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Book talk : Choose a book that you haven't read yet. (4)		329	callmejacx, October 7
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Tombleweed, if you're still following this thread, I looked at your wishlist. I have Netherland and would be happy to reserve it for you on Bookmooch when I'm finished with it. I don't know when I'll read it, but if you leave me a comment here on Bookmooch, I'll remember to contact you when I'm ...

just began netherland by joseph o'neill. about a disk and half. so far so good.

I've only read The White Tiger, Chicago, A Plague of Doves, Netherland, Lush Life, Indignation, and The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. Of these, I consider Netherland and Lush Life worthy of a prize, and possibly A Plague of Doves although I thought the last part of it did not match ...

... Andre Brink. However, I've just finished The Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama and I'm plunging into Netherland by Joseph O'Neill.

... (flights) from Anchorage to Cleveland, and have saved The Elegance of the Hedgehog to read in transit. Last week I read Netherland.

... epic family saga of politics, betrayal and wealth, blending shades of All the King's Men and Brideshead Revisited. Netherland by Joseph O'Neill -- European ex-pat living in NY picks up his post-9/11 life through cricket amid the underclass under the tutelage of an enterprising ...

... the end of each month! I had a look at your profile and thought 'There's something else this person has read as well - Netherland'. It was then that I realised that I've forgotten to put it in my list, so I'll have to go back and put it in now. Sadly it's not fresh enough in my mind now to ...

28. Joseph O'Neill: Netherland

... for long flights to come (as though I won't read them before departure). They are America America by Ethan Canin, Netherland by Joseph O'Neill, and Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. I just finished Reservation Road last evening. I wonder whether anyone in our group ...

... story was good if a bit standard. The writing was good. Lite on the explanation of the Angels, but still a fun read. 12. Netherland by Joseph O'Neill, Modern Fiction, Completed 8/29/09, Stars: 2.5 I saw this book on LT and it was well praised. The blurb on the back about being ...

... put it Rachael, "cleverness over literature". The Secret Scripture would have been a deserving winner, and I also liked Netherland, A Case of Exploding Mangoes, Sea of Poppies and (awaiting howls of protest) The Enchantress of Florence far better than The White Tiger. And I still can' ...

91. Netherland by Joseph O'Neill, Modern Fiction, Completed 8/29/09, Stars: 2.5 I saw this book on LT and it was well praised. The blurb on the back about being marooned in a hotel with its strange occupants, sold me. I was expecting something different. What I wasn't expecting was a 9 ...

... think that to be really great, a book has to transcend place, no matter how finely that place is represented. I thought Netherland did, but obviously others don't.

#69 Rebecca I very much appreciated your perspective on Netherland. I thought there was a good change that I was missing part of the book because I had never lived in NYC. Your wonderful review of Let the Great World Spin confirmed my thought that people who live in NYC have unique ...

Ficus & Bridget- I agree with you on Netherland. It is a book I wanted to like more and there was much to admire in it but overall it came up short. > rebecca- I'm glad it worked for you!

#49, #66 I loved Netherland; in fact, it was one of my favorite books of last year. I found it beautifully written, moving, funny, dead-on accurate about contemporary NYC, and very perceptive about the fragility and complexity of human emotions and relationships. In fact, it prompted me to ...

#49 FicusFan: I couldn't agree more about Netherland. I couldn't understand all the praise.

... were interesting, story was good if a bit standard. Lite on the explanation of the Angels, but still a fun read. I read Netherland by Joseph O'Neill About a European family who come to NYC before 9/11. Their relationship is on the rocks and the event pushed them further apart. Wife ...

I was in NYC, around the Dutch countryside, in Trinidad, and in England with Netherland with Joseph O'Neill. Then in LA and San Diego and Portland Oregon, but mostly on-line with The Sluts by Dennis Cooper. Now I am in Bombay, India with The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri. All modern day or ...

... LeCarre-*the horror*-I know; I promise to do it this year). I loved Dear American Airlines, but I did not really enjoy Netherland, and I am particularly interested in books about Wall St. and banking, etc. In the Fed we Trust is on my TBR pile. I especially enjoyed your thoughts on 2666 ...

... Screw for my book group. I have a book to review which I can't say too much about yet, and I have got hold of a copy of Netherland by Joseph O'Neill, which I am looking forward to reading tremendously. In poetry, I have a couple of collections to review for my blog, and Tim Upperton, ...

51. Netherland by Joseph O'Neill

... ages to read this, but only because my German is a bit rusty - it was actually quite gripping. 28. Joseph O'Neill: Netherland

My choice from djay666's library is Netherland by Joseph O'Neill because it has been receiving a lot of attention recently.

17. Netherland, by Joseph O'Neill

... me to your thread (it's officially starred for me). I enjoyed reading your reviews. I couldn't agree with you more on Netherland, Beautiful Children and Brooklyn. I disagree on Wally Lamb, but I'm thinking I should give him a another shot and read his latest book. Revolutionary ...

... it's been a long time. Maybe it hasn't held up but it seems all great books are timeless. I also had mixed feelings about Netherland. Don't get me wrong, it contains some excellent writing but I'm not sure it jelled for me. And I agree, Jhumpa Lahiri rules!

#4 Netherland by Joseph O'Neill This is a rather curious and disjointed novel. The story is straightforward enough, a Dutch oil analyst has moved to New York with his English wife and young son. His marriage slides away from him for reasons he can't grasp and his family move back to London. He ...

From Netherland by Joseph O' Neill: "Like an old door, every man past a certain age comes with historical warps and creaks of one kind or another, and a woman who wishes to put him to serious further use must expect to do a certain amount of sanding and planing."

39) Netherland by Joseph O'Neill ***1/2 A Dutch businessman moves his family from London to NYC, just before 9/11. His life, much like the city,slowly begins to unravel.Of course, I wanted to like this novel more. It has received much praise and he is a very talented writer, some of his ...

... d. The Edge of Reason by Melinda Snodgrass, Fantasy About a long battle between the forces of religion and science. Netherland by Joseph O'Neill, Fiction Story about an upscale immigrant who ends up stranded in a wacky hotel in NYC, and makes friends with immigrants who live in the ...

... for a crime novel with a nice fresh feel to it,this is it! She is quite a talented writer! Highly recommended! I'm starting Netherland by Joseph O'Neill. I've heard many good things about this one and I'm looking forward to it.

... end with the final story being narrated by Jeeves himself and gives an alternative viewpoint for the reader to consider. Netherland by Joseph O'Neill is a plot-less narrative that has you caring about the central character and the events that transpire over the course of the book. It's ...

"Just do what you do." I said, getting to my feet. Netherland by Joseph O'Neill "Sure," Eliza said. "You have anything special in mind?"

"Our dumpling different," Roy said. "Chinese dumpling soft. We make our dumpling stiff." Netherland by Joseph O'Neill "Seahorses?"

I urged Chuck and Roy to eat the food. "Vinay here's paid to eat this stuff. You'd be doing him a favour." Netherland by Joseph O'Neill "How do you hunt an iguana?" I asked.

"I don't want to talk about it. Go see the supervisor. Counter ten. Next." Netherland by Joseph O'Neill "I want you to be a gentleman again," she whispered. "Will You do that for me?"

54. Netherland: I'm not sure what I thought of this book. 55. Breakfast at Tiffany's

Just started on two new books... Netherland by Joseph O'Neill 1. Where did you get this book? In a 3 for 2 offer at Waterstones 2. Why did you pick this book to read NOW? I liked the blurb on the back and it really interested me 3. How long has it been on your shelf? Only a ...

I said without much enthusiasm, "Would you like a glass?" Netherland by Joseph O'Neill "So - is there anything you can tell me about his milieu?"

Today I started on two new books, Netherland by Joseph O'Neill and read the fist story in the The Best of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

... ) Flu by Gina Kolata The Ninth Circle by Alex Bell Netherland by Joseph O'Neil Ink and Steel by Elizabeth Bear

... haul! I've only read one, Lush Life ,excellent book but I've heard great things about all the others. I'll be reading Netherland very soon. Cindy- I've heard very good things about this one, let me know! Loved The Book Thief!

... LT): The Post-Birthday World - Touchstone not working The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century Netherland Lush Life The Enchantress of Florence

... to have coffee in a place that has books as well as I love coffee and can't pass up the books either. So I purchased two. Netherland and Pig Did it. Both have been in my sights for some time and I finally gave in to the siren call. Pig Did It was featured in a St. Patrick's Day display ...

I enjoyed Netherland but feel it was perhaps a bit over-hyped, and even though O'Neill's prose was as elegant as any, every time he went on about cricket, my eyes would begin to glaze over and I was hit by a case of instant boredom.

#98. I too loved The Plague of Doves. It was incredible. Netherland is on my short TBR list, and I'm sorry to hear it hasn't been great for you.

... ways, a perfect one-two reading punch I won't soon forget. Yesterday I finished Joseph O'Neill's highly praised novel Netherland, and though I liked it quite a lot for its precisely insightful prose and overall style, the protagonist's fascination with the game of cricket became a bit ...

#96, judylou, I am a big fan of Netherland too; it was one of my favorite books of last year, and very readable, so don't be put off by its length. By the way, I've recently seen it in paperback, and it looks much shorter.

... how Oates managed to write such a long book without losing the reader (me) once. Not many authors are capable of that. Netherland is a book that I have had my eye on for a while. Its size has defeated me each time I have picked it up. I will definitely get to it one day. #95 - ...

... war by Anthony Lappe - and it's much more about media response than individual or group emotional responses. Though Netherland is wonderful and permeated w/ the sense of dislocation that was part of the national collateral damage inflicted by 9/11.

Just downloaded Netherland, which I've been considering for quite some time. Thanks, Amanda!

Of these, I would rate the 4 books I've read this way: 1. Netherland 2. Lush Life 3. The Plague of Doves 4. Indignation Of course, this is meaningless since I've only read 4 of the 15 listed and since I would have given last year's award to Tree of Smoke.

... Elizabeth Strout 10. Dangerous Laughter by Steven Millhauser 11. Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner 12. Netherland by Joseph O'Neill 13. My Sister, My Love by Joyce Carol Oates 14. Lush Life by Richard Price 15. Our Story Begins by Tobias Wolff

Another week of taking books back unfinished, most notable among them O'Neill's Netherland. 30. Michael Blouin's Chase and Haven 31. Douglas Adams' Life, the Universe, and Everything (audio book)

... I've looked at but not bought, the inclusion of the 9/11 attacks seems almost exploitative. That said, I can recommend Netherland by Joseph O'Neill; the story takes place post-9/11 but is informed by the feelings of the characters afterwards rather than directly involving the attacks. ...

... challenge. Weren't Duckworth and Lewis characters in "The Lady Vanishes"? #15, rebeccanyc: Thanks - I have heard that Netherland is very good and I do want to read it. Incidentally, it got a very good review on Cricinfo! Before I get on with an ...

For an excellent novel that isn't about but features cricket (and a West Indian's dream of bringing it to NYC), I recommend Netherland by Joseph O'Neill.

Rebecca, I always wonder the same about Australian books. No doubt you identified with the Netherland in a slightly different way to me but I certainly had no problems with it.

As I said in your other thread, Amanda, Netherland was one of my favorite books last year, and I'm so glad you liked. It is very New York, and I always wonder whether that will translate for people who don't live here -- sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't.

Netherland was one of my favorite books of last year; I'm glad you liked it, Amanda, because it's very New York, and I never know how books like that will translate to people outside NYC.

Netherland by Joseph O'Neill (Republic of Ireland, 2008) Two ...

Netherland by Joseph O'Neill (Republic of Ireland, 2008) Two ...

From Bookmooch (after a long boat ride from Australia): Netherland by Joseph O' Neil- I'm really looking forward to this one, I've heard nothing but raves!

Nominees for Novel of the Year 2009: The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry Netherland by Joseph O'Neill The Truth Commissioner by David Park Disguise by Hugo Hamilton

... of Mr and Mrs Bhoolaboy, although there is pathos here as well. Highly recommended 4.5/5 Currently reading: Netherland by Joseph O'Neill

... Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall (Imp) * 8.8 Quite Ugly One Morning by Christopher Brookmyre (Imp) * 8.9 Netherland by Joseph O'Neill (Imp) *

I enjoyed Netherland, too. I have A Person of Interest, but haven't read it yet, and I don't have any of the others.

This year's winner is Joseph O'Neill for Netherland: Netherland wins PEN/Faulkner award The finalists: Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum, Ms. Hempel Chronicles Susan Choi, A Person of Inte ...

... that i recognized..but put them in a cricket sequence / sentence i was was totally bewildered. Maybe one reason i enjoyed Netherland so much. I grew up hating baseball..my eyesight was so bad that when friends took me to a Washington Senators game i never actually saw the ball..just heard ...

#8 Netherland by Joseph O'Neill

... recommend Beautiful Children but I wouldn't discourage anyone from reading it. It just didn't grab me or something. Netherland is worth it! Christopher

... family, I snuck in three works that I had read about from afar: Charles Bock's The Beautiful Children, Joseph O'Neill's Netherland and Jhumpha Lahiri's Unaccustomed Earth, all of which I had heard praise of in the past year. I didn't intend to read The Beautiful Children, but I came ...

... Lincoln’s T-Mails by Tom Wheeler 30. Naked Prey by John Sandford 31. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri 32. Netherland by Joseph O’Neill 33. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell 34. A Passage to India by E.M. Forster 35. People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks 36. The Savage D ...

January: 1. Lust-Elfriede Jelinek 2. Netherland-Joseph O'Neill 3. Khirbet Khizeh-S. Yizhar 4. The Romantic dogs-Roberto Bolano 5. With the stroke of a pen--A. Louise Staman 6. Infinite Jest--David Foster Wallace 7. The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao-- ...

... this year. Currently still working on David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest (page 774 of 981) and Joseph O'Neill's Netherland.

The Stone carvers-Jane Urquhart The Romantic dogs--Roberto Bolano Netherland--Joseph O'Neill Selected stories-Alice Munro Khirbet Khizeh-S. Yizhar The lavender way: The modem years--Papalazarou (LT member)

... from the 2008 10 Best Books list: *Dangerous Laughter by Steven Millhauser* *A Mercy by Toni Morrison* *Netherland by Joseph O'Neill* *2666 by Roberto Bolano* *Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri*

... Ditto kidzdoc and akeela on Abdulrazak Gurnah -- thanks to avaland for introducing me to him. Joseph O'Neill for Netherland and Blood-Dark Track Jennifer Haigh for The Condition Robertson Davies for The Deptford Trilogy Ivo Andric for The Bridge on the Drina ...

... just sorting all that out I'll be at other things as well. I like to keep some diversity. Today I'll add Joseph O'Neill's Netherland, S. Yizhar's Khirbet Khizeh, Roberto Bolano's Romantic Dogs, Jane Urquhart's The Stone Carvers and Papalaz (an LT member) The lavender way. I also gave ...

15 - Netherland by Joseph O'Neill I thought I might have a tough time with this, not knowing much about cricket. BUt the story of Hans' relationship with his wife was what struck me most.

... from the list of 100 Notable Books of 2008: Dangerous Laughter by Steven Millhauser A Mercy by Toni Morrison Netherland by Joseph O’Neill 2666 by Roberto Bolaño Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri The Dark Side by Jane Mayer The Forever War by Dexter Filkins Nothin ...

What did you think of Netherland? It was one of my favorite books of the year.

93. Netherland by Joseph O'Neill (fiction, 258 pages)

... Years by Victor Serge The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andric Petals of Blood by Ngugi wa Thiong'o Netherland by Joseph O'Neill as a token new book But this is torture, torture, torture, and I could come up with different, but equal, favorites, tomorrow, and ...

10. NY Times 100 Best Books of 2008 - moved to 999 Wishlist and depends on $$ available! 1. Netherland 2. Nothing to be Frightened of 3. A Mercy 4. The Widows of Eastwick - (should also re-read The Witches of Eastwick) 5. Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba 6. Hot, Flat ...

Re Netherland: it's great to see that so many Americans are reading and enjoying a book about cricket! Definitely a book I'd like to read in 2009.

... on the list, not surprised by some big names (Toni Morrison, Robinson, Carey, Ozick, Proulx, Barker), I can recommend: Netherland by Joseph O'Neill Diary of a Bad Year by Coetzee Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Simon Armitage - a new translation. The Wild Places by Robert Ma ...

... books for us back in the day. *well, i tried to modify my last 3 months' best of, and ended back down here..But seeing Netherland listed above reminded me of how much i enjoyed it, too.

Rebeccanyc, Great list!! I see that we shared quite a few books this year. Netherland was very notable and a great read, Lush Life was not to my taste despite great narrative but my hubbie cannot stop singing its praises. The Miles book was good, but a bit too neurotic and alcohol bound ...

... fiction and less nonfiction than usual this year, and I read a lot more new fiction than I usually do. New Fiction Netherland by Joseph O'Neill Lush Life by Richard Price Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson The Condition by Jennifer Haigh A Most Wanted Man by Joh ...

From the library, and therefore free: Netherland by Joseph O'Neill Iodine by Haven Kimmel Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts What Happened to Anna K by Irina Reyn To Siberia by Per Petterson The Implacable Order of Things by Jose Luis Peixoto The Lolita Effect by M. Gigi Durha ...

... later. They are all bests, with one exception at the end, because I don't finish books I don't like. New Fiction Netherlandby Joseph O'Neill Lush Life by Richard Price Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson The Condition by Jennifer Haigh A Most Wanted Man by John ...

... Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Death at Intervals by Jose Saramago Netherland by Joseph O'Neill The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Moham ...

... are a little off today -- couldn't get the "others" list to come up for wrong touchstones -- sorry. New Fiction Netherland by Joseph O'Neill Lush Life by Richard Price Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson The Condition by Jennifer Haigh A Most Wanted Man by Jo ...

... one of the Times Top 10 this year. A Most Wanted Man by John le Carre -- also one of my favorites of the year. Netherland byJoseph O'Neill -- ditto. The Dark Side by Jane Mayer -- Chilling and absorbing. Traffic by Tom Vanderbilt -- Interesting, but I wouldn't ...

... (176) 346. Atheist Manifesto - Michel Onfray (264) 347. Strangers in Paradise Pocket Book 4 - Terry Moore (360) 348. Netherland - Joseph O'Neill (272) 349. X Saves the World - Jeff Gordinier (224) 350. The Great Derangement - Matt Taibbi (269) 351. The Slippery Slope - Lemony Snic ...

Netherland by Joseph O'Neill also deals with an immigrant experience. This tells of an English man who moves to New York and interprets the culture. His passion for cricket, and his search to play the game, provides a basis for his experience. Through this sport and the people he meets, he ...

... love Hazzard, but collecting these magazine pieces didn't work too well. The Breezes by Joseph O'Neill Not up to Netherland and Blood-Dark Track, both among my favorites of the year. The Girl from Foreign by Sadia Shepard A fascinating subject, but a little too much about ...

... (176) 346. Atheist Manifesto - Michel Onfray (264) 347. Strangers in Paradise Pocket Book 4 - Terry Moore (360) 348. Netherland - Joseph O'Neill (272) 349. X Saves the World - Jeff Gordinier (224) 350. The Great Derangement - Matt Taibbi (269) 351. The Slippery Slope - Lemony Snic ...

... by Jim Dodge The Minds of Billy Milligan by Daniel Keyes When I Was Five I Killed Myself by Howard Buten Netherland by Joseph O'Neill

... van Sheba - Knut Hamsun 3. The secret script - Sebastian Barry 4. De macht van meneer Miller - Charles den Tex 5. Laagland - Joseph O'Neill 6. Iemand, niemand en honderdduizend - Luigi Pirandello 7. Ik ben niet bang - Niccolò Ammaniti 8. Veranderend licht - Jens Christian Grø ...

... review here: http://freshinkbooks.blogspot.com/2008/11/guernica-by-dave-boling.html and have entered New York via Netherland by Joseph O'Neill.

How did you like Netherland? I gave it to my sister as a present and wondered if I should have kept it for myself. :-)

Of recent works, Netherland by Joseph O'Neill is pitch-perfect and a great novel. Also Lush Life by Richard Price.

... Miles 28. *The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim 29. Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out by Mo Yan 30. *Netherland by Joseph O'Neill 31. Wolf Totem by Rong Jiang 32. *The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich 33. Middlemarch by George Eliot 34. *Lush Lif ...

Just finished Netherland: a Novel by Joseph O'Niell. A very good but very sad/tender novel about cricket/NYC/being "foreign" and literal alienation/assimilation and life post 9/11. Hans, the narrator/protagonist is a Dutch merchant banker, married to an English lawyer wife who move to NYC. Post ...

... read recently are Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson, In Hazard and A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes, Netherland by Joseph O'Neill, and Lush Life by Richard Price. The last two take place in contemporary NYC, the first takes place in and around Vietnam during the ...

... by Penelope Lively 58. Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice by Janet Malcolm 59. The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell 60. Netherland by Joseph O'Neill 61. The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Phew. At least I am approaching 75. I doubt I will be able to fit ...

59. Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives by Jim Sheeler 60. Netherland: A Novel by Joseph O'Neill 60. Jonah and Otto by Robert Holman Replacing Netherland, already listed as #48. 61. One to Nine: The Inner Life of Numbers by Andrew Hodges 62. The Killing Circle: A ...

... that's hard to avoid in a book about war. Now reading The Breezes, an early novel by Joseph O'Neill, the author of Netherland and Blood-Dark Track. It is well written, although not up to his later works, but it's not holding my attention well because I don't find the main character ...

... since I had a job that was peripherally related to it. Blood-Dark Track by Joseph O'Neill -- I was so impressed by Netherland that I'm on a mission to read everything O'Neill has written. Edited to see if touchstones would work.

... longlisted titles beforehand. I used to be able to manage it. Sad, but can't be helped. Still hoping to see From A to X, Netherland and The Secret Scripture on the list... The Northern Clemency was an entertaining (and fat!) read, very soap-opera, but not really a Booker winner, imo. I ...

... Here is how I would rank them: 1. Sea of Poppies 2. The Secret Scripture 3. The Enchantress of Florence 4. Netherland 5. The Lost Dog 6. A Case of Exploding Mangoes 7. The White Tiger 8. From A to X 9. A Fraction of the Whole 10. Child 44 I'll start The Clot ...

... all at the weekend of course. Likely to remain unread: The Enchantress of Florence, The Lost Dog, Sea of Poppies, Netherland, A Fraction of the Whole, Girl in a Blue Dress, Child 44. But next year I'll be better prepared!!

I finished Blood-Dark Track by Joseph O'Neill, the author of Netherland, which I previously praised. This is a fascinating, beautifully written, and insightful investigation of the lives of his two grandfathers, both of whom were imprisoned by the British during World War II, one in Ireland ...

I'm reading the beautifully written Blood-Dark Track by Joseph O'Neill, the author of Netherland -- a memoir of his Turkish and Irish grandfathers. And I'm also reading The Cave Painters by Gregory Curtis.

... don't yet own but that I want to read. Some random books Naive. Super by Erlend Loe - have a copy Netherland by Joseph O'Neill The Third Brother by Nick McDonell 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff Retro Retro: F ...

... The Enchantress of Florence, my favorite so far, A Case of Exploding Mangoes, The Lost Dog, The White Tiger, and Netherland. I'll start A Fraction of the Whole tonight.

... I'm trying to read as many of the 13 books as I can before the winner is announced in mid-October. On Sunday I finished Netherland by Joseph O'Neill, and early this morning I completed The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga, which were both excellent. I started reading A Case of Explodi ...

I've read Netherland, and it's one of my favorite books of the year so far. I just bought The White Tiger because it was prominently displayed in one of my favorite book stores. I am embarrassed to say that I not only haven't read any of the others but haven't even heard of many of them.

... 46. Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives by Jim Sheeler 47. Mudbound by Hillary Jordan 48. Netherland: A Novel by Joseph O'Neill 49. Mental Sharpening Stones: Manage the Cognitive Challenges of Multiple Sclerosis by Jeffrey N. Gingold 50. The Ga ...

58. Netherland by Joseph O'Neill I had not heard of this writer until I picked up his book, although he did write a NYT Notable memoir called Blood-Dark Track before this book. I really enjoyed the writer's style and the perspective that he is able to take on New York, American ...

#23 kidzdoc, Netherland is one of my favorite books of the year, so far. Hope you enjoy it. I'm reading Atmospheric Disturbances by Rivka Galchen, which is quite strange, but interesting in a way, and also Making Mountains: New York City and the Catskills by David Stradling and Na ...

... excellent. I had started Amsterdam by Ian McEwan earlier in the week, so I'll finish it today. I'll probably start Netherland by Joseph O'Neill after that.

... llowing: 1. Conjugations and Reiterations: Poems by Albert Murray 2. Men and Cartoons by Jonathan Lethem 3. Netherland by Joseph O'Neill 4. The Uncertain Art: Thoughts on a Life in Medicine by Sherwin B. Nuland 5. Hospital: Man, Woman, Birth, Death... by Julie Sal ...

#21, LouisBranning, I also highly recommend Netherland by Joseph O'Neill, which I also consider one of the best new books I've read this year. Beautifully written, moving, funny in places, very perceptive.

... update #17. But I don't think I can get it down to 5, so I'll cheat and create categories. New Books The top two are: Netherland by Joseph O'Neill and Dear American Airlines by Jonathan Miles followed by, in no particular order The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich The ...

This may change, but so far . . . Top book: Netherland by Joseph O'Neill In no particular order: The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim The Story of Forgetting by Stefan Merrill Block The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davies (counting three novels as one) The ...

... Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong -- bought because I'm fascinated by wolves and remote areas, but it was disappointing. Netherland by Joseph O'Neill -- bought because it got great reviews and sounded like something that would interest me, particularly because it's a New York story. Midd ...

My #1 book for May is Netherland by Joseph O'Neill. I spent most of the month reading Middlemarch, so that will have to count as #2. #1, VisibleGhost, I didn't enjoy Wolf Totem. I found it tedious as I've posted in the general What are You Reading< ...

... equally glad to be able to get to some of the other books that have been piling up. I read the deservedly well-reviewed Netherland by Joseph O'Neill in just a few days. Beautiful writing, compelling, moving, and funny, perhaps especially so for me as a New Yorker. Not sure what I'm ...

I'm in contemporary New York City (and, occasionally, London) with Netherland by Joseph O'Neill.