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| Topics | | messages | Last message | | | 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : jbeast 75 book challenge | | 320 | jbeast, Today 12:46pm |  |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Interesting Articles on Books, Authors, Reading, etc. August-October 2009 | | 92 | alcottacre, Today 7:48am | |
| Book talk : Books Told by Multiple Character Points of View | | 29 | oldfolkgc, Wednesday 7:26pm | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : Books Brought Home - November 2009 | | 151 | cdyankeefan, Wednesday 1:09pm | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Rebeccanyc's Reads for 2009, Part 2 | | 114 | Whisper1, Tuesday 3:34pm | |
| Girlybooks : What Books by Women Are You Reading: November 2009 | | 124 | englishrose60, Tuesday 8:37am | |
| Club Read 2009 : Rebeccanyc's 2009 Reading, Part 2 | | 63 | rebeccanyc, Saturday 6:26pm | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of November 7, 2009? | | 200 | Mr.Durick, November 27 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of November 14, 2009? | | 178 | slarsoncollins, November 23 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Lunacat is still reading.......... thread #4 | | 254 | dk_phoenix, November 19 | |
| Historical Fiction : Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (re Cromwell) | | 12 | marci48307, November 8 | |
| Club Read 2009 : Interesting Articles on Books, Authors, Reading, etc.... Sept./Oct 2009 | | 44 | avaland, November 6 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Kidzdoc's 75 Book Challenge for 2009 #5 | | 268 | kidzdoc, October 13 | |
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| 999 Challenge : englishrose60's | | 233 | englishrose60, August 20 | |
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| What Are You Reading Now? : Another Meme--please forgive me | | 57 | jnwelch, May 19 | |
| 999 Challenge : celiafrances and the 999 challenge | | 31 | detailmuse, April 1 | |
| Girlybooks : Orange January | | 93 | sussabmax, March 18 | |
| Reading Globally : Where in the World Are You Now - January 2009 | | 174 | MrAndrew, February 9 | |
| 999 Challenge : What are you reading right now? | | 255 | naastik, February 1 | |
| List Five Books Parlour Game : Near, Far, Wherever You Are... | | 15 | mamalaz, January 5 | |
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| Dormant: Librarians who LibraryThing : Message Board | | 148 | GreyHead, September 2007 | |
... Safety are both very different from the other Mantel books I've read, and clearly (to me) far superior, but I did find Beyond Black surprisingly moving and funny once I got beyond the surface of the psychic "fayres." Based on what I've read, I'd certainly think dense historical novels are ... Hmmm, I seem to be alone in my dislike of Beyond Black... Well, I'm planning to give her another go with Wolf Hall at Christmas - we shall see...
Congratulations on the 75! I liked Beyond Black a lot, and since I've ordered most of Mantel's other books, I'll be able to find out whether your perspective holds true for the rest, Karen. ...
I looked for A Place of Greater Safety at Parsons (bookshop) the other day but the only other Mantel they had was Beyond Black, and it looked a bit..umm...scary (I am the only person I know who was scared by Flash Gordon at 18!). I'm definitely going to hunt down APOGS after your ... Beyond Black goes into the BlackHole. Thanks for the recommendation, Rebecca. Now if my local libraries would only cooperate and get every book Mantel has written for me! ... of music would dance into the same stream, and that you would call The Goldberg Variations, a novel." - Nancy Huston
Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel
“Beyond Black is an hilarious and deeply sinister story of dark secrets and dark forces, set in an England that jumps at its own shadow, ... #78 Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel
Completely unlike Mantel's historical novels except in her superb writing ability, Beyond Black is a horrifying, funny, at times gruesome novel ostensibly about a fat female psychic, Alison, her performances at "fayres" around southern England, a group ... #78 Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel
Completely unlike Mantel's historical novels except in her superb writing ability, Beyond Black is a horrifying, funny, at times gruesome novel ostensibly about a fat female psychic, Alison, her performances at "fayres" around southern England, a group ... More Shirley Jackson -- The Lottery and Other Stories -- and more Hilary Mantel -- Beyond Black. ... to Wolf Hall. Is it sufficiently different that I might actually like it? Has anybody else hated Vacant Possession/Beyond Black etc yet still loved Wolf Hall? From BookMooch:
Knowledge of Angels by Jill Paton Walsh
Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel
From Early Reviewers:
Liver by Will Self
From Open Letter Series II:
Season of Ash by Jorge Volpe
From QPBC:
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
The ... ... week's vacation tomorrow. In order to have more than enough to read, I'm bringing what I hope are too many books with me: Beyond Black and A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel, The War at the End of the World by Mario Vargas Llosa, and The Paris Interviews IV. ... and reading. We'll be gone a week, and I'm bringing (I hope) way too many books with me: A Place of Greater Safety and Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel, The War at the End of the World by Mario Vargas Llosa, The Paris Review Interviews IV, and possibly one or two shorter books, ... ...
I've read one or two others by Hilary Mantel and they were shockingly different--modern and a very clear style. One was Beyond Black and I'm blanking on the other. I found Beyond Black in a charity shop and snapped it up. I expect I'll get round to it at some point! ... but i don't think Amazon has them in stock since it says they'll take 1-3 weeks to ship: A Place of Greater Safety and Beyond Black. I just ordered two more books by Hilary Mantel: Beyond Black and A Place of Greater Safety, as well as another by Sylvia Townsend Warner, Summer Will Show. #232 Yep, as Rachel says, I didn't get on with Beyond Black at all, but now (a few years later), I'm at a loss to explain why. It definitely wasn't her writing style, so I don't want to put anyone else off! I'm going to be giving Wolf Hall at some point anyway... ... a month has gone by.... wow. None of these answers are going to make any sense.
I have copies of Wolf Hall, Beyond Black and A Place of Greater Safety but have yet to read any of them. I know flissp really didn't like Beyond Black, but the last one is meant to be amazing (if ... >28 And *drum roll* . . . Beyond Black is available through the special intercession of Baron von Kindle. I found this 2006 New Yorker profile article of Hilary Mantel, which discusses Beyond Black and some of her previous works:
Devil’s Work: Hilary Mantel’s ghosts I found this 2006 New Yorker profile article of Hilary Mantel, which discusses Beyond Black and some of her previous works:
Devil’s Work: Hilary Mantel’s ghosts ... look for more books by Hilary Mantel (and Simon Mawer, William Trevor and A.S. Byatt) when I go to San Francisco next week; Beyond Black, A Place of Greater Safety and Eight Months on Ghazzah Street look particularly interesting. ... Bakker
A Man Betrayed by J. V. Jones
The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
Historical Fiction:
Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel
Lady in Waiting by Rosemary Sutcliff
Sword Song by Rosemary Sutcliff
The Kin: Suth's Story
The Kin: Noli's Story
The Kin: Ko's St ... ... of Wolf Hall (yes, I am that behind on the threads). You've officially bumped it from "possible" (due to my dislike of Beyond Black) to "Wishlist" status, although I think I'm still going to wait for my mum to read it first - she's a historian and I like to have an idea of how accurate ... ... be adding The Glass Room to my wishlist!
I look forward to your Wolf Hall comments too - I didn't particularly like Beyond Black, although I was struggling to say why when discussing it with my sister the other day, so I think I shall have to give Wolf Hall a go... ... Murakami.
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
Can't think of any I have more than one of. Oh, actually there is Beyond Black and Empire of the Sun but that's by accident, not because I love them.
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
No, I didn' ... ... Murakami.
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
Can't think of any I have more than one of. Oh, actually there is Beyond Black and Empire of the Sun but that's by accident, not because I love them.
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
No, I didn' ... #78,
I couldn't make my mind up about Beyond Black when I read it. I was interested and intrigued at first but then I just lost interest towards the end. I think my expectations may have been too high as I've loved everything else I've read by Hilary Mantel. Fleur, I shall probably slow down a bit after January because I shall have other things to take up my time.
10. Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel - Enjoyed this story about Alison, a medium and her business partner, Colette. Amusing and entertaining dark comedy. 16. Bruno's Dream by Iris Murdoch
17. Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel 16. Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel. Reading Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel - did not care much at the start of this story about a medium and her business partner, but now I'm halfway through and loving it. Reading Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel - did not think I was going to like this story of a medium, Alison and her business partner, Colette but I am about halfway through and really enjoying it. Witty and entertaining. ... trenches during WWI in Germany, All Quiet on the Western Front I am returning to London to continue Bruno's Dream and Beyond Black. In London with a spirit medium in Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel. ... (READ: 13 Jan 09)
7. Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka (READ: 31 Jan 09)
8. Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel
9. On Beauty by Zadie Smith
... be reading:
A Crime in the Neighbourhood by Suzanne Berne
Arlington Park by Rachel Cusk
Harbor by Lorraine Adams
Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel
... - READ
Arlington Park by Rachel Cusk - READ
Harbor by Lorraine Adams - READ
One of Ours by Willa Cather - READ
Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel - READ
Bruno's Dream by Iris Murdoch - READ
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque - READ
Lark Rise to Candleford READ ... 7. Colourful Stories COMPLETED
1. Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel 20/01/2009
2. Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 02/03/2009
3. A Sin of Colour by Sunetra Gupta 01/04/2009
4. Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris June 2009
5. White Teeth by Zadie Smith June 2009
... ... le
Away by Amy Bloom
The Deadly Space Between by Patricia Duncker
Behind the scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson
Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel Eh...Beyond Black still might be a stretch:-)
From Publishers Weekly
Instead of celebrating the mystical side of "sensitives," the people who travel England's contemporary psychic "fayre" circuit, Mantel (A Change of Climate, etc.) concentrates on the potential banality of spiritualism in ... Let's not forgot the July/August theme read also - perhaps Hillary Mantel's Beyond Black, which I have not read but which was shortlisted, I believe, for the OP, might qualify (it's a bit of a stretch, I suppose)?:-) Geesh, I'd hate to leave linsacl and juliette07 all by their lonesome over ... ... Ghost Girls
Gail Jones, Dreams of Speaking
Nicole Krauss, The History of Love - shortlist
Hilary Mantel, Beyond Black - shortlist
Sue Miller, Lost in the Forest
Joyce Carol Oates, Rape A Love Story
Marilynne Robinson, Gilead
Curtis Sittenfeld, Prep
Ali Sm ... ... Round the Shipping Forecast by Charlie Connelly
Beyond belief : the secret Gospel of Thomas by Elaine Pagels
Beyond black by Hilary Mantel
Boy A By Jonathan Trigell
Calendar : Humanity's Epic Struggle to Determine a True and Accurate Year David Ewing Duncan
Cast ... ... Round the Shipping Forecast by Charlie Connelly
Beyond belief : the secret Gospel of Thomas by Elaine Pagels
Beyond black by Hilary Mantel
Boy A By Jonathan Trigell
Calendar : Humanity's Epic Struggle to Determine a True and Accurate Year David Ewing Duncan
Cast ... ... The Accidental by Ali Smith, The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory, The Night Watch by Sarah Waters, Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel, Rape: A Love Story by Joyce Carol Oates, and The History of Love by Nicole Krauss. I thought they were all excellent. I'm reading Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel. I've never read any of hers before but I joined a reading group for the first time and this is the book they will be discussing next. I would probably not have picked it otherwise (one reason why I joined, to widen my reading habits), but am enjoying it. ... ... (there was a BIG chunk of historical information that slowed the pace for me).
Am currently reading Hilary Mantel's Beyond Black for a book group I have recently joined, and Matthew Pearl's The Dante Club.
Nice to meet you all.
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