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Yes. Isaac's Storm is really good. I love it when an author can take a single event and weave a captivating story out of it. I live on the Gulf Coast and so was especially interested. Devil in the White City is also good if you haven't read it.
You know, strangely, I couldn't get into Devil in the White City though my husband loved it. I got about halfway through and stopped, which is unlike me - I usually stick with a book even if it doesn't thrill me.
That brings to mind another book that I just couldn't finish and everyone, I mean everyone that I know, especially women, loved: Wicked. What is it about that book that was so difficult for me to relate to? I mean, yes, it's essentially the back-story of the witches of OZ, which I guess everyone knows by now, also thanks to the Broadway play (which, naturally, I didn't go see even though I live in NYC). So even though I'm not a witch, (perhaps some would disgree? ) I should have been able to relate to the idea of a painful adolescence. I don't know. I put it down when the armless girl appeared in the story. (I may not be remembering the details exactly right). I guess I just got depressed. Sorry for venting about Wicked. Maybe someone can convince me to pick it up again.
You know, strangely, I couldn't get into Devil in the White City though my husband loved it. I got about halfway through and stopped, which is unlike me - I usually stick with a book even if it doesn't thrill me.
That brings to mind another book that I just couldn't finish and everyone, I mean everyone that I know, especially women, loved: Wicked. What is it about that book that was so difficult for me to relate to? I mean, yes, it's essentially the back-story of the witches of OZ, which I guess everyone knows by now, also thanks to the Broadway play (which, naturally, I didn't go see even though I live in NYC). So even though I'm not a witch, (perhaps some would disgree? ) I should have been able to relate to the idea of a painful adolescence. I don't know. I put it down when the armless girl appeared in the story. (I may not be remembering the details exactly right). I guess I just got depressed. Sorry for venting about Wicked. Maybe someone can convince me to pick it up again.
Well I won't be the one to convince you to pick Wicked up again--I thought it was awful. I did finish it, but only because I kept hoping it would redeem itself, but it never did. Good thing you put it down when you did. I'll never read anything by that guy again.
I did think the first half of Devil in the White City was better than the second half, but enjoyed it overall.
You know, strangely, I couldn't get into Devil in the White City though my husband loved it. I got about halfway through and stopped, which is unlike me - I usually stick with a book even if it doesn't thrill me.
That brings to mind another book that I just couldn't finish and everyone, I mean everyone that I know, especially women, loved: Wicked. What is it about that book that was so difficult for me to relate to? I mean, yes, it's essentially the back-story of the witches of OZ, which I guess everyone knows by now, also thanks to the Broadway play (which, naturally, I didn't go see even though I live in NYC). So even though I'm not a witch, (perhaps some would disgree? ) I should have been able to relate to the idea of a painful adolescence. I don't know. I put it down when the armless girl appeared in the story. (I may not be remembering the details exactly right). I guess I just got depressed. Sorry for venting about Wicked. Maybe someone can convince me to pick it up again.
I couldn't finish Devil in the White City either. I read about half of it. I tried to pick it up a couple of times, but never could get into it. Wicked is not my cup of tea, so I never started it.
Haven't updated here in a while but I have finished reading just a few days ago:
How Starbucks Saved My Life and The Joy of Laziness. I was reading one at home and another at work.
I have finally gotten around to reading this. Finally all the bits and pieces that I'd learned about the information-technology phenomenon from the news are knitted together in a captivating narrative. It's a great read.
Cormac McCarthy's "The Crossing". Absolutely awesome.
I still have a few of his books I haven't read yet, and I don't want to use them up, so I only read one every year or two. The Crossing is one of his best, so far.
Cormac McCarthy's "The Crossing". Absolutely awesome.
I still have a few of his books I haven't read yet, and I don't want to use them up, so I only read one every year or two. The Crossing is one of his best, so far.
That's part of the "Border Trilogy", right?
I have all three of those but have not started them yet. It's good to hear that you liked The Crossing. I'm just crazy about his books but they tend to wring me out emotionally. So I space them out, too.
I was reading "Interpretation of a Murder" by Jed Rubenfeld about Freud's one trip to the United States, after which he swore that he would never return. It's a fictionalized account written as a murder mystery. I was just getting into it, when the author wrote a very graphic scene of animal abuse. I couldn't finish it, it made me ill.
So now I'm reading Juliet Blackwell's "Hexes and Hemlines", the third in her Witchcraft Mystery series, and Frances Mayes' "Under the Tuscan Sun", on which the movie was based. Both are good reads
I'm reading Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White. Oh my. I love it. I don't like putting it down, but at 500+ pages, I couldn't take the time to read it straight through.
I'm reading Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White. Oh my. I love it. I don't like putting it down, but at 500+ pages, I couldn't take the time to read it straight through.
I read Moonstone so many years ago, I can't remember anything about it. Collins would be interesting to try again. Thanks.
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) I should have been able to relate to the idea of a painful adolescence. I don't know. I put it down when the armless girl appeared in the story. (I may not be remembering the details exactly right). I guess I just got depressed. Sorry for venting about Wicked. Maybe someone can convince me to pick it up again.
