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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #3225 on: November 03, 2011, 12:39:44 AM »
Old Friends and New Fancies: An Imaginary Sequel to the Novels of Jane Austen by Sybil Brinton.  ;D
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #3226 on: November 03, 2011, 09:26:29 AM »
Blood Game by Iris Johansen.
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #3227 on: November 03, 2011, 12:09:24 PM »
The soloist by Mark Salzman. About a prodigy cellist who somehow loses his gift when he grows up.
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #3228 on: November 03, 2011, 04:38:44 PM »
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand,Helen Simpson. Friendship in small Sussex village between a widower, the Major, Brit Army, Ret;  and a widow, Mrs. Ali, the Pakistani owner of a local shop.
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #3229 on: November 03, 2011, 04:46:26 PM »
Quote from: BostonDiner on November 03, 2011, 12:09:24 PM
The soloist by Mark Salzman. About a prodigy cellist who somehow loses his gift when he grows up.

Is this the novel they based the movie with Robert Downey Jr and Jamie Foxx on? ;)
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #3230 on: November 03, 2011, 05:01:20 PM »
Quote from: LittleMissSarcasm on November 03, 2011, 04:46:26 PM
Is this the novel they based the movie with Robert Downey Jr and Jamie Foxx on? ;)

No, think that was a true story, wasn't it? And the cellist in this book is not homeless but is working as an academic music teacher. Funny it's the same title though.
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #3231 on: November 04, 2011, 02:49:45 PM »
Quote from: chary on October 30, 2011, 07:05:13 PM
I'm reading Wild Swans and not enjoying it (if "enjoying" is even the right word) as much as I thought I would.

I thought Wild Swans was really good.  :)

I've finished Into the Arms of Strangers - Stories of the Kindertransport.

Now I'm reading a collection of short stories called I Know Some Things.
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #3232 on: November 04, 2011, 07:01:00 PM »
I loved Wild Swans, but it's been years since I read it.

I'm trying to read White Tiger but keep falling asleep.  :-\\\\
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #3233 on: November 04, 2011, 10:47:04 PM »
I'm still not finished with those damned Swans, but I have to admit I am definitely not loving it.
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #3234 on: November 04, 2011, 11:15:19 PM »
You're allowed to stop. The book completion police won't find you. ;D
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #3235 on: November 04, 2011, 11:23:35 PM »
Quote from: Courtney on November 04, 2011, 11:15:19 PM
You're allowed to stop. The book completion police won't find you. ;D

But the book group police will.  :-\\\\
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #3236 on: November 06, 2011, 07:39:31 PM »
Quote from: Jewlz on October 31, 2011, 02:47:11 PM
The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Which actually just gave away the ending of a book I was planning to read soon, Anna Karenina.  :-X

That's one of my favorite books of all time!

I'm reading Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris.
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #3237 on: November 06, 2011, 08:45:56 PM »
Quote from: BostonDiner on November 03, 2011, 05:01:20 PM
No, think that was a true story, wasn't it? And the cellist in this book is not homeless but is working as an academic music teacher. Funny it's the same title though.

That's what I thought BD but wanted to be sure ;)
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #3238 on: November 06, 2011, 09:08:29 PM »
Charles Dickens: A Life by Claire Tomalin
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #3239 on: November 06, 2011, 10:02:02 PM »
Quote from: HME on November 06, 2011, 09:08:29 PM
Charles Dickens: A Life by Claire Tomalin

Oooooh. I've really liked her other books. Is this one good as well?
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