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>78 If I had included nonfiction on my list, The Wordy Shipmates would have been on it! And it's good to see that Canticle for Lebowitz still holds up (I read that in the 80s).
Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
The Lute Player by Norah Lofts
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin
The Serpent's Daughter by Suzanne Arruda
The Leopard's Prey by Suzanne Arruda
In Great Waters by Kit Whitfield
... Daily Show a few weeks back, and realized I hadn't gotten to the first book yet.
What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell
The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell- Heard some really great things about this book, the library is sending it to me soon!
Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof
Official ...
... Daily Show a few weeks back, and realized I hadn't gotten to the first book yet.
What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell
The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell- Heard some really great things about this book, the library is sending it to me soon!
Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof
Official ...
... good book. I don't think I've read any of Lippman's books before, but I might try another.
Now it's on to Sara Vowell's The Wordy Shipmates . I'm encouraged because I laughed my way through Assassination Vacation a couple of years ago and if she can make that subject amusing, imagine what ...
... these were the best I read this year:
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
A Canticle For Leibowitz by Walter Miller
The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
The Road to Guilford Courthouse by John Buchanan
With Zeal and With Bayonet Only by Matthew Springs
The Road to Crecy: The ...
... moving.
Three other noteworthy NE-related reads this year were:
A Peculiar Grace by Jeffrey Lent (Vermont, novel)
Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell (Colonial Massachusetts, nonfiction/humor).
and a dissertation I read:
A Good Master Well-Served: A Social History of Servitude in Massa ...
... more short fiction than in the past. I read poetry - mostly contemporary - and some nonfiction (last nonfiction read was: The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell and Bright-Sided by Barbara Ehrenreich. I have a voracious appetite for books, but also do a fair amount of other things - each ...
The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
... political divide in the US though she makes no secret of her political leanings. (I can't help but think of Sarah Vowell's Wordy Shipmates and how she did not do as good of a job at this!)
I agree with you on Wordy Shipmates . Even though I may agree with her politics, sometimes it got a little much. She's pretty darn funny, but as I said to Mark, I think I prefer her in smaller doses.
Re: A Color Purple, I think it's important to take into consideration when this book was ...
The Wordy Shipmates - Sarah Vowell ****
This examination of the Puritans and their comparison to modern day America was really interesting. Some parts were a bit too partisan, but still, it was really interesting. The author keeps it light and interesting.
Hi, Mark! I've still got Wordy Shipmates to read. She is extremely funny, isn't she? And that paragraph perfectly describes her style. I think I still prefer her in smaller doses on shows like This American Life, but she deserves to be read and enjoyed, for sure.
What are you going to be ...
Yay Belva!!
I LOVED Assassination Vacation but sadly, just couldn't get into The Wordy Shipmates . I did read rather than listen (Vowell's voice was in my head though) but I would imagine the audio would be excellent. Hmm, I should go check my library's database!
If only my HS US Histor ...
I read The Wordy Shipmates and, except for the cutsie humor that is apparently her trademark and that apparently everybody else is thrilled with, loved it.
I've got her other books on my Bookmooch wishlist but no luck so far.
The whole truth and nothing but the truth - nonfiction
A. Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
B. The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
C. An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage
D. A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold
E. Finding Beauty in a Broken World by T ...
... - she's one of my favorite authors. (Did you happen to catch her on The Daily Show the other night?) I tried to listen to The Wordy Shipmates , and I think I would have been better off reading it. I kept getting lost. It was actually my least favorite of her books - I would definitely check out ...
57. The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
I was led to this book via LT. I like history okay, but I don't often read history books. This was my bathroom book--read there entirely. I had never read Ms. Vowell before. I really appreciated her style, especially since so much of the book was direct ...
... Scottish Play brings bad luck, thus Shakespearean troupe performs for aliens, with cosmic consequences).
80) The Wordy Shipmates
A charming book on the Pilgrims, mostly around Cotton, Winthrop, Williams, and later, Hutchinson.
81) Learning the World
...
... player. In the car I am listening to The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. In the bathroom, I am almost finished with The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell. Today I finished Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein. The last three books reflect the influence that LibraryThing has had ...
72. The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday by Neil MacFarquhar
73. The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
74. An American Gospel by Erik Reece
75. Losing Mum and Pup by Christopher Buckley
76. Twelve by Nick McDonell
77. Library: An Unquiet History by ...
... engaging book. It's full of fascinating information, from the world-altering to the utterly trivial, which, like The Wordy Shipmates before it, make me wonder how on Earth my high school teachers ever managed to so thoroughly convince me that American history is dry-as-dust ...
>217: You might also try Vowell's Take the Cannoli and The Partly Cloudy Patriot. I also read The Wordy Shipmates but didn't think it was quite as good as the other three...a bit drier.
... themselves, their countries, Islam, and the West through conversations, stories, and anecdotes.
I'm also listening to The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell. Part history lesson, part comedy routine about the colonists of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
203 -- might I recommend The Wordy Shipmates as a related read? I thought it was great (and funny).
... the books listed will provide me with another of the 1000 categories. http://www.librarything.com/topic/63957
1. Wordy Shipmates - 974 General history of North America: Northeastern United States
2. The art and politics of science - 610 Medical sciences: Medicine
3. The worst ...
1. a fish caught in time
2. jewish as a second language
3. the post-american world
4. wordy shipmates
5. john quincy adams - remini
6. john quincy adams and american continental empire
7. mr adams last crusade
8. wildebeest in a rainstorm
9. the art and politics of science
...
... water crisis and what to do about it ****
6.3. Azim Jamal - The Power of Giving ****.*
6.4. Sarah Vowell - The Wordy Shipmates ****
6.5. Celia Rivenbark - Stop Dressing your Six Year-Old Like a Skank *.*
6.6. Lucy Jago - Northern Lights ****
6.7. Ariel Levy ...
"The only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief."
The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell.
Nonfiction
1. a fish caught in time
2. jewish as a second language
3. the post-american world
4. wordy shipmates
5. john quincy adams - remini
6. john quincy adams and american continental empire
7. mr adams last crusade
8. wildebeest in a rainstorm
9. the art and ...
#131 ShannonMDE - I loved The Wordy Shipmates and have bookmooch wishlisted all her other books, so far with no success.
I'll get them eventuallly...
... Richard Holmes's The Age of Wonder, which is excellent so far! I'm also listening to the audiobook version of Vowell's The Wordy Shipmates , though I'm not entirely sure that counts as "reading". Hmm.
... the library:
First Love by Joyce Carol Oates
All the Living by C.E. Morgan
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
... just match the excitement I felt over Geraldine Brooks (even though they write very different books).
I listened to The Wordy Shipmates and am now reading Assassination Vacation. I even Youtubed her to see her video talking about her books on the Daily Show and rented the Incredibles ...
... the hometown of quite a few prominent violin makers, so reading up for the trip.
On audio, I've got Sarah Vowell's The Wordy Shipmates going. She is awesome!! With lines like, "Let's go Owen, before Mama punches a pilgrim." (when pilgrim accused 9 year old of witchcraft at the faux ...
... my life right now and I do like the idea of telling the story from several different character's point of view. And audio The Wordy Shipmates .
Also, I will be seeking to make some book purchases in the next month. I am not a book buyer but a librarian (and library user), but am not sure I ...
... Hard Eight 5.8 (com)
12 Olive's Ocean 5.16 (com)
13 Eats, Shoots and Leaves 5.25 (NLS)
14 Wicked 7.1 (NLS)
15 The Wordy Shipmates 7.14 (com)
16 The Thin Man 7.22 (NLS)
17 Growing up Cuban in Decatur, Georgia 7.23 (com)
18 Tears of the Giraffe 8.1 (NLS)
69. The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
Wordy Shipmates looked at Winthrop and the Boston colonies religion, and noted the 'heretical' notions of Anne Hutchinson etc.
... (5)
Watchmen by Alan Moore (5)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer (5)
The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell (5)
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (5)
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (5)
Brick Lane by Monica Ali (5 ...
... Faiths
by Bruce Feiler
The Case of Abraham Lincoln: A Story of Adultery, Murder, and the Making… by Julie M. Fenster
The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
And a must read to understand the 20th century;
The Prize : The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power
by Daniel Yergin
#13 Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
... States The American political tradition
974 General history of North America: Northeastern United States The wordy shipmates
976 General history of North America: South central United States Bayou farewell
978 General history of North America: Western United State ...
I should finish up Wordy Shipmates today. Luckily my earlier irritations with the book have lessened. It's still not my favorite but there were some pretty interest parts and points of view. I'm at that delicious point of having no idea what I'll read next so everything and anything is ...
... books - you did an excellent job of describing her writing style. I always find it difficult to describe to people. I read The Wordy Shipmates this year, and although I enjoyed it, it was a bit more of the dense history and not as much of the funny. I might read The Partly Cloudy Patriot or T ...
... of looking for this book on the next library trip. You've also got me reconsidering Sarah Vowell I'd checked out The Wordy Shipmates a couple of months ago, then returned it unread because it just didn't look very inviting. But I might have to try again.
I'm slow catching up here - ...
Hi Cauterize! I read your Vowell review with interest because I read The Wordy Shipmates last year. I'd never heard of Vowell before and want to read more of her books since I liked Shipmates so much. I'm glad you like this book and I'll hope to score a copy on BookMooch soon!
I'm reading Wordy Shipmates . I'm a third of a way in and not enthralled. It's not what I was expecting. I wanted to get engrossed in 1640 Boston but she spends most of her time making leaps into the present suggesting an influence without any particular proof other than similarity of attitude. ...
Have started Wordy Shipmates . So far it seems readable and something I'll get something out of but not a fan of her glib style and frequent shifts from 1630 to 2000.
Yes! Sarah Vowell's The Wordy Shipmates . Funny, and informative. I would be reading in bed laughing and my husband would ask, "what are you reading that's so funny?" "A book about Puritans". Highly recommend it.
TPBM also has read a good non-fiction book recently.
14. The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
Just as Jon Stewart and Bill Maher inject humor into politics to make it more entertaining for those not much interested in it, Sarah Vowell injects wit and hilarity into the story of a people thought to be boring and uptight. In The Wordy Shipmates Vowel ...
... was more sad and pathetic--dysfunctional families are not funny for me. I've heard of Sarah Vowell and plan to check out Wordy Shipmates ; don't know Chelsea Handler and now won't try to find her. :->
I'm "collecting" Nancy Mitford books--looking at used book sales, etc.-- to do an "in ...
I just finished The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell and wanted to read more about the Pilgrims and Puritans. I picked up The Mayflower and the Pilgrims' New World by Nathaniel Philbrick without realizing that it is the adapted version of his Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War! I ...
... Atwood (5)
9. The Pillars of The Earth by Ken Follett (5)
10. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (5)
11. The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell (5)
12. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (5)
13. The Heretic's Daughter: A Novel by Kathleen Kent (5)
14. The Reader by ...
20. The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
-a very informative and quite funny account of the first Puritan settlers in New England. This is the first book I read by the author, I loved her style and will surely read more of her books.
... characters.
Now reading Counter Clockwise by Jason Cockroft (sorry, no touchstones).
On deck is The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell, as I vary my reading habits with some nonfiction. Then it's on to Sophie's Choice by William Styron, which, at #96, is the next rung ...
I'm starting The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell.
... food! With green tea. All the while getting geared up for the LibraryThing inspired book group who met and discussed The Wordy Shipmates . We liked the book, mostly.
Book 7: The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell (2008)
Information: Non-fiction, History, Audio
Read: January 29, 2009 - February 17, 2009
Rating: ★★★★
Summ ...
Wordy Shipmates sounds like it would be a fun one to read this summer. I think books that ignite interest in an era of history you haven't considered reading about before have really done their jobs! I haven't read much of anything about the American colonial period since I left school and it ...
... politics as I am an atheist and both included a main character who represents a Jesus Christ-like figure.
I had to buy The Wordy Shipmates because I love NPR's This American Life. I have to admit, though, that after a few pages I put it away for later. It was amusing but I just wasn't in ...
... not a history book, more of a commentary about the found of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1630's.
The book was The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell. While I did enjoy the book , and learned a lot about a part of American history I knew almost nothing about, I find it so hard to ...
I finished #11 last night -- The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell. While I did enjoy the book , and learned a lot about a part of American history I knew almost nothing about, I find it so hard to categorize this book. There is no index at all, so it's not really a history book, but more of ...
... get 20% off our next books. 20% discount is for the 30 days before the club meets.
Looking forward to talking about The Wordy Shipmates . I finished it a day or two ago.
>59: I enjoyed The Wordy Shipmates but my favorites by Vowell are Take the Cannoli and The Partly Cloudy Patriot.
I got a used copy of Fahrenheit 451, which I have never read, when I turned in The Wordy Shipmates for credit. Now I am reading it. I like this little book shop which has both used and new books. When did this become the model?
The Wordy Shipmates and I did enjoy it. Sarah Vowell reminded me of the pride and patriotism many of us felt when we first realized how hard fought were some of the early political battles which ...
I finally got rolling in reading The Wordy Shipmates and have decided I liked it after all. It took me a little bit of time to become infatuated with Sarah Vowell's style, which is very unique. Then, even though I have other books which I've begun reading and should finish, I have ...
I am still working on my review for The Wordy Shipmates , but I wanted to say that I saw Sarah Vowell speak last Tuesday night at a local lecture series. She was great! She read a "smattering" (her words) - a lot from The Wordy Shipmates , but several other pieces from her other works as ...
I have my copy of The Wordy Shipmates but I haven't started it yet...I'm caught up in Blue Highways and hope to finish it first but it is taking me longer then usual to read so I might have to set it aside.
I might have recruited another member...she's a RL friend...she's checking out LT and ...
Thanks Katylit. I am trying to read The Wordy Shipmates quickly so I can read The Eyre Affair before the discussions are finished.
I will put Lady Franklin's Revenge on my wish list. I will get to it. I, too, am a very determined woman! Ha! It shall be so.
*smirky look on face*: I have it. I could start it tonite but I am reading Tolkien's biography and The Wordy Shipmates for my other LT book group. I'm liking the biography by Humphrey Carpenter, written in the 1970s, I think.
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I received an email from staff at Third Place Books who say that our next read, The Wordy Shipmates will not be discounted because we did not let her know 6 weeks in advance; however, she will soon send me the discount cards and the following months reads will be on the book group shelves and ...
... Fell: The Story of the Montana-Yellowstone Earthquake by Edmund Christopherson - Completed 20 Feb 09
- The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell - Completed 8 Mar 09
4. Historical Fiction
- King Hereafter
- Cotillion by Georgette Heyer - Completed 1 Jan 09
- ...
... Bellwether, Connie Willis DONE
general non-fiction
1. Maltese (Eye to Eye With Dogs), Lynn M. Stone DONE
2. The Wordy Shipmates , Sarah Vowell DONE
3. High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed, Michael Kodas DONE
4. Assassination Vacation, Sarah Vowell DONE
5. Th ...
... before or already know a lot about. It's not easy to stop and go back when driving! I'm listening to Sarah Vowell's The Wordy Shipmates now, there are some parts that I didn't quite catch.
I don't take notes or anything, though. I'm content with absorbing the information and ...
... RL book group has scheduled. I would be, of course, delighted if GD decided to group read one of these:
March 10th is The Wordy Shipmates by Sara Vowell;
April 14th is Beat the Reaperby Josh Bazel;
May 12th is Archimedes to Hawking: Laws of Science and the Great Minds Behind The ...
... enjoying them. Started January First with book one - we'll see how long it takes.
#199 benitastrnad - I loved reading The Wordy Shipmates . It's a marvelous book and I hope you enjoy listening to it. I keep meaning to read more books by her.....
... book discussion last night at Third Place Books (we're called the ThirdPlaceThingers), I ended up getting the following:
The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell (next month's book)
The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
Nickel Mountain by John Gardner
Jimmy Hendrix Turns Eighty by ...
Here are the next books that we will be reading and discussing on:
March 10th is The Wordy Shipmates by Sara Vowell
April 14th is Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazel in honor of librarianlost's birthday
May 12th is The Earth Abides by Russell Kirkpatrick
June 9th is The World Without Us ...
... I'd try Sarah Vowell's Take the Cannoli. So far so good. I loved Assassination Vacation but was disappointed by The Wordy Shipmates
Wordy Shipmates talks about John Winthrop and the Separatist colony in Boston, as well as a bit about Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson...
... novel, is essentially a auto/biography of one of the Lost Boys of Sudan.
Recently, I finished
The worst hard time,
the wordy shipmates ,
The Case for Democracy,
hot, flat, and crowded
as well as the beak of the finch.
... exceptions. Bill Bryson is one. Sarah Vowell is another. I just finished listening to Assassination Vacation and have Wordy Shipmates up next on my list. Right now I am listening to Don't Get Too Comfortable by David Rakoff. He is a buddy of Sarah Vowell's and while I am enjoying the ...
Thanks for the comments. I've read 2 other books by Vowell and really look forward to The Wordy Shipmates . It's on my TBR list! As for Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, I can't really pinpoint why I didn't feel a big emotional connection. The book was very much about intensely specific social ...
... Vowell is terrific! The Partly Cloudy Patriot and Assassination Vacation were also really good. I have her latest (The Wordy Shipmates ) on order, but there is quite a queue at the library. Her books make nice "palate cleansers" - they're refreshing to read between more heavier stuff.
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4. Blowback by Chalmers Johnson
5. Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
6. The House of Morgan by Ron Chernow
7. The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
8. It's a Boy: women writers on raising sons edited by Andrea Buchanan
9. Mothers Who Think: tales of real-life parenthood ...
#112 theresak1975 - I loved Sarah Vowell's Assassination Vacation but The Wordy Shipmates , not so much. I still plan on reading her other two books and hope they don't disappoint. She is a hoot!
... far:
1. Bringing Home the Birkin -- Memoir/Bio
2. What Was Lost -- Orange Prize
3. Quiet, Please -- Dewey
4. The Wordy Shipmates -- Grab Bag
POD copy of Ending an Ending First Book of the Laurian Pentology, The Wordy Shipmates , and Spiritual Liberation audio CDs.
I've been to the bookstore!!!!
Spiritual Liberation in audio so I can listen while I walk the track. The Wordy Shipmates because I like new takes on American history and culture, and it was recommended by Maureen Corrigan on NPR - Best books for a transformative new year - and my POD copy ...
My favorite non-fiction book was The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell about the Puritans. Except for some boring personal stories and comments, it was well written and organized. I've never been particularly interested in the Puritans before, but her book has whetted my interest, ...
... gotten some for cheaper via Amazon (which started in my hometown) but want my favorite bookstore to survive. Read parts of Wordy Shipmates , and Beethoven Was One-Sixteenth Black and Other Stories by Nadine Gordimer, but now going to bed with The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society.
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3. Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows (READ : 27 Mar 09)
4. The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell (READ : 11 Jan 09)
5. Dating Jesus: A Story of Fundamentalism, Feminism, and the American Girl by Susan Campbell (READ : ...
4. History Inspired by my Genealogy
1) The Island at the Center of the World READ
2) The Wordy Shipmates READ
3) Glimpses - Iowa's Rural Legacy READ
4) Sex and the Eighteenth-Century Man: Massachusetts and the History of Sexuality in America READ
5) The Mevrouw ...
... by Joanne Harris, ★★★★ (2/6)
6. The Girl with No Shadow by Joanne Harris, ★★★★ (2/16)
7. The Wordy Shipmates (Audio) by Sarah Vowell, ★★★★ (2/17)
8. When You Are Engulfed in Flames (Audio) by David Sedaris, ★★★★1/2 (3/9)
9. For Whom ...
I've started The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell and since we're having some snowy weather with its subsequent traffic issues, I've started listening to Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World on my commute.
(Touchstones not happy with Dewey today)
Try Sarah Vowell's The Wordy Shipmates , a very conversational and interesting book about the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
... which was unfortunately interrupted by my Oct early review book. Or should I say my unfortunate early review book...
The Wordy Shipmates is on deck and I'm anxious to get it started.
... Crispin: The Long Divorce.
Just for Fun and Bookclub: From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris.
Non-Fiction: The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell.
ARCs and ER Books: Stealing Athena by Karen Essex. Midwife of the Blue Ridge by Christine Blevins is a close ...
... - Pulitzer Prize Winner of 2007
The Quiet American by Graham Greene
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
It's been a great year so far, and I have to thank the 75 book challenge and the 888 challenge for inspiring me to search out new ...
Kerian: I did read Son of a Witch and A Lion Among Men and I did end up disappointed.
I am currently reading The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell and One for the Money as my throw away read.
... or when; it was just all of a sudden 'I can't live without you!' But the historical aspect was interesting.
192 is The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell, and it shook me out of my funk. I am surprised I never read anything of Sarah Vowell's before since I think she's very funny. I ...
... Middlekauff
2. Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson
3. Waking Giant by David S. Reynolds
4. The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
5. The Summer of 1787 by David O. Stewart
6. Island World by Gary Y. Okihiro
7. The Delusion of Satan by Frances Hil ...
93) The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
Another good book from one of my favorite essayists, though this is more a history book than essays...similar to Assassination Vacation rather than Take the Cannoli. The topic (Puritans) is a bit drier than her other works but the wonderful Vowell ...
... place in Salem...where the author lives...and it was an amazing story. I highly recommend it.
Also recently finished was The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell which is a non-fiction book that discusses the puritans in Massachussets from around 1630 to 1692. It was a humorous writing with ...
... again. Thankfully, I caught a Heighliner back to Earth and am about to embark on a trip to the New World with a group of Wordy Shipmates called Pilgrims. Hopefully this won't make me seasick.
OC: Blithe Spirit EX: Sanctuary, To Have and Have Not, The Histories, Housekeeping, The Wordy Shipmates , White Jazz, The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, The Child in Time, Crome Yellow
... without quotation marks. It puts you in a different reading mode, but I'm liking it.
Also started Sarah Vowell's new The Wordy Shipmates ; she can make history funny and interesting--even Jesus-loving Puritans.
... Hemingway
10/23/08
Histories ***½
by Tacitus
10/24/08
Housekeeping ***½
by Marilynne Robinson
10/25/08
The Wordy Shipmates **½
by Sarah Vowell
10/25/08
Blithe Spirit (#270) ****½
by Noël Coward
10/26/08
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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Review: A humorous take of life in Massachusetts in the mid-1600s. Talks about upstanding founders ...
#72 fyrefly98 - I loved The Wordy Shipmates ! A great read.
#81 xicanti - I read The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex and thoroughly enjoyed it. You might want to look it up.
#84 TheTortoise - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime was a wonderful book. I recently ...
... somehow felt smarter and just plain cooler than I had when I started. I'm glad you liked it!
I'm about halfway through The Wordy Shipmates , and enjoying it so far - I never really cared for history as a student, but somehow Sarah Vowell makes it not only palatable but actually enjoyable.
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Posted a review of The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell ...well, it might be an interesting book, what with Thanksgiving coming up and all.
But I was not that fond of it.
However, I loved the Sandy Hook Lighthouse, just a post or two down...lol
... ibule:
A Field Guide to Monsters
Vampires, Wine & Roses
Been waiting for:
The Glass of Time
Company of Liars
The Wordy Shipmates
Paul of Dune
And I just couldn't live without:
The New Annotated Dracula
... Renew America by Thomas Friedman.
Then I went to a reading by Sarah Vowell and came home with a signed copy of The Wordy Shipmates .
... their world view. Good stuff.
And, finally, my winner, although, Midwife is about as close a second as you can get.
The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell. This book is about Puritans in New England from approximately 1630 to 1651, with historical trips to the future and the past to ...
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57. The Five Thousand and One Nights by Penelope Lively
58. Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice by Janet Malcolm
59. The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
60. Netherland by Joseph O'Neill
61. The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Phew. At least I am ...
... appreciated Karen Essex's wonderful historical novel Stealing Athena.
I bought Mayflower because after reading The Wordy Shipmates I got a recommendation from user owlmoon. And, today, there it was! Just waiting for me.
#95 DevourerOfBooks Don't know when I'll get to Mistress, ...
... :
Amazon - A Key into the Language of America byRoger Williams, the purchase of which was inspired by my reading of The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell.
BookMooch - The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama and Green Tea and Other Ghost Stories by J. Sheridan LeFanu.
And, ...
I finished The Wordy Shipmates and really enjoyed it. I also read my August Bonus Batch ER book Any Given Doomsday and didn't like it so much.
I'm reading Midwife of the Blue Ridge right now, by Christine Blevins. She sent me an ARC and signed it for me! It's quite good so far and ...
... oup .
Now I'll go back to a couple that are in process -- The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent (great so far) and The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell (quite confusing so far).
Hope to finish one or both of them before Saturday, when I'll start I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings in ...
I'm reading an ARC called The Wordy Shipmates about the Puritans, more specifically John Winthrop and Roger Williams, by Sarah Vowell.
... to Hell, but he didn't want to put them in prison or banish them through the civil courts for that.
I'm to the part of The Wordy Shipmates where he, Williams, has been banished and ends up in Rhode Island. He was supposed to be put on a ship bound for England but was tipped off and escaped ...
... and coincidences! I had a comment when I logged in a few minutes ago - in response to my telling Rick that I was reading The Wordy Shipmates an ARC about the Puritans, he replied:
Have you read Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrook? It is a very good read. It's sort of like an expanded ...
... order it, but I live 30 miles from B&N so didn't want to have to go back. I know, I can order it......
I'm reading The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell. It's an ARC about the Puritans. Here's a bit about Roger Williams:
"Williams's greatness lies in his refusal to keep his head ...
I'm reading an ARC called The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell about the Puritans. It's pretty interesting, although some of her asides and attempts at humor are puzzling or flat.
... some very good characterizations and since I'm from Southern California, it held special interest for me.
I just pulled The Wordy Shipmates out of the stacks. It sounds wonderful.
I'm in three books this week. An arc of The Wordy Shipmates (1600s settling of America) by Sarah Vowell, which so far reads like a big mess -- boinging around in time and place and off on tangents. I'm 40 pages in but not ready to give up, in fact I might be acclimating to her style.
In a nice ...
... of hers from PBS.
Right now I'm reading Buddhism for Mothers of Young Children by Sarah Napthali and an ARC of The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell. I am still dragging around Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie. I read a page or two periodically, but I can't say I'm ...
#59 The American Boy's Handy Book by Daniel C. Beard, 298 pages
#60 The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell, by 254 pages
#61 When We Were Romans by Matthew Kneale, 224 pages
Total pages = 19,534
I've had a touch of insomnia lately. Can you tell? Numbers 56 and 58-61 ...
Ach, I got The Wordy Shipmates just now with SEVERE water damage! The pages are readable but the binding got soaked and smells really, really like fumes. I've propped it in front of my air conditioner to dry out...cross your fingers everyone...
89) The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
I got an advance copy of this through Shelf Awareness. It's a pretty good book. I'll have to look for more of Vowell's books.
... and came back to the following:
ARCs:
White Nights by Ann Cleeves
When We Were Romans by Matthew Kneale
The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
Swaps:
Baker Towers by Jennifer Haigh
Since returning home early this week, I've
Bought at Borders:
The Peanut Aller ...
I got Confessions of a Contractor today. I got the 'no' email on monday for Acedia and Me. No answer on Wordy Shipmates but I may not have requested it. lol
Lets see today in SoCal I got The Wordy Shipmates via USPS and Glamour via Fedex.
I opened my mailbox to a stack of packages! For ARCs I got The Wordy Shipmates and The Shiniest Jewel! (in the midwest)
... to accept is almost certainly lost in the mail) and a few others that I can't recall off-hand. I'm also dying to read The Wordy Shipmates , on the off chance that anyone who received it is interested in passing it along.
I might also have a few more to list soon, if I can A) finish ...
Hee! I love the 12 steps!
Also: I just received The Wordy Shipmates today. Still waiting on others...
I received The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell today in Georgia.
In the mail today I received The Wordy Shipmates . Sounds like a fun read.
My July ER book arrived - The Fire by Katherine Neville
And, an ARC arrived - The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
I got The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell today. So exciting!
I got The Wordy Shipmates , Acedia and Me, and Sweetsmoke all in the same day - it was a good day for my mailbox!
Sometimes it feels good to be wrong. :) The Wordy Shipmates and Confessions of a Contractor were both waiting on my doorstep when I got home today! I'm in Indiana.
Acedia and Me and Wordy Shipmates both showed up in PA today. I thought I'd gotten a rejection for Acedia. I also received When We Were Romans.
327--Ooh! Finally somebody got The Wordy Shipmates ! What state are you in?
The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell came in the regular mail today.
The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell came to the Garden State on NJ today.
funny...i didn't think i had requested that one. but it happily goes on the TBR pile.
I received Confessions of A Contractor, The Wordy Shipmates and Acedia and Me but I don't recall asking for all three..LOL.
I got a no on Confessions of a Contractor and The Wordy Shipmates , but no word on Acedia and Me. Sounds to me like we can hold out hope for the ones we didn't hear about. :-)
I got the no on Confessions of a Contractor and also Acedia and Me so I am still holding out on The Wordy Shipmates That was the one I really wanted most so I am keeping my fingers crossed.
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The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell (nonfiction, audio, US author)
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