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100 Books Challenge for 2009 : Judylou's 100 books in 2009		317	judylou, Saturday 12:26am
Librarians who LibraryThing : Book Club Suggestions		9	april164, Tuesday 11:23am
Club Read 2009 : Nickelini's 2009 Reading		210	Nickelini, December 5
1001 Books to read before you die : Soffitta1's 1001 Books- Lifetime of Reading		20	soffitta1, December 4
50 Book Challenge : Wonderlake @ 2009		77	wonderlake, December 1
1001 Books to read before you die : Katrina 1001 attempt		14	katrinasreads, October 29
1001 Books to read before you die : Sara's 1001, with Opinions		23	Sarasamsara, October 25
999 Challenge : judylou's 999 challenge		115	judylou, October 23
Reading Globally : Nickelini's Read Around the World Challenge		30	A_musing, October 16
1001 Books to read before you die : What are you reading, September 2009		83	jdaniel3760, October 1
Girlybooks : What Books By Women Are you reading , September 2009 ?		125	teelgee, September 30
What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 5 May 2007		124	usnmm2, September 27
1001 Books to read before you die : Nickelini's 1001 List		14	soylentgreen23, September 7
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Nickelini's 2009 Reading List		338	Nickelini, September 1
1001 Books to read before you die : What 1001 Book are You Reading: August 2009		86	klobrien2, August 31
Book Nudgers : An Orange July Nudge Please		21	Minthe, August 21
1001 Books to read before you die : wonderlake's 1001 :)		6	wonderlake, August 14
What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of July 25, 2009?		226	Arten60, August 8
1001 Books to read before you die : What 1001 book are you reading: July 2009		103	susiesharp, August 1
Girlybooks : ORANGE JULY 2009		171	mrstreme, July 30
Common Knowledge, WikiThing, HelpThing : Blurbers		39	rsterling, July 22
1001 Books to read before you die : Arubabookwoman's 1001 Quest-1-36		15	arubabookwoman, June 28
What Are You Reading Now? : Books Brought Home, April 2009 #2		160	elliepotten, May 12
Girlybooks : Favorite Heroine?		71	dianabacon, April 22
1001 Books to read before you die : The 1001 "I've Read That" chain game, Thread Three		299	Booksloth, March 22
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The Prizes : The Orange		91	Nickelini, March 6
Club Read 2009 : If everybody's reading it, can it be that good?		103	Nickelini, March 1
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50 Book Challenge : Susan (sussabmax) trying 100 again in 2009		8	sussabmax, January 17
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What Are You Reading Now? : What books are next on your reading list?		355	stevetempo, November 2008
What Are You Reading Now? : What books came into your home today? SEPTEMBER, 2008, Part 2		224	cameling, September 2008
What Are You Reading Now? : Book Covers from Hell		45	avaland, September 2008
What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - #2: JULY. 2008		231	IaaS, August 2008
Girlybooks : An Orange July		210	urania1, July 2008
What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - #1: JULY. 2008		270	teelgee, July 2008
1001 Books to read before you die : new edition: what are the differences?		82	supertalya, July 2008
What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 28 June 2008		219	Cariola, July 2008
The Prizes : IMPAC/Dublin Prize		60	teelgee, June 2008
Girlybooks : A Dozen Years of Nominees		84	avisannschild, June 2008
Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - March. 2008		273	Talbin, April 2008
Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : Top Five books read during 2007		255	RcCarol, March 2008
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Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 3 November 2007		180	Lantzy, November 2007
Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 27 October 2007		127	philosojerk, November 2007
Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : Favorite books for October?		41	Cariola, November 2007
Dormant: Reading Globally : Where in the World Are You Now? October 2007		109	aluvalibri, November 2007
Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 20 October 2007		174	melsmarsh, October 2007
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Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 6 October 2007		155	lindsacl, October 2007
Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What books came into your home today? - August 2007		176	Cariola, September 2007
Dormant: The Green Dragon : The Best Novels You've Never Read - NY Magazine		12	ellevee, August 2007
Dormant: Book talk : Impac Long List		12	wyvernfriend, November 2006

Last month my book club read The Accidental by Ali Smith and we got a lot of good conversation out of it. I'm looking forward to a future read of The Slap because I think it too will generate conversation.

... caring human being. A little bit like my reaction to Three Cups of Tea but loved this story-telling much better. 20. The Accidental by Ali Smith 21. Arthur & George by Julian Barnes 22. I Was Amelia Earhart by Jane Mendlesohn I don’t know much about Amelia Earhart ...

I loved The Accidental, but I listened to it on audiobook, and I think it was a particularly good performance (they used different readers for the different characters).

And The Accidental? :-) P.S. I'm bugging you because you always tell me just enough to know whether I'm interested in adding a book to my wish list.

You didn't say what you thought about The Accidental, but maybe you did on your other threads?

... of a yellow sun on Mount TBR 6 The inheritance of loss on Mount TBR 11 A short history of tractors in Ukrainian 13 The Accidental 16 Small island 28 The Successor 30 The namesake on Mount TBR 35 Snow 44 The amazing adventures of Kavalier & Clay on Mount TBR 61 Dirty Hava ...

Ah, Sara, then you must read The Accidental, if you haven't already.

Hmmm, I loved The Accidental but didn't care for Hotel World.

If you liked the Accidental, then I would highly recommend her earlier book, Hotel World.

I read The Accidental for Orange January this year, and I loved it, too. The end was a bit odd, so I can see why some people don't like it, but I thought it was good. It was a bit uncomfortable, and I was really mad at the mom, but it was a good ending for the book.

... Yep, I definitely have a BritLit addiction! I hope to read 5 more books from the list this year. Oh, I also read The Accidental, but I'm working from the original list, not the 2008 one, so I'm not counting it.

Book no 52 - The Accidental could go into three categories. It was shortlisted for a booker prize, orange prize and is in the 1001 books as well. But because I don't seem able to read many Bookers this year - that's wher eit went.

139. The Accidental by Ali Smith Liked this one so much better than the last one. I think you might be right about Drabble - her reputation is indeed better than this particular book - imo of course.

109. The Accidental by Ali Smith It took me a while to get into the rhythm of this story. I found it a bit frustrating and hard to follow at first. But then it got better. Each chapter is ...

34. The Accidental by Ali Smith It took me a while to get into the rhythm of this story. I found it a bit frustrating and hard to follow at first. But then it got better. Each chapter is told from the perspective of one member of the Smart family, who are staying in a holiday house in Norfo ...

>149 I thought The Accidental was great. I'm reading her collection of short stories off and on. They're quirky, I like them. I think I have two more in the collection to read.

Now reading Ali Smith's The Accidental. Didn;t like it at first, but now theat I am getting into the story, its not so bad after all :)

68. The Accidental, Ali Smith 2006, British literature, audiobook Rating: 4.5 /5 stars Comments: I picked up this audiobook on sale for $2, and I really didn't have a clue what I was getting, other than that it had been on the Booker shortlist. I actually had some vague idea that it was ...

I have The Accidental on my shelf waiting for me. It's good to hear a positive review about it. I will now be more inclined to read it sooner!

Marcia--I have the opposite reaction to cariola's. I'm lukewarm about The Accidental, but really liked Hotel World. Different strokes.....

>330, The Accidental it is! I will get it on my next trip to the library. :)

Thanks for the review of The Accidental... it sounds just up my alley (ha ha, pun totally intended). I read and enjoyed Girl Meets Boy last year, and I have Hotel World on my shelf, so I don't know if I'll get to that one or The Accidental first.

68. The Accidental, Ali Smith 2006, British literature, audiobook Rating: 4.5 /5 stars Comments: I picked up this audiobook on sale for $2, and I really didn't have a clue what I was getting, other than that it had been on the Booker shortlist. I actually had some vague ...

Finished The Accidental, and am moving onto Trust Me; an Early Reviewer book by Peter Leonard

The Accidental, Ali Smith Chose to read this as per 2006 discussion over on Babbling Books; http://onlinebookclub.myfreeforum.org/about417.html ...I don't think anyone on there actually enjoyed it very much, or had trouble with the style and gave up on it... I liked it ! Like they ...

I have just finished and enjoyed The Accidental, by Ali Smith. I really feel like I've been neglecting my 1,001 challenge for a while now !

... aves Clear Light of Day All the Pretty Horses Snow Vernon God Little Awful! The Swarm The Line of Beauty The Accidental Blah... A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian Supposed to be funny... apparently Mother's Milk Carry Me Down The Inheritance of Loss Shouldn't ...

Currently enjoying The Accidental, by Ali Smith which is pleasing as I also have Hotel World TBR :>

... enjoying it. All I want to do is sit and read but I have other things I should be getting on with. I tried to start The Accidental but was too tired, I think that one is going to require a bit more concentration.

Either going to start The Accidental or To kill a mocking bird. TKaMB seems to have been hovering over Mount TBR waiting to be read for months. I must be one of the few people in an English speaking country to not have it set as school reading at some stage.

... book, I just wanted it to go on and on. I think I'll try to fit in one more short one before I take up my other reading, The Accidental.

... these today, where someone had entered the blurb quote rather than just the name. I forget the book I was looking at: maybe The Accidental?

... orme Atonement Snow Kafka on the Shore The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime Cloud Atlas 2666 The Accidental Bartleby and Co is one of my new favorite books. It's about one of your favorite things too- books! Cloud Atlas is another of my favorites. Just ...

... Teeth 4 Bel Canto 3 -1/2 The Hundred Secret Senses 2- 1/2 Brick Lane 2 Gilgamesh 2 The Stone Diaries 1 The Accidental 1 Inheritance of Loss 1/2 Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living 1/2 for interest Gilead 0 - which is good because I'll try to read this and Home ...

... 0 I have books on my TBR that are both 1001 and Orange nominees. They are... White Teeth Small Island new 1001 list The Accidental new 1001 list The Inheritance of Loss new 1001 list I'll definately be reading Small Island this month.

... 3 -1/2 The Hundred Secret Senses 2- 1/2 Brick Lane 2 Purple Hibiscus 1 The Stone Diaries 1 Gilgamesh 1 The Accidental 1 Inheritance of Loss 1/2 Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living 1/2 for interest Gilead 0 - which is good because I'll try to read this and Home ...

... also gave up on it. I got about 75 pages in and the characters weren't grabbing me and nothing much was happening. The Accidental--very unique book; I liked it.

... by Kiran Desai 2007 short-list Second pile Everymans Rules for Scientific Living by Carrie Tiffany 2006 short-list The Accidental by Ali Smith 2006 short-list Bel Canto - 2002 Winner. Gilgamesh by Joan London 2004 long-list The Colour by Rose Tremain 2004 short-list The Stone ...

... Anne Michaels 3. Hotel World, Ali Smith 4. The Blind Assassin, M Atwood 5. Fingersmith, Sarah Waters 6. The Accidental, A Smith 7. We Need To Talk About Kevin, Lionel Shriver 8. A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian, Marina Lewycka 9. Oryx and Crake, M Atwood 1 ...

... (1998) SHORT LIST: I Was Amelia Earhart by Jane Mendelsohn (1997) Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (2002) The Accidental by Ali Smith (2006) LONG LIST: La Cucina by Lily Prior (2002) The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (2003) The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri ...

... Fundamentalist I own a few more, and others are on my TBR list, so when I read them I'll update this list. 5. The Accidental

... ike> +29 /4. The Story of Lucy Gault, William Trevor +30/ 5. The Yellow Wallpaper, Charlotte Perkins Gilman +31/ 6. The Accidental, Ali Smith +32/ 7. City Primeval, Elmore Leonard +33/ 8. The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Mohsin Hamid +34/ 9. What I Loved, Siri Hustvedt

From an LT friend: The Accidental by Ali Smith. This sounds very good!

Ok, what about The Accidental by Ali Smith? Someone probably read this one, right?

... at the top of my contemporary favorites list), When the Emperor Was Divine, The English Patient, On Chesil Beach, The Accidental, Mister Pip, Sorry, The White Tiger. I read a lot of Stephen King years back and enjoyed most of those as well. I also read a lot of classics--books ...

... Hamid, 2007 319. Falling Man by Don DeLillo, 2007 320. The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (2008) 321. The Accidental by Ali Smith, 2007 322. Small Island by Andrea Levy, 2007 323. Vernon God Little byDBC Pierre, 2006 324. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, 200 ...

Oh, do, it is worth it! 4. The Accidental by Ali Smith I am not sure how I feel about the end of this one—it was weird, and not really appealing, but it seems to make more sense the more I think about it. I may be transferring my disapproval of the way that Eve acted to the book ...

I finished two more books this weekend--The Accidental and How I Live Now. I really enjoyed both of them, although the end of both was a bit off for me. Actually, I don't know how I feel about the end of The Accidental--it was weird, and not really appealing, but it seems to make more sense ...

I had to put The Idea of Perfection aside, because I just wasn't looking forward to reading it. So, now I am reading The Accidental by Ali Smith and really enjoying it, but I find that I am still thinking about the characters in TIoP. I think I may have liked it more than I realized, and I ...

... stack: The Idea of Perfection by Kate Grenville--library When We Were Bad by Charlotte Mendelson--library The Accidental by Ali Smith--bought The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan--bought Unless by Carol Shields--already had and read this week The Little Frien ...

... Mark Billingham 24. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson 25. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini 26. The Accidental, Ali Smith 27. Trust Me, Peter Leonard 28. City Primeval, Elmore Leonard 29. The Girl Who Played with Fire, Stieg Larsson 30. Buried, Mar ...

... i> 6. The Famished Road by Ben Okri 7. Mr Pip by Lloyd Jones April 8. The Accidental by Ali Smith September 9. What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn October

... - hey, I'll take what I can get! - for those that have enjoyed Ali Smith, she's named in the acknowledgements of The Accidental) and who might therefore have a vested interest in the story.... but as I say. It's so nice I have always treasured it!! Also loving the sound of The Suga ...

... John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 2004 6. Shipping News - Annie Proulx, Pulitzer Prize 7. Whatever - Michel Houellbeqc 8. The Accidental - Ali Smith

56. The Accidental by Ali Smith I found this in a charity shop and bought it because I wanted another prize winning book to read. I knew nothing about it in advance, but I was pleasantly surprised. It is the story of a family whose lives are changed by the arrival of an unknown woman at their ...

Congratulations!! I also loved The Accidental so will look out for Free Love. Have you seen the multi-author, serialised story that she is writing with Jeanette Winterson, A.M. Homes and Jackie Kay in the UK Guardian? It's a bit, um, ...

... in World War II, so I learned a few things as well. 75. Free Love and Other Stories by Ali Smith. I loved The Accidental, so I've been picking up more of Smith's work. I much preferred this collection to Hotel World. It's a little book (about 150 pages) of stories, most of ...

... I wish I'd read the book before seeing the film. Book Number 9 (slowing down a bit now the new term has started!): The Accidental by Ali Smith. I wasn't very impressed by this one. I didn't like the style of the writing. It was clear what the author was trying to do, giving ...

Today I received from Amazon.com (all used books at great prices): About Alice by Calvin Trillin The Accidental by Ali Smith When to Speak Up (and When Not to) by Dr. Michael D. Sedler Hope Has its Reasons by Rebecca Manley Pippert Conformed to His Image/The Servant as His Lord by Osw ...

... Dorset Sense and Sensibility 6. Leicestershire: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit 7. Somerset: Persuasion 8. Norfolk: The Accidental There are more, but I'll have to look them up because I don't remember. Edited Aug '09: remembered a few more.

... target market is, but it's missing on so many levels. I buy them despite the covers, definitely not because of them. The Accidental has one of my most disliked covers. ...

I got The Accidental by Ali Smith and The Romantics by Pankaj Mishra, Children of the Alley by Naguib Mahfouz and A Room with a View by E. M. Forster.

Well, I was good about not buying books for a week. From B&N: The Accidental by Ali Smith (I had this as an audiobook, but it's slightly complicated, and I don't spend enough consistent time in the car to justify continuing to listen to it that way) Secret Society Girl, Under the Rose, ...

... to Be Good by Nick Hornby From B&N: On Beauty by Zadie Smith (Remaindered hardcover, so it was on the bargan table) The Accidental by Ali Smith (audiobook, also on the bargain table) And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander The Assault by Harry Mulisch So much for my plan not to ...

Read The Accidental by Ali Smith. I liked the way the book was structured, telling the story from the different characters' point of view. My next Orange book is Fasting, Feasting by Anita Desai.

50. The Accidental by Ali Smith.

Read Heligoland by Shena Mackay. Enjoyed this book. Reading The Accidental by Ali Smith. Good so far.

... of the Atlas and Hercules myth. The Double by Jose Saramago - the style made my head spin but it was worth it. The Accidental by Ali Smith - very enjoyable My Antonia by Willa Cather - charming. Now reading Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner. Very dense.

26. The Accidental by Ali Smith Very enjoyable Recommended

... Wife -- loved loved loved it I've also tried to read Fugitive Pieces, The Underpainter, The Blind Assassin and The Accidental (hated the writing style of that one), but couldn't get into any of them.

... 5. Marilynne Robinson, Gilead. I know everyone loved it, but for me, it was a real snoozer. 2 out of 5. Ali Smith, The Accidental - shortlist. This one was near the top of my Best in 2007 list. 4.5 out of 5. 2007 Longlist Kiran Desai, The Inheritance of Loss - shortlist. ...

... Forest Joyce Carol Oates, Rape A Love Story Marilynne Robinson, Gilead Curtis Sittenfeld, Prep Ali Smith, The Accidental - shortlist Zadie Smith, On Beauty - winner Carrie Tiffany, Everyman’s Rules for Scientific Living - shortlist Célestine Hitiura Vaite, ...

... sussabmax! I tend to feel the same way, but am afraid people don't particularly care much to hear my ramblings... 38. The Accidental by Ali Smith I have heard many people call it bizarre, and it was, but it wasn't so bizarre that it repulsed any sort of leisurely reading. Unfortunately ...

... kan The namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky The accidental by Ali Smith The short history of tractors in Ukranian Falling man by Delillo Measuring the world by Kehlman Half of a yellow sun by ...

... Rosanna Lippi is aka Sara Donati and an LT author, btw. Also in the TBR pile is Hotel World; I too have already read The Accidental. I have read a few other novels by some of the other authors I haven't already mentioned, nothing I'd rave about. thanks again, lindsacl for the posting ...

... Caucasia (that was the US title of the novel), Hotel World, and The Bonesetter's Daughter. I loved Smith's The Accidental and read Hotel World right after; not so good in comparison. Of course, since I read them in reverse chronological order, that means that her writing is ...

... thread and find I have read more than I thought (and that only goes back to 2005 or 2006, I believe): Lucky Girls The Accidental The Inheritance of Loss The Observations Afterwards The Blood of Flowers The Gathering And I have five more in my TBR stacks: On Beauty ...

Went shopping after work today: The Accidental by Ali Smith The Officer's Daughter by Zina Rohan A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah and one other book which I left upstairs and can't remember the title.

Lois, I had high hopes for Smith's other books after reading The Accidental, but so far, I'm not too impressed.

... have little, aside from the hotel, to link them. I've been fairly disappointed in both of her books that I've read since The Accidental. 6. The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan. Enjoyable as an audiobook on my commute, but I don't think I would have liked it as well in print. This ...

... list). So here are my top reads for 2007, excluding rereads: The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope The Accidental by Ali Smith On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan Astonishing Splashes of Colour by Clare Morrall A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini ...

I doubt I'll finish another whole book by the end of the month, so here goes: The Accidental by Ali Smith The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope The Gathering by Anne Enright England's Mistress: the infamous life of Emma Hamilton by Kate Williams The Whole W ...

Now that I've finished The Gathering, I'm going to have to go with The Accidental by Ali Smith as my November favorite.

I got a chuckle in reading The Accidental when a character mentioned "last year's Booker Prize winner, the one with the guy on a raft with all the animals." (Not a direct quote.) Obviously, Life of Pi. Hmmm, were Smith and Martel shortlisted the same year?

From The Accidental by Ali Smith: I was born free, I've had the time of my life and for all we know I'm going to live forever. (There's a whole chapter built on lies a character tells about her past--all drawn from news stories, movies, TV, and popular songs. Loved this novel!)

I am just about finished with The Accidental, and I'm not sure what I will pick up next. I'll be starting a new audiobook on a two-hour drive tomorrow, probably England's Mistress by Kate Williams, a bio of Lady Emma Hamilton, or The Crimson Portrait by Jody Shields.

Yep, the best one for October was definitely The Accidental by Ali Smith.

I am about to finish both my print book, The Accidental, and my audiobook, The Alchemist's Daughter. Not sure what I will start next.

I have way too many TBRs to be well organized enough to have a list of what I plan to read next. When I finish The Accidental, I'll just take a look at th stacks and choose one. It might be The Voyage Out, but I'm not sure.

67. The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster (reread) 68. The Accidental bu Ali Smith 69. The Alchemist's Daughter by Katharine McMahon

... and Edith Wharton) and a few OK books (Scandal of the Season, Loving Frank). I'm a little more than halfway through The Accidental, which promises to be my top book for October--barring disaster. #21 teelgee, I loved The Hours and Mrs. Dalloway has always been my favoroite Woof ...

#52 That's the reaction I had to the section in The Accidental where Amber is supposedly telling her past--all things that happened in history, movies, or TV.

... I couldn't always see the connection between the different parts of the story), but (like the same author's excellent novel The Accidental) they were written with intelligence, humanity and an underlying awareness of the ridiculousness of modern life. 13. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte ...

... the authors' names, so I KNOW they are in the system, but I can't get the touchstones to load. I'm about 1/3 through The Accidental by Ali Smith (whose name is coming up red--no touchstone). I wasn't sure I'd like it, but it has got me hooked. Also listening to The Alchemist's Dau ...

I'm back in England, shifting between the 21st century in The Accidental and the early 18th in The Alchemist's Daughter.

#130 I started The Accidental last night, and I'm not sure yet what to think. I'm not a big fan of novels narrated in adolescents' voices, for one thing, so perhaps when it shifts, I'll enjoy it a bit more. Thanks for your comments. I plan to stick with the book for now.

>127 Cariola: I read The Accidental earlier in the year and found it a bit mixed. I really enjoyed the middle third of the book, and the narrative devices used, but the first and last third were a little disappointing. I would definitely give it a go though.

I'm thinking about making The Accidental by Ali Smith my next read. Comments, anybody?

I'm about to start a new book, but I can't decide between The Accidental by Ali Smith or I Think of You by Ahdaf Soueif.

... I started the audiobook bio Edith Wharton by Hermione Lee. I'm not certain which print book I'll pick up next; maybe The Accidental by Ali Smith. Or maybe a book of short stories, I Think of You by Ahdaf Soueif.

... Pope to write The Rape of the Lock. Not sure what I'll pick up next. Maybe On Beauty by Zadie Smith or The Accidental by Ali Smith. Anyone have recommendations on either?

... Crimson Petal and the White the unnamed female protagonist in Die Wand/The Wall, by Marlen Haushofer Astrid Smart in The Accidental both characters in Fair Play by Tove Jannson and of course Offred…

... Time by Ellen Macarthur because it was a lovely pretty hardback The Master of Petersburg by J. M. Coetzee The Accidental by Ali Smith On Beauty by Zadie Smith A Game with Sharpened Knives by Neil Belton The Oxford Essential Guide to Egyptian Mythology Around ...

... Experience Grief The Munch Mancini Mystery Series Transmission * Mariette In Ecstasy A Relative Stranger The Accidental The Extra Man Seminary Boy Desertion Home Land Samedi The Deafness Tapping The Source Rails Under My Back Stranger Things Happen Wha ...

I'm working my way through The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann, after finishing The Accidental by Ali Smith last week. I liked The Accidental, but only in parts - the middle section seemed to me the most interesting. Unfortunately I just couldn't seem to rustle up much empathy for ...

... than others. If I were nominating, my three picks would be: The History of Love, The Secret River and probably The Accidental.

... little more than a re-writing of Brideshead Revisited, and not a very good one at that. To echo Trapnel, I felt that The Accidental was by far a better book, and while I can't judge on accessiblity, I'd say it certainly trumps the Smith on originality and excellence.

... Wednesday I'm yours by Marya Santos-Febres Broken Verses An Iraqi in Paris The Method Actors On Beauty The Accidental Trance Father Michael's Lottery by Johan Steyn