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... (no income means no store-bought presents). But I still have hope that I can be victorious in the challenge! 64/75 Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn You have to say the name of the book kind of fast in order to get the joke. And if you're still not getting it, think about how Gregory Magu ...

... Larsson The Help* by Kathryn Stockett Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese Those who Save Us by Jenna Blum Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn The Given Day by Dennis Lehane The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon Mudbound by Hillary Jordan Water for Elephants ...

... sound "shi" in Mandarin). 7. Gadsby: Champion of Youth by Ernest Vincent Wright (Again Lipogram: similar to A Void). 8. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn (As the novel progresses, local government bans the usage of certain letters, increasingly lipogrammatic). 9. Alphabetical Africa by Walter A ...

Finished and reviewed Ella Minnow Pea this afternoon: http://www.librarything.com/review/47910118 Next up is Emma. Yay!

... no one quite like Anne! And great thoughts on Rilla. Susan is one of my favorite characters. I started Mark Dunn's Ella Minnow Pea last night and am enjoying it with reservations. On one hand, it's very witty and funny and cute. But on the other, it could be a well-disguised stab at ...

Joyce - I was happy that I only paid $1-2 at a used book store for Ella Minnow Pea. I would definitely give it a try, though, because from looking at the other reviews and ratings, I'm in the minority in not liking it that much. And if I were you, I'd stay away from The Artist's Way, too!

Great review of Ella Minnow Pea--I haven't read that one, but the title has always intrigued me. Sounds like one to get from the library, if at all. Carolyn--try Portrait of a Lady. I read it in spring and loved it and then passed it on to my sister-in-law and she loved it too. I have ...

54. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn, 208 pages. 2.5/5. Review. Finished 11/21/2009. Eh, not so much. I found it a bit too precious for my tastes.

... Cancer Ward and August 1914 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, and The Alphabet Challenge by Olga Galvin. I just finished Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn and Thomas Paine's Rights of Man by Christopher Hitchens. And this is all just in the last week!

... line I've ever read - 'I write this sitting in the kitchen sink.' I have to jump in and second drneutron's mention of Ella Minnow Pea. Great epistolary novel with quirky and intelligent word play. The fourth Anne of Green Gables book was written in letter form (Anne of Windy Poplars ...

... into this category that I have filed under the tag 'YA Narrator" including: Amphibian, The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Ella Minnow Pea and When You Reach Me. Current preliminary list is: · Monique Charlesworth – The Children’s War · Jacqueline Kelly – The Evolution of Calpu ...

Ella Minnow Pea is quite good.

... January Fiction: 'Salem's Lot and Brother Odd Nonfiction: His Excellency: George Washington February Fiction: Ella Minnow Pea Nonfiction: John Adams March Fiction: Let the Right One In, Drood Nonfiction: The Lost City of Z April Fiction: Jailbait Zombies, All ...

Just started Ella Minnow Pea on the train this morning. So far I'm finding it to be a charming description of a dystopian society - I'm really wondering where the author is going to take this premise!

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.

... West 4 7. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque 5 6. The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro 5 5. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn 3 1/2 4. The Zookeeper's War by Steven Conte 4 3. The World at Night by Alan Furst 3 1/2 2. South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruk ...

>134 like your comment on Ella Minnow Pea working better "as an idea than a book" - I felt much the same, and felt like such a meanie when so many on LT have absolutely loved it. Clever, but not outstanding.

... - Richelle Mead (67) Ella Minnow Pea - Mark Dunn This worked better as an idea than ...

... edited by Eileen Gillooly and illustrated by Jim Sharpe & The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me by Roald Dahl 26) Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn 27) Wild Dogs by Helen Humphreys 28) Antsy Does Time by Neal Shusterman 29) The Twits by Roald Dahl 30) Charlie and ...

In christiguc's cavernous library I found "Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters" by Mark Dunn. I'm really looking forward to reading this. =)

The ABC Murders Ella Minnow Pea ABC of Reading Cuneiform Cracking Codes: The Rosetta Stone and Decipherment

... But the cliffhanger ending of this one was just evil! I wish I had already gotten the third book from the library! 63. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn The island of Nollop is named after its citizen who created the sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." A monument to Nollo ...

... read some of the same books already this year, but here goes... The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo by Stieg Larsson Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn The Given Day by Dennis Lehane The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein Inn at Lake Devine by Elinor Lipman Yid ...

... pages facing you). It was also illustrated very charmingly by William Pne du Bois. A fable, similar in some respects to Ella Minnow Pea, in which a small town which does everything in its own time and for particular reasons, suddenly finds itself out of order. The story was slow to start, ...

... Lost Cellos of Lev Aronson (9/10/09) Category 9: Because I want to! (completed 7/02/09) 1. Dunn, Mark: Ella Minnow Pea (1/18/09) 2. Horwitz, Tony: Confederates in the Attic (2/8/09) 3. McEvedy, Colin: The Penguin Atlas of African History (3/14/09) 4. Heyer, Georgett ...

I went away for the weekend and took/finished Ella Minnow Pea -- what a wonderful book! Here's my review: What a clever idea for a book! The denizens of an independent island off the coast of the U.S. are forbidden to use letters from the alphabet as the drop from a statue honoring their ...

... for a dystopian novel, but I hope you don't write all others off for fear they aren't as good. One you might want to try is Ella Minnow Pea, it is so different from other dystopias(that I've read anyway) that the elements don't feel over done.

Cyrel I read Ella Minnow Pea earlier this year. I agree with you; it was a clever book.

I just finished Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn.

97. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn. This is a brief tale about a totalitarian government that seems innocent, but turns deadly with the abolishment of letters that have fallen from the monument to the island's founder. As the letters fall and are banished from speech, the prose in the books ...

97. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn. This is a brief tale about a totalitarian government that seems innocent, but turns deadly with the abolishment of letters that have fallen from the monument to the island's founder. As the letters fall and are banished from speech, the prose in the books ...

Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn is a fun contemporary epistolary novel.

... Place, too. I never read any of King's books before, but really liked it and am looking forward to more. Thanks for Ella Minnow Pea. Enjoyed it alot!

... reminded me very much of a Young Adult version of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, with shades of Mark Dunn's Ella Minnow Pea. Kind of predictable and cutesy in places, but I finished it in a single sitting anyway, so I think I'd give it at least 3 stars overall. It would be a ...

Ella Minnow Pea

... David Liss, 3 1/2 Stars 8. Whistling in the Dark by Lesley Kagen, 5 Stars 9. Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman, 4 Stars 10. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn, 3 1/2 Stars 11. Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper, 3 1/2 Stars Total Pages in January: 3156 January Favorite: Whistling in the D ...

Time to break up the thread again...it's getting a bit unwieldy. Part 1 can be found here. Part 2 can be found here. Part 3 can be found Ambrosia4 in 999 Challenge : RidgewayGirl's 999 Challenge (Jun 17, 2009, 9:46pm)

Added Ella Minnow Pea to my own TBR list, sounds fantastic!

... not depressing but there is a heaviness in them). The prose is spare, the tone somber most of the time. I have read Ella Minnow Pea quite a long time ago now. I thought it clever and entertaining. >109 I do have that collection but haven't read it yet. I've not read much of her horror ...

Just added Ella Minnow Pea and In the Woods to the Bookmooch wishlist. Good reviews RidgewayGirl.

... and uplifting? I'll admit that I find Scandinavian crime novels calming, but thought that was just me. Have you read Ella Minnow Pea? I found it the ideal light summer read for the kind of person who prefers their books not to have gold embossed lettering on the front cover.

Good to hear that you enjoyed Ella Minnow Pea--it's been on my TBR list for a while. Next time I see a copy, I'm going to snap it up.

I spent part of this weekend reading a wonderful book called Ella Minnow Pea. It was an unmitigated joy. In the tiny island country of Nollop, located off the coast of South Carolina, the founder is honored with a statue in the town square. Nevin Nollop invented the sentence "The quick brown ...

... (shakes fist at Amazon's dubious search results and my own lack of attention). So that arrived today along with a copy of Ella Minnow Pea, which I did mean to buy. :o)

#33 - Finished another Kindle book yesterday - Ella Minnow Pea which is a very clever book and quite enjoyable. Granted, I needed the dictionary function that is built into the Kindle so that I could look up the meaning of several words, but the premise of the book was very interesting. I would ...

Wow - the possibilities are endless! Thanks for this opportunity. Here's my list. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer Guernica by Dave Boling Ex-libris by Anne Fadiman Beginner's Greek by James Co ...

Finished this one in two sittings -- here's my review of Mark Dunn's Ella Minnow Pea. --- Cute setting, and very creative uses of language -- for example, the very name of the title character, Ella Minnow Pea (L-M-N-O-P). Some reviewers have likened this to Young Adult reading, and I ...

Update Books I find on LT 1.Deviant Way by Richard Montanari 2.Carved in Bone - Jefferson Bass 3.Ella Minnow Pea - Mark Dunn 4.One Second After - William R. Forstchen 5. The Night Watchman - Mark Mynheir 6.Trust No One - Gregg Hurwitz 7.Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco ...

... if"> 45. The Fish Can Sing by Halldór Laxness 46. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn 47. Grand Obsession by Perri Knize Talbin in Club Read 2009 : Talbin's 2009 Reading - Part II (Apr 30, 2009, 5:16pm)

... von Arnim, 263 pages. 4.5/5. Review. Finished 11/19/2009. 54. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn, 208 pages. 2.5/5. Review. Finished 11/21/2009. 55. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, 489 ...

'E' is for Ella Ella Minnow Pea Just Ella Ella Price's Journal Ella Fitzgerald: A biography of the first lady of jazz Ella Enchanted

1. Books I find on LT -Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn Love this book! Very clever premise of a town that outlaws letters of the alphabet as they fall from a monument. The author does an a great job of not using them as they are outlawed. Told in the form of letters to the characters.

... Manner of Things Shall Be Well by Tod Wodicka - an ARC Fool by Christopher Moore - an ARC The Sea by John Banville Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn Waiting for the Barbarians by J. M. Coetzee All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (based on recent review in this group, ...

47. Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn A short epistolary novel about a fictional island where the letters of the alphabet are outlawed one by one. It's partly a celebration of language ...

In The Shadow ofthe Sun King - was just all-around bad Ella Minnow Pea was disappointing; and I know some of you will scream in horror, but I thought that the Edgar Allen Poe stories that I forced myself to read before finally giving up in the middle of The Fall of the House of Usher ...

... finished 1. The Gift of story, A Wise Tale about What is Enough Clarissa Pinkola Estes done 1/14/09 2. Ella Minnow Pea Mark Dunndone 1/25/09 3. A Few Quick Ones P.G. Wodehouse done 1/27/09 4. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam 5/3/09 5. The Divine Comedy ...

... Before Last by Kay Boyle The Loved and the Envied by Enid Bagnold The Queen of the South by Arturo Perez-Reverte Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky The Red Tent by Anita Diamant Gentleman and Players by Joann ...

... and updated version of 1997) (1/13/09) 3 Stars 5. Cook, Glen: Sweet Silver Blues (1/17/09) 3 ½ Stars 6. Dunn, Mark: Ella Minnow Pea: a progressively lipogrammatic epistolary fable (1/18/09) 4 Stars 7. Samet, Elizabeth D.: Soldier’s Heart: Reading Literature through Peace and War at ...

... David Liss, 3 1/2 Stars 8. Whistling in the Dark by Lesley Kagen, 5 Stars 9. Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman, 4 Stars 10. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn, 3 1/2 Stars 11. Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper, 3 1/2 Stars Total Pages in January: 3156 January Favorite: Whistling in the D ...

... thread finally. I'm going to have to read the Sookie Stackhouse books - the tv series has just started here. Also added Ella Minnow Pea to my tbr list.

... Fire by Patricia A. McKillip 12. Harpist in the Wind by Patricia A. McKillip 13. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer 14. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn 15. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 16. I Die, But the Memory Lives On by Henning Mankell 17. The Drowned World by J. G. Ballard 1 ...

... top 5 for the quarter, in no particular order. The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson Looking for Alaska by John Green Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn Second Helpings by Megan McCafferty The Rose of York: Love and War by Sandra Worth

... by Steig Larsson 19.The Birthday Present by Barbara Vine 20.Millicent Min, Girl Genius by Lisa Yee 21.Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn 22.Beat by Amy Boaz 23.Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller 24.Children of Men by PD James 25.No Shortcuts to the Top by ...

18. Ella Minnow Pea - Mark Dunn Fiction, 205 pages I saw this book being mentioned quite a bit among LT members (and 68 reviews!) ...

... order: The Girls by Lori Lansens Fingersmith by Sarah Waters The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn The Given Day by Dennis Lehane

Hi shootingstarr, You have two wonderful books on your list. I read both ella minnow pea and The Gargoyle last year and thought they were great too.

... by Suzanne Collins 2. Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 3. 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff 4. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn I agree that the Hunger Games was one of the best Ive read in a while. I read it super quickly!

... regarding your observation of the undercurrent of "it could happen, you know", I also had the same feeling when reading Ella Minnow Pea. And, in fact, thought of this after reading about the controversy of the Newbery Award winning book The Power of Lucky. Some librarians refused to ...

... Short and kind of sad. 32. The Wonderful O by James Thurber. Not my favorite Thurber, but still good. 33. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn. I really enjoyed this book! Recommended by a lot of you, I finally read it. Although it was fun and amusing, there was an Animal-Farm-es ...

17. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn What fun. When the letters start falling off the towns famous monument, dedicated to the writer of, The Quick Brown Fox Jumped over the Lazy Dog, the city council decides it is a sign to stop using the letter in all forms. As the townspeople all watch what ...

My Dream of You by Nuala O'Faolain Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn The Bone People: A Novel by Keri Hulme Your Heart Belongs to Me by Dean Koontz

So many tempting books in lkernagh's library. I'd like to try Ella Minnow Pea: a Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn. It looks really fun.

Tad ~ agree with you on Ella Minnow. I finished it a few days ago. The concept was interesting to begin with but I got a bit bored with it after the first 100 pages.

... height="20" src="http://www.deffler.com/lt/number_4.gif"> : Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn General Fiction 205 pages This quirky, jocund book has been zealously reviewed googleplexes of times. Ok, just kidding. ...

... About Piano". Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn This quirky, jocund book has been zealously reviewed googleplexes of ...

... Marshall A good example of why I don't read a lot of New Zealand authors. Average story and average characters. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn Another book read on the recommendation from others on LT. Very enjoyable quirky book. Fun to read as well with the letters disappearing on a ...

15. Ella Minnow Pea - Adorable. Thank you to all who recommended this book. I loved it.

29. Ella Minnow Pea, by Mark Dunn Ella Minnow Pea is an eighteen-year-old girl who lives in a country called Nollop. Nollopians are a strange, quirky bunch, and pride themselves on ...

I read Ella Minnow Pea in one sitting on Saturday. I'm looking forward to your thoughts on that, and The Graveyard Book, too! Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre are ones I have to reread someday; I'm probably due for a rereading of Austen, too. My favorite Austen is Mansfield Park, but I'm ...

I got Ella Minnow Pea yesterday from BookMooch. It was a quick read, so the review will be up soon. This morning was dull, dreary, and rainy-- but the two books left on my front door bright and early made me happy! I got The Graveyard Book from The Book Depository and a compilation of Jane Eyre ...

No. 21 - Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn - I won’t review this one as I am probably very late to the ball with my reading of it. This book, IMO, is what libraries were made for. I’ve wanted to read it for a while because so many people here had so much to say about it, but I wasn’t sure ...

guilty used at Amazon, I bought Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn ..so it doesn't count yet.

Marcia, you've joined the Ella Minnow Pea bandwagon! I too have heard so much about it that I went and mooched a copy. I should get it sometime next week, and I'm really looking forward to it. I'm glad you think it was as good as everyone else has said it is!

... Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb The Red Necklace by Sally Gardner Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

... Overall, a quick, worthwhile read, for fans of Anne Tyler and John Irving. Recommended. Four stars. 29. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

Drood - Dan Simmons John Adams - David McCullough Ella Minnow Pea - Mark Dunn And if I finish today, Blindness - Jose Saramago

Ella, Minnow, Pea The Shoes of the Fisherman The Compleat Angler At Swim, Two Boys Jaws

I haven't started it yet, but at my last trip to the library I picked up Haroun and the Sea of Stories, too. And also Ella Minnow Pea, which I also blame on my fellow 75ers.

... of her books and will check out your recommendation. And numbers 66 through 68: Dearest Friend by Lynne Withey Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn The War Poems by Siegfried Sassoon So--one on my 999 Challenge list, one from reading 75er threads, and one because I was hugely curious ...

... now I am still very resistant to The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and Ella Minnow Pea. (The last two not only have been over-hyped, but have really cutsie titles, which will also tend to drive me off a book.) There was a time when seeing Op ...

... lose some of the experience of the book. This reaction is in effect right now—I received The Graveyard Book, Ella Minnow Pea and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time for Christmas and am having trouble trying them. My hand keeps reaching for something else on the TB ...

... TBR pile (or mountain, or continent...) Did anyone else notice that the books we are all reading tend to go in spurts? Ella Minnow Pea just went around our group recently, and now this book... Great minds think alike, right?

... to hear you have not been feeling well, and hope your little one recovers fast. Great reviews - still think I will try Ella Minnow Pea.

... Wonderful O - it's very short, and a very entertaining read. Interesting to read also with the currently-super-popular Ella Minnow Pea. >195: hi Linda! Upset stomach has recovered, but it doesn't seem to be our week: my husband's wallet and phone were stolen out of his jacket pockets ...

Oh dear Flossie, I am so sorry that Ella Minnow Pea didn't captivate you! It's one of my favorite all-time Top-Ten take-to-the-desert-island reads. I think, though, that Welcome to Higby might appeal to you. It doesn't use the kind of narrative hook that I think put you off Ella Minnow ...

... Dark Journeys, and what you end up reading next. I've added The Zookeeper's War to my TBR list, and your review of Ella Minnow Pea brought chuckles and made me shift it further up the list. I gather you're also embarking on the great War and Peace challenge in 2009, and look ...

FlossieT I think I liked Ella Minnow Pea because of what is happening in the US right now with all the governmental intervention and buy outs.

19. Ella Minnow Pea - Mark Dunn 203 pages This is almost the 75ers' mascot book at the moment, so a plot summary seems a little superfluous.... but hey. I'm nothing if not thorough. In a nutshell: a lipogrammatic novel about an island whose first patron invented the sentence 'The quick brown ...

Thanks for the reviews, Linda! Ella Minnow Pea was already on my list, and I've now added Haroun. Like you I've never read any Rushdie, although I have always heard great things about him.

There have been so many great reviews of Ella Minnow Pea that not only has it been added to my growing TBR list (it's tripled in size since I joined!), but it's been marked as a priority read. I'll be picking it up as soon as I'm done with the current batch I'm reading. edit: I can't spell ...

There have been so many great reviews of Ella Minnow Pea that not only has it been added to me growing TBR list (it's tripled in size since I joined!), but it's been marked as a priority read. I'll be picking it up as soon as I'm done with the current batch I'm reading.

Message #24... I finished Ella Minnow Pea this evening. I like your review. And, I agree with you; it really was a very good book!

Hi Linda, You've written a wonderful summary of Ella Minnow Pea but I'd be interested in knowing if you liked it. I really enjoyed it and thought it was very clever.

... great group of people who love to read and to talk about reading. For example, early in January I saw your post regarding Ella Minnow Pea and then others mentioned this as well. I finished the book tonight. Thanks for your recommendation of this wonderful book.

... ="http://books.google.com/books?id=Z9fGwOodOjAC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&sig=ACfU3U3Y2oSR7GOYdTvuMaVUy_nKIAj4Bw"> Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn When the governmental council of the island community of Nollop mandates by force that specific letters of the alphabet must not be used ...

... of Sea and Fire by Patricia A. McKillip Harpist in the Wind by Patricia A. McKillip Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen I Die, But the Memory Lives On by Henning Mankell The Drowned World by J. G. Ballard Company of Liars ...

I've finished a few more books for this challenge: Canvey Island by James Runcie and Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn. I've also read a few other books that I haven't decided yet whether or not I'm going to count them for the challenge: The Rose of York: Love and War by Sandra Worth, and What I S ...

#19 Ella Minnow Pea is one of my favorites! The title is what caught my eye but the story-telling totally sold me. When it comes to titles, I don't think anyone does it better than Christopher Moore. Island of the Sequined Love Nun Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childh ...

The more I hear about Ella Minnow Pea the more I want to read it!

Got over to the library today and picked up Ella Minnow Pea, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, and Book of a Thousand Days. Happy days!

... think probably all 3 are necessary to actually enjoy this). I think I liked it, in the end, but I'm not sure.... Back to Ella Minnow Pea, if I don't get distracted by Thurber on the way over. edit because my love affair with ellipsis was embarrassingly obvious. very sloppy.

8. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn I've had this book on my shelf for awhile, and I think I was a little concerned that it wasn't as good as the hype seemed to suggest. Alas, my fears were unfounded. It was a very good book. I found it in turns hysterical and alarming. Obviously, it was funny to ...

8. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn I've had this book on my shelf for awhile, and I think I was a little concerned that it wasn't as good as the hype seemed to suggest. Alas, my fears were unfounded. It was a very good book. I found it in turns hysterical and alarming. Obviously, it was funny to ...

40. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn Finished 10 February 09

Book No. 33 Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn 4 1/2 stars Another book recommended from others with LT and another fantastic read. Very funny and enjoyable.

Just catching up on your thread drneutron - Some good books you've got here. I've added Arsenals of Folly, Zombie, and Ella Minnow Pea to my TBR pile. Ella Minnow Pea looks especially charming! >127, I enjoyed your thoughts on The Pluto Files, which I read right at the end of last ...

Heh. My work here is done... I just finished up Ella Minnow Pea, delightful language and great social commentary, and am working on Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, a "locked-island" mystery in Sweden with lots of interesting characters. Next up is probably The Pluto File ...

Right, after all these wonderful things everyone's been saying about Ella Minnow Pea, I can see that's definitely going to have to be added to my wishlist! re #97, the George Washington book, that sounds fascinating, but I know very little about that period - is there any book you could ...

Thanks Drneutron... I was able to get a copy of Ella Minnow Pea at my local library...I hope to read this book this weekend!

13. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn Folks in the 2009 challenge have been saying good things about Ella Minnow Pea for a while now, and I finally jumped on the bandwagon. I'm glad I did - it was fantastic! I loved the way Dunn plays with language and the idea is wonderfully creative. His ...

Reading Ella Minnow Pea this weekend, but do want to remind y'all about another book in a similar vein--The Wonderful O by James Thurber. It's great fun and a fast read as well. I also have to look for The Giant's House as well.

Finished The Skull Mantra yesterday and started Ella Minnow Pea. Both excellent!

Time to recap January's reads: 19 Books, 4370 pages. Best fiction read - a tie between Ella Minnow Pea and Olive Kitteridge Best non-fiction : The Dark side: the inside story of how the war on terror turned into a war on American Ideals Here's the January list of reading ...

... Conundrums for the Long Weekend: England, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Lord Peter Wimsey Library Books Read Dunn, Mark: Ella Minnow Pea Books Acquired 29 (read 3) Books Read PL 8 (Pages: 2,538) Books Read lib. 1 (Pages: 205) Total in Jan. 9 books / 2,743 Pages

It looks like you've read some very interesting books in January. I hope you enjoy Ella Minnow Pea. It's a very clever and quick read.

... Haruf Doomsday Book by Connie Willis Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury Tethered by Amy MacKinnon Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn The Forever War by Joe Haldeman The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien Maus by Art Spiegelman I do not call them 'be ...

... me back in time. Overall, it's been a great month of reading, and I am looking forward to starting February out with Ella Minnow Pea -- great fun!

My favorites this month: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger Julie and Julia by Julie Powell

... by Philip Roth 233pp. I really liked this, I can see I am going to read a lot more by this author. **** 15. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn 205pp. Recommended by so many here on LT I just has to see for myself. **** 16. White Tiger by Aravind Adiga 276pp. Loved ...

Top reads for January: The Riddlemaster of Hed trilogy by Patricia A. McKillip Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn and a mention for I Die, But My Memory Lives On by Henning Mankell as the most important book read this month.

#78 That's what makes LT so great. I, too, just read Ella Minnow Pea recently because of recommendations here and I've been finding many older books that I never would have discovered--and some newer ones I never would have tried--because of the "book talk" on LT. I originally joined just ...

... right now as a lend from my mum. Doomsday Book was one of the contenders for my book of the year last year, and so far Ella Minnow Pea is up there with the best of them for this year!! And I have such fond memories of being read Over Sea, Under Stone as a child. I think it was one of ...

... Liss, 3 1/2 Stars 8. Whistling in the Dark by Lesley Kagen, 5 Stars 9. Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman, 4 Stars 10. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn, 3 1/2 Stars 11. Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper, 3 1/2 Stars Fiction: 8 Non-Fiction: 3 Pages: 3156 Favorite read for January ...

lunacat, I had thought with all the recent discussion of Ella Minnow Pea that it must be a recent book, but was actually published like eight or nine years ago! But for my fellow-readers on LT I would probably never have found it! Thanks everyone!

#76 Yay for another Ella Minnow Pea convert, I thoroughly enjoyed it and I know many many others on LT have as well. Isn't it funny how we have 'fashions' in books here........this one is right up there in the fashionable stakes at the moment!

... Haruf Doomsday Book by Connie Willis Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury Tethered by Amy MacKinnon Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn The Forever War by Joe Haldeman The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien Maus by Art Spiegelman In looking at the ...

Many of my favourites have already been mentioned, (ie, Ella Minnow Pea, I Capture the Castle, Charlaine Harris's titles, etc.), but I think my all-time favourite is Son of a Witch. It still makes me giggle.

I just started Ella Minnow Pea today! Have you finished yet?

5. Ella Minnow Pea, Mark Dunn I think it was the title that attracted me to this small book: "LMNOP" reminded me of grammar school and singing the "Alphabet Song" just as fast as our little big mouths could sing it. Fortunately for me, the ligatures æ and œ were no longer used in Am ...

I'm glad so many people like Ella Minnow Pea cos I loved it as well. Such a unique concept!!

... and while I read every day on the train and when I go to the gym, I doubt I'll be reading this fast again until May. 13) Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn - I saw this mentioned on a few different threads on the site and, from the description, knew it would be right up my alley - I love epistolary ...

#85: Lorie, the sequel to Dandelion Wine is called Farewell Summer. I wish I could claim the start of the Ella Minnow Pea chain, but I first heard about it here on LT myself.

... read, but you make them sound very interesting (especially Reading Literature through Peace and War). >84 I also read Ella Minnow Pea in one sitting. It's a quick, fun read. A lot of people in this group are now reading it, I think thanks to alcottacre!

tutu I read Ella Minnow Pea in one sitting last Sunday and loved it! My review is in message 75. I found it both very funny and also thought provoking.

... decide which one to take off. So once again, the first nine read will fill that batch. I do hope you get a chance to read Ella Minnow Pea- it's already on my read it again list.

Hi Carolyn I hope to read Ella Minnow Pea this weekend when I have some down time. Like you, I'm also lagging behind on The Coffee Trader. While at first it held my interest, long about page 120, it seemed to bog down.

... hope I can get on some kind of schedule so I don't get behind on my 999 challenge. I'd love to hear what you think of Ella Minnow Pea! It was so funny and yet in many ways so provocative. I may end up buying it because I think I'll want to read it again.

91> So glad you liked Ella Minnow Pea! I'm a bit behind keeping up with threads, but I've really enjoyed your reviews, and Brief History of the Dead is winging its way through the mail to me from Amazon right now!

... /Number_0_Blue.png"> 208 Pages Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn On the ficticious island of Nollop there is a 100 year old memorial statue of Nevin Nollop, author of the phrase "The quick brown fox jumps ...

Lunacat..I love your numbers! Wow, ever so creative. Ella Minnow Pea is next up on my list after I finish my current read The Things They Carried Thanks for your comments regarding the Mark Dunn book.

#50: Glad to see that you enjoyed Ex Libris, lorie - it is one of my all-time favorites. I think you will like Ella Minnow Pea as well.

... src="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b195/teazle/ellaminnowpea.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"> Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn This was a hilarious, captivating and very unique idea. The Island of Nollop is a haven for all lovers of language. They don't have ...

regarding Ella Minnow Pea, I was able to obtain this from my library this past weekend and it is next on my list. Thanks for your comments.

... src="http://www.fablevision.com/northstar/coolstar.gif"> Next up Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

Category #7: Poetry, Letters, & Short Stories. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn. I love good writing, and this is one of the best written works I have read in years. The writing just left me almost breathless. The story is simple. The setting reminded me of Ocracoke Island off North Carolina ...

Thanks for the nice review of Ella Minnow Pea. It's in my TBR pile and now I can't wait to read it!

#17 Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn. I love good writing, and this is one of the best written works I have read in years. The writing just left me almost breathless. The story is simple. The setting reminded me of Ocracoke Island off North carolina where the inhabitants have almost ...

#28: I still have not read it, so do not feel in the minority. #29-30: Ella Minnow Pea had me laughing out loud. I hope you guys enjoy it.

Ella Minnow Pea is also on my TBR pile purely because so many people in this group recommeded it.

... like you're reading some interesting books. I hope you like Dandelion Wine. I read it years ago and loved it. I've got Ella Minnow Pea in my TBR pile and hope to read it soon. I'll also be interested in knowing your thoughts on our group read of The Coffee Trader. Lorie

... this evening. It looks like you are up and running. Twelve books thus far is quite an accomplishment. I obtained Ella Minnow Pea from my local library today. Thanks for your comment.

I've seen so many comments on Ella Minnow Pea, and it took me forever to GET IT!...I an't wait to read it now, and am trying to decide what book to drop down to 10 or 11 in my Books about Books and Language category. You've all convinced me.

... replies when you call them on it). Good news: I went on a book shopping spree! It started out as just a mission to find Ella Minnow Pea, but resulted in multiple purchases in multiple shops, including - get this - hardcover HP1 and HP4 for... $1 each!!!!!!!

#37: Looks like you read a couple of good ones, Leslie! I just finished Ella Minnow Pea a few days ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. I have not read that particular Jodi Picoult book, but I will certainly look for it. The only one of hers I have read is Plain Truth, which Whisper ...

... characters interesting, there was humor and tension, and I didn't even mind the vampires! Book 6: Dunn, Mark: Ella Minnow Pea: a progressively lipogrammatic epistolary fable 999 Want To! category (1/18/09) This was a quick quirky read filled with humor. Just fun!

... my reads, but I can get all caught up right now. .Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn Fiction 208 pages This was a clever and cute gem of a book. I read it all in one night before going to bed. When people on the ...

I loved Ella Minnow Pea as well. Such a clever story!

... that is going to be fun. I can’t believe I’m hooked on two scifi/fantasy series! Book 6: Dunn, Mark: Ella Minnow Pea: a progressively lipogrammatic epistolary fable 999 Want To! category (1/18/09) Library 205 pages Recommendations on LT caused me to order this book ...

... Books I've Had on My TBR Shelf That I Would Like to Read This Year- 1. The Bookseller of Kabul- Asne Seierstad 2. Ella Minnow Pea- Mark Dunn 3. The Kite Runner- Khaled Hosseini 4. Water For Elephants- Sara Gruen 5. All Saints- Liam Callanan 6. The Memory Keeper's Daug ...

So many books with great titles. Some of the quirkier ones that I've read lately: Ella Minnow Pea The Cheese Monkeys You're an Animal, Viskovitz

... more than 25 words I don’t know) 8. Julie and Julia by Julie Powell (Category: Book modeled after a blog) 9. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn (Category: Book about the alphabet)

#32 - I hope that you enjoy The Hemingses of Monticello as much as I did! #33 - yeah, Ella Minnow Pea was a lot of fun. I'm so glad I'm here on LT so I could hear about it! #34 - I think I actually picked up Pastwatch at a library sale a few years ago; I'll have to take a look and see ...

Hi Stasia...so glad you liked Ella Minnow Pea! One of my lifetime most-loveds, that book. Now, he said with a portentous rumble, you must read Ibid: A Life, Mark Dunn's latest. It's a complete laugh riot!! *smirks smugly* Now I have, at last, added something to HER pile of TBRs.

... Rhodes. I'm adding this one because like you, I read Arsenals of Folly and enjoyed his writing style. and, Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn sounds delightful and laughter may just be the medicine I need.

... 'get if you see any of the books' list, and Tethered and The Lost Fleet: Dauntless have gone on the wishlist. I have Ella Minnow Pea as a late christmas present and can't wait to get to it!!

... the only one of the plays I did not really care for was The Duenna, but I thought the other 3 very worth the read 24. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn - after laughing myself silly at Mrs. Malaprop, et al, in Sheridan, I then proceeded to laugh myself silly at this book as well, getting ...

... one paragraph without those letters I felt like giving Mark Dunn 5 stars for managing 200 pages. Lunacat, hope you enjoy Ella Minnow Pea, and congratulations on the new job! Book #6: The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro 5 stars This is the first book I've read by Alic ...

#31: I read Ella Minnow Pea a few days ago (I had to pry it away from Catey) and at some parts of it I was just laughing out loud. I am glad you enjoyed it!

... something, I'm okay. I figure everyone's got different comfort levels with these things. And now for books! Book 5 is Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn. I've seen it recced around LT a lot lately, and it was a good book; for the few who might not have read about it before, it's a an ...

Finished The Coffee Trader by David Liss earlier this week, highly recommended, and am now breezing through Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn, before starting on the more substantial Children's Hospital by Chris Adrian. All in all, a great start to the year.

Loved your Ella Minnow Pea review. Id was gread! --BJ

Great comments on Ella minnow pea. I thought that book was so clever.

9) Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn Definitely one of the most creative books I've ever read! A quick lighthearted read, but most enjoyable. 4.5 stars.

The Zookeeper's War goes onto the tbr/wishlist, and I am eagerly awaiting Ella Minnow Pea as a post-christmas present! Thanks for the reviews.

... somehow comforting to find you two not loving Murakami! I think we have Norwegian Wood here somewhere. Book #5: Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn - 3 1/2 stars Said novel, addressed as a series of ledders, is a parable regarding un-slavery of language and rigid rule. Book is ...

... book, but two more excellent epistolary novels: Sorcery and Cecelia by Patricia C. Wrede & Caroline Stevermer, and Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn.

Have finished Ella Minnow Peaby Mark Dunn! I really enjoyed this book, I have always liked letters and reading a book of letters is right up my alley. I give this book 5/5. The majority of you, I believe have already read this book, but for those of whom have not, here is the summary about it: ...

... by Virginia Woolf 9. Howard's End by E.M. Forster V. Humor 5/9 1. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn 2. A Barrel of Laughs, a Vale of Tears by Jules Feiffer 3. The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul ...

#51 fantasia how are you finding Ella Minnow Pea? Its a book I've just ordered, so don't give me any details, just let me know if its good or not!!

... with the exception of one which has not come in yet. I will start reading Homecoming tonight after I finish reading Ella Minnow Pea. Catey lilithcat in Book talk : Fiction books with footnotes (Jan 12, 2009, 11:07pm)

... who is translating the main story. Or is it a different story? Fantastic book! Mark Dunn, author of the wondrous Ella Minnow Pea, also wrote a book entirely in footnotes, Ibid, which I thought was much less successful.

... case, I think I'll leave it for last! As for what's up next, well, I read multiple books at once. My new library book is Ella Minnow Pea, which I've read good things about around LT. I'm listening to Jane Eyre on audio-book since I actually haven't read it since high school; instead I've ...

Okay I'm definitely going to try some Saul Williams now, sounds amazing. And "for the word lovers"? Hello. I will put Ella Minnow Pea on the ol' To Read list.

Last night I finished... 5. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn fiction This has to be the most clever book I've ever read. It's so witty and frightening all at once. This is definitely for word lovers. I believe I heard of this on foxen's thread. Forgive me if that's incorrect. I was ...

... of Katherines by John Green 51. Next by Michael Crichton August 52. The tomorrow code by Brian Falkner 53. Ella minnow pea by Mark Dunn 54. Zoo station by David Downing September 55. La's orchestra saves the world by Alexander McCall Smith 56. Land of marvels by ...

Ella Minnow Pea just jumped to the top of Mount TBR; thanks for the review!

... a copy of Eunoia late last year - beautiful object, haven't yet got round to reading it, shall report back when I do! Ella Minnow Pea is another of my recent charity shop acquisitions. Sometimes I really wish I could read several books actually simultaneously.

... Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie 7. The Abstinence Teacher by Perrotta 8. The End of the Affair by Greene 9. Ella Minnow Pea by Dunn (READ: 5 July 09) 10. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (READ: 19 July 09) 11. The Art Thief by Noah Charn ...

1. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn. This is a fun little book that I got for Christmas (and got for my mom and my mother-in-law, too- I guess we have similar tastes!). It's about an island where the residents are banned from using specific letters as they fall off of a statue of Neville Nollop, ...

... stars) 3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer 03/28/09 - 03/30/09 (5 stars) 4. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn 04/19/09 - 05/28/09 (3.5 stars) 5. The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister 06/18/09 - 06/20/09 (4.5 stars) 6. ...

Category 9: Because I Want To! 1. Dunn, Mark: Ella Minnow Pea: a progressively lipogrammatic epistolary fable (1/18/09) 2. Heyer, Georgette: Friday’s Child (3/23/09) 3. Humphreys, Helen: the Frozen Thames (4/29/09) 4. Adams, Scott: Random Acts of Management (5/08/09) 5. Harr, Jona ...

Books read during 2009: 1. Agincourt, Bernard Cornwell 2. Couldn't Keep It to Myself, Wally Lamb, (ed.) 3. The Mistress of the Art of Death, Ariana Franklin 4. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Dai Sijie 5. Ella M ...

... West 4 7. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque 5 6. The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro 5 5. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn 3 1/2 4. The Zookeeper's War by Steven Conte 4 3. The World at Night by Alan Furst 3 1/2 2. South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruk ...

From the library: Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn - much loved on LT. I'm really looking forward to it. The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toews - I saw this on a few 2008 Best Books lists. Cookies for Christmas by Jennifer Darling - Disappointing

56. Ella Minnow Pea: a Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn A very timely and important look at the perils of totalitarianism and censorship. When the letters of the alphabet start falling off of a memorial statue to Nollop, the man who purportedly invented the sentence "the quick brown fox ...

... converting you, but "nice" and "romance fiction published as normal fiction" aren't synonymous! Would you be game to try Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn? It's nice, in the sense that good triumphs over evil, and yet has a vile, nasty antagonist attempting to enforce socio-religious ...

... David Liss, 3 1/2 Stars 8. Whistling in the Dark by Lesley Kagen, 5 Stars 9. Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman, 4 Stars 10. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn, 3 1/2 Stars 11. Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper, 3 1/2 Stars January Favorite: Whistling in the Dark February: 12. The Boo ...

... Thief by Markus Zusak, 5 stars 4.The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg, 2 stars 5.Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn, 4.5 stars 6. 7. 8. 9.

... by Elizabeth McCracken 7. East of Ealing by Robert Rankin 8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney 9. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

... pages 5 out of 5 13. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (finished Jan 25th) 404 pages 3.5 out of 5 14. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn (finished Jan 26th) 203 pages 4 out of 5 15. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (finished Jan 26th) audiobook 1 out of 5 16. I ...

... Horses by Per Petterson (fiction, 238 pages) 58. Bleak House by Charles Dickens (fiction, 893 pages) 59. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn (fiction, 208 pages) 60. Thank You for Smoking by Christopher Buckley (fiction, 272 pages)

... of Dunces: John Kennedy Toole - 3 stars 7. The Road: Cormac McCarthy - 4 stars 8. Ella Minnow Pea: Mark Dunn - 4 1/2 stars 9. Drowning Ruth: Christina Schwarz - 4 1/2 stars

... to Become Extinct: Will Cuppy (wunderkind) - Eva Luna: Isabel Allened: (girlunderglass) - Ella Minnow Pea: Mark Dunn (pretty much everyone) - Remake: Connie Willis (ronincats) - The Road: Cormac McCarthy (tloeffler/bdb) - I ...

... Wateryell by Jorge Amado * My Lobotomy by Howard Dully * My Mortal Enemy by Willa Cather February Books: * Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn * Our Lady of the Assassins by Fernando Vallejo * The Trusting and the Maimed, and other Irish Stories by James Plunkett * Live Fast, Di ...

... #50 15. The Spellman Files Lisa Lutz msg #52 16. Plato and a Platypus walk into a Bar Thomas Cathcart msg #53 17. Ella Minnow Pea Mark Dunn msg #54 18. A Few Quick ones P.G. Wodehouse msg #61 19. The Blackford Oakes Reader William F. Buckley, Jr. msg #66 Starting in February, I ...

... book in hardcover, but I'm waiting for the companion to Life as We Knew It to come out in paperback.... Just Because: Ella Minnow Pea. This is currently the only fiction book in this category, but it's still a good book even if it does have an unfair advantage for getting onto this list. It ...

... (375) 99. Perishable - Dirk Jamison (212) 100. How to Talk About Books You Haven’t Read - Pierre Bayard (185) 101. Ella Minnow Pea - Mark Dunn (224) 102. My Revolutions - Hari Kunzru (280) 103. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak (576) 104. Predictably Irrational - Dan Ariely (280) 1 ...

FleurFisher, If you liked the constraint of disappearing letters in Ella Minnow Pea perhaps you should look into Georges Perec's A Void, which is written without e's - an omission that is worked into the book's story. Experimental but not dryly academic.

FleurFisher, I just picked up Ella Minnow Pea in a charity shop so I shall look forward to that!

I have read Ella Minnow Pea and loved it. The whole concept - letters of the alphabet being banned one by one and consequently the book uses fewer and fewer letters as it progresses - was inspired and brilliantly executed. Thank you to those who nudged it. And also to those who nudged other ...

Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn 208 pages / 2001 / 4 stars / Fiction / 11-11-08 / library This was just a plain fun little book to read. What would happen if letters of the ...

From the TBR Pile 1. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn (2/10/09) 2. The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson (3/07/09) 3. Charmed Thirds by Megan McCafferty (3/28/09) 4. Fourth Comings by Megan McCafferty (4/13/09) 5. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (9/20/09) 6. 7. 8. 9 ...

Well the score seems to be Ella Minnow Pea 4 We Have Always Lived In the Castle 2. I very much like the look of both books, so I am going to start Ella Minnow Pea tonight and put We Have Always Lived In The Castle very firmly at the top of my book queue. Booksloth - I'm with you on Liz ...

I have One Pair of Hands by Monica Dickens, but have not read it yet. I heard a lot of good things about Ella Minnow Pea, and so, if allowed, I will nudge that. I am probably the only person on LT who did not like We Have Always Lived in the Castle, and I feel bad about it. I would be ...

I don't think I've read any of these but I've only heard good reports of Ella Minnow Pea.

>I'm with Christiguc in nudging Ella Minnow Pea. It's a delightful read. Skip The Oxford Murders for now - that's a 'de-nudge' - I didn't think it that good. I'm tempted to nudge the McGrath for the same reasons as dylanwolf and so you can tell us about it! I read and enjoyed his Martha P ...

For quick read, I would recommend Ella Minnow Pea--you can read that in one sitting. Plus, it's a really fun, word-game of a novel. For those that don't know--it's set on the fictitious island of Nollop, named after a man (Nollop) who thought up the phrase "The quick brown fox jumps over ...

... the top of my TBR pile: more than it hurts you by Darin Strauss The Montefeltro Conspiracy by Marcello Simonetta Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

LT Friends 1) Candy Girl 4.5.09 2) Ella Minnow Pea 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) Things that have jumped out at me from others library.. The Secret of Lost Things, Ella Minnow Pea..Tulipomania

... Stories 1. The Gift of story, A Wise Tale about What is Enough Clarissa Pinkola Estes done 1/14/09 2. Ella Minnow Pea Mark Dunndone 1/25/09 3. A Few Quick Ones P.G. Wodehouse done 1/27/09 4. Morning Poems Robert Bly 5. Short And Tall Tales:Moose County ...

... Schreie by Karin Fossum 5. So Many Books, So Little Time by Sara Nelson 6. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn 7. Novel History by Mark C. Carnes 8. Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose 9. < ...

... 3.5/5 4. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer 4/5 5. The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios by Yann Martel 3.5/5 6. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn 4.5/5 7. Shoe Addicts Anonymous by Beth Harbison 4/5 Currently I'm reading One for the Money by Janet Evanovich and The Wind-Up Bird Ch ...

... src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0385722435.01._SX140_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"> 75. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn. Very clever dystopian novel that takes place on the island nation of Nollop where, one by one, letters of the alphabet are banned from ...

I'm on the island nation of Nollop off the coast of South Carolina, corresponding with Ella Minnow Pea. Our alphabet is disappearing.

... Dawn The Hunger Games Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians 8 Just Because Elantris Ex Libris Ella Minnow Pea Living Rich by Spending Smart Bookstore Tourism Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones 8 Already-Started

Ella Minnow Pea, by Mark Dunn (that would work for "fish", too!)

... hoe de taal precies in elkaar zit en zijn dus moeilijk tot onmogelijk te vertalen. Ik zou bijvoorbeeld niet weten hoe je Ella Minnow Pea zou moeten vertalen zonder het hele verhaal om te gooien. Maar de meeste boeken draaien toch vooral om het verhaal en zijn dus door een goede vertaler ...

I might add Mark Dunn who wrote Ella Minnow Pea: A Progressively Lipogrammatic Epistolary Fable to the list of Oulipo types.

... causes Maddy to lose focus on her family and the not-fey world. Is it a magical reason or is it all consuming love? 23. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn ****1/2 Very fun book, even with it's dire message. I am in awe of Dunn's ability to continue writing beautifully, even after he has ...

... without being eaten alive Harley Mackay Island of Blue dolphins Scott O'Dell Saving fish from drowning Amy Tan Ella Minnow Pea Mark Dunn The Octopus Frank Norris

#52 Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn, 205 pages Total Pages = 16814

... Than Meatloaf The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Eats Shoots and Leaves Cooking for Mr. Latte Ella Minnow Pea The Man Who Tasted Shapes Tooth Imprints on a Corn Dog

Yikes! Ella Minnow Pea is also competing with The Sound of One Hand Clapping, read on the train yesterday--after it lay forgotten in my car for a week or so. Also The Woman in White on my pda got some time during a meeting yesterday! Well, I'll move "Ella Mental Pea" (as my sister and I ...

>85 Ella Minnow Pea and Ibid brought to mind some of Nicholson Baker's work like The Mezzanine. Now that you mention it, my copy is missing also. . . >83 "Attention whores". Good description. Yes, some of them truly are. >84 Oh, I don't know if it's something you should actually ...

>81-82, Ella Minnow Pea oh my gracious how I loved that book. Ibid is a very worthy successor, it's item #7 in the nightstand pile, and was recently annexed by Mr. Man for his bedtime reading. >note to self< check daughter's library for missing copy of Ella Minnow Pea

... ...babies or lovers (I suspect there are other books who are looking for entirely different sort of handling...). I mean Ella, Minnow, Pea has got to be one of those books that fidgets like a toddler until it's picked up...(or gets taken to the potty, one or the other). It's all about ...

... about a month, Snow is on hold with only a few chapters read, and I only tasted a few pages of Zlata's Diary. And Ella, Minnow, Pea just won't stay on the shelf but is unread.

... travel novel 2. The Book Thief 3. Special Topics in Calamity Physics Long winded, but utimately worth the trip. 4. Ella Minnow Pea

2. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

... never read it before. I felt so virtuous, I bought myself Ibid by Mark Dunn..I've been a fan since I first read Ella Minnow Pea a long time back, and then devoured Welcome to Higby as soon as it appeared. I've held off getting Ibid because nothing new is on the horizon...novelist ...

... never have picked up if I weren't on LT are Black Ships by Jo Graham, an ER book, Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson, and Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn.

teelgee - I just (a couple of hours ago) finished Ella Minnow Pea. It was wonderful!

Oh I've gone and done it again. From Goodwill: The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan for a group read; Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn - I've been watching for this one and really didn't expect I'd find it there! Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey - had my eye out for this ...

... taking a little break from The Hollow Hills, which I do enjoy but for some reason takes a lot of effort, and have started Ella Minnow Pea. Can a book with such a dire message be called fun? It is, and takes a lot of effort in a different way (all those big new words!)

Last weekend I read Ella Minnow Pea - the gimmick was amusing at first but tiring as the book wore on. And now I've almost finished The Omnivore's Dilemma (I think my SO is going to plotz if I mention corn one more time).

... down with a book right now. I thought about and rejected (for now) Dolphins Under My Bed, Spirit of the Place, and Ella Minnow Pea before FINALLY settling on my ARC of The Gargoyle. I think this was a good choice, because the first chapter of this book has been absolutely mesmirizing.

Thanks sussabmax! Yeah, I really enjoyed Ella Minnow Pea and I definitely recommend it. During one slow morning at work I was able to read it quickly, mainly since I didn't have any distractions, but it is a fast read regardless. 21. Morning, Noon And Night by Sidney Sheldon Fun, guilty-p ...

I have been eyeing Ella Minnow Pea for a while now, you may have pushed me over the top! Not that I need more books, but that one just looks so great, and now you say it is a fast read. Good luck with your challenge!

... And Prejudice is, but it certainly wasn't bad. For whatever reason it took me a long time to finish reading it. 20. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn I loved this book--I thought the wordplay was great and it was such a fast read, I read it in two hours. I really enjoyed it and would ...

I just went to the library this afternoon and picked up some good ones, including some I've seen recommended here on LT: Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn, People Of The Book by Geraldine Brooks, The Shadow Of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon and Dead Watch by John Sandford.

Stopped at HPB and got Persian Boy, Ella Minnow Pea, and The History of the Kings of Britain. Also, I was wrong with the title of the book I'm a blog stop for earlier (hope I don't do that again!), it is Springtime on Mars, not Sunshine.

I am on a mythical island off the coast of South Carolina in Ella, Minnow, Pea.

Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn was delivered, apparently by owl. I think I got the idea for this off of this very thread. You guys are such bad influences. Also, Enfance by Nathalie Sarraute fell through the mail chute.

... 5, but here goes anyway: Black Ships by Jo Graham (4.5 stars) Elantris by Brandon Sanderson (4.5 stars) Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn (4 stars) Turnabout by Margaret Peterson Haddix (4 stars) Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue (3.5 stars) Obviously only the first ...

Book Lust Recommendations 1.The Grand Complication by Allen Kurzweil 2. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn 3. The Scent of Water by Elizabeth Goudge 4. Callie's Tally by Betsy Howie 5. Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear

... Russell 6. The Grand Complication by Allen Kurzweil 7. The Straight and Narrow Path by Honor Tracy 8. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

February was *a lot* better than January. Like, A LOT a lot. Top three (in order): 1. Black Ships by Jo Graham. 2. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn 3. Schuyler's Monster: A Father's Journey With His Wordless Daughter by Robert Rummel-Hudson

... I think that's part of why I liked it. Interesting book. Last week I finished: The Darkest Road by Guy Gavriel Kay Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn Schuyler's Monster: A Father's Journey with His Wordless Daughter by Rob Rummel-Hudson I'm currently reading: ...

... picked up anything else by him since, even though we own most of the Wiggins Saga. I'd like to thank you for reading Ella Minnow Pea. Finding it on your list encouraged me to seek it out. I wasn't disappointed.

36. Ella Minnow Pea Another LT suggestion. ****

I've finished Ella Minnow Pea, and my review is posted here. Short form: Very clever and fun; Nancy, you should definitely pick it up. Xicanti - how about Good Omens? Most people I know love it, so I'd be interested to hear why you didn't. Whoever picks ...

... today, I now have seven new books to call my own: Catharine and other works by Jane Austen, The Name of the Rose, Ella Minnow Pea, Tender is the Night, The Handmaid's Tale, Much Ado About Nothing, and The Winter's Tale.

... Snogging is here. A very fun and cute little book. Fyrefly - I'm going with Ella Minnow Pea because I have seen many recommendations for it on LT and want to know if it is worth the hype. Whoever chooses for me, please pick from either my full < ...

... since you're right that the volume of 50 Book Challenge posts is pretty overwhelming. Let me know what you think of Ella Minnow Pea :)

#8: Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn. A great, quick read. Perfect for recharging my batteries after finishing a long-standing project. I found this book on LT through other people's threads. The gist of it: on a small island off the coast of the US, a group of people have formed a sort of ...

... to everyone's TBR lists....we are hopeless & weak when it comes to books - every single one of us. ;-) @ 184 emaestra ella minnow pea is an excellent book. Both highly amusing and down right terrifying at the same time. I'll be interesting in reading your thoughts about it. =)

I splurged at Half Price Books: Black Dahlia, Ella Minnow Pea, The Piano Teacher, A Personal Matter, and Introducing Romanticism. And yesterday the new issue of Granta 100 came in the mail. I made a resolution that I would not spend more than $100 a month on books. I think I can ...

Ah, I'm glad you liked Ella Minnow Pea. I Bookmooched it recently, and it should be coming in the mail soon. I think we have similar tastes, so perhaps that's a good sign.

Just finished ella minnow pea and >159 irisheyz I agree wholeheartedly with all you have said Now I am starting Something Rotten, Jasper Ffordes third Thursday Next book.

12. ella minnow pea by Mark Dunn This was a fascinating little book. It is set in a society within the USA but separate from it. They have deified, Nollop, the composer of the famous sentence "the quick brown fox jumed over the lazy dog". But the letters have started to fall off the ...

... clouded brain: How to be a Villain by Neil Zawacki A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn The Boy Who Went Away by Eli Gottlieb Little, Big by John Crowley The Seven Lady Godivas by Dr. Seuss That adds up to 20. Huh. I ...

... I really enjoyed about the book. Mark Dunn takes a weighty topic and makes his point in a humorous way. On the surface Ella Minnow Pea is this lighted hearted tale but the deeper meaning is something that has stayed with me in the years since I read the book. One of these days I'm going to ...

> 138 Irisheyz I am about 3/4 through ella minnow pea and am finding it a lot of fun. But at the same time it really does present the reader with some unpleasant things to think about! > kfl1227 I loved A Brief History of the Dead. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

>131 judilou - I really enjoyed Ella Minnow Pea and I'm interested to see what you think of it. Towards the end I often found myself having to read the book aloud to get around all the missing letters. The book made me laugh when I first read through and gave me some serious thoughts to ponder ...

After reading some good things about ella minnow pea by Mark Dunn on LT, I have just borrowed it from the library but am only up to page 3.

... Pollyanna, Portnoy's Complaint, or Lolita. I have, however, finished War and Peace, The Silmarillion, and Ella Minnow Pea. I was once reading a horror/murder mystery where in the first chapter the killer put a kitten in a blender. I quit reading that one. I slogged through R ...

4. Ella Minnow Pea. I love the concept of this book: letters of the alphabet are being banned one by one, so the book uses fewer and fewer letters, and people are fighting against this governmental oppression. For the first half I thought it was fantastic, but I was disappointed by a few things ...

... ef In the Coils of the Snake Valiant New Moon Eclipse Breaking Dawn 8 Adult Fiction Slammerkin Ella Minnow Pea Year of Wonders Woman of a Thousand Secrets The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits The Saddlebag Fingersmith 8 LT Group Reads Elantri ...

... the perfect book to read after a few very hard weeks at work. Buddhism has always been an area of interest for me. 113. Ella Minnow Pea. A novel written in the style of letters between relatives on a fictional island off the coast of SC. In this imaginary nation, everyone is well read and ...

Another book written in the Oulipo style by an American is: Ella Minnow Pea : a progressively lipogrammatic epistolary fable by Mark Dunn.

... Hepburn: An Intimate Memoir 34. Stiff: the curious lives of human cadavers 35. Dark Sister by Graham Joyce 36. Ella Minnow Pea 37. The Lovely Bones 38. The Bone Lady 39. Goodnight Nobody 40. Anonymous Lawyer 41. A Dirty Job 42. Lean Mean Thirteen 43. The Uncommon ...

... Apple, Hot Moon by Pablo Neruda The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov Sea-Grape Tree by Rosemond Lehmann Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn The Mandarins by Simone de Beauvoir (she's writing about the oranges, naturally)

25) Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn - Very clever book that word lovers will enjoy. The story, told through a series of letters passed between several main characters, is set on the fictional island of Nollop - named after the man who came up with the shortest sentence using all letters of the ...

57. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn Totally adorable book. It was a quick read and entertaining, not to mention clever and a bit mind-bending at the end. A definite must for anyone who considers him or herself to be a lover of the lexicon. Dystopos in Deep South : July Book Of The Month (Jul 31, 2007, 10:40am)

July is almost over. There are 22 reviews of Ella Minnow Pea, but none from members of this group, so far as I could tell. I have invited those reviewers who seem to have any interest at all in southern topics (by other books, tags, location, etc). I guess September's selection is on hold ...

... Thomas Paine, Common Sense, and the Turning Point to Independence which the Liberal and Progressive Group pointed me to, Ella, Minnow, Pea which the Deep South group pointed me to, Honeymoon With My Brother because I saw the interview with the unlucky or maybe lucky groom, Guns, Germs and S ...

... Catherine's earlier review of Ecology of a Cracker Childhood stand out. As a reminder, July's Book of the Month is Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn. Geneg will select August's book, and the author of the best review for Ella Minnow Pea will choose the book for September.

OK. It's July and Ella Minnow Pea is the selection. Reviews added to LibraryThing before the end of the month will enter you into competition to select the featured book for September. Check the Deep South group message board for August's book selection.

... Turn of the Screw and Other Stories by Henry James REREAD 7. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson 8. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn 9. Absolution by Murder by Peter Tremayne

Thank you, Dystopos. I choose Ella Minnow Pea: A Progressively Lipogrammatic Epistolary Fable by Mark Dunn. It is a very quick read, one I finished in less than 2 hours. It is a cautionary tale about free speech and censorship presented in a very clever way. It is both hilarious and chilling. ...

Thank you, Dystopos. I choose Ella Minnow Pea: A Progressively Lipogrammatic Epistolary Fable by Mark Dunn. It is a very quick read, one I finished in less than 2 hours. It is a cautionary tale about free speech and censorship presented in a very clever way. It is both hilarious and ...

... Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle (Watson's diaries in this and many other Sherlock Holmes adventures) Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn (not actually a diary but an exchange of letters and notes)

... month. Woo hoo!). I came across two author signatures in books I purchased for $2 at a used bookstore. The books were Ella Minnow Pea with a sig by Mark Dunn and Far From My Mother's Home with a sig by Barbara Mujica.

If you're open to a quirky read, I'd recommend Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn. It's unusual, but sparked a lot of discussion in my book group. We also loved Octavia Butler's Kindred.

I really liked Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn. I've seen it in both YA and Adult sections of the library. It's not so much funny, but one of the most creative books I've read.

... those books I've read recently that weren't required textbooks for classes. --American Gods by Neil Gaiman --Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn --The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie --The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett --The Road to Ubar by ...

... I'm thinking of a couple of other books written this way - the Griffin and Sabine series, as well as the adorable Ella Minnow Pea. Others people could recommend?