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I just finished Consolation by Michael Redhill; what a good story (or stories). Next up is Bel Canto by Anne Patchett. Gideon's Trumpet by Anthony Lewis
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Drums Along the Mohawk by James Fenimore Cooper
The Piano Lesson by August Wilson ... Patchett, but I still plan on reading both books. I will probably not read Truth and Beauty for a few months.
Bel Canto is one of my all time favorites! I would recommend it to anyone. ... a lot to Lucy's story.
Again, both books will rip your heart right out of your chest. Stunning.
eta: I also loved Bel Canto. If you haven't read it, you should check it out. If you like Ann Patchett I recommend her memoir Truth and Beauty; it is beautifully written book about her relationship with fellow writer and cancer victim Lucy Grealy; it is a powerful work on the limits of friendship. I haven't read Bel Canto, but it is on my list.
I, too, liked Life ... ... know once I have read it.
Up until recently I had not read any of Ann Patchett's books. Having now read both Run and Bel Canto I am definitely going to be on the lookout for her books in the future. I completely agree with you about Bel Canto and some of the prose she uses is lyrical ... ... though I have a funny feeling I read it when the hardcover came out last year, and sensational socks
Listening: bel canto ... Inside Music, The Perfect Wrong Note, and Edith Hamilton's The Roman Way. I think I'll start Bel Canto soon. Seeing the announcements at the B&N around the corner for Ann Patchett's signing reminded me that BC has sat on my shelf unread for a year now. ... awesome! I already had her new book Run, but I bought Truth and Beauty while I was there. I really recommend her book Bel Canto. It is one of my all time favorites. ... a very Orange July:
Fugitive Pieces, Anne Michaels - most powerful;
Unless, Carol Shields - sentimental favourite;
Bel Canto, Ann Patchett -surprising and good.
Best light read from a series; A Cure for all Diseases, Reginald Hill.
... provoking
251. Carnal Innocence by Nora Roberts - audiobook
252. The Child in Time by Ian McEwan
253. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett - audiobook; I love this book, so I bought it on audio to enjoy as I work
254. Not a Girl Detective by Susan Kandel - I am enjoying ... Song Yet Sung by James McBride
Black Cherry Blues by James Lee Burke
Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
the Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich ... up 3 at my local used bookstore: Blue Latitudes, The Lost Continent, and The Farfarers. Also received in the mail Bel Canto CD and All The Rage. Not a bad haul for the day. ... - this is the first book I read by him and I loved it. VERy funny, very emotional, so well put together.
#37 - Bel Canto (Ann Patchett) ... if you liked Horse Heaven, and then go to some of her earlier novels.
#133, merry10, I also (to my surprise) loved Bel Canto, and it set me to reading Ann Patchett's earlier work -- they're good, but not up to Bel Canto.
#128, mrstreme, and #130 cabegley, I'm one of those who ... Bel Canto, Ann Patchett, Orange Prize winner 2002
Wonderful read. A party including an important Japanese industrialist, his interpreter, an opera singer, her accompanist and many guests are taken hostage by a South American terrorist group. What happens after the first torrid days in the long ... >247: KinnicChick
imo, Ann Patchett's reputation was earned with Bel Canto, though I haven't been disappointed in anything else of hers.
>257: 0bazooka0
haha, if you had the fortitude to get through The Corrections, you'll have no problem with Everything is Illuminated, which has just ... 99. Bel Canto, Ann Patchett, 2001
Orange Prize winner 2002, Pen/Faulkner award winner
Wonderful read. A party including an important Japanese industrialist, his interpreter, an opera singer, her accompanist and many guests are taken hostage by a South American terrorist group. What happens ... ... & Lonesome Dove most of Larry McMurtry's stuff
Mrs. Mike
Breathing lessons & St. Maybe & All Anne Tyler
Bel Canto
Louis Bromfield's The Rains Came & also about India The God of Small Things
Raintree County Ross Lockridge Jr.
should be near the top of the list ... ... Together, Fall Apart. Still have a couple of more to finish reading. There's also an interesting essay by Ann Patchett Bel Canto and Run on writing tours.
So pick up a copy--great for the plane, beach, or any time you want some quick reads. Just home from the post office with A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka and Bel Canto by Ann Patchett in hand. ... to go through avalands jpegs to see what else I have in my unread pile that qualifies. Do rereads count? I'm sure I have Bel Canto. ... how I finished book #40 - Run - Ann Patchett 0 finished June 20, 2008. I've read two of her other fiction books - Bel Canto and The Magician's Assistant - and loved them both. With high expectations, I wasn't disappointed. Run describes the events of a 24-hour period in the life of ... ... 1989)
26. Neuromancer, William Gibson (1984)
27. Possession, A.S. Byatt (1990)
28. Naked, David Sedaris (1997)
29. Bel Canto, Anne Patchett (2001)
30. Case Histories, Kate Atkinson (2004)
31. The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien (1990)
32. Parting the Waters, Taylor Branch (1988 ... I thought Bel Canto by Ann Patchett was great. 52. Bel Canto by A.Prattcher
A group of international bussiness man and diplomats are kidnapped in the house of the vicepresident of an unknown latinamerican country while celebrating the birthday of a Japaneese opera lover. The situation lasts for several months and in the meantime the ... Bel Canto! ... of my favorites of Margaret Atwood's
The Great Fire -- loved it; Shirley Hazzard is one of my favorite authors
Bel Canto -- to my surprise, I loved it
Horse Heaven -- loved this; one of my favorites by Jane Smiley
The Poisonwood Bible -- a little heavy-handed, but I really ... I've finished two more since my last post:
5. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett. First I liked it, then I really liked it, then suddenly the epilogue killed it all. Well, not quite, but you get the idea. I would have torn out the last chapter if it was my copy, but its a bit out of order to do that ... 49 - Shame by Salman Rushdie
50 - Bel Canto by Ann Patchett I just finished listening to Survival of the Fittest by Jonathan Kellerman and have started listening to Bel Canto by Ann Patchett. ... Sara Gruen
The Executioner's Song, Norman Mailer
Dark Hearts of Chicago, William Horwood and Helen Rappaport
Bel Canto, Ann Patchett
Boy A, Jonathan Trigell
Clear, Nicola Barker
Whew!
My reread for this month was The Experiment, a book I read many years ago and ... ... Christie novel is exactly like an Agatha Christie novel'. It was surreal.
So that's 4 this month (unless I can finish Bel Canto by the end of the day which seems unlikely). If that's the standard, I will make 48 by the end of the year, and bearing in mind that The Blind Assassin took ... ... le
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - tradition, I have to read it every Christmas even on a desert island
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox by Barry Hug ... ... Cities The touchstone worked when I spelled Tale.. Tail. LOL
55.Hamlet
63.MacBeth
67.Sense and Sensibility
71.Bel Canto
74.Beloved
78.A Clockwork Orange
79.American Gods
80.The Russian Debutante's Handbook
83.Persuasion
88.Pinnochio
96.Jungle Book
104.The Prin ... ... thing, I enjoyed this rather a lot when I read it, but when I look back on it I think "Meh, average at best." 2.5/5
Bel Canto--This one had an interesting premise and was quite well done. 4/5
Oryx and Crake--thought this was great . . . not so much when I read it, but it has really ... ... A fun read as are her other books about pioneering, but not great literature.
Secret life of Bees Overrated IMO
Bel Canto I was disappointed.
Caramelo A peek into another culture, but not great art.
The lovely Bones Amazing attempt to speak in the voice of the dead without ... ...
Ahab's Wife (I liked this one, although I know reactions are mixed)
Niagara Falls All Over Again (good, quirky book)
Bel Canto (lovely and shocking)
Fingersmith (I love Sarah Waters, and I think this is her best--a long book, but tightly plotted)
When the Emperor Was Divine (a book ... I'm seeing a trend here in my own reading -- I've read 2-3 from each year so far. From the 2002 list I've read Bel Canto, The Secret Life of Bees, and The Dark Room. I liked them all; "Bees" somewhat more than the others. I also recommended "Bees" to my 15yo daughter who liked it quite a ... ... Secret Life of Bees
Joyce Carol Oates, Middle Age
Kathy Page, The Story of My Face
Ann Patchett, Bel Canto - winner
Nani Power, Crawling at Night
Lily Prior, La Cucina
Anita Rau Badami, The Hero's Walk
Emma Richler, Sister Crazy ... George Eliot
Graham Greene
Jane Austen
Anne Tyler
Alice McDermott
Ann Patchett
Sue Miller
Ian McEwan
Barbara Pym
Richard Russo
and
Harper Lee (Too bad there is only one!) ... eights
Lonesome Dove
A prayer for owen meany
I was Amelia Earhart
We speak no treason (I'm a Richard III freak
Bel Canto
A Game of Thrones (1st that started me on the series)
The agony and the ecstacy
Pride and Prejudice
The Far Pavillions
And one bonus for mainstream ... ... Pursuit of Alice Thrift
Peter Mayle - A Year in Provence
Walter Mosley - Little Scarlet
Ann Patchett - Bel Canto
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
Anita Shreve - The Last Time They Met
edited to add titles Bel Canto by Ann Patchett!! I thrill every time I see it on imdb, but as of now it's "on hold indefinitely."
I'd also like to see The History of Love by Nicole Krauss. (Woohoo, just looked it up and it's a 2009 possibility!) ... the voice of the narrator (which I actully didn't find very realistic), it lacked the language style I fell in love with in Bel Canto and I couldn't keep going with it. But I will try more books by Patchett when I can.
That comment of Eco's makes me thankful I abandoned his book. I have a ... Ginny,
Yes, Bel Canto is available on the Kindle. I've decided to only post things here that are available in an ebook format that works on the Kindle.
Thank you for the nice compliment, I've never considered myself much of a writer.
Garry Bel Canto by Ann Patchett. It's a novel about a terrorist group that takes over an embassy. They wanted to kidnap the president of the country, but the president wasn't there. Instead, they capture a group of party goers and an opera singer. The book explores the dynamics between the captors, ... ... just three, but here we go:
Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat This is a really great collection of short stories.
Bel Canto by Anne Patchett I got this from the library because I saw the title cropping up on LibraryThing, and it was great; I ignored everything else I had to do and ... ... Soldiers by John Dos Passos
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Saturday by Ian McEwan
February:
An Ordinary Man by Paul Russabagina
The Last American Man by Elizabeth Gilbert ... I really liked Carol Shields' Unless A mother struggles to understand her daughter.
Ann Patchett Bel Canto A group of terrorists invade a birthday party and take hostages.
Glen Duncan I Lucifer Satan is made human for a period of time and experiences life as you've never seen it.
If ... Bel Canto?
Not sure if I'm right or not but if I am I won't be back at the compouter until around 12pm EST. So just in case here is my line:
"A new lens passed over everything she saw, the shadows moved on the wall like skeletons handing things to each other." ...
2. The god of small things by Arundhati Roy (1668/5117)
3. The shipping news by Annie Proulx (1258/3838)
4. Bel canto : a novel by Ann Patchett (1138/3276)
5. Snow falling on cedars by David Guterson (1120/3457)
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1. The inheritance of loss ... ... pursuing Patchett's whole list. (I'm on to The Patron Saint of Liars soon, and then Run). It was an easier read than Bel Canto but nowhere near as stunning. ... weekend!
As for what I'm looking forward to, I have Charles de Lint's Memory and Dream on loan from the library and Bel Canto by Ann Patchett on loan from a friend. Plus a massive TBR pile. Oh well. :) ... have to look them up. I was also interested to hear that you're inclined toward Ann Patchett: the first I read of hers was Bel Canto, which I absolutely loved (the writing is beautiful) - I see you have it tagged as a favourite also; late last year I read Run: while I didn't feel it was ... #20 - Bel Canto by Ann Patchett, was utterly engrossing. I was a little unsatisfied with the last chapter, but overall it was fantastic. ... by Edith Wharton, and The Bostonians by Henry James. I also got The Blue Sky by Galsan Tsuchinag and Bel Canto by Ann Patchett from the library yesterday - both books that I discovered through LibraryThing. What a sensual (lush) list!! I think you'll love the language (almost poetry) in Bel Canto and Life of Pi.
I hesitate to distract you from your list :) but with your interest in nature/animals (and your name!), you might like the Norfolk Botanical Garden’s tracyfox in 888 Challenge : tracyfox's 888 (feb 7, 2008, 1:08am) ... Acts of Faith by Philip Caputo
2. The Problem with Murmur Lee by Connie May Fowler
3. Ghosts by John Banville
4. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
5. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
6. Unless by Carol Shields
7. The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany
8. The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason
... 11. Bel Canto by Anne Patchett
What a gorgeous novel. The language just sings - effortless and beautiful. Sheer poetry. I was a whole lot less concerned about the plot than the language, just sat back and let the words glide over me like silk. But then I started getting attached to the ... ... be about my top ten for the year just in January, here are my top 3:
1. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
2. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
3. Saturday by Ian McEwan (Touchstone for this book does not appear to be working) The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay was amazing; by Michael Chabon
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett was just as "bel" the second time around
Reluctant Genius by Charlotte Gray ... Urban Centres is Reshaping the Nation by John Lorinc for my book club on public policy issues.
Just finished Bel Canto for the second time and loved it, again.
#163 ChocolateMuse: I read Bel Canto recently and loved it. I thought some of the passages, like the one you quoted, are pure poetry. From Bel Canto. Everyone has been held hostage for a long time now (not a spoiler, trust me) and Kato is playing the piano:
"Every note was distinct. It was the measurement of the time which had gotten away from them. It was the interpretation of their lives in the very moment they were being ... I've started Bel Canto for a book club. I read it a few years ago, but need to read it again in order to refresh my memory for the discussion. 16. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
I really enjoyed this book. Normally I am not surprised what happens in a book, but this one surprised me. ... Ann Patchett is one of my favorite authors -- she delves deeply into emotion and I'm making my way through her entire list. Bel Canto is one of my favorite books of all time.
Let me look through my library re: inspirational books and books-to-film... ... in her opinion too much description.
She and I don't necessarily mesh though, when it comes to reading. She hated Bel Canto, for example, and I thought it was brilliant - though I did need to spend time thinking about it to come to that assessment.
I can't do depressing these days - ... ... Gregory - not sorry I read it, just not sure what the big deal is about it.
18. Run by Ann Patchett
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