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The Hour I First Believed
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I'm reading The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb.
"I got scared."
The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
"Of what?"
... the titles (again, YOUR RECS!) I highly recommend. THANKS! :-)
Edit. to close the italics and note that I didn't like The Hour I First Believed very much either.
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111. Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes... (10/10/09)
112. The Voyager Diane Gabaldon (10/12/09)
113. The Hour I First Believed - Wally Lamb (10/13/09)
114. The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood (10/16/09)
115. The Well and the Mine - Gin Phillips (10/17/09)
116 ...
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.
Nah! I wouldn't say I was frustrated; I enjoyed The Hour I First Believed well enough to keep reading. I was just trying to explain why the "critical editor" in me was wrinkling my nose sometimes.
... erasing my whole list at the beginning of the year and starting all over again next year.
Well, Mark, I read The Hour I First Believed and can't say it's going to be in my top ten--don't think I would even put it in my top 500. Mr. Lamb just shoved way too many issues into ...
Today I finished The Hour I First Believed . Truth be told, I almost thought Wally Lamb was a pseudonym for a woman, though I'm not really sure why. Here he really does capture the thoughts of the male character. Many twists in this book. I kept thinking the end was near - even though there ...
Hi Bonnie- I hope you enjoy The Hour I First Believed . It is one of my favorites of the year. What a terrific writer! BTW, I just started Zeitoun. I think I am in for a treat.
... this book. I haven't run for twenty years and I read it in one sitting!
And I'm happy to announce that I'm reading The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb so I'm legal now.
I have been very linear in my reading lately. But not this week. I currently have going Zeitoun, The Hour I First Believed , Notes from a Small Island, and occasionally Swann's Way. I also keep picking up books that I want to read NOW.
... lesson, won't do it again! Next books up (mostly because they're library books): White Teeth, Wives and Daughters and The Hour I First Believed . Thanks again for your lists!
After a ten-year wait for Wally Lamb's new book, The Hour I First Believed , I was not disappointed. Like his other books, it is multi-layered and covers a lengthy period of time, actually going back to the Civil War through the device of historical research of the main character's family. It ...
I finished The Hour I First Believed last night. I liked it very much, although I was a bit disappointed in the ending as concerns the wife. I thought it was a trifle contrived and didn't fit the rest of the book. Now I am rereading The Thirteenth Tale which I just read earlier this year. It's ...
I'm about halfway through The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb. I didn't realize that the first part of the book was about Columbine, but the middle, where I am, is about the devastating personal aftermath of a fictional victim. I wonder what the last third will be about? (No, no, don't tell ...
Just finished The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb. I am now listening to The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer, reading So Brave, So Young and Handsome by Leif Enger, and kindling Beowulf.
#64 - The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb - *****
... Quite a book! I am starting So Brave, So Young, and Handsome by Leif Enger, and continuing with Beowulf and The Hour I First Believed .
... and every so often earn $5 off.
I finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo day before yesterday and have picked up The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb. I have to pinch myself for being so lucky as to have such great books two in a row, and all the grandkids coming this weekend to ...
I am in Columbine, Colorado with The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb, Sarajevo with The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway, and Scandinavia with Beowulf.
I just finished Hard Times by Charles Dickens and loved it! I am now listening to The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb, "kindling" Beowulf, and reading The Cellist of Sarajevo. Good stuff!
... again. (Gone for awhile.) LT says I'll like it, but knows that I'll love Lark and Termite--better stick with that and The Hour I first Believed . I'll "tag" you on both of those, if I haven't already. Thanks, Mark!
Books for NaNoWriMo
1. Under and Alone by William Queen (9.11.2009)
2. The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb (9.7.2009)
3. Columbine by David Cullen (8.31.2009)
4. The Unknown Darkness: profiling ...
... Kansas? by Thomas Frank
6. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
7. The Lost City of Z by David Grann
8. The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
9. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
10.The Guards by Ken Bruen
*with several more in the wings!!
... What a great dilemma! I too, have The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo & The Likeness sitting high on my tbr, but I did read The Hour I First Believed and I thought it was excellent! It's like Sophie's Choice!Good luck!
>butsendbooks- Welcome aboard! You have found yourself in a very special ...
... a dilemma in choosing what's next. On the top of the TBR pile are The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Likeness, and The Hour I First Believed . Any recommendations?
Edited to try to fix touchstones.
... is one of my favorite books too (and he really enjoyed as well--plowed through it in just a few days). I also bought The Hour I First Believed for myself, which I'm currently reading.
I also got my two books from bookswim this week. Sea of Poppies and My Custom Van
... this on reserve at the library a few months back, as always happens I got three books at once and one was Wally's Lamb's The Hour I First Believed . I never got to the Sandra Brown or the other book.
... of mine for years)
The 19th Wife........David Ebershoff (lot of positive feedback here and on Good Reads...so.....)
The Hour I First Believed .......Wally Lamb (ditto as above)
and today from PBS:
Skin.........Kathe Koja (not for the faint-hearted or squeamish...but such delicious ...
Family Drama:
Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
Waiting to Surface by Emily Listfield
Almost Moon by Alice Sebold
Goldengrove by Francine Prose
Dive From Clausen's Pier by Ann Packer
How to Be Lost by Amanda Eyre Ward
Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult ...
bdb- that sounds very cool! I have heard him interviewed and he sounds like a pretty good guy!
Belva- His latest is The Hour I First Believed and it's mainly about Columbine and the after-affects and as usual with Lamb ,there are plenty of other things going on too! It's a very good book, I have ...
Hi Deedledee,
I just found your thread. What a great list of books you've read this year so far. How did you like The Hour I First Believed and We Need to Talk About Kevin? I found them more realistic than some other books on school shootings I've read.
... I needed to get me over Incendiary. A must for all DdM fans.
7 I Know This Much Is True - I loved Wally Lamb's The Hour I First Believed so this was my attempt to start catching up on his work. It's a long book and slower-moving than THIFB, but nonetheless a gripping and moving ...
... midnight. I thought it was a great read!
6: Booksloth - I've just bought I know this much is true also because I read The hour I first believed and really liked it. I liked the progression of the characters (character development?) and how rambling the book was.
13: leperdbunny - I read ...
I Know This Much Is True. Taking a while because life is chaotic at the moment but I really loved The Hour I First Believed and, although this one isn't gripping me in quite the same way, I do find Lamb well worth sticking with - and I'm gripped enough to want to know what happens, even if it ...
I have heard mixed reviews for The Hour I First Believed . I have it but haven't tackled it yet... I am relieved to see that you liked it ! I have liked Lambs books so far, all of them!
Thanks for your comments regarding The Hour I First Believed ..I'll have to move this one up a few notches on the tbr pile.
Hi, Joanne- Excellent job on the review! I think you covered everything. Maybe, you could eventually read The Hour I First Believed ,after some time has past. I just started Jim the Boy and it grabs you pretty quickly. Beautiful writing.
May/April/May catchup.
10. The Hour I First Believed - Wally Lamb ****
My sister lent me this book. I had read She's Come Undone years and years ago but I remembered it as being a strange and rambling story that I enjoyed and I didn't quite know why. The same happened again with this ...
12. The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb - absolutely amazing!
13. The Red Convertible by Louise Erdrich - a short story collection. I liked a lot of them but I can't say that I absolutely loved this book.
14. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates - this I loved and ...
Book #40
The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
... we went to Disney, so I didn't get to do too much reading! I did read 2 Mary Balogh romances and one other book.
23. The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb. I enjoyed this book although I found it a bit too long and really depressing. Both of which I knew before I started seeing it ...
... you'll love that one as well. So looking forward to hearing what you think.
Here's my list for the month, then:
1 The Hour I First Believed
2 Elizabeth and Her German Garden
3 The Solitary Summer
4 The Easter Parade
5 The Illustrated Man
6 Mauve
7 The ...
I finished Wally Lamb's way-too-long but oh-so-good The Hour I First Believed and am beginning A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh.
Book No. 30 : The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb. This was a wonderful book by one of my favorite living authors. Having said this, now I must say that I think Mr. Lamb could have ended this book much sooner and made more of an impact. To me, the story was Columbine High School ...
Still the same books for me this week as last week: The Hour I First Believed , The Zookeeper's Wife and The Red Convertible although I may finish two of them this week. I don't know how some of you finish your books so quickly - I am jealous that you have so much time to read!
... 8/11/09
31. The Little Book, Selden Edwards 8/22/09
32. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson 8/26/09
33. The Hour I First Believed , Wally Lamb 9/6/09
34. The Thirteenth Tale, Diane Setterfield 9/10/09 (reread for Lisa's book club)
35. The Likeness, Tana French 9/20/09
36 ...
... could never pick just one
32) And... what are you reading right now? The Zookeeper's Wife, The Red Convertible and The Hour I First Believed
... While interesting, I would not call it "great" nor would I claim it to be a "must read". I am also still reading The Hour I First Believed which I am absolutely loving and can hardly put down. Which leads us to the fact that I am STILL READING The Red Convertible a collection of ...
... I loved it once I got into it.
I am currently reading Voluntary Madness, The Red Convertible and am about to begin The Hour I First Believed .
I read The Lace Reader last year for my book club and while I did enjoy it, I did find some of it a bit weak and disturbing.
... about. In fact I think that I first heard of him when I was in a book store or on a bookstore website and saw the ads for The hour I first believed . Strangely though, I do remember the title She's come undone. Not exactly sure where I heard it but I have definitely heard it somewhere.
Its ...
... the first 400 pages or so, but I was happy to have stuck to it in the end. I still plan on reading his third fiction book, The Hour I First Believed , which I've been told is also fabulous.
Why I Read This Now: I had this recommended to me by just about everyone! My mother, my aunts, ...
... the first 400 pages or so, but I was happy to have stuck to it in the end. I still plan on reading his third fiction book, The Hour I First Believed , which I've been told is also fabulous.
Now I'm going to try to get back in the groove after taking what seems like forever reading this book (i ...
... it's been a terrific quarter:
Lark and Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
What's the Matter with Kansas by Thomas Frank
Looking at a promising horizon, with many more exceptional books, ...
Last week I finished The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb and also started and finished The March by E.L. Doctorow and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne.
This weekend I am indulging in a re-read of Twilight by Stephenie Meyer then this week I will read Mis ...
... that I was just reading a *really* good book). Anyway, I think your review is spot-on.
I was anxious to get my hands on The Hour I First Believed when it came out, but was a little disappointed with it in the end. Certainly, there were many parts that I thought were really good, and the book ...
... and inspiring autobiography Having Our Say
6. Wally Lamb's lengthy, readable, and controversial pseudo-fictional The Hour I First Believed
A good start to the year for me (Hemingway was my favorite so far), but I'll have to pick up the pace if I'm going to make 75!
Only 100 more pages of The Hour I First Believed . Not sure which of my TBR pile hundreds I will go for next. I just picked up some locally written books from the used book store, so I may start there.
Thanks. I have to restrain myself!
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THE HOUR I FIRST BELIEVED
Mostly loved it. Got a bit bogged down half-way, and agree with a lot of other reviewers that it could have been shorter, probably would not ...
I've got about 50 pages left on The Hour I First Believed .....I had complained in an earlier post about being not-so-thrilled with all the genealogy and talk of the narrator's family's past.....now it's all come together and I see how it is crucial to the overall story. It has been a very multi-f ...
#62 kmbooklover - I loved the thirteenth tale too when I read it last year.
Well I finished The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb yesterday. At 700 pages it was a mission to get through. My only criticism is that so many bad things happened to the narrator that it became expected that crappy ...
... so far and that February is a short month. If I had an extra day or two I would have completed it on time.
The book is The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb. My only criticism is that nothing good ever happens to the narrator, in fact quite a lot of bad things happen. But the book has ...
I have almost completed The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb. I have about 100 pages left. This book is huge! So much so that I decided to pick another book to take to work. The Wally Lamb book was borrowed so I wanted to keep it in good condition and lugging that huge thing around also put me ...
I guess I'm just worried about Pillars of the Earth turning out the way The Hour I First Believed did, at least for me. So many people raved about it, but I hated it. I don't mind the length, but I'm wary of historical fiction as I'm not exactly a fan. Maybe I'll find an excuse to go into Border ...
I'm stuck. I pick up my novel (the Hour I First Believed ), read a few pages, and wander off. Just can't sit there and read! I even cleaned the house. A major reading block.
Maybe I need a new book.
I'm going to watch a movie, go for a ski, lay the books aside for a few days.
It was finally my turn to get a copy of The Hour I First Believed from the library... somehow the only copy they had was the large print type. It's been really easy reading I can definitely say that. Not quite sure how I feel about this one. I'm off sick from work today and tomorrow so when I ...
Just about 100 more pages of The Hour I First Believed , which I'm reading on my laptop via Adobe reader......finished City of the Sun yesterday and picked up My Lobotomy by Howard Dully.
I liked the first part of The Hour I First Believed more so than the second.....although some of the ...
... Undone by Wally Lamb, both from BookMooch. I'm unsure what to do with the Lamb book after my disastrous first read of The Hour I First Believed . Maybe I'll give it a try, but I don't have high hopes.
I'm currently reading Sabriel, which I learned about from LT and which my partner ...
... the Kindle than it would actual books. I'm also sick of having to carry around books all the time. The last book I read was The Hour I First Believed , which is a hefty 700-page book. It was too big to fit in my purse, so I carried it everywhere. In bed it was uncomfortable to read. While I was ...
... rave about. I've found a lot of good books this way, although of course you get the occasional flop. I just finished The Hour I First Believed and I'm so sorry that I did. I hated it. But my ratio of good books to bad ones has been pretty good for LT recommendations, so I'm sticking to it. ...
23. The Hour I First Believed , by Wally Lamb
Caelum Quirk, an English professor at Columbine High, is in another state when the two teenage students open fire on their ...
... from Her was on last week again. I'm being quite immersed in this topic (alzheimer's)
Today I'm starting Wally Lamb's The Hour I First Believed .
... last posted-- Never Let Me Go and Feed, whose reviews I'll have up soon -- but the good news is that I've just started The Hour I First Believed , which is a 700+-page novel which will surely keep me occupied for a while. I hope!
My father really liked The Hour I First Believed , which surprised me as I didn't think that was in any way the kind of author my father would enjoy. I think he picked it up by accident, given the title. That said, Wally Lamb is an excellent writer and I hope he decides to pass the book on to ...
I'm reading The Hour I first Believed by Wally Lamb. It's a massive book but so enthralling.
14. The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
(finished 2-16-2009)
... any of Wally Lamb's books and it is clear with Eliza's ravings about I Know this Much is True and your appreciation of The Hour I First Believed that I am going to have to squeeze some of his books into my reading soon!
I finally hit the halfway point of the 755 page The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb. What a phenomenal novel. I could read and read this one forever.....I don't want it to end. I love the way this man writes.....it just flows and eases you into the story. The story centers around a man ...
#8 The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb, An excellent read, truly gripping thru the first half to three quarters, gets bogged down a bit with the historical letters though.
A true taste of how everyday people have messy lives and how thin the line between good and bad can be. I was most ...
Hi all, I'm new to the group and quietly adding my own little list to the bunch. I have never successfully kept track of how many books I've read throughout the year, so I don't really know how many to shoot for. But 75 seems as good a starting point as any!
Here are the books I've read so far. I ...
#188.....mckait, hi! Hope you are enjoying your weekend. I finally got an Adobe reader version of The Hour I First Believed from my e-library system, so I am reading it on my laptop. A little bulkier than a book, but it's FREE so that's a good thing. :o) I'm enjoying it very much.
I am 550 pages in The Hour I First Believed . I have really enjoyed the book up to this point. This section is a bit boring, I hope the pace picks up again.
I am also reading American Wife.
I have read almost all of Lamb's books, and enjoyed them. I have his latest one, The Hour I First Believed right next to me. I do think that Lamb is a love him or hate him author...
Why does poor Wally have no magic touchstone?
... but overall I was pretty bored.
I just finished Memoirs of a Geisha and LOVED it, as well as Wally Lamb's new book The Hour I First Believed . Lamb's stuff is always great. I own all his books.
Happy reading!
Hi everyone!
Well, I finished Wally Lamb's The Hour I First Believed and the memoir My Lobotomy, which was interesting. I just started Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell and I really LOVE it so far! It's going to be a lengthy read, but it's so far very entertaining. Hope everyone is ...
... that Lamb has another book I'll probably love; I'll have to add the one you mentioned.
yes I still am enthralled with The Hour I First Believed , I'm on page 383 now, and the thought that comes to my mind is how well Lamb captures the "messiness" of our lives, we and our families dont ...
how are you liking The Hour I First Believed so far? I'm in the middle of Lamb's I Know This Much Is True and, just like you, I think I'll hate so see it end! (Even though it's almost 900 pages. It's such a page-turner, you become absolutely involved with the characters from the very beginning)
>38, 39 & 41
I hope you all enjoy The Hour I First Believed . I've read She's Come Undone and I plan on reading I Know This Much Is True sometime this year.
15. While I Live by John Marsden
The Ellie Chronicles # 1
This book starts a spin-off series of Marsden's young adult ...
I tkae it The Hour I First Believed is not the 700+ daunting book?
The Hour I First Believed is really good.....ok, back to my book, it's a bit daunting at 700+pages, but so far easily read.............................................
Starting The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
Regarding The Hour I first Believed , what a great time. I'm adding this one to the tbr pile.
Thanks for your great review.
13. The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
Wow. This is going to be one of my favorite books of the year. I am a psychologist working in areas of crisis intervention, trauma therapy, and in the schools.The subject matter was absolutely perfect for me.
The novel initially centers on ...
I'm still reading The Emperor's Bones and have added The Shack, The Appeal, and The Hour I First Believed to the list. The first is a little crude thus far, but I'm going to give it a sincere effort.
#8 I loved Chocolat and Angela's Ashes. Try 'Tis next :)
I am about 250 pages into The Hour I First Believed . This is another excellent book by Lamb!
I finished The Hour I First Believed . Yes, it was a long wait but worth every second. Lamb is back with another winner! The best book of the year, so far, setting the bar high! I hope everyone else feels the same way!
10) The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb *****
Lamb is back with another winner! The best book of the year, so far, setting the bar high!
... in my tbr. It's size is a bit daunting. Let me know what you think, so I can figure out when to tackle it!
I just finished The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb. It may have been a long wait but worth every bleedin' second. Excellent read! This guy's incredible. I'll try to post a review ...
I am almost done with The Hour I First Believed . It started to seem belabored at about 400 or so pages, so I've slowed down on it but hope to finish it in the next few days.
It almost feels like two seperate novels to me. I hope there will be some unification in the end, that perfect ending ...
I just read the first chapter of the new Wally Lamb book, The Hour I First Believed online last night. (You can read the first chapter free online at Amazon.com) I'm hooked! I went to the book store to find it today, and it turns out its completely sold out at all the major bookstores in Atlant ...
From Audible:
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
Hard Times by Charles Dickens
The Hour I First Believed: A Novel by Wally Lamb
Hi all, I'm new here and I love this site. I'm trying to finish The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb. It's a whopper of a book, and even though I'm almost at the end, I just haven't connected to the characters like I did in his other books, I Know This Much is True and She's Come Undone ...
February Reads
14. The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
15. Kiss of the Demon King (Immortals After Dark) by Kresley Cole
16. Santa Responds by Santa Claus
17. Familiar Mirage (Fear Familiar) by Caroline Burnes
... Bock. I thought it was a very good first novel but clearly not for everyone. Speaking of great buzz, I'm starting The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb. I have a feeling this is going to be so good!
... Phillips
3. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
4. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
5. The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
6. The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver
7. A Perfectly Good Family by Lionel Shriver
8. Alias Grace by ...
... meet Wally Lamb in November at Borders in CT. He was a very interesting speaker. Now I have to read his newest book The Hour I First Believed .
... ..Georgia
Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff....................California
Wild Nights by Joyce Carol Oates.......Idaho
The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb...Colorado
So Brave, So Young, and Handsome by Leif Enger.....Minnesota
... ***
7. A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro 182pp. Not the best Ishiguro I have read. ****
8. The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb 752pp. Loved it. Like many, I didn’t think it to long and loved the history part of it. *****
9. Kim by Rudyard Kip ...
What did you think of The Hour I First Believed ? I'm thinking about reading it.
So far I have read 4 books since the beginning of this year! The Hour I First Believed , by Wally Lamb. Smashed, by Koren Zailckas, Savage Love, by Dan Savage, and Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. (The latter I am currently finishing up.)
-Wally Lamb is one of my favorite ...
... Itself and really enjoyed it. I've heard great things about his latest, please let us know!
A friend lent me a copy of The Hour I first Believed by Wally Lamb. How cool is that? I hope to start it very soon!
... Chain, by Meg Gardiner ***stars
#6The Death Dealer, Heather Graham **1/2stars
#7Towelhead, Alicia Erian **stars
#8The Hour I First Believed , Wally Lamb ****stars
#9Killer Heat, Linda Fairstein **1/2 stars
#10Lady Killer, Lisa Scottoline **1/2 stars
#11Strangers in the Land of Eg ...
... Kent, Finished 2-21
The Given Day by Dennis Lehane, Finished 5-13
Scottsboro By Ellen Feldmen, Finished 8-19
The Hour I First Believed , by Wally Lamb, Finished 3-7 (could also be Book Award)
4. Fantasy - 9 Down, DONE
The Widows of Eastwick by John Updike, Finished 2-3 (coul ...
Twilight collectors edition by Stephanie Meyer
The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
Super Crunchers by Ian Ayres
Yes Man by Danny Wallace
A Spy by Nature by Charles Cumming
The Water's Lovely by Ruth Rendell
Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
...
I'm reading The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb, and it's excellent so far.
Hi there.. im only new to LT and have decided to join the 50 Book Challenge
I started with The hour i first believed by Wally Lamb. I loved it!! Then i read Testimony by Anita Shreve.. this was an easy read and i enjoyed it also.
Im now reading A painted house by John Grisham. So far im ...
... by Caitilin)
6. Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston (recommended by Norma)
7. The hour I first believed by Wally Lamb (book club)
8. The chosen one by Carol Lynch Williams (recommended by Norma)
9. Sacred hearts by Sara ...
Im only new to LT and am loving this site!! Im currently reading The hour i first believed and am loving it!! I was hoping it would be as good as I know this much is true and so far have not been disappointed!
Now reading The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb. It is his best book yet. Can't believe it took nine years between books, but maybe that's why this one is so good!
I got:
Absinthe: Sip Of Seduction
Sephora: The Ultimate Guide
2 Edward Gorey calendars
The Hour I First Believed
A Jets hat
An Oscar Wilde bookmark
Hanukkah chocolates
And a 100-pound boxing bag for my dad and brother, that me and my mom had to carry into the house, wrap, and ...
... over to B&N tomorrow, what with Christmas money coming in. You know. It's not like I have a choice.
Oh, and I bought The Hour I First Believed for my mother for Christmas.
I'm still working on The Hour I First Believed , and my LibraryThing early review book, The Returning by Ann Tatlock. Today I was out shopping in the snowstorm here in the northeast, and I couldn't resist buying the new Patricia Cornwell, Scarpetta.
72. The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
This was not a happy book for the most part. It was quite interesting. In some ways it reminded me of the 19th Wife. It had a lot of history.
... as RABCKs:
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Shadow of the Silk Road
Also, over the weekend I used my Borders bucks for The Hour I First Believed .
Wally Lamb's newest book The Hour I First Believed has a good genealogy subplot dealing with the main character's parents, adopted parents and other extended family. It's a great read!!
52. The Hour I First Believed , Wally Lamb
It took Wally nine years to write these 723 pages of story, or story intertwined with story intertwined with story . . .
Is it about Caelum Quirk, the protaganist, and his adulterous wife Maureen? Is it about Maureen, a school nurse at Columbine High ...
Still reading The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb. I am a little over half way through.
The Hour I First Believed: A Novel by Wally Lamb
Monster: A Novel by Jonathan Kellerman
in the mail. Monster was a mooch. I would love it if books hurled themselves in my bag if I didn't have to pay for them on the way out.
:)
Oh, I'm sorry to hear that about The Hour I First Believed . I so loved Wally Lamb's first two books that I bought that one as soon as it came out -- but haven't had a chance to read it yet. Here's hoping I disagree with you! :)
... a book that I do not like. Why waste my time? Any Given Doomsday is one of them that I didn't finish this year. The Hour I First Believed is another. To each their own.
... happening to me?
I have had such a good run of books that I've really enjoyed - the last two were The Given Day and Hour I first Believed , and now the 'wow' in my reading just got up and left!
Suddenly, I just could not get into The Book Thief or Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer. I ...
... a list of one of my top non-fiction books of the year. What that family went through was incredible!
I am now reading The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb.
And I am still reading 4 O'clock Murders by Scott Anderson. I am trying to get through my reserve library books that I ...
From the library today - Wally Lamb's The Hour I First Believed
this will be the first of his novels I have read - first 50 pages have pulled me in
Read Hour I first believed and loved it. Wally Lamb is such a good writer.
Followed up with The Appeal but decided I really wasn't into Grisham so gave up after 200 pages or so.
Now starting The Secret Scripture by Sebastien Barry and so far, so good.
I keep saying this but it's so true. I ...
I just bought The Hour I First Believed and started it on the busride home. I didn't want to wait for it from the library...
... Which was really good. And I have started re-reading Twilight in anticipation of the movie this week. And I also have The Hour I First Believed to tackle this week.
The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb.
#89 bnbooklady --I just picked up my copy of The Hour I First Believed . Wally is reading and signing his books at a Borders in Farmington, CT this week. I am planning on attending. Can't wait to start in on the book.
I just finished an ARC of Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell and am psyched to begin Wally Lamb's new book The Hour I First Believed, which was released today, this evening.
Both A Mercy and The Hour I First Believed came out just today. I had pretty much decided on the Toni Morrison. Yes, she loves that chew thing and is sleeping with it right now.
(I have no idea why the touchstone brings up "Moon Called" instead of "A Mercy". How odd.)
I received The Hour I First Believed today.
... forever for Wally Lamb to come out with a new one.....finally, he's got one ready to be released in November as well....The Hour I First Believed: A Novel ......YAY!!!
Since I usually wait for the new stuff to come out in paperback......I will probably stick with the books that are in my TB ...
The Ball and Chain: Large books of 500+ pages
1. The Hour I First Believed: A Novel by Wally Lamb 15/02/09
2. Rebecca's Tale by Sally Beauman 13/06/09
Has anyone heard anything about the new Wally Lamb book The Hour I First Believed ? The touchstone is off, btw. According to the B & N website (and amazon), it's coming out in November, but the HarperCollins website doesn't have any info...I'd love to get my hands on one.
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