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Well I thought it was on another thread in this forum but I have looked and cant find it------ someone recommended Alison Mcleay books, one of which is SUMMER HOUSE. I got it from the library and just started it. I am really enjoying it. It takes place in England in early 1900's and I guess it's just what I need to read because talk about a great escape. Deliciousness.
Apparently the author has written quite a few books and seems to be well regarded( I never heard of her but the library has her books so I am happy).
Just mentioning this because I wanted to thank whoever it was for mentioning this. And, if you are looking for a sweet read, I think this is one. ( only on about page 30 so far).
I just downloaded A Strangeness in my Mind his second book. How depressing is The Orphan Master's Son?. I have it on my TRL list, buts so far have resisted because I must be in the right frame of mind to read a book set in North Korea.
I would not call it depressing, although it is intense and quite interesting. Descriptions of the N Korean society are horrifying though. I do think it helps me understand the terrible situation in N Korea to read something like this. I would really like to read an actual first person narrative sometime.
I would not call it depressing, although it is intense and quite interesting. Descriptions of the N Korean society are horrifying though. I do think it helps me understand the terrible situation in N Korea to read something like this. I would really like to read an actual first person narrative sometime.
Thanks. A Strangess in my Mind is Orhan Pamuk's book, not Adam Johnson's. I'll give Johnson's book a try.
Lisa, the book is not at all preachy. It isn't like anything I've ever read and the religiousness is a religion of humanity not organized religion. Jayber is a good man but a man with faults like us all.
Eta: I just finished it and I think it is the best book I've ever read.
Lisa, the book is not at all preachy. It isn't like anything I've ever read and the religiousness is a religion of humanity not organized religion. Jayber is a good man but a man with faults like us all.
Eta: I just finished it and I think it is the best book I've ever read.
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To all of you people who read Jayber Crow:
I had never heard of it until you all started talking about it and now it's on my radar to read at some point, sooner rather than later.
I have some questions, though: Wendell Berry wrote many books. Some of them -- such as Jayber Crow -- are part of his "Port William" collection. (1) Have you read any others that are part of this collection? (2) Do they have to be read in order?
I had never heard of it until you all started talking about it and now it's on my radar to read at some point, sooner rather than later.
I have some questions, though: Wendell Berry wrote many books. Some of them -- such as Jayber Crow -- are part of his "Port William" collection. (1) Have you read any others that are part of this collection? (2) Do they have to be read in order?
I know you will love it, Dawn. As surely as I know my fingers type this post.
I looked at Wendell's books on Goodreads and there is nothing to suggest there is a series. The story introduced ME to Port William, but the stories he tells about the characters are snippets of memories about them, and their actions in his immediate story, so I am inclined to think each story stands on it's own merit.
I first encountered him in the 70s, and never even knew he wrote fiction. In my mind's eye he was always a poet and an essayist. He excels in both. My favorite poem, "The Mad Farmer's Liberation Font" has many renditions -- I think he must've re-written it more than a hundred times!, but at its roots it tells us of where the paths we are on will lead us. He's predicted well, sadly.
I give him two hands and feet up, so it's good that I am seated.
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I know you will love it, Dawn. As surely as I know my fingers type this post.
I looked at Wendell's books on Goodreads and there is nothing to suggest there is a series. The story introduced ME to Port William, but the stories he tells about the characters are snippets of memories about them, and their actions in his immediate story, so I am inclined to think each story stands on it's own merit.
I first encountered him in the 70s, and never even knew he wrote fiction. In my mind's eye he was always a poet and an essayist. He excels in both. My favorite poem, "The Mad Farmer's Liberation Font" has many renditions -- I think he must've re-written it more than a hundred times!, but at its roots it tells us of where the paths we are on will lead us. He's predicted well, sadly.
I give him two hands and feet up, so it's good that I am seated.
Thanks, LFM! I trust you.
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