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All Books Africa : African Fiction		21	afroreader, October 2009
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Fiction: The Road by Cormac McCarthy* The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver* The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini* Fluke: Or, I know Why the Winged Whale Sings by Christopher Moore* The Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen* What Came Before He Shot Her by Elizabeth George Cre ...

I FINALLY finished Anna Karenina on a long train ride yesterday, and started my first book of 2010, The Poisonwood Bible, last night.

I finished Anna Karenina on a long train ride yesterday, and started The Poisonwood Bible last night.

Just finished The Poisonwood Bible--Barbara Kingsolver. It was excellent. Alos, Around the World in Eighty Days--Jules Verne. Another entertaining read.

... I thought were really outstanding, not always because of the writing but by how much simple enjoyment I got from them. 7.The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver A, B, E 35.The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng (Read Apr) 43.One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (Read Ma ...

I loved The Poisonwood Bible. I read it many years ago, and it's still quite memorable. I have Amy and Isabelle coming from bookmooch soon. I'll try to wait until I've done more of my "off my shelf" books before reading it... but you never know!

I've read 30 and a bit (started some and didn't finish) Outstanding favourites were: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 86. (Read Jan) Small Island by Andrea Levy (Read July) frm the new list FingerSmith by Sarah Waters (Read Nov) frm the old list However, all the ones ...

... Fatty by Dawn French 39 The Choir by Joanna Trollope 40 Orpheus Lost by Janette Turner Hospital 41 The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 42 The House of the Dead by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 43 Joe Cinque's Consolation by Helen Garner 44 The First Stone ...

... n 3. Two Rivers 4. Memoirs of a Geisha 5. The Pillars of the Earth 6. High Fidelity 7. The Joy Luck Club 8. The Poisonwood Bible 9. The Devil in the White City 10. The Book Thief

... stuff: Try Let the right one in by John Ajvide Lindqvist. A beautiful vampire tale. African reads: I totally adore The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, highly recommend that book. Anything else: I'll have a think! Great ambition and love your categories, look forward to ...

... Holes Ender's Game Watership Down Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows The Poisonwood Bible Middlesex Overall, I'm pretty pleased with my reading this year. I read a lot of wonderful books and only one or two that were truly bad. I'd ...

A good way thru barbara Kingsolver's Poisonwood Bible. Now I see what all the fuss is about! I'm listening to it on CD and the narrator has a great southern and at times african accent. I'm currently reading Blood Canticle By Anne Rice. I havent read anyone other books from the Vampir ...

... Senses The Inheritance of Loss Old Filth White Teeth From other people's lists some of the books I've loved The Poisonwood Bible - one of my favourite books of all times Small Island - Another one that is one of my all-time-favourites. Half of a Yellow Sun - an original ...

... John Bunyan (book club 1/31) Two for Orange January The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.) by Barbara Kingsolver (1999) Purple Hibiscus: A Novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2004) For brenzi in 75 Books Challenge for 2010 : ORANGE JANUARY 2010 (Jan 1, 2010, 6:42pm)

... Oranges: Small Island, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Voyage of the Narwhal, The Inheritance of Loss, Home and Poisonwood Bible. I love ORANGE.

Ooh, cool. I had never heard of this before. I have a few on the Shortlist that are already on my TBR for 2010. The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.) by Barbara Kingsolver (1999) Amy and Isabelle: A novel by Elizabeth Strout (2000) Purple Hibiscus: A Novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2 ...

... WINNERS: Larry's Party (1998) When I Lived in Modern Times (2000) The Idea of Perfection (2001) SHORT LIST: The Poisonwood Bible (1999) Purple Hibiscus (2004) The Accidental (2006) The Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers (2007) The Outcast (2008) (george1295 in 1001 Books to read before you die : What are you reading from the 1001 list in DECEMBER? (Dec 31, 2009, 3:22pm)

... I will never look at Silas the same way again. Starting out the New Year with Around the World in Eighty Days and The Poisonwood Bible. Happy New Year and happy reading to all!!

67. Poisonwood Bible by Barbard Kingsolver

... Senses The Inheritance of Loss Old Filth White Teeth From other people's lists some of the books I've loved The Poisonwood Bible Half of a Yellow Sun Bel Canto Fugitive Pieces Purple Hibiscus Everyman's rules for Scientific Living loved the wry humour in this. The ...

... WINNERS: Larry's Party (1998) When I Lived in Modern Times (2000) The Idea of Perfection (2001) SHORT LIST: The Poisonwood Bible (1999) Purple Hibiscus (2004) The Accidental (2006) The Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers (2007) The Outcast (2008) LONG LIST ...

#58: I am soundly in the 'hate it' camp on that one - after 25 pages, I threw it at the wall. #59: I liked The Poisonwood Bible when I read it several years ago, the first book by Barbara Kingsolver I ever read.

I plan to read The Poisonwood Bible this coming year just for the sake of the different perspectives... I hear she's incredibly talented at maintaining different POVs, though I don't imagine the story itself will be up my alley :)

The Shack by William P. Young More New Authors The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Project Fill in the Blanks

139. Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Another book with lots of hype that I was extremely excited to read. The Poisonwood Bible is about a family of the church who move to Africa to mission and try to build a church. With four girls to take care of, the parents find themselves in dire ...

... to do...but first I'll have to put time into Xmas prep. The Lacuna wasn't typical of Kingsolver. I think I preferred The Poisonwood Bible and that may be good place to start if you haven't read any of her books. If you love historical fiction, though, go with The Lacuna. As for Coupl ...

... by Hallmark February 11. Executive Power by Vince Flynn 12. The Toss of a Lemon by Padma Viswanathan 13. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver **started an not finished: Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama and Watchers by Dean Koontz** March 14. The Id ...

... Other Stories by Herman Melville Out of Africa and Shadows on the Grass by Isak Dinesen My Antonia by Willa Cather The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton The Worlds of Theodore Sturgeon Pentecost Alley by Anne Perry Silence in Hanover ...

... by Margaret Atwood* 7. Sweetsmoke by David Fuller* 8. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 9. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 10. The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters* I am currently reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society ...

... appropriate for "so many books, so little time". The only book I kept pushing on past the 50 pages and was glad I did, was The Poisonwood Bible. Is there any significance to your screen name other than the obvious (to us Californians)?

... the new list and some on both. 1.Saturday by Ian McEwan 2. (Read Jan) 2.Atonement by Ian McEwan 42. (Read Feb) 3.The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 86. (Read Jan) 4.Jack Maggs by Peter Carey 97.(Read May) 5.To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 456. (Read July) 6.Moll Fla ...

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. A great woman writer, most of the book is set in the Congo. I think that is in line with 2 of your reading goals. It is also quite a large book, some called it her Magnum Opus. One of my favourites that I've read this year. Outside the box - I just ...

... white people in Asia, and especially missionaries. Among the highlights of that narrow category is Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible. I'm dying to read her new one, The Lacuna. Thanks for your post!

36. The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver

... it deserves caps!) I agree with previous Kingsolver assessments: Loved Animal Dreams, Bean Trees, and not so much Poisonwood Bible. I will have to add Prodigal Summer to my summer list. Happy reading!

Animal Dreams was my favorite Kingsolver. Prodigal Summer is a much lighter book than Poisonwood Bible--my least favorite Kingsolver, by the way. You could read Prodigal Summer in an afternoon. In fact, you should wait for a summer afternoon to read it.

... ssive! You have quite a few of my faves on your list. I finally read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn this year and loved it. Poisonwood Bible is also a fave.

I read The Poisonwood Bible last year and quite liked it but didn't love it. But I did love The Bean Trees - much less heavy-handed on the moral of the story.

The only Kingsolver book I've read is Poisonwood Bible - and I wouldn't rave. I thought most of it was a bit lacking in tension - you *knew* it was going to end badly in Africa, with a father like that, although I wasn't sure how/when. But I thought the final part, with the grown up daughters was ...

>8 I loved The Poisonwood Bible and I found Paradise to be an interesting read. I've got a bit of a soft spot for Wilber Smith's Ballantyne series. In the same vain as Mr Smith's work is Bryce Courtenay's, The Power of One and Tandia. >9 I think Alexandra Fuller's books aren't ...

... publishing her first novel in nine years. I've loved everything she's writeen, esp. The Bean Trees, Pigs in Heaven and The Poisonwood Bible. I'm just getting into it but I'll say it is set in Mexico 1929-30 and I believe it will span many decades and cover a lot of historical events from ...

>>>#142 I'm with you on The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver. I expected to love it and found it compelling to start but completely marred by the endless ending.

>>>#142 I'm with you on The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver. I expected to love it and found it compelling to start but completely marred by the endless ending.

... bad about inserting Richard Powers (The Gold-Bug Variations or The Time of Our Singing and Barbara Kingsolver with The Poisonwood Bible. -----or were you finished?

... tip that I find useful). Anyway, yes, I know what you mean about the tangent she went off on and how it reminded you of the Poisonwood Bible. I think Walker wrote another book about that character and her world (?) (Off to look up the title . . . ah, it's Possessing the Secret of Joy). Anyw ...

I don't remember what I thought about The Color Purple but I'm so with you on The Poisonwood Bible. Plus, it was so obvious that each member of the family in that book stood for a group, or a stereotype. All her books can get preachy, but that one was the absolute worst!

... when Walker basically stopped the story to give the reader a history lesson (Nettie's letters). That reminded me of The Poisonwood Bible, which I also loved until Kingsolver essentially abandoned the story and preached to the reader for a hundred pages. But now I'm off to the library ...

... Assassin in April along with re-reading The Handmaiden's Tale, if I can wait that long. Don't let me turn you off to The Poisonwood Bible, I think I am more of the exception than the rule with my feelings on that book. #54~I think if The Poisonwood Bible was 100 pages shorter I would ...

... I've read before but I'm not sure! A. The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood B. Ishmael by Daniel Quinn C. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver D. Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson E. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

Re The Poisonwood Bible I'm convinced that expectations can sometimes cause disappointment. The Poisonwood Bible didn't sound like my kind of book -- Christian missionaries in Africa?? -- and I didn't really want to read it. My daughter pretty much insisted, so I did read it, not really ...

44. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver - I LOVED this book. I had read it a few years ago but my RL book club chose it as its selection so I read it again. I do not remember loving it as much last time but am so happy that I read it again.

I finished The Poisonwood Bible last night and cannot even put into words how much I loved this book and how beautiful I found it. I am now reading the last installment of the Echo Falls mystery series that needs to go back to the library on Tuesday. It is a YA book and written in a very ...

4. The Poisonwood Bible by Babara Kingsolver. I think my expectations were too high going into this book. I had glowing recommendations from several friends and family members, so I think I expected too much of the book. I really enjoyed the first half of the book but felt the second half ...

106. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingslover. I think I had high expectations of this book that didn't pan out. It was highly recommended to me by many friends, and as a result I was disappointed at the end. I loved the first half of the book but I felt the second half dragged and I wasn't ...

OK, that list was way too long! I've deleted it. If anyone wants the alphabetized list, tell me and I'll send it to you.

The Quest for 1001: ideas-The House of Mirth, The Scarlett Letter, The Poisonwood Bible 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

... a few other books that are due back at the library first before I give in to reading those. I'm about halfway done with The Poisonwood Bible but I finished Dangerous Liaisons which I had started this summer but never finished. So, I'm counting that as book two. That is also going to be ...

I am still reading The Poisonwood Bible but only have about 80 pages to go. Unfortunately, I also seem to have caught a monster cold somewhere and my head is feeling a bit foggy and woozy today. I have the weekly slog to the grocery stores today so I may not finish it until tomorrow. Koalamom ...

I've just started The Poisonwood Bible, for the second time. I thinK I'm more in the mood for it this time. Edited to fix a typo.

Halfway done with The Poisonwood Bible. This has been on TBR pile forever and I'm glad I'm finally getting around to reading it.

... books I've ever read-- for me, personally-- are: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak' Moloka'i by Alan Brennert The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley Drawing Down the Moon by Margot Adler

... If you want to see more of my guilty pleasures, pop into my 75 book thread over on the 75 challenge board. Started The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. I think I'm going to like it but I don't think it's going to be a quick read. We'll see.

... in the future because of my connection with the house, Salem, and my interest of Hawthorne. I think I'm going to read The Poisonwood Bible next. It's been on my TBR list forever and it's due back at the library soon

I am currently reading The Poisonwood Bible for my RL book club. I should finish it by the end of the weekend I hope. After that, I have the next installment of the Echo Falls mystery series by Peter Abrahams to read so we can return it to the library.

... Satanist books." me: "We're (insert major change bookseller here) do we sell Satanist books?" Her: "Yes you know like The Poisonwood Bible and The Satanic Verses" me: (Long pause) "You know those are fiction right? One is about missionaries in Africa and the other is about the Koran, ...

... Grapes of Wrath Look Homeward, Angel The Rains Came The Awakening Land trilogy Friendly Persuasion The Poisonwood Bible The God of small things

oops, posted in the wrong place :)

... on Mount TBR 77 Disgrace 78 Sputnik Sweetheart 80 Intimacy 81 Amsterdam 85 Tipping the Velvet 86 The Poisonwood Bible 89 The Hours 90 Veronika Decides to Die 92 The God of Small Things 93 Memoirs of a Geisha 95 Enduring Love

... ed. Mr. Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange Nightwatch, The by Sergei Lukyanenko Ordinary Man, An by Paul Rusesabagina Poisonwood Bible, The by Barbara Kingsolver Queen in Winter, The by Claire Delacroix et al. Reluctant Fundamentalist, The by Mohsin Hamid Secret Diaries of Charlott ...

... books by adding the word "kindle" to the search box, but lately I have not had any luck. For example, today I tried to add The Poisonwood Bible to my wishlist, but could not get the kindle edition to show up. I wonder if something has changed.

... I am enjoying most of the book although parts of it are a bit slodgy to me. I hope to finish it by Friday so I can start The Poisonwood Bible for my RL book club which meets at the end of October.

Seconding that one! Definitely The Poisonwood Bible!

I believe you're looking for The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver.

#82 & 85 I agree with your assessments of both Bel Canto and The Poisonwood Bible both of which I read last year.

Book #44: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Definitely good, interesting, moved along at a good pace. I didn't quite like the ending, I felt like the last 100 pages or so were more like an epilogue than the last 1/5th of a book.

... feel yucky, I do feel like I could read finally. After I finish that, I am either going to read Brideshead Revisited or The Poisonwood Bible. Brideshead is a library book and Poisonwood is for my RL book club. We aren't meeting until the end of October so I may just do Brideshead so I can ...

... new and good books were around so I chose books from the bookstores' 'top 100'. That led me to reading The Lovely Bones, The Poisonwood Bible, and the Harry Potter series etc. Then I found LT etc... tro214... no book can be liked by 100% of the population :) my rating are based on my ...

Finally finished The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. Maybe I just had too high of expectations, but I could never really get into it. I absolutely loved portions of it, but then there were other chapters where it would take me a week just to get through a couple of pages. Now on ...

#26 The Poisonwood Bible #27 Silent In The Grave

... to read before you die 2008 list The House of The Seven Gables read 10/12/2009 Dangerous Liaisons read 12/13/2009 The Poisonwood Bible read 12/15/2009

Hah at someone mentioning Henrik Ibsen- after The Poisonwood Bible's never-endingness everyone in my English AP class was rather ecstatic about A Doll's House. I thought The Giver was a more elementary/middle school book, at least I recall it being assigned in 6th grade or so (worst ...

The Congo in 1960 The Poisonwood Bible.

... writes from multiple POVs... which would be very interesting, if done well. For an excellent example of multiple POV, read The Poisonwood Bible. Unfortunately, Picoult falls drastically short - everyone sounds the same, with the exception of a few choice catchphrases (ie. swearing) to ...

... much about Russian folklore to begin with, it's easy to get a bit lost here and there. But... I still love it...! I have The Poisonwood Bible on loan from my sister, sitting here waiting... I've heard it's an excellent example of using multiple POVs, so I'm very much looking forward to the ...

43) The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. A reread for me. A wonderful book. Well written, in the sense that every word of it is conscientiously well crafted. I first read this book in an English class, using it basically as a textbook of literary devices. There are several things ...

... Lord of the Rings The Talented Mr. Ripley The Glass Bees The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles Veronika Decides to Die The Poisonwood Bible Elementary Particles Fear and Trembling The Hours The Story of O The Mandarins Bonjour Tristesse The Quite American Oranges are N ...

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

I read The Poisonwood Bible quite some time ago. I found it very interesting and was one of those books I thought about for awhile after I read it. It brought to my mind the movies "At Play in the Fields of the Lord" and "The Mission."

Mine is the Poisonwood Bible too. Anyone read it? Amazing outcome! since I am Belgian - I mite be a waffle too.

... if folks would be interested in doing another group read in August? My suggestion would be another longish book like The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, but I'm open to suggestions.

... worth picking up if you are interested in the history of gender and sexuality or the history of Chicago. Now starting The Poisonwood Bible which I've heard many, many good things about. I've also had a good laugh at everyone rereading various Potter books. I'm also in the rereading mood, ...

... de Lint is a favorite of mine. Robert Heinlein an old favorite. I do read many other things, and more often. I read Poisonwood Bible years ago and loved it. I think I have read more widely since joining lt.. anyway welcome to the group Michele!

... group. :) I hope I never lose my "sensa wonder"; I believe it keeps my intellect challenged and my mind opened wide. The Poisonwood Bible introduced me to contemporary literary fiction several years ago, and that's something I continue to enjoy, as well as nonfiction about science or ...

... fiction. Around last year I OD'd on novels about people who were starving (The Road, 1984, A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Poisonwood Bible, etc...) and just HAD to cleanse my palette with some lighter stuff. So I read Chocolate, some Jane Austen and....uh...um....the Twilight series. Of ...

I went with Half of a Yellow Sun. You're right, KimB - it IS a different book from The Poisonwood Bible. It took me no time at all to get into it. I'm enjoying it so much that I took a look at her other book - Purple Hibiscus - at the bookstore last night. The only reason I didn't buy ...

... success, and don't worry - I'll be dragging myself and my husband there at the earliest opportunity! Finally finished The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. It took me over a month! Anyway, to make up for the length of time that took I read The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte P ...

I finished The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver and loved it! I am so glad I have finally read this book. Morfam - I was kind of bored with Shadow of the Wind and reading a book about books is generally "heaven" for me. Womansheart - I am always thrilled when someone says they are ...

Half of a Yellow Sun, eventhough it is also set in Africa it is a very different book to The Poisonwood Bible. Both are amongst my all time favourite books. I hope I haven't over sold it, but JolieLouise I dont think you will be disappointed with reading it. ETA I'm another one who ...

... just go that way. I wasn't sure I wanted to go right back to Africa right away - but, hey, the experience in Africa with The Poisonwood Bible was so interesting . . . I guess I don't see why not! Hi Teelgee! It's always fun to see that someone has responded to a post so quickly. It's ...

I just finished The Poisonwood Bible. I'm so glad I finally read this book! I think it will stay with me for a long time. And I have decided that I will stick with Orange books for all of July no matter how much I want to read other books. Now I have a choice to make: I can continue ...

... last week. What serendipity. Larry's Party (I have tried this one before and it didn't grab me, but I'll try again.) The Poisonwood Bible and that's probably enough, as it seems a long, dense book. By the way, I circulated The Idea of Perfection a couple of years ago. I liked it well ...

I've got a bit less than 100 pages left of The Poisonwood Bible. It is so good.

I'm on about page 360 of about 530 pages of The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. Good book!

I'm on about page 130 of about 530 (or so) pages of The Poisonwood Bible. Man! Good book! Good, good book!

... reading about some countries. Or at least I think I'm not -- when my daughter practically twisted my arm to get me to read The Poisonwood Bible, I found that I was very interested in Africa. Nevertheless, I'm much more excited about 50 states than 192(!!!) countries.

... an Half a Yellow Sun On Beauty Case Histories The Great Fire A Child's Book of Crime The Weight of Water The Poisonwood Bible

... yet to read Small Island though. Others I've read and would recommend are: The Orchard by Drusilla Modjeska The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Gilead by Marilynne Robinson The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai. I know this last one has had very wide ranging ...

#34 Yep, Orange of the Oranges is an official title, according to the sticker on my Small Island. I read Poisonwood Bible earlier in the year and now it is one of my all time favourite books. I've read three of the winners, the best of the three would be Half of a Yellow Sun, it was ...

My first Orange July book will be The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. I have just started it and at over 500 pages I will be reading it for awhile (I'm such a slow reader). I think I've only read 3 actual Orange Prize winners and of those 3 my favorites were Bel Canto by Ann Patchett ...

To begin Orange July I am starting The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver.

... the first few reviews of it here on LT and it sounds like many others didn't "get" the ending either. I will be starting The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver for Orange July - a month to read books that were nominated (short- or long-listed) for the Orange Prize or books that actually ...

I second The Book Thief Also: The Poisonwood Bible 1984 Animal, Vegetable, Miracle In Defense of Food Pride and Prejudice A Thousand Splendid Suns When we say for everyone to read, are we assuming culturally similar English-speakers? I include The Poinsonwood Bible and A T ...

... story. But even better is the prose. Gil Adamson is a fantastic writer and the prose of The Outlander put me in mind of The Poisonwood Bible and The God of Small Things. 24. The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff ***** The 19th Wife has two plots running side by side. One is ...

I'm still reading The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. It's taking some time, not because I am finding it difficult, but more because I am savouring every page.

... to the last page. However more impressive was it's prose - it reminded me of the writing style of Barbara Kingsolver in the Poisonwood Bible. Yesterday I found The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff (already started reading it) and The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde on the bargain table at a ...

I finished The Poisonwood Bible which was very good. Now I'm deciding between The Beast Within or Brideshead Revisited as I fancy a classic now.

#6, I recognized the names of three of those books and one of them was written by a man long since dead. The other two, The Poisonwood Bible, a book I've read and enjoyed, although Heart of Darkness is a better book treating some of the same subjects, and short enough to read in one sitting, ...

I struggled with Middlesex as well, #57. I didn't even make it halfway through. The Poisonwood Bible was a good book, but I actually enjoyed Kingsolver's Prodigal Summer much more.

... a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie which is spoken of very favorably on LT. I also have (and have not yet read): The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Paradise by Toni Morrison La Cucina by Lily Prior The Little Friend by Donna Tartt and The Inheritance of Loss by Kir ...

I am having trouble getting into Middlesex and The Poisonwood Bible. Everyone has highly recommended these books to me, but I can't get into them. Also, does anyone know how often this 1,001 list is updated?

... etc. It was an interesting and unintentional compliment to The Alchemist. I've started Apologize, Apologize and The Poisonwood Bible.

... Jamie Fraser is a hunk. And Claire is a wonderful heroine. I too have Crimson Petal and the White on my shelves. #65 Poisonwood Bible is beautifully written. Put that one on the top of your TBR list!

... How Shall I Tell the Dog. I'm very excited! Went to B&N today with coupons and brought home: The Alchemist The Poisonwood Bible Run Outliers

146: Fluffyblue - I hope you like The Poisonwood Bible I attribute that book to getting me back into reading four years ago. It's a fascinating story with beautiful prose. 181: womansheart - I read The March by Doctorow earlier this year and I really enjoyed it. It was my first book by him ...

Just finished Half of a Yellow Sun which was just great. Next up will be The Poisonwood Bible which coincidently is also set in Africa around the same time period.

Just finished Nineteen Eighty-Four and today I started The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. I've only read a few pages, but already I'm really excited about reading it and can't wait to pick it up again.

Finished One Hundred Years of Solitude tonight, just wonderful. Goes up there with The Poisonwood Bible as best books so far this year. Ahh, it was a good way to finish May. I cant believe it's Just about June, the year is going to fast! Now enjoying The Women in Black.

... loved Prodigal Summer, and in fact I still have her copy on my shelf... I ought to read it soon really. Also enjoyed The Poisonwood Bible, although it suffered a little from my wanting to shake too many of the characters too hard, and the injustice of the fates of some of the characters ...

Re:The Poisonwood Bible - I've read it as well, and liked it better than I thought I would. I had been a bit skeptical because it was my first "Oprah" book and its subject is not within my regular reading interests -- but I definitely recommend trying it!

... time and it evoked a strong reaction for me as well. I have not read Prodigal Summer or anything else by Kingsolver. The Poisonwood Bible was a recommendation from my wife and I am not sure we have any others in our library.

... to be read. Glad to hear that it is good. And with a recommendation from both Lunacat and BDB, I'll have to get to The Poisonwood Bible soon. Cait - I'll look forward to hearing how you like Kingsolver when you read her (and to your review of All Quiet on the Western Front.

#24 + #23 Isn't The Poisonwood Bible stunning and powerful and..........immense. I loved it, I have just never managed to summon the strength to read it again, it took so much out of me. Have either of you read Prodigal Summer? Its also beautiful, though not as good as the former. #19 Cai ...

The Poisonwood Bible is the only Kingsolver I have read and I really enjoyed it. There are glimpses of the same themes that Gilead features. Cait, Interpreter of Maladies is on the TBR list for the next couple of months. I'll let you know. My wife raved about it.

... in her hometown. I really enjoyed that one too. So, I haven't read anything of Kingsolver's that I wouldn't recommend! The Poisonwood Bible is still on my TBR list. I've heard mixed reviews of that one, but think I'll tackle it this summer. Hope this helps!

VI. Project Fill in the Blanks 1. The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje 2. Emma by Jane Austen 3. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 4. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

... Barbara Kingsolver, now there is a writer for you. I have only read The Bean Trees but I loved it and I do have The Poisenwood Bible and one day will get to it. You have no idea what my bookshelves are like. I have paperbacks 2 deep and also stacked on top of the rows of books. M ...

I did really love The Poisonwood Bible, so at least one of Oprah's picks was satisfying. I had trouble imagining a lot of her "lit lite" fans getting through The Sound and the Fury! Can you imagine the looks on those readers faces when they tried to tackle that one?

scarpettajunkie (of which I am one also by the way--loved the face peeling thing); I have The Poisonwood Bible but have yet to read it. However all the reviews I have heard from personal friends (I haven't gone into LT's review forum as of yet on this one) have been glowing. Everyone seems to ...

... decorated, from fighting in Europe. I bought this on the strength of the Barbara Kingsolver puff on its cover, and like The Poisonwood Bible one of its strengths was the sympathy it had for its characters - each one took turns in narrating, which helped the reader to understand the ...

... as good as the book, so it doesn't much matter to me. 12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie? The Poisonwood Bible, it would be too depressing. 13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character. I don't recall ever having a dream ...

... - Jeffery Eugenides 7) The Sound and the Fury - William Faulkner (no one will agree with me on this, I know :/ ) 8) The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver 9) Passage to India - E. M. Forster 10) Wicked - Gregory Maguire Best Books: 1) Hamlet - William Shakespeare 2) Lord ...

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... the ending is not spectacular, but the rest makes up for it. The Constant Gardener by John Le Carre- since you liked Poisonwood Bible you will most likely enjoy this. it's set in fairly recent Nairobi. this is much darker than PWB, but it is a fine piece of fiction set in africa. there is ...

... wife A lot, especially the end Mrs. Mike "" " Possession In places The God of Small Things Animal Dreams & The Poisonwood Bible There's probably more = I cry easy.

... wife A lot, especially the end Mrs. Mike "" " Possession In places The God of Small Things Animal Dreams & The Poisonwood Bible There's probably more = I cry easy.

... 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. # 124 I'll be looking out for a copy of Siddhartha now :-)

... 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 the Sea.

... 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 the Sea.

The Poisonwood Bible is good but there are some sad (and depressing) scenes. For something lighter but still good literature A tree grows in Brooklyn is more upbeat.

I'm reading The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver.

... and Lincoln Child (re-read) 43. The Book of the Dead, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (re-read) 44. The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver (re-read) 45. The Maltese Manuscript, Joanne Dobson (re-read) 46. The Last Dickens, Matthew Pearl 47. Company ...

... Adam Hochschild recently. It took me a while to get through this one, though I thoroughly enjoyed it. Ever since I read The Poisonwood Bible I've been really interested in African history, particularly in the Congo. Oh, the atrocities outlined in this book. It is tragic. But something ...

... cle. Sounds dry? Not at all. The novels are varied; from Gary Jennings's sex romp Aztec to Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible to Cold Mountain to The Great Gatsby. The historians' articles ranged from sycophantic to skeptical, but they were all fascinating. The authors' ...

... are excellent, and they really make you feel Cairo as if you are there. I'm surprised that no one has mentioned yet, The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver. She is one of my favorite authors. I especially loved the part of this book that is about a white family living in Africa with ...

... times! It's interesting to me that most of the rest were mentioned only once - except for Anna Karenina, Ethan Frome, the Poisonwood Bible, Never Let Me Go and If This Is A Man. Out of more than 1200 books (if you count the new and old lists) it's surprising only 6 were mentioned more ...

... of your navel.) But some of the hype has led me wonderfully right. I adored The Life of Pi, The Time Traveler's Wife The Poisonwood Bible, and I Know This Much Is True. I think that the art lies in knowing yourself well enough to be able to guess which of the hype fits what you want ...

... have complained about how poorly written The DaVinci Code is that I know I'll never pick it up. I've also never read The Poisonwood Bible, nor anything else by Kingsolver, for that matter. I actually had a copy in my TBR stacks, but after about a year, I gave it away, knowing I'd never ...

... at the lowest common denominator? Did you ever finally read the book and discover you were pleasantly surprised? Yes, The Poisonwood Bible, to name one. --Or confirmed in your theory about best seller lists? Yes, Tuesdays With Morrie and the DaVinci Code (although the first was a ...

#261 I just had a look - some great books! I love book sales... I read The Poisonwood Bible last year when there was a group read on here. Funny, I just saw Electricity in my secondhand bookshop trawl and had never heard of it, and there it is in your loot pile. I just came back from ...

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... she did a fine job of writing with an agenda but without it feeling that way to the reader (unlike Barbara Kingsolver in The Poisonwood Bible. Overall, a pretty great read.

... the horror and devastation of war -even one that is "justified" - without becoming preachy. Unlike Barbara Kingsolver in The Poisonwood Bible, Adichie shoulders the Herculean task of having an agenda and still managing to write a book that is primarily concerned with the lives of the people ...

You've got a great looking list to work from this year! Glad you ended up loving The Poisonwood Bible, it's one of my favourites and really hard to forget. If you haven't read anything else by Barbara Kingsolver, I recommend Prodigal Summer and Animal Vegetable Miracle. She's such a beautiful ...

3. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Finally finished this book. I loved it and wish I hadn't held off reading it for so long. It lived up to every one of the recommendations that I had heard. I had thought it would be a difficult slog but it was interesting enough to keep me ...

... and offers a beautiful insight into Mr.March. So now I must move on, my to-read list currently is Cover The Mirrors, The Poisonwood Bible, Shadow of The Wind and The Heretic's Daughter. Many more but that'll do for now.

Luke warm to cold on The Poisonwood Bible but if you chose to read it, you might want to read the non-fiction book that came out about the same time about the tragedy that was the Congo in the late 19 th century (darn it the title escapes me now). I would denudge all the rest of Kingsolver's ...

... amongst those of us who otherwise wouldn't have touched it with a 10 ft pole? :-) #443: Carmenere: I actually bought The Poisonwood Bible before The Bean Trees, and just wound up grabbing the latter first off the shelf. I love the way Kingsolver writes--I have her Animal Dreams, ...

#372 I loved The Bean Trees too which led me to The Poisonwood Bible which is in my TBR's. I have also been wanting to read A Team of Rivals but it will have to wait, it's way to thick. I'll save it for next year when I fit in better with slower bunch of readers in a 15 book challenge. I ...

Yup - another one for Poisonwood.

... 3. The House of David, Images of America 4. The Knife Man: Blood, Snatching, and the Birth of Modern Surgery 5. The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel 6. The Remains of the Day 7. Wuthering Heights 8. 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 9. Portraits: The Face of a Centur ...

Thanks for the reviews, joycepa. I remember The Bean Trees fondly (I read it several years ago), and highly recommend The Poisonwood Bible if you haven't read it already. Completely different set of circumstances and setting between the two novels and the amount of research it must have taken ...

... check the popularity! My most popular reads so far this year. Kite Runner is standing at 15 (who would have guessed) The poisonwood bible is 79. I'm going to stop now!

... Anne Michaels A, B 5.The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini A 6.Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind B 7.The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver A, B, E 8.The Road Home by Rose Tremain A, E 9.Saturday by Ian McEwan A, B, E 10.A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian ...

... the following: The Road Home - 2008 winner The bonesetter's daughter A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian The Poisonwood Bible - my favourite.

... A 6.Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind B 7.The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver A, B, E 8.The Road Home: A novel by Rose Tramain A, E 9.Saturday by Ian McEwan A, B, E 10.A Short History of Tractors ...

I read The Poisonwood Bible and am really happy that I did (it sat on my shelves for years and years). So that's a nudge, I guess. But I agree with theaelizabet that it was too long and I think she got a bit preachy near the end. If you do pick it, there's a LT group called The Poisonwood Bi ...

I just finished reading The Poisonwood Bible and I would give this a huge shove, I loved the book. Although, I'm in the same boat as other's who haven't read the others on your pile.

The Poisonwood Bible is the only one that I have read. I thought it was a good, thought-provoking book and I recommend it. I have also heard that the David McCullough book is good although I have not read it. --BJ

I'm in the same boat - Poisonwood Bible is the only one I've read, and I wouldn't hesitate to give it a firm nudge. It's a very good book!

I would nudge The Poisonwood Bible- excellent book!

... h The Scholars by Wu Ching-Tzu The Revolution in Tanner's Lane by Mark Rutherford Hindoo Holiday by J. R. Ackerley The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver A Pickpocket's Tale: The underworld of nineteenth-century New York by Timothy J. Gilfoyle Beyond Belief by Elaine Pagels ...

91. The Poisonwood Bible, 2008 92. The Ground Beneath Her Feet, 2007 93. After the Quake, 2009 94. Atonement, 2006 95. Unless, 2002 96. Family Matters, 2008 97. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, 2004 98. Adjunct: an Undigest, 2006 99. Saturday, 2006 100. ...

... ;-) Books I've finished off recently The Road Home: A Novel - 2008 orange prize winner The Bonesetter's Daughter The Poisonwood Bible -I know it is only Jan but this might be my favourite read of 2009! A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian I'm still reading from the 1001 list ...

... h. 1.Saturday by Ian McEwan 2. (Read Jan) 2.Atonement by Ian McEwan 42. (started and going to pick-up again in Feb) 3.The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 86. (Read Jan) 4.Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Read Jan) 5. Embers by Sandor Marai 577 (Read Jan) ...

... Golden, 1998 291. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, 1008 292. *Another World by Pat Barker, 1998 293. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, 1999 294. Amsterdam by Ian McEwan, 1999 295. Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee, 1999 296. *The Ground Beneath Her Feet by ...

... Golden, 1998 291. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, 1008 292. *Another World by Pat Barker, 1998 293. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, 1999 294. Amsterdam by Ian McEwan, 1999 295. Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee, 1999 296. *The Ground Beneath Her Feet by ...

... Easter Parade by Richard Yates 4. Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult 5. Sweetsmoke by David Fuller 6. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 7. The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters 8. Homer & Langley by E.L. Doctorow 9. Handle With Care by Jodi Picou ...

I'm in the middle of a small village in the Congo jungle with the misguided missionary family in The Poisonwood Bible. ETA I'm enjoying it a lot more than the poor family :-)

... I was going to read A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian but hubby is still reading it himself, so I've decided on The Poisonwood Bible partly thanks to streamsong's recommendation :-) The Poisonwood Bible looks like a huge read so that might take me to the end of the month or not ...

I have the poisonwood bible on my bookshelf at home but just never seem to get round to picking it up. Currently reading heat and dust about a woman who goes back to India in search of her grandfather's first wife's life experiences in the 1920s when she leaves her British husband for a local ...

... highly recommended Kingsolver because she read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and thought it was great. After he read Poisonwood Bible she said the two books didn't compare. I just finished Little Chapel on the River which I highly recommend. Looking at my stack of Christmas books an ...

the first book I'm reading is The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver but I have to finish Betwixt and I'll probably read West of Then

... home-grown food, so I'm trying to get inspired to begin such practices in my own household. #53, dancingstarfish: I read The Poisonwood Bible last year and *LOVED* it! It's the only Kingsolver book I've read until now, and given that AVM is nonfiction, I'm not sure it's fair to compare them. A ...

... that. If the book doesn't keep me interested to the point where I can't put it down, I tend to end up picking up new books. The Poisonwood Bible, and Cathedral of the Sea, Aztec and In Cold Blood are my currents.

reading the poisonwood bible because i read a few of her other books and loved them, not loving this one though that much.. boo.

Africa Congo Kinshasa - The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Nigeria - Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Adichie Americas Canada - Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill Cuba - We Came All the Way from Cuba so You Could ...

Hi Kimb--I read The Poisonwood Bible during last year's Orange July and really enjoyed it. I'm also keeping track of the 1001 that I'm reading. sussabmax--Thanks for mentioning The Hundred Secret Senses. I've got that one in my physical M2BR and had forgotten about it. OK, into the January ...

... Unless and Fugitive Pieces. I have a few others on Mount TBR such as White Teeth , The inheritance of Loss and The Poisonwood Bible, also all on the 1001 list. I think The Road Home and Sorry are coming my way soon but I'm not sure they'll make it here by the end of Jan. Mi ...

... and Passion The Subtle Knife The Amber Spyglass The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical The Poisonwood Bible Sacred Stacks Emma Strong Women, Soft Hearts The Food of Love Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War The I ...

Top fiction: Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Emma by Jane Austen The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer ...

... and the Black by Stendahl 27 Fear and Trembling by Amelie Nothomb 28 Pavel's Letters by Monka Moron 29 The poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 30 Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald 31 the Ghost Road by Pat Barker 32 Birdsong by Sebastian Faulk ...

... popular I skipped reading these when they came out" aka shoulda read them sooner Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Best historical memoir Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie along with Margaret Atwood's Journals of Susanna Moodie ...

... Amy Schlitz The Best of the Bellevue Literary Review ed by Danielle Ofri The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson which technically I'm not quite done with. Wow-- I could have listed another 5 ...

... Book Thief Markus Zusak **My Review** 3 The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver 4 The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Victor Hugo 5 The Shipping News – E. Annie Proulx 6 The Color Purple – Alice Walker ...

... Dream of Electric Sheep?—Philip K.Dick 7. Out of Africa-Karen Blixen 8. Memoirs of a Geisha—Arthur Golden 9. The Poisonwood Bible—Barbara Kingsolver

... at least 1 year. I had not reviewed the Orange Prize lists before. It is an interesting mix of works I loved, such as Poisonwood Bible, Bel Canto, Amy and Isabelle, Larry's Party and others. However, I see a number of books I recently tried to read and abandoned, including Small Isla ...

... at least 1 year. I had not reviewed the Orange Prize lists before. It is an interesting mix of works I loved, such as Poisonwood Bible, Bel Canto, Amy and Isabelle, Larry's Party and others. However, I see a number of books I recently tried to read and abandoned, Small Island, Hist ...

... was actually started as a group with the second book, A Pirate of Exquisite Mind. The first book we read together was Poisonwood Bible. I find this group really fun; lots of discussion on the reading which is parceled out over a few weeks. I read it as 'assigned' because that way I can ...

... I liked it. Also enjoyed The Lover and The Club Dumas. King Leopold's ghost has been on my TBR list since I read The Poisonwood Bible as it deals with the horrors of the Congo in the 1800s. I must get around to it. Not a great fan of Roddy Doyle. But out of all these, I will ...

#3 The same group that read The Poisonwood Bible is reading The Coffee Trader. I think the group is called The Coffee Trader: Early Winter Reading Group 2009 or something like that. We are going to start reading January 5th I think. --BJ

... never read them before or because they actually are some of my favorite books: Witches' Brew The Handmaid's Tale The Poisonwood Bible The Left Hand of Darkness The Hobbit Of these books the only one I had read previously was of course, The Hobbit which is one of my favorite ...

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (those for first two were my SantaThing gifts from '07 -- great choices!) The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier (an audiobook read) The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde The Constant Princess by Phili ...

... Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

... by Mohsin Hamid 184 pages A very interesting narrative structure. I enjoyed the ending. Great! and a 1001 book! 67.) The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 543 pages Another 1001 book! Probably one of the best books I've read in a long, long time. The Price Girls are so relatable! ...

Well, we've definitely got something in common, The Poisonwood Bible was one of my favorites this year as well... along with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings which I was surprised when I realized I hadn't read it before. Stranger in a Strange Land was my absolute favorite of the year ...

... was your favourite book from either 1001 list that you read in 2008? I really enjoyed Bleak House, Alias Grace and the Poisonwood Bible, but my favourite was probably If This is a Man (aka Survival in Auschwitz).

... read 90 books this year. Of those, I suppose these are the top five in fiction: 1. Bleak House, Charles Dickens 2. Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver 3. Alias Grace, Margaret Atwood 4. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro 5. Family Matters, Rohinton Mistry

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Stigmata by Phyllis Alesia Perry Men Are From Mars; Women Are From Venus by John Gray The Isis Papers by Dr Francis Cress Welsing Dance of the Gods by Nora Roberts

What a good way to get through some of your book pile!... I loved Suite Francaise and Pride and Prejudice. I read the Poisonwood Bible at last this year and enjoyed it, mostly, but found it a bit overdone near the end. Have fun!

... question d'envie mais de temps ... J'ai déjà lu Ne tirez pas sur l'oiseau moqueur mais je retiens d'ors et déjà Les yeux dans les arbres ! Merci Katya ! @ Cecilturte : j'avais remarqué aussi ^^

... ago: The Color Purple, Alice Walker Best classic: Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery Honorable mention: Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver. I can't think what it's the best of, but it was one of the better books I read in 2008, so needs to be here somewhere.

J'ai aussi deux autres suggestions: Ne tirez pas sur l'oiseau moqueur Les yeux dans les arbres Bonne chance!

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... The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe The Shining Interview With the Vampire The English Patient The Poisonwood Bible The Blind Assassin Mystic River Cold Mountain The Bone Collector The Secret Life of Bees S ...

... my bests from other years. So here goes: Bleak House, Dickens Family Matters, Mistry Never Let Me Go, Ishiguro The Poisonwood Bible, Kingsolver Alias Grace, Atwood Infidel, Hirsi Ali Survival in Auschwitz (aka If This is a Man), Levi

I wanted to let everyone here know that I finally finished reading The Poisonwood Bible over the weekend. Now I am going to concentrate on trying to finish up some of my other books I am currently reading right now. Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte, Homer The Odyssey, Maria or The Wrongs ...

I wanted to let everyone here know that I finally finished reading The Poisonwood Bible over the weekend. Now I am going to concentrate on trying to finish up some of my other books I am currently reading right now. Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte, Homer The Odyssey, Maria or The Wrongs ...

... out, or can make me feel too frivolous at times. Unlike laytonwoman, I am not a fan of Barbara Kingsolver, except her Poisonwood Bible. Enthusiastically second Tomcat's recommend of Gogol - actually if you have not read Dosteyevsky - I think you would really enjoy discovering him too ...

chickadee (my mother) has read The Poisonwood Bible, but she has not read neither Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone nor Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

YIPPPPPEEEEEE!!!!! I have read The Time Traveller's Wife!!!! But I've never read The Poisonwood Bible (much to my sister's chargrin).

... Bachelor Brothers Bed and Breakfast, Bill Richardson 4. Big Books: this was a hard one, but probably my fav was The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver. Runners up are Bleak House, Dickens and Alias Grace, Margaret Atwood. 5. Plays: Another hard decision. I'll go with Hamlet ...

>11, 12 good to hear this! I bought Heart of Darkness after finally reading The Poisonwood Bible this year. And I've been eyeing Lamb* since I read Moore's A Dirty Job, you tipped me into buying. *eta: and oh, so close; it almost fit into my long-book category!

Hi, beatles1964! I am glad to hear you are still reading The Poisonwood Bible. I thought that Exodus was the hardest part of the book to read. I liked the following two parts better and, of those, the last part the best. It is an amazing story, though! Happy Turkey Day! :) --BJ

... searching, how is this for a theme: Idealism Defeated/Punished/Scorned. The book that comes to my mind immediately is The Poisonwood Bible and you don't want more than one title from the nudger, if I understand you right.

... nell; I’ll begin it, - Ding, dong, bell. - Ding, dong, bell. Cute, but, not brilliant. (3 Shells!!!) 24. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver The Poisonwood Bible was The Highly-Rated Book Group’s first Fall read. I was impressed with Kingsolver’s use of ...

... looked over your library. If you have not read anything by Barbara Kingsolver, I think you should. Everyone knows The Poisonwood Bible, but I suggest Prodigal Summer. It is not really a study of society, but more of a man v. nature. The female characters are strongly drawn. I ...

... your first time authors category. I've read and enjoyed The Blind Assassin, Life of Pi, Middlesex, Atonement, and The Poisonwood Bible. I plan to read The Eyre Affair some day soon because I've heard great things about it, and if The English Patient is anything like the movie of ...

19. Life of Pi by Yann Martel 20. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver They were both great, but I haven't written reviews for them yet. Two more books down on my 1001 Books list!

... The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion Emperor's Children by Claire Messud The Known World by Edward P. Jones The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky **Award Winners** Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (2003 Pulitzer) The Ho ...

... by Alice Hoffman Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison Leaving Cecil Street by Diane McKinney-Whetstone The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver White Oleander by Janet Fitch The Red Tent by Anita Diamant The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger ...

The God of Small Things has gone to my sister. She loved the Poisonwood Bible because of the prose so I think she will like this one too. Except she has two children, a 2 year old and a 2 month old, so I'm not sure if she gets much time to read these days!

... that they didn't really like it? I thought it was fantastic. The language and prose reminded me of Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible and the story was similar in style to Ian McEwan's Atonement in that it focused on one event and what came before and what came after. I was very ...

... Peter: When a Crocodile Eats the Sun (Zimbabwe) I was hunting for books about the Congo for my follow-up program on Poisonwood Bible and someone standing next to me recommended this one. Even though it's not exactly what I was looking for I took it for "consideration." (I always select ...

... "Evangeline" country--something else my Dad introduced me to when I was a child. He was a great reader. Since reading Poisonwood Bible this year I have become very interested in reading more about Africa. I have four nonfiction books lined up to read (after I finish KL!) and I will be ...

Hi everyone. I've only participated in one group read (for The Poisonwood Bible) and it was a lot of fun, and I'm also going to be doing the group read for A Pirate of Exquisite Mind in November. I have never read The Mists of Avalon, and um, well actually, um, I'd never even heard of it ...

... to read. #67 torontoc I'm very excited about Kapuscinski's book--especially since it covers about the same time that Poisonwood covers. The literary magazine looks interesting--I've never heard of it. Is it from Canada? (Thanks for the link so I could check it out!)

... Diane: A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: William Dampier To read in November & December: (books about Africa inspired by Poisonwood Bible group read) Butcher, Tim: Blood River: A Journey to Africa’s Broken Heart (Congo, 2000) Kapuscinski, Ryszard: The Shadow of the Sun (Congo—late ...

... a few years ago but never got around to getting it. Now that I am planning to read more about the Congo (inspired by the Poisonwood read) I'll be getting this one and also his book on Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer. Have you read that one? This weekend I ...

Very interesting discussion.... The Poisonwood Bible is in my top 5 of all time favorite books. And as we speak (well... type!) I am reading The Secret Life of Bees. I'm about 50 pages in and I really like it.

Maybe I can help - I hated The Secret Life of Bees! (I really enjoyed The Poisonwood Bible, though).

... I am also reading The Name of the Wind for another group read and just finished The Book of the New Sun and The Poisonwood Bible. It has been hard reading so many books at once, but then today I picked up The Thirteenth Tale. So I guess, I will just take the books in turns. I ...

... is finished! I also finished my Religion category. Plus I added one to my 1001 Books category. For 1001 Books, I read The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver for a group read. It was a really fun group. Parts of the book, I loved. Other parts were more history lesson than story, ...

I have read 5 more books! :) Here they are: 51. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. I read this as part of a group read. Parts of it I really loved. Others I didn't. I am so glad that I finally read this book. 52. The Physics of Star Trek by Lawrence M. Krauss. I ...

... sell Satanist books. Me: We're a Waldenbooks do we sell Satanist books? Coworker: You know like The Satanic Verses and The Poisonwood Bible Me: (long pause) Um, you do know those are works of fiction right? One is about the writing of the Koran and the other is about Christian ...

I was just wondering if I am one of the last people here who will eventually finish reading The Poisonwood Bible. Believe it or not I still haven't even made it to Book 2 yet. I hope I'm not holding everyone else up from discussing the other Chapters of the book for fear of giving something away ...

... cafe and the Immaculate Deception by Iain Pears. Great to read two quick books in a week after the endless (but good) Poisonwood Bible. I'm on a hunt for the other books in the Iain Pears series. Now I'm in the middle of Dreamers of the Day by Mary Doria Russell and the Idea of Perfe ...

... them living in the same house." -Barbara Kingsolver, "The Poisonwood Bible" p.96 Came across this when I was reading The Poisonwood Bible last weekend. I definitely identify with the first sentence. I'm still not sure.

dihiba Like you, I could not finish The Poisonwood Bible. A very good friend told me it was her favorite book and so I thought I would give it a try. However, I did very much like The Secret Life of Bees

I gave up on The Poisonwood Bible - just something about it annoyed me and I couldn't get interested in it. I had the same kind of reaction to The Secret Life of Bees though I did finish that one - even though I thoroughly disliked it.

I am currently reading The Poisonwood Bible and The Liar's Diary .

Top five in the order read: Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelhlo Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks Honorable mentions: The Places that Scare You ...

Heart of Darkness, as a sort of follow-up to The Poisonwood Bible Schooled, my June ER snag The Believers, for B&N's FirstLook group read Really, You've Done Enough, a satirical guide for parents who can't get their adult children out of the nest

My top 5 for July-Sept are: 1. I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak 2. A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby 3. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 4. Life of Pi by Yann Martel 5. Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

MusicMom - Thanks for your review of The Poisonwood Bible. My mom loaned it to me almost a year ago now, and she was pretty ambivalent about it too. Perhaps because of that, I haven't picked it up yet. Maybe I'll try to talk my book club into reading it. Or at least go back and read other LTers ...

... Friday Night Lights by H. G. Bissinger 26. The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti 27. Reading the OED by Ammon Shea 28. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 29. The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer 30. The Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson Stand outs -- The Shadow of the Wind, Reading ...

Finishing Reading Summary for September 71. Kingsolver, Barbara: The Poisonwood Bible (BC 543) Brief summary: In 1959 family from Georgia consisting of a Father who is a Baptist preacher , a mother, and four daughters ranging in age from 5 to 15 with the two middle daughters being twins ...

Over the weekend (I had Friday off, too) I finished What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Murakami and The Poisonwood Bible by Kingsolver (finally!!) and read 2 mysteries, Out of the Deep I Cry and Seduction in Death--both in series I'm reading and both okay but not great. On ...

... mysteries, Out of the Deep I Cry by Julia Spencer-Fleming and Seduction in Death by J.D. Robb to make a break after Poisonwood Bible which I finished on Friday. My Kristin Lavransdatter hasn't arrived yet so I picked up a book my son lent me, The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal ...

Just finished The poisonwood bible. I will go on with Saturday by Ian McEwan which I already started. Might start in Groener gras by Annelies Verbeke as well, as stories seem to be good in busy times.

... the move goes well and sounds like a lovely destination! **blush** I have yet to read any Philip Roth... I finished the Poisonwood Bible yesterday and am starting on Kristin Lavransdatter. I'm also reading Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg - saw the movie ...

... the move goes well and sounds like a lovely destination! **blush** I have yet to read any Philip Roth... I finished the Poisonwood Bible yesterday and am starting on Kristin Lavransdatter. I'm also reading Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg - saw the movie ...

I would like to add my thanks and appreciation for the fine job vintage_books has done moderating Poisonwood. The questions were thought provoking and all the wonderful extras she provided added so much to the experience. I got much more out of this read than I had anticipated and I know this ...

... and no students are coming you can do that!) and finished the mystery I started last night to serve as a "buffer" between Poisonwood Bible and Kristin Lavransdatter. It is the 3rd in Julia Spencer-Fleming's Clare Fergusson/ Russ Van Alstyne series, Out of the Deep I Cry. I'm enjoying ...

... wonderful look at religious fanatacism, family, domestic violence, Nigeria etc. etc. This proved to be a great follow up to The Poisonwood Bible, but I actually enjoyed it more. At first I thought it was a bit simplistic stylistically, but then I saw that it had won a YA award of some kind ...

44. Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Adichie - YA A really great book to follow The Poisonwood Bible because it reveals the lives of folks who bought what the white missionaries were selling to greater or lesser degrees. A tale of domestic violence, redemption, love of country and ...

... a suggestion here.... The Sister looks really interesting. Not that I need to add a book to my list. A friend read The Poisonwood Bible for work recently (she's an English teacher), and she had a hard time with it, too. She said that she thinks Kingsolver is a good writer, but the book ...

Welcolme Kjellika! I 'm looking forward to this read. I finished poisonwood yesterday and will use this weekend to post my thoughts. I'm also starting Kristin tonight--I'll use my old translation until the new one comes. So by the time Orlando read comes I should be ready to handle ...

i recently left The Congo/Zaire viaThe poisonwood Bible...and am now in the vicinity of Milwaukee, WI..headed for who knows where via Any Given Doomsday...hey, things/life can only get better, right?

... My family is trying to eat more locally because of it. I figure every little bit helps so we do our best. I finished The Poisonwood Bible. I did like it and care about the characters until it turned into a lecture for the last 150 pages or so. A shame really. Started Purple Hibiscus ...

... course of about a week and found it soothing and relaxing. Tonight I have 45 pages to read and i will be finished with Poisonwood. Then I will decide what to pick up next. I want to start Kristin Lavransdatter and can't decide if I should start with my 1923 translation or wait until the ...

113 theaelizabet re Poisonwood: you said, "some parts were lovely, but overall, for me, sadly lacking and about 150 pages too long."-- I think you hit it exactly--I felt let down because I could see more potential than was achieved.

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver -- set in the Congo during its independence from Belgium, ~1960.

#101 richard Poisonwood -- you hit the nail on the head. I can conjure up absolute no connection with any of the characters. It's almost like watching a play with inept actors--no nuances and no genuine emotion in the book. It never seems "real"--rather like propaganda to make a point--with ...

... have to say you're sorry for what you buy?) The downside is that Amazon say they will ship it Sept. 29! I will finish Poisonwood tonight after I finish work--only 45 pages to go--so I will start KL in my 1923 translation. I'm not waiting another week!

43. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver - Religion An ill-suited Baptist minister drags his wife and four daughters to Congo. Circumstances get dire pretty quickly, but Rev. Price continues to believe that they are performing God's work and harbors no doubt. The narration is in ...

63. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Ignorant, arrogant and unprepared missionary drags his family to the Congo in the late 1950s. The shit hits the fan. Big time. Written in alternating chapters by the women of the family. I liked this enough to read, read, read it until I was ...

I remember reading the Poisonwood Bible and liking it, but that's about all. Not everybody likes everything, some less so than others!

I read The Poisonwood Bible for bookclub a while back and remember enjoying it at the time. I guess it's all my passive-aggressiveness coming out against most things flauntingly Christian. I'm not sure I would enjoy reading it now, however.

101> I feel the same way about The Poisonwood Bible. I couldn't work up empathy for any of them! I was on a terrible work assignment when I read it too - it didn't add to my happiness levels. Not one little bit.

>99 MusicMom, true that as my daughter says. I did not greatly enjoy Poisonwood Bible because I wanted to slap the hell out of all the stupid missionaries. How tedious the mother was. The father? A slow death by bongo (bad, old joke, untellable here). The kids? Who cares? But hey, that's ...

... it next. >87, glad it's not just me that feels that way. Perhaps my main problem is that I'm reading it after finishing The Poisonwood Bible which had an overwhelming sense of tension building for about 3/4 of the book. >89, hope you like One Good Turn - Kate Atkinson is one of my ...

Finished The Poisonwood Bible, excellent! I'd started it twice before, years ago, but this time had the pleasure of reading it with an LT Group. Now I'll go back to a couple that are in process -- The Heretic ...

34) The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver I've had this on my TBR list for awhile now, so when I saw there was going to be a group read of it, I decided it was a good time to pick this book up. I can't believe I waited so long to read it! I really enjoyed The Poisonwood Bible, ...

... I'm making an 80 mile round trip to a book store today--my one free morning! hoping to find the newer version. After Poisonwood I don't want to have a struggle with Kristin!

28. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver In alternating first-person narratives, missionary wife Orleanna Price and her daughters Rachel, Leah, Adah, and Ruth May, tell the story of their family's time in the Congo during its bid for independence in 1960. Each narrator has a unique ...

... That's just what I remember from being an English major and reading Things Fall Apart, which is in many ways related to The Poisonwood Bible (in fact, my edition has a bibliography at the end which includes the former title).

I am in Congo shortly after independence with the woefully ignorant and underprepared Price family in The Poisonwood Bible and feeling very out of place in many ways in North Korea Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader.

... of Autumn! Am enjoying reading about North Carolina before the war of independence. I'm nearly halfway through the Poisonwood Bible. I had a nightmare about it last night so might be finding a happier bedtime novel... And I'm about to start Kristin Lavransdatter and am off to read ...

... speak to me the way some other books about my faith have. I am, however, glad that I read it. Right now I am reading The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver and Sword and Citadel: The Second Half of the Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe for two group reads. Plus, I am going to start ...

... quite awhile. So I'm pulling myself together and making a PLAN for this week's reading. First priority--I must finish Poisonwood Bible this week! This one shouldn't have taken me this long, but I keep needing to take a break because it gets oppressive and with all the stress we had last ...

I am participating in the group read of The Poisonwood Bible. --BJ

... to go the the bookstores to try to find the newest translation. I want to enjoy this book! I'll need some relief after The Poisonwood Bible.

I'm moving right along with The Poisonwood Bible. I was a latecomer to the group read, but I think I'll get close to catching up. I'm really enjoying it too. After that, I'll probably read an ARC, maybe The Grift, but based on jhowell's post #20, I'm thinking of In the Woods instead. I'm ...

Finally starting in Saturday by Ian McEwan today, as a break of The poisonwood bible.

I've just this morning completed The Poisonwood Bible for the group read and am anxious to at least begin The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino before jumping into Kristin Lavransdatter and another group read. #1 GreyHead and #5 cornerhouse> I'm really enjoying Ian Rankin's Rebus ...

... so I can cut and paste this year's books. I'm up through March and will work on it tomorrow. It's too late to read Poisonwood Bible now--I'd like to get a good night's sleep! So, assuming I don't fall asleep over it (I've been up since 4AM getting hubby off to China) I will finish the M ...

Have been readingThe Poisonwood Biblesince Sunday...for the LT Group read...but my head has been achy, too...mckait...mine is sinus related..cool nights hot days means stuffy head or runny nose..yuck, in other (way other) words was glaring at Mt TBR last evening,,hoping something Really Great ...

... through this one), and The Name of the Wind and Kristin Lavransdatter (neither of which I have started yet). Oh, and The Poisonwood Bible which I just started but it seems to be going pretty quickly. Well, I never met a group read that I didn't like! Those groups always pick such ...

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, bought while attracted by the title, reading now (finally) for the group read on LT. They came to Baghdad by Agatha Christie because my mum bought it and leant it to me. A short history of nearly everything by Bill Bryson because I' ...

... interesting topic because the details really float far away from the legend. I would also line to share a passage from The Poisonwood Bible. I am almost finished with it and really had a love/hate relationship with it. "We shared the fellowship of orphans. I felt it acutely, like a deep ...

I read Hawaii many years ago and I remember the second section would seem to fit into the catagory of Poisonwood and from what I've heard about Mosquito Coast and from snippets of the movie I've see (didn't see the whole movie--just previews) that works, too. Years ago I read At Play in ...

... so I could do either one. I will also be reading Kristin Lavransdatter for a group read but I will be finished with Poisonwood Bible--at least the reading. I have read To the Lighthouse quite a while ago and have never read Orlando. If someone starts a thread for a VW book read, ...

#155 bell7 Guess I'll be adding The Meaning of Everything to my to buy and tbr list! First--on to Poisonwood Bible and Kristin Lavransdatter!

... the Madman--I love that book and have read it twice and listened to it once. I'm ready for more! I agree with you on Poisonwood Bible--I put it aside for a couple of days this week and have been reading Murakami's memoir What I Talk About When I talk About Running. Really enjoying it--i ...

... One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages yesterday because I needed a break from the wonderful-but-depressing-in-large-doses read, The Poisonwood Bible. Let me just say it's a wonderful pick-me-up. This guy read through the entire OED, and this is a collection of his experiences and, letter-by-letter, ...

... the book sounds interesting--new author for me--I will try to find a copy and read with the late-comers. I have to finish Poisonwood group read and at least get a good star on Kristin Lavransdatter before i try another group read. I read a lot but don't want it to become a burdon.

... b: Nights in Rodanthe Dirty Secrets Club The Quickie My Sister's Keeper I also have Atonement, Stiff, and The Poisonwood Bible all coming in the near future from BookMooch as well.

Finished The Poisonwood Bible last night. I will be thinking about it for a long time to come. That's just about the highest praise I can give to a book. Started The Gargoyle on the train to work this morning - I want the work day to be over so I can go home and read some more!

... I can count the pages in my personal "10,000 never read before pages from my personal library in 2008." I'm putting The Poisonwood Bible aside for a couple of days. I have to catch up on my posting for the group read and I also need something a little more cheerful for a couple of days ...

... top love is The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. Close runners-up include Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott, The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, and Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Favorite Movie (so far): Legends of the Fall, Hunt for Red October, Pretty Woman, F ...

... of where they were from. I think that is the most powerful message that Barbara Kingsolver is trying to send with The Poisonwood Bible - look at what happened and how we were all involved because everybody turned a blind eye. With her book, she doesn't let you turn away.

My only 5-stars seem to be: The Gold Coast by Nelson DeMille The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (I'm halfway through and it's only getting better and better!) I also enjoyed: First Love, a novella by Ivan Turgenev (touchstone is close) Look Me in the Eye, a memoir by John Elde ...

... a memoir by Haruki Murakami and since I am now on page 48, I guess that's what I'm reading next! I will get back to The Poisonwood Bible either tonight or tomorrow--i needed a little break and I need to post about the second book before I get too far into the third book or I will get "con ...

Just starting The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. I'm about 50 pages into it and liking it thus far. This is one of those books that was so hyped that I avoided it. I'm contrary that way, usually to my own detriment.

So far it's a tie between Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, and The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. I'm still working on the latter, but it's that good I think it deserves a mention before I've finished. For years and years I assumed I wouldn't like it so have never bothered to ...

I just finished the Poisonwood Bible. I won't say too much because i know there are people still reading it for the group read, but it's a great book, I can see why it's good for book clubs. Lots to talk about. I started the Da Vinci Code last night. So far so good, although I've heard some ...

... enjoying it thoroughly. It was good, but nothing really stood out to me about it either. 4 stars. Currently reading -- The Poisonwood Bible and Why You Say It Currently listening to -- The Iliad Gave up on -- Ms. Hempel Chronicles (started and stopped it today; again, less of a plot- ...

I'm still working on The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver for the group read. I've also just picked up If Chins Could Kill by Bruce Campbell which is a very different read for me. I usually stick strictly to fiction.

... - glad to read that you're enjoying The Gargoyle. I have a copy sitting at home calling to me, but I want to finish The Poisonwood Bible first, for the group read. #62, bookgirl271 - I've just finished Book 4, and I'm beginning to have the same problem. I keep putting the book down ...

... are just perfect. I read a bit to Mr Bookgirl (who is not a reader) and he was impressed. I'm still going with the Poisonwood Bible for the LT group read, I'm nearing the end of book 5. I am really enjoying that as well, although the poverty of the Congolese and the arrogance and ...

... . Are you going to read all three volumes? I would love to know what you think of the ending. Currently reading: The Poisonwood Bible for the Group Read--nearly 40% finished. Brain Rules by John Medina, essentially how to make and keep your brain functioning optimally (and ...

... an historical novel about the Salem witch trials, The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent; loving it. And yay for the Poisonwood Bible reading group here, I'm thoroughly enjoying Kingsolver's outstanding novel.

The Poisonwood Bible for the group read Why You Say It for Go Review That Book and The Good Thief 'cause it sounded interesting Also still listening to the Iliad (Part 4 of 14)

Still reading The poisonwood Bible and planning to pick up Saturday by Ian McEwan after the weekend. Just finished A short history of nearly everything.

... paragraph reflects how I react to it professionally. Personally, though, I only give it 2 stars. Currently reading -- The Poisonwood Bible, Why You Say It, and The Good Thief Currently listening to -- The Iliad

Continuing with Poisonwood Bible and beginning Kristin Lavransdatter, both for LT groups and reading At Large and At Small by Anne Fadiman before bedtime. Read introduction to Lattimore translation of the Iliad, but will set Iliad aside until reading of Kristin Lavransdatter is well ...

Hi, everyone! I just heard about this group today. I have always wanted to read The Poisonwood Bible, so I decided to join even though I am late. Coincidentally, my daughter's school is having a book sale as a fundraiser, so I gave her some money and asked her to look for this book for me. I ...

... Maybe his writing improves as he goes along.. Not sure I will ever get around to finding out. Currently reading The Poisonwood Bible for the group read--I've been keeping up with the reading, not the posting. Will post this weekend and try to get ahead in the reading because I will ...

... by Charles Archer so I can start when necessary. Do we have a date yet? I'm really looking forward to it. I'm doing the Poisonwood Bible group read right now and have a book to read for an October group so I want to clear my decks a little--but now that my first week of teaching is over I ...

Is it The Poisonwood Bible again?

I am continuing on with The Poisonwood Bible for the group read - heading towards 3/4's finished. When I get too worried about what's going to happen next I put it down for a day or two and read I Dream of Magda by Stefan Laszczuk. I Dream of Magda is OK - not as good as I'd hoped, but it's ...

... to expect, I may try the sequel but I'm only giving this one 3.5 stars. Currently reading -- Friday Night Lights and The Poisonwood Bible Currently listening to -- The Iliad

... and painted so it rose to the top and I have read 200 pages yesterday and today. Will finish it tomorrow and then back to The Poisonwood Bible etc. >146 jhowell. I read I Claudius some time ago, inspired by the wonderful BBC TV production and marvellous acting of Derek Jacobi and have ...

Just finished Little Women, again. And I am finishing The Poisonwood Bible. Next 'women's' novel is Loving Frank but I think I am losing interest in current novels with a woman's pov. I want both sides.

1960 Kilanga (Congo)--Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible. I am soooo loving this book! She makes you feel as if you are right there.

... lund someone has probably answered this--but i have to get back to work, so in case they haven't -- in Groups look for The Poisonwood Bible -- it has it's own group with several threads. Now, when I get finished tonight I will have to look for the Group Reads group--do i have the name ...

... one? Is it open to anyone? Do I sound excited? :-) Once I get through this week I will have more time for reading and Poisonwood is not a difficult read so I'd like to try to do it--especially if you don't start for a couple of weeks. (edited for spelling and adding message #)

# 111 jhedlund: Here is possibly the link to the Poisonwood Bible group read (I'm not very computer literate). If it doesn't work the group is called "Poisonwood Bible: Fall 2008 Reading Group". http://www.librarything.com/groups/poisonwoodbiblefall2 ETA: Hey it works, I'm doing better than ...

Question: I went to the Group Reads group, and I didn't see anything about The Poisonwood Bible - only Bleak House and Midnight's Children. Am I looking at the right group??

Heading for Bagdad in They came to Bagdad by Agatha Cristie and in the Congo with The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver.

... stood out to me. It's a pretty eclectic mix, and definitely worth a look. Currently reading -- Friday Night Lights, The Poisonwood Bible and The Spellman Files Currently listening to -- The Iliad

#91 richardderus Okay--I'm moving Remains of the Day to the TBR pile. After Poisonwood I might as well read another "downer"--so can be thankful my life is not that sad! :-) I am surprised that I'm liking Poisonwood much more than I expected to. Haven't been able to post much there ...

>88 amandaceerdh, The Poisonwood Bible is an LT Group Reads - Literature pick. So that's one of 'em explained. Sea of Poppies has made enough of an impression from the consistent mentions that I felt I had to have it, so I ordered the darn thing. Is it still peer pressure when it's not aimed ...

looks like everyone is reading sea of poppies and the poisonwood bible. is everyone in the same bookclub? :) the poisonwood bible is one of my all time favorties! right now i am reading special topics in calamity physics and when i am finished i am going to read the prophet.

I decided to pick up The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver in order to follow along with the group read currently going on. So far, I'm really enjoying it and glad I finally decided to give it a go. I'm also reading Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris to mix it up a bit.

... might like to see if I still would be so enamored. You have just encouraged me to pull it out and put it on my TBR (after Poisonwood Bible group read!).

I'm working on Friday Night Lights, The Spellman Files and The Poisonwood Bible for the group read.

... 3rd book, Voyager, which in my editions is a rather daunting 1100 pages, but it's going quickly. And I'm into Book 2 of The Poisonwood Bible for the group read. It's my bus book. >51 fredbacon, I read Stalingrad a few years ago and found it grim but gripping reading. I also enjoyed Be ...

I am shameless and have no guilt... As I am reading #2 Twomoredays and thinking "wow - I LOVED both The Poisonwood Bible and Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency so I took a look at Foucault's Pendulum thinking it was in good company...and added it to my wish list. Nope, no guilt ...

... It was very good. I put that in my New Authors category. I moved on to Animal Dreams, which I liked, but not as much as The Poisonwood Bible. Last but not least, I read Gap Creek. Not great, but good. That goes in my Oprah category and Animal Dreams goes in Readers Choice. That puts ...

... all of her others after that one, but have so far only read The Golden Child which was her first. Currently reading Poisonwood Bible for the group read and starting The Iliad today.

... came to Bagdad by Agatha Christie later today. First a chapter in A short history of nearly everything and of the Poisonwood Bible

... came to Bagdad by Agatha Christie later today. First a chapter in A short history of nearly everything and of the Poisonwood Bible

Oh God, all of them? But in particular... The Poisonwood Bible by Barbra Kingsolver Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency because it was assigned to me a a Go Review that Book! book almost nine months ago and I just feel no desire to read it. ...

I'm still going on the Poisonwood Bible for the group read. I finished book 2 last night (there are 7 books). I'm also still on The Handmaid's Tale about 200ish pages in. I'm loving both books and finding it really hard to decide which one to read. This is why I usually read only one ...

... down the state. But lately (especially since I joined LT) I find I can keep 2 0r 3 going at once. Right now I'm reading Poisonwood Bible for the LT group read, How to Read Novels Like a Professor so I can discuss more intelligently, Brain Rules to try to keep my brain working properly, ...

... and get ready for my first choir practice on Wednesday. Hopefully I will get some time to read the next section of Poisonwood Bible and maybe a "fluff" book on Sunday to relax before the onslought! onslaught? (no spell check! That's why I teach music--can't spell!) Of course, my ...

... this one. Go ahead and pick anything that I haven't already reviewed; the only book I own that I'm currently reading is The Poisonwood Bible.

... several people here had mentioned it, and I'm so glad I did! Now I'm reading: The O. Henry Prize Stories 2007 The Poisonwood Bible for the group read and Friday Night Lights

I'm reading the Poisonwood Bible for the group read, and nearly finished Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon - I guess that counts, although Claire is the only major female character...

... doet me wel een klein beetje denken aan Erik, of het kleine insectenboek van Godfried Bomans. Daarnaast lees ik De gifhouten bijbel van Barbara Kingsolver voor de Group Read.

... You've reminded me how much I enjoyed The Mother Tongue--I'm digging my copy out to dip into for relief as I'm reading The Poisonwood Bible for the LT group read. (This one is only ten years old--it's my first Kingsolver--so I'm getting better!) I asked on another thread but I'd like ...

... :-) So, I went intending to only buy I Dream of Magda by Stefan Laszczuk. I am currently doing the group read of The Poisonwood Bible and loving it, but I need something lighter for a day or two while I'm not feeling well. I did in fact buy that book...along with 5 others. Yikes! Partl ...

vintage_books where do we find the thread for the Books and Questions for The Poisonwood Bible? I didn't get a chance to start rading the book yesterday so I plan on starting the book today at lunch and read some each and ecery day. The Halloween Deadline to finish the book so fine to me too. Mayb ...

... happened. I didn't really love the book, but felt a real sense of accomplishment when I finished. I have also started the Poisonwood Bible for the LT group read & I'm loving it. I am looking forward to hearing what everyone else thinks of it.

I started the Poisonwood Bible on Monday & absolutely loved it from the beginning. I have found the story interesting, and I love the different characters narrating the different chapters. I'm also finding a fair amount of humour in the book, mainly the "fish out of water" idea, of an ...

... Child either tonight or tomorrow--have to finish that fast because as soon as we get home tomorrow night I have to start Poisonwood Bible for the group read. I'm also reading What do We Know by Mary Oliver (poems) which I will probably finish before I go to bed. I got to go back to B&N ...

... Floor either tonight or tomorrow--have to finish that fast because as soon as we get home tomorrow night I have to start Poisonwood Bible for the group read. I'm also reading What do We Know by Mary Oliver which I will probably finish before I go to bed. I got to go back to B&N today ...

I'm shutting down my computer and will start in The poisonwood bible for the group read.

I read The Poisonwood Bible years ago after reading The Bean Trees for school and loving it. I'm looking forward to rereading and joining everyone in the discussion, though I may be a bit quiet this week from limited internet access.

I agree with you. I thought about it but I'm doing Poisonwood Bible group read in September and I've read the Tolkien trilogy at least 8 times--the last time in 2006 when I led an 8 week seminar on it at my church. I will read it again but right now I have too many other things clamoring for my ...

... part of me wanted to know what was going to happen, so I kept reading and ended up being glad I did. Have just started The Poisonwood Bible as an LT group read (hello to the people above who are also involved). So far I like it a lot - wonderfully written, interesting story. I'm not ...

i am putting my feet in this collective pond..i readThe Poisonwood Bible some years ago but finally got my own copy through Book Mooch...September is going to be a busy month for me , though..trying to get my house ready for winter, cutting firewood,,,buying food, doing laundry..all that Fun Stuff ...

#396 thatbooksmell I look forward to seeing you on Poisonwood Bible site next week! If you decide to get Name of the Rose which I highly recommend, try to get Key to the Name of the Rose by Adele J. Haft. It will help you enjoy the book more--even if you only use it to get the ...

I bought The Poisonwood Bible so that I can join the book discussion here, and also The Other Boleyn Girl. I *almost* grabbed The Name of the Rose but I wasn't getting any deals so I passed for now. It sucks being poor. LOL

... Foster. This one I'm loving, but it takes concentration and I'm taking notes. When I get home Tuesday I will be starting The Poisonwood Bible for the LT Group read. Luckily I had the foresight to bring a Georgette Heyer novel (Black Sheep for those of you who read her) with me in case of ...

Hi everyone, I have been meaning to read the Poisonwood Bible for years, and have just never quite made it. I decided it was time it made it to be the top of the TBR pile, so I picked up a copy from the library earlier this week. And then discovered this group read. I'd love to join in, as I ...

heya all picked up The Poisonwood Bible from the library this morning so as to get a head start... (am waiting for my own copy via BM) and I'm already chuckling as I read the first sentence "Imagine a ruin so strange it must never have happened." this reminded me of the episode of ...

... ths... Anyway, I've started a fall project with Civil War: Fort Sumter to Perryville.. I'm also getting a head start on The Poisonwood Bible. Finished Whiskey Rebels by Liss... look for my review, and am still working my way through The Best American Short Stories.

... the fall of Night, Imperial Earth, and The Songs of Distant Earth. Not to mention my library stop to gather The Poisonwood Bible, The Mists of Avalon, and the first installment of my fall project Civil War: Fort Sumter to Perryville by Shelby Foote. gotta go... some ...

... Yancey The Dive from Clausen's Pier by Ann Packer The Geographer's Library by Jon Fasman and 2 Book Mooches The Poisonwood Bibleby Barbara Kingsolver Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles >366 mckait you might want to check out Music of the Spheres by Redfern...it's wicked good. ...

... it and I would love to find out about it. I is new? I will probably research that one. See you next week in the Congo (Poisenwood Bible read)

... Particles Intimacy Amsterdam Cloudsplitter All Souls Day The Talk of the Town Tipping the Velvet The Poisonwood Bible Glamorama Another World The Hours Veronika Decides to Die Mason & Dixon The God of Small Things Memoirs of a Geisha Great Apes ...

... Literature by Gene Edward Veith. Chapter One is on The Importance of Reading. I second that! I also recieved today The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver ready for the group read starting on Monday. ***Join our Reading Group for the Poisonwood Bible, starting September 2! See ...

I finished Nickled and Dimed, am slowly getting through The Second World War by John Keegan, and am about to start the Poisonwood Bible for the LT group read. I was at the library a few days ago and Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon was sitting there. It's usually reserved. Anyway, ...

... me to go over my limit.) So I returned the 5 novels I had chosen because I won't get to reading them until at least after The Poisenwood Bible group read and that will give me something to look forward to when we come up here next month--without our son. :-) So here's the diminished haul: ...

... me to go over my limit.) So I returned the 5 novels I had chosen because I won't get to reading them until at least after The Poisenwood Bible group read and that will give me something to look forward to when we come up here next month--without our son. :-) So here's the diminished haul: ...

... now through nearly every book on my shelves. I still can't fing the exact phrase but there are some similar bits in The Poisonwood Bible and I think the dates would be about right for that. To be honest, I'm not terribly confident. (You're really enjoying this, aren't you?)

Whoops, I just read the Poisonwood Bible about a month ago. I really enjoyed it, so maybe I'll peak in and see how the discussion is going. I think it is her best book by far.

#301 I owned both Poisonwood Bible and Cold Mountain for ages before I forced myself to read them, thinking I wouldn't like either of them. I loved them both!

... it next summer, but if you want to "talk" about it, let me know. I will be happy to re-read it in October after we finish The Poisonwood Bible group read which starts next week and will take about 7 or 8 weeks. I would discussing Lighthouse any time after after the middle of October.

... I discovered I didn't have the right change so I went back and got Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier. This one is like The Poisenwood Bible in that I have never intended to read it but for fifty cents I might take a chance (yes, I know I can get it for free at the library, Mom, but then I ...

... have a quick guess at that one before I disappear. I'm sure I'm wrong, but something in the back of my head keeps saying Poisonwood Bible. I am wrong, aren't I?

3. Quickieby James Patterson (8/26/08) 4.Night Chills by Dean Koontz (9/10/08) 5. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 2/11/09

... joined you. I have taken a dislike to Barbara Kingsolver the person, but I have enjoyed some of her writing including The Poisonwood Bible. I will not be rereading it, but I will be following this group. I may have a comment, and I would be reluctant to leap in without having introduced ...

#220 - vintagebooks and musicmom, I might join in...I've managed not to read the Poisonwood Bible for years. Will come over to the new group soon. #223 - richardderus, great that the move went well! Will be interested to see what The Whiskey rebels is like. I read the coffee Trader and ...

First I hope anyone who is interested in the group read of Poisonwood Bible saw message #220. Vintage_Books has created a new site for the read and it really looks great. There is a link in that message for anyone who wants to check it out. Oops--just found a smalll pile of books I bought ...

... you will have a lot to add to our discussion. I can't start reading VW until I do another group read I've committed to (Poisonwood Bible) which we start on September 2nd, so I'm looking at the end of September or the first of October is we have two or three others by then. If not I plan to ...

... MusicMom41 and vintage_books! I was just reading the "What are you reading now?" posts and came across your group read for The Poisonwood Bible. I've been meaning to read it for awhile so I'm quite excited to join your group. I'm going to go buy a copy from my local bookstore this afternoon and ...

... kept telling I would find on the right hand side of the page. Am I a slow learner?) So now I also know how to start The Poisonwood Bible thread. This is the first group I have joined. It will be: "Poisonwood Bible group read"

Nickelini--thanks for the heads up on Poisonwood Bible. I've gotten so many good reports on it I'm going into it with a more positive attitude. Obviously I got interrupted and was gone more than 30 minutes but here is what I did during that time: This information is adapted from the Fantast ...

... on my own and while I thought it was really beautiful, I just let the art wash over me and missed so much. I just read The Poisonwood Bible in July. A great read. I enjoyed it immensely. Not sure if I can commit to Orlando, but if you're up for it I'll really try to fit it in. From ...

... Nickelini. I want to check it out soon. If y'all decide to read Orlando, please let me know. I'm committed to reading Poisonwood Bible the first part of September, but I would love to read Orlando with someone else and I should be able to make time for it. I'll have to put off reading Ann ...

# 183 vintage_books We are planning to start after Labor Day to read Poisonwood Bible I hope to start the day after Labor Day--I have so many on my tbr list to finish this year and September means the days are getting shorter! If anyone else wants to join in--welcome. If there are too many ...

#173 MsGemini Starting Poisonwood after Labor Day sounds good to me. I've been a teacher all my life and even though now I teach privately the first day after Labor Day has always signaled the start of the new year. Starting a new book is a good way to start the year. I, too have some decks ...

#156 ~ MusicMom41......I recommend The Poisonwood Bible......read it a long time ago and enjoyed it very much. #170 ~ cameling....LOL! How true, how true! #158 ~ MsGemini.....Interesting that you brought home Origin.....I was just updating my wishlist on BookMooch and I have it listed. I ...

... Parma by Stendahl Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (I've read but this was a B&N Hardcover for $2! to replace my PB) The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (I've avoided this for years, still not sure I want to read it, but at $0.50 it's worth taking a chance and I've seen it ...

MusicMom - what a great haul! So many great books on that list, including (IMO) The Poisonwood Bible. When I first read it, I had people on the train (while I was reading!) tell me how much they loved it.

I read Poisonwood Bible a few years ago and thought it was excellent. You both should love it!

... me know. It may be the only way I'll ever get down to reading it. Does anyone else on this thread have any opinions about Poisonwood Bible? My copy was on the "friends of the library" sale shelf. Unfortunately I don't know which "friend" donated it. I might ask at the next meeting and ...

... Parma by Stendahl Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (I've read but this was a B&N Hardcover for $2! to replace my PB) The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (I've avoided this for years, still not sure I want to read it, but at $0.50 it's worth taking a chance and I've seen it ...

... /Persia. And on Congo I would definately suggest King Leopold's ghost by Adam Hochschild (non-fiction), and perhaps The poisonwood bible by Barbara Kingsolver as fiction, even though she is an American author. By using American characters to describe Congo it might be more accessible ...

Hi yareader--Yes, to me The Poisonwood Bible fits right into this discussion. It goes to the question juliette asked in post 3--Does a book have to be overtly religious to be spiritual? For me, any book that makes me look at what I believe is a spiritual book. The Poisonwood Bible made me ...

... Pencil - Christopher Brookmyre 5. Wizard's First Rule - Terry Goodkind 6. A Swift Pure Cry - Siobhan Dowd 7. The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver 8. Mapp and Lucia - EF Benson 9. The Broken Places - Susan Perabo 10. The Good Life - Jay McInerney 11. Then We ...

... Pencil - Christopher Brookmyre 5. Wizard's First Rule - Terry Goodkind 6. A Swift Pure Cry - Siobhan Dowd 7. The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver 8. Mapp and Lucia - EF Benson 9. The Broken Places - Susan Perabo 10. The Good Life - Jay McInerney 11. Then We ...

I never got a chance to start The Poisonwood Bible it fit into this months women and religion? I have read Reading Lolita in Tehran and I was wondering where the religion came in? Was it because the religious fundementalists were controlling everything including what should be taught in Uni ...

Very good, and bleak books from the expat point of view are The grass is singing, Doris Lessing and The poisonwood bible, Barbara Kingsolver

Hey Nickelini, I'm still waiting for your comments on The Poisonwood Bible. I think it's great that you have an alternative view and I'd really like to hear them.

... Eat, Pray, Love, the author was just getting on my nerves for her whiny, self absorption. Two summers ago, I started Poisonwood Bible and quickly figured out where it was going and decided that I didn't want to be depressed. I am almost 50 and life is too short to read books that don't ...

... at least 500 pages. Including the following, which have been on my TBR shelves for years: The Pillars of the Earth The Poisonwood Bible The Time Traveler's Wife Something Happened Middlesex Inkheart And these that I've been eyeing: The Stand Anna Karenina or War ...

... Waugh TBR 5. Rumpole's Return by John Mortimer TBR 6. TBD 7. TBD 8. TBD IV. 1001 Books You Must Read 1. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Reading 2. The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan TBR 3. The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins TBR 4. Decline and Fall ...

... by Ann Patchett, beautiful, wonderful characters 68. Animal dreams by Barbara Kingsolver, liked it, but The poisonwood bible remains my favourite. 69. A severed head by Iris Murdoch, wonderful writing but my suspension of disbelief broke at the end. 70. Revolutionary ...

Progress in July 32. A Thousand Days in Venice 33. The Poisonwood Bible 34. Fugitive Pieces

... I did! I have 20th Century Ghosts but haven't gotten around to reading it yet. I want to read Duma Key. I loved The Poisonwood Bible but haven't ever gotten into anything else by Kingsolver. You know how sometimes you find an author and must IMMEDIATELY buy and devour everything s/ ...

... - and didn't finish any of them until today, so - here's my list of books for July. Mother Nature by Sarah Andrews The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Sprig Muslin by Georgette Heyer Life is Hard; Food is Easy by Linda Spangle The Film Club by David Gilmour 10 Spiritual ...

... I think I'll add a few comments about The Poisonwood Bible in the women and spirituality thread. -------- After reading The Poisonwood Bible last month, I had planned to do the same, but then I saw what others had written and thought my comments didn't fit at all, so I didn't post. I had ...

Thanks for recommending The Poisonwood Bible. I was given this book as a gift a few years ago from a friend. I'll dig it out of the tbr pile and put it at the top. I believe I did try to read it, but for some reason, couldn't get into it at that particular time in my life. I'll give it ...

... thinking for a long time--and may change your worldview in the process. Definitely one for my wishlist. I just finished The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. I had read it for this group's Orange July challenge, but it works well for this read, too. On my 75 books challenge, another ...

I finished The Poisonwood Bible one day into August--that's me, usually a bit late on everything. I have a couple more Orange award nominees sitting in Mt TBR, but will concentrate on some other group reads for now. I think I'll add a few comments about The Poisonwood Bible in the women and ...

40. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver blackdogbooks summary above is perfect. I wasn't sure how'd I like this one, but I did it like it very much. Some of the comments I had heard from various people made it sound like this would be a put down of Christianity. I didn't find it to be ...

Whisper1, I have to echo the recommendation for The Poisonwood Bible as it is a great comment on faith, religion, and the difference between the two.

Since I last posted to this thread I have read Alias Grace, The Poisonwood Bible and Fugitive Pieces.

... girlybooks Orange July reading going on and it seems to be getting all the action--although the current book I'm reading, The Poisonwood Bible fits into both catagories. Here's the initial thread put up before the discussion (some very interesting titles recommended!) http://www.libraryt ...

... by Thomas Hardy Honorable Mentions (cut me some slack here): The Counterlife, Emma, Gulag Archipelago Vol. 1, The Poisonwood Bible, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, To the Lighthouse, The Wings of a Dove

The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver I feel like I'm the last person on earth to read this novel. What is left to say about it that hasn't been said already? People either love it or hate it, and I fall squarely in the the "love it" camp. What I most loved about it was the different ...

Oh, I totally agree. The bad omen aspect of twins is described in The Poisonwood Bible as well. I think it's interesting that Adichie used twins as major characters in her novel but didn't go into this. I like that--instead of S P E L L I N G everything out, she leaves some details up to the ...

A hearty second to amanaceerdh # 164 about the poisonwood bible, the history of love, the namesake, septembers of shiraz and brick lane. I thought they were all wonderful and in reverse order of my preference - I liked brick lane best and the poisonwood bible least, ). There is a film ...

... but the themes and messages are very different from each other. Having read both in the past few months, I expect that The Poisonwood Bible will stay in my mind longer than Half a Yellow Sun, which is already fading away. But I should really wait six months before I commit to that :-)

153: the red tent is one of my very favorite books!! i loved so many of the books listed here: the poisonwood bible, the history of love, the namesake, the septembers of shiraz, unless (which i am reading now), and brick lane. and so many of the books listed are on the top of ...

"krin" thanks for having me read The Poisonwood Bible. I really didn't want to re-read it, but I really enjoyed it this time. My review is here. ejd0626, how about Krik? Krak!. The title is totally intriguing! For me, ...

... 47. Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat?, by Peter Walsh 48. A Thousand Days in Venice, by Marlena De Blasi 49. The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver 50. Fugitive Pieces, by Anne Michaels 51. Virginia Woolf's Nose, by Hermione Lee

Welcome back Nickelini. Hope you enjoyed your camping trip. I too loved The Poisonwood Bible which I read a few years ago. I have enjoyed all of the Margaret Atwwod novels that I've read so far.

Since I've last posted, I've read The Poisonwood Bible (loved it, don't exactly get why people hate this one--if you hated it, please explain). I'm continuing to enjoy The Waves, and also enjoying Fugitive Pieces.

Just back from a 2 week break from LT, so I hope this doesn't sound too disjointed . . . While I was camping I read The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver. I thought it was terrific, but I've read so many negative comments from readers on the web. What did you think? I'm currently ...

... work to do and experiments can be dangerous. So they trust, and in successful tribes most of it is good. In The Poisonwood Bible the villagers spend a lot of time on the sidelines waiting to see how well Jesus protects the Missionaries. They are waiting to see if he is so ...

I had a look at my Unsuggester, and I'm seeing several titles which I own. (For instance, it suggests that I won't like The Poisonwood Bible or The Red Queen, both of which I own (and like, for that matter). While I'm willing to believe that there are statistical anamolies in my library such ...

... Diary of a Madman" by Nikolai Gogol 07/15/08 †The Year of Magical Thinking ***** by Joan Didion 07/16/08 The Poisonwood Bible **** by Barbara Kingsolver 07/17/08

... Essential Skills for the Carefree Life by Chelsea Cain Silent Spring by Rachel Carson White Album by Joan Didion The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Jimi Hendrix Turns Eighty by Tim Sandlin

... a few weeks ago. My review is here. tjsjohanna, please review The Poisonwood Bible. For my next book, please choose one tagged on deck. Thanks!

LIke Rebecca, I rated The Poisonwood Bible lower than Half of a Yellow Sun. For me the latter was 5/5 because of: a) the characters b) the story of Nigeria/Biafra c)the struggles of the characters d) the writing. Although the writing was not the most beautiful I have ever read, I could not ...

... I already had at home. :-/ I shall now commence a No MORE books! policy until I can dynamite a good hole in MT. TBR. The Poisonwood Bible... turns out I already had a copy... Tom Jones... I was standing there thinking I already had a copy, but the voice over the speaker was ...

... are we reading this summer that is not part of the discussion? I am currently reading 1st to Die by Patterson and have The Poisonwood Bible coming. For non-fiction I am working on A History of the Toy Theatre.

Oh, mrstreme, I would say you are in for a treat with The Poisonwood Bible, Kingsolver's magnum opus, imho.

I loved Five Quarters of an Orange, nickelini. I hope you do too! I have The Poisonwood Bible on my Orange July list too. That will be my first fiction book by Kingsolver, having only read two books of her essays (which were fabulous). I am going to start my first Orange July book today: Hal ...

I've packed away The Poisonwood Bible for my camping trip next week. I'm not sure what else I will read. Maybe Five Quarters of an Orange.

... Golding. 5. Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie. 6. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. 7. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. 8. Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset. (From the 2nd Edition) Bonus: Bleak House by Charles Dickens; The ...

... front of the bookstore today, so we didn't go in, and so, alas, no new books (like I need them!). But I'm chiming in on the Poisonwood Bible conversation. It's packed in my bag for my camping trip coming up next week. I was given a copy about five years ago, and I've avoided reading it. Although ...

Prodigal Summer, loved it even more than Poisenwood Bible.

I loved Prodigal Summer so I was dissappointed when I couldn't get into Poisonwood Bible.

I may have to try again on Poisonwood Bible. It just seemed like a chore at the time. And I know I got about 100 pages into it. I did keep it, though, hoping it might work at a later time. It was also one of the options for my daughter's AP English class, so between that and all the thumbs up ...

I just finished The Poisonwood Bible and I am now starting on The English Patient

#106 I loved The Poisonwood Bible it does start off really slow though. I tried reading it a few years ago and actually fell asleep in the process! I picked it up again last week though and after getting through the first 50 pages or so, I found myself just wanting to constantly read it.

Finished The Poisonwood Bible started The English Patient

Did you like The Poisonwood Bible? I started it and put it aside. A lot of people have been telling me conflicting stories about the book.

I'm finishing up with The Poisonwood Bible today, excellent book. I'll be starting The English Patient sometime tonight.

I'm finishing up The Poisonwood Bible so I decided to treat myself and ordered Everything is Illuminated from Amazon.

... I had been putting off reading this book for forever, and when I did, it was so good I almost cried when it was over. The Poisonwood Bible Another book I had put off for a long time, I didn't want to be let down because of all the hype surrounding it, but it was as good as people claimed.

I'm about 1/3rd of the way through The Poisonwood Bible and it has lived up to the hype, I am happy to report.

... Eva Luna, Isabel Allende (1988) 46. Sandman, Neil Gaiman (1988-1996) 47. World's Fair, E.L. Doctorow (1985) 48. The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver (1998) 49. Clockers, Richard Price (1992) 50. The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen (2001) 51. The Journalist and the Murderer, ...

June so far has been: The Poisonwood Bible - I'm going to have to read more on Africa I think A Passage to India - racial tension The Sea - lots of big descriptive words, little story, boring To Have and To Have Not - full of racist comments and attitudes, bothered me Think I ...

I absolutely loved Cloud Atlas. I recommend it to people all the time. Poisonwood Bible is also excellent. Finished Unaccustomed Earth - why are some people so opposed to any hint of a happy ending? Even in real life, sometimes things work out okay. Listening to Another Thing to Fall ...

Finally finished Cloud Atlas. Excellent book and I highy reccomend it. Now I'm embarking on The Poisonwood Bible

I finished Cloud Atlas and have started The Poisonwood Bible

Next five I have are: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje Drop City by T.C. Boyle The Colour by Rose Tremain Thursbitch by Alan Garner

... find ways to save, my local Safeway usually has a table full of used books for $1.00. I picked up The English Patient and The Poisonwood Bible there. I can't do the book loaning thing. I'm a pack rat. If someone gives me a book I will never give it back.

#55 and 60: Ditto on The Poisonwood Bible and Rebecca. Loved them both.

#55, 0bazooka0 - I read The Poisonwood Bible for the first time about a month ago and cannot recommend it highly enough! It was phenomenal...tied for the best read of 2008 so far (other is Rebecca, a book I meant to read for years before I finally did). Hope you enjoy!

I just finished Dining on Stones this evening, so now onto Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. After that I have The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver which I have been meaning to read for years.

... couldn't finish that I always mean to come back to, and some novels that are still on my shelves waiting to be read like the poisonwood bible There seems to be a lot of ian mcewan so maybe I should give him a go.

... this list (just because it's a mystery?) The Weight of Water -- I must confess I don't remember this one very well... The Poisonwood Bible -- loved it, have reread it and loved it more; my favourite Kingsolver book Girl with a Pearl Earring -- an interesting read The Idea of Perfection ...

... authors Bel Canto -- to my surprise, I loved it Horse Heaven -- loved this; one of my favorites by Jane Smiley The Poisonwood Bible -- a little heavy-handed, but I really enjoyed it. The Magician's Assistant --not Ann Patchett's best Alias Grace -- excellent Obviously ...

... centers upon the very real persecution of the Catholic Church in 1920s Mexico. In my estimation, Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible was a terrific read, but I've noticed on other sites that many disagree.

There certainly is a plethora of wonderful P books. In addition to those already mentioned I'd like to add The Poisonwood Bible and The Picture of Dorian Gray. I have just moved Pale Fire up a couple of books in my TBR pile because of your recommendations.

... Amazon: How to Read a Book Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources (for work) Also, I finally finished The Poisonwood Bible (one of my SantaThing books!) and got to start the other one -- Water for Elephants, now that the semester from hell is over and I have time to read ...

The Lovely Bones. Punishment. Like being tortured. By someone who hates books. The Poisonwood Bible. Vile, pointless book. I didn't hate Wicked, but I didn't get all the hype. Memoirs Of A Geisha. The Red Tent Unrealistic characterization.

... short sleave shirt on sale for a buck each, so..... I got: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggars The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingslover The Dearly Departed by Elinor Lipman Dead Man Walking by Sister Helen Prejean Friday Night Lights by H. G. Bissinger We ...

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty The Baum Plan for Financial Independence and Other Stories by John Kessel

... her books. she has a very quirky intelligence and choice of subjects but my favorite is still the bottle factory outing The Poisonwood Bible A terrific book about family dynamics, religion and the missionary life. Very well done. Girl with a Pearl Earring A touching tale, and the movie ...

... (I was disappointed with this book) The Voyage of the Narwhal (good, but I think Barrett is better at short stories) The Poisonwood Bible (very good story of missionary life) Paradise (I found this rather disappointing) The Translator (I appreciated the internal depiction of a ...

Mine is definitely The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. Next up would be People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks.

... how much her writing had grown from the first, which was very good, to the second, which I thought was brilliant. As for The Poisonwood Bible, I read that years ago and enjoyed it, but would not put it in the same class as Half of a Yellow Sun.

... Brooklyn won the NBCC prize. Others that arrived in '99: Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon, Kingsolver's awesome The Poisonwood Bible, Kent Haruf's Plainsong, Stewart O'Nan's greatest book A Prayer for the Dying, and Roddy Doyle's thrilling A Star Called Henry. In non-fiction Pe ...

... and politically opinionated. I'm all these but naive about history and international affairs. I also really enjoyed The Poisonwood Bible for similar reasons but rated it four and a half stars. I still think 4 stars is a great rating!

... I own several more that Avaland has listed: Alias Grace, Fugitive Pieces, Larry's Party, The Underpainter, The Poisonwood Bible, The Blind Assassin, and The Hiding Place. I guess I know what I should read next!

I really enjoyed The Poisonwood Bible though it's been a while and I must read it again soon. Anyone for Voss by Patrick White? It's one of the books I most admire.

Oooo oooo, I have! I love Forster!!! How about The poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver?

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver and The Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne. Both are very good, very engrossing.

I have a copy of The Poisonwood Bible at home so I think that's what I will wind up reading for May's theme read. beatles1964

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver would fit this theme. Now that I'm thinking of books set in Africa, Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen would also work.

clearly 1999 was a good year - The Poisonwood Bible and The Voyage of the Narwhal are my two favourite books, and The Vintner's Luck is pretty high on the list, too. I also liked Trumpet. I've also read Master Georgie and A Crime in the Neighborhood, but wasn't gripped by either. (I ...

I've read The Poisonwood Bible, which I loved loved loved. I've also read Paradise but frankly don't remember much about it.

... of a Prince - shortlist Jackie Kay, Trumpet Oonya Kempadoo Buxton Spice Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible - shortlist Elizabeth Knox, The Vintner's Luck Karla Kuban, Marchlands Hilary Mantel, The Giant O'Brien Jacquelyn Mitcha ...

... 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 Me Go and The Remains of the Day Geraldine Brooks Year of Wonders That ought to ...

... places are the guys who set up shop on street corners. Its nice to stop by and peruse the interesting titles. 34. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingslover 35. The book thief by Markus Zusak. A wonderful, wonderful story that warms the heart while still presenting harsh realities. ...

I agree with lorabear. The Poisonwood Bible is excellent, but I could be biased because it's the only one on your list I've read!

... 02/21/98 Rape: a love story – Joyce Carol Oates 02/22/08 Walking across Egypt- Clyde Edgerton 02/25/06 The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver 02/26/08 Where the red fern grows – Wilson Rawls 02/28/08 Run – Ann Patchett 02/29/08 The Alchemist – Paulo C ...

I would definetly read the The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver....although I read it a long time ago, it is still one of my favorites:)

... that may or may not read (input on these would be highly appreciated): Simon and the Oaks The Eye of the Needle The Poisonwood Bible The Glass Bead Game How Soccer Explains the World Lucifer's Shadow The Dante Club Rose Daughter Funny in Farsi QB VII Counselors ...

... o. Also, Into the Forest by Jean Hegland disturbed me but is also one of my favorite books. Same kind of thing with The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver.

... vs the mercenary, and how they impact the culture. Some I have found interesting (in book and/or film form) include The Poisonwood Bible, The Mosquito Coast, Medicine Man, At Play in the Fields of the Lord and The Mission. I will have to read this one, too.

... odyssey - 4 lists 3) To kill a mockingbird - 3 lists 4) His dark materials - 3 lists 5) Alice in wonderland 6) The poisonwood bible - 3 lists 7) The diary of Anne Frank 3 lists 8) The Iliad 3 lists 9) War and Peace 3 lists 10) Origin of species 3 lists 11) The grapes ...

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... matters 7) Gilead 8) The joyluck club 9) The life of insects 10) Midnight's children 11) Life of Pi 12) The poisonwood bible 13) The sea 14) Sophies choice 15) The things they carried 16) Vanishing Point 17) War and Peace 18) Catcher in the rye 19) I know ...

Catcher in the Rye The Poisonwood Bible The Witches of Eastwick

... small things by Arundhati Roy 19 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Betty Smith 20. Diary of a young girl Anne Frank 21. The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver 22, My Antonia Willa Cather 23. The Magician of Lublin Isaac B. Singer 24. The Good Earth Pearl Buck 25. Heart of Dar ...

... by Jhumpa Lahiri **** 10. Emma by Jane Austen ****½ 11. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark ****½ 12. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver **** 13. To the Lighthouse by Virgina Woolf **** 14. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen ***½ 15. Northanger Abby by Jane Aust ...

>17 blissfulwitch, if you got halfway through The Poisonwood Bible, you got through the best part of it - I love Barbara Kingsolver, and I like the book, but even I thought that it went downhill after the family left Africa. >11 jhowell - I came in here to complain about The Name of the Rose ...

... Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Les Miserables by Victor Hugo Life of Pi by Yann Martel Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Rabbit Rich by John Updike Saturday by Ian McEwan The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon The Huma ...

I found a copy of Persuasion!!! Yay! and I mooched a nearly new condition copy of The Poisonwood Bible from the same person. That just made my night. And! it happened on the same night I decided to watch 'Becoming Jane'. Gotta love fate. Gotta love Jane Austen. Gotta love BM and LT.

I really liked both She's Come Undone and The Poisonwood Bible. My other favorite choice is Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende. Loved that book.

Now I liked Prodigal Summer and was so disappointed with the Poisonwood Bible. I'll try She's Come Undone It's on my TBR pile.

... Come Undone. Granted it got quite dark in the middle, but what a funny quirky book. :o) You know, I would have read The Poisonwood Bible even if Satan had put his logo on it, Barbara Kingsolver is one of my alltime favs. (Though Prodigal Summer was a bit of a yawn.)

11. The Poisonwood Bible, also by Barbara Kinsolver. When I liked Prodigal Summer so much I decided to move straight on to another one of hers, though I rarely do that, as I find that books by the same author can be a bit too similar to make them stand wholly on their own. But it didn't matter. ...

... suicide everytime we finish one. I think that all the Oprah books I have read are well written and intriquing (except for Poisonwood Bible) I can't take the desolation and depression when I am done with it. I couldn't sleep right for a week after reading The House of Sand and Fog and A Lesso ...

... Ian McEwan Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow, Peter Hoeg But that means leaving out The Uncommon Reader, The Poisonwood Bible and Voss. And I gave all of Sonya Hartnett's books 5 stars; The Ghost's Child, The Silver Donkey, and What the Bird's See/Of A Boy. Sonya H ...

... 9. The BFG 10. The neverending story adult 11. To kill a mockingbird 12. Nothing new on the western front 13. the poisonwood bible 14. The stone diaries 15. Any human heart 16. The time traveler's wife 17. What I loved 18. Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka 19. The ...

... 9. The BFG 10. The neverending story adult 11. To kill a mockingbird 12. Nothing new on the western front 13. the poisonwood bible 14. The stone diaries 15. Any human heart 16. The time traveler's wife 17. What I loved 18. Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka 19. The ...

... eighty four - 2 lsits And then there were none - 2 lists To kill a mockingbird - 2 lists Jane Eyre - 2 lists The poisonwood bible - 2 lists Catch 22 - 2 lists Adding The bible 2 lists The origin of species - 2 lists

... eighty four - 2 lsits And then there were none - 2 lists To kill a mockingbird - 2 lists Jane Eyre - 2 lists The poisonwood bible - 2 lists Catch 22 - 2 lists The rest of the books are only on one person's list.

The Poisonwood Bible I have no books at work, I shall return with a line when I get home :)

... ace 6) I know this much is true 7) The hitchikers guide to the galaxy 8) The life of insects 9) Life of Pi 10) The poisonwood bible

... of Wrath John Steinbeck War & Peace Leo Tolstoy Raintree County Ross Lockridge Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver The God of Small ThingsArundhati Roy To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee The Good Earth Pearl Buck

#13 jmelsha - What did you think of Poisonwood Bible? I received it as a gift for Christmas but have not read it yet. It appears to be a bit different, would like your opinion.

Just finished Shelter and The Poisonwood Bible and picked up Terry Pratchett Mort because I need to read something fast and funny after both of those. My daughter handed me her copy of Rules, Britannia: An Insider's Guide to Life in the United Kingdom by Toni Hargis to read before I ...

... down in the middle and I kept plugging away and I was really involved by the time I got finished. #17 I tried to finish The Poisonwood Bible but I finally gave up. I'm a sinker so that's saying something. A woman at work loved it. She wanted me to finish it because she was sure I would love ...

I gave up halfway through The Poisonwood Bible last year. So many people had recommended it to me and it really felt like I book I would love. Ultimately, I just didn't care about any of the characters and were too annoyed by them to read anymore. Another popular book that I could never ...

1. Saturday by Ian McEwan 2. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 3. The People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

15. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver I think the most accurate word to describe this book is 'impressive' - the first part in particular, where the family is all together in the Congo. Masterly switching of narrative voices - Ruth May's 5-year-old narrative voice is particularly ...

... and it seems like everyone had one or more of the following: C. S. Lewis Jan Karon Tim LaHaye Karen Kingsbury Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Has anyone started it yet? I am about 150 pages in, and I am really enjoying it so far. It sort of reminds me of The Poisonwood Bible, which is one of my favorites.

... NEXT: Jane Austen - Sense and Sensibility Henning Mankell - The Man Who Smiled Barbara Kingslover - The Poisonwood Bible

... with books I'm having a time with because usually they get better and I enjoy them. i. e. The Stand by Stephen King and The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver) I finally had to quite reading it. It was such a waste of my time!!!!

VII. Some of my Favorite Authors 1. Oh My Stars: A Novel by Lorna Landvik 2. Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 3. Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore 4. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez * 5. In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje 6. The Lovely Bones ...

... their "thumping Good Reads" always involved some action & adventure. Lonesome Dove is a good example. I would add The Poisonwood Bible & 5 Quarters of the Orange They could also be called "page turners" only well written.

26. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, 1998 Nathan Price takes his wife and four daughters to the Congo to fulfil his mission regardless of the rigours. In Nathan's total self belief I was reminded of Christina Stead's The Man who Loved Children who also brought hardship to his ...

... took 4 books for 2 days. The problem is I don't know what mood I will be in. I took Kite Runner, Playing for Pizza, Poisonwood Bible and Soul Survivor. My husband and I laugh everytime we go on a trip because of the amount of books we take to read.

... goal, not too overwhelming. So here goes. :-) My first 2 for 2008 were started in '07, both finished last week: The Poisonwood Bible from the public library, and To Kill a Mockingbird in audio. The Kingsolver was fantastic; I read it for my book discussion group. I read Mockingbir ...

... by Valerie Anand (May) 6. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (June) 7. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (October, 4 1/2 *) 8. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory (October, 4*) I hadn't ...

... Out and Far from the Madding Crowd, both of which were enjoyable, but also finished my first 10/10 for the year with The Book Club Bible, which is an excellent guide - I highly recommend it to anyone who goes to a book group. Or, indeed, anyone who is on any kind of book discussion forum! ...

#73 Poisonwood Bible is one of my favorites. I love Barbara Kingsolver. If you read her books in the order they were published you can watch her grow as an author. She started out very good and works up to excellent, IMHO, of course.

#68 I got poisonwood Bible as a gift for Christmas. I have never read from this author, tell me what you think B'&N I got The Guardian by Dee Henderson. The second one in her series. I just finished the first one and really enjoyed it.

#68 I got poisonwood Bible as a gift for Christmas. I have never read from this author, tell me what you think B'&N I got The Guardian by Dee Henderson. The second one in her series. I just finished the first one and really enjoyed it.

From the library: The Reader by Bernhard Schlink Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver From the bookshop: The Trout Opera by Matthew Condon

... "rules" about selections, so they vary widely, but we end up doing mostly fiction - which I love. The book for January was The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. I'd never read anything by her before, but enjoyed it immensely, especially the way she handled the multiple narrators. The ...

I started The Poisonwood Bible a couple of nights ago. Oh! Also listening to My Left Foot on audiobook.

Thanks for the review, cc... I haven't read this yet, but did read The Poisonwood Bible some years ago, and the parallels are very interesting: I thought the first 80% was simply excellent, after which it pretty much died, mainly because of her lecturing tone. Hmm, looks as if the ...

I ultimately decided to start The Poisonwood Bible last night -- one of my SantaThing gifts. Vinegar Hill will have to continue being patient.

... Anatomy of Story in my "On Writing" category has comparable info, presented with much less ego; deferred) The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (****) The Song Reader by Lisa Tucker (***) The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (****)

... by George Eliot (completed May 2008), 889 p 5. Alias Grace, by Margaret Atwood (completed June 2008), 564 p 6. The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver (completed July 2008), 543 p 7. The Other Boleyn Girl, by Philippa Gregory (completed August 2008), 661 p. 8. Midnight's Chi ...

... Die: 1-2 the Gormenghast Novels 3. the Handmaid's Tale 4. the Hound of the Baskervilles 5. Out of Africa 6. the Poisonwood Bible 7. Gulliver's Travels 8. the Water-Babies

... first of his books to read. Went very fast and was fun, ,mofe of a relax with a cup of coffee and read book. Moving on to The poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. The first of her books to read, received the book as a Christmas gift.

... Club by Karen Joy Fowler To Be Read: 1. Mercy by Jodi Picoult 2. The Dollmaker by Harriette Arnow 3. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbra Kingslover 4. Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett 5. Ada or Ardor by Valdimir Nabokov 6. Moloka'i by Alan Brennet 7. F ...

... Jonathan Safran Foer (****) Like Water for Chocolate# by Laura Esquivel (****) The Song Reader# by Lisa Tucker (***) The Poisonwood Bible# by Barbara Kingsolver (*****) The Time Traveler's Wife# by Audrey Niffenegger (****) By My Favorite Writers Airframe# by Michael Cricht ...

... books to read before you die which he is going through as I am typing right now. My sister-in-law got me 1 from that list the poisonwood Bible which I am anxious to read and see what it is like. Between my husband and I we got around 20 books for Christmas so I should be busy for a while.

Oh, and I thought perhaps I'd get there before the end of the year but I guess not, anyway, 27. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver - interesting, Africa, but somehow lacking in "profondeur" - I wanted more Africa, the real Africa, the food, the atmosphere, the reality of it all a ...

and, in spite of my deception concerning the Taebeck Mountain incident, I continue with: 19. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, I liked this for some strange reason, I'm just not sure why and 20. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides which was just wonderful.

... Beach was excellent. Books I started in 2007 and couldn't finish: Magical Thinking by Augusten Burroughs The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Mama Makes up her Mind by Bailey White The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield The first and last were the ...

... this. My favorite year was senior year - we read Jane Eyre (one of my favorite books ever), Pride and Prejudice, The Poisonwood Bible, The Things We Carried, Stones from the River (which I didn't like), Macbeth and Hamlet, and I wrote one paper on The Age of Innocence (my ...

... in it. I've been wanting to read this one for a little while since coming across a reference to it in another book. 50. The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver. I must admit that while I liked the first half of this one exceedingly, the second half just seemed to drag. Maybe it was ...

The Poisonwood Bible...love it or hate it?

Before I took to disliking Barbara Kingsolver I found a lot to like about Poisonwood Bible. Robert

I've received The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingslover the other day. Also expecting 6 books to review for the authors and 3 course books for my evening class (I'm learning Teeline shorthand).

Poisonwood Bible Aside from being about 100 pages too long (and I normally find books way too short), I enjoyed the story. I have an uncle that was a missionary to Africa.

... (9) Classic (or "author is dead") Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (10) Contemporary (or "author is still alive") The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

... and it was wonderful. Of all the Pulizters I have read so far, it is the one I would most recommend. I am currently reading Poisonwood Bible which I hope to finish before the end of the month, and that would make 78 books for the year so far.

I just started the Poisonwood Bible, it is nothing like the name suggests, and I am loving it. I am reading another book called Empire Falls which I don't think is on the 1001 but is a Pulitzer winner that should be. I keep trading back and forth because they are both so good. Off to read now.

"Greatest" is a singular superlative; there can only be THE greatest, not A greatest. The Bible does not teach everything about life, ethics, and lessons on everything. If it did, the various Christian factions wouldn't have conflicting moral/ethical views (such as abortion, in vitro ...

... - Gabriel Garcia Marquez Africa Congo/Brazzaville* - The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver Egypt - The Yacoubian Building (review) - Alaa Al Aswany Nige ...

I loved The Poisonwood Bible, it's adults here though. A totally different recommendation would be the Mary hoffman stravaganza trilogy. It's about Italy around the renaissance. It might not count as historical though, since the italian society of that time is a little different in the book ...

... I kept asking him questions that he just didn't know the answer to and I found some clarity from the book. I also read The Poisenwood Bible last week and I really enjoyed it. #2 That is too funny about Newt and Slobo! There are a lot of similarities!

The Lost Testament by Alan Gold Adam's Empire by Evan Green The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Adam and Eve and Pinch Me by Ruth Rendell Exodus by Leon Uris

... Forever War by Joe Haldeman 10. Witchcraze: A new history of the european witchhunts by Anne Barstow 11. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

... of the Congo and then Democratic Republic of the Congo but I am assuming it will be Zaire by the time I am finished with The Poisonwood Bible

Forest Mage by Robin Hobb Duncton Wood by William HorWOOD Jacaranda Blue by Joy Dettman The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Run for the Trees by James S. Rand

... set Raintree County Ross Lockwood Dr. Zhivago Boris Pasternak A Tree grows in Brooklyn Betty Smith The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver To kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee Thousand Acres Jane Smiley Time travelers Wife Audrey Niffenegger The God of Sma ...

... as wll as a novelist. Among the more literary novelists -- Barbara Kingsolver born in KY, now living in Va. author of The Poisonwood Bible.Elizabeth Hardwick who wrote during the 40's & 50's, author of Sleepless nights

#264: I loved reading the Poisonwood Bible. It was one of the first books I read after years of studying and only reading what I *had* to. I attribute that book to helping me re-discover reading as a favourite pastime and not a chore. (The Harry Potter books also helped.) Beautiful language, ...

... think they are worth reading as they are part of the collective literary consciousness. ........... I am still reading the Poisonwood Bible by Kingsolver. I'm savoring it, and only read it when I have some quiet time when I know I'll get down several pages in one sitting. I also ...

... Dalloway Hortense Roberts in Small Island Pen O'Grady in Hood Kambili Achike in Purple Hibiscus the girls in The Poisonwood Bible Isserley in Under the Skin and Sugar in The Crimson Petal and the White the unnamed female protagonist in Die Wand/The Wall, by Marlen Haushofer ...

This could be a never ending list! The Bible Various Family and County Histories To Kill a Mockingbird Little Women Gone With the Wind Ender's Game Fahrenheit 451 The Chronicles of Narnia Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel Rendezvous with Rama and all of the ...

... reading again and again 'cause one just wouldn't know when one would be rescued (if ever). Thus: Lord of the Rings The Bible Norton Anthology of English Literature The Name of the Rose The Worst Journey in the World David Copperfield and then if there was room, just for fun ...

... Fantasy Lit in a Mere 128,876 Pages). Mine (At least for now) The Lord of the Rings Zen Flesh Zen Bones The Bible The Brothers Karamozov That Hideous Strength or Perelandra Delta of Venus Foucault's Pendulum On the Road Leaves of Grass W ...

... achians. Started A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini this afternoon - so far, so good. Still working through The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver - enjoying it but realized I have to get the Hosseini book back to my school library soon.

Lunch with the Stationmaster by Derek Hansen The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons Nightwings byRobert Silverberg The Listmaker by Robin Klein

... by Lauren Weisberger last night - I needed something very light and it was (I've seen the movie). I am going back to The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver today, but must read A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini very soon, as it must be returned to a school library ...

I loved The Poisonwood Bible! It's been a while since I read it though. Maybe a re-read is in order...

Not necessarily YA, but about teenaged characters and certainly YA-suitable - The Poisonwood Bible is awesome and surprisingly relatable.

I am now reading The Poisonwood Bible by Kingsolver. I just finished Rabit Redux by John Irving.

# 142, 152 I despised The Poisonwood Bible. It was a struggle to actually finish. So, so bad.

#142 - I also put The Poisonwood Bible up there with my top ~10 or so books of all time. Hope you enjoy. I just started Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George. Hope it is better than Helen of Troy. I am in the mood for some historical fiction. something slightly lighter. I ...

... author; book is set mostly in the Muskokas. Didn't like it much at first but it pulled me in. Read the first few pages of The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, but it will have to wait until I get back from Stratford as it is too heavy to lug around - will take a Ruth Rendellpaper ...

... For the record, I hate every character in these books. Truly unlikeable humans. Even the boy. I am also reading The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, which rocks like a jetty. I just saw that it's on the list.

I read halfway through (or less) The Poisonwood Bible, flipped ahead and read enough to know I would continue to despise it, so I stopped. I was reading it for a book club, but even that was not enough to get me to read that. The characters were so hateful I couldn't care about them. I was ...

I read halfway through (or less) The Poisonwood Bible, flipped ahead and read enough to know I would continue to despise it, so I stopped. I was reading it for a book club, but even that was not enough to get me to read that. The characters were so hateful I couldn't care about them. I was ...

By the time I realized The Poisonwood Bible sucked, I was three-quarters of the way through it. No point in not finishing by that time. I think I tend to press on. I guess sometimes I just get distracted, though, and quasi-jump ship. It's been a good six years since I even touched Le morte ...

... again...) On the other hand, I have found authors that I love and hate. Barbara Kingsolver is one of those. I hated Poisonwood Bible and quit part way through, but I love some of her other books, which I would never have known if I read Poisonwood Bible first...

... and more depressing as it continued but I read the whole thing because I had bought it in hardcover. I also didn't like The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver but I also read it totally because it's the favourite novel of an aunt that I really respect. Life of Pi by Yann Martel is ...

... Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet 30. Monkey Town by Ronald Kidd 31. Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut 32. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 33. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck 34. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield 35. Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier whew. ...

Oh -- I loved The Poisonwood Bible -- it is one of my favorites; although I read it long ago. I don't really recall any similarities between it and The Robber Bride; surely there are thousands of books that a written from alternating POV's. I suppose if I was a devout Christian it may ...

Jonathan Franzen The corrections Barbara Kingsolver The poisonwood Bible Wallace Stegner Angle of Repose Donna Tartt The secret history Richard Ford The sportswriter William Styron Sophie's choice Larry McMurtry Lonesome Dove Margaret Lawrence A jest of God Ross Lockridge Ra ...

... B. White Monks-Hood by Ellis Peters Deadly Nightshade by Cynthia Riggs Behold, Here's Poison by Georgette Heyer The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

... Sun and it is indeed a quite powerful book. My favorite african novel not written by an african writer still remains the poisonwood bible

One of the most interesting novels I've read in recent years is The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. I also highly recommend An American Childhood by Annie Dillard; The Cider house Rules or A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving, Semaphore by G. W. Hawkes, In Sunlight ...

The Poisonwood Bible is just amazing. Don't miss it.

Europe: Pompeii by Robert Harris Asia: The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad Africa: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver South America: The Mapmaker's Wife by Robert Whitaker

... lstoy FAVORITE BOOK(S): A Game of Thrones, The Sunne in Splendour, Jane Eyre, Anna Karenina, Daughter of Fortune, The Poisonwood Bible, The Water Is Wide, It ... shall I continue? >> FAVORITE DRINK: water, lemonade iced tea ... alcoholic I'd have to go with Smirnoff Ice FAVORITE C ...

To those who didn't like Poisonwood Bible I'm reading it in school right now and am discusted with Nathan and will admit to really liking Adah so far. I'm not even half way through it yet so I'll tell you how I fare.

Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible. If it hadn't been a book group book I would never have finished it.

>15-16 I can't hate Oprah books entirely, because The Poisonwood Bible was an Oprah book and Barbara Kingsolver is one of my favorite authors. But I definitely use the phrase "it's like an Oprah book" to be derogatory, so....

I have just started reading The Poisonwood Bible. It was a birthday present last year and I still haven't got round to it. Heard good things about it from friends although I haven't yet got into it.

... read Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, and Mansfield Park. And for contemporary 'classics' -- Memoirs of a Geisha, The Poisonwood Bible, and a Prayer for Owen Meaney -- not to be missed! That's my two cents.

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 might have put it down at that point if the author had actually been saying that was the right thing to do.) #64: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver I've been meaning to read this book for... probably eight years now. I avoided picking it up because of its literary-ness, but ...

... Daughter by Gail Godwin Amy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout Lucky in the Corner by Carol Anshaw The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver One True Thing by Anna Quindlen

... of Hearing The Billboard Encyclopedia of Rock The Compleat Enchanter Braveheart Consider Her Ways and Others The Poisonwood Bible Harrison Ford Century The Client The Age Of Innocence The Friendship Book Talking to Heaven Six Canadian Plays Stay Fit and Healt ...

... . Green House with rebels in the jungles of South America. The Piano Tuner Cosmopolis -- the urban jungle! The Poisonwood Bible

... I admit it. And a wonderful Spanish fiction writer by the name of Carlos Ruiz Zafon. And Barbara Kingsolver. The Poisonwood Bible was a life-changing experience.

... me feeling sad. I have always been told that good books make you feel some emotion...I felt the same way after reading The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver...to say you liked it was wierd because the preacher was so awful! Anyway started When Madeline was Young by Jane Hamilto ...

... that most of us seem to like one half of these books, but not the other. To respond to post 1, I loved the beginning of The Poisonwood Bible, but once (not to give too much away) there was less family interaction, I was less into it. And Wicked seems to be one in which one prefers either ...

... loving the book? For me it was Boy Meets Boy, Inkheart--and the sequel I loved even more, The Red Tent (not YA), The Poisonwood Bible not YA and Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood--just to name a few. **This post was inspired by another group called Readers Against Struggling Through ...

I finished reading The Poisonwood Bible and found it gripping and tragic and infuriating. Overall I think the book was lessened by the last 100 pages, it went from this gripping tradegy to kind of blah musing. There was 100 pages of the book where I couldn't put it down and then the last 100 of ...

... of Al-Qaeda's political/religious thinking (and our -- US -- cluelessness about most of it). keren7, #80, I enjoyed The Poisonwood Bible a lot, but haven't really been able to get through most of Barbara Kingsolver's other books, so I'll be interested in how it compares for you.

... it was great to see some good experiments been put to use - really an interesting and well written book. I am now reading The Poisonwood Bible by Barbabra Kingslover and am 100 pages in - so far I am enjoying it but then I have always enjoyed her books

... ; Soul Mates . by Dragonfly80: The Bhagavad Gita The Tao Te Ching (every translation I can find) I Ching The Bible The Feminine Face of God The Collected Poems of T. S. Eliot 78 Degrees of Wisdom Stranger in a Strange Land The Tao of Willie Nelson The Adven ...

... Here are a few of my favorites: The Bhagvad Gita The Tao Te Ching (every translation I can find) I Ching Bible The Feminine Face of God The Collected Poems of T. S. Eliot 78 Degrees of Wisdom Stranger in a Strange Land The Tao of Willie Nelson The Adventures ...

... and given to me, but couldn't get past the first 25 pages; it just seemed too preachy and didactic. Now, I loved The Poisonwood Bible, which certainly also was preachy and didactic, but the characters and plot were so compelling I didn't really mind. So now I'm looking through my ...

... of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. And I have never read The Da Vinci Code and have no wish to. That said, I loved The Poisonwood Bible, Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow and Middlesex, and much preferred The Little Friend over The Secret History.

... Love by Jane Smiley BTW, I also loved Prodigal Summer, but my favorite Barbara Kingsolver book of all time is Poisonwood Bible. Have you read it?

... politeness at first, then were so hooked that when we got home immediately began reading the first two. Now we're hooked. The Poisonwood Bible I put down during the first few pages, which I should have done with Lily Tuck's The News From Paraguay.

I didn't like The Hobbit either. Ditto The Poisonwood Bible and Middlesex. Add to that The House of Orphans by Helen Dunmore which was nominated for the Orange Prize this year.

... I don't like them, but there are a few notable exceptions: Despite raving reviews from friends, I could never get into The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. I tried twice and gave up about halfway through it each time. Another is The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame ...