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... the Year 2009)
Salman Rushdie The Enchantress of Florence
Mary Doria Russell Dreamers of the Day
Curtis Sittenfeld American Wife
Neal Stephenson Anathem
Steve Toltz A Fraction of the Whole
Tim Winton Breath
Of the ones I've read I really liked People of the Book, The Rehea ...
Book 75: Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (***). Contrasted with the 550-page American Wife , this 530-page children's book was the slowest trudging ever! I simply couldn't get into the story. Ha! "get into" -- is ironic because this is a story about a man who can read characters out of a story ...
Book 73: I was interested in Curtis Sittenfeld's American Wife (****) (a fictional bio/memoir of Laura Bush) in order to explore a wife's reactions to a husband who is widely unpopular and disrespected. The question in Sittenfeld's novel is a little different: to what extent is the woman herself ( ...
I agree, Nickelini, the choices seem to be, literally, "all over the map". American Wife . Child 44, Arctic Chill. Home, and The Enchantress of Florence all on the same list?!!!
bonnie and any others interested -- maybe Tuesday or Wednesday for Inkheart? The pages of American Wife are flying and I'll just need a day or overnight to reboot my brain for a new story.
Wisconsin
American Wife
Curtis Sittenfeld
Very much enjoyed this book and its fictionalized version of Laura Bush's life. Am off to google to see if I can find out just how much is fiction, and how much is based on truth.
Am undecided on where my next book will take me. I have so ...
... in deep-bass voices and tell my eagerness to settle down and settle in.
Which is what I'm doing with Curtis Sittenfeld's American Wife , and am really enjoying it. Others tbr in the category are Half of a Yellow Sun (merely long-ish, and should be terrific); Something Happened (I loved Cat ...
I'm actually the closest to home I've been all year, in southern Wisconsin with an American Wife .
... I really enjoy the extended stay. Though 5 in the two months ahead may be pushing it :))
* Half of a Yellow Sun
** American Wife , Something Happened, The Charm School
*** The Pillars of the Earth (ok, I may be swapping this one out to 2010!)
eta: When I'm tackling a long ...
... 4
June
33. The Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett 4 1/2
32. The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell 4 1/2
31. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld 4
30. Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie 3 1/2
May
29. Paris 1919 by Margaret MacMillan 5
28. Up the Junction by Nell Du ...
55) Mannahatta Eric Sanderson - NYC c. 1609
56 and 6) American Wife - Curtis Sittenfeld
57) Someone Knows My Name - Lawrence Hill
58) Jar City - Arnaldur Indridason
59) Arctic Chill - Arnaldur Indridason
60) Brooklyn - Colm Toibin
I have just gotten a copy of American Wife . I'm hoping that it's as good as prep was.
... ee
Texas
Utah - The 19th Wife: A Novel by David Ebershoff
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin - American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
Wyoming
Washington DC - The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
detailmuse in Fifty States Fiction (or Nonfiction) Challenge : detailmuse's Bookish America (Oct 5, 2009, 10:43am)
... tory.
I’m on the home stretch in my 999 Challenge and think only American Wife (Wisconsin) will fit here … The Color Purple and The Bluest Eye might also, but I suspect they’ll more evoke a time than a place. After the 999, I'm ...
75. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld (2008) 558 pp
I sure many of you have also heard of this book. It's a novelization of the life of Laura Bush (here Alice Blackwell), from childhood to the final days of her husband's (here Charlie Blackwell) presidency.
The plot follows the major ...
... In the Woods, in part because it's told from his partner's point of view and gives a new depth to the earlier book.
American Wife is high on my TBR.
Read American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld. Recommended.
After much foreign reading, I finally read a book set in a particular state. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld is the fictionalized life of Laura Bush. Here, Alice (Laura), from a small town in Wisconsin, marries Charlie Blackwell, the scyon of a wealthy Wisconsin polical family. Like Geor ...
... this book, and will probably read French's next mystery, The Likeness which features one of the same detectives.
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld--a novelization of the life of Laura Bush (here Alice Blackwell). The book is totally believable, and very interesting to read--Alice/ ...
... and how that correlates to social power and what she can do or say take power instead. It's weird but interesting.
60. American Wife: a novel by Curtis Sittenfield *****
Based on the life of Laura Bush. It has four parts: her childhood and adolescence, meeting her husband, their marriage ...
... ld
The Color Purple
Laughing Out Loud
Category complete!
Long Books (I modified this to be >400pp)
American Wife
Half of a Yellow Sun
The Charm School
TBA
TBA
(maybe Inkheart and/or Something Happened and/or The Pillars of the Earth)
Artist Dates
...
Hola Kdoc. Enjoy your time off then and all the reading opportunities that come with it. A Mercy is on my TBR list so I look forward to reading your review of it when you get to it.
52. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld. I saw this on amazon when I was looking at the reviews for American Wife and then found it at the library. It was a really uncomfortable read because it took me right back to my nerdy, miserable teenage years which I've been trying so hard to forget! I was ...
Yesterday I read American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld. I stayed up to 3am to finish it and I'm thinking about it today at odd moments - all good signs of a good read!
Today I have picked up a YA novel: Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen before I turn to something a bit heavier: Infidel by Ayaan Hi ...
Yes, all the wives are confusing, aren't they?! But American Wife was great.
I'm still undecided about which ereader to get (although as neither the Sony or the Kindle is currently available here, there wouldn't be much I could do even if I'd made a firm decision!). I do tend to buy most of ...
44. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld. Another great read, and I was glad to have a day to read it all, instead of bit by bit on the bus. I knew before I read it that it was based on the life of Laura Bush, but I know next to nothing about Mrs Bush, and reading this book has made me want to ...
... about this book, and I will definitely want to read the next thing the author writes.
I'm now about half-way through American Wife and really enjoying it too.
Title Alphabetical Challenge
A. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld 9/09
B. The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born by Ayi Kwei Armah 12/09
C.
D. Diary of a Rapist by Evan Connell 10/09
E.
F.
G. The Good Pirates of the Forgotten Bayous, Ken Wells 9/09
H. Hippolyte's ...
... set in New York but written by a British writer. I've liked Zoe Heller's writing since she was a newspaper columnist.
American Wife is due at the library for me very shortly, but perhaps I have time to read a bit of the Trollope before then...
Thank you Booksloth. I hope you enjoy Shipwrecks.
I have heard about American Wife but not being a Bush fan, had no interest in it. LB has always struck me as 'Stepford-like'. She may have thoughts and beliefs of her own but only talks about the non-controversial ones. She seems ...
... nothing much so it's another short list this time (though I'm already up to 14 for August!) Here they are then:
1 American Wife - and you American readers probably know more about this one than I did. Based loosely on the life of Laura Bush - I don't really know enough about this ...
... the Narwhal by Andrea Barrett
2. Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippman
3. Blood Ties by Lori Armstrong
4. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
5. Capote in Kansas by Kim Powers
... IST:
La Cucina by Lily Prior (2002)
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri (2004)
What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn (2007)
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld (2009)
Interestingly, none of these books earned five stars, but I did read some great books. My favorites were The Namesake and Fin ...
39) American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld ( review )
... I have 152 people ahead of me in the queue for the 3 copies in circulation.
Cushla - yours was the first good review of American Wife I've come across lately. I ended up taking it back to the library unread after seeing a couple of negative LT reviews earlier in the year.
... the historical chapters were true. Books based on truth like that always make me think about which parts were embellished (American Wife really scared me, the whole thing seeming it could be fact)
... to go back for a much better look. One day, when the kids are bigger... Have you been there?
Stasia, I hope you like American Wife and will be interested to see what you think,eventually. I didn't know very much about Laura Bush, but as it was it felt like almost an autobiography.
Ka ...
... Dakota
42. Tennessee
43. Texas
44. Utah
45. Vermont
46. Virginia
47. Washington
48. West Virginia
49. Wisconsin--American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld 9/09
50. Wyoming
... >read TPB last year, but offer a few others from my TBRs that might appeal:
>500pp
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
Inkheart (children's) by Cornelia Funke
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
>400pp
Lamb by Christopher Moore
Half of a Y ...
#135: American Wife looks very good. On to the Planet it goes (2016 may be too soon for me to get to it, though).
... - 4 was too many - not that I'm very consistent about stars anyway...
Book 31 was un-put-down-able to me - American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld . This one definitely gets 4 stars from me. I'd seen lots of comments about it on here, but in New Zealand it hasn't had much ...
I've just finished American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld - it's set there for most of the book.
... Bayous by Ken Wells
74. The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway
75. In the Woods by Tana French
76. American Wife by Curtis Sutterfeld
October 2009
77. Diary of a Rapist by Evan Connell
78. Nazi Literature in the Americas by Roberto Bolano
79. God ...
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
... Brooklyn (years ago) by Jonathan Lethem
The Chosen(years ago) by Chaim Potok
Wisconsin - American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
I'm sure there are more! I'll add some more when I've checked my bookshelves.
When I read new books, I'll post comments here as ...
I'm into the last 100 pages of American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld and am loving it. I'm also reading War and Peace and The Great Unravelling by Paul Krugman.
#1 teelgee and #7 torontc, I really enjoyed My Year of Meats too and will look out for All Over Creation.
I'm reading American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld, and loving it. Am also reading War and Peace, and The Great Unravelling by Paul Krugman. Both are excellent but can't compete with Alice Lindgren and her husband.
I'm halfway through American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld and can't put it down. I didn't realise it was on the long list for the Orange Prize, so I'm a month early for Orange July.
...
American Wife: A Novel by Curtis Sittenfeld
Rating: ★★
Genre: Fictional Memoir
A fictionalization of the life of Laura Bush but as “Alice Lindgren”, a middle ...
... and Volkhonsky is so much better than my Dad's old one from 1972. I'm also in Berlin in Stasiland, and in Wisconsin in American Wife .
... by Alice Sebold (2003)
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri (2004)
What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn (2007)
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld (2009)
Open to suggestions! =)
28. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
Hmm, I'm not sure what to think about this book. Knowing it was loosely based on Laura Bush was an odd feeling. I am one of those who cannot understand why or how she is with him. I'm not sure if the purpose of this book was for Curtis Sittenfeld to try ...
... TRotD, The Reader and who knows what else. I'm going to have to start a TBW list, or a tag at least. How silly.
American Wife - Curtis Sittenfeld. A novel that attempts to answer the question, What the hell goes on in Laura Bush's head? Alice Lindgren grows up quietly in a Wisconsin ...
... library hasn't got it.
I read March last year and also loved it, couldn't put it down and finished it in a day. I had American Wife out from the library a few weeks ago but never got round to reading it and now after your review I'll let it slip a bit further down my list of possible reads ...
I've read Love Marriage (I got it as an Early Reviewer copy), and American Wife . I really enjoyed American Wife . It is based on the life of Laura Bush, but I don't think it is meant to be a fictionalized account of her life exactly, but more of a fictional investigation of some of the ...
36. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfield
I wanted to like this book, about an ordinary small town girl who grows up to be the First Lady. It was an interesting premise, particularly because of the parallels drawn with Laura and George Bush, and I imagine it would spark some interesting ...
I'm giving away 3 books to 3 winners: American Wife , Lethal Legacy and Hot Mess: Summer in the City. You can enter on my blog.
Lisa
I'm giving away 3 books to 3 winners: American Wife , Hot Mess: Summer in the City and Lethal Legacy. Open through 4/13 and you can enter here.
I'm giving away 3 books to 3 winners: American Wife , Hot Mess: Summer in the City and Lethal Legacy. Open through 4/13 and you can enter here.
I'm giving away 3 books to 3 winners: American Wife , Hot Mess: Summer in the City and Lethal Legacy. Open through 4/13 and you can enter here.
Lisa
... I don't know which contest thread is most current, so I guess I'll hit all three.
I'm giving away 3 books to 3 winners: American Wife , Hot Mess: Summer in the City and Lethal Legacy. Open through 4/13 and you can enter LisaLynne in Bloggers : Contest on my blog (Apr 6, 2009, 10:01pm)
I'm giving away 3 books to 3 winners: American Wife , Hot Mess: Summer in the City and Lethal Legacy. Open through 4/13 and you can enter here.
I'm giving away 3 books to 3 winners: American Wife , Hot Mess: Summer in the City and Lethal Legacy. Open through 4/13 and you can enter here.
... The Book Thief...I haven't yet read it myself though, so have no idea.
Some people have also said good things about American Wife again, on my list not read yet.
I've had a real slow reading season.. But perhaps the best book I read this quarter has been American Wife . I couldn't put it down, and what makes it even worse the whole time I'm reading it I was thinking, "This is the fake Laura Bush bio and I can't put it down".
But I did have some excellent ...
#39 - American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld, 558 pages (library). This is the story of a first lady analyzing her life and how she became first lady. Heard alot about this being based on Laura Bush. Though I'm not sure about that, even if it was, it was done tastefully. I really enjoyed this. ...
... but I think I had to be in a "certain" mood to appreciate it. And I'm with you avaland, I have no interest whatsoever in American Wife .
... the scientific process and the very human people who work there.
I don't think anyone could get me to read American Wife . I'm just not ready to revisit anyone connected to the previous administration. But that's just me. I didn't care for Gilead (it's possible I was just ...
Ooo, I've actually read two of those--Love Marriage, which I got as an Early Reviewer's book, and American Wife . I will have to print out the list and head to the store soon. Thanks for posting the list, Soupdragon!
... target="_blank">Burnt Shadows (no touchstone, so I've linked it)
Curtis Sittenfeld American Wife
Miriam Toews The Flying Troutmans
Ann Weisgarber The Persona ...
Another book followed me home from work: American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
Haven't read any of her work before but my interest in this one was sparked after hearing an interview with her on the Radio National Book Show (Australian radio station that has an awesome book program, and yes, ...
... is the Truth by Elizabeth Partridge ****
59. the Disreputable History of Frankie Landau Banks by E Lockhart *****
60. American Wife: a novel by Curtis Sittenfield *****
61. Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen ***
62. Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali *****
63. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the P ...
... series. And an now anxiously waiting for book 5 (May 8th)! Did I mention how much I love this series?
I also started American Wife last night. LT tells me I will LOVE this book, so we'll see.
... 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 .
... book of shadows by Cate Tiernan
22. Digging to America by Anne Tyler
23. The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
24. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
25. The Plague Tales by Ann Benson
26. The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
27. The Invisible Circus by Jennifer Egan
28. ...
... by Jordan Dane **1/2 stars
#16Ghost Recon, by David Michaels ***stars
#17Change of Heart, by Jodi Picoult **stars
#18American Wife , by Curtis Sittenfield **stars
#19All Through the Night, by Davis Bunn ***stars
#20The Sum of Our Days, by Isabel Allende ***stars
#21How I Live Now, ...
... .html">review )
38) La Cucina by Lily Prior (review )
39) American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld (review )
40) The Elephant Keeper by Christopher Nicholson (rainbowdarling in 50 Book Challenge : Rainbow Reads Again: 2009! (Dec 31, 2008, 9:19pm)
... Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Donald Zochert
22. Laura Ingalls Wilder by William Anderson
23. American Wife Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner
Now Reading
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Du ...
49. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
Very fascinating story. My review is here .
50. Cracked Up to Be by Courtney Summers
Haven't written the review yet; that will probably ...
... 4
June
33. The Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett 4 1/2
32. The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell 4 1/2
31. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld 4
30. Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie 3 1/2
May
29. Paris 1919 by Margaret MacMillan 5
28. Up the Junction by Nell Du ...
Skeletons at the Feast
Mudbound
American Wife
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Sol's Story
Enjoying American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld...best I have read in a good while.
... In particular, since I apparently have issues it this book & can't stop complaining about its existence, what is up with American Wife ? Has anyone read this book? It seems to me such a silly attempt to capitalize on the whole "Laura Bush must be better than she seems" desire. Is ...
... - Andrew Davidson
A Florentine Death - Michele Giuttari
The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite - Beatrice Colin
American Wife - Curtis Sittenfeld
I hereby promise by all that I hold sacred that I will not venture anywhere near another bookshop for the rest of the year. (Thank god ...
...
I am neither richardderus or bookaholicgirl, but I can answer: RL usually means "real life."
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I'm still reading American Wife , but I'm also working my way through Lost in Austen. I'm excited to try out all the different paths. My best friend bought this for me for Christmas.
... the story of the execution of the Romanovs through the eyes of one of their servants. I also remember enjoying it!
42. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld Another one from awhile back.
I'm reading American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld this week. It should prove a pretty quick read for me, in spite of the length.
... I get around to them, they just seem irrelevant. I haven't read it, but I really wonder if there will be any interest in American Wife in a year or so. From what I've heard, it seems to be a fan-fic about Laura Bush. Has anyone read and enjoyed it?
...
Toni Morrison, A Mercy
Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge
Jhumpa Lahiri, Unaccustomed Earth
Curtis Sittenfeld, American Wife
Annie Dillard, Maytrees
Kate Grenville, The Lieutenant (has that been published in the UK?)
Mary Ann Shaffer, Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society ...
If you're including historical fiction and including wives there's American Wife supposedly based on Laura Bush, and The Emancipator's Wife? Both of which I've been meaning to read..
David Mccullough has written about a lot of presidents, perhaps I'll read his book about Truman which ...
Looooong Books (>400 pages*)
A Fortunate Age# by Joanna Smith Rakoff (416pp) (***)
American Wife # by Curtis Sittenfeld (576pp) (****)
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (560pp) (*****)
Half of a Yellow Sun# by Chimamanda Adichie (433pp)
Inkheart# by Cornelia Funke (534pp) (* ...
... Age# by Joanna Smith Rakoff (***) (See review)
American Wife # by Curtis Sittenfeld (****)
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (*****) (See review) ...
Hi Shannon,
I felt kinda nya about American Wife (neither yea nor nay). You can read my review here .
I loved Love Walked In! It's very much a fairytale for grownups (so not super realistic, ...
American Wife yea or nay?
also for Love Walked In?
... by Penelope Przekop
Polite Lies: On Being a Woman Caught Between Cultures by Kyoko Mori
September
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
The Late Bloomer's Revolution by Amy Cohen
Thus Was Adonis Murdered by Sarah Caudwell
The Nettle Spinner by Kathryn Kui ...
... and progressed stably. I liked it and will probably read her next book, The Memorist but most likely will not buy them. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld which was great, I immediately fell in love with the main character.
I'm also in the progress of reading the amazing The Uses ...
177 is American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
178 is The Commoner by John Burnham Schwartz
179 is The President's Daughter by Ellen Emerson White
They are actually kind of connected, although I didn't have any particular reading plan. American Wife is a fictional story loosely ...
New Books (2008 - 2009)
1) Tales of Beedle the Bard 1.1.09
2) People of the Book 1.10.09
3) American Wife 2.24.09
4) Testimony 3.19.09
5) Behind the Bedroom Door
6) Two Rivers 4.17.09
7) 3 Willows 4.26.09
8) Wintergirls 4.29.09
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I'm a librarian, I really should read De ...
New to this, but as I've been splurging, I thought I should post.
This week I've bought:
Jamie's Ministry of Food
American Wife
The Burning Roses (another Morland Dynasty)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Penguin Classics edition)
Plus some Christmas presents :)
... Stafford-Clark I enjoy it, but I really have to pay attention and sometimes read things again. I also plan on starting American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld which I hear is fantastic. I have enjoyed both her previous books, so I have high hopes for her new one.
... reading Atkinson's latest, When Will There Be Good News? It is very good so far, although pretty sad.
I finished American Wife earlier this week, and really enjoyed it. I know it is based on Laura Bush, but it is clearly a fictionalized version of someone like her, not supposed to be ...
... guest posts on our own blogs). As you might have guessed, this is because I guest posted on a blog recently: my review of American Wife appears on Word to Mouth here .
61. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
I was intrigued by this book, but kind of surprised at how good it was. In some ways it seemed like not a lot happened, but of course, a lot did. The main character, based on Laura Bush, is so calm and even-tempered that there was never really ...
I am reading American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld, which is really fascinating so far.
Avaland, I am sorry to hear that you don't like A Perfectly Good Family--I have that one on my TBR pile. I loved the other books that I read by her, so I had high hopes for this one.
... books that came to mind while reading your posts were various Joyce Carol Oates novels (i.e. Blonde), Curtis Sittenfeld's American Wife , Kathleen Kent's The Heretic's Daughter (descendant or not, she wrote that story with much creative license) and so on.
Maybe the cellist is upset he ...
... The Days and Nights of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom by Julie Kenner
167. Killer Weekend by Ridley Pearson
168. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
169. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
170. The Spell Book of Listen Taylor by Jaclyn Moriarty
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld. Feels like I've been reading it forever. My review is posted on my blog:
http://jlshall.blogspot.com/2008/09/review-american-wife.html
I'm sorry, Kymmayfield, I just traded my copy of The Good Thief.
In a day or two, I'll be ready to trade my ARC of American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld if anyone is interested. Just drop me a message.
... List which I thought was pretty good and funny. Will be starting Hamlet on Monday and I am still suffering through American Wife , which I have to finish. I am listening to Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging in the car and I am almost done and then hope to start listening to Mist ...
... by Brunonia Barry (ARC)
Aberrations by Penelope Przekop (paperback)
So Long at the Fair by Christina Schwarz (ARC)
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld (ARC)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (paperback)
... by Brunonia Barry (ARC)
Aberrations by Penelope Przekop (paperback)
So Long at the Fair by Christina Schwarz (ARC)
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld (ARC)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (paperback)
... by Brunonia Barry (ARC)
Aberrations by Penelope Przekop (paperback)
So Long at the Fair by Christina Schwarz (ARC)
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld (ARC)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (paperback)
#36 American Wife: A Novel by Curtis Sittenfeld
Mild-mannered librarian (who is not Laura Welch Bush) marries future President of the United States (who is not George Walker Bush), in spite of major social, philosophical and political differences, while at the same time wrestling with the ...
46. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
I am still trying to get through American Wife which I like less and less everyday and reminds me of Prep, which I hated. So, I threw in Fly On The Wall which is enjoyable and just the kind of YA stuff I need. I am also listening to Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging in the car just to ...
... by Brunonia Barry (ARC)
Aberrations by Penelope Przekop (paperback)
So Long at the Fair by Christina Schwarz (ARC)
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld (ARC)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (paperback)
Deadline is September 20; winners will be announced S ...
... by Brunonia Barry (ARC)
Aberrations by Penelope Przekop (paperback)
So Long at the Fair by Christina Schwarz (ARC)
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld (ARC)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (paperback)
Deadline is September 20; winners will be announced S ...
... by Brunonia Barry (ARC)
Aberrations by Penelope Przekop (paperback)
So Long at the Fair by Christina Schwarz (ARC)
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld (ARC)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (paperback)
Deadline is September 20; winners will be announced S ...
I just posted my review to American Wife here .
I'm wondering if we should start another "Penny for your thoughts" thread. This one is getting kinda long!
...
Swimming with Strangers
Watercooler Effect
Dachensword
The Heartbreak Diet
Angel's Are
City of Refuge
American Wife
The Grift
Black Box
Nation
Creepers
Gone Away World
These are all requests that were made in July and have not been received. I know some of ...
Reading and loving American Wife .
... Paperback
Included: Letter from Publisher
The only thing with this is that I already got my July ER book, it was American Wife . This just randomly showed up. The message above gives an explanation, but I already got a book. I'm not complaining because I love free books, but I am ...
... an outdoorsy person who loves travel and saving the world (Adventures with Purpose), and loves chick-lit and politics (American Wife ) and has a sick sense of humor (Silent But deadly). Pretty accurate, except for the outdoorsy part -- as I like to joke, my idea of roughing it is staying ...
Still reading American Wife and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Hoping I can start August ER book Hot Girl this week.
... ARC's so I listed them in my catch-all category.
Bleak House-Charles Dickens
Sweetsmoke-David Fuller
American Wife -Curtis Sittenfeld
One More Year-Sana Krasikov
When We Were Romans-Matthew Kneale
So Long at the Fair-Christina Schwarz
I heartily ...
... 2008?
I'm totally breaking the rules, because I have a 6-way tie for 1st place, but that's okay. My choices are:
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
Guernica by Dave Boling
One More Year by Sana Krasikov
Far World: Water Keep by J. Scott Savage
SweetSmoke by ...
... give up on the ban--us bibliophiles will never be able to not buy books--its just part of our genes!!
Let me know how American Wife is--I've been oogling that one too.
34. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld follows the life of Alice from girlhood into womanhood. It is the story of how she found love, lost it, found it again, got married and how her husband, Charlie, became the President of the United States and how she dealt with that. Overall, I enjoyed most ...
... I've just got to accept that I am going to buy books whether I try to avoid it or not.
That being said, I picked up American Wife today. I'd wanted it as an ER book, but didn't get it, and I've been enviously watching others read their copies. Now I can finally read my very own copy.
Wow, I've been reading a ton but haven't posted anything in ages.
46. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld - Alice Blackwell is the First Lady, and she lets it be known quickly that everything in the White House isn't as peachy as it may seem. This novel, based roughly on the life of Laura Bush, ...
I'm halfway through Sweetheart and will start American Wife and Woman of a Thousand Secrets soon. This is a crazy month for ARCs for me..
Finally starting American Wife and reading I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings for school. Might be able to squeeze something else in too, but I am not sure yet.
I ended up with an extra copy of the American Wife ARC thanks to a very generous Librarythinger! I'm giving away the extra copy here: http://aleapopculture.blogspot.com/2008/08/giveaway-american-wife.html
Open to US residents until September 14th! To enter share with me your most anticipated ...
I ended up with an extra copy of the American Wife ARC thanks to a very generous Librarythinger! I'm giving away the extra copy here: http://aleapopculture.blogspot.com/2008/08/giveaway-american-wife.html
Open to US residents until September 14th! To enter share with me your most anticipated ...
I ended up with an extra copy of the American Wife ARC thanks to a very generous Librarythinger! I'm giving away the extra copy here: http://aleapopculture.blogspot.com/2008/08/giveaway-american-wife.html
Open to US residents until September 14th! To enter share with me your most anticipated ...
Finished American Wife and posted my review at The Book Lady's Blog . I lost interested in the last 150ish pages, so I didn't love it as much as some others have, but I thought it was OK.
...
I finished American Wife last night and have posted my review at The Book Lady's Blog . I didn't love it, but it was OK.
I finished American Wife and have posted my review at The Book Lady's Blog .
Now it's on to After the Fire for an author-requested review.
I'm just about to finish American Wife, and while I don't hate it (as I initially worried I would), I don't love it, either. Was hoping to get it reviewed today, but I'm out of town for a wedding, and things are busier than expected. Maybe tomorrow.
Then, I'll start on The Gone-Away World, ...
I just started American Wife and so far it's a pretty quiet read, but I'm only about 50 pages in. Looking forward to the scandalicious parts!
I'm now 200ish pages into American Wife, and let me tell you, it is scandalicious. I think there's going to be a lot of, erm, interesting press around this book next week.
Thanks for making me stick with it, DoB.
I'm about 200 pages into American Wife , and I'm really looking forward to watching the controversy it's going to cause when nice Republican ladies who just want to read a book inspired by Laura Bush get to the numerous disturbing and/or sexually explicit scenes.
Scandalicious!
Also, back by ...
richard and DoB: having now read more of American Wife , I'm still a bit dubious, but I can tell from what I've read that there's going to be A LOT of scandalous talk when it comes out, so now I have to know.
I'm about 50 pages into American Wife and haven't yet figured out what all the hype is about. I hope it gets better....I wouldn't want to Nancy Pearl it.
I'm about 50 pages into American Wife, and so far, I'm not sure what all the hype is about. I'm waiting for it to get good. Someone please tell me that it gets better.
... with it this evening....maybe I'll get to finish it before the end of the day tomorrow.
Really want to get started on American Wife or The Gone-Away World, but I can't decide which.
If anyone is interested in trading their copy of American Wife , I would happily send you two ARCS for it:) Just p.m. me and I will send you a list .
Traded. thanks:)
55. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
I'm kind of late to the party (how do some of you read so fast??) but my 1st ER review -- of American Wife -- is up at my blog (and here, of course):
http://archthinking.blogspot.com/2008/08/book-review-american-wife-novel.html
I am still slogging through Adventures with Purpose, though ...
... but I have started school so my usual hours of reading each day have shrunk to anout 1. And I hope to actually start American Wife this week.
In no specific order..
13. When We Were Romans
14. I, robot
15. American Wife
16. Ghost Hunting: True Stories of Unexplained Phenomena from The Atlantic Paranormal Society - got this one at a book signing with the Ghost Hunters. Huuuge line, since they're local celebrities!
17. The G ...
The galley of American Wife I received several weeks ago was missing the last 100 pages...so I emailed them about it, and today, the mailman brought a beautiful new hardback copy of it!
Yay!
Let's see...I have ARCs of American Wife and The Gone Away World for Sept 2nd.
Acedia and Me before the 16th.
Bitter Sweets before the 30th.
Crown Publishing was kind enough to send me a beautiful new copy of Why We Hate Us, so I'll be reading that ASAP.
Also on deck are Inter ...
If anyone else has a copy of Schooled or American Wife I would love to read these two.
I finished American Wife last night and really, really enjoyed it. It is yet ANOTHER contender for my best book of the month. I'm not sure how I'm going to choose, because nearly everything I've read this month has been fantastic.
I'm now working on Resistance: A Frenchwoman's Journal of ...
... continue to do that but surf the blogs! I usually read on the bus to and from work :) I definitely can't get enough of American Wife I can't wait to see where it goes. I really like Alice! The main character of Prep I wasn't exactly fond of but I sort of got her at the same time.
168- American Wife is amazing!!!!!! I'm only 200 or so pages in but I love it! I'm thinking of sneaking in a little during my lunch hour right now!
Lallybroch, that link led me back to this group.
I'm 75 pages from the end of American Wife and I've loved it, I haven't wanted to put it down once. In fact, I read the vast majority of it yesterday, just sitting and reading for 50 to 100 pages at a time.
I'm in the 1970s reading a fictionalized version of George and Laura Bush's courtship in American Wife .
... of them fairly long) that I wanted to have read and reviewed by then as well. That leaves me onto one of those very books, American Wife to start on as soon as I tear myself back away from LT.
P.S., mckait, leave me a message on my profile expressing your desire for American Wife . I won' ...
... to read Look Me In The Eye eventually.
I am hoping to get a copy of The 19th Wife sometime. I am also anxious to read American Wife , it is on my wishlist at amazon :)
American Wife is going to Lillith.
>42 Although the book I got from Random House (American Wife ) was a Random House imprint... I'm tending to think my first guess is correct and when they say "international" they don't mean Canada.
Has anyone in Canada gotten The Grift?
I'm giving away or trading American Wife . Please PM me if you'd like it.
... The Broadway Travels books, which I don't think anyone got, Watercooler Effect, Dachensword, City of Refuge, American Wife , Swimming with Strangers, and Guernica.
... Fooled Again by Colette Shaw
The Power of Place by Winifred Gallagher
Bone by Bone by Carol O'Connell
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
An American Story
Midwife of the Blue Ridge by Christine Blevins
>36 Weird. I emailed rhpg(at)randomhouse(dot)com for American Wife and received it about a month later (with no confirmation email). Out of curiosity, what were you requesting and who did you email?
I haven't received The Grift yet, mind you (I haven't totally given up hope yet), and that ...
92- Same here! So far I've gotten everything that people have mentioned getting except for American Wife which I got from another LTer! and Glamour which I'm still crossing my fingers for!
I just started American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld last night/really early this morning and have only read about five pages so I cannot really say what I think yet. I read Prep by Sittenfeld and really hated it, so I hope this one is better!
I just started American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld last night/really early this morning and have only read about five pages so I cannot really say what I think yet. I read Prep by Sittenfeld and really hated it, so I hope this one is better!
Title: American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
Date Arrived: 8/4/08 (I think but I was out of town)
Method of Delivery: UPS
Location Sent From: New York, NY
Location Recieved: Fishers,IN
Book Format: Paperback/Uncorrected Proof
Packaging: Box with air bag padding
Included: Letter from Random Hou ...
Hi, I am newbie...I have a copy of American Wife that I would like to trade for a copy of Daniel Silva's Moscow Rules. Anyone interested? Also, it is too early to request, but would love to get a copy of The Fire by Katherine Neville when someone is willing to part with it. I have some ...
Nothing here yet...
But I did receieve my July book and am reading it right now.
American Wife: A Novel by Curtis Sittenfeld
Title: American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
Date Arrived: 8/07/2008
Method of delivery:USPS/Canada Post
Location sent from: New York, NY
Location received: Montreal, Canada
Book format: Softcover, uncorrected proof
Publisher: Random House
Packaging: Box with air bag padding
I was chosen ...
I think the only time I proclaimed liking the author's work was the only time I didn't get the book. (American Wife ) I ended up getting it somewhere else though. LOL.
Title: American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
Date Arrived: 8-4-2008
Method of Delivery: UPS
Locaton sent from: New York, NY
Recieved: Ohio
Book Format: Paper Back
Publisher: Random House
Packaging: Box
Extras: Letter from Random House
It's been a good week in Bookladyland...I received ARCs of Bitter Sweets and American Wife from cold requests to the publishers, since I didn't get them from the Early Reviewers program.
My LT Early Reviewer ARC of Stalking Irish Madness arrived as well...and I purchased Breaking Dawn so ...
I'm giving away an ARC of American Wife on my blog.
Here's the link to enter ~~
http://lorisreadingcorner.blogspot.com/2008/08/book-giveaway-american-wife.html
I'm giving away an ARC of American Wife on my blog.
Here's the link :)
http://lorisreadingcorner.blogspot.com/2008/08/book-giveaway-american-wife.html
... moment.
ETA: today, I received a nice hardback of Bitter Sweets from a request I made to the publisher and a galley of American Wife . Guess my August reading list just got rearranged...
... see if the library gets Dedication, Sleeping Arrangements, and The Good Thief. I'm interested in the buzz about American Wife , too, but not sure whether I want to read it or not. (I did read your great review, el!)
... again I find that HogX members are reading my mind..... hee hee - but yeah, I think it's really good so far!
I finished American Wife earlier this week (reviewed here ) and I needed a break from plain old literary ...
I wrote my review of American Wife , posted here . I was pretty on the fence - it wasn't what I expected, but there were still things I enjoyed about it. Tried to focus on the positives while being honest about my ...
I got American Wife which I am thankful for, but the only other book I have read by the author,Curtis Sittenfeld, is Prep which I hated! However, the description for this book sounds better and the main character is older so that hopefully means a whole different type "feel" to the book. Well, ...
I also got American Wife: A Novel , I can't wait to read it.
But I'm still waiting on my June book, Schooled.
I got American Wife !!!!! I am super excited! I have heard a lot about this book and wanted to buy it right away, but was bummed that it wasn't coming out until Sept. I love you, LTER!!!
I just finished American Wife and I have to say that I didn't enjoy it as much as I wanted to. I'm still collecting my thoughts for my review. I need a break from literary fiction stuff so now I'm reading The Host by Stephanie Meyer but next up on my list is The Heretic's Daughter.
... Fragments of a Ravenous Youth, The No Complaining Rule, The Richest Season, and One More Year.
I had requested American Wife and never got it so I also requested it through Early Reviewers. I have a list about 17 books long that I've requested from the author, shelf awareness etc ...
I'm reading The Demon from Dakar, The House on First Street and American Wife . Fun!
I finished Living Dead Girl which I would be willing to swap for American Wife Heretic's Daughter or The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
Somehow, I know these don't seem like fair trades since Living Dead Girl is so slender a novel!
106-107- I actually signed up for American Wife through Early Reviewer's today as well since it never showed up. But, if your second one came today maybe that means they are still sending them out... Man I hope I get it!!!!!!!!!!
I received another copy of American Wife today. In addition, I received Woman of A Thousand Secrets by Barbara Wood, Wedding Belles by Haywood Smith and Dark Summer by Iris Johansen.
I really liked American Wife when I first started it - I'm getting toward the end now, once I was halfway through, it started to drag, and last night I couldn't convince myself to pick it up, this disappoints me - I thought it showed great promise at the beginning.
I'm just over half through American Wife right now and it's kind of dragging a little. Hopefully it will pick up soon - next up will probably be The Heretic's Daughter.
Is anyone still waiting on American Wife or is it just me?
#69 - Let us know what you think of Sky Village. I requested (and didn't get) that one too!
I'm currently reading American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld and Walking with God by John Eldredge.
#3 - I just started American Wife this morning. At first I thought more of it was going to take place in the White House but after just a few pages I'm pretty captivated by the narrator's childhood. I'll let you know my thoughts further in.
As for recent stuff, my reviews of the last three AR ...
Is anyone reading American Wife ? I'm about 1/2 way through and have really enjoyed it so far, tho, it is starting to leap forward in the story by huge chunks of time, which bothers me, I feel like like I've missed out on parts of her life. Anyone else feeling this?
I am waiting on Angel's Tip and So Long at the Fair too, as well as some others. I have received American Wife , which I am really enjoying.
... books from them so far (The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher and Bottom Feeder). I've also received books from Random House (American Wife ) and HarperCollins (The Lace Reader), although the email I sent to HC in the US was forwarded to a HC Canada publicist. Now if I can only get around to ...
I got American Wife yesterday. I guess I can unrequest it from this month's ER selections.
I, Robot arrived today.
I also got a copy of Kaimira: The Sky Village by Monk Ashland earlier this week. It was one of last month's ERs that I didn't get and really wanted. So, I emailed C ...
Just yesterday I received an ARC of American Wife by Sittenfeld and a beautiful hardcover of Stealing Athena by Karen Essex. I also got a book called Castaway Kid by R.B. Mitchell via a publicist's query through my book blog (www.litlicense.blogspot.com). Yay!
253- I got The Heartbreak Diet earlier this week, haven't gotten American Wife yet or Swimming with strangers. The rest I didn't request.
I just got an email about The Water Cooler Effect asking to let them know when we post our review or email them the link if we already have. It sounds ...
Still no American Wife in the midwest.
Well American Wife made it all the way to Culver City, CA today, The man in brown brought it.
I got American Wife yesterday and Stealing Athena today. My to-read pile is getting a little large.
American Wife , I, robot and Stealing Athena arrived yesterday :)
I just got American Wife , which I requested a few weeks ago through Shelf Awareness. I also got an email from HC saying they would send me a copy of The Lace Reader... Whoo-hoo!
I got One More Year and American Wife this week, but am still waiting on Stealing Athena. Hopefully it arrives soon, but I am so buried in ARCs that they are probably all I will have time to read for the next 2 months.
... to get books just by emailing publishers and saying "hi, I'm interested in blah blah blah". I got Curtis Sittenfeld's American Wife that way too (my next in line book) and I was surprised to see that it's also in the July batch. :)
... I think it's really cool how many of as already have (and in some cases have already read) copies of The Good Thief and American Wife when both have just now made their appearances on the July ER list.
(BTW, I just started reading The Good Thief and so far I really like it!)
... by Eoin Colfer
The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham
The Camel Club by David Baldacci
An ARC:
American Wife: A Novel by Curtis Sittenfeld
I received both American Wife and Stealing Athena today. I have yet to receive One More Year though, I'm hoping it's just held up somewhere and will come soon ...
... I got back from vacation and had The Gargoyle and The Heretic's Daughter waiting for me!! AND since I should have American Wife coming soon, I think this is the first time that I'm not bummed out at the "sorry, maybe next batch" notice from Abby. :)
I know this was mentioned through Shelf Awareness, but if anyone's still interested, American Wife was mentioned in the Random House Reader's Circle email too:
"SPECIAL OFFER
AMERICAN WIFE (available in stores September 2nd) is Curtis Sittenfeld's most compelling novel yet. The ...
... Heretic's Daughter-(read 7/08)
-Stealing Athena-(read 7/08)
-Guernica-(read 7/08)
-Bleak House-(read 8/08)
-American Wife -(read 8/08)
-SweetSmoke-(read 8/08)
-One More Year-(read 8/08)
-So Long at the Fair-(read 8/08)
-When We Were Romans-(read 9/08)
-Bone by Bone-( ...
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42. American Wife: A Novel by Curtis Sittenfeld
Rating: ★★
Genre: Fictional Memoir
A fictionalization of the life of Laura Bush but as “Alice Lindgren”, a middle ...
