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| Topics | | messages | Last message | | | 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Sanddancer's 2009 Reading | | 218 | alcottacre, Saturday 5:06am |  |
| List Five Books Parlour Game : Metaphorically Speaking.................................. | | 25 | tropics, December 13 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Have You STOPPED Reading? | | 234 | xicanti, December 11 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Lunacat is still reading.......... thread #4 | | 255 | cameling, December 7 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : New Vocabulary | | 249 | callmejacx, November 3 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : cameling's reading list for 2009 | | 264 | cameling, September 25 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Kirconnell 2009 | | 181 | readinggeek, September 21 | |
| 2009 Genre Challenge : May Genre -- Literary Fiction | | 16 | readeron, September 1 | |
| 999 Challenge : englishrose60's | | 233 | englishrose60, August 20 | |
| 100 Books Challenge for 2009 : englishrose60 goes for 100 in 2009 | | 224 | englishrose60, August 16 | |
| All Things New England : top 100 New England books | | 14 | vpfluke, August 8 | |
| Girlybooks : ORANGE JULY 2009 | | 171 | mrstreme, July 30 | |
| Reading Globally : Where in the World Are You Now? May 2009 | | 100 | teelgee, June 7 | |
| Girlybooks : What Women's Books Are You Reading - May 2009 ? | | 106 | lindsacl, June 3 | |
| 999 Challenge : MAY 2009: What Are You Reading? | | 69 | BookLizard, June 1 | |
| Book of the month club : April Books | | 19 | Booksloth, May 8 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You Are Reading the Week of 10 January 2009 | | 203 | pilot09, April 15 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : Books that came home with you in February part II | | 229 | Neverwithoutabook, March 10 | |
| 999 Challenge : prezzey's list! | | 21 | RidgewayGirl, February 26 | |
| List Five Books Parlour Game : Joe the Plumber | | 12 | varielle, January 6 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You Are Reading the Week of 27 Decembeer 2008 | | 175 | thioviolight, January 4 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : LibraryLover23's | | 67 | LibraryLover23, January 2 | |
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| What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today?--December 2008 #2 | | 115 | richardderus, January 1 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Dihiba's 2008 Books | | 365 | dihiba, December 2008 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today?--DECEMBER 2008 | | 234 | richardderus, December 2008 | |
| List Five Books Parlour Game : Water | | 20 | varielle, December 2008 | |
| Reading Globally : Future Theme Reads | | 217 | SqueakyChu, December 2008 | |
| Book Nudgers : Nov.12 polutropos needs a nudge | | 20 | avaland, November 2008 | |
| List Five Books Parlour Game : One Thing Leads to Another | | 249 | Kasthu, October 2008 | |
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| What Are You Reading Now? : Books with Dual Time Periods | | 44 | Carol_M_in_NJ, September 2008 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - FEBRUARY 2008 | | 262 | kstutz, September 2008 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : valkylee goes for 250 books! (2008) | | 52 | englishrose60, July 2008 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 28 June 2008 | | 219 | Cariola, July 2008 | |
| What did YOU buy today? : Message Board #2 | | 188 | karen5l, June 2008 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 14 June 2008 | | 227 | Talbin, June 2008 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 7 June 2008 | | 217 | dperrings, June 2008 | |
| Girlybooks : A Dozen Years of Nominees | | 84 | avisannschild, June 2008 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : teelgee goes for another 100 in 2008 | | 211 | teelgee, May 2008 | |
| Girlybooks : THEME READ FOR MAY: Dislocated Women | | 62 | Cariola, May 2008 | |
| Girlybooks : Anyone interested in theme reads? | | 87 | avaland, May 2008 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - April. 2008 | | 388 | milbaby, May 2008 | |
| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : Top 3 Reads February 2008 | | 48 | laruebk, March 2008 | |
| Dormant: Reading Globally : Where in the World are You Now? February 2008 | | 134 | CEP, March 2008 | |
| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 9 February 2008 | | 148 | GreyHead, February 2008 | |
| Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : bookaholicgirl's list | | 52 | bookaholicgirl, December 2007 | |
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| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 21 Apr 2007 | | 136 | Storeetllr, April 2007 | |
... just don't seem to appeal to me. I commend you on your review. I've read Testimony, Strange Fits of Passion and The Weight of Water and I've now decided not to bother with any more of her books. Flossie, I'd be interested in your takes on Weight, Dream Angus, and Where Three Roads Meet, because while I enjoyed all of them to a degree, some were more fun and entertaining than others. I haven't found Girl Meets Boy yet, but generally, I've enjoyed this series--some of them are pretty ... ... Loss
The Autograph Man
Half a Yellow Sun
On Beauty
Case Histories
The Great Fire
A Child's Book of Crime
The Weight of Water
The Poisonwood Bible ... Peril
91. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
92. Massachusetts
93. The Old Patagonian Express
94. The Weight of Water
95. Revolutionary Road
96. The Late George Apley
97. Looking Backward
98. Requiem, Mass.
99. The Wapshot Chronicle
100. The Very Hungry ... Oh yes The Tenderness of Wolves and The Weight of Water - I agree completely Bonnie! The Tenderness was a strange book and I can understand how some put it down - I think that hearing an episode or two whetted my appetite and kept me going when I thought I might stop. I also enjoyed The Weight of Water. Shreve managed to protray such melancholy, I couldn't help but be affected by it. (I quite liked the movie too) I've read other Anita Shreve books, but I put The Weight of Water down. It didn't grab me right away, and even for her it was depressing. Have you read any of her other books? I liked Wedding in December and The Pilot's Wife and just got Testimony this past Christmas, although I have ... englishrose60;
I am glad you enjoyed The Weight of Water. I loved it as I do most of Shreve's stuff.
I toggled over and read the reviews on The Tenderness of Wolves and though it wasn't glowed on over here, I think I may give it a try. It sounds good to me. I'll let you know what I ... The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve. I very much enjoyed the story about the 19th century Norwegians living isolated and lonely lives. The desolate imagery of the islands was very good. Like some others who have read this I found it harder to relate to the modern day people on the boat. Apart ... ... Summer
4 The Easter Parade
5 The Illustrated Man
6 Mauve
7 The Songlines
8 Dream Angus
9 Weight
10 The Keeper by Natasha Mostert - (I believe this may go by another title in America but Touchstones don't acknowledge either)
11 The Dolphin People
12 ... 58. The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve. I very much enjoyed the story about the 19th century Norwegians living isolated and lonely lives. The desolate imagery of the islands was very good. Like some others who have read this I found it harder to relate to the modern day people on the boat. Apart ... 37. The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve. I very much enjoyed the story about the 19th century Norwegians living isolated and lonely lives. The desolate imagery of the islands was very good. Like some others who have read this I found it harder to relate to the modern day people on the boat. Apa ... In USA with The Yearling and The Weight of Water and Ecuador with Indecision.
I have also just finished a trip to Canada to experience The Tenderness of Wolves. ... The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney. Also reading The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. About to start The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve. These are all from my 999 Challenge. About to start The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve. Also reading The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. ... Garcia
Smilla's Sense of Snow by Hoeg, Peter
Angle of Repose by Stegner, Wallace
Chocolat by Harris, Joanne
The Weight of Water by Shreve, Anita
The God of Small Things by Roy, Arundhati
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Chevalier, Tracy
Snow Falling on Cedars by Guterson, Dav ... ... by Jonathan Franzen
Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
Weight of Water by Anita Shreve
My daugther has Atonement and, I think, Lovely Bones. She also read Life of Pi for school which won the Booker award. So I hope to ... BJ, you are welcome.
41. The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve. Another excellent novel by Shreve. This one alternates two stories. One is the tale of a poet, his wife and their disintegrating marriage. The second is the telling of a historical murder of two women on the island of Smuttyn ... ... were . . .
Second Book of Modern Lace Knitting by Marianne Kinzel
Knitted Lace of Estonia by Nancy Bush
The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve
The Last Time They Met by Anita Shreve *grumble* Even the books cameling dislikes sound good to me. Off to add The Weight of Water to the list. The Elegance of the Hedgehog I have given up and ordered. *sigh* A Gentle Madness indeed! Gentle on what, I ask you...certainly not the pocketbook! Alcottacre, cameling, ... ... by a friend, and I was so disappointed when I read it. I chucked it when I was about halfway through.
I had to give up The Weight of Water because it was just too pedantic. Maybe I wasn't in the mood for something like this. I'm keeping it on my bookshelf for a while and I'll see if one day ... ... Nancyewhite ... keep with the Elegance of the Hedgehog ... you will not regret reading this. I loved this book.
I read The Weight of Water and I know it's received many rave reviews, but I really could not get into it and found it ..er... weighty.
Pigs in Heaven though, is wonderful ... richard, I did have to give up on The Weight of Water and I've put it aside for another day in the year 2015 when perhaps I will have gained the necessary maturity or boredom to read it again ... who knows, maybe i'll like it better then since I may be somewhat senile by then too.
Come to think ... ... 3 by Yuki Urushibara, March, in English (manga)
30. Mushishi vol. 4 by Yuki Urushibara, March, in English (manga)
31. Weight by Jeannette Winterson, March, in Hungarian
32. Dream Angus by Alexander McCall Smith, March, in Hungarian
33. A kárókatonák még nem jöttek vissza by Nánd ... ... into the way of the Samurai and insight into feudal Japan.
I'm contemplating if I should continue to soldier on with The Weight of Water or if I should ditch it.
... year with Mishima's Sword: Travels in search of a Samurai sword by Christopher Ross and I'm going to try and finish up The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve, although it's been pretty hard going so far, and I'm not very captured by her writing. It will be sad if I have to abandon a book so ... ... until I finished the book before i would agree to go out for lunch .. a late one as it turned out.
I'm just starting The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve ... Endless Insiration by Monica Wood
What the Victorians Didn't Do For Us by Beatrice Hemsworth
Girl Meets Boy
Weight
Binu and the Great Wall of China
The Myth of Samson
Dream Angus
The Helmet of Horror
A Fine Balance
Do Polar Bears Get Lonely?
Victorian Sensation ... Received The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve and Second Sight by Amanda Quick today from some delightful moochers.
Also my LT Secret Santa sent me A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (I love this guy's writing) and The Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten Troost which already sounds ...
All He Ever Wanted by Anita Shreve
The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve
The All of It by Jeannette Haien
All showed up today.. all purchased used from BetterWorldBooks The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Seduction of Water by Carol Goodman
Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen
and one of my childhood favorites:
Beautiful Joe by Marshall Saunders ... akov
The Successor by Ismail Kadare
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve
The Toss of a Lemon by Padma Viswanathan
Siam by Lily Tuck
The Salt Line by Elizabeth Spencer
The Killing Grou ... ... Hoffman 06/03/2009
4. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett 07/04/2009
5. The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney 03/05/2009
6. The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve 05/05/2009
7. The Little Friend by Donna Tartt 16/05/2009
8. The Cutting Room by Louise Welsh 17/05/2009
9. While I Was Gone by ... Serpent in Paradise by Dea Birkett
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
The Weight of Water by Anita Shreeve
Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas
... the Scent by Rita Mae Brown
The Chocolate Cat Caper by JoAnna Carl
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve
The Weight of Water Anita Shreve
Lake NewsBarbara Delinsky
The Deep End of the OceanJacquelyn Mitchard
The Glass LakeMaeve Binchy
The Sea Around UsRachel Carson I haven't checked in for ages. I've read:
Weight by Jeanette Winterson - a delightful re-telling of the Atlas and Hercules myth.
The Double by Jose Saramago - the style made my head spin but it was worth it.
The Accidental by Ali Smith - very enjoyable
My Antonia by Willa C ... ... group, or you'd know about the Isles of Shoals off the NH coast. The most famous, of course, is Smuttynose Island. See The Weight of Water by Shreve. I zipped through Anita Shreve's The Weight Of Water which I thought was great, and I'm also in the middle of Dead Watch by John Sandford. I also want to start Whispers by Dean Koontz soon since it's a Go Review That Book! pick. 30. The Weight Of Water by Anita Shreve
A quick, compelling read that I found hard to put down. It's the story of one woman's investigation into a murder that took place in the late 1800s on the Isle of Shoals, while also describing her time on a boat with her family as she visits the island to ... ... not my favourite Atwood
With Child -- enjoyed it, but I'm surprised this is on 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 ... Finshed Weight by Jeanette Winterson - a clever, and lovely, re-telling of the myth of Atlas and Heracles.
Now re-starting, at p.75, The Double by Jose Saramago. 24. Weight by Jeanette Winterson
This is part of a series published by A ... ... now. I think, the publisher commissions different authors of note to write a revionsist myth. Jeannette Winterson's Weight covers the myth of Atlas; Alessandro Barrico's An Illiad just came out a about two months ago; others in the series include The Helmet of Horror mentioned by ... ... now. I think, the publisher commissions different authors of note to write a revionsist myth. Jeannette Winterson's Weight covers the myth of Atlas; Alessandro Barrico's An Illiad just came out a about two months ago; others in the series include The Helmet of Horror mentioned by ... ... home happy when I eneterd a goodwill which had a 50% off everything and I bought The birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant; The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve; The Tenth Circle and Salem Falls both by Jodi Picoult for only $2. Neddless to say I went home estatic! I love books! I am ... From 1998, I've read only The Weight of Water and Black and Blue. I read them back around that time and unfortunately, neither have really stuck with me ... ... Blue
Michele Roberts, Impossible Saints
Carol Shields, Larry's Party - winner
Anita Shreve, The Weight of Water - shortlist
Jane Urquhart, The Underpainter
Louise Young, Baby Love ... Drew (Early Reviewers copy)
14.Digging to America by Anne Tyler (didn't finish it; hate is a strong word, but...)
15. The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve
16. Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy by Kraybill, Nolt and Weaver-Zercher
17. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan ... ... Vol. 20 by Hisaya Nakajo
66. Swan Vol. 12 by Kyoko Ariyoshi
67. Hana-Kimi Vol. 21 by Hisaya Nakajo
68. The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve - unfinished The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve - present time and a century earlier with some parallels to the protagonist's life as she researches a murder a hundred years earlier. Good book.
The Hours by Michael Cunningham. Several time periods going at once, one of my favorite reads.
O ... ... Pollan
Following closely behind would be The Translator: a tribesman's memoir of Darfur by Daoud Hari and The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve I finished The Weight of Water last night and then jumped right into War and Peace. This will be a long journey.
I also started Amish Grace : How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy. I think I'm in for some heartbreaking reading.
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15. The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve. Shreve has just moved to my favorite authors spot. This was such a well written book; parallel stories a century apart. Jean, ... Suggested by Jodyreadseverything:
A Special Relationship by Douglas Kennedy
Small Island by Andrea Levy
The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier ... but finds her new life hard.
Small Island by Andrea Levy - A family move to Britain in the hope of a better life.
The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve - two stories in one, a journalist investigates an old murder on an American island and uncovers the story of the female immigrants who ... ... gave up on Baltimore and have moved on to Smuttynose Island, part of the Isles of Shoals, off the coast of New Hampshire in The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve.
SqueakyChu, I challenge you to rhyme with Smuttynose. and smutty prose doesn't count! ;o) ... it's time to put it down. Come to think of it, I haven't been wild about any of Tyler's books.
So, now I've picked up The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve; just a few pages in, I'm infinitely more interested in it than the Tyler book. I need one more fairly quick good read before I dive ... 14. The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve - pretty much snowbound this morning so finished this one off. This was a quick read because it was so absorbing - much more detailed and intricate that Light on Snow by the same author that I finished earlier in the week. One small point - she ... #7 teelgee: Weight of Water was the first Anita Shreve novel that I read - and by far, the best.
50% off at Border's and "free" with a gift card:
Four Centuries of Great Love Poems compiled by Debra Starr,
The Great Anarchists : Ideas and Teachings of Seven Major Thinkers by ... ... with a bang! The vortex of Goodwill sucked me in today, man they've got a lot of good lit there! I came home with:
The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve (I read her Light on Snow a couple weeks ago and loved it)
The Known World by Edward P Jones
Holy Fools by Joanne H ... ... Samartin
This one read a little like the Kite Runner, but I think has enough merit to qualify as a good read.
31) The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve
32) Journal: The Short Life and Mysterious Death of Amy Zoe Mason by Joyce Atkinson and Kristine Atkinson
This is such a ... ... Here is what I have read so far:
1. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
2. The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve
3. The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich
4. Open House: a novel by Elizabeth Berg
5. Southe ... ... late yesterday afternoon and am already halfway through it. It is sort of a combination sequel/prequel to her book The Weight of Water which I didn't know when I bought it. I like her books and her characters along with the settings in them.
As I will probably finish this either ... ... Introduction to Theories of Learning by B. R. Hergenhahn
Introduction to the Counseling Profession by David Capuzzi
The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve
Lady Moses by Lucinda Roy
Politically Correct Bedtime Stories by James Finn Garner
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