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- Mon June 28th, 2010, 3:03 am
- Forum: Member Reading Logs - 2010
- Topic: Chatterbox's 2010 Reading Log!
- Replies: 43
- Views: 4926
Michy, Didn't think much of it, honestly. I'd give it three stars, maybe? I find the format tedious, generally, and he's not a good enough writer to overcome that. I read it mostly because I live in NYC and so was curious. A disappointment, though... I read rapidly and eclectically; I do sleep, but ...
- Sun June 27th, 2010, 5:54 am
- Forum: Member Reading Logs - 2010
- Topic: Chatterbox's 2010 Reading Log!
- Replies: 43
- Views: 4926
June: Non-fiction: In Pursuit of Silence by George Prochnik The Zanzibar Chest by Aidan Hartley Searching for Order by Anna Pavord The Music Room by William Fiennes The Last Stand by Nathaniel Philbrick Philanthrocapitalism by Matthew Bishop How to Live: A Life of Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell The Wom...
- Sun May 23rd, 2010, 3:36 pm
- Forum: Member Reading Logs - 2010
- Topic: Chatterbox's 2010 Reading Log!
- Replies: 43
- Views: 4926
Second half of May: Non-fiction: Mrs Adams in Winter by Michael O'Brien Murder in the High Himalaya by Jonathan Green (ARC) South from Barbary by Justin Marozzi Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick The Friendship: Wordsworth & Coleridge by Adam Sisman Fiction: A Loyal Character Dancer by Qiu Xiaolong ...
- Sat May 15th, 2010, 10:00 pm
- Forum: Chat
- Topic: Sorry to be AWOL....
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1054
- Sat May 15th, 2010, 4:20 am
- Forum: Chat
- Topic: Sorry to be AWOL....
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1054
Sorry to be AWOL....
Hi gang, Just a quick note to bring you folks up to speed. I'm immersed in book mania right now. My book about Wall Street is due out on June 15, having been pushed up by 2 weeks because of the upheaval re Goldman Sachs, and it's been as much as I can do to keep up with the marketing people and my r...
- Wed May 5th, 2010, 3:48 am
- Forum: Member Reading Logs - 2010
- Topic: Chatterbox's 2010 Reading Log!
- Replies: 43
- Views: 4926
First half of May: Non-fiction: Everything is Broken by Emma Larkin (ARC) Ill Fares the Land by Tony Judt The War for the Wall Street Journal by Sarah Ellison Fiction: Felicia's Journey by William Trevor The Sonnet Lover by Carol Goodman This Body of Death by Elizabeth George One Day in May by Cath...
- Sat April 24th, 2010, 4:17 am
- Forum: Archives
- Topic: Book Shopping Today (2010 edition)
- Replies: 1411
- Views: 79726
- Sat April 24th, 2010, 1:09 am
- Forum: By Country/Continent
- Topic: Japan
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6482
Thanks Ariadne; I may end up buying it (didn't choose it from Vine), but will take a look at it first. Don't want to invest if I end up stymied by the style. Another thought - The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki. Much more recent -- circa 1940s/1950s, as I recall -- but brilliant about social ...
- Fri April 23rd, 2010, 7:40 pm
- Forum: By Country/Continent
- Topic: Japan
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6482
- Fri April 23rd, 2010, 7:19 pm
- Forum: Chat
- Topic: The best thing today
- Replies: 2019
- Views: 136302