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I read in Sicily. Interesting story of a two friends in Naples (3), beautifully written (3), grew up in poverty (3), attempts to escape. well written. poverty (3), mafia (3), war (3), well written (2), the problems of leaving your past. (2), dystopia (2), but slow and confusing at times. Irish family with 12 kids. told from sister perspective after 1 sibling dies as an adult from suicide. sexual abuse. Dark (1), AA family in the south (1), told through the voice of a man with progressive dementia (1), unable to take care of her children and the grandparents inbetween (1), moving between ghost from a lynching in the past to the present with a daughter with a meth problem (1), also friendship and jeaousy (1), and sexism. fun and funny. Quick read (1), story of american japanese woman making a weekly TV show about american families promoting meat. savageries of meat industry (1), well written. coming of age story of boy learning to do big surfing and his entanglement with a thrill seeking mentor and his wife (1), small community left to its own resources (1), but generally not violent (1), interesting writing. brutally honest prose. married woman pregnant with a teenagers child. Di scribes a marriage that fell apart into cruelty; and a population of poor Irish in a violent culture (1), dream like. Battling with ghosts and trauma (1), much like living before electricity or cars. not great writing but kept me engaged. Liked main character (1), magical (1), gets more scattered as the book proceeds. Some beautiful writing. Hard to follow the story but intentional to get you lost in the feeling of dementia (1), has a project to find a wife. heartwarming (1), I really enjoyed reading this book. Not great literature but i felt close to the main character (1), but found myself skipping sections uninterested (1), weird experiments in the desert. Interesting moments (1), quick fun read about a plane crash and the survivor part mystery. part about surviving trauma (1), beloved daughter dies. family members try to solve the case. (1), ohio family (1), works as a geneticist (1), with an air of suspense. about race and relationships. intelligent page turner (1), really sweet book. Quick fun read. Humorous. high functioning autistic man (1), trying to save a chimp from research. Nice menagerie of animals. (1), easy to read. story told from voice of dead woman who was a vet looking back at her husband and family (1), magical realism on grieving (1), descend further and further away from civilization and toward nomadic native life. Good description of sisters rxn (1), dystopia novel. two sister survive isolated in northern california (1), won the Booker (1), graphic novel girl growing up in Iran under islamic revolution in 1980 (1), about an affair (1), the problems of leaving your past. I got bored with the characters by book 3 (1), you never find out why everyone dies (1), follows one man in the arctic with mysterious child (1), another woman astronaut. Storied converge in the end. Slow parts (1), but other parts haunting. Really liked the Arctic scenes (1), thoroughly enjoyed. Loved the character. Whacky characters find love. Fun (1), quick read. Lots of it is local. pharmaceutical politicals. (1), woman botanist in 1800 (1), follows her life (1), intersects with spiritualism of the day.i could appreciate the writing but found myself bogged down and bored at times (1), Leningrad 1952 a woman and her doctor husband who treats the son of a secret police . Well written. I felt for the characters. (1), very enjoyable mystery. Set in Laos and very atmospheric. Good quick page turner (1), boy's mother dies. during WW2 (1), enters secret world with mythologic beings (1), journey of the hero. very interesting but bogs down in parts (1), Historical novel set mainly in Hong Kong during wwII but continues to modern times. Interesting. Kept my interest. Good but not great writing (1), never really come alive. Does address conflicts of the woman with her proselytizing husband (1), well written. Good insight. But I did not like the magical realism thrown in. worth reading (1), but I did not love it (1), veryslow getting started.interesting story (1), but did not hold my interest with writing style. story of 1800 century nurse from London comes to Ireland to witness a girl who is fasting and starving. Interesting period details (1), but i got bored (1), Good insight into immigrant life in US. Not always predictable (1), which I liked. Quick read. Average writing.worthwhile to get an insider's perspective (1), between WW1 and 2 (1), woman travels to Egypt (1), meets Lawrence of Arabia and Winston Churchill. Fascinating history of the seeds of middle east conflict now. well written. ending OK (1), sucks you in but not great writing (1), felt like I should like it more than I did. I grew bored at times. interesting characters and decent writing (1), isolated island outside of Scotland (1), early 1800s. minister and his wife. voice of his wife. The islanders are addressed as primatives (1), as she traveled though the lose of her closest friend as their lives grew apart. Felt true (1), but only remembered beginning of her rxn after hitting her head.then discovers her past slowly. Good (1), but just did not connect deeply with anyone in the story. father commits suicide. Mainly the story of how the family deals with one of the sons with major depression disorder /anxiety. I liked the last part of the book best (1), debate team champion in high school. Raised by two psychologist grows up and is trying to manage his life. interesting writing. Loved the sections that described debate (1), follows a slave from Barbados and a white man obsessed with flying who both rescues him and infantilizes him (1), young doctor travels across Yugoslavia to get her grandfather's belonging. Funny (1), several generations. Won the Booker. Well written. I generally prefer novels that follow one character deeply however. But would def recommend (1), complicated book with lots of characters. Perfect for our time. All black women in different situations. Explores being trans (1), but also very personal. Moves about the United States and shows different conditions for slaves and former slaves in different states. Good for the history and the read (1), follows a slave that has supernatural powers. Exposed the horrors of slavery (called the Tasked in this book) (1), her brother is an addict with a new baby. told in small vignettes. a little hard to get into at first but it starts to weave together (1), loner woman with dull life opens up. Fun (1), interesting read. post climate change catastrophy in NYC. main character works in a library (1), suicidality but I thought it all worked. I felt close to the characters. (1), told by the sisters. one successful owned a restaurant involved in local politics and charity and goes to jail for embezzlement. Younger generation is disturbed. takes on bulimia (1), loved this book. well written although not incredible writing. But mainly I really liked the characters and even the less likeable ones were portrayed with compassion. Takes place in St. Joe. AA family (1), but didn't relate that much to the main character (1), decent read. Woman physicist gets a phone call from her dead best friend. Interesting parts about physics and friendship (1), loved reading this book. Autistic (1), heartwarming and sad all at once (1), sold as a domestic worker. Told in her voice in broken english which improves as the book progresses. Difficult reading at times given the girls abusive situation (1), disturbed young woman shows up at cottage and joins the family in ways that changes them forever (1), Indian child stolen (1), a girl appears and several claim her. Really likeable characters (1), On the Thames (1), quick read. psychological thriller with underlying issues about race and class (1), Hotel in Vancouver and international ponzi scheme. Good writer but didn't like it as much as stations 11 (1), several stories join (1), historical fiction.set in 18th century London. Interesting details and engaging plot (1), moves fast and kept my attention About a woman who is a loner (1), historical fiction. Lively easy read with lots of interesting history but really engaging plot (1), young man without facial recognition blames himself when girl goes missing and he can't remember the face. Mixed with magical realism (1), well written. Middle age abbess at a nunnery in England who takes control. (1), Beatiful language. Lots of literary references. About a single elderly woman in Beiruit who translates into Arabic and lives an isolated life (1), woman married with kids gets amnesia from a head trauma (1), living in a marsh and a mysterious death. (1), but loved the young girl. Very brave and straight forward. Not overly romanticized and made into a heroine (1), Young girl in Nigeria escapes a forced marriage and goes to Lagos (1), amensia allows woman to re-exam her life with fresh eyes and start over. She was in the middle of a divorce (1), dealing with disappointment and what you give up to fit in (1), awesome book to read after rafting the grand canyon. Full of history and geologic (1), a fellow female prisoner and his current wife (1), his ex-wife who murdered their daughter (1), but confusing. Follows several stories at once. Tale of a man with dementia (1), Canadian writer. Mennonite. dealing with fathe r and sister's suicide. Loved the imperfectly human characters and their wit and heartbreak and resilence (1), family drama. one single mom and her child artist and "perfect" family in the suburbs interact. Mostly from point of view of teenagers. interesting store. so so writing (1), in depth characterizations. good slice of life (1), good to read before going to the grand canyon. Slow moving. Lots of musings about being the wilderness (1), enjoyable read. moves right along. Jewish family in the 40s (1), fight in Indian wars adn Civil war. Great writing. Often horrific scenes but also with warmth and caring (1), escape great famine Ireland (1), about two young men (1), not great writing but I was alway pulled in (1), two sisters dealing with aging father who marries young woman from Ukraine (1), dam engineering and mostly about the culture of rafting the GC (1), four siblings go to a fortune teller and know the date of their death. follows each one. SF and AIDS . liked some of the stories more than others (1), but somehow it works. moves quickly and held my attention. About children who spontaneously catch on fire and the stressed out adults that care for them (1), takes place as humanity is moving to villages and being agricultural. in estonia area. mythological but more based in nature than myth. main character speaks to animals through Snakish. Fun and also has important messages (1), very weird premise (1), getting divorced. Wife disappears and starts with only the voice of the husband. Lots of great insights into human behavior (1), beautifully written. great inner dialogue. Honest and brutal at times. lots about male/female rxn. Jewish family in NYC (1), cat and cow. More about survival and solitude and inter species connection than sci fi. Wall never explained (1), learns to fend for herself. Friends are a dog (1), mysterious wall forms and woman left outside of rest of world (1), struggling to find stability sweet and intimate (1), rural Adirondacks about gender and class politics. working class women trying to save the farm working in a guest hotel where a young working pregnant woman is drowned by her rich boyfriend. Enjoyable read (1), with failed relationship and a mother who died (1), working as a waitress (1), beautifully written. I really liked and felt close to the protagonist a 30 something writer (1), Swedish from man who wrote Man Called Ove about a small town and two high school hockey teams and small town politics (1), family in the 60s move to Alaska with paranoid abusive father and have to escape (1), narrated from a daughter living in Vancouver about her father's life who committed suicide in Hong Kong and goes through the CHinese revolution (1), swedish immigrant lands in California during the gold rush looking for his brother in the east coast. lots of historic fiction as he moves east encountering lots of strange characters. Great writing. Interesting human (1), trying to get visa. Funny and sweet and loving. Very much enjoyed (1), return to Englad (1), woman who forgets everything when she goes to sleep. Mystery and thriller at the end. engaging read (1), England (1), chechnya (1), nigeria (1), very quick read (1), India (1), brother and sister (1), great writing (1), Australian (1), si fi (1), lesbian (1), tragedy (1), alaska (1), cambodia (1), good read (1), enjoyable (1), interesting premise (1), a teenage girl (1), wonderful book (1), Greek Island during WW2. fun characters. well written (1), plans with time and space. bogs down at times but worthwhile. leaves an impression (1), trippy story (1), afganistan classic (1), dev. delayed boys solves a case. very creative. fun read (1), occupied Guernsey during WW2. warm-hearted (1), quick read. Recommened (1), did not enjoy but haunting none-the-less (1), sweet book (1), raised with a chimp as a sister (1), crazy childhoo memoir (1), weather information (1), occupied paris (1), not much plot (1), kill or be killed (1), wealthy (1), gay (1), North Korea. somewhat surrealistic. book of heart in the middle of terror (1), atmospheric (1), amnesia (1), immigrants (1), engaging (1), india (1), community (1), Australia (1), colonialism (1), post apocalypse (1), racism (1), really good (1), haunting (1), funny (1), fantasy (1), fast read (1), sweet (1), heartwarming (1), St. Kilda (1), very sad (1), blind girl (1), busy (1), heartfelt (1), prison system (1), short stories (1), feel good book (1), Nepal (1), american west (1), lighthouse (1), wonderfully written (1), drug use (1), bengali (1), africa missionaries (1), 1906 (1), woman recovering from trauma hikes the PCT. very fun read. good internal dialog (1), beautifully written. cried through it. Stanlingrad during the siege (1), hides refugees in a zoon during the war (1), had to keep notes.Mystery set in gold rush in New Zealand (1), dream like accounting of man murdered by the nazis in a mass grave and his wonderings as a ghost back to his village (1), loving book which kept me engaged to the end. Well written with insight into human nature (1), Written from the voice of teenage girl about her uncle dying of AIDS in the 1980s. Sweet (1), but loved the book. So sweet and funny and sad and complicated. The main voice of a young girl rang true to me and her parents were presented really sympathetically (1), I know it says it is a young readers book and it is about kids with cancer which does not appeal (1), story of a german woman during WW 2 who has an affair with a Jew and her growing involvement in resistance and helping save jews. (1), but got long and some what tedious midway through. Hard to follow in the beginning (1), based on the life of Margeret Mead. Addressed many issues about the ethical issues of looking at other cultures and fascinating look at the first intersection of two cultures. Great read for anyone interested in anothropology (1), man looking back when he was a teenager in small town in Minnesota and solving the mystery of several deaths (1), reads like a memoir. But great insight into how it feels to be a returned ex-pat to Nigeria after living in the US for many years. Very good description of how corruption is the grease that keeps it all moving (1), but not great book about a young woman who is watched by her cousin for a summer and the tragic ending. Quick read (1), this time a mid-evil village transiting from agriculture to sheep raising and the change in ownership and power in the village. I did not think the characters were as well developed as some of his other novels. Still would recommend. always fascinating au (1), fascinating glimpse into a historical time rarely visited (1), s common with JIm Crace (1), interesting read about anthropologists in New Guinea (1), wonderful book that kept coming back to haunt me.a meditation on realizing your own mortality. (1), I am giving this book a high rating despite myself in some ways. Totally heart felt (1), there is a element of love that shines through in the end (1), poland during WW2 (1), but psychologicastute (1), always pulling you forward (1), murder mystery. great read (1), chronicling the changes as it decays and as the people involved gradually understand the loss. (1), centers around a corpse by a beach (1), I loved this book. Full of fascinating characters in a backdrop of political and social insight. A group of people thrown together by a hostage situation in latin america. As all AnnPatchett books (1), a wonderfully written book (1), very imaginative writing about the time of Christ as told by other people in quarentine at the same time JEsus is spending 40 days in the dessert. (1), incredible creative. great writing. several separate stories in time and space. (1), including what happened during the war. (1), reminiscing about his life (1), living in the wilderness in Norway (1), full of the inner life of an aging man (1), tear-jerker book about a man who adopts two boys for the summer and takes them on a road trip to our national parks to get away from their alcoholic father who is going to prison. It felt like an Oprah book at it's best. Great description of alcoholism. a (1), very sweet book about an elderly widow and widower getting together in a small town. Simple straightforward and realistic language. kind hearted toward almost all the characters. (1), mythic. incredibly written. Civil war masterpiece (1), can get inside every character's head (1), woman is kidnapped in Egypt and her sister comes to find her. (1), abusive childhood told with humor (1), memoir of absurd (1), stunning book. loved every minute of it (1), sad book. (1), a woman leaves Nigeria to escape violence and suffers as an immigrant in England. Beautiful (1), takes a painting and goes to live with his abusive father. great potrait of his Russian friend. Tartt is an incredibly writer (1), father holocaust survivor and genocide survivor from latin america help each other heal (1), story of very abusive childhood (1), a boy loses his mother in a museum (1), Japan and western Canada. connected by a message in a bottle (1), totally fascinating. study of what will happen to the earth without us (1), exquisite book about what it is like to be one of the millions of forgotten people living in the worst kind of poverty and their humanity (1), beautifully written novel about the Donner party. Fascinating history of early California (1), Good setting before Aswan dam but hard to read (1), probably would enjoy it more if you like hemmingway and were interested in the paris culture of the 1920s (1), who has no scent himself. Also a murderer. reads like a very myth but set very much in an historical context in 1800 century France (1), but always held my attention (1), fascinating book about a man who smells as well as a bear (1), this book stayed with me. (1), but more often addresses existential questions of what is the value of life when everything around you is gone. Also the narration is well connected to place and nature. Haunting (1), set in post-apocalyptic time. Love the main character. At times there was a mad max (1), but need to be able to tolerate horrible ending (1), incredible characters and beautifully written (1), jumps in time and between characters (1), interconnecting stories of a chess player in Russia (1), set in post apocalyptic time after massive illness kills most people with wandering group of shakespere performers . Very unusual (1), beautifully written. very sad. Australian WW2 pow in Burma under horrific conditions becomes a national hero with a destructive lifestyle (1), football and a human being trying to negotiate it all without falling apart (1), the working class of this country (1), Iraq vet is paraded during half time at a football game as a political patriotic pawn. Great insights into war (1), who is also doomed (1), who runs a doomed campaign against Putin and a woman with Huntington's disease (1), follows her original and new family. Keeps the story moving. Writing is okay. (1)
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Jan 25, 2014