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Finished reading Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris last night.
St. Oswald's Grammar School for Boys has stood for generations. Boys and teachers have come and gone. There have been a few scandals, but the school has survived. Now the school is under attack from the inside. Things have ... I've just finished Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris, who has been one of my favourite authors. (She still is, but there are some of her books that don't appeal.) I'm finding that her voice remains much the same, despite distributing the points of view among more than one character, as ... ... Harris a lot. One reason I like her so much is that all her books are so different from each other. I just listened to Gentlemen and Players and it was terrific. I read Gentlemen and Players last year and really enjoyed it. I think it's one of Joanne Harris' best and I'm glad you liked it. I'm eager to read Shanghai Girls because I enjoyed Lisa See's other books and I love Amy Tan. Thanks for the recommendation! I'm listening to Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris. I always like her work; she has such diverse characters. And the reader is very good. #116 - Gentlemen And Players by Joanne Harris, audiobook (library). An absolutely superb book! And to think I never would have picked this one up in book form - thank goodness for road trips! I haven't read Black Beauty but I have read Gentlemen and Players ... from bib) was a really good Da Vinci Code type globe-crossing, puzzle-solving mystery that I really enjoyed.
Also, Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris (recommended to me by Ron) was a very good character mystery.
And if you haven't read Chocolat by Joanne Harris, that one is ... finished Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris
category: Books by Joanne Harris
C2006 432pages 4stars
The story fluctuates between the past and the present but the location is the same: St. Oswald's School for Boys. Traditional. Aristocratic. Moneyed. Someone has infiltrated the school, ... 18. The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg
A well-written detective story. Enjoyed it.
19. Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris
Reading this book was a pure pleasure. Loved it from the very first to page to the surprising end. ... if anyone's curious.) It was a very fun read!
Next up is Gentlemen and Players which I just started. ... to use a few books in multiple places, I think I'll finish it out by the end of the year.
#52/53 - I'll probably start Gentlemen and Players tomorrow or Wednesday. I foolishly couldn't find it on several trips to my library because it was shelved in the Mystery section! I kept looking in G ... I've started Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris. What a captivating first chapter! #50: Hi el! You are doing great in your challenge! and I'm happy you got Gentlemen and Players. I loved the book!! Please leave me a comment on your thoughts on the book!!
#52:Hope you enjoy Gentlemen and Players too, VictoriaPL! Victoria, like your 6 degerees of separation, particularly Bill rhymes with Phil!
Loved Gentlemen and Players and thought Nightmare Town, which I know as Red Harvest was one of Hammet's best.
ETA No, it's not Red Harvest, it's a different book! But if it's Hammet it must be good. I'm working with the remaining books to be read for my 999 challenge. Here goes:
1.Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris
connection = Humphrey Bogart
Gentlemen and Players has chess in it. Humphrey Bogart loved to play chess and he had a reputation as being both a ... Hey El! I've got Gentlemen and Players in my TBR for the 999 challenge too! Shall we do another Joanne Harris read? ... my latest library haul:
Magic Kingdom For Sale -- Sold!
Morality For Beautiful Girls
Eats Shoots and Leaves
Gentlemen and Players
... the half-way mark. Since we had a similar, luke-warm response to Coastliners, I'll be interested to hear how you like Gentlemen and Players, which I enjoyed more.
Finished Coastliners which I quite liked and, after one false start, zapped through. Not her best though. Preferred Gentlemen and Players.
3.5*
Also finished The Slap, which just won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. Had to like it - it was set close to where I live and the characters ... ... so much; because of your enthusiasm it's coming off my shelf very soon. The only Joanne Harris I've read is Gentlemen and Players, which I liked a lot.
typo Welcome to the group!
I'll be reading Gentlemen and Players soon. Did you enjoy it? ... book do you own the most copies of? None--I avoid multiple copies. The only times I've done that was when I once bought Gentlemen and Players twice in a bargain book debacle (took one copy back) and Desirable Daughters by Bharati Mukherjee (gave one to a friend).
3) Did it bother you ... ... Mark Dunn
A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Gentleman and Players by Joanne Harris
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
The Translation of Dr. Apelles by David Treuer
Imaginations by William Carlos Williams I haven't read Gentlemen and Players, but I have read The Toll Gate. I haven't read Ptolemy's Gate But I have read Gentlemen and Players (Which depicts a gate on its front cover) ... challenge for this year...I just caught up with it and I would like to recommend you a book by Joanne Harris, it's called Gentlemen and Players and it's brilliant, I read it and it's wonderful, and very original. And this book will fit into categories 5 and 7. I don't think anyone at HE has ... ... but I would have to admit that I hope this diversion into fantasy does not mean the end of books such as Chocolat and Gentlemen and Players.
Runemarks started well and there was a lot of subtle humour and irony, but it got more and more weird and confusing as the story progressed and I ... #99 JP, #105 K and #108 lefty: Yeah Chocolat is a book by Joanne Harris, although I haven't read that one I have read Gentlemen and Players and Let me tell you that she is a fabulous author and I LOVE that book and really recommend it, just read it! and I haven't seen the movie either but ... I am looking for an angel in the UK if anyone is willing to ship 1 to Canada (surface is great!):
Gentlemen and Players
http://bookmooch.com/m/mooch_choice?asin=0552770027 ... - Philippa Gregory (4, 6) 5/26/09
6. The Shack - William P. Young (4) 6/9/09
7. Gentleman and Players - Joanne Harris (5) 6/26/09
8. Wicked Lovely - Melissa Marr 10/12/09
9. A Break With Charity - ... I am so glad to return to hemlokgang's library! This time I'll try Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris. I've had my eye on it for awhile. Gentlemen and Players - Joanne Harris. As advertised, similarities to The Talented Mr. Ripley and The Secret History were apropos. Couldn't put it down. ... great books lately and it seems like Joanne Harris has been hitting the spot for me. Which brings me to....
#45. Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris - This story takes us into the hallowed halls of St. Oswalds - a private boys school that is everything that one thinks of ... books by Joanne Harris
1. Holy Fools (8.16.2009)
2. Gentlemen and Players (6.27.2009)
3. Jigs and Reels (8.25.2009)
4. Coastliners (5/16/2009)
5.Chocolat (4/3/2009)
6. The ... ... rnieres
David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
The Day of the Jackal - Frederick Forsyth
Making History - Stephen Fry
Gentlemen and Players - Joanne Harris
The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis
The Song of Troy - Colleen McCullough
Jane of La ... The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris
Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Rumpole and the Angel of Death by John Mortimer ... arrived yet, so I was "forced" to go to the store tonight.
Brought home Black Girl/White Girl by Joyce Carol Oates and Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris. Fun idea! I've never really thought about why I pick books up.
1. Gentlemen and Players- currently reading, and enjoying immensely. My mother gave me this book for my birthday and I've previously enjoyed books by this author
2. I Capture the Castle- recommended by my mother so my ... ... I've read Dead Clever. Another mystery, not marketed in the mystery section of your local bookstore is Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris of Chocolat fame. As I said, I'm picky when it comes to mysteries, but I sat down and read Gentleman and Players in one session. ... ... examples of spoilers that I'm surprised you haven't seen one. Just to give an example, there was one on the works page for Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris that completely revealed the ending without warning -- but that review now seems to be gone. I'm not concerned about nonfiction, ... #28 If the YA book you have from the library is Runemarks, trust me, Gentlemen and Players is SOOO much better! Once you've picked it up you won't be able to put it down.
#39 The thing about Iago is that he's far and away the most interesting character in the play. That shouldn't be an ... #27> Ooh, that makes me want to go read Gentlemen and Players! It's been sitting on my TBR pile for well over a year. But I have her latest one, a YA book, out from the library and that looks more tempting just now. Joanne Harris writes some really evil villains. Zosie de l'Alba is one, but she pales in comparison with the villain of Gentlemen and Players, whom I can't name for fear of spoilers. Welcome, laytonwoman...I've enjoyed reading your thread as well.
Just finished Book #26...Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris
"Regard. In English it implies respect and admiration. In French it simply means 'a look.' That--to be seen--is all I ever wanted."
(Pg. 279)
My ... ... that came home today and yesterday were freebies though:
Mooched from friends:
The Gathering by Anne Enright
Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris
and from the library:
In the Wake by Per Petterson (author of the brilliant Out Stealing Horses).
A Plea for Eros ... Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris. A compelling audio about a private school, and an outsider looking in. That's all I'll say about it. Beautifully narrated. ... of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
4. They Did it With Love by Kate Morgenroth
5. One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson
6. Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris
7. Case Histories: A Novel by Kate Atkinson
8. Chasing Cezanne: A Novel by Peter Mayle
Books about Books 0/8
1. ... ... of the Orange by Joanne Harris
43. Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
44. Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
45. Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris
46. Probable Future by Alice Hoffman
47. Crampton Hodnet by Barbara Pym
48. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Mu ... 2) Players and Gentlemen by Joanne Harris - (audiobook) - I was really pleasantly surprised by this one. Great story. Narrative switches between Roy Straightly, a classics professor at the elite boy's school St. Oswalds, who is on the verge of retiring, and Snyde, an infiltrator who is bent on ... ... diary : how a teacher and 150 teens used writing to change themselves and the world around them by The Freedom Writers
Gentlemen and players by Joanne Harris
The memory keeper's daughter by Kim Edwards
I, Lucifer by Glen Duncan
Never hit a jellyfish with a spade by Guy Browni ... Just got back from a few days in the woods where I read Sharp Objects--very good, and Gentlemen and Players by Joanna Harris set at an English boys school. Have just started Peter Robinson's latest Friend of the The Devil. ... gger
8. The Book Thief: Markus Zusak
9. Body Surfing: Anita Shreve
10. Eve Green: Susan Fletcher
11. Gentlemen and Players: Joanne Harris
12. Never Let Me Go: Kazuo Ishiguro
13. The Five People You Meet In Heaven: Mitch Albom
14. If Nobody Speaks of Rema ... ... The Lost Painting. Really enjoyed it and finished it in ~24 hours.
So, last night I started Joanne Harris' Gentlemen and Players. While I'm not sure I'm enjoying this one quite as much as the last, at least it's holding my attention -- which has been difficult lately.
Looks ... Hi all, I heard about this on someones blog, so decided to have a ago. I've never read 50 books in 1 year before. I'm not really a fast reader. I read about 2 books a month usually. But I'm going to give this ago.
So here's my list of books to be read in this challenge.
Coastliners- Joann ... ... A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby.
23. No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy.
24. Atonement by Ian McEwan.
25. Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris.
... access.
So far this week I have thoroughly enjoyed both Monica Ali's Brick Lane; and Joanna Harris's latest - Gentlemen and Players : a novel, a rather brutal crime story set in a lesser English public school. Both vividly told stories. I'm also close to completing Thomas Friedman ...
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