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75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Staci426 tries for 75 in 2009		53	porch_reader, Yesterday 6:29pm
What Are You Reading Now? : BBC Meme: How Many of These 100 Books Have YOU Read?		228	Octane, Yesterday 12:57pm
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : flissp 2: The New Batch		328	VioletBramble, Yesterday 11:30am
50 Book Challenge : Wonderlake @ 2009		78	wonderlake, Thursday 10:33am
50 Book Challenge : 2009 with ChocolateMuse		238	ChocolateMuse, Wednesday 7:44pm
50 Book Challenge : bonniebook's Best of Your Best, 2009		330	bonniebooks, Wednesday 11:44am
What Are You Reading Now? : Top 10 Favorite Books		47	AlexAustin, Tuesday 8:01pm
Metafilter : High-quality Mystery/Crime/Detective/Suspense Fiction?		13	GoBanana, Tuesday 7:06pm
999 Challenge : Moneybeets'		97	cmbohn, Tuesday 12:19am
50 Book Challenge : tash99's 50 book challenge		167	elliepotten, Monday 11:38am
1001 Books to read before you die : A very early New Year's resolution thread: which 1,001 novels are you determined to master in 2010?		21	BekkaJo, Monday 2:45am
The Green Dragon : What's your favourite book so far this year?		109	Kaywinnit, Sunday 10:12pm
50 Book Challenge : ljbwell's 2009=new year, new list		65	ljbwell, Sunday 6:56am
1001 Books to read before you die : Judylou's 1001		41	judylou, Saturday 8:10pm
50 Book Challenge : CompSki's Books!		112	compskibook, Saturday 7:42pm
50 Book Challenge : Stretch's attempt at 50		52	stretch, Saturday 12:42pm
Geeks who love the Classics : Which contemporary books will/should become classics?		34	nymith, Saturday 12:11pm
The Green Dragon : Top 5 on your TBR list		87	jillmwo, Saturday 8:53am
1010 Category Challenge : mathgirl40's 1010 challenge		58	cataluna, Saturday 2:11am
50 Book Challenge : Otterley - late starter...		60	otterley, December 11
20-Something LibraryThingers : What are your top 5 recomended books?		27	LheaJLove, December 11
999 Challenge : avatiakh's 999 challenge		148	SqueakyChu, December 8
1001 Books to read before you die : pamdis 1001 reading list		6	pamdis, December 7
1001 Books to read before you die : Paruline's attempt		40	paruline, December 7
1001 Books to read before you die : Soffitta1's 1001 Books- Lifetime of Reading		20	soffitta1, December 4
List Five Books Parlour Game : School's The Subject FICTION		28	AHS-Wolfy, November 27
FantasyFans : Barely fantasy recommendations		48	Emidawg, November 27
The Prizes : The National Book Award		50	avaland, November 25
Science Fiction Fans : Looking for reading suggestions...		78	Aerrin99, November 25
Hogwarts Express : Add a Word Drop a Word, #11		410	jugglingpaynes, November 24
Book talk : A STUPID GAME TO PLAY......OLD ONE IS TOO LONG TOO!		321	hemlokgang, November 24
Le Salon Litteraire du Peuple pour le Peuple : Your personal top 10 all time favorites list(s)		296	tomcatMurr, November 22
List Five Books Parlour Game : Mysteries and Secrets...		17	rolandperkins, November 17
What Are You Reading Now? : Are you the biggest bibliophile?		109	Read2Me2010, November 15
1001 Books to read before you die : How many have you read?		265	ekebivibeke, November 15
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Starting the 2009 challenge		13	garbison, November 13
50 Book Challenge : elliepotten's 50 book challenge 2009		223	elliepotten, November 13
1001 Books to read before you die : brochettes is trying to read 1001 books before she dies- and hopes that she lives a very long life..		29	RMXtreme, November 9
What Are You Reading Now? : New Vocabulary		249	callmejacx, November 3
999 Challenge : Plekter's 999 challenge		35	plekter, November 3
What Are You Reading Now? : 2009 - Your Best Five Reads of Q3 (July -Sept)		79	bibleeohfile, November 2
Book talk : A Silly Book Game - Part 8		319	SqueakyChu, October 28
Nederlandstalige lezers : Beste boek ever (literaire fictie)		17	biebkriebels, October 27
History at 30,000 feet: The Big Picture : Classical Studies		21	geneg, October 22
Book talk : Books for on planes?		10	fairywings, October 18
History at 30,000 feet: The Big Picture : The Secret History – Donna Tartt		14	Garp83, October 14
1001 Books to read before you die : divinenanny will read some of the 1001		4	divinenanny, October 13
999 Challenge : 999 challenge - yosarian		64	yosarian, October 8
The Green Dragon : Drop a word, add a word VIII		565	calm, October 4
What Are You Reading Now? : Book Brought Home - September 2009		215	jdthloue, October 2
What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 5 May 2007		124	usnmm2, September 27
Book talk : Ok, this is a good one. What is the most disturbing book you have read?		389	Phlox72, September 17
1001 Books to read before you die : Sanddancer's 1001 List		33	sanddancer, September 16
Awful Lit. : I can't believe I wasted my time on this...		465	Hunterin, September 14
50 Book Challenge : bonniebook's 50 book challenge in 2009, chapter 2		265	nannybebette, September 13
Bug Collectors : Trouble changing cover art		3	hailelib, September 12
100 Books Challenge for 2009 : elleseven's going for 100+ in 2009!		49	elleseven, September 11
Book talk : WHAT ARE YOU READING NOW? Where? Why? How? What? Is it? What?		205	callmejacx, September 8
The Green Dragon : August Reads 2009		181	Billion, September 1
1001 Books to read before you die : What 1001 Book are You Reading: August 2009		86	klobrien2, August 31
Literary Snobs : People Who Believe Books are a Waste of Time and Money		300	holcombjmarie, August 24
BookCrossing Australia! : Group reading log: July 2009		123	Miss-Owl, August 21
History at 30,000 feet: The Big Picture : Misc Thread		412	staffordcastle, August 17
1001 Books to read before you die : wonderlake's 1001 :)		6	wonderlake, August 14
What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 24 May 2008		202	Storeetllr, August 14
Book talk : Password...		415	AMQS, August 9
100 Books Challenge for 2009 : MKS1977's 100 books for 2009		67	MKS1977, August 9
All Things New England : top 100 New England books		14	vpfluke, August 8
What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of July 4, 2009?		312	simora, August 8
Book talk : Another Silly Game Part 25		353	moibibliomaniac, August 5
What Are You Reading Now? : Books Brought Home - July 2009		228	rolandperkins, August 1
What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of June 27, 2009?		259	ashleywolf, July 28
Book talk : Books about choices and their consequences		9	Sandydog1, July 24
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : avatiakh reads some books in 2009		235	avatiakh, July 8
SlashThing : Recs		24	aprillee, July 5
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : alynnk's 2009 list		147	Whisper1, July 4
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : flissp 2009		264	flissp, July 1
What Are You Reading Now? : Books Brought Home- June 2009		331	mckait, July 1
1001 Books to read before you die : Arubabookwoman's 1001 Quest-1-36		15	arubabookwoman, June 28
999 Challenge : merry10's 999 challenge		51	merry10, June 23
Literary Snobs : Writers with no style		151	ejj1955, June 23
100 Books Challenge for 2009 : avatiakh aims for 100+ in 2009		61	avatiakh, June 16
What Are You Reading Now? : What You Are Reading the Week of 6-12 June 2009		228	bookymouse, June 14
History at 30,000 feet: The Big Picture : Humor In History		8	Garp83, June 3
What Are You Reading Now? : What You Are Reading the Week of 16 May 2009		208	teelgee, June 2
1001 Books to read before you die : What Are You Reading From the 1001 List, May 2009		97	PaperbackPirate, June 1
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Lisa's 2009 75 Book Challenge		109	alcottacre, June 1
999 Challenge : LisaMorr's		76	LisaMorr, May 31
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : girlunderglass stares out from her display case Q2		325	girlunderglass, May 20
What Are You Reading Now? : Another Meme--please forgive me		57	jnwelch, May 19
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Getting to know other 75'ers better..or anyone else who wants to		130	billiejean, May 19
What Are You Reading Now? : What is the Best Book you've read so far this year? April 2008		201	nannybebette, May 18
Ancient History : All the ancient gods and goddesses		23	Garp83, May 13
Book Nudgers : A nudge for avatiakh's April reading		10	Booksloth, April 30
Name that Book : Mystery set in Uni Campus		4	Petroglyph, April 30
What Are You Reading Now? : Author/Character Crushes		77	imanivrn, April 26
Book Nudgers : Nudge me some Greek books		17	zacofe123, April 26
50 Book Challenge : nooli's Book Challenge 2009		24	nooli, April 18
Book talk : Fun Exercise that I swiped from Facebook:		97	MissTeacher, April 4
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... Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez Small Island by Andrea Levy A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry The Secret History by Donna Tartt Middlemarch George Eliot Kristin Lavransdatter And on my Christmas/New Year holiday I am taking: The Grapes of Wrath & Of M ...

... Book, but then I realised I read it in December last year. So for this year it would be: Under the Skin The Secret History The House Next Door

... Robert Graves 3. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, Haruki Murakami (The weirdest and best Murakami.) 4. The Secret History, Donna Tartt 5. Buddenbrooks, Thomas Mann (my introduction to what I hope will be many Mann reads) 6. Quo Vadis, Henryk Sienkiewicz (a relatively ...

... series (George R R Martin) Plays: The Importance of Being Earnest, Hamlet Contemporary: The Remains of the Day, The Secret History Funny: Guards! Guards! (high-fives WW), Leave it to Psmith, by P.G. Wodehouse I'm glad to see that there are others present like me, who are just ...

Donna Tart

I wanted to find an eccentric elderly professor like in the The Secret History and instead of actually studying just spend my time drinking with fabulously wealthy sociopaths, but alas it was not to be ...

... Scion by Jacqueline Carey Kushiel's Justice by Jacqueline Carey Kushiel's Mercy by Jacqueline Carey The Secret History by Donna Tartt (which will surely be on my Best of 2009) The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon (which is one of the best ...

I couldn't put down The Secret History when i read it. It was the last book I remember literally staying up all day and night 'til I was finished.

... Witch and the Wardrobe). Not particularly epic, still, it’s a must read YA classic. Mary Gentle’s Ash series (A Secret History) is terrific action, but is possibly problematic, being that it’s something of a fantasy/SF hybrid (and also the fact that it was four books in the US ...

... Generation Loss, Out: A Novel, Smilla's Sense of Snow; Perfume: The Story of a Murderer; The Name of the Rose; The Secret History; The Wasp Factory ... and I'm forgetting many others. See? Really open. Series books are fine, historical mysteries, gritty urban thrillers, ...

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.

... ckerFactory.com/counter/wTSc0mt/"> De Verborgen Geschiedenis -Donna Tartt - Read before 2004 (Dutch translation of The Secret History) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams - Read ...

... a Carve Up! on Mount TBR 141 A Suitable Boy 142 The Stone Diaries 145 The Robber Bride 146 The Emigrants 147 The Secret History 151 Possessing the Secret of Joy 153 The Crow Road 156 The English Patient 157 Smilla’s Sense of Snow 165 Wild Swans 166 American Psych ...

I read it in 2000 and wrote this about it in 2008: “Another of my great novels is the very big bestseller The secret history by Donna Tartt. Certainly three times in different years I began reading it, but stopped, I don't know why. Then one year I put it in my holiday-bag, together ...

... Big Sleep Rabbit, Run The Maltese Falcon Ulysses Lolita Crime and Punishment The Master and Margarita The Secret History Beloved Song of Solomon A couple weeks ago, I started reading Mrs. Dalloway and found it confusing with the abrupt character changes and put ...

Book 28 - the secret history by donna tartt I surprised myself by how much I enjoyed reading this book. The plotting and story telling are excellent - the apparent longeurs and diversions (college parties, the narrator's near death experience, everyday life in the wealthy Connecticut set) ...

The Secret History

... Eugene Sue The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe The Secret History of the World by Mark Booth* The Secret History by Procopius (have read, hurriedly) *own these, but havenʻt read them yet; Sueʻs Mysteries of Paris is also on my TBR, for the next ...

... and Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices and Other Stories. Several other books worked properly this morning - The Secret History, Rachel Ray, and He Knew He Was Right being examples.

I only have three, Bonnie: Black Swan Green, David Mitchell The Secret History Donna Tartt Wives and Daughters, Elizabeth Gaskell - you were going to read this soon anyway I believe :) Awesome challenge, have fun!

... Rachel Ray, He Knew He Was Right, and Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices and Other Stories by Anthony Trollope The Secret History by Donna Tartt The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami Truman by David McCullough Th ...

... that sort of thing. I don't feel the need to review those on here, and I haven't been reading anything else of note since The Secret History, which seems awfully long ago now!

The Secret History The Secret Life of Bees The Secret The Secret Garden Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World

#16: I enjoyed The Secret History when I read it a couple of years ago so I hope you give it another shot. Isn't it amazing how the reader of a book can make or break your enjoyment? I have found this to be the case with my audiobooks anyway.

DNF The Secret History by Donna Tartt (fiction) I started listening to this in audio format read by the author. I picked this because it was on the 1001 list and so far the story seems interesting. I will definitely come back to this in print form, but I cannot finish listening to it. I do ...

... Telling by Louise Penny (03/12/09) 3. The Taken: A Hazel Micallef Mystery by Inger Ash Wolfe (16/12/09) Candidates: The Secret History by Donna Tartt The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson The Cart Before the Corpse by Carolyn McSparren ...

Finished The Secret History! in the end it reminds me of Star Wars Episode 3 how the evil you were fighting was really inside your system and u were the corrupt ones. Starting to read tonight The Master and Margarita

Finished The Secret History! in the end it reminds me of Star Wars Episode 3 how the evil you were fighting was really inside your system and u were the corrupt ones. Starting to read tonight The Master and Margarita

... Addiction by Tom Raabe My Top 10 Books of All Time 1) The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 2) The Secret History by Donna Tartt 3) The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon 4) Notes from a Big Country by Bill Bryson 5) Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier 6) Dia ...

Im finishing The Secret History today and am later going to read The Master and Margarita

The Secret History by Donna Tartt. It features college students studying ancient Greece who decide to hold a real bacchanal and see what happens.

... ) The Pox Party by M. T. Anderson (YA) The Braided World by Kay Kenyon (sci fi) 1984 by George Orwell (sci fi) The Secret History by Donna Tartt (fiction) Under Sea, Over Stone by Susan Cooper (ya fantasy) The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (fiction) Currently Re ...

#61 - I remember reading The Secret History when it first came out, when I was college age myself and I will never forget what a great read it was and how wonderful her prose was. I think the success of that book stymied her though and gave her sophmoritis with a vengeance, which is too bad as ...

I finished The Secret History last night, and I'm still reeling. It's the best new-to-me book I've read in more than a year. I started The Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon this morning, but it's too early to say what I think of it yet.

... by Julia Fox, which I found quite interesting but somewhat problematic in its focus. I'm pretty sure I'll be reading The Secret History by Donna Tartt next; a blogging friend recommended it, and it sounds like exactly what I feel like right now.

Just started The Secret History by Donna Tartt, the charachters seems odd and interesting so looking forward to the rest...

... yet darkly gothic tale of excess... the movie's coming out soon too so if you'll be seeing it, read it first! 2) The Secret History by Donna Tartt - a group of brilliant misfits let their obsessions get out of hand until they end up guilty of murder. 3) The Shadow of the Wind by C ...

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

... by Gene O'Neill Jane Boleyn by Julia Fox The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon The Secret History by Donna Tartt

... One: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale Vanity Fair by William Thackeray The Secret History by Donna Tartt The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery Rainbow Valley by L.M. Montgomery House ...

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Secret History came today.

Thanks for the review of the Secret history and for your comments too GUG. I've had it sitting here for years and will think about reading soon - as soon as I finish W&P some time in 2020...

Good to hear re. The Secret History--it's sitting on my tbr pile at home, so I'll have to make sure to get to it when I'm back in August. :)

... src="http://pics.librarything.com/picsizes/1a/57/1a578a28c4778cb59315a4d52774141414c3441.jpg"> 18. The secret history, by Donna Tartt I hesitate to say anything about this book for fear of giving things away. Suffice to say that I was riveted, and finished it in three ...

mckait Secret History good choice gives new meaning to the idea that if you do something horrible the least amount of people that know about it the better

yep. Secret History....... Mists is a fave of mine as well...O have read it a dozen times or more...

finished The Secret History by Donna Tartt and The Boy In The Striped Pajamas by John Boyne enjoyed both Started my May ARC Sweeping Up Glass by Carolyn Wall ~ really, really enjoying it :) I should have read this one first before my library books, that's how much I like it

finished The Secret History by Donna Tartt and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne over the weekend :) Started Sweeping Up Glass by Carolyn Wall my ARC from May

... Scion by Jacqueline Carey Kushiel's Justice by Jacqueline Carey Kushiel's Mercy by Jacqueline Carey The Secret History by Donna Tartt I may alternate between the Kushiel books and a few shorter reads if I start to feel too bogged down.

livrecache, wasn't The Secret History a great romp? I thought it all a bit silly at times, but a great read. I read The Little Friend first, and only got through it because I thought something might actually happen somewhere. Hah. I should have gone with my gut instinct and given up at 50 pages. ...

... on my bookshelf now. I know I won't read it. (OZ VBB maybe? Or any takers here?) It's a pity because I really enjoyed The Secret History.

From The Secret History by Donna Tartt pg66 Clue #1 bedtime

... another unfinished book, although I've read much more of this one - I think I just tried to read it too soon after reading The Secret History. - L'etranger: Camus (the French version - I began this last year, but was waylaid as it needs time) Recommendations/future reads are now in my ...

"Oh, hell don't bother" The Secret History by Donna Tartt "What've you got, one of those V-6 numbers?"

"I guess." The Secret History by Donna Tartt " He say anything about leaving early?"

"certainly" The Secret History by Donna Tartt "Will you go to the Registrar's office tomorrow and put in a request to change counselors?"

The Secret History by Donna Tartt page 66 Clue #1 pond

"Well, she mainly went out there for a rest. Quite a number of people do that, you know." The Secret History by Donna Tartt "What you boys been doing up there all afternoon?"

Reading The Secret History by Donna Tartt 1. Where did you get this book? The library 2. How much did it cost? just the gas in my car to get to the library :) 3. Why did you pick this book to read NOW? I need to return it soon plus I wanted to read it now since her book The Little Fri ...

... Lives Of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach. Found it to be very educational and graphic (not for everyone) :) Started The Secret History by Donna Tartt and liking it much much better then her The Little Friend.

"Of course not" The Secret History by Donna Tartt "Are you hungry at all? Would you like to have something to eat?"

... on what I already own. That lasted until yesterday. And these fat books are so hard to sneak into the house. The Secret History by Donna Tartt The Black Tulip by Alexander Dumas Hopscotch by Julio Cortazar Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts The Famished R ...

... Da Vinci Code 77. One L 78. The Emperor's Children 79. Two Years Before The Mast 80. Blanche Cleans Up 81. The Secret History 82. Girl, Interrupted 83. Einstein's Dreams 84. Blue Hill Avenue 85. The City Below 86. Team of Rivals 87. The Handmaid's Tail 88. Bri ...

... - Aldous Huxley 60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez 61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck 63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt 68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding 70Moby Dick - Herman Melville 72 Dracula - Bram Stoker 74 Notes From A Small Island ...

... flash-in-the-pan success stories. There is one very good novel from that era I recall with great fondness, Donna Tartt's SECRET HISTORY. That is one fine, riveting book...

... over the weekend. If you like Kellerman's work, this one's a reliable summer read. 117 curlysue: I loved Tartt's The Secret History and liked her second, but not as much as the first. I should re-read History, though--I read it a looong time ago and it'd be interesting to see if I ...

... things about this one. At 555 pages Iam hoping for the best but preparing for the worst. :) Heard good things about The Secret History first book by Tartt so I'll save that one.

I also have The Little Friend on my TBR but have heard it's very different from The Secret History and this is what has kept me away form it for so long. Glad to see you enjoyed it, it's encouraging me to give the book a try sooner than I would have. :)

... forward to reading it. The Little Friend is a book I have had on Planet TBR for a while now. I enjoyed Tartt's The Secret History a lot, so I need to bump this book up. Thanks for the reminder!

I got The secret History for my birthday, but haven't read it yet. It's on the TBR

... a chuckle. Anyway, enough rambling about that - I'd be interested to hear what you thought of them. Also, just started The Secret History this morning on the bus, which was a nice way of softening the blow of arriving at work. Again, I've read it a million times and love it to bits, but it's ...

... the year, and maybe focus more on rereads - I should really spend more time on my assignments for my dip course, but when The Secret History and a Douglas Adams omnibus are sitting there so temptingly on my bedside table, what can I do?

... Expertly done. How did that gem pass me by for so long? Next up is probably To Kill A Mockingbird, although I still have The Secret History waiting for me too.

Tartt's SECRET HISTORY has one of the best opening paragraphs I've ever read. Terrific book--but I do recall Sherron not caring for THE LITTLE FRIEND...

... out! 4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with? Shall we count them off? Mr Rochester, Henry Winter (The Secret History), Noah Calhoun (The Notebook), Jacob Black/Jasper Hale (Twilight Saga), Lazarus Jones (The Ice Queen), Max de Winter... 5) What book have you ...

... out! 4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with? Shall we count them off? Mr Rochester, Henry Winter (The Secret History), Noah Calhoun (The Notebook), Jacob Black/Jasper Hale (Twilight Saga), Lazarus Jones (The Ice Queen), Max de Winter... 5) What book have you ...

... the 75-Books thread... I shamelessly posted MY fave things there anyway, because I can't resist a list! BOOKS The Secret History by Donna Tartt The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman FOOD

OK, I'm only a humble 50-booker this year, but I can't resist a top 5 list when I see one! BOOKS The Secret History by Donna Tartt The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman FOOD Warm pain au ...

OK, I'm only a humble 50-booker this year, but I can't resist a top 5 list when I see one! BOOKS The Secret History by Donna Tartt The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman FOOD Warm pain au ...

In the midst of moving - again. Sorting out books and found "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt which I've read many years ago and was so thrilled to find it again in the bookshelf. Enjoyed every page of it again. Found this book too among the pile and just starting the first few pages. "L ...

... The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood 53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons 55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth. 63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt Would anyone else recommend these books? Decided to keep track of what I've read here in bold: 1 Pride and Prejudice - Jan ...

... Open House by Elizabeth Berg, The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks, We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver, The Secret History by Donna Tartt . . . . . . and so many more! I really couldn't help myself, here. This is one of my favorite things to do - tell people about really ...

19. The Secret History by Donna Tartt This novel was a good read. It's not the greatest novel ever written, and I don't think it tries to be. I really enjoyed reading this book but I think it had a few hiccups and slow points (it would have been nice if it had been a little more plot driven). ...

... aulks 16. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons 17. Cat's Eye, M Atwood 18. Watchmen, Alan Moore/ Dave Gibbons 19. The Secret History, Donna Tartt so made my quota for the year :) Petroglyph in Name that Book : Mystery set in Uni Campus (Apr 30, 2009, 7:18am)

I second Tartt's The secret history.

... Black Box is no exception - a richly descriptive epistolary novel. I cast off Charming Billy and read Donna Tartt's The Secret History instead.

No Door in the title, but it sounds a lot like The Secret History by Donna Tartt.

Hmm, as of today it's The Secret History by Donna Tartt.

... 57- Contact 58- The pigeon 59- Like water for chocolate 60- Remains of the day * 61- The english patient 62- The secret history 63- A fine balance 64- Alias Grace * 65- The hours * 66- The amazing adventures of Kavalier and Clay * 67- Life of Pi 68- The ...

... summerscale 6. case histories - kate atkinson 7. fludd - hilary mantel 8. addition - toni jordan 9. secret history - donna tartt 10. panic - jeff abbott

... confiding their dreams and frustrations to the local deafmute. I much preferred this to Mistry's A Fine Balance. 61) The Secret History by Donna Tartt This felt familiar when I started reading it, so maybe I read it when it first came out. Like Engleby and The Talented Mr Ripley, there ...

... confiding their dreams and frustrations to the local deafmute. I much preferred this to Mistry's A Fine Balance. 61) The Secret History by Donna Tartt This felt familiar when I started reading it, so maybe I read it when it first came out. Like Engleby and The Talented Mr Ripley, ...

... relief confiding their dreams and frustrations to the local deafmute. I much prefered this to Mistry's A Fine Balance. The Secret History by Donna Tartt This felt familiar when I started reading it, so maybe i read it when it first came out. Like Engleby and The Talented Mr Ripley, ...

... To Kill a Mockingbird, Nineteen Eighty Four, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Animal Farm, Brave New World, Lolita, The Secret History, Jude the Obscure, and The Remains of the Day. - And I am oh so proud to admit to having read Bridget Jones's Diary! :P - I really was not ...

... nothing to do with anything, but today is my birthday (52!!) & I got: Casablanca on DVD Suttree by Cormac McCarthy Secret History by Donna Tartt Teaching Company Course: Big History Traching Company Course: Greek & Persian Wars & my son bought me a Library Thing Mug

Niks ervan! Ik vergat The secret history door Donna Tart (in 2000).

... 52 Dune - Frank Herbert 56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon 57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens 63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt 72 Dracula - Bram Stoker 81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens 87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White 89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ...

... 7 - wow, better than I thought then! Some are amongst my all-time favourites (Harry Potter, The Shadow of the Wind, The Secret History) and I hated a couple - Alice in Wonderland and Catcher in the Rye, I mean you. Among the ones I never finished are Nineteen Eighty-Four, Emma ...

... Q1 Top Five: 1. I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb 2. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin 3. The Secret History by Donna Tartt 4. Book Lust by Nancy Pearl 5. Jazz by Toni Morrison (ha! - just for the amazing parts of it) Observations: I had no idea I was ...

so Im thinking The Secret History at the moment is the one to go for.....strange that nobody has mentioned Cryptonomicon....any takers?

... you should read if your life is to be complete; which you go for first will probably depend on your mood at the time. The Secret History is completely un-put-downable and a book I can read again and again. As is Tipping the Velvet if you're in the mood for some really engrossing ...

Hey, actually a list with several books I've read!! I like a lot of these, but really loved The Secret History, so would give that one a good shove.

... I really enjoyed it. I'll also un-nudge Cold Sassy Tree. I did not like it at all. I'll nudge-ish The Namesake and The Secret History. Both are on my TBR list.

... Gathering Light by Jennifer Donnelly 2.The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri 3.Fingersmith by Sarah Waters 4.The Secret History by Donna Tartt 5.The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim 6.Bel Canto by Anne Patchett 7.Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner 8. ...

... I usually copy something to my clipboard if I'm writing something long, though. Tammie, thanks for stopping by - The Secret History probably ranks as my number three of my best reads so far this year, with two being The Left Hand of Darkness and number one being I Know This Much Is ...

... silly. The *idea* of the book is wonderful, and the historical parts quite interesting. (also, remember, I didn't love The Secret History, either, so take my views for what they're worth!) :-)

... arkoe 26. The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde I'm already done with two books for March, and currently working on The Secret History by Donna Tartt, About A Boy by Nick Hornby and... probably a couple of others.

I finished The Secret History which was interesting even though the characters were in the main loathsome. Lots of lies, drugs and drinking to excess which didn't help them in the predicament they found themselves. Next up I think I'll go for Germinal which should take me into the next month, ...

... people would wonder why he's not going to school? Believe me that would be the least of your problems with the book! Now re The Secret History I was very surprised towards the end when we get glimpses of how his "friends" see him, and it's very different from how he sees himself. I'm trying new ...

... (in a good way) to me, that I wrote about that and forgot to write about the rest :) I've been really wanting to read A Secret History for awhile now, but I haven't been able to mooch a copy...I'll have to put it on my TO BUY pile, your review makes me want to read it, as I love characters. ...

... high school... Because there's so much to learn? Because it's such a fun place? Blah. Otherwise, I did enjoy The Secret History as well - that seems to be our only connecting book. I liked how you only see the story unfold from the narrator's point of view and how delusional he ...

... for my TBR Challenge ! It was okay - a quick read- and I gave it 3 out of 5. I think she rather pinched the plot from The Secret History- beginning with a murder/ burial and then telling the story of how things led up to it... I have now started The Gunslinger, by Stephen King. Again ...

... man. It was was just incredible. An insight into the very dark side of humanity. Now for a change of pace I've started The Secret History

... These qualities are quite rare for a mystery writer, at least ones that I've read. I was strongly reminded of Donna Tartt's The Secret History in the construction of group dynamics--an isolated narrator and four icy, impenetrable and somewhat socially inept "friends". (I hesitate to say more for ...

... read more Coupland than I have have said GIAC is his best/their favorite. Plus, remember - I'm the one who didn't like The Secret History! :-) #11 - I'd actually been wanting to read JPod, but GIAC was what was available. Now that you mention it, I can see how his books could lend ...

Well I have not read Astonishing Splashes of Colour or The Secret History, but I have read Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew: Valentine's Day Secret.

... about I Know This Much Is True lately that I think I'm going to have to give it a chance. Thanks for the review of The Secret History. It's on my ever-growing pile of books at home, but maybe I'll move it a little closer to the top. :)

Bah! I have not read Tales of Beadle the Bard(!) but I have read...The Secret History

... keep waiting to mooch it but it's on hundreds of wishlists :( I think I'm just gonna have to buy it. Oh well. As for The Secret History I'm glad there are people who don't like it too, it would be too boring if we all did! Looking forward to your reads as well! >84 I think I know what ...

... Wife, 5 stars, msg 52 C. Fantasy D. Anthologies 1. Hitler Victorious, 3.5 stars, msg 45 E. Mystery/Crime 1. The Secret History, 3.5 stars, msg 43 F. Books in a Series G. Non-US settings H. Older than me 1. The Yellow Wallpaper, 4 stars, msg 42 I. Graphic Novels 1. The Wat ...

... I finished 9 books in January: 1. The Book Thief, 4.5 stars, see msg 7 2. The Yellow Wallpaper, 4 stars, msg 8 3. The Secret History, 3.5 stars, msg 11 4. The Watchmen, 3.5 stars, msg 26 5. Book Lust, 4 stars, msg 28 6. Hitler Victorious, 3.5 stars, msg 37 7. The Magic Toyshop ...

Slightly out on a limb from all those Greek ones, The Secret History has connections with ancient Greece despite being set in America. I read it in Greece and it went down very well. You also need to take a smallish volume of poetry by Cavafy, preferably one that includes my all-time ...

Today I started The Secret History by Donna Tartt. So far it's very intriguing.

... flick (that said, no, I haven't seen the movie version). And I must be the only person on the planet who didn't love The Secret History. Thanks to LT, Special Topics in Calamity Physics has been on my TBR list for a bit. We'll see if I get around to it in '09. Anyway, looking ...

... we've got Rochester, Aragorn and the devastatingly sexy Dorian Gray. I liked the intelligent, aloof Henry Winter in The Secret History, and of course fell head over heels for Edward and Jasper in Twilight only a few weeks ago. I had a major crush on Byron, obviously. I've probably ...

Great reviews, I LOVED The Secret History - I read it for a book group years ago and at least once or twice since - and have Book Lust wishlisted... I'll be looking out for more to come!

... me for some reason. I didn't have a chance to read every review you have on here, but was impressed with what you did with The Secret History and Mein Kampf for very different reasons obviously. I read The Secret History around the time that it came out, which is quite a while ago now and ...

... the 90's -- I can't remember where the recommendation came from. It is pretty darn good though - if you are in to that Secret History kinda modern Gothic looking back on a heinous crime kinda thing. For sure more entertaining than the Superbowl is bound to be.

... of his films so I guess that one's a good one to start with. Also, I was reading your book challenge and I've also read The Secret History. Have you read Brideshead Revisited? I know they're both really different books but the main character in The Secret History reminded me of Charles Ryde ...

9. The Secret History by Donna Tartt -Dragged a little bit at some points, but overall very good. I especially liked the last 100 pages or so.

... mean that I don't appreciate the fact that he can make me read 400 pages in three hours. That said, of course I'd take The Secret History over The Da Vinci Code any day, so I'm REALLY curious now how I will feel about Calamity Physics, if you say it's somewhere in between :)

I too love The Secret History and read calamity physics based on the much-noted parallels therein. I enjoyed it but wish to sound a note of caution: I see it as a cross between the Secret History and The DaVinci Code - it lacks the calm confidence of the Tartt book. That said, I'd still ...

Hi, girlunderglass. I see you've read The secret history - I enjoyed it too. Also, Book lust looks interesting. I'll have to look out for it.

... Mandolin Louis de Bernieres 31. The Shipping News E Annie Proulx 32. A Suitable Boy Vikram Seth 33. The Secret History Donna Tartt 34. All the Pretty Horses Cormac McCarthy 35. Smilla's Sense of Snow Peter Hoeg 36. Wild Swans Jung Chang 37. R ...

I'm about halfway through The Secret History.

@ MsMoto: Me, too. I haven't been that impressed with a debut novel since Donna Tartt's The Secret History. Book #9 - Undead and Unwed by Mary Janice Davidson This is a funny, short, easy vampire romance chick lit book. And as I'm simultaneously reading Marilynne Robinson's Home ...

HA! I have read The Secret History! (it's so satisfying to be able to respond to this thread with something other than food fight threats - food fights that made their way into my dreams last night, btw)
But I have NOT yet read... Anna Karenina.

Creepy because you're psychic. I have read Great Expectations. But I haven't read The Secret History.

How funny - I have your thread open in another tab right now, and I was reading your review of The Secret History. Your thread is starred as well! Happy reading!

hey Lisa - I noticed we have some common books in our challenges - The Yellow Wallpaper is one of my favorite books, The Secret History was the first book I read this year and loved it, and I'm planning to read The Book Thief really soon. Also, there's of course Book Lust, that I think will ...

Just wait. You ain't even begun to add to your TBR pile! 8^} Oh, and The Secret History looks pretty good!

Hi girlunderglass, and welcome! Also loved The Secret History, but The Buddha of Suburbia even more so - there was a very good TV adaptation of it years ago with Naveen Andrews and Harish Patel - I think it's on DVD now... Have you read The Little Friend? I started reading it after I ...

1. The Secret History by Donna Tartt Rating: ★★★★ Tags: 1990s, fiction, U.S.A. First book I read this year. I was going to spend the holidays in Venice and Milan so I ...

well...I've decided to join this group as well. I started on the 50 book challenge group since I read approximately one book a week...but then thought something along the lines of "The more the merrier", and joined. I started January 1st - I'll be copying my first reviews and then post new ones ...

... Book Addict's Treasury by Julie Rugg and Lynda Murphy (I think), which is wonderful. I also seem to keep reaching for The Secret History by Donna Tartt and The Picture of Dorian Gray, for some reason, so maybe they're mysteriously comforting too?

... Ondaatje, 1993 271. The Crow Road by Iain Banks, 2006 272. The Discovery of Heaven by Harry Mulisch, 2007 273. The Secret History by Donna Tartt, 1993 274. *The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood, 1995 275. The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields, 1994 276. A Suitable Boy by ...

... Ondaatje, 1993 271. The Crow Road by Iain Banks, 2006 272. The Discovery of Heaven by Harry Mulisch, 2007 273. The Secret History by Donna Tartt, 1993 274. *The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood, 1995 275. The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields, 1994 276. A Suitable Boy by ...

... Gabaldon's 'Outlander' books, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, Sophie's World, The Crimson Petal and the White, The Secret History and any short stories by Saki. What are yours? E to try and fix touchstones

Hi Girl, Not bad yourself, 5 books already! I haven't read The Secret History but I do have The Little Friend sitting on my shelf. Your rating system is very similar to mine when I rate books here. Keep up the good work, I'll keep tabs on your reading and your reviews.

... even better. My husband also read both Nemirovsky books, and liked them very much as well. You're also spot on with The Secret History and Special Topics in Calamity Physics. Both books are huge...and creepy! I loved them!! I hope you like them as well. Special Topics in Calamity P ...

Hello! I'm glad to you're still posting your reviews. I enjoyed reading your first three. I've already added The Secret History to my TBR list. Oy! I'm eager to see what you have to say about Smilla's Sense of Snow. It's another one of those I've been eyeing of late.

Hi, girlunderglass. Glad to hear you enjoyed The Secret History. The first time I read it I was completely bowled over but when I read it again 10 years later I had a hard time with it and couldn't think why I'd enjoyed it so much the first time round. Perhaps one's reaction depends on one's age ...

... of good things about Special Topics in Calamity Physics lately and I see that LibraryThing has it as a recommendation for The Secret History. Hmmm...in the recommendations for The Secret History there's also Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky, whom I see you're a fan of. Haven't read ...

... your reviews and am glad you're writing them for each book you read. I hope you keep up the thread for the year. The Secret History is a book I've been wanting to read. It reminds me of and has been compared to Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl which I loved and ...

... author's life, and some additional interpretation about what's going in the book and how it related to Gilman's life. The Secret History I spent a lot of time paying attention to the characters in the beginning, going back to where they were first introduced, so that I could "see" them as I ...

... freakishly fast, right? :) I haven't read The Little Friend unfortunately, though I've only heard good things abut it. The Secret History also has a bit of a "hmm...that was weird; didn't see that coming" end, but it felt like any other end would have been inappropriate. It fitted the mood ...

Hi Girlunderglass. I have enjoyed reading your wonderful reviews and I have already picked The Secret History and The Tales of Beedle the Bard for my TBR pile. As a dedicated mystery and HP fan they seemed just too irresistable. Thanks and good luck on your challenge. I hope that you find a ...

Love, love, LOVE Secret History! I agree with you, the characters are very well developed, and they all feel distinct (which can be hard when there's such a large cast of central characters).

I read The Secret History a few years ago and enjoyed most of it... though parts were rather disturbing. The character development was excellent, you're right, and I'd say it's worth reading if even just for that. However, it's highly unbelievable in this day and age that ANYONE could learn ...

... Potter freak and read anything HP related, that is why The Tales of Beedle the Bard was my first book of this year. The Secret History book looks very interesting I may just have to find myself a copy somewhere. I love reading reviews of other members because I don't think I write ...

#3: The Secret History by Donna Tartt. A crime novel, this book starts out talking about a murder of a college student by a group of his friends(?). After this foreshadowing, you learn about the narrator, a young man from California, apparently not particularly special, who manages ...

Finished The Secret History, one from my Mystery/Crime category. The first half of the book went very quickly, a little slower through the second half. A crime novel, this book starts out talking about a murder of a college student by a group of his friends(?). After this ...

... with it (I suppose I wasn't that close to actually dropping it...), and it was worthwhile reading. In the end, a good book (The Secret History). Now reading Watchmen, first selection from my Graphic Novel category.

... #262) 1. The Secret History by Donna Tartt Rating: ★★★★ Tags: 1990s, fiction, U.S.A. First book I read this year. I was going to spend the holidays in Venice and Milan ...

Off the top of my head, The Secret History comes to mind. At the start of the book, the main character has just moved to Vermont from California to switch colleges (and majors), and he takes up with a group of students that are quiet different than his previous friends.

LisaMorr - I read The Secret History last year in my 1001 category. I really enjoyed the first two thirds of it but found the conclusion disappointing, but I would still say it is worth continuing with. Cait86 - I would recommend Last Orders by Graham Swift for your Booker Prize winners and ...

... as my first 999 book of the year. A quick, disturbing read - I felt helpless like the narrator. I'm halfway through The Secret History and then will jump into Watchmen. Absolutely loved Never Let Me Go. And neat to see Waiting for Godot - I remember doing that one in drama class ...

'On vacation. He'll be back in two weeks.' The Secret History by Donna Tartt.

"I thought it was wonderful." The Secret History by Donna Tartt

48--Definitely keep at The Secret History, despite its somewhat slow pace it's one of my favorite books :) It's been a while since I read it, but from what I remember the action picks up significantly after the main "event" foreshadowed in the first pages. All sorts of bizarre recriminations...

I'm on my second book of the challenge - The Secret History. I'm about halfway through, and I'm kind of wondering what the rest of the book will be about. It's taken this long to get to what was foreshadowed in the first pages, and now what...? Well, I shall find out! I'm getting on a long flight ...

... in the narrator's mind. This was a disturbing book - I felt helpless, like the narrator. A good book. Then started on The Secret History (mystery - although now that I am reading it, I'm not 100% sure it is a mystery - what exactly makes a mystery a mystery?). I might revise my category to ...

... Starting 1/1 and on the flying day home on Friday, I'll start with The Yellow Wallpaper, then Watchmen, NanoTech, The Secret History, The Time Traveler's Wife and A Thousand Splendid Suns. I also brought two more grapic novels with me, just in case I ran out - The Complete Persepol ...

1.1001 books 1.1 The secret history by Donna Tarrt DONE 1.2 The Hitchikers Guide to the galaxy by Douglas Adams DONE 1.3 Animal Farm by George Orwell 1.4 The awakening and selected stories by Kate Chopin 1.5 Neuromancer by William Gibson 1.6 The Blithedale Romanc ...

Struggled through The Secret History, and now reading Brick Lane, by Monica Ali. Will I be able to finish it before the end of the year >?

... from Castle Rock, Alice Munro (12/01/09) 2. The Robber Bride, Margaret Atwood (05/01/09) 3. The Secret History, Donna Tartt 4. To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf 5. Beloved, Toni Morrison 6. Oranges are not the only Fruit , Jeanette Winters ...

I finished Tana French's second novel The Likeness. Fabulous mystery -- A little bit of The Secret History mixed with 'Homicide - Life on the Streets.' She is what the mystery/thriller genre has really needed - her prose is great. Now trying to continue my way through Coleen McCullough's Ma ...

... another unfinished book, although I've read much more of this one - I think I just tried to read it too soon after reading The Secret History.

Running around in the woods in a chilly New England- enjoying The Secret History, Donna Tartt. Sometimes they go into Manchester, which is actually my hometown here in the UK !

... me at the library but because it's such a popular title I was only able to borrow it for a fortnight! Back to finish off The Secret History now.

I finished Watchmen~ Alan Moore, and am going to go back to finish re-readingThe Secret History~ Donna Tartt next. I enjoyed the graphic novel and might try a few more next year.

From masqar's library The Secret History by Donna Tartt ( I love your dog)

A re-read of The Secret History will bring me to 17/8 in 1,001, or 8/8 in non overlapping categories, yey !

I'm on campus in Vermont, New England reading The Secret History, by Donna Tartt.

I've started a re-read of The Secret History, by Donna Tartt :)

>44 Ah ! I have just started a re-read of The Secret History x >53 I had to give up on The House of the Spirits, are you liking it ?

... but what the heck :P I'd love to get a nice notebook for Xmas to record next year's challenge x I have started The Secret History, by Donna Tartt.

... Atkinson finished 20Jun 6. The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly finished 01Mar 7. The Secret History by Donna Tartt finished 10Apr 8. Regeneration by Pat Barker finished 12Sep 9. Potiki by Patricia Grace ...

Finished another one over the weekend. The Secret History by Donna Tartt I found this so engrossing for the first 400 or so pages. Even though I don't know much about Greek and the Classics, I liked that it didn't patronise the reader. The characters were pretty much all awful but it was ...

So glad you're enjoying The Secret History!

... the UK, and she gave me my birthday present from last month: 1. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte PErkins Gilman 2. The Secret History by Donna Tartt 3. The Gardens of the Dead by William Brodrick 4. The Long Firm by Jake Arnott 5. Little Miss Birthday by Roger Hargreaves (cute) ...

61. The Secret History by Donna Tartt A longer book than any I've read recently which did have me somewhat daunted. I enjoyed this although thought it lost some of its power in the latter part. I don't know much about classics and Greek and although the book could be seen as pretentious, I ...

... - T C Boyle 5. The Outsider - Albert Camus 6. The Third Man - Graham Greene 7. The Light of Day - Graham Swift 8. The Secret History - Donna Tartt Prize Winners & Nominees 1. The Restraint of Beasts - Magnus Mills, McKitterick Prize / Booker Nominee 2. Last Orders - Graham Swift, ...

You really shouldn't go another day without reading The Secret History. After that, you should move on immediately to An Instance of the Fingerpost, Les Miserables and Jonathan Strange. Happy reading!

I'll nudge The Secret History too. What I have read of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell I have loved but I'm only around a third of the way through. Real life and other books keep interrupting!

I did enjoy The Secret History very much. I'll nudge that one. I loved Gilead but I think I was in the minority. Les Miserables is amazing - for the writing and for the story. Big though.

Oh, please read The Secret History! One of my absolute favourite books. I read it first as a teenager and became afraid recently that my fond memories were just because of the time at which I read it, so I revisited it. It's still great. I also loved Jonathan Strange, but it does seem to be ...

... a lot of good stuff in that pile! Of those I've read, I would nudge (in this order) Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, The Secret History and American Gods, and de-nudge An Instance of the Fingerpost, although only for the vague recollection that it starts strongly but doesn't end that ...

... but there isn't any mystery in whodunnit. I loved this - one of the best books I've read in ages. Now I'm reading The Secret History by Donna Tartt which is about a murder, but again it isn't a conventional mystery, as you are told at the start who did what and to whom, but the rest of ...

Just started The Secret History by Donna Tartt this morning. Interesting so far, although a lot longer and more intellectual than anything I've read recently so trying not to be daunted by it.

... I'd listed in my last post. I won't have so much reading time for a while so I think this next batch will take longer: The Secret History - Donna Tartt The Comedians - Graham Greene Two Caravans - Marina Lewycka Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk

... You* by Mary Higgins Clark 4. Pretend You Don't See Her* by Mary Higgins Clark 5. katastrophe* by Randall Boyll 6. The Secret History* by Donna Tartt - READ see message 43 7. Simple Genius* by David Baldacci 8. Stone Cold* by David Baldacci 9. The Whole Truth* by David Ba ...

#12 I'm a big fan of The Secret History, I now get chills every time I read about Bacchanals... I'm not such a huge fan of the Structuralist theory, such as Levi-Strauss, however reading myths on some level as allegorical can be insightful.

... but I do love the Greek gods and goddesses - and I also love modern literature that incorporates them - some examples are: The Secret History, The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break and Gods Behaving Badly - I recommend them all.

... Lord to Oklahoma The Virgin Suicides to Sacramento and to the UK Blood River I Know This Much is True The Secret History Yay for more space on the shelves, and less nagging from my NON-reader friend

... News - Annie Proulx (I've actually just about 70 pages of this left to read) Shame the Devil - George Pelecanos The Secret History - Donna Tartt That should be a good variety.

... it when I read it and can easily see how it will be considered a classic in the future. Finally I have to mention The Secret History by Donna Tartt, an amazing book that will surely be enjoyed by generations of readers to come.

... by William Gibson 53. The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis 54. The Devil Wears Prada by Laura Weisberger 55. The Secret History by Donna Tartt 56. Kinki Lullaby by Isaac Adamson *re-read I think I'm forgetting some.

... Patchett The Good Thief, Hannah Tinti Truth and Beauty, Ann Patchett World Without End, Ken Follett The Secret History, Donna Tartt Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson

... air and feel the crip leaves beneath your feet. Any suggestions for this year? For examples; last year I read The Secret History by Donna Tartt, The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury, The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, The Book of Lost Things by John Con ...

The Robber Bride The Emigrants The Secret History Life is a Caravanserai The Discovery of Heaven A Heart So White Possessing the Secret of Joy Indigo The Crow Road Written on the Body Jazz The English Patient Smilla’s Sense of Snow The Butcher Boy Black W ...

The SPANISH Bride by Georgette Heyer Water MUSIC by T.C. Boyle The Secret HISTORY by Donna Tartt The Finishing School by Murial Spark The DRAMA of the Gifted Child by Alice Miller (not fiction, I know)

... Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff Retro Retro: Fictional Flashbacks by Amy Prior The Secret History Donna Tartt Fight Club Chuck Palahniuk Choke Chuck Palahniuk

... about The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)? I couldn't put it down, and it kept my brain working the whole time. The Secret History by Donna Tartt was satisfying too. Then, out of left field, a book someone gave me by chance - Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane. Again, not quite in the ...

Postcards from the edge Carrie Fisher News from Lake Wobegon Garrison Keillor The secret history Donna Tartt Report from Ground Zero Dennis Smith The fly on the wall Tony Hillerman

... of Cholera 93. The New York Trilogy 94. American Psycho 95. Hideous Kinky 96. Smilla’s Sense of Snow 97. The Secret History 98. Trainspotting 99. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin 100. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 101. Memoirs of a Geisha 102. Sputnik Sweetheart 103. ...

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

... of the categories where it is easier to plan out what I'm going to read. 1001 Books to read before you die 1. Secret History Donna Tartt 2. Love in a Cold Climate Nancy Mitford 3. The Third Man Graham Greene 4. The Outsider Albert Camus

The Day of the Jackal/The Night of the Iguana A Midsummer Night's Dream/The Winter's Tale Revelation/The Secret History Never Let Me Go/Farewell My Lovely The Waste Land/The Good Earth

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

... David Foster Wallace (1997) 67. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini (2003) 68. Fun Home, Alison Bechdel (2006) 69. Secret History, Donna Tartt (1992) 70. Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell (2004) 71. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, Ann Fadiman (1997) 72. The Curious Incident ...

Oops! A definitely inconsiderate oversight. The dog is my Corgi, Bella and the book is The Secret History by Donna Tartt.

... love - Ian McEwan 5. Captain Corelli's mandolin - Louis de Bernieres 6. The virgin suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides 7. The secret history - Donna Tartt 8. Discovery of heaven - Harry Mulisch 9. Foe - J.M. Coetzee 10. Love in time of cholera - G. G. Marquez 11. The unbearable ...

The Secret History by Donna Tartt Mao II by Don DeLillo Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

47 - The Secret History by Donna Tartt 48 - The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar

From The Secret History by Donna Tartt: "There is nothing wrong with the love of Beauty...but Beauty, unless she is wed to something more meaningful is always superficial. It is not that your Julian chooses solely to concentrate on certain, exalted things; it is that he chooses to ignore ...

"They think Cloke knows more than he is telling them." The Secret History by Donna Tartt "Did you boys happen to go out to the, what do you call it, San Prassede, out there around the train station?"

"Then I remember feeling dizzy, pushing through the crowd to try to get some air." The Secret History byDonna Tartt "Seen Mona?"

... was so sick of lying that I had an urge to come clean, on this small matter at least. So I told him what had happened." The Secret History by Donna Tartt "I have a sixth sense about such things, isn't that curious?"

"I don't like the idea any more than you do." The Secret History by Donna Tartt "Surely you don't think it an accident that, of all the people he might have told, he chose to come to you?"

Woohoo! Finally......... I read Life of Pi. How about The Secret History by Donna Tartt?

Hey vocab fans...............I cannot find a definition for the word "telestic". It is in The Secret History by Donna Tartt. Any ideas?

"As troubling as they were,these eruptions of hysteria were infrequent." The Secret History by Donna Tartt "Did you know your shirt's on inside out?"

... to actually recording this on the computer, but here are my books so far for 2008: 1. Plan B: by Anne Lamott 2. The Secret History by Donna Tartt 3. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz 4. Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang by Joyce Carol Oates 5. Floating in My ...

I finished up Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation by Cokie Roberts and have started The Secret History by Donna Tartt. I find myself engrossed in it. I appreciate all the comments on LT which encouraged me to pick it up. I am still listening to Survival of the Fittest ...

"He said this in such a deadpan way I thought he was joking, and i laughed." The Secret History by Donna Tartt

"He would have, eventually." The Secret History by Donna Tartt "And what is beauty?"

From Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation by Cokie Roberts: cynosure: center of attention From The Secret History by Donna Tartt: augury: omen

#169 for me, I just started The Secret History by Donna Tartt. So far it is extremely engaging.

47 - The Secret History by Donna Tartt

... tastes are divergent. He reads a lot of history, which I don't. There is the odd book we have bonded over - we both loved The Secret History, for example. My mum mostly scolds me for spending money on books rather than "useful stuff". I have similar problems with others. My best friend ...

Two BookMooch arrivals: The Secret History by Donna Tartt The Road by Cormac McCarthy

... with a far superior translation to Burton's.) My first Folio Book? Either Mr. Norris Changes Trains or Procopius' The Secret History--I really don't remember. Great books that still give me great pleasure today, especially the Isherwood with Beryl Cook's superlative illustrations. Wha ...

... Burgess and from the discount book store... A Chance Meeting by Rachel Cohen, Life of pi by Yann Martel, The Secret History by Donna Tartt & House of Stone by Christina Lamb

... may be not up to the caliber of Pessl's book, read the following because they are great reads in their own right: 1. The Secret History by Donna Tart 2. Looking for Alaska by John Green (an LT author) 3. Gossip of the Starlings by Nina de Lamont - an LT Early Reviewer ...

The Secret History by Donna Tartt is not my most recent read off this list but a GREAT book!!!

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

... I like to be surprised. As I started reading it, I thought it was to be a story about a strange group of students, à la The Secret History, which it indeed turned out to be. ETA: --> 83 (No one's hair could possibly look like old ranch salad dressing dripping over a Rollo.) ...

... Grogan Assigned Category: (5) Non-fiction (2/8) Could have been categorised as: Authors I've not previously read 20. The Secret History by Donna Tartt Assigned Category: (1) 1001 Books .... (2/8) Could have been categorised as: -- (hmmm - touchstones misbehaving...)

There's also those books that come at the subject from the other direction, stuff like Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow, The Secret History or The Name of the Rose, very literary novels, but they have crimes at their hearts. I have a "crime" tag, the term is more commonly used for the genre ...

Yeah, I'm with judylou. You had me at "literary horror." The last book that captivated me like you describe was The Secret History by Donna Tartt. Have you read that one?

Picking Donna Tartt's The Secret History might be pushing it a bit, I suppose, so I'll cast my vote for L.A. Confidential. No one does it better than James Ellroy. I'd also doff my cap to The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Name of the Rose.

Never read the first one, I'm afraid, but I agree completely with The Secret History. I think it's one of the best books I've ever read. I couldn't even say what category it would fall under, so much happens in that book.

Another of my great novels is the very big bestseller The secret history by Donna Tart. Certainly three times in different years I began reading this book, but stopped, I don't know why. Then one year I put it in my holiday-bag, together with some ten other books, but started my vacation with ...

... enough, I'll try. The first 5 are in order, after that it's free-for-all. The Great Gatsby The Grapes of Wrath The Secret History 1984 Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell And Then There Were None To Kill A Mockingbird His Dark Materials Good Omens From Russia With Lov ...

... to the galaxy - 4 lists His dark materials - 3 lists Lord of the rings - 3 lists Pride and Prejudice - 3 lists The secret history - 2 lists Nineteen eighty four - 2 lsits And then there were none - 2 lists To kill a mockingbird - 2 lists Jane Eyre - 2 lists The ...

... ain. 32. Fludd by Hilary Mantel Tin-can alembics bubble with pale plaster saints and Welch's grape juice. 33. The Secret History by Donna Tartt Students wait for fall in fields where grammars yellow and dark roses fade.

... end up collecting ARCs if I can find them for authors I particularly like. There were actually 2 versions of the ARC for The Secret History by Donna Tartt and I have copies of both. Not that I'm compulsive or anything...

... reading "private school student" books such as Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld, Looking for Alaska by John Green, and The Secret History by Donna Tartt. I was not disappointed. The quality of the writing and the ominous undertones were equal to those of the three books I've just ...

... and Lykavitos on the other (though I did finish it off in Delphi). Although it's not set there, I did find Donna Tartt's The Secret History is a great book to read in Greece because of all the Ancient Greek/Bacchanalian stuff. Any other good Greek reads I've missed would be most welcome - it's ...

... - F. Scott Fitzgerald Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy Of Human Bondage - W. Somerset Maugham The Secret History - Donna Tartt The Story of Lucy Gault - William Trevor Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf

... Pretty sick stuff! I LOVE IT!! I have Beyond the Chocolate War coming tomorrow, and I'll probably read that, and then The Secret History. I can't wait. The description sounds amazing!

The Secret History by Donna Tartt (if that's the one you mean) is amazing. I really enjoyed it.

... Jackson's The Lottery had been made into a novella... Now, I'm trying to decide what to read next: American Psycho The Secret History Choke

... card inside cover. Hello! Congrats on winning a copy of Nina de Gramont's Gossip of the STarlings. Reminiscent of The Secret History by Donna Tartt (a books that's easily on my top 10), de Gramont's story of teenagers in a private school makes me glad I attended public school! Perfec ...

... World The Ends of the Circle Valiant Ka 28: Stories of AIDS in Africa King John of Canada The Secret History Alternates: The Sleepwalkers My Sister's Keeper A History of Greek Mathematics, Volume 1 Under the Jolly Roger Les Misérables, Volume 1 ...

16. The Secret History by Donna Tartt 17. Johnny Angel by Danielle Steel

The Secret History?

... first. Here's what I ordered from Amazon this week: 1. The Artist's Way 2. The Artist's Way Workbook 3. Lolita 4. The Secret History 5. The Chocolate War 6. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil--I lost my old copy 7. What Was She Thinking 8. The Halloween Tree 9. Confes ...

I ALREADY OWN THESE BOOKS AND PLAN ON TACKLING THEM THIS YEAR: the secret history by Donna Tartt in cold blood by truman capote the colour by rose tremain enduring love by ian mcewan everything is illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer Family matters by Rohinton ...

2007, I picked 150 books to read. However, the last Harry Potter book completely ruined things for me and I had to desire to pick up another book until recently. I got around 50, if I was lucky (see http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=6899). So, I'm not going to bite off more than I ...

... present, (I know, I know), so I went to the thrift store and got Diana Tregarde Investigates by Mercedes Lackey, The Secret History by Donna Tartt and Clara Callan by Richard B. Wright.

... Gibbons 34. Lazybones, Mark Billingham 35. Cat's Eye, Margaret Atwood 36. Watchmen, Alan Moore/ Dave Gibbons 37. The Secret History, Donna Tartt 38. Brick Lane, Monica Ali

Here are my picks: Fiction: The Historian Shadow of the Wind The Book of Lost Things The Secret History I Am the Messenger Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (I had to pick 6...I couldn't leave off Harry!) Non-Fiction: Ex Libris Fun Home Midnight in the Garden of Go ...

... Stories of AIDS in Africa The Classical World (cross-list) The Fight for English The Sleepwalkers (cross-list) The Secret History 8 Books Owned Before July 2007 8 Books Purchased from July to December 2007 no point making a list for these last two categories; there are ...

... Edge of the World by Harry Thompson The Meaning of Nightby Michael Cox. Eifelheim by Michael Flynn. The Secret History by Donna Tartt. Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson.

... be reading The Quiet American by Graham Greene, Marconi by W.P. Jolly, The Confessor by Daniel Silva, The Secret History by Donna Tartt, and if time permits, The Proud Tower by Barbara Tuchman. Glad I got my Christmas shopping done early! Cannot get the Touchsto ...

... i> In a way, isn't this what Out is? So far, my favorite book reflecting upon a murder at the beginning of a story was The Secret History by Donna Tartt. I found that book fascinating.

... Nathan Miller The Warden by Anthony Trollope The Confessor and The English Assassin by Daniel Silva The Secret History by Donna Tartt G.K. Chesterton by Dudley Barker The Proud Tower by Barbara Tuchman Evan and Elle by Rhys Bowen . . . and ...

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

... Far from the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy The Big Over Easy, Jasper Fforde The Good Thief, Hannah Tinti The Secret History, Donna Tartt Loving Frank: A Novel, Nancy Horan First among sequels, Jasper Fforde The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, ...

... your personal library complete. My list: The Iliad Euripides' Medea L’Ecume des jours Of Human Bondage The Secret History Leaves of Grass The Debt to Pleasure The Great Gatsby The Interpreter of Maladies Pride and Prejudice (This might be a rerun; sorry.)

... The Sweet hereafter by Russell Banks, about the bus crash that killed all the children, was set in New England. the Secret History by Donna Tartt was set in New England also. Raymond Mungo's Total Loss Farm is a funny book about hippies going back to the land. (Not ...

... was melting and Bunny had been dead for several weeks before we came to understand the gravity of our situation." The Secret History ...because it's so promising and haunting. (Like Rebecca's first line.) "Every summer Lin Kong returned to Goose Village to divorce his wife, Shuyu." ...

... a good ending kept me reading. It was overlong and annoying. The ending didn't really make it worthwhile for me. Shades of The Secret History with the mix of preppy school kids and the newcomer who upsets the applecart.

I wish I could add favourite books, rather than favourite authors. The Secret History by Donna Tartt is a good example of this; I abhor The Little Friend, but have worn out three copies of Tartt's first book. I wouldn't call her my favourite author, but the book is right up there on my top.. ...

... in and enjoying it so far. Next on the list (and sitting in my To Be Read pile) are: Saturday by Ian McEwan The Secret History by Donna Tartt Love In The Time Of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

... orchids, and other sophisticated, demanding flowers. Can you think of any? (Any genre goes.) I'll start! Henry, in The secret History.

51. The Secret History by Donna Tartt, 576 pages My reading has slowed down considerably. I have to pick up the pace!

Oh, don't let the Little Friend turn you off reading The Secret History! It's so much better...I think a one-off, unfortunately. (I hated The Little Friend too....)

Wow, so many Secret History lovers here! I love to see that. I read Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant while I waited. Fantastic collection of food writing about cooking or dining alone.

#112 SqueakyChu Special Topics in Calamity Physics is only like The Secret History in that it involves a group of studnets. I liked The Secret History very much but found the other novel gimmicky and vapid. I actually read up to the last ten pages and stopped because I'd been through enough. ...

... Endings of Practically Everything and Everybody right now, before I tackle Gifted. GeorgiaDawn: How do you like The Secret History so far? It's one of my favorite books, so I always get excited when I see someone else reading it.

I've just started The Secret History by Donna Tartt. I'm actually reading between trips to the front door to see if I have a package! :)

... students read that the last two years. I went back to the Used Book Store today. I love that place! I came home with The Secret History by Donna Tartt, The Slender Thread by Francine Rivers, Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, The Judge who Stole Christmas by Randy Singer ...

I've just started reading The Secret History by Donna Tartt. I've read many good things about this book. I hope it lives up to the reputation.

... is "the newcomer" to the group; secrets and lies abound; and of course a murder. But definately worth reading. I think The Secret History is the superior book -- but not by much.

--> 105 I read and loved The Secret History. I just took Special Topics in Calamity Physics out of the library. Is it worth my reading, do you think? How much like The Secret History is it?

> 105 jhowell and >98 bookmarque The Secret History is now on my TBR list. Thanks! And now I'm pondering your question--would the story stand alone? I'd need to go back to the book to sort than one out but it's a good notion. Perhaps mamajoan's group will explore that.

... If you take out the quirk of writing the novel like a "faux" research paper -- would the story stand alone? And I read The Secret HIstory after Special Topics . . . but I do believe Pessl rather copied Donna Tartt's novel (ditto for the book The Lake of Dead Languages) You might as ...

Am reading STiCP right now and am enjoying the somewhat forced lunacy. It reminds me of The Secret History with regard to the inner circle of privileged students at a private school aspect. Other than that, they are not the same.

... 18, 1984: One by one, Matilda examined the 13 clocks in the drawing room of the Professor’s House. Could the secret history behind the professor's experiements involving the moonstone finally be revealed?

... Prayer for Owen Meany is hilarious and you'll speed right through it, and the same with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; The Secret History is also quick and easy (but might leave you wanting to smack the characters.) Cat's Eye is excellent, and quick to read, although extremely depressing. ...

I am currently reading, for the thrid time Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. Also reading for the 2nd time The Secret History by Donna Tartt, and enjoying it far more than the first time. Next up for me is to re-read the Harry Potter books, at least the last four of the series. I have ...

... Franzen The corrections Barbara Kingsolver The poisonwood Bible Wallace Stegner Angle of Repose Donna Tartt The secret history Richard Ford The sportswriter William Styron Sophie's choice Larry McMurtry Lonesome Dove Margaret Lawrence A jest of God Ross Lockridge Rai ...

... - V.S. Naipaul 3. To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee 4. The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield 5. The Secret History - Donna Tartt I reserve the right to change depending on the last 10 days of the month!

Lullabies for Little Criminals The Secret History The Secret Mulroney Tapes Official Secrets The Man who Kept Secrets

Taking a bit of a different track: The Secret History about a group of students studying greek The Penelopiad The Birth of Venus Middlesex about a 3rd generation greek family in America The Raw Shark Texts in which Greek islands figure prominently

I finished The Secret History -- good, but I agree with what the 1001 Books to Read before You Die reviewer says "trash for highbrows." I now going to start The River Wife by Jonis Agee -- I am excited because it my first "LT early reviewer" book. I feel so honored.

... I enjoyed them both with the caveat being they are hard to get into, but are worth it in the end. I am ~100 pages into The Secret History by Donna Tartt which is great escapist reading so far.

... make the cut, but like Palahniuk, I think it's too cult. Now there's a book worthy of analyzation! I also really love The Secret History by Donna Tartt, but the problem with this book is that I've found that it's a love-it-or-hate-it book, which may not stand the test of time.

Finished Middlemarch -- loved it! Just started The Secret History. #171 Kell -- I loved that short, strange novel. #168 - jo - I was disappointed in Saturday. #172 - loved, of course, The Lord of the Rings, I am always surprised to find there are people who don't.

... flirtations -- quintessential 19th century English literature. An instant desert island favorite. I just started The Secret History by Donna Tartt -- I have been looking forward to it.

Hmmmm... start with... 1. The Secret History by Donna Tartt 2. Death in Venice by Thomas Mann 3. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 4. Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 5. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 1/10 of the way through? Well, summer will ...

The Secret History. I know I'm about ten years too late with this one, but my god, it's wonderful. It's making me yearn for my college days, all the leafy northeastern foliage and gothic buildings, though I wouldn't be shoving any of my classmates off a cliff (ok, maybe a couple).

#86 Would love to know what you think of The Secret History when you finish.

this is long overdue, but i'm just starting to read The Secret History by Donna Tartt. i just finished Train Man by Hitori Nakano.

... new books immediately, before I'm done with the previous ones). So I really should finish at least one of The Prestige, The Secret History, and Voices from Chernobyl. But I think I'm being overly ambitious, since I have two essays to write and exams to study for....

13. The Secret History by Donna Tartt This was certainly an interesting book...I feel as though I "missed" some of it, not being a student of the classics, or even really familiar with them...but without all that it really was a study of human beings and how they react under unbelievable ...

15. The Secret History by Donna Tartt - Love, love, love this book. Love. Should I say it again? Love! Tartt's descriptions of a strange group of outsiders and a cold Vermont college bring this book to life. These people are my (deranged) friends, and I feel badly when I get to the end of ...

Suge!! Three Excellent books that may get you out of your reading bleus..... White Oleander by Janet Fitch The Secret History by Donna Tartt The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

... " I have read and loved alot of the above. Johnathan Strange, War and Peace, The Dark Tower series. And Ulysses and The Secret History are sitting on my shelf. I am reading a great big book currently --From Here to Eternity by James Jones. (#835 pgs) About life in the army in the 194 ...

... of the Harry Potter books (much to a friend's chagrin), so I'm thinking this might be the year. I am currently rereading The Secret History, which is about 550 pages. The first time I read it, I devoured it in two days, so I'm looking forward to moving a little slower with it this time. I' ...

Am nearing the half way point of The Secret History; I'm glad I took the advice of others here and powered through my initial intimidation; there's really nothing to be scared of. This author chose to give away the BIG ENDING in the first couple of pages (kind of like The Book Thief), and ...

... Almost anything by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is amazing. Along the same lines, someone has already recommended Gulalg: A History by Anne Applebaum. The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine may pique your interest. It's a classic account of the Ter ...

Don't be intimidated by The Secret History - it is a very worthy read.

#103, _Zoe_, keep me posted, I'll probably get to The Secret History tomorrow...I'm a bit intimidated...

kfl, I just started The Secret History a few days ago! I'm not far enough along to decide what I think of it, though.

... about celebrity interviews and her day to day life as a journalist in NYC. Very quick and enjoyable read. Next up is The Secret History...I don't really know what to expect there!

... but the plot has stabilized and is interesting...not quite as great as Katherine, but I'm still enjoying it. Next up is The Secret History.

#11--deargreenplace I loved The Secret History and I think what I liked best was the peculiar resolution at the end. I thought the ending seemed very realistic--the way something like that actually would work out.

... Special Topics in Calamity Physics my Marisha Pessl - and I have to say that it is a pretty *great* read. It echoed The Secret History in being a book that I not only enjoyed the story of, but wanted to also search out all of the references. It's rare to come across fiction that pushes ...

>8 I persevered with The Secret History and probably wasn't any better off than if I'd abandoned it at an early stage - didn't get it at all, and felt quite miffed that my patience wasn't even rewarded by any kind of resolution at the end.

In the last fortnight I've given up on Donna Tartt's The Secret History and Jose Carlos Somoza's The Art of Murder (touchstone wrong)both for the obvious reason that I found them tedious. I've returned to some non-fiction.

For the new year I have started reading The Dice Man By Luke Rhinehart. I am also reading The Secret History By Donna Tart. A bit before the new year I finished an amazing book: Mister God, this is Anna by Fynn. It is not a religious book like it sounds, its just so insightful and ...

Heartened to read it wasn't just me i.e. The Secret History. Am now into Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro whose spare style I really appreciate - take note Martin Amis (yeh, fat chance)!

>57 hazelk, The Secret History wasn't a very good novel IMHO...and I don't think age has much to do with it, either. My daughter, 25, doesn't like it and she likes Christopher Rice! >shudder< >59, Bookmarque--do you follow the Pearl Rule? 50pp until your 50th birthday, then subtract a ...

Said I'd report on my current read The Secret History -on #15. Well, the bad sign is that I keep flicking through to see how much further to go - never a good sign. Frankly, I'm disappointed and might not bother to finish it. Perhaps it's my age : if I'd read it at 18-30 I might have enjoyed ...

I'm 200 pages into The secret History by Donna Tartt. I know it has many fans and big sales. Will wait until I've finished it before airing my "great" (hmm) thoughts

... - by Greg Bear The Vampire Lestat - by Anne Rice Strangely, the last book I read was a re-read of Donna Tartt's The Secret History.

Have just started reading Donna Tartt's The Secret History.

Just started to re-read The Secret History for a discussion group. I think the last time I picked it up was in 1998.

... though I bought Citizen Vince and started it, once I finished the Pessl novel, I couldn't rest until I had re-read The Secret History, so I'm about halfway through that now and I'll probably finish Citizen Vince next. But Special Topics *never* stopped making me think of The Secret ...

... ling Neuromancer - William Gibson Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson The Secret History - Donna Tartt A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2) - J.K. Rowling< ...

Two of my all-time favourite slashy novels are Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh and The Secret History by Donna Tartt. Both m/m. I feel as though the whole world knows Brideshead already, especially after the excellent and very faithful miniseries, but for those who don't: Int ...

I zipped through "At the Edge of Empire" by Eric Hinderaker (a useful little survey) and now I'm on to Mary Gentle's "A Secret History," at least the first book; which after fifty pages is boring the you know what out of me. I'm setting it aside in favor of Glenn Altschuler's "All Shook Up."

... Robert Olen Butler's They Whisper? I read about 20 pages and that was all I could take ... and more thumbs down for: Secret History, J.R.R. Tolkien, J.K. Rowling ... yet I have to admit really liking American Psycho and The Twenty-seventh City.

... did in 1950 as The Third Man and The Fallen Idol. It's a dilemma. Oh, dream books into movies: Donna Tartt's The Secret History. Someone really should film that.

... loved The Poisonwood Bible, Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow and Middlesex, and much preferred The Little Friend over The Secret History.

... have helped if she was determined not to resolve anything or basically stick with her own story. It's a shame since The Secret History was good and I really looked forward to reading her second novel.