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- Wed February 2nd, 2011, 5:13 pm
- Forum: Member Reading Logs - 2011
- Topic: LoisAnn's Reading List - 2011
- Replies: 0
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LoisAnn's Reading List - 2011
JANUARY Scandalmonger , William Saffire ... 5/5 ... Fictional treatment of some of the real-life scandals plaguing some of Founding Fathers and how they were covered in the press during the 1790's. Fascinating, well-researched, well-documented. FEBRUARY Song of Troy , Colleen McCullough ... 5/5 ......
- Fri January 8th, 2010, 8:57 pm
- Forum: Archives
- Topic: What was your favourite read of 2009?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 5148
- Thu January 7th, 2010, 2:44 pm
- Forum: Member Reading Logs - 2010
- Topic: LoisAnn's 2010 Reading List
- Replies: 0
- Views: 791
LoisAnn's 2010 Reading List
January St. Peter's Fair , Ellis Peters ... 3.5/5. 4th Cadfael mystery. Typical Cadfael - entertaining, good way to pass some time, but nothing overly remarkable or memorable. The Piano Teacher , Janice Y.K. Lee ... 4/5. Set in Hong Kong, 1941 - 1953. Glad I read it, but not as good as I was hoping...
- Tue June 23rd, 2009, 1:52 pm
- Forum: Feature of the Month
- Topic: June 2009: The Time of Singing by Elizabeth Chadwick
- Replies: 104
- Views: 9558
[quote=""Leo62""] I particularly liked the way William was portrayed in the latter part of the book - his prickly, adolescent pretentiousness covering a deep well of insecurity was touching and real.[/quote] Leo, I heartily endorse all of your comments, but I particularly agree with your comment abo...
- Wed June 10th, 2009, 12:47 am
- Forum: Feature of the Month
- Topic: June 2009: The Time of Singing by Elizabeth Chadwick
- Replies: 104
- Views: 9558
I'm nearly done with TTOS and what I really love are the details that bring substance, depth and life to stark historical facts. (Not a real profound statement, I know. :rolleyes :) Why else do we read historical fiction rather than an encyclopedia or other resource document? I love the description ...
- Tue June 9th, 2009, 10:05 pm
- Forum: Jean Plaidy
- Topic: Victoria Holt
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8032
Hmm, so now I see how to get a good conversation going - just mention a favorite author from our younger, teen-ager years!!! Victoria Holt was the first author I read when I moved from the Children's Library (upstairs) to the "Downstairs Library." Fast forward a generation later, & my daughter read ...
- Wed June 3rd, 2009, 6:42 pm
- Forum: By Author's Last Name R-Z
- Topic: Désirée by Anne Marie Selinko
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3024
[quote=""Miss Moppet""]My mother gave me an old Boots Booklovers Library copy of Desiree to read when I was about 14, but for some reason it's taken me 20 years to get round to it. I wish I hadn't left it so long because I think I would have enjoyed it much more as a teenager.[/quote] You are exactl...
- Sun May 31st, 2009, 6:50 pm
- Forum: By Author's Last Name R-Z
- Topic: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5139
Just add me to the list of people who are completely captivated by this book! Every once in awhile, a book comes along that is just a cut above. It's not just the quality of writing, or the development of the characters, or the cleverness of the plot ... it's ALL that and it's MORE than that as well...
- Sat May 30th, 2009, 11:20 pm
- Forum: Feature of the Month
- Topic: November 2008: The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victo
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2650
Vanessa, I quite agree with your comments about this book! Overall I was quite disappointed. I found I didn't care for any of the characters, with the exception of poor Mr. Whicher, and for the most part the book was very flat. I came away feeling just a bit cheated. I was expecting a "true crime th...