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... century and 1970s New York and Algeria in The Eight by Katherine Neville. (How did Harry Potter get in there?)
brocaine goofed on the touchstone for The Fire in message 14. Sometimes it automatically finds the right book, sometimes you have to look for it under "(others)". Editing your comment will mess it up sometimes as well. Completed the 50 was going to try for 75 but have fallen behind.
48. Out Stealing Horses by per petterson
49.The Fire Katherine Neville
50 Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert
51.Fearless 14 by Janet Evanovich
52.Death in the Mountains by Lisa Clifford
53. Wicked ... 69 The Fire by Katherine Neville
I tried to enjoy this book but the subject of a novel based on the game of chess wasn't very appealing. While it sometimes can work, the alternating chapters between ancient Persia and the current day was distracting. Several reviews in the last couple of months.
The Fire by Katherine Neville
http://jlshall.blogspot.com/2009/07/review-fire.html
Fear the Worst by Linwood Barclay
http://jlshall.blogspot.com/2009/08/review-fear-worst.html
Grave Goods by Ariana Franklin
http://jlshall.blogspot.com ... Forgot to update:
41. The Fire by Katherine Neville.
This is the sequel to The Eight, and is set about twenty or thirty years later. The Game has started again. As with the previous book, I find the concepts of the Game very abstract, so I just read it as a novel with bad guys and good ... ... it at home, and I only do that when I am already to tired for everything else. Ah well, almost done there.
I finished The Fire, liked it, but not loved it.
On my trip to the UK yesterday I picked up 10 new books, and immediately started reading one, The Player of Games, the second Cult ... Just finished The Fire by Katherine Neville. It was a gripping story, but some of it... I don't know... Too far fetched or too abstract, I am not sure... ... than others (based on my personal preference for certain time periods and locations).
On the train I am reading The Fire by Katherine Neville, the sequel to The Eight as a quick fiction read between all the non-fiction.
Oooh and on Wednesday I get to go to the UK for a day, let's ... I decided to leave What on earth happened at home during my commute, due to its size, instead I am taking The Fire by Katherine Neville. It is the sequel to The Eight, which I read a couple of years ago. I didn't want to read that one again (but I did forget just about everything about it, ... 28. Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant
29. The Fire by Katherine Neville
So far this summer, I haven't been getting as much reading done as I'd hoped. We've been busier than I expected, and I haven't had much down time. But life should be slowing down a bit in August and I think I'll be able to ... ... it is great.
I do have a review that is not showing up even though it shows up on the book details page. The book is The Fire by Katherine Neville. #69: I agree with you about The Fire. Very disappointing after The Eight. Book 33: The Fire by Katherine Neville
This book was bad. I read the first book, The Eight, in high school and it was pretty decent. I'd actually recommend it. But this book was very bad. The plot had gaping holes, and a lot of it didn't make sense. Some of the small things that were ... ... Handeland just threw everything into a paranormal she could think of, stirred it up, and got a mess out of it.
The Fire by Katherine Neville is a close second, for different reasons.
Probably most of us who will comment here wrote the required reviews, so I won't link mine ... ... the expected one, up to and including the photo and the ring...
Edgar.. I completely agree
The Eight as well as The Fire were terrible reads.
The Memory Keepers Daughter, however I liked a lot.
Arsonists Guide Terrible!
My own terrible read was The Terror ... - I put The Memory Keeper's Daughter down after about 80 pages. Drek.
I liked The Eight - just couldn't stand The Fire, the sequel. Convoluted drek.
#21: What did you think of The Fire? I did not care for it nearly as much as I liked The Eight. I was disappointed in The Fire, too, when I read it. I really enjoyed The Eight, but I do not think that The Fire was anywhere close to it in quality. ... about it—the writing, content, plot, history, characters—is incredible. But I have to say that I was disappointed by The Fire, but I know that once you read The Eight it's pretty much inevitable that you'll read The Fire. I don't want to give anything away, but I'd love to hear what ... The Fire is on my to-read list... right after The Eight. :) I am reading The Eight by Katherine Neville and contrary to so many LTers, I am enjoying it. I am only about 1/3 of the way in, so that is subject to change at any moment. Interesting it was written 20+ years ago. It is keeping me entertained and I hope it will continue to interest me.
Touchsto ... ... (not a slim book!).
If it is in fact "The Eight", I notice that Neville very recently (October, 2008) released a sequel: The Fire. Apologies in advance if the touchstones don't work; I've been having issues today...
... , details on top of details and every single famous person who was ever mentioned in history ever is a character. Seriously.The Fire was a tad less excruciating , but just a tad. I couldn't get them out of my life fast enough!
so sorry
thats just me though, lots of people loved them I am ... #162 I have The Fire as an ARC too. I've been waiting for The Eight from the library for months. I have a feeling they're going to be my 2009 clunkers. Getting The Fire as an ARC led me to reading The Eight . I had owned The Eight for some time and never red it, but felt I should before starting the sequel. I hated them both.
urg~ Dark Fire by CJ Sansom
The Fire by Katherine Neville
The Mystery of the Fire Dragon. by Carolyn G. Keene
Pillar of Fire, by Judith Tarr
The Teahouse Fire, by Ellis Avery Just finished The fire by Katherine Neville. I snagged The Way of Ping I am excited to be a part of this reader group.
This is my second book. I reviewed The Fire back in the summer. One a season ain't so bad, eh? ... - YA; Thanks to ronincats for the recommendation of this series of books; I found them playful and inventive
429. The Fire by Katherine Neville - sequel to The Eight and IMHO, not nearly as good
430. Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer - I enjoyed this book ... Thanks for the help, mamachunk.
I just finished reading The Fire last night which, I know was another of your recommendations, and while I thought it was good, I think I preferred The Eight to it. Thanks for the suggestion. ... of America in rural New York - a training ground for master chefs, and the only school I'd ever flunked out of.
The Fire by Katherine Neville ... from the beginning and really thought it was me and not the book.
I still haven't posted my mildly negative review for The Fire on Amazon, but still plan on doing so. If you are interested, songbirdz, Katherine Neville put out a sequel to The Eight recently called The Fire. I thought The Eight could have been cut by 100 pages or so, but still an enjoyable read in all.
How was Miles from Nowhere? Worth the time and effort? Glad to hear that The Fire is good, mamachunk. I have put it on hold at my local library. ... it was - she has since written several others), it was still pretty darn good! I am going to try and track down the sequel The Fire and see if it is any good. It really would be interesting to know how the bonus books count. It took me about 6 weeks to get to The Fire, because I had a bunch of other reading responsibilities and wasn't expecting/planning for it. It is read and reviewed now. I know 6 weeks isn't super-long in the grand scheme of ... Series
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This is, somewhat self-explanatorily, for any series I want to read. Since I'm half way through Descartes' Bones and still cannot get into it, I'm taking a break to read The Fire by Katherine Neville while I decide whether or not to abandon Descartes. I am in future England and the moon with Arthur Clarke's Sunstorm. Then I've started reading The Fire by Katherine Neville which time travels between Albania, Colorado, Italy, Washington DC, Loire Valley, etc. I was at the pharmacy on Friday and noticed that they've re-published The Eight with a chapter of The Fire at the end. ... doesn't add anything the plot. And I'm getting really bored really fast with the device, which was horrendously abused in The Fire.
so I'll give it 3/5 stars and that's being generous.
Got it earlier today, but I'm just in time to post that I received The Fire by Katherine Neville today in New York >14 I had a similar problem with The Fire.
To quote from my review:
"We learn that Rosemary Livingston is El Marad's daughter - the five-year-old girl whom Cat Velis gifts with a chess piece, the white queen, in The Eight. The modern narrative takes place 30 years after those events, ... 85. The Eight by Katherine Neville. Picked this one up because when I got The Fire as my most recent ER book I realized that some of the characters were the same. Great adventure, both historical and modern fiction, even a little romance. Lots of chess, mathematical principles and mysticism. ... #48 The Fire, by Katherine Neville
... Philadelphia mystery as expected.
The Bad Seed - William March. Reminded me of The Talented Mr. Ripley.
The Fire- Katherine Neville. Early Review. Sequel to The Eight. It was a mess. Imagine The Da Vinci Code without the page-turner aspect and if the historical details were ... ... always strike me as just pale remakes of The Eight. I am, nonetheless, intrigued by the little that I've heard about The Fire, and I expect that I will eventually pick it up. I recently read The Eight (because I was selected for The Fire) and there were aspects of it that I really liked - especially the way she seemed to breathe such life into her settings. But I wasn't completely entranced by it - the entire purpose of and behind The Game just completely baffled me. ... I also got a copy of The Fire. Do I need to read The Eight to enjoy the sequel? Thanks, Abby. I requested The Fire, and I received a copy this week. Now I know why. I didn't get The Fire but I don't remember requesting it anyway....
I picked up a copy of The Eight at our library sale for 50 cents and it was a trade paperback copy! So I'm happy. Awesome! I got The Fire a few days back. Funny thing is, I had just emailed the author and publisher requesting the book the day before. The author wrote back and said the ARCs went fast, she only had one herself. And then...it shows up on my doorstep! Ballantine ended up finding piles of extra copies of The Fire and The Charlemagne Pursuit. It was after I had already picked winners for the July batch, so I just went through and gave them the names of other members who requested the book but didn't win it. So there you go - an extra ... Abby, I hate to bother you because I know you're busy. The UPS guy just dropped off an ARC of The Fire By Katherine Neville with a letter addressed to Dear LibraryThing Member. I was picked for another July ER book (IIRC) and already received it. Did I get somebody else's ER book? Or did this ... 229> 2 books for me too -- I got Sweetsmoke awhile ago, but The Fire just showed up today. I've gotten four books since joining LT last fall. The first two arrived on the same day! That was stressful. The Fire arrived promptly. It took me a while to review because I hadn't re-read her first book The Eight in 5 years so felt that I needed to refamiliarize myself with it to fully ... I have a question or two too....I just received The Fire by Katherine Neville and though I know I wanted this book I already got my notice of my ER book and this was not it. The book came today with ER letter in it. I am so excited but not sure where it came from? ..well obviously ER but I was ... ... BookMooch books and one totally unexpected ARC:
The Quince Seed Potion
The Good Wife
A Conspiracy of Paper
and The Fire by Katherine Neville, from Random House who evidently told Abby they had extra books from Early Reviewer, because I wasn't chosen for it but got a letter that ... Am I the only one who received an unexpected copy of The Fire by Katherine Neville, then? I actually didn't get the regular mail today, but this one came via UPS from Random House and it has a letter addressed to "LT member", so I'm assuming it's another case of extra ER books. I just finished The Fire by Katherine Neville and am trying to get my thoughts together to write a review.
Just started Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin. I loved the title and am enjoying it so far. Not stunning, mind you, but good. I finished The Fire last night and my first impression was how disappointing it was. I'll have to do some thinking about it and see where I end up. Finally made it around to The Fire and am currently hanging out in 1820 with Lord Byron. I'm about 2/3 through The Fire by Katharine Neville - July ER book and enjoying it although there are some draggy parts.
I'm listening to City of Masks: A Cree Black Novel by Daniel Hecht to and from work. I'm looking for a copy of The Fire by Katherine Neville. I'm a member of Bookmooch and would be willing to mooch a point (or two) to someone that has this. ... The Heretic's Daughter. I agree with you about the writing.
I had to re-read The Eight first, but finally started The Fire a couple of days ago. I'm really enjoying it. Just finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy - wow! What a read.
I'm about 5 pages into The Fire by Katherine Neville.
Plus I'll get to pick another 4-5 books out (for backup, you understand) to take to the beach. I am trying to snag a copy of The Fire by Katherine Neville; please keep me in mind. Thank you. Also looking for a copy of The Private Patient by P.D. James. Thanks... I'm re-reading The Eight by Katharine Neville in anticipation of reading my ER book The Fire. After all that, forgot to add the book I received today.
The Fire: A Novel by Katherine Neville. A very nice LT'er let me mooch her ARC (thank you mckait!!). I read The Eight in 1995, re-read it about 5 years ago, and am re-reading it now in anticipation of reading The Fire.
I absolutely adore it.
Edited to get touchstones right. I just finished reading The Fire, which I received as an ARC for Early Reviewer. I didn't bother hunting down The Eight, but I think The Fire works pretty nicely on its own. It was an interesting sort of book, like some curious cross pollination of Umberto Eco and Helen Fielding. (Br ... ... think about it more often than I would have suspected I would.
I'm re-reading The Eight because I got an ER copy of The Fire and haven't read The Eight in about 5 or so years. Huzzah! Very good read in anticipation of another very good read.
Plus, still haven't picked up Breaking ... 97. The Fire by Katherine Neville. An ER book. Sequel to The Eight.
Unfortunately I found this to be a really bad book.
1) EXACTY the same format as she used in The Eight--exactly, down to the way the love interest comes off. It looks as if she just took the outline for The Eight ... I'm reading The Eight so that when I read The Fire I'll have the story clearly in mind since I originally read it in about 1994,then re-read about 3 years ago.
I'm also still slogging through The Power Makers by Maury Klein. Slow-going but rewarding nonfiction. I loved The Eight. The Fire, though...I just finished it, and I'm still trying to process how I felt about it. Definitely not as good. ... Pinotti
The Savage by David Almond
The Killing Circle by Andrew Pyper
The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti
The Fire by Katherine Neville
The Empress of Weehawken by Irene Dische
The Dracula Dossier by James Reese
The Charlemagne Pursuit by Steve Berry
S ... This is one of my Favorite books,mystery, and history, eternal life ,a very good read.
I like Katherine Neville as and author anyway but the The Eight series, Is one of the most interesting reading I have had in a long time. Alternating between late 18th century France and 1970s US and Algeria in Katherine Neville's The Eight (wrong touchstone). Re-reading in preparation for the upcoming sequel publication. It's been 20 years between the books. The Eight by Katherine Neville, Followed by her soon to be out The Fire.
If you want intricate, they have it in spades! Title: The Fire: A Novel by Katherine Neville
Date Arrived: 8/04/2008
Method of delivery: UPS Ground
Location Sent From: New York, NY
Location Received: Garland, TX
Book format: Softcover, Advanced Readers Edition
Publisher: Random House
Packaging: cardboard box with air bags
Included: Let ... Title: The Fire by Katherine Neville
Date Arrived: August 6, 2008
Method of delivery: UPS Ground
Location Sent From: New York, New York
Location Received: Las Cruces, NM
Book format: Trade Paperback ARC
Publisher: Random House
Packaging: Box with bubble padding
Included: Short letter ... I would love love love to get my hands on The Fire by Katherine Neville, I know people are just receiving them, so take your time and enjoy, but when you're done... I'm on BookMooch so if that way works great if not message me and we can figure out something.
*edited to get right ... The Whole World Over: A Novel by Julia Glass
The Woman in White by William Wilkie Collins
The Fire: A Novel by Katherine Neville
The Right Attitude to Rain: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel ... by Alexander Mccall Smith
First Daughter by Eric Van Lustbader
Tears of the Giraffe (No. ... Title: The Fire: A Novel by Katherine Neville
Date Arrived: 8/04/2008
Method of delivery: UPS Ground
Location Sent From: New York, NY
Location Received: Winston Salem, NC
Book format: Softcover, Advanced Readers Edition
Publisher: Random House
Packaging: cardboard box with air bags
Inclu ... I just got my first Early Review book -- The Fire by Katherine Neville in the mail. Looking forward to the read! Title: The Fire: A Novel by Katherine Neville
Date Arrived: 08/02/2008
Method of delivery: USPS
Location Sent From: New York, NY
Location Received: Chelmsford, MA
Book format: trade paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Packaging: Box with Air Bubbles
Included: Letter from publisher ... Today I received The Fire by Katherine Neville. I tried for it in ER and wasn't chosen, so I took a shot and emailed the publisher. I think I may have got it before any of the ER winners this month! I've never received an ARC with a few typwritten pages tucked into it before. It contains three ... I finished The Eight which I had but hadn't read. I picked it up because I scored The Fire: A Novel from Early Reviewers...and will be moving on to Angelica.
I mentioned elsewhere that The Eight was okay, but in my opinion had way too much of everything. Too many historical figures, ... I got a copy of The Fire : A Novel! Very exciting. :) I'm getting The Fire: A Novel by Katherine Neville, which isn't all that surprising since I read the first book, The Eight. Now I've got to find it so I can reread it.
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