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The House Gun by Nadine Gordimer
Gut Symmetries by Jeanette Winterson
Kith and Kin by Stevie Davies
Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
Gilead and Home by Marilynne Robinson
A Mercy by Toni Morrison 287. Joe College by Perrotta
288. Notes on a Scandal by Heller
289. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Larsson
290. X-Rated! The Power of Mythic Symbolism in Popular Culture by Danesi
291. Interred with their Bones by Carrell
292. Vinyl Cafe Diaries by McLean
293. Under the Tuscan S ... ... Time by Carr - 30/12/09
L: Lord of the Flies by Golding - 28/12/09
M: Modigliani Scandal by Follett - 10/12/09
N: Notes on a Scandal by Heller - 23/12/09
O: Once in a Blue Moon by Goudge - 21/11/09
P: Poached Egg on Toast by Itani - 29/12/09
Q: Quiver Full of Arrows by Archer - ... Notes on a Scandal ... by Stephenie Meyer, The Day My Butt Went Psycho! by Andy Griffiths, Thriller edited by James Patterson, and Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller--I AM OFFICIALLY FINISHED WITH THIS CHALLENGE! Woo hoo! And don't go bursting my bubble by telling me I cheated by reading kid's ... ... William Goldman
* The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
* To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
* Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
* Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
* Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
* The Reader by Bernard Schlink
* Memoirs of a Geisha ... Notes on a Scandal was very good. Oryx and Crake I found OK, but not my favourite Atwood by a long chalk. Haven't read the others, though I have a copy of Astonishing Splashes of Colour. ... the Booker shortlist for that year, unfortunately i've not read any of the other titles (Oryx and Crake, Brick Lane, Notes on a Scandal, The Good Doctor, Astonishing Splashes of Colour), so can't form an opinion on VGL's prize-worthiness vs. the others. perhaps others who commented on ...
76) Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
Read: Oct 9 - 21
My Rating: 5/5
Synopsis: Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Now a Major Motion Picture. Schoolteacher Barbara Covett ...
... Route by Beverly Cleary
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Puttermesser Papers by Cynthia Ozick
Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
Letters from Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
my cd cover has 'what was she thinking' as the title and then 'notes on a scandal' in brackets which is why the title differs from the touchstone.
51. Notes on a Scandal, Zoe Heller (category 3) ***
An interesting account of a teacher/student affair which keeps well away from the realm of the tawdry due to its stiff and uncompromising narrator. Thought-provoking and engaging, but doesn't cover any new territory. ... reading some interesting books. I read Engleby last year and found it really gripping and deliciously disturbing. And Notes on a Scandal is one of my favourite books, so I must be a fan of the unreliable narrator... ... feeling manipulated. Whatever happened to writing a good story for the sake of just writing a good story?
Thanks for the Notes on a Scandal rec, I've actually seen the movie already and liked it (for the most part). How does it compare to the book, if you've seen it? Hi Spacepotatoes. If you haven't already, try Notes on a scandal by Zoe Heller, an exemplary unreliable narrator novel. ... Manchurian Candidate
2.Anatomy of a Murder
3.Stella Dallas
4.Mrs. Miniver
5.Black Angel
6.39 Steps
7.Notes on a Scandal
8.From the Terrace
9.Marjorie Morningstar
10.Mystic River
Bonus: I like your highlights, I've also discovered the Camilleri novels this year. Notes on a Scandal was a memorable read from late last year and I watched the movie soon after. ... McCall Smith
21. Every last drop - Charlie Huston
22. The terra-cotta dog - Andrea Camilleri
23. What was she thinking? (Notes on a scandal) - Zoe Heller
24. Mister Pip - Lloyd Jones
25. The Beats: a graphic history - Various authors
26. Down and ... Third Quarter
July:
45. The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall
46. Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
August:
47. Moira's Way by Susan Sullivan Saiter
48. Fables 12: The Dark Ages by Bill Willingham
49. Shopgirl by Steve Martin
50. The Serpent on the Crown ... ...
2. Sherlock Holmes: the complete illustrated short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
3. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
4. Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
5. The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Goes without saying that the first is non-fiction and the rest are fiction. I won't have finished ... I think I'll have to rearrange what's in each category soon to get everything to fit nicely.
I read What Was She Thinking? (Notes on a Scandal) by Zoe Heller. I really enjoyed her newest book, The Believers, despite the mixed reviews. This book was made into a movie starring Kate Winslet, ... 37 - What Was She Thinking?: Notes on a Scandal: A Novel by Zoe Heller
I want to read her latest novel, but I thought I'd read this first even though I'd seen the movie. Fantastic novel in one great respect:the unreliable narrator. While I wasn't interested in the affair between the ... ... likeable about her.
This isn't to say I didn't enjoy the book as a whole, but I found it very disappointing after Notes on a Scandal.
... Fitzgerald, Kate Atkinson, Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr Ripley to name a few.
edit to add: Zoe Heller's Notes on a Scandal is more contemporary.
Historical Fiction: Here be dragons or Credo ... I was a big fan of Half A Yellow Sun too, and Zoe Heller's The Believers is absolutely fantastic, even better than What Was She Thinking. ... me to pick up that book, which made me really really cross...)
Here's hoping for a better read next time.
I thought Notes on a Scandal was a brilliant book - although again, utterly dislikeable characters. Very well done though. ... src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0676978053.01._SX140_SY225_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg">
Heller wrote Notes on a Scandal a few years ago, which was nominated for the Booker Prize. I thought it was a good read so I went ahead and bought her second book.
Heller has a ... #58, emaestra, Zoe Heller's The Believers is one of my favorite books this year, and her novel What Was She Thinking is terrific as well. emaestra - I really enjoyed What Was she Thinking: Notes on a Scandal. ... 3 stars
5. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink (5/14) 4.5 stars
6. The Dying Animal by Philip Roth (5/26) 3.5 stars
7. Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller (7/9) 3.5 stars
8. Shopgirl by Steve Martin (8/31) 4 stars
9.
ideas:
Children of Men, The Kite Runner, Stardust, The ... ... t
Third Quarter: 11 books (eek! bad...)
July:
43. The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall
44. Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
August:
45. Moira's Way by Susan Sullivan Saiter
46. Fables 12: The Dark Ages by Bill Willingham
47. Shopgirl by Steve Martin
... ... I had thought it would. For some reason I had figured it to be fluff, which it was not. Anyone recommend her other book, What Was She Thinking: Notes on a Scandal?
I also am finishing off A Case of Exploding Mangoes and about to start Fool, my first by Christopher Moore. #127, 128, enaid, Zoe Heller's The Believers is superb and every bit as good as What Was She Thinking. The Hans Falada book Every Man Dies Alone is truly one of a kind too, totally unputdownable.
coppers, Hooray! again for Jim the Boy, one of my all-time favorites, and don't ... ... to add Zoe Heller's terrific new book The Believers to my list. I'd especially admired her first 2 novels, especially What Was She Thinking, but The Believers easily tops them both: a ruthlessly drawn family satire as consistently hilarious as it is compelling, and nearly impossible to ... ... ine
20.Millicent Min, Girl Genius by Lisa Yee
21.Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
22.Beat by Amy Boaz
23.Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
24.Children of Men by PD James
25.No Shortcuts to the Top by Ed Viesturs
26.The Tattoo Murder Case by Akimitsu Takagi ... 12. Notes on a Scandal --Zoe Heller
An interesting book quite well written. I saw the movie before I finished the book but it is really quite different. ... by #6!)
BOOKS BOUGHT:
- 'The Complete Polysyllabic Spree' by Nick Hornby
- Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
- Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
- Atonement by Ian McEwan
- Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence
- The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzg ... ... plays up the comedy elements nicely, while sidelining some of the horrific parts of a story many considered unfilmable.
Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller - both the film and the book are excellent.
Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard - filmed by Quentin Tarantino as Jackie Brown, and ... ... finish up I hit three of the latter and came out with Dostoyevsky's The Idiot (65p, bargain!), a nearly-new hardback of Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller (£1.50), an untouched film tie-in copy of Atonement by Ian McEwan (£1.50), and a good clean copy of Lawrence's Women in Love (£1.25). ... ... McCall Smith
21. Every last drop by Charlie Huston
22. The terra-cotta dog by Andrea Camilleri
23. What was she thinking? (Notes on a scandal) by Zoe Heller
24. Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
25. The Beats: a graphic history by Various authors
26. Down and out ... OK, I'm going to give this a try. We'll see how well it turns out! You can go here for my blog post about my challenge.
Totally reworked this as I can't seem to stick to my ... ... I read them (I'm a pretty slow reader - only about 25-30 books per year - so I don't have a vast number to choose from):
Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
Deliverance by James Dickey
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Endless Love ... ... Leonie Swann (completed 3/16/2009) **
5. The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, Kate Summerscale (completed 4/26/09) ***
6. Notes on a Scandal, Zoe Heller (completed 9/11/09) ***
7. We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Shirley Jackson (completed 9/7/09) ***
8. The Awakening, Kate Chopin (com ... Award Winners or Shortlisted for awards
1. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood - 1/8/09
2. Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
3. Atonement by Ian McEwan
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9. 20. Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller. I thought this book was brilliantly, humourously, sinister. My only complaint is that the filmed version, which I'd already seen, was so spot on and thus denied me the pleasure of a truly personal imagining. ... writer that had moved to the UK on the basis of that column....
Your review is really interesting - have you read Notes on a Scandal? You say of The Believers, "I think that the fact that the author was able to make me detest many of the characters and still care enough to read on ... ... Award for First Novel 2007)
7. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin (Booker Prize longlist 2009)
8. Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
9. A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews (Governor General's Literary Award, Giller Prize shortlist) 25. What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
Ok, so I didn't actually "read" it - I borrowed the audio copy from the library - but I'm counting it anyway, since I'm getting down to the last 3 months of the year and I'm only halfway to my goal!
Liked the book...loved the movie! 109. Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller - enjoyed reading this, although ending left questions unanswered. Finished Notes on a Scandal - enjoyed it but felt left in limbo at the end.
About to start The Bone People by Keri Hulme. Finished The Secret River - great read.
Started Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller - loving it.
#45 I have Love on my tbr pile - look forward to your comments on it. ... I really liked something the first time around, I'll often read it again to see if it holds up. I did that recently with What Was She Thinking and I found that my view of the narrator changed slightly from the first read.
Often a change of view is brought on by the # of intervening years ... I have been enjoying your thread, marvas, and thought I would pop in for a few observations. The movie version of Notes On A Scandal with Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett was delightfully creepy as well. Very memorable.
I will be putting Gathering Blue on my lengthy list of must reads. The G ... 53. Notes on a scandal by Zoe Heller
This book is just deliciously nasty, sinister, dark and creepy. Barbara is a wonderfully malicious and evil character. Loved it. ... into it you get, you learn the relationships between the characters. An interesting device which works nicely here.
9. What Was She Thinking? –Zoe Heller
Better than the movie (as is usually the case), which I saw right after reading the book.
10. Garnethill by Denise Mina
T ... ... lot). The Time Traveler's Wife was also very enjoyable (one of the favorites of my book club), but I was unimpressed with Notes on a Scandal. ... read many of the same books on this list! I, too have read Brick Lane, The Namesake, The Time Traveller's Wife, and Notes on a Scandal.
I've also read Love, plan to read Small Island this month, and will get to Purple Hibiscus, probably over the summer. ... started but haven't finisihed The Sari Shop, and in my TBR stacks are The Time Traveller's Wife, The Great Fire, and Notes on a Scandal. ... ood
Sarah Hall, The Electric Michelangelo
Shirley Hazzard, The Great Fire - shortlist
Zoë Heller, Notes on a Scandal
Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
Dinah Lee Küng, A Visit from Voltaire
Joan London, Gilgamesh
Andrea Levy, Small Island - ... ... Tipping the Velvet, both of which were very good adaptations and stayed faithful to the books. I just finished reading What Was She Thinking? by Zoe Heller and am about the watch its movie adaptation "Notes on a Scandal", so I'll let you know how it compares!
Actually, my fave book & ... I also found Notes on a Scandal to be "meh". One of the very few instances where I enjoyed the film more than the book. I read Notes on a Scandal not too long ago, and I din't love it, but I think I liked it more than you did. I thought it was a lot more about the spinster's obsession with the pottery teacher than it was about the affair with the student. It was a bit difficult to convey, because it was told ... ... to his own, but where fears are brought to life. He has to find himself to find his mother, and then what happens?
34. What Was She Thinking: Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
meh.
Didn't hate it. I've just read some really fabulous books so far this year, and "Scandal" left me flat. ... ... decided that in 2008 I will spend more time reading. And so, I'm joining the 50 book challenge.
Read so far:
1. Notes on a scandal by Zoe Heller
2. Buitenstaanders by Renate Dorrestein
3. Close-up by Esther Verhoef
4. Bruidsvlucht by Marieke van der Pol
5. Hey Nostradamus! ... ... by Ian McEwan
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The Shining by Stephen King Maybe you could also look for fiction with elements of suspense. Notes on a Scandal leaps to mind as a book that kept me on the edge of my seat. The novel focuses on a 40-something school teacher who has an affair with a 15-year-old boy. No mystery involved, but knowing what would happen ... Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
The Translator by Daoud Hari
Downloaded from audible.com:
My Revolution by Hari Kunzru
The Warden by Anthony Trollope
The Commoner by John Burnham Schwartz
(And I still haven't opened that box of Viragos. There are at least 15 ... What was She Thinking? : Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller ... lita
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. Confessions of a Closet Catholic ... by Alexander McCall Smith
Heir to the Glimmering World by Cynthia Ozick
Almost There by Nuala O'Faolain
What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
Winner of the National Book Award by Jincy Willett
The Miss America Family by Julianna Baggott
Th ... 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 ... ... you can say "Sarah really loved him" (telling) or you could have a scene that really demonstrated her feelings (showing). Notes on a Scandal is the best recent book I can think of that really embodies "show don't tell" writing. The narrator reveals very few facts about her life, but her word ... ... at BOMC
The French Lieutenant's Woman - John Fowles
Briarpatch
Twilight at Mac's Place - both by Ross Thomas
What Was She Thinking - Zoe Heller
Deeper
The Reckoning - both by Jeff Long
The Witness at the Wedding - Simon Brett
and
The Video Hound's Golden Movie Retriever ... ... Ahern Jan.
Atonement by Ian McEwan Apr.
Bourne Ultimatum by Robert Ludlum
What was she thinking? Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo May
Theatre (Being Julia) by W. Somerset ... ...
Ysabel
Well of shades
Black sun rising and its sequels
Temeraire Throne of Jade
Temeraire Black Powder war
Notes on a scandal - the only non-fantasy (from my reading group)
Ptolemy's gate
Harry Potter and the Deathly hallows
Never let me go
Voices
Shadowplay
The ... dihiba - that's good going. Notes On A Scandal is an excellent read, and I love Edmund Crispin. Time to curl up under a duvet or by a fire and get reading! ... executioner)
Duplicate Death by Georgette Heyer
Betrayal by Karin Alvtegen
Bad Blood by Lorna Sage
What was She Thinking? (Notes on a Scandal) by Zoe Heller
The Kingdom by the Sea by Paul Theroux
A Civil Tongue by Edwin Newman
The Long Divorce by Ed ... I watched the film of Notes on a scandal last night, after reading the book~ maybe a year ago, but I have given away my copy on Bookmooch.
My question is, at the end of the film we see Babs striking up another of her 'friendships'- does this happen in the novel ? ... Pier might be good because people may have very different opinions regarding the main character's decision(s).
What Was She Thinking? deals with a teacher who sleeps with one of her students.
Lolita because of the subject matter and how easy it is to feel almost sorry for Humber ... ... Man
5. Dirk Benedict - Confessions of a Kamikaze Cowboy
6. Kitty Sewell - Ice Trap
7. Zoe Heller - Notes on a Scandal
8. Mark Haddon - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
9. Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffanys
10. Tracy Chevalier - Fa ... Serving behind the counter he could eavesdrop on The Old Wives' Tale. When the shop shut that night he would make Notes on a Scandal and thereby destroy An Enemy of the People who lived up the road at Howard's End with his mistress Mrs Dalloway. Just finished Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller. Great read. ... childhood written for young adults. Loved it but couldn't get into Falling Leaves.
Hated Cloud Atlas, The Magus, Notes on a Scandal, most of the books on any booker prize list (why do they have to try and be so intellectual, a good plot and interesting characters are SO much better, ... ... managing change at work
Rerun a novel about time travel
Mirror, Mirror a re-worked fairy tale
Title
Unstolen
And She Was
The Time Traveler's Wife
The God of Small Things
The Memory Keeper's Daughter ... Social Fabric?
Do Blue Bedsheets Bring Babies?
What Went Wrong?
Fiction:
When Did You Stop Loving Me?
What Was She Thinking?
Have You Seen Me?
What Happened to Henry
Are You My Mother?
Cayce, I had no idea there was a film version of Notes on a Scandal! I'll have to get it from Netflix... ... I'm also making progress in New World Coming by Nathan Miller, and I'm thinking of rereading Zoe Heller's Notes on a Scandal, now that I've watched the excellent film version. In an act of defiance towards my financial advisors, I went for a three for two in Waterstone's. Just finished What was she thinking: Notes on a scandal by Zoe Heller in the early watches of this morning and am now looking forward to moving on to The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney.
... I've finished reading Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller on Feb. 7, 2007.
Now I'm reading a new one. As of 0000H GMT of Feb. 10, 2007, I've finished only about 6% of the book Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson.
. As of 0000H GMT of Feb. 3, 2007, I have so far completed 67% of the book Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller .
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Erick, I really enjoyed What Was She Thinking and thought Barbara was such a creepy narrator. She managed to get under my skin.
I finished Alternatives to Sex which was a lot of fun and I'm now reading The Looming Tower a history of Al-Qaeda. This showed up on a lot of the end of the ... ... Maugham.
Now I'm reading a different one. As of 0000H of Jan. 27, 2007 , I have so far completed 22% of the book Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller.
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So far, I've sent out Tender at the Bone (Ruth Reichl), Drinking Coffee Elsewhere (ZZ Packer), Out (Natsuo Kirino), What Was She Thinking? (Zoe Heller), The Widow of the South (Robert Hicks), and Real Thai: The Best of Thailand's Regional Cooking.
I've been talking up BookMooch (an ...
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