twilight ... anything else. Its four loosely connected stories just didn't interest me much. Dive into anything about the Guards (Night Watch, for example); that will almost surely get you going. ... that. Grand Sneer? went around looking down their noses at people? Some of the details of this would make a good book, IMHO nightwatch style. ... go.
Absolute favorite books: The Fifth Elephant, The Truth, Interesting Times, Witches Abroad, Small Gods, and Night Watch...
I do recommend reading the books of each mini-series in order, although I agree with reading_fox that it doesn't matter what order you read them in.
I ... ... Neil Gaiman
"Sam Vimes sighed when he heard the scream, but he finished shaving before he did anything about it."
- Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
"The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel."
- Neuromancer by William Gibson
"This book is ... Favorite: Night Watch. I love the Guards books, and this is definitely my favorite of those for all the reasons everyone else has mentioned. But then again, like you said #7... it depends on what I've just finished reading.
Least Favorite: I would have said Eric, except, well, I'm reading it ... I can only choose one??? Argh! I really had to think long and hard about this one.
Fave: Night Watch because it had great character development and an excellent story, as well as starring Vimes (who is one of my favourite characters).
Least fave: Eric - it just never did it for me, ... ... same as for, say, real life faculty and the wizards of Unseen University... But that's just me, eh?
#12 - Yes, I enjoy Night Watch for the same reasons that you do, Stringcat, so you're not alone! Favorite: Night Watch, for the background on Sam and the Watch. WIth this novel, Pratchett has turned Sam and the other key Watchmen into fully realized characters, rather than a spoof. It was also the most poignant of the Watch novels. I heard Pratchett speak last September, and he said he's ... ... go
(there are actually seven contenders to this one; which I enjoy most depends on mood - Small Gods, Moving Pictures, Night watch, Reaper Man, Feet of Clay (Discworld), Soul Music and Witches Abroad)
Least: Going Postal (Discworld)
*edited when I saw how weird the ... ... Eric, Good Omens, Colour of Magic, Where's My Cow?, The Art of Discworld, Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky, Night Watch, Going Postal, Hogfather, Thud!, Monstrous Regiment and Wintersmith.
Out of those, I have only read the first three. I keep telling myself I will ... I enjoyed Night Watch, but from then on the books became more... programmatic - he has something to tell, and that's OK, but on top of that he don't disguise it particularly well. As much as I agree with the sentiments of Monstrous Regiment the story felt flat - the connections with Iraq and Afg ... ... I buy both hardcover and paperback *ouch*...
And yes, I agree. They get better and better. Especially the last ones from Night Watch on are much darker and "grown-up". The jokes have become much deeper and blacker - quite often, your laughter tends to stick in the throat instead of bursting ... ...
Mothers and Other Monsters, a short fiction collection by Maureen McHugh has some very honest representations as does Night Watch by Sarah Waters and any of Kate Grenville's recent works (just to name a very, very few).
If anyone is looking for a biography, the new James Tiptree, Jr.:The ... ... the next time they went grocery shopping) to Martin Booth's Hiroshima Joe and Angela Huth's Land Girls to Sarah Waters' Night Watch. I think the best WWII books I've read in the last couple of years are Thread of Grace and Night Watch. Mary Doria Russell will tell you that she used ... Quite agree about Night Watch. Couldn't get into it at all. Far inferior to her earlier novels, especially Fingersmith. I was amazed that Sarah Waters was the bookies' favourite as her The Night Watch I found very disappointing compared to her earlier novels, especially Fingersmith which was compelling. I'd half read the long-listed Kalooki Nights but the style exhausted me. I'll give the Desai a go. ... for who knows how long. I was profoundly moved. It is my personal book-of-the-year (and I'm NOT Australian). I also enjoyed The Night Watch and The Desai novel is near the top of my pile! I'm Australian and very proud to have Kate Grenville and M.J. Hyland on the shortlist. Of the nominees I have read The Night Watch, The Secret River and Carry Me Down. I prefer the Grenville book out of these, so I'm tipping her. Who knows though - the Booker can be like the lottery ... ... and the Witches and of course DEATH. It's hard to name a favourite novel, as there are a few of them, but Mort, The Night Watch (more for the theme and the characters than for the story, 'tough), Witches Abroad, Small Gods, Moving Pictures... well, you see what I mean.
The ... ... there are a lot of interesting new writers in the series, such as Sarah Waters who just won the Booker Prize for The Night Watch. So, in order to read those, we will make an exception and accept the new covers.....;-)) ... St Aubyn : Mother's Milk (Picador)
Barry Unsworth : The Ruby in her Navel (Hamish Hamilton)
Sarah Waters :The Night Watch (Virago) I have only read The Secret River by Kate Grenville and The Night Watch by Sarah Waters. So far Grenville is winning. Carry Me Down by M.J. Hyland is also on the shortlist so the Australian contingent is lokking good. Has anyone read any of the others? I went off to the library and got Night Watch, A Thief in Time, The Truth, and Monstrous Regiment. I've now finished the first two and am halfway through the third, and I'm much more satisfied and pleased (and bust-a-gut laughing) than I was with The Colour of Magic. Now I understand ... ... cewind)
Carpe Jugulum (Lancre Witches)
The Fifth Elephant (Night Watch)
The Truth
Thief of Time (Death (minor))
Night Watch (Night Watch)
Monstrous Regiment
Going Postal
Thud (Night Watch)
Hope you all find that helpful. ... Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Choderlos de Laclos
Affinity by Sarah Waters
Night Watch by Sarah Waters
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel G ...
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