Search results

The only book on the list I've read is Oscar and Lucinda and I found it quite tedious.

My whole family read this book, including my grandmother, because my cousin is autistic. He's more severe than Aspbergers, but a lot of the componants are the same. He is the same as the protaganist in the sense that he memorizes what would seem to be irrelevent tidbits. He can literally...

I absolutely love "We are Seven"! I have a few favorite poems memorized. "Ozymandius", Percy Bysshe Shelley (actually had to memorize this for school). "Sonnets from the Portuguese 43, Elizabeth Barrett Browning "The Passionate Sheperd to his Love", Christopher Marlowe "On my...

Victorian London: The Tale of a City from 1840-1870, by Liza Picard The premise is basically all the interesting facts of daily life in London that Picard could find. She chose to focus on thirty years of the Victorian era just to narrow it down. So far, I've read about the smells (too...

While Rhett Butler's People wasn't my favorite, I agree--it was nice to see the storyline from Rhett's perspective. I could see where he was coming from once I read it where before I read it, I would get frustrated with his actions in GWTW.

Same here. I really enjoyed this book. I'm a big animal lover, so Walter's connection with the elephant was touching. I know a lot of people have problems reading the animal abuse though.

I liked the fact that it was a change of pace. The writing style was so different that it was refreshing for me. Not one of my favorite books though.

On the Road was very tedious for me. I couldn't wait for it to be over. I didn't like Kerouac's style. I read the McCain book because I wanted to know exacly why Conservatives don't like him. I had heard he was a big flip flopper but I wanted to know specifically what issues he's flipped...

I love these threads, and since there hasn't been one for this past month yet, I thought I'd start one. The Wednesday Letters, Jason F. Wright On the Road, Jack Keroauc The Real McCain: Why Conservatives Don't Trust Him and Independents Shouldn't, Cliff Schecter Nectar from a Stone...

The Wind Done Gone, Alice Randall Falling Man, Don Delillo Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens--I almost got through it, but with about 90 pages left, decided it just wasn't worth it. The Last of the Mohicans, James Fenimore Cooper

Work is usually a good place for me. Once the kids are asleep, doing homework, at lessons (I'm a nanny). I usually read for at least an hour in bed. I also love taking baths to read.

The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch

A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens. One of those books that bored me to tears. The only Dickens book I've yet to read. I plan on attempting more but ToTC scared me. The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Kim Edwards. Awful awful awful. I had no idea I would hate it--it seems to have a lot of...

"If there was a bishop, my mother would have him to tea." Oscar and Lucinda, Peter Carey.

I read between two and three books per week usually, so I'd say voracious.

The Real McCain, by Cliff Schecter

Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett Gold Digger: The Outrageous Life and Times of Peggy Hopkins Joyce, by Constance Rosenblum Stardust, Neil Gaiman The Plague, Albert Camus Are You There Vodka, Its Me Chelsea, by Chelsea Handler The Pursuit of Love, Nancy Mitford The Ghost Map...

I went to an antique store and bought, at a dollar each, The Goddess Abides, Pearl S. Buck Evangeline, Henry Wordsworth Longfellow

I almost always get my books through paperbackswap or used through Amazon. I've only had two instances where I didn't get my book and both times I was refunded within 48 hours.

I second that notion!