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I always need a quick "fluff" nonsense book to read in between really good books. I just finished all the comics from The Walking Dead and before starting another book that looks really good, I read If you find me from my oldest's book collection. It's a teen book but it was surprisingly an engaging read. It's a bit graphic for younger tweens but pretty good. I look forward in discussing with my kid when she finishes it.
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. It's YA -- not a category that I typically gravitate to -- but it's supposed to be fabulous (and terribly sad, too). Hmmm, the other YA book that I can remember loving -- The Book Thief -- was also incredibly sad. I somehow think that this book, like The Book Thief, spans age groups easily.
I bought this one back in August at the recommendation of my niece. I started it but I keep getting library books coming up on my hold list so it got pushed aside. Now I want to pick it up again but I have 3 library books to read that are due the end of the month. I guess it'll have to wait just a little longer.
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The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. It's YA -- not a category that I typically gravitate to -- but it's supposed to be fabulous (and terribly sad, too). Hmmm, the other YA book that I can remember loving -- The Book Thief -- was also incredibly sad. I somehow think that this book, like The Book Thief, spans age groups easily.
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70% in already. What a story. Full of such clever wit... and sadness. I can't read anymore tonight. I'll surely finish it tomorrow and cry like a baby.
I just finished it. It's not as deep as The Book Thief, although it does give you plenty to think about. It's more YA than The Book Thief, too, in that Green always knew to stay within some boundaries when talking to his intended audience about death. It's a damn fine book, that I highly recommend.
OK, I have now read about 60 pages of "Wolf Hall", and I'm going to go way out on a limb. I haven't read a writer like Hillary Mantel since (are you ready?) Tolstoy. The sheer depth and enormity of what is in her mind, as the author of this work, brings to mind Anna Karenina.
If someone had handed me a huge volume, in which chapters of Wolf Hall and Anna Karenina alternated, as though they would all be tied together in the end, it would never occur to me that they were written by different authors and someone was pulling my leg.
I won't finish Wolf Hall now, it's too long and needs to be savored, and is due back at the library in a week. But I'll buy my own copy of it, and keep it next to my Anna Karenina, and from time time read a few pages of one or the other.
Wow, I've never even attempted to read Tolstoy. But since you posted this, I might have to try him out. I guess I've heard so many people groaning over the years about the Russian novelists being so dense and hard to get through. It never dawned on me they may actually be complaining about stuff I like!
Wow, I've never even attempted to read Tolstoy. But since you posted this, I might have to try him out. I guess I've heard so many people groaning over the years about the Russian novelists being so dense and hard to get through. It never dawned on me they may actually be complaining about stuff I like!
The translator can make a lot of difference. My Karenina is the Rosemary Edmonds translation.
I loved Sigrid Undset when I read her a long time ago, but I recently picked up a copy, and there is a new translation which reads like a modern nurse-novel, which didn't capture the feeling of the thing at all. I compared a few sentences in the two translations, and the difference would be hilarious if it were not so sad. Written for the kind of readers who speed-read "The Far Pavilions" or something. Makes me think that a translation is often not "true" to the style of the original author, but is re-written for a target audience in the new language.
When I read "Elegance of the Hedgehog", I got the feeling that the French original was a very witty book, but it was translated by somebody with no sense of humor at all.
OK, I have now read about 60 pages of "Wolf Hall", and I'm going to go way out on a limb. I haven't read a writer like Hillary Mantel since (are you ready?) Tolstoy. The sheer depth and enormity of what is in her mind, as the author of this work, brings to mind Anna Karenina.
If someone had handed me a huge volume, in which chapters of Wolf Hall and Anna Karenina alternated, as though they would all be tied together in the end, it would never occur to me that they were written by different authors and someone was pulling my leg.
I won't finish Wolf Hall now, it's too long and needs to be savored, and is due back at the library in a week. But I'll buy my own copy of it, and keep it next to my Anna Karenina, and from time time read a few pages of one or the other.
I went to read about this Wolf Hall to see why it is so wonderful. Was very intrigued and put in on my wish list. I asked my sissy if she had read it and the sequel or heard about them, as she is very into historical fiction. She turned around and bought them both for me! Gotta get through my small pile I've got going now before I read them, but looking forward to it.
I went to read about this Wolf Hall to see why it is so wonderful. Was very intrigued and put in on my wish list. I asked my sissy if she had read it and the sequel or heard about them, as she is very into historical fiction. She turned around and bought them both for me! Gotta get through my small pile I've got going now before I read them, but looking forward to it.
I have it on my kindle and will soon be reading it.
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