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I'm way behind, I know, but I'm finally reading Outlanders, and will keep reading the series.
I know it's super popular, but I couldn't get into it.
I just started Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, and I'm loving it so far.
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I just started Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, and I'm loving it so far.
Oh, oh, oh. I LOVE that book.
After you finish the book try to get your hands on the movie. It has the most beautiful yet haunting soundtrack and the casting is perfect. It's one of the few times that the movie is actually as good as the book and the book is spectacular, IMO.
I'm still listening to Maya Angelou's "I know why the caged bird sings," and know I've read it before (in high school lit) but this is like the first time. Maybe because it's read by the author -- and what a voice she had! -- but I really think I just was not mature enough then to really understand what she was saying. Knowing her popularity before her death, and now learning the "hard row she'd had to hoe" makes me appreciate her much more. I am pretty certain I will end up listening to -- or reading, if the audio isn't available, her every word published. SHE's THAT GOOD.
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I added that to my TR list
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I just started Keeper of Secrets
Another one added
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I just finished the long book "The Secret Keeper". it is a story about life in WW2 London blitz....among other things. It was an absolute winner. I highly recommend it. I hated to see it end.
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I'm way behind, I know, but I'm finally reading Outlanders, and will keep reading the series.
I started reading that book quite some time ago and I don't think I was in the right mood for it. I returned it to the library but not because it was bad. Maybe this winter I will try it again. I do think it will be good
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I just started Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, and I'm loving it so far.
That also looks good
OK….here it comes. I finished reading Looking For Me. I'll start off by saying that is was a nice read and it was very descriptive. I'm not really sure what it lacked for me but I don't think it was great
Here is my review:
I enjoyed this book but it wasn't over the top. Teddi grows up on a Kentucky farm and leaves home to follow her dream of restoring antiques. She leaves behind a quiet father who always supported her, an unhappy mother, and a brother who has a love of nature and an affinity with animals. As time goes by and circumstances change back home Teddi learns more about herself, her family and why they were the way they were which gives her some closure.
There were many wonderful descriptions throughout the book and it was a nice read.
Personally I liked Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt better. I think I liked the quirkiness of the characters more. I'll be interested to hear other views
OK….here it comes. I finished reading Looking For Me. I'll start off by saying that is was a nice read and it was very descriptive. I'm not really sure what it lacked for me but I don't think it was great
Here is my review:
I enjoyed this book but it wasn't over the top. Teddi grows up on a Kentucky farm and leaves home to follow her dream of restoring antiques. She leaves behind a quiet father who always supported her, an unhappy mother, and a brother who has a love of nature and an affinity with animals. As time goes by and circumstances change back home Teddi learns more about herself, her family and why they were the way they were which gives her some closure.
There were many wonderful descriptions throughout the book and it was a nice read.
Personally I liked Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt better. I think I liked the quirkiness of the characters more. I'll be interested to hear other views
I liked both books, but I think I know what you mean about "Looking For Me." Whereas Cee Cee has a definite path forward and ends hopefully, Teddi grapples with the loss of her brother and her anger with him for leaving so there is a constant dissonance to the story that never REALLY was resolved. She moved on, but never felt any real closure, IMO. Still, for me that is life so I embraced it. I, too, have lived with the feelings of loss and abandonment and that have never resolved either. It just IS.
Then again, it might've been something completely different for you.
I loved both cee Honeycutt and looking for me . enjoyed both very much . I am now just starting "The hundred foot journey " by Richard c Morais . I hope I like it .
I'm way behind, I know, but I'm finally reading Outlanders, and will keep reading the series.
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I started reading that book quite some time ago and I don't think I was in the right mood for it. I returned it to the library but not because it was bad. Maybe this winter I will try it again. I do think it will be good
I remember the book started slow (for me).
And then the stones screamed
(Around page 50)
And we were off and running, LOL
Just finished "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou. Maya's voice caresses each word she's written in this audio publication.
An autobiographical account of her years to the age of 16, I listened and recalled my own years and the black girls I met in school. She described herself as the over tall, gawky, ugly girl and I remembered how that felt for me. Maya's touching, loving account of the girl she was reminded me of the girl I was -- and just how much all girls regardless of color share in this world. I am glad I decided to listen to it.
I know, right? My daughter loves it, so I'm giving it another try (Outlanders).
Do you mean Outlander by Diana Gabaldon? It takes about 50-75 pages to get going.
I personally think if you go into any book (or movie for that matter) with expectations really high you won't be able to enjoy it. This was one that I kept putting off because my SIL just raved and raved. I'm glad I went into it feeling like I was going to be bored to pieces and would drop the book before I finished it. I wound up loving it. It certainly isn't going to be for everybody, but it sure has so much to it that I was hooked.
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