Henry V by Desmond Seward. He gently rips ol' Hank, patron Gentleman of England, a new one. I'm not much into it yet, but so far it's excellent and nice refresher history.
The Queen's Fool - disappointed this was in the fiction section because it is a romance novel, really. And either I really dislike romance, or the romance is written really badly.
It's an easy read while putting my toddler to bed, although I'm just about ready to toss it and find an actual history of the period so I don't get confused by the liberties the author took.
Oh well, at least I wound up interested in something to read next! :-)
I also have a copy of "The Devil In The White City" waiting.
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I just finished Lucky and Crow Lake both are very good. Crow Lake was hard to put down. I have a list of others I want to read and my darn library does not have.
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Re reading White Oleander and There's Nothing Wrong with you going beyond self hate.
Just picked up @ library a bunch
including Death of Vishu...they didn't have Alexandria Quartet I really wanted to read that one someone reccomended.
I want to read Blessings by Anna Quindlen if I can reserve it at library.
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Have read Life of Pi (loved it) and Lucky(intense) this year.
My favorite that I've read this year was Memoirs of a Geisha. It started me on a huge Japanese cuture kick! (I went out and bought ink, rice paper, and bamboo brushes for fun during dd's naptime.)
Right now I'm reading The Poisonwood Bible. I've read a lot of Kingsolver's essays this year and she's definately one of my new idols. Smart mama!
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Originally posted by heytoots I would love to believe the first ending, but sadly, I think the second one is what really happened.
I think that is what the one chapter early on (I do not have my book with me) is all about - either you are someone who can believe, or someone like the agnostic who has to be proven the truth.
I was thinking, "gosh, how hard would it be? just go to the boat and do some scientific testing to see the claw marks and the droppings, etc." I want it to be true to and I keep trying to rationalize why it must be true, but the ending made me sad, because I do doubt the first story - and I am pretty agnostic - I do want to believe, but I'm always looking for *proof*.
But, then, I was thinking, if there wasn't a tiger on board, why didn't he hang out underneath the canopy? See, I'm trying to find thin strings to prove that the ending I want is true, rather than just believing that it is.
BTW, was that really based on a true story?
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Originally posted by brookyn Right now I'm reading The Poisonwood Bible. I've read a lot of Kingsolver's essays this year and she's definately one of my new idols. Smart mama!
Also - LOVED the Poisonwood Bible - what else of hers would you recommend?
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Just finished The Life of Pi and desperately want to talk about it. (heytoots, what ending did you believe?)
I want to believe the first, with all the time he spent on it its more real to me.
Was it a true story? I don't know, he thanks the Japanese embassay or something right up front, so there's gotta be something there.
But then, I've always chosen to be gullable in order to preserve my imagination. It has me believing some possibly far-fetched things.
Just finished The Poisonwood Bible this morning, wow, that was increadable. What Americans did in Africa, I feel, really mirrors what's happening in the Middle East today. Really has me thinking of what I can do in life to counter evil/ignorance such as that.
I would definately recommend Prodigal Summer after this one. Its a little more light-hearted, has a lot of love and sex in it, but also has the theme of "everything in the natural world is all connected." good summer reading!
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Also - LOVED the Poisonwood Bible - what else of hers would you recommend?
You have to read the Bean Trees-all her stuff is great, but that is my favorite. Great Mama story.
Life of Pi is my favorite read in a while. The ending really caught me by surprise.
I just finished The FootPrints of God by Greg Iles which was pretty good. Went to the library and got another one of his The Quiet Game. Also picked up The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. I think I will read that first.
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