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Isabelle Allende writes wonderful magical realism. I'd especially recommend The House of the Spirits.

... Allende has written a trilogy of novels that span the history of Chile from 1843 to the 1960s. The first one she wrote, House of the Spirits, was actually the last in the series. Then came, in order of publication, Daughter of Fortune, which was chronologically the first, and introduced a ...

... bad feeling from the start, as on the front cover there is a quote from Isabel Allende- I couldn't manage to finish her The House of the Spirits. Amir was such a nothingness of a character. Towards the end when he starts to curse it just seems so flat on the page-- "Pull over, ...

Hi Nickelini, I would recommend House of Spirits. It's the only book by Allende that I've read (but I have 2 others in my MtTBR), it took me 2 months to read but even 2 years later I'm still really fond of the book... the movie is good too! Meryl Strep is awesome! btw your description of 'a ...

... living in Chile in the 20th century. I will definitely seek out some of her fiction sooner rather than later. (I started House of the Spirits a few years ago and was loving it, but it came due at the library and I didn't have time to renew it, and I've never had a chance to get back to it. Mus ...

I haven't read The House of Spirits but I have read The House of Seven Gables.

I haven't read Bleak House but I have read The House of the Spirits

... 12th century, try Pargeter's The Heaven Tree. About Isabel Allende, I "discovered" her through LTers' rave reviews of The House of the Spirits and so far have read all the ones that you mentioned and one or two more. Spirits and Ines of my Soul are my two favorites, although the other ...

... then I'd also expect people to have read Gabrial Garcia Marquez 100 years of solitude, and Isabel Allende The house of the spirits. Then there is all sorts of regional books, Danish or Scandinavian books, that danes may have read, but very few here would know.

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I just finished (23) The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende. Entertaining. Interesting. Different. All-around, five stars. ^_^

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende. Great book made into a really putrid movie.

The House of the Spirits ETA: Thanks a lot ani, now I will have that song stuck in my head...:P walks away humming hi ho hi ho...

Clara Truebas from House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende. Good book.

#67. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende 490 pages 4 stars "Spanning four generations, Isabel Allende's magnificent family ...

Just been reading and enjoying your reviews. I read your reviews of two on my Mount TBR, House of Spirits and The Unbearable lightness of Being, with trepidation. I needn't have. Thank you for those wonderful reviews, they have only increased my anticipation.

... She'd never read anything by Isabel Allende before--never had the opportunity. I'm trying to get a Spanish copy of House of the Spirits, but so far no luck, at least here.

No woman in her right mind can remain impassive before a barrel-organ serenade. The House of the Spirits

The House of the Spirits. I'm hoping that one of the spirits turns out to be vodka.

... you getting this started. It's one less thing I have to try and remember! Here's my list: Plainsong by Haruf, Kent The House of Spirits by Allende, Isabel The Blind Assassin by Atwood, Margaret The World According to Garp by Irving, John Breathing Lessons by Tyler, Anne Rabbit ...

... Truman Capote +22/ 3. The Sea, John Banville +23/ 4. Wild Swans, +24/ 5. Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell The House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende +25/ 6. Lucky Jim, Kingsley Amis I only managed 6 off the list, but I only read about 20 books overall...

21. The Sword in the Stone 22. Mackenzies: David (The Mackenzies Series) 23. House of Spirits - OMG this one took over a month to read It killed my groove! 24. The Hobbit ... I was thinking that I read something else, but I can't remember...hmmm

... Hiestand Brazil – The Village of Bom Jesus Lloyd E. Hill Canada – The Whirlpool Jane Urquhart Chile – House of the Spirits Isabel Allende China - Tao te Ching Lao Tsu Columbia – Love in the Time of Cholera Gabriel Garcia Marquez Czech Republic – Franz ...

... 1001 list that are written by an Australian. I'll be interested to see how it measures up. #125 Very tempted to read House of the Spirits, I just got a 2nd hand copy. How was it? Also, I think your in for a treat with The Poisonwood Bible, it's one of my favourite books of all time. ...

Just finished The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende. As it's nearly the end of the month and I have ARC's coming out of my ears, I will have to strive to do better in April. I am planning on finishing Frankenstein and then reading The Poisonwood Bible and hopefully The Old Man and ...

Just finished The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende. As it's nearly the end of the month and I have ARC's coming out of my ears, I will have to strive to do better in April. I am planning on finishing Frankenstein and then reading The Poisonwood Bible and hopefully The Old Man and ...

Good reviews. After reading The House of the Spirits (for school, had to) I went on to read another of Allende's novels, Of Love and Shadows, and her autobiographical/memoirish piece Paula. Both were pretty good, and I think I may have enjoyed them even more than Spirits, actually.

... read 17% of the books and I'm aiming to get to 20% by the end of the year (fingerscrossed). Yesterday I finished the okay The House of Spirits by Allende, and a few weeks ago the marvellous Fugitive Pieces, Michaels. This weekend I'm hoping to tackle Watchmen

Finally finished The House of Spirits felt like it took forever. I will be starting Watchmen today

... Road, but managed to strike 4 books off the week, Fugitive Pieces, Silk, The Wonderful O and Pyongyang. I'm reading The House of Spirits at the moment so that should be another one completed.

#6 The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende I love Allende's books and this was no exception. I definately suggest you read any of her titles. This one takes place over three generations (likely late 1800s through the 1970s) of a family in Chile, in which the women have special ...

Finished The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende today.

I've only read one from Allende - House of Spirits - but I absolutely loved it. She is one of those authors that I really want to read more of, but haven't actually done so yet.

The House of the Spirits was the first book I read this year. At times I couldn't put it down, but the last quarter of the book or so dragged on and on and I couldn't wait for it to be over. Hope you enjoy it, and good luck with your challenge!

Yes, I started The House of the Spirits at lunch today. Well I tried to start it until the elder gentleman sitting next to me at lunch decided I was the perfect person to talk to. Ergh. So my usual 50 minutes of reading was more like 7 minutes of interupted reading. I am now on page 2.

... any absurdist play, it's pretty embarrassing that I've never read anything by him. I can't wait to hear your thoughts on the House of the Spirits - is it definitive then, you are reading that one next?

I have one leg in Chile with Isabel Allende in The House of the Spirits and the other in the US with Barack Obama and Dreams From My Father.

OK to restart my travels I am in Chile with Isabel Allende and The House of Spirits.

... of My Soul, Zorro and Daughter of Fortune. I may be missing one in there. I have a couple sitting at home in my tbr, House of Spirits and the sequel to Eva Luna (I can't recall the title at the moment). When I first picked up Portrait in Sepia, I was a little concerned that I would ...

Here are mine for January, two were 1001 classics, but still had romantic elements to them: 1. House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (3.5 stars) 2. Master of the Highlands by Veronica Wolff (3 stars) 3. Lady Sophia's Lover by Lisa Kleypas (5 stars) 4. The Raven Prince by ...

I haven't read The House of the Spirits But I have read Keeping the Moon

I finished 8 books in January, two were more of a classic, but still had romantic elements to them: House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende Master of the Highlands by Veronica Wolff Lady Sophia's Lover by Lisa Kleypas-loved it, my favorite of the month The Raven Prince by Eli ...

I have never read The Remains of the Day But I have read The House of the Spirits

Hi! I have Eva Luna and/or The House of Spirits on my reading list for this year, too. I have never read a book from Allende before, although I always wanted too. Your review makes it seem like a very interesting read, and there's a high probability that I will go with Eva Luna first! Stra ...

... Selected Poems by Pablo Neruda Madwomen: The "Locas mujeres" Poems of Gabriela Mistral by Gabriela Mistral The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende E. Luminata by Diamela Eltit In March, I'll read more about the political climate, especially during the Pinochet ...

thanks so much theaelizabet! :) I'm curious to hear your thoughts on House of the Spirits, if you do read it! It seems to be more famous than Eva Luna - I read the reviews of Eva Luna on LT and almost every single one was comparing it to HOTS. Unfortunately, since I have SO many authors I haven't ...

... I am to see that so many others haven't read any Allende yet. Your review of Eva Luna is terrific, as usual. I have House of Spirits on hand, so I guess I'll start with that, though your take on Eva Luna tempts me.

... Tags: 1980s, fiction, magical realism, Chile Rating: ★★★★ This was my introduction to Allende - I haven't read The House of the Spirits, which seems to be the most famous of her works. I'll spare you the agony of reading the whole paragraph and just say from starters that I loved ...

... Tags: 1980s, fiction, magical realism, Chile Rating: ★★★★ This was my introduction to Allende - I haven't read The House of the Spirits, which seems to be the most famous of her works. I'll spare you the agony of reading the whole paragraph and just say from starters that I loved ...

... Atwood 44. The Life and Times of Michael K. J. M. Coetzee 45. The Colour Purple Alice Walker 46. The House of the Spirits Isabel Allende 47. Midnight's Children Salman Rushdie 48. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams 49. The Cement Garde ...

... Golding, 2008 236. Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, 1981 237. Rabbit is Rich by John Updike, 1983 238. The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende, 1983 239. Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, 1983 240. A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro, 1987 241. The Color Pur ...

>3. I tried The House of the Spirits in 2007, but gave up after 100 pages as I just wasn't getting it :( >4. On the other hand, I really enjoyed The Sea. Fingers crossed that The Woman in White is a good one !

1. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende I had heard a lot of good things about this book, but I wasn't as impressed as I thought I would be. This was my first Allende. I have owned Daughter of Fortune for several years and may read it later this year. 2. The Invisible Man by H.G. ...

I finished The House of the Spirits last night, and now I am reading The Woman in White.

I`m going to read House of Spirits by Isabel Allende and Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie this month.

I just finished House of the Spirits, the more I think about it, the more I liked it. A memorable read.

#29 Storeetllr - I just finished House of the Spirits which was a good book, and I'm glad I read it, yet I feel like I wasn't moved by it as much as I should have been. I found the narrative detached, so that I did not feel immersed in the emotions and feelings of this story, although the last 50 ...

I finished House of the Spirits which I'm glad I read, though I don't think it was as fabulous a book as many others have thought, but still, it was pretty good and memorable with it's quirky strange stories of the Treuba women.

Happy New Year! I'm off to a good start by finishing the first book on my TBR list: #1 House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende I'm glad I finally read this book, but I wasn't as moved by it as I feel like I should have been, although, it did have it's memorable moments, which will stay ...

Happy New Year! #1 House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende I'm glad I finally read this book, but I wasn't as moved by it as I feel like I should have been, although, it did have it's memorable moments, which will stay with me. 3.5/5 Storeetllr in What Are You Reading Now? : 2009 WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING? (Jan 1, 2009, 2:32pm)

... night I started A Pirate of Exquisite Mind. Quite a start to 2009. #18 ktleyed ~ Yes, I remember reading that part of House of the Spirits and hating it, but the ending was worth the pain of getting there.

OK, I'm going to give this a try. We'll see how well it turns out! You can go here for my blog post about my challenge. Totally reworked this as I can't seem to stick to my ...

I'm almost finished with House of the Spirits, I have about 50 pages left, I find it's gripping, yet depressing at this point.

I started reading The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende on the bus to and from Budapest yesterday. This is my first Allende book, and I am enjoying it so far.

... if I don't reach my goal; I'd rather take my time to enjoy what I read than race through to get to 60. I started reading The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende on the bus to and from Budapest yesterday, so that will be my first book in 2009.

I'm starting off with House of the Spirits (which I'm half way through now) and then will read a few light romances before reading Assassin's Quest. It's the third in a trilogy, I had read the first two, the first I loved, but the 2nd was kind of dull, so it's been a year since I've read the ...

I'm in the early 1930's in Peru in House of the Spirits

4) Reading around the world (a way to broaden my reading horizons) 1) The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende 2) The Camel Bookmobile by Masha Hamilton

I'm reading House of the Spirits, although I'm still early on it, and I don't really know when and where exactly it takes place! Somewhere in South America around the turn of the 20th century.

I anticipate my first will be House of the Spirits

I'm giving House of the Spirits another try, I had to put it down last time, I just couldn't concentrate on it and do it justice, I was too busy.

I'm picking up House of the Spirits again and giving it another shot. I barely got past page 20 last time. I feel like I'm more in the mood to read it now and feel like I'll be able to do it justice this time.

... of the series so far. Now that I've read 100 books for the 2008, I'm taking a break from romances and picking up House of the Spirits, which I started before but couldn't get into. I'm giving it another shot. *what no touchstones working?*

Don't stop there, then, try House of Spirits and and Of Love and Shadows. she is a great storyteller.

... read it before. I loved it. And I really like Isabel Allende, athough I haven't read Eva Luna yet. I really liked House of the Spirits and Daughter of Fortune.

... ars 1 - 3 stars The ones to which I gave 9 stars are: Tigana (amazing epic fantasy; can't stop thinking about it) House of the Spirits (amazing, period; also still thinking about) Hotel du Lac (excellent women's literary novel) Special Topics in Calamity Physics (I know others ...

... sh 1. 100 años de soledad by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 2. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes 3. Cantar de mio Cid 4. La casa de los espiritus by Isabel Allende 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Favorite historical fiction of 2008 (more or less in order of how wonderful I thought them): The House of the Spirits, Daughter of Fortune, Portrait in Sepia, and Ines of My Soul by Isabel Allende The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer Mistress ...

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

... Time of Cholera, The General in His Labyrinth all by Gabriel Garcia Marques - he rocks. (Colombia and Bolivia) Reread The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende - she is good too. (Chile)

Missed 2 books out in November 166. Oroonoko by Aphra Benn - reread. 167. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende - reread.

The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende Read a few times.

... year...and it's not over yet! I may well add another one or two to the list of 14 before midnight on New Years Eve. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende Portrait in Sepia by Allende (audio) Ines of My Soul by Isabel Allende (Audio) The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie ...

... and referrals from this group--I can keep happily surrounded by books for years! (And I can't make it past page 10 in House of Spirits but did enjoy Allende's Of Love and Shadows. And besides "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber," I've never managed to finish a Hemingway novel ...

Let me add my name to the "I can't read House of the Spirits list". There are a number of authors that I just can't get read-hard to say what it is. However, I know that there are some books that I don't recommend to others to read although I loved them-you almost have to see a list of what ...

>468 kt: oh dear! I have House of the Spirits on my 2009 Reading List. I have been putting off reading it because I suspect that I am not really going to like it - that suspicion is now growing! However, loved Daughter of Fortune a superb book. I can highly recommend that one. (To be read in ...

... Memory of Departure by Abdulrazak Gurnah From Amazon: Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not) by Jose Rizal and The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (for my upcoming Reading Globally world tour, which will start in the Philippines).

I so agree about moods and reading. I started House of the Spirits and couldn't get into it, although I know it's a great book, everyone recommended it, so I knew it was me. So I put it down, and will pick it up again in January to give it the attention it deserves when I'm in the right mood.

I read House of the Spirits last year and LOVED it I admit the first chapter about the girl with the green hair and the guy who goes away to mine was a bit 'meh' and I could have easily given up but after that the story takes off and is really fun to read. I am currently trying to read Absalom ...

Everyone thanks for the high praise of House of the Spirits, I've still barely read any of it yet, but expect to really dig in over the weekend, looking forward to it.

#I25: I just read House of the Spirits, I echo the opinion of several of the posters; and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! =) I'm currently reading Eva Luna by Isabel Allende.

#54 wonderlake - I've only just started The House of the Spirits, I'm only on page 10 or something. I know I'll really be able to dig in to it over the weekend. So far I like it though.

>44 Ah ! I have just started a re-read of The Secret History x >53 I had to give up on The House of the Spirits, are you liking it ?

... Airframe when someone here suggested it. I have read Crichton in the past and enjoyed his books, particularly Timeline. House of Spirits...agree with tg, good! eta I finished The Fiddle Case last night ( underwhelmed) and will begin Windswept House I love Malachi Martin .

ktlyed, I'm envious -- I wish I could read House of the Spirits for the first time again! I'm about 1/2 way through Disgrace by JM Coetzee.

I finished Turn of the Screw and am now reading The House of the Spirits.

I'm now beginning The House of the Spirits.

Finished House of the Spirits by Allende and The Spiderwick Chronicles: the Field Guide, and am now going to start the second book of the series.

... Chronicles: the Field Guide by Holly Black I simply needed something quick and easy, after the somewhat demanding House of the Spirits. This book fit the bill. It was cute. I thought it was an YA book, but it sure didn't read like one. A bit too easy for my taste, but cute nonetheless.

68) House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende Every time I read anything by Allende I'm blown away. Every time. I just love the way she writes, all of the wonderful characters and of course the beautiful and intricate stories. House of the Spirits was no exception.

A few that are coming up are: The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

... a fantastic story. Then both my sisters and my Mum read it and loved it too :). #5 RedBowlingBallRuth I hope you like The House of The Spirits. I read it last year and it was my first South American Author/literature. I found the first chapter hard to get into but after that I became ...

I'm currently reading House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende.

... soff The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd **Non-American Authors** READ The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez The Brief Wondrous Life of Osc ...

... Barricco 4. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Alexander Solzkenisyn 5. The House of Spirits 6. The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway 7. Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez ...

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I received two books from PBS today: The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende The Collector by John Fowles

... Guyana - Buxton Spice by Oonya Kempadoo Colombia - One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Chile - House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende Bolivia - Juan de la Rosa by Nataniel Aguirre Paraguay - The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch by Anne Enright Venezuela - Eva Luna by ...

I'm a Jane Austen fan and last year I read my first Isabel Allende The House of the Spirits which has already been recommended. I would have to nominate Alcott Little Women is on the 1001 list. I also loved Good Wives, Little Men, and The Chase.

... Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset for Group Read-Literature. Long but well worth the effort. Also reread House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende - enjoyed this just as much second time around. Now reading A Spell of Winter by Helen Dunmore, an Orange Prizewinner.

132. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende - this was a reread and worth it!

Maybe it's time to restart with A? I nominate Isabelle Allende for The House of the Spirits, a very powerful and moving book that does tend to overshadow her later (prolific) output.

A few of the books coming up on my list are: The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende Time and Chance by Sharon Kay Penman Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde

... listening to Portrait in Sepia by Allende. For some unknown reason, I had a harder time getting into it than I did with The House of the Spirits and Daughter of Fortune, but now that I'm on disk 4 of 10, it's really taken off and I don't want to stop listening. What an amazing writer!

A few I'm I'm planning on reading are The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, The Penelopiad and House of the Spirits in September, among others.

... ws: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco Dr Zhivago by Boris Pasternak Germinal by Émile Zola The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving I have reviews of these five books edited to avoid spoilers if anyone is ...

Ooooohh Middlesex is one of the best. And you're in for a treat with Allende. I'd highly recommend The House of the Spirits and Eva Luna -(NOT the Stories of Eva Luna though)- and Daughter of Fortune and... well just about everything except the above mentioned and The Infinite Plan. She ...

... The Harp and the Shadow Chile -- Maria Luisa Bombal, The House of Mist and the Shrouded Woman and Isabel Allende, The House of Spirits Colombia -- most of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, but especially One Hundred Years of Solitude Brazil -- Jorge Amado Tent of Miracles Argentina --Clar ...

... When? A Boy’s Own Story The Color Purple Wittgenstein’s Nephew A Pale View of Hills Schindler’s Ark The House of the Spirits The Newton Letter On the Black Hill Concrete The Names Rabbit is Rich Lanark: A Life in Four Books The Comfort of Strangers J ...

Agree, House of the Spirits is exquisite. I just finished Garden Spells and must respectfully disagree with you Jody, I thought it incredibly trite and cliche and faux magical realism.

Oh, do try House of the Spirits by Allende. It's not got a lot of magic, per se in it (i.e., abracadabra, magic spells, etc.), but it is a novel of magical realism and, besides, is so wonderful that it's intrinsically magical.

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen Shelters of Stone by Jean M. Auel Downtown: My Manhattan by Pete Hamill The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende Finbar's Hotel by Dermot Bolger

... the Day by Mary Doria Russell Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

"He was foaming at the mouth and his heart was about to burst." The House of the Spirits "What takes you there, sir?"

"Forgive me, senor, but I want to be a policeman." The House of the Spirits "Why don't you stay in the country like your father and grandfather?"

"But he did not tell a soul, just as he never talked about his pain, because it was a matter of pride." The House of the Spirits "What would the law have done in a case like this?"

"'I told you she wasn't going to like it,' said Ferula." The House of the Spirits "And you do?"

"What makes a man rich is a good eye for business." The House of the Spirits "How do you expect to understand miracles?"

"Yes, Clara, that's why I came." The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende "Can you drive me to Tres Marias?"

"No one's going to convince me I wasn't a good patron." ("patron" is a spanish word meaing "boss" in this sentence) The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende "I don't want any deadbeats or smart-alecks around, you understand?"

... by John Buchan TBR 3. The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins TBR 4. Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh TBR 5. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende TBR 6. A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh TBR 7. TBD 8. TBD V. Literary Criticism 1. Craft and Character by M ...

I liked Mister Pip. I'm reading The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

... Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende I loved her book Daughter of Fortune On Beauty by Zadie Smith I loved her book White Teeth Ross Poldark by Win ...

... today: Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende Wacky Packages The Topps Company I can rest easy tonight knowing that I have Wacky Packages to keep me company through the ...

... of Being (Michael Henry Heim, 1984) 24. Marguerite Duras – The Lover (Barbara Bray, 1985) 28. Isabel Allende – The House of the Spirits (Magda Bodin, 1986) 36. Laura Esquivel – Like Water for Chocolate (Carol Christensen and Thomas Christensen, 1993) 39. Beowulf (Seamus Heane ...

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House of the spirits Isabel Allende The cider house rules John Irving Bleak House Charles Dickens House of the 7 gables Nathanal Hawthorne A painted house John Grisham

... time. 60. Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende. 8 stars. LT. Another excellent novel by Allende, though I think The House of the Spirits is the better of the two. Next up is Portrait In Sepia or Ines of My Soul. 61. Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton. 7 stars. ...

... These four were 9/10s (which is 5/5 on that scale): Hotel du Lac Special Topics in Calamity Physics Tigana House of Spirits Not sure if I'll finish another 9 in the 5 days remaining, but I'm currently reading Fingersmith and The Devil and Miss Prym, either or both of ...

In no special order: The Heaven Tree trilogy by Edith Pargeter The house of the spirits Isabel Allende The Proud Tower Barbara Tuchman The opposite of Fate Amy Tan The Gathering Ann Enright

>66: RcCarol, regarding Isabel Allende, I really, really liked House of the Spirits and enjoyed Daughter of Fortune as well. She's one of my favorite authors!

Starting on June 15th, 2008. 52 books before June 15th, 2009 (I'm trying to average 1 a week). First book: 1) The House of The Spirits - Isabel Allende

Sono un patito di letteratura ispano-americana di recente sono finalmente riuscito a leggere La casa degli spiriti di Isabel Allende qualcuno lo ha letto? che ne pensate? si accettano anche crite feroci.

... time-periods. Gone with the Wind was a summer read for me. So was Anne Rice's The Witching Hour and Isabel Allende's House of the Spirits.

I read about a dozen books in May, and my top three are, in order: 1. The House of the Spirits 2. Tigana 3. a tie between Conspiracies: a Repairman Jack novel by F. Paul Wilson and The Case of Abraham Lincoln by Julie M. Fenster, the only nonfiction in the bunch. ETA Touchston ...

... during that time I can't seem to settle in to read anything, and that throws off my pace. Last one that did it to me was The House of the Spirits by Allende. Also in that category was The Road by McCarthy, Hotel du Lac by Brookner, and The Lions of al-Rassan by Kay. Still, I'd rather ...

Took a two-day hiatus from reading after finishing The House of the Spirits, but today I picked up Gaiman's Stardust, which I am enjoying so far.

#169 cmt ~ I hope you enjoy The House of the Spirits as much as I did. I finished it two days ago and haven't picked up another book to read yet because I am still dwelling on that one. I wish I could start reading it all over again right away! :) ETA I also loved Hotel du Lac and am ...

38. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende. 9 stars. This is my first Allende; I was reluctant to try her because I thought she'd write more like Marquez, with whom I am not enamoured. In this I was proven completely mistaken. This is a novel about 3 generations of South American women (a ...

... of those books too. Thanks. (Not that I *need* more recommendations, but...) > 126 and 129 - Storeetllr and teelgee, House of the sPirits was one of the books I bought today - based on your ravings I might put it up high up in the pile!

... by Alan Hollinghurst, a lovely Folio Society copy of Dangerous Liaisons, a Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell, The House of the Spirits, Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels, In a Land of Plenty by Tim Pears In Pursuit of Happiness by Douglas Kennedy The Dream of Scipio by ...

Am about 3/4 of the way into The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende. It's my first Allende ~ I was reluctant to try her because I thought her stuff would be like Marquez, with whose writing I am not enamoured ~ but I am absolutely loving it and am definitely going to be looking for more ...

I seriously recommend The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende its one of the greatest books ever written and has romance all throughout the generations.

The House of Spirits by Allende ~ about halfway in. Loving it! On the strength of the first half of this novel alone, I am now a dedicated fan of hers.

I'm not listening to it, but I am just crazy about her The House of the Spirits, which I'm about halfway into. I've definitely turned into a fan with that one. I was just wondering what it would have been like to listen to it on audio. :)

Am reading The House of the Spirits and absolutely loving it!

... started rereading it right away, but then I forced myself to put it back in the bookcase so I can move on to my next novel, The House of the Spirits.

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Almost finished Tigana ~ it is sooooo good! ~ and already started House of Spirits by Allende, which was sitting on a shelf in the nonfiction section at the library last night, calling attention to itself in the most blatant fashion. I couldn't help but notice, so I picked it up and took it ...

Ive read both A town like Alice and The house of the spirits = so I qaulify from both threads :) How about: Veronika decides to die

Hey, I read Voss last year, it was great! How about The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende. Edited to correct touchstone

The House of the spirits by Isabel Allende. this is the 3rd. book of hers I've read - they just keep getting better & better.

... In the Time of the Butterflies based on the true story of the Mirabel sisters. Another outstanding book about Chile is House of the Spirits, by Isabel Allende, who was related to Salvador Allende, the Chilean president who was murdered during the Pinochet coup. I knew a Maryknoll nun who ...

... I recommended in #2: Joanne Harris: Chocolate, Coastliners, Five Quarters of the Orange Isabel Allende: The House of the Spirits especially Margaret Atwood - anything Barbara Kingsolver - The Poisonwood Bible Anita Shreve Light on Snow Kazuo Ishiguro Never Let M ...

The Fall of the house of Bush Why are we finding out all this stuff now & not before he became president? The House of the Spirits Isabel Allende's ist. novel. I read Eva Luna fisrt. It was good, bu the House of the Spirits is tremendous, the writing is on a scale with War & Peace. It ...

Finished The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende. this is he 3rd. book I've read of hers & it really knocked my socks off. It started so slow & then built up to where I couldn't put it down & stayed up half the night finishing it. Another author who I will have to read everything she ever ...

... through centuries. Lestat is probably the best of these, although reading the first 3 together would make sense. The House of the Spirits by Chilean writer Isabel Allende covers the entire life of one of its protagonists, the patriarch Esteban Trueba, and the women in his life, a span ...

... the time but I think that had more to do with it being a book in English (I was living in Denmark at the time) I also read House of the Spirits that year - good stuff. As for GWTW I don't think normally I would have read it but parts I liked and Thalia- Scarlett annoyed the heck out of me too.

... but I've found a string of them lately in used bookstores. So today it was: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende neither of which I have read before.

... world will simultaneously laugh out loud at and nod knowingly along with. While it is fictional, Isabel Allende's House of Spirits is a reasonably accurate view (from a particular political perspective) of Chilean history. It's not what most people think of when thinking about South ...

... saw the title cropping up on LibraryThing, and it was great; I ignored everything else I had to do and just sat and read. The House of Spirits by Isabelle Allende I had to make a cheat-sheet family tree, but it was a really good read once I got the family members straight. And I'll give ...

... this (the third) reread I couldn't help noticing some problems I missed on the first reads, when I was younger. #30 is The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende, and it's absolutely fantastic, I really enjoyed it. However, I'll admit, I did have to draw a family tree to keep everything ...

8. The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende. I really liked this book. I have to say that I often loose interest when reading a book that spans multiple generations, but I've enjoyed both this one and Middlesex which I read not long ago. Perhaps it's because they were both written from the ...

I just started Girls of Riyadh for hardback, and The House of Spirits for my paperback. I'm only a dozen pages into House of Spirits, but I'm already getting the feeling that I'll need to jot down some sort of family tree to keep everyone straight!

... today to pick up: The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier and The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende I had a mini-crisis about which to read first, but I think I've settled on The Farming of Bones after reading the first ...

a hard one? from you Booksloth?!? never! *lol* ;-) This one sounds so familar..... Is it House of the spirits by Isabel Allende? Definitely reminds me of Allende.

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... well of loneliness or 8 out of 23 i did very poorly in Imaginings: i have only read: Eve's Tatoo, Frankenstein The House of the Spirits Woman on the Edge of Time or 4 out of 21

... Claribel Alegria (novellas, Nicaragua/Spain, trans. from the Spanish) Frankenstein, Mary Shelley (novel, England) The House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende (novel, Chile, trans from the Spanish) I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem, Maryse Condé (novel, Barbados/US, trans from the French) ...

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... A Christmas Memory (A short story) To Kill a Mockingbird Their Eyes were Watching God The Sparrow Middlesex The House of the Spirits Song of Solomon You have a terrific list on this page, to my way of thinking! (Sorry, no touchstones loading at the moment).

... Rushdie (F) (India) (3) Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress – Dai Sijie (F) (China) - 03/22/2008 (4) House of the Spirits – Isabel Allende – (F) (Chile) (5) The Book Thief – Marcus Zusak – (F) (Austria) (6) In the Country of Men – Hisham Matar (F ...

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Oh wow, that's a challenge. ONE book. I'll have to pick The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende. Runner-up: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. 2nd Runner-up: Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. I can't have just one! ETA: welcome to LT, luv2danse9!

SqueakyChu -- I love Allende. I found Zorro quite enjoyable, but it's not her best novel. I think her first was her best, The House of the Spirits followed closely by Of Love and Shadows. Enjoy Zorro!

... Cry Out by Hikaru Okuizumi. From there, I set myself my own global reading challenge. Recent highlights include The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende and my current read, Broken Verses by Kamila Shamsie. I'm really thankful to have found LibraryThing. The whole ...

I'm so glad you enjoyed The House of the Spirits. I just read that in my world literature class and absolutely loved it.

... them: Emma Jane Eyre (reread, and I just love this book!) Fingersmith The Forsyte Saga The Little Prince The House of the Spirits (finished about an hour ago, very delightful) I pretty much liked them all but Jane Eyre and The House of the Spirits were probably my favorites. ...

35. Henkien talo - The house of the spirits by Isabel Allende I am not progressing very well with my readings at the moment but I hope I can catch up a little during the Christmas holidays. Anyway, this was a very delightful reading experience. Isabel Allende has such an original style of ...

... finish my first book in the challenge. I'm so happy that Christmas is coming so that I have more time to read... Chile: The house of the spirits by Isabel Allende Very good book to start a challenge because this really puts some pressure to the following books... Really enchanting ...

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Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits would be pretty high on my list. Or maybe I would just stack the entire Harry Potter series on top of my head....

I too gave up on One Hundred Yrs of Solitude, and more recently the similarly magical-realist The House of the Spirits. Unfortunatley I have The Tin Drum on my TBR pile - Varielle you will have to let us know how you get on with it (msg. #4).

The house of the Spirits by Isabel Allende should be a classic but not so much the rest of her work. I agree with Sergio about Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Perhaps Possession by A.S. Byatt? That book is just so literary!

... decided to start my travel around the world when I joined this group and I'm currently in Chile with Isabel Allende's The house of the spirits. However I'm so busy with my studies that I should probably say I'm mostly in the world of biochemistry at the moment. I'm going to France after I ...

I remember loving The House of the Spirits on the first read--and your great review has me longing for a re-read. Thank you!

... full with teaching literature, so I haven't had much time to read it. Anyway, here's my latest review: Chile The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende Magic realism and family sagas aren't really my thing, so I wasn't very optimistic when I started this book. To say that I ...

>40 &41 I gave up on my first Isabel Allende read, The House of the Spirits after 240 pages, just not my cup o'tea. My current non-fic squeeze is Berlin games; how the Nazis stole the Olympic Games by Guy Walters~ following a holiday to Berlin last month. It must be well-written ...

Probably The House of the Spirits it's her 1st novel & some characters appear in her later works. Also, it's a good introduction to her style. (She's one of those writers that I have to read everything she's written -- so far ny favorite is Eva Luna.

I'm nearing the end of my journey in Chile with The House of the Spirits. Magic realism is not my thing and neither are multi-generational family sagas, so I wasn't expecting to like it very much, but I was pleasantly surprised. The language is absolutely gorgeous and I really admire the ...

... on our syllabus before, so I could use someone to discuss them with. The books are all widely read (our next one will be The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende). Would it bother anyone if I did put up a couple threads in the next couple months?

I gave-up on The House of the Spirits, LOL and am now enjoying a re-reading of Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis.

Ugh, I have given up on The House of the Spirits after about 240 pages and turned instead to Lucky Jim By Kingsley Amis which I have read before so I know it'll raise a smile.

I have officially given up on Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits and am considering a re-reading of Lucky Jim, by Kingsley Amis -something I know I'll enjoy.

... I also really enjoyed Cloud Atlas. Does your brother have any more recommendations ? ;) I'm currently 34% through The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende. It's okay, but not really my cup o'tea. I might have to try drawing out a family tree to help remember all the names and ...

... is a blog that has links to a one Pelham Library's banned books list. My current reading, Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits makes their list, LOL.

... least engaging. However I found parts of the second Timothy Cavendish stories laugh-out-loud funny. I'm now 20% through The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende... it's readable, but perhaps just not my cup of tea. On the other hand it might make a good "Secret Santa" choice.

... structure of telling half of the stories spurred me on to read further, rather than putting it down. I've now started The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende.

I've just started House of the Spirits, by Isabel Allende. I chose this because it was the first of the 1,001 I own alphabetically that I haven't read. Also she was interviewed recently in the Weekend magazine

>135 janeajones I've just started Isabel Allende's House of the Spirits :)

I finished A woman in Berlin, and have moved onto The House of the Spirits, wanting to have some fiction and cross another off the 1,001 you must read before you die, rather than continuing with my Berlin theme eg. The fall of Berlin by Antony Beevor.

... writes beautifully evocative portraits and includes lots of geopolitical information, especially her first three novels: House of the Spirits, Of Love and Shadows and Eva Luna.

... ny Once... by James Herbert A Song Flung Up to Heaven by Maya Angelou In Cold Blood by Truman Capote The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende all for a total of $3.75. I LOVE library sales!!

Amanda - for SA lit I strongly suggest Isabel Allende - House of the Spirits or Of Love and Shadows or Eva Luna. She is Chilean (niece of Salvador), now living in the US, but writes of Chile with such strength and insight.

... now.... South America: No one has mentioned Isabel Allende? My favorites are the Eva Luna stories, but I also loved House of Spirits Asia: Mistress of Spices is so beautiful North America (indigenous, because we shouldn't throw everything out with the DWM, right?): Sherman Alexi ...

... a working definition of "mystic," I'd appreciate a heads-up. (Then I'll remember and won't be unsure in the future). The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende Master of Souls by Peter Tremayne Phenomenology of Spirit by Hegel Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit by P. G. Wodeho ...

... those parents with a two-by-four. Became a bit patchy at the end when recounting adulthood. Other wise quite good. 30. House of the Spirits Isabel Allende 4.5/5 Big story to get through. Historical/family saga which is what I love. I loved the spiritual stories mixed in the the real. I was ...

I finished House of the spirits by Isabel Allende. Do I think it belongs on the list? Yes. It was written the same year I was born yet I still enjoyed it and if I hadn't checked the publishers page at the front I never would have guessed - so far it has stood the test of time. It's about 500 ...

I finished House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende yesterday. The last 30 or so pages were thrilling! Apart from that the whole book itself was wonderful anyway. A great epic story and I think my first book I've ever read about South America. I started The Alchemist today and I think I ...

... recently. There's also Garcia Marquez's Love in The Time of Cholera, Strange Pilgrims, or Allende's Eva Luna and House of Spirits. From a couple of my acquaintances I can offer The Midwife's Tale and Self Storage: A Novel.

I'm still reading House of the spirits and am just over half way. It's taking me longer to read than most books but I am really enjoying it. I'm excited that I've found an author I really like because I like the writing style as much as the story itself.

... 37 xicanti Hey I thought it was a series because I read in the synopsis of Portrait in Sepia that the characters from The House of the Spirits and Daughter of Fortune are linked up in this book. But I have since read a few reviews at Amazon and found this: 'Here, Allende picks up ...

... Light Barbara Erskine (1) 3.The Corrections Jonathan Franzen (2) 4.Nineteen Minutes Jodi Picoult (2) 5.House of the spirits Isabel Allende (2)

... me go Kazuo Ishiguro 3.The Corrections Jonathan Franzen 4.The sword and the scimitar David Ball 5.House of the Spirits Isabel Allende

I've started reading The house of the spirits by Isabel Allende which is on the 1001 list. I ws surprised that it was pulished in the 80's because of Daughter of Fortune (which I will be reading next) I thought it was quite recent.

... glass castle: a memoir by Jeannette Walls and I've decided to read the trilogy by Isabel Allende starting with The House of the Spirits to be followed with Daughter of Fortune.

... 40% off voucher for Borders. I couldn't be bothered trying to convince myself to buy a new release expensive book. So I got The House of the Spirits which I have been meaning to read for ages and just the other day I got Daughter of Fortune and Portrait in Sepia secondhand so it worked out ...

... Graham The Haunted Abbot by Peter Tremayne Spectres in the Smoke: A Creeping Narrative by Tony Broadbent The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

... Philippa Gregory 2.5/5 Attempted: The Road Cormac McCarthy 0 29. The Glass Castle: a memoir Jeannette Walls 30. The House of the Spirits Isabel Allende 4.5/5 31. The Alchemist Paolo Coelho 32. Like water for Chocolate: a novel Linda Esquivel 4/5 33. Harry potter and the ...

... the Conservationist, Gordimer 19 World of Love, Bowen, 20 Last September, Bowen, 21 Bloody Chamber, Carter 22 Casa de los Espiritus, Allende 23 Portrait in Sepia, Allende Spring 2007: 24 Name of the Rose, Eco 25 Book Thief, Zusak 26 Powerbook, Winterson 27 Thre ...

... them useful. Sometimes, it takes a good film to have me buy the book, and vice versa. Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel How to Make an American Quilt by Whitney Otto Pride and Prejudice by ...

... Room, The Chalice and the Blade 40s (a busy decade - went back to school): Beloved, Ishmael, Artist's Way, House of the Spirits, People's History of the United States, Refuge, Women Who Run with the Wolves, Circle of Stones 50s:A Path with Heart, Lovingkindness. ...

... Shadows is also pretty good. You just haven't read her most polished and emotionally powerful works. Read at least House of Spirits before you make a final decision. It is haunting.

... Oprah book. Still, I wonder if I haven't judged her too hastily. I've seen so many positive comments here about The House of the Spirits and Eva Luna. If I was underwhelmed by Daughter of Fortune, would I be likely to feel the same about her other works?

I'd have a hard time deciding between: Middlesex Refuge House of the Spirits The World According to Garp The Poisonwood Bible Ishmael and My Ishmael I also love Owen Meaney, it ranks up there close to the top; and it's time to read To Kill a Mockingbird again, it's been ...

I finished Daughter of Fortune yesterday. Enjoyable but not as good as House of the Spirits. And now, for something completely different: Anne Bronte's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. (I haven't read a classic in a while)

Started Daughter of Fortune the night before last. I read House of the Spirits some time ago and really enjoyed it, so I decided to try another of Allende's books. So far I'm enjoying it.

I finished reading The house of the spirits and really enjoyed it - I was really sad to finish the book and thoroughly enjoyed the story - very touching at the end I am now reaading How to be lost - I shall report when the book is completed :)

... -- that made it somewhat worthwhile. Started What is the What by Dave Eggers but have misplaced it. Started The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende (not on my list) because I'd lost What is the What and I needed something to read. Also have agreed to read Bait and Switch ...