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We need to talk about Kevin?

... recently re-read A Wrinkle in Time and I thought The Lovely Bones was a brilliant innovation, though sad. Have you read We Need to Talk About Kevin?

... recomend it, though it's not the chirpiest read and the ending I thought was a bit of a let down but I liked it better that We Need to Talk About Kevin.

... I felt that the premise is a shocking and very interesting and emotional one, and I really enjoyed it. If you have read We Need To Talk About Kevin and liked it then you'll probably like this (its lighter than that though) and if you haven't read that, and you like Nineteen Minutes, then ...

... rhead. I enjoyed Cathy's Book but I thought the ending was weird. Will probably read Cathy's Key, though. Reading Need by Carrie Jones now. It's sort of slow-going at first but it's definitely picking up. The blurb on the back says Stephenie Meyer and Melissa Marr fans ...

... pregnancy is different and the fifth child does not fit in to the family as easily as it might. This story has shades of We need to talk about Kevin, but it is much condensed and very readable. A great read!

... to pieces, but I just found it dreary in the extreme in places with far too much discussion over the nature of evil (gimme We Need to Talk About Kevin for a dissection on Evil any day of the week). But it did get me interested in reading The Wizard of Oz which I'd never read before! Quite a ...

"Don't you ever say that. Don't you ever, ever say that. Not once, not ever, not one more time!" We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver "Or what?"

"For what it's worth, yes." We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver "Why?"

I'm only 1/4 through We Need to Talk About Kevin and I can see why people have described it as disturbing. The mother really doesn't like her baby, and it appears to be mutual. But I am enjoying it; it's written a series of letters from Kevin's mother to her estranged husband (who is Kevin's ...

... Moodie and Catharine Parr - very interesting women. Good to hear it a good book arcona. LynnB, what did you think of We Need to Talk About Kevin? I've been meaning to read A Complicated Kindness for ages. Another one that's good to hear good feedback about. See? I take one book ...

While having a look at my book collection have encountered some others I've finished this year... 22 We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver. Had to start it twice, the first time found it too bleak, the second team I managed to get into it. Very well written but disturbing and I'm not ...

I'm reading We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver, which has been named by several LTers as one of the most disturbing books they've read. I really enjoyed Ms. Shriver's The Post-Birthday World, so I thought I'd try this one, too.

... March My Sisters Keeper Stardust Pride and Prejudice Mansfield Park (anyone still looking for Jane?) We Need to Talk about Kevin Blood Sucking Fiends The Audacity of Hope (I am reading this one, but should be done within the week)

... Hat by Oliver Sacks 37. Pretty Things by Sarra Manning 38. The Perks Of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chobosky 39. We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver 40. White Oleander by Janet Fitch 41. Second Glance by Jodi Picoult 42. Catcher in The Rye by J.D. Salinger Cur ...

Last night I finished We Need to Talk About Kevin and I have started The Lace Reader, which I am enjoying so far.

I am about half-way through We Need to Talk About Kevin and I am finding it very powerful and disturbing. I certainly wouldn't recommend it to anyone who is thinking about having kids or who is pregnant!

Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver Griffin & Sabine by Mark Bantock Clarissa by Samuel Richardson Dracula by Bram Stoker

I went to the library and borrowed Pretties by Scott Westerfeld and We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver. Then I went to a second-hand store and picked up Steinbeck's East Of Eden, A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry, and Evening by Susan Minot. I also received my first ER book, ...

Hard to pick from some real winners, but I'll try: Sorry by Gail Jones We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka The one I'll finish today (hopefully) will probably make this list, maybe as a tie: The Tenderness of Wolve ...

... July is nearly over!) Ah, then there are those Virago Green Months too! Orange, Green....what's a girl to do!! I began We need to talk about Kevin last month but put it down. The writing is brilliant and seductive, the story wrenching to say the least. All in good time, perhaps I'll try ...

... fingersmith, the great fire, short history of tractors in ukraine, the idea of perfection, case histories and we need to talk about kevin so many great books and so very little time!!!! i may do an orange year :)

... fact a good basic summary of the beginnings of astromony in general and the telescope in particular. 114. (150) We need to talk about Kevin - Lionel Shriver (467pp) After seeing this mentioned in so many other threads I thought I should give this a try. I really enjoyed it. So ...

Library books: We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver Really depressingly, gut-wrenchingly emotional. Very good.

59. We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver Wow! This book sure carried a punch.

... some books come in and others I picked up from the store: Barnes & Noble: The Samarkand Solution by Gary Gygax We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver Borders - Order Lucifer's Shadow by David Hewson House Infernal by Edward Lee Elizabeth and the Prince of Spain ...

... of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes The End of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas We need to talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver My name was Judas by C.K. Stead

... end of july) are: digging to america the idea of perfection the inheritance of loss small island unless we need to talk about kevin have heard great things about all of these so i hope they live up to my expectations!!

... Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie Small World by David Lodge A Kid for Two Farthings by Wolf Mankowitz We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

... I stopped by B&N - block apart, since I hadn't been there in so long. As I was wandering the aisles I saw facing out We Need to Talk About Kevin. I remembered how people talked about it in the thread, and that it was very compelling, So I picked it up. I test read a bit in the store ...

I just finished We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver. Very well written but it gave me a stomachache. I'm emotionally drained. Will read something lighter now - A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian by Marina Lewycka.

... src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/006072448X.01._SX140_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"> 54. We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver. I have much processing to do with this book. A very difficult emotional read, very well written. (4/5)

I'm in New York and really Need to Talk About Kevin, my mass murderer son, so I'm writing his disturbing history.

64. We need to talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver This book has left me quite shaken. I definitely look at little kids differently - searching for the warning signs of psychopathy, that innocence game doesn't fool me anymore. I joke, but this is a really disturbing and provocative read. Non ...

... for the recommendation, i'll add it to my long, long list of things I want to read! Also, I started, but never finished Let's Talk About Kevin last year - more of a timing thing than that I wasn't enjoying it - will clearly have to give it another go!

I read We Need to Talk About Kevin about a month ago. I think it's the most haunting book I've ever read. And I find it amazingly wonderful that after reading it, we all find the need to "talk about Kevin" and Eva. I don't know if I'll ever have the emotional stamina to reread this book. But ...

... several large plot points in an attempt to not spoil it--everything I described is fairly early on). So, this is about We Need to Talk About Kevin Why would anyone want to smack Kevin? He's scary! Seriously, he was obviously wrong and did terrible things. What made me want to smack ...

I just finished We Need To Talk About Kevin as well. It was, I agree, really unsettling. As far as the mother, I found myself disliking her from the first page, even before anything was said about Kevin, because I felt like the tone the author had her (Eva) writing in was just irritatingly full ...

Hi sydamy and englishrose! Yes, rereads count! So glad you both may join us! I have We Need to Talk About Kevin on my Orange July TBR list. I have heard many mixed reviews about the mother. Sounds like one of those books that is good but unsettling.

As I have a few Orange books in my tbr pile is it OK if I join in with your Orange July? Finished We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver. As I was reading this I could not decide whether or not I liked Eva. I could empathise with her on certain aspects of motherhood, but then she ...

Finished We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver. As I was reading this I could not decide whether or not I liked Eva. I could empathise with her on certain aspects of motherhood, but then she would confess to something which made me dislike her. I think her husband should have been ...

48. We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver. An excellent if disturbing book.

Reading We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver. Enjoying it so far.

#112 is We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver. This was an exceedingly creepy book, written as a series of letters from a woman whose son commits a school shooting to her husband. I'd read in reviews that a lot of people dislike the mother, and I have to agree with them. It's ...

#131 We Need to Talk About Kevin is excellent.

I am about to start readingWe Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver.

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris These is My Words by Nancy Turner Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver Shut up, he explained by John Metcalf

... others that sound really interesting. So count me in! I ordered a bunch from the library, including Half of a Yellow Sun, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Oryx and Crake, and A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers. I don't know which one I'll read first, but I kind of like knowing ...

I read We need to Talk About Kevin the end of May. It's definitely one of the top books I've read this year--but haunting, oh so haunting. I will be very interested to hear both your opinions (and everyone else's!)

Welcome kambrogi! I am also reading Half of a Yellow Sun and We Need To Talk about Kevin for Orange July. I just finished Property a few weeks ago and loved it. Best of luck with your Orange reads and keep us posted on your progress!

... I find them all and can finish my two current books by July) I will read: The Road Home Half of a Yellow Sun We Need to Talk About Kevin Property The Idea of Perfection When I Lived in Modern Times Can't wait!

... I'm not sure how to plunge in. I think I'll post what I've read to catch up and then respond with updates. 1. 1-1-08: We need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver c. 2003 (fiction) 2. 1-12-08: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer c. 2005 (fiction) 3. 1-14-08 ...

... month of July. Have 11 picked out so far. Stellar books. Can't wait! My list: # The Girls by Lori Lansens # We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver # The Idea of Perfection by Kate Grenville # The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney # The Namesake by J ...

We used to do a number of things to keep our discussions lively. 1. Pick something bound to get everyone talking - We Need To Talk About Kevin had us going for a lot longer than our hour and a half time slot. Carol Sheilds Unless divided us into loved or hated but gave us a good but ...

... A trip through one little girl's family tree, the notable and the not-so-notable. Ultimately very uplifting, I thought. We Need to Talk About Kevin is a powerful book. After one reads it, one really feels they need to talk about the book with someone but I know I found it difficult to do ...

... was also very well done, as long as you don't mind unsympathetic protagonists. And speaking of unsympathetic protagonists, We Need to Talk about Kevin was memorable and creepy. The only other book on that list I've read is The Great Stink--it stunk.

... Meloy - Liars & Saints - shortlist Joyce Carol Oates - The Falls Lionel Shriver - We Need to Talk About Kevin - winner Tricia Wastvedt - The River

I finished 5 in May (including one audiobook). 1. We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver I found this absolutely haunting. I finished it about three days ago and have not stopped thinking about it. 2. Muhammad: Biography of the Prophet by Karen Armstrong As a newcomer to ...

>46 alleycat--I just stayed up late finishing Lionel Shriver's We Need to Talk About Kevin. Have you read that one? It's by far the most haunting book I have read this year. I'll be interested in hearing what you say about The PostBirthday World since I'm wondering if I want to read more of her ...

25. We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver One of the most compelling, haunting books I have ever read. Is Kevin the proverbial 'bad seed' or did his self-involved mother and unseeing father make him that way? This book is far beyond a 'novelized current event' of popular fiction. It ...

Books 31-40: 31. We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver Fiction 3*/5 32. Death of a Thousand Cuts by Barbara D'Amato Mystery 3*/5 33. Worlds That Weren't by Harry Turtledove SF 3*/5 34. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy Fiction 3*/5 35. The Sinner by ...

We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver This is the Eversholt Readers' Group book for this month. The meeting will be on June 26th, venue to be announced.

... 10 new books to my inventory including some highly wishlisted ones. Here's a sample. My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding We Need to Talk About Kevin Love and Other Impossible Pursuits The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down I don't know how to do the cool links, but my BM user name ...

... The Post-Birthday World? It's still on my TBR pile and I have to admit I'm putting it off a bit having concluded that We Need to Talk About Kevin was a work of genius (in fact, I might even sneak that one onto the island in my knickers) and then being somewhat disappointed by Double Fault ...

We Need to Talk About Kevin Serial killings, Roman a clef, Family relationships, Suspense By the time I read this book I thought I was all horrored out. It had been a long time since I read something that really kept me glued to the pages from start to finish as my blood ran colder and ...

... . And the winners for the most disturbing book are (roughly in order of number of times mentioned, with many 'ties'): We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver American Psycho, by Bret Ellis The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Lord of the Fli ...

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver has a very intense vocabulary.

... J.K. Rowling- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (A-) 42. Sara Zarr- Story of a Girl (C) 43. Lionel Shriver- We Need To Talk About Kevin (A) 44. Jennifer O'Connell- Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume (B)

... one of these threads? Let's see, the first book I read this year was Way Station by Clifford Simak. Then I read We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver and Nightfall by Isaac Asimov. Right now I'm in the middle of Roadshow: Landscape with Drums by Neil Peart and One Fl ...

It's We Need To Talk About Kevin! Hurrah. One that I'm not taking a bit of a stab in the dark at. (For any grammarians out there...I can see absolutely no reason why a prepostition is not a good word to end a sentence on ;) ) I read that one a couple of weeks ago. As soon as you mentioned letters ...

>3 just as a JCO followup, did you read Rape a Love Story? It, like We Need to Talk about Kevin is a horrific, disturbing tale but really made me think about my ideas of justice. Sometimes I think she uses horror to shake us up first so we are in a place to really think about the things she ...

infosleuth, that is fantastic! We Need to Talk About Kevin Let the Wind Speak Carry Me Down Forget Kathmandu It's not about the Bike Everything is Illuminated Things Fall Apart Hmm, that lot were all on the first page of my library! So on that evidence it's about 7% :-)

... a bookaholic. Today I bought: Half of a Yellow Sun which I've heard about nonstop since joining LT a year ago. We Need to Talk About Kevin - ditto Small Island - only for about the last six months. My life has become unmanageable.

Wonder if the editors would've included We Need to Talk About Kevin, if the book were being put together now?

... the Fitzgerald translation Astonishing Splashes of Colour by Claire Morrell Anna Karenina in the new translation We Need to Talk about Kevin and Pillars of the Earth The last two especially were LT recommendations. So it's all because of you guys really. Nothing to do with my ...

We need to talk about Kevin is my first Orange prize book and I was very impressed. It was just wrenching at times, but I couldn't put it down. I give very, very few books a 5 but this one deserves it.

We need to talk about Kevin was a really good book. A mother, whose son, just before his 16th birthday kills several of his schoolmates, in a coldly premeditated way. Was he like he was because she was a poor mother, or was he born evil. Is she guilty? The book is told in a series of letters to ...

Yep, received mine also. Going to start it as soon as I finish We need to talk about Kevin, which I am halfway through

I finished Dead Men Do Tell Tales last night and will post a review before bedtime tonight. 8-) Edit -- the review's up. I liked this book! Erkie2007 - Welcome! Please read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - it's one of my all-time favorites, and a whole new world away from the movie. I'm ...

My top fiction: Ysabel The Garden Angel Before You Know Kindness The Great Gatsby We Need to Talk About Kevin One Mississippi Bridge of Sighs Top nonfiction: She Got Up Off the Couch I'll Always Have Paris Better Coal to Cream My list is a little long, but ...

... In no particular order... Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver Atonement by Ian McEwan Black Girl, White Girl by Joyce Carol Oates Competition was stiff for the ...

... The story is so gripping and the foreshadowing so powerful that I had to put the book down! >33 bettyjo As for We Need to Talk About Kevin, suffice it to say that school adminstrators have read the book. Imagine then, the dialog the school personnel might have with K's mother ...

#32 lindsacl....also thought We Need to Talk About Kevin was a compelling read...should be read by all school administrators.

>31: bettyjo, I will be interested to hear what you think of Septembers of Shiraz; it's on my TBR pile. I finished We Need to Talk about Kevin today. What a compelling book ... this one will haunt me for quite a while I think. I need something lighter now, and may be able to finish one ...

1.) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 2.) We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver 3.) Bel Canto by Ann Patchett 4.) Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri 5.) Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

I've been reading a lot this month; I just started book #7: We Need to Talk About Kevin. Not exactly light-hearted holiday fare, but I've been wanting to read it for some time, and received it from a Secret Santa.

... the great recommendations. Here goes (in no particular order): Fiction: 1. Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill 2. We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver 3. Montana, 1948 by Larry Watson 4. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon 5. ...

... Fiction 1.) The Book Thief 2.) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 3.) Jane Eyre 4.) The Shadow of the Wind 5.) We Need to Talk About Kevin Non-Ficiton 1.) Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris 2.) A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut 3.) All Over but the Shoutin ...

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

Lucky A memoir The Road We Need to Talk About Kevin Come Back: A mother's and daughter's journey through hell and back Any one of the dozens of true crime/mass murderer profiles I've read

>76 lindsacl Do you know last year I was buying 3-4-2 paperbacks as Xmas presents and allowed myself We need to talk about Kevin as a treat- which I still haven't read ! so many books, so little time ...

A treasure trove arrived today! From a Secret Santa, We Need to Talk about Kevin, which I heard about here on LT and am very much looking forward to reading. From a thoughtful fellow LT member, two Viragos: Jenny Wren, and Devoted Ladies. And from Paperbackswap, another Virago, The ...