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Kindley Book Club : Whatcha' Readin' Now??		68	clandreth1, November 30
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Affinity by Sarah Waters! Now, I will wipe the pumpkin bread crumbs aside and go find a book :)

... in mind when I joined up for this bookring (I bought a copy of Illustrated London by Peter Ackroyd after reading Affinity and Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem, and loved reading all the intriguing stories of all those famous personalities and events linked by geography), but found ...

... by the wonderful Sarah Waters was a no-brainer. I have enjoyed her previous novels, in particular Fingersmith. No, wait, Affinity. No, wait, Tipping the Velvet was the best. Maybe. Too hard to decide! This is the second of her novels to be set not in Victorian era, but in England in the ...

... to look out for... Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist....quality vampire lit...the antidote to TWILIGHT Affinity by Sarah Waters....'nuff said My Dead Body by Charlie Huston...latest in the Joe Pitt Series..i drool... ;-}

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.

Affinity looks interesting - I read Waters' new novel, The Little Stranger, last month, and enjoyed it a lot. I'm going to read more of her work next year I think - TLS was my first - would you recommend a starting point?

I'm off! #1 Affinity by Sarah Waters I'm planning to see Sarah Waters at a writer's festival later this month, so I'm trying to finish off all her works. Affinity is set in Victorian England and the story is told through the diary entries of two women. The first, Margaret Prior, is ...

#182: Well, I lucked out since both Homer and Langley and Affinity are already on Planet TBR!

... and Langley by E.L. Doctorow (no review) - 5 stars 46) Silverstein and me by Marv Gold (no review) - 3 stars 47) Affinity by Sarah Waters (review)

... of barely- or maybe-not-really-there supernatural elements. Tipping the Velvet has the least but there's something there. Affinity and Fingersmith have more. I haven't read her latest two -- The Night Watch and The Little Stranger but I gather there are also again some ambiguous ...

#61> I just finished Affinity by Sarah Waters, and I've also got Tipping the Velvet on my Kindle.

Amen to the remarks about Sarah Waters. Affinity is one of the most moving books I have ever read. I almost cried at the end. Right now I am reading Away by Amy Bloom. I highly recommend it.

... -Downes One Foot in Eden by Ron Rash Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys When the Whistle Blows by Fran Cannon Slayton Affinity by Sarah Waters Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple The Wise Virgins by Leonard Woolf

Writers Festival 1) Affinity by Sarah Waters 2) The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10)

... Joan London What I Loved, Siri Hustvedt Small Island, Andrea Levy The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Michael Chabon Affinity, Sarah Waters Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi Jasper Jones, Craig Silvey Oh, I love lists of good books! Happy reading!

MarianV -- I have loved all of Sarah Waters' books. Especially Fingersmith, Tipping the Velvet and Affinity (and The Night Watch). Her newest, The Little Stranger, is a good read but not as edgy as the others. Fingersmith is a page turner extraordinaire. (ETA Tipping the Velvet - ...

... Star by Alan Hollinghurst Around the World in Eighty Treasures by Dan Cruickshank Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman Affinity by Sarah Waters The Return by Victoria Hislop Little Children by Tom Perrotta Now, off to bed with a cup of tea to actually READ instead of just talking/th ...

Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters. I read her Affinity last year, and it blew me away. Also, I am doing a play, so I have read The Beaux' Stratagem more times than I wish to count. (I play, get this....a chaplain! Who is also a scoundrel. THAT is a real stretch for me.)

Oh, I read Affinity just a few weeks ago, a marvellous read.

Managed to get a Virago in this month. Affinity by Sarah Waters. Enjoyed this one. Not quite as much as Fingersmith but pretty close.

Just finished Affinity by Sarah Waters. Really good book weaving the stories of Selena, a spiritual medium imprisoned for fraud and Margaret a 'lady' who is a prison visitor. Recommended.

Affinity by Sarah Waters. Really good book weaving the stories of Selena, a spiritual medium imprisoned for fraud and Margaret a 'lady' who is a prison visitor. Recommended.

Affinity by Sarah Waters. Really good book weaving the stories of Selena, a spiritual medium imprisoned for fraud and Margaret a 'lady' who is a prison visitor. Recommended.

119. Affinity by Sarah Waters. Really good book weaving the stories of Selena, a spiritual medium imprisoned for fraud and Margaret a 'lady' who is a prison visitor. Recommended.

teelgee - Read a few chapters of Affinity last night. Good so far. I have that prison pictured in my mind.

Just starting Affinity by Sarah Waters.

Book Alphabet A Affinity by Sarah Waters 29/8/2009 B The Buenos Aires Quintet by Manuel Vazquez Montalban 01/09/2009 C The Camomile by Catherine MacFarlane Carswell 03/09/2009 D The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith 07/09/2009 E Egg Dancing by Liz Jensen 08/09/2009 F ...

Wow you're motoring through the books! I have Affinity, sent from a very generous LT member (norht4me), but haven't read it yet. Or any Sarah Waters... And thanks for the review of the Yiddish Policeman's Union Now I want to read it! I've seen it many many times in bookshops but have ...

57. Affinity by Sarah Waters A library book I happened across, with much glee. She's very popular, so it's a rare occasion to ...

... of the Art of Death series is a bit dull at times. But apparently #3 is excellent, so it's worth sticking with. Finished Affinity and really loved it. Highly recommended (as are all of Sarah Waters' books!). Just started The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion.

Oooh, livrecache, I just finished Affinity last night and was wishing I had a copy of Spook to re-read (I borrowed a library copy a year or two ago). It'd be interesting to revisit the section on the Victorian mediums (media?) after my little gothic novel. Must see if I can track it down at the ...

lindsacl, I read Cold Comfort Farm recently. It was a great romp! I'm currently reading Affinity by Sarah Waters. Enjoying it immensely.

In 19th century London, in Sarah Waters' Affinity.

... Thinking by Joan Didion. Both are autobiography/memoir books. ETA: But I am being distracted by Sarah Waters' Affinity at the moment, so it'll be a couple of days before I get onto this one. Can't seem to work Affinity into this challenge!

... Oz VBB and both it and The Discomfort Zone are autobiographical, but I've been rather distracted by Sarah Waters' Affinity which is another brilliant Victorian pastiche of a romp. I'll get onto The Year of Magical Thinking as soon as I've finished Waters' novel.

My book group chose this to read. I did not even attempt reading it as I could not get through the Tipping the Velvet or Affinity. My guess is that I am the only lesbian out there who does not love Sarah Waters.

teelgee, you crack me up. I'm in 19th century London, in Sarah Water's Affinity.

Picked up Sarah Waters' first book Affinity from the library a couple of weeks ago, and am scrambling to read it in case I have to return it this weekend! (Chances are I'll be able to renew, but you never can tell...)

... various essays about his childhood and family. But I didn't feel like non-fiction last night, so I picked up Sarah Waters' Affinity as a bedside read. I was, of course, hooked from the very start on her gothic victorian pastiche. So I stayed up far too late reading, and now *yawn*.

... I need a Yiddish dictionary though. Am disappointed in the lack of gay characters though, I may not be able to hop onto Affinity next. But I've got another good bounce in mind... Oooh, is the fun in the reading, or in the planning of the bounces? :)

... Michael Chabon are gay or not (there almost always is, but this time he might buck the trend), because then I can hop onto Affinity which I picked up at the library last weekend and have been looking forward to!

I felt that way about her last one The Night Watch. A great book but it didn't suck me in like Fingersmith, Affinity, or Tipping the Velvet. I'm in love with anything written in or about the Victorian era though so maybe that's why I prefer them to Night Watch, which was set in WW2 London (as ...

... I had to buy/read it. She's a great writer and I had no trouble finishing it, but I did not love it. I also didn't love Affinity (which I thought was worse) so maybe she can be a little patchy. Did anyone love it?

... know how you go to the library and never find any specific book you're looking for? Not today. (I also got Sarah Water's Affinity, Jose Saramago's The Double, and Rebecca West's Sunflower.) And when I went to pick up my book for my reading group from the bookshop, they had Ryszard Kapusc ...

... find three books on my wishlist. So I'll be starting Andrea Levy's Small Island tonight, and have Sarah Water's Affinity on Mt TBR (neither a 1001 or an Orange book, but she's such a marvellous writer), along with The Double by Jose Saramago (a 1001 book).

Sarah Waters is a brilliant storyteller. Fingersmith, Affinity, Tipping the Velvet and The Night Watch, are all brilliant novels. I think Fingersmith and Affinity are her two best, but none will disappoint. She is a must read for me. All her books are very seductive and possess deep ...

... perfect example of the way Waters writes to make her characters far more than they appear to be within the plot. I loved Affinity, which I thought was interesting from beginning to end, although I understand it’s classified as “gothic”. OK, bring me more Sarah Waters gothic. But I ...

Started Fingersmith today, read by Juanita McMahon, who did an excellent job on Sarah Waters' earlier novel Affinity. At 20 discs, it'll keep me occupied for a while.

I know you didn't ask me, but Tipping the Velvet was my second favorite, followed by Affinity and The Night Watch :) I've not yet read The Little Stranger, but it's on the shelf, waiting for me...

I finished Affinity on my break and I've gotta say, I'm not too impressed. Waters's prose is as lovely as always, and I'm in awe of her ability to capture the feel of whichever time period she's working in, but I saw the ending coming a mile off. I plan to start V For Vendetta by Alan Moor ...

... at all what I wanted to read on Monday morning. I've put it aside for a little while in favour of Sarah Waters's Affinity.

In no particular order but all recommended. Affinity by Sarah Waters Eva Trout by Elizabeth Bowen Crossing To Safety by Wallace Stegner Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

Just finished reading Affinity. This is the story of Margaret, a very sensitive and intelligent woman who is imprisoned by family obligations and societal norms. She becomes a "Lady Visitor" at Millbank Prison where she meets and becomes obsessed with Selina, a spiritual medium. This is a book ...

... this year I'm employed. Work sure does interfere with a good book. So Here's what I've done so far this year: 1. Affinity by Sarah Waters Fingersmith was one of my favorites of the past several years. Liked Tipping the Velvet as well, so was happy to find this on the used shelf. ...

... he couldn't save her. 3) Illyria and Spike have a strange maybe even sexual relationship going on. I started reading Affinity last night.

Hi Judylou, I've just found your thread and am enjoying catching up on your reading. I have Fingersmith and Affinity by Sarah Waters to read - hope I like her as much as everyone else on LT seems to! I'm going to add A Complicated Kindness and The Great Arch to my library list. The ...

... but Juanita McMahon did an excellent job on an unabridged reading I listened to last year of Sarah Waters' novel Affinity. My library also has a copy of her reading Waters' The Night Watch which I've just reserved. Most UK listeners to recordings of American novels with female ...

... have known better. There are enough twists and turns, unexpected developments, to satisfy the most devoted reader of Affinity and Fingersmith--in fact, more so. Make no mistake, this is a sophisticated book. You see what the four protagonists are going through and you feel helpless--an ...

... so much that I had to add Caleb Carr's first novel, The Alienist, to my Historical list. (It replaced Affinity by Sarah Waters, which I may add back on in the future). I didn't enjoy it quite as much as the other book, but it was still awesome. LT review Sibylle.Night in Virago Modern Classics : What Virago Are You Reading - Part V (Feb 4, 2009, 8:24am)

I've just finished Affinity by Sarah Waters. It was a haunting and complex read, and excellent from beginning to end. I saw the adaptation before reading the book and I think the adaptation was particularly good, it's a difficult book to adapt, so much anxiety and claustrophobia happens due to ...

... the second book as I heard there was a huge cliffhanger at the end of Inkspell. In other news, I've just finished Affinity by Sarah Waters. It was a haunting and complex read, and excellent from beginning to end. I think I'll start The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall whenever I ...

Julie, I enjoyed Affinity, both the book and the TV production. bunnybee, Fingersmith is my favourite so far too.

Good to hear from you Sibylle.Night - Affinity how wonderful and I just loved the loved the BBC production screened over the New Year. Anyone else seen/ know that one? A propros of having been to your blog KJ Rowling is receiving a legion d'honneur .... mmmm ... we may have to agree to ...

I am now starting Affinity by Sarah Waters, the last book by her I haven't read. It's not a VMC but it's a Virago nonetheless! Hope you're all okay, I haven't had time to come and chat here for a while!

... and the villains won't be so one-dimensional, and the bookbinding and collecting part will be expanded). I am now starting Affinity by Sarah Waters, the last book by her I haven't read. She's one of my favourite authors.

... the book." Ocassionally I find that a book carries a big enough surprise to really floor me (End of the Affair or Affinity) but I am not averse to peeking at the last few pages to see how it turns out, and if I don't like it, I just put the book down. (I did that with some of Anne Rice' ...

#4. The night watch by Sarah Waters Not excellent like Fingersmith and after that Affinity (also, what happened to Victorian England *pout*), but still an incredibly good read. I'm definitely a Sarah Waters fan. Onward to my next book, Tipping the velvet, the only unread Waters I still ...

... avoid that book for a while longer yet. I never read Fingersmith, but pushed it onto several other people. I did read Affinity, which I thought was brilliant. And also The night watch, which I expected more from. KimB, I remember the Canberra fires. I was in Vietnam at the time, and I ...

... the Velvet, which I really enjoyed, though think fingersmith is her best work. Am upset I missed the TV version of Affinity.

... talent--all three of her books are top-notch. Her first, Tipping the Velvet probably remains my favorite so far, with Affinity breathing down its neck. There isn't much to choose between them in quality--I just really liked the picaresque quality of the first novel and the really ...

Just finished Affinity by Sarah Waters, the weakest of three I've read by her. Just started Moby Dick I read half of it twenty years ago and never finished. Time to do it again. Beautiful so far.

Just finished watching the Andrew Davies adaptation of Affinity by Sarah Waters - beautiful, haunting, wonderful. A must watch if you haven't seen it!!

#13, Valerie, I have a used paperback Affinity that you are welcome to, if you'd like it. I finished it last month and don't think it's one that I'd re-read, much as I enjoyed it!

... llett 14. A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth 15. Accordion Crimes by Annie Proulx 16. Tipping the Velvet and Affinity by Sarah Waters 17. Water For elephants by Sara Gruen 18. Shadow of the Wind by Carlos ruiz Zafon 19. Augustus by John Williams 20. Lov ...

I watched Affinity on Sunday. It was very good - now I need to buy the book.

A good book buying session sybille and - Affinity I have the film version ready to watch on the video. The BBC screened a new adaptation over Christmas.

Bought lots of books today, including some Viragos : The Well of Loneliness - Radclyffe Hall Affinity - Sarah Waters Invitation to the Waltz - Rosamond Lehmann

... - Ursula LeGuin Stardust - Neil Gaiman The Well of Loneliness - Radclyffe Hall White Boots - Noel Streatfeild Affinity - Sarah Waters These Old Shades - Georgette Heyer Beauty - Robin McKinley Invitation to the Waltz - Rosamond Lehmann Sorcery and Cecelia - Patricia Wred ...

... Dunant 40. Lied van Mod by Pauline J. van Munster 41. A midsummer night's dream by William Shakespeare 42. Affinity by Sarah Waters 43. You are not a stranger here by Adam Haslett 44. Hersenschimmen by J. Bernlef 45. The cement garden by Ian McEwan 46. Identite ...

... or two here with Women and War 3 The Lacquer Lady by F. Tennyson Jesse cross over with my 1929 reading category 4 Affinity by Sarah Waters - Andrew Davies adaptation. 5 A Fine of Two Hundred Francs by Elsa Triolet read. 6 The Crowded Street by Winifred Holtby - ...

LW3, don't miss Affinity if you haven't already read it (can't remember).

A very sweet Lter offered me these links for video to Affinity http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/0oYqf... Second here : http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/t9qkl... Last one here : http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/wgVwY...

132. Affinity by Sarah Waters. Ye gods, yet another terrific book from Waters! I am NOT a fan of the Gothic genre, but Waters has written a beauty that has the most superb twist in it. She's doneher research abut women in victorian prisons, and it's powerful stuff. On to fingersmith, ...

... until you have a chunk of reading time. You won't want to put it down and it's a bit of a chunkster. I just finished Affinity a couple weeks ago, it was wonderful, and The Night Watch is on schedule for January.

... and liked World War Z I highly recommend The Living Dead an excellent volume of zombie short stories. Others Affinity by Sarah Waters Swann's Way by Marcel Proust Heart Of Empire: The Legacy Of Luther Arkwright by Bryan Talbot (Graphic novel) Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (gra ...

... Watch, which I ordered immediately after you told me you had it and were reading it. I haven't read the 2nd one yet--Affinity--I intend to be fairly miserly with these books, spreading them out so I don't find myself bereft too soon at the end of Night Watch. After your review--I'm ...

Apparently ITV are doing an adaptation of Affinity over Christmas (for UK readers/viewers) ... should be interesting!

... (bibliotheque) explored my library and saw that I admire the works of Virago author Sarah Waters and has sent me Affinity. Waters is a terrific talent -- she's the only fiction writer who's ever made me gasp out loud with surprise -- and I can't wait to start reading this one. Thank ...

... nabbed it from the Oz VBB. Freelunch - I can't believe I missed The elephant vanishes on the Oz VBB! Having said that Affinity is one of the best Sarah Waters books I have read. If I come across another copy, I'll send it your way ladies. Crimson-tide - always good to see you. Midnight ...

Finished Affinity by Sarah Waters - another great book by her! Now I'm reading Matrimony by Joshua Henkin. Also hosting a giveaway of this book on my blog - come sign up!

... src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1573228737.01._SX140_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"> 101. Affinity by Sarah Waters. Another delightful Victorian romp with ghosts, trickery, intrigue, romance and twists and turns. It took me a little while to get in the ...

... World's Greatest Fictional City by Anna Quindlen 11. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 12. Spike: After the Fall 13. Affinity by Sarah Waters 14. Angel: After The Fall Volume 3 by Joss Whedon 15. Holy Fools by Joanne Harris 16. Star Trek: Countdown by Mike Johnson 17. The Jewel of ...

Queer Fiction

... Mother help me? by Jenna Bailey Best Victorian classic- North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell Best historical fiction- Affinity by Sarah Waters Best re-read- Charlotte Sometimes by Penelope Farmer

... grain best suit stiff soils? What is that acid which dissolves silver? What is relief, and how should shadows fall?" Affinity- Sarah Waters

... a few years ago and had not heard much about it at the time, so I guess I didn't have any expectations. I enjoyed it. Is Affinity similar? If so, I definitely will have to add it to my TBR pile.

I couldn't quite get into Fingersmith either (although that might have been my mood at the time, too) but I really liked Affinity.

Not a VMC but it is a Virago. I have started reading Affinity, a gorgeously spooky piece of victoriana. I haven't read much but it has me completely under it's spell. I LOVE Sarah Waters!

Affinity is my second favorite SW book, tg I have read it twice. I wish that one had a film, too.... maybe someday... Still reading The Wise Woman and that is where I am headed right now. Have a nice evening friends!

I'm barely into Affinity by Sarah Waters. Haven't been reading much for the last few days since I hit my 100 reads for 2008 mark! Think I needed a little break. But Affinity is looking very promising - I've loved the other SW books I've read.

Hey, Jill, I ordered Affinity and Fingersmith yesterday and wondered (afterwards) if I should have ordered The Night Watch as well. Oh well, next batch of books, which will be after Christmas. I'll be watching for your review. :-)

Now that I have Internet access again and am about through almost catching up, I must trot over to amazon and buy Affinity and Fingersmith.

Historical Fiction 1. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant 2. Master and the commander by Patrick O'Brian 3. Affinity by Sarah Waters 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

... a list here of the best of them. As the thread started out that way, I'll kick off with anything by Sarah Waters - Affinity is wonderful, as is Tipping the Velvet. You might also try 98 Reasons For Being, Arthur and George, The Unburied, The French Lieutenant's Woman, The Gre ...

Well, so far, these are the top contenders: Affinity 4 The Finishing School 5 Huckleberry Finn 6 An Equal Music is also intriguing because it has such unequal nudges, but I think I won't start with that one. I have to confess I did read Huckleberry Finn far back in my ...

Affinity, definitely - a gripping, moving read.

Here's a nudge (and a big one) for Affinity - very different and utterly un-put-down-able, and a non-nudge for Mistress of the Art of Death though admittedly, I didn't actually get to finish it because it was so terrible.

... it is a good mystery (though not an excellent one, mind you), The Finishing School because I love Muriel Spark, and Affinity because I like Sarah Waters' style.

I'm nudging Affinity. It's darker than Sarah Water's other work, but just as compelling and it brings the darker side of life in Victorian alive brilliantly.

... Harris An Equal Music by Vikram Seth On the Side of the Angels by Betty Miller Brittania Mews by Margery Sharp Affinity by Sarah Waters Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen The King in the Window by Adam Gopnik The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Mistress of ...

>7 Ooh - I read Affinity - a good choice for Halloween. (Tipping the Velvet is Waters' best book, if anyone is looking for a finely wrought Victorian mystery). >6 Season of the Witch does sound interesting! Thanks, Tiare. I just got a copy of Nocturnes by John Connolly which ...

Good job, BKieras, it is Affinity, and you are up next.

I think you have the author right, but I believe it's Affinity.

... and The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr are good, although set in New York, not London/England. Fingersmith and Affinity by Sarah Waters, author of Tipping the Velvet. The Prestige by Christopher Priest is very good, and differs quite a bit from the excellent movie adaption. ...

I still haven't read any of Waters books. I have Fingersmith and Night Watch on my shelf. I think I may read Affinity in October - isn't it a ghost story to get me ready for Halloween?

... - I recently read A Suitable Boy and loved it. It goes faster than its bulk would have you believe. Also just finished Affinity - very gothic, atmospheric. You'll want to roll your car windows down and get some fresh air during it, no matter what the temp! Still reading Felicia's Journe ...

I'm about 150 pages into A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth and on disc 3 of Affinity by Sarah Waters. Since Seth's vast novel isn't easy to cart about, my portable read is The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux. Finally, in the smallest room I'm enjoying True Tales of American Life ...

... Theroux. When I'm out and about but have to keep my eyes on the road, I'm listening to an unabridged recording of Affinity by Sarah Waters, read by Juanita McMahon. Finally, in the smallest room I'm continuing with True Tales of American Life edited by Paul Auster.

I'm about 150 pages into A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth and on disc 3 or Affinity by Sarah Waters. Since Seth's vast novel isn't easy to cart about, my portable read is The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux. Finally, in the smallest room I'm enjoying True Tales of American Lif ...

#81 - I just finished her novel Affinity. It was quite good - very gothic. You'll have to let me know how you like Fingersmith.

Started listening to Affinity by Sarah Waters on the way home from work this evening.

... the best of the classic American writers -- I am thinking of Hemmingway and Faulkner here. I have just barely started Affinity by Sarah Waters; my first novel by this author.

How about Affinity, her 2nd in the series?

Second the recommendation of The Night Watch - but I also really like her Affinity and Tipping The Velvet.

I mooched my first book of the month yesterday: Affinity by Sarah Waters.

Atonement Affinity Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob Audition: a Memoir Amsterdam

... well-written short novel by a writer I will be following. 2. The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta 3. Affinity by Sarah Waters I've had this one in my library for years and had tried reading it, only to put it down after 40 or so pages a couple of times. However, this ...

Affinity by Sarah Waters The Awkward Age by Henry James The horrific sufferings of the mind-reading monster Hercules Barefoot : his wonderful love and his terrible hatred by Carl-Johan Vallgren -there has to be at least 2 in that one! Misfortune by Wesley Stace The Lonely Tombstone by ...

I've read Affinity and really liked that as well. I think it was a little easier to get into, but both had really great plots. I will definitely read more of her work.

>39: No, this is the first of her books I've read, but I own Tipping the Velvet and Affinity. I'd like to read them soon, but I want to take a little break from Waters, too, because I think Fingersmith needs more time to be mulled over. I have a feeling this is going to be one of those ...

I am currently reading Swann's Way which, if I finish it, will be the best. By far. The best that I have finished is Affinity by Sarah Waters.

I am reading Affinity by Sarah Waters. This is the passage that sums up the title of the book. Selena, a spiritualist, speaks first, and is a prisoner at Milbank prison. Aurora is her 'visitor' who is attracted to her. ‘ It is a world that is made of love. Did you think there is ...

... by Anne Rice The Mindful Way Through Depression by Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, and Jon Kabat-Zinn Affinity by Sarah Waters

... a used bookstore walking distance to my house and I know I'll be returning there regularly. I picked up Anthem and Affinity. I'm currently reading the former and it's great in a creepy, dystopian, this-could-totally-happen kind of way.

... discuss modern novels set in Victorian times. I'll mention just two: I've read Fingersmith by Waters (I haven't read Affinity yet) which I enjoyed. I also read Arthur Phillips Angelica which I enjoyed. The latter seems at first to be a Victorian ghost story but as the other viewpoints ...

Dune Affinity Anthem Belinda Lolita

... style really prevents me from digesting it all in one go. I'm also reading A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami and Affinity by Sarah Waters.

... d: The Salt Roads and really anything else, by Nalo Hopkinson Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy Affinity by Sarah Waters

Affinity by Sarah Waters Emma Brown by Clare Boylan From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell

... in the used bookstore today and quickly snatched it up after everyone's recommendations! And I should be getting Affinity in the mail soon, too, so hopefully I like Sarah Waters! Also picked up Push Not the River and Ahab's Wife. Has anyone read those?

Thanks for the info, BoPeep. Fingersmith and Affinity are now both officially on my Amazon wish list. As opposed to merely being on the wishlist in my head :-) Another book on my wish list, mostly because the Gothic theme was so resonant during this time period, is The Mysteries of Udolpho, ...

... the middle of reading it! (Long story, involving a collapsing bookcase, the horror of most LT users I imagine.) I think Affinity is my favourite, but Fingersmith has some wonderful twists and turns.

... by Paulo Coelho Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Choderlos de Laclos Affinity by Sarah Waters Night Watch by Sarah Waters Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan Love in ...

... -- no freshness date to worry about. I liked Fingersmith an awful lot, but loved Tipping the Velvet, her debut novel. Affinity was a decent read, but didn't hook me as much as the other two books did. kwintesenc - I'm like you in knowing the English monarchs better than the US ...