|
Loading...
| |
| Topics | | messages | Last message | | | What Are You Reading Now? : Top 10 Favorite Books | | 47 | AlexAustin, December 15 |  |
| 50 Book Challenge : Voracious_Reader | | 40 | carlym, December 2 | |
| Book talk : A Fun Book Game -- Explanation A Click Away! | | 788 | DeltaQueen50, November 25 | |
| Book talk : Books made into movies | | 107 | Ape, October 25 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : Another Meme--please forgive me | | 57 | jnwelch, May 19 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : Books that I think deserve some "hype" | | 18 | AquariusNat, May 1 | |
| Book talk : melancholia | | 6 | emaestra, April 22 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : Books that came home with you in March 2009 | | 414 | richardderus, April 1 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - April. 2008 | | 388 | milbaby, May 2008 | |
| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - March. 2008 | | 273 | Talbin, April 2008 | |
| Dormant: Reading Globally : US Literature | | 46 | avaland, October 2007 | |
| Dormant: Reading Globally : USA: Contemporary New England regional writers | | 27 | vpfluke, September 2007 | |
... read in 2007)
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Candide by Voltaire
The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks The Sweet Hereafter by Russel Banks is well-written, but lifeless. The novel creates sweeping depictions of a rural, impoverished and largely isolated town in the New Hampshire mountains. Four characters narrate versions of a school bus crash and its aftermath and their stories overlay and ... ... S. Beagle, Before and After by Rosellen Brown, Cast of Shadows by Kevin Guilfoile, 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 ... The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks. Of course, I love most everything he has written. And I have to agree with House of Sand and Fog. The movie was very well done also. 2 movies that I thought were "as good as" the books were The Silence of the Lambs and The Sweet Hereafter. ... Andrea Barrett
26. The Stoning of Soraya M. by Freidoune Sahebjam
27. The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks
28. The Boy In the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
29. Brainwashed by Ben Shapi ... ... uilfoile
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks
There are so many more but I'll just start with these 5 for now.
I had a friend who loved to read science fiction. She was a ... ... Twice
Pride and Prejudice
The Sheltering Sky
The Stepford Wives
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Sweet Hereafter
The Time Traveler's Wife
Up at the Villa
Virgin Suicides
Where the Heart Is
White Oleander
Women of Brewster Place
... I skipped out because I wasn't giving a TAKS test today) and stopped in at Half-Price Books. I got Half a Life and Sweet Hereafter in hardback, as well as The Elephant Vanishes and Club Dumas. I also ordered five from Amazon and am expecting one ordered last week. Obsession, ... ... Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit
Sex and Power by Susan Estrich
Gluttony by Francine Prose
The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks Where was Ann Packer's the Dive from Clausen's Pier set? Was it new England?
I think 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 M ... I suggest Russell Banks. Rule of the Bone and Sweet Hereafter are two of his best books. He is one those that I have hunted out everything he has written.
|
 Google Books — Loading...
|
