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Finally picked up a copy of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I like this tattooed girl -- reminds me of the forensic scientist, Abby, on the tv series, NCIS.
Also had to get a second copy of George Eliot's Middlemarch. My former student's model, complete with notes, was driving me nuts. I wanted it on pages without the notes, it seems, and in a slightly larger type. This, for my meet-in-person-monthly Book Club. Remember those?
Working on a few others, as well: Marcus Zusak's The Book Thief, and added T.C. Boyle's The Women to the TBR stack(s). I have about three different TBR stacks around the house, upstairs and down.
A book club - in the Piedmont area of NC? I would love to know more! May I send you a private message to find out the details? I am a resident of the Piedmont area and would love to belong to a Book Club!
Please do, anitajas. We meet monthly, and choose books maybe 2 months in advance to take into account some read more quickly, others more slowly. It is a nice mix of readers. We call ourselves The Booker Babes.
Marguerite Duras's works, translated from the French
When I stopped in one of the Used Book Stores here that I like, I stumbled upon a collection of Marguerite Duras's novels -- four of her shorter ones in a volume together. I had forgotten how much I enjoy her works!
If you are looking for a love story, of sorts, and beautiful prose, try her novel, The Lover. It is largely autobiographical, and bittersweet -- a young teenaged girl (I think she's 13) interests a very wealthy Chinese businessman, who sees her and finds her attractive. She 'lures' him into a relationship, because she likes him, but largely to help support her poor, struggling family. There was a film made of the work, by the same title.
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Marguerite Duras's works, translated from the French
