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Beartown Not the cliche you expect. "complex characters and a tight narrative." The first third of the book was setting up for the remainder and little else. Almost put it down.
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| Pinta & the Santa Maria Has Achieved Nirvana  |
Yes! I read it last year and loved it. Right now, I'm enjoying "The Overstory," a series of short stories that all feature trees as a cohesive thread. To be clear, it is a series of distinct stories that don't connect, but all feature trees in some way. Sounds weird, but it isn't. Beautiful writing, won the Pulitzer and short-listed for the Man Booker prize. Totally recommended. | |||
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| czarina Has Achieved Nirvana  |
Wish I'd seen this recommendation a week ago. Just got back from a week in a cabin on a lake. We mined the local used book store. Just finished reading "An Equal Music" by Vikram Seth. About a second violinist in a string quartet and his ill fated romance with a pianist. Lots of obscure musical references and very well written.
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| Foregoing Practicing to Post Minor Deity  |
Somehow I never read fiction and spend too much time on the Times and New Yorker. But this past week, while in Europe for rehearsals and concerts, I underwent an involuntary media blackout. The entertainment system was kaput on the flights in both directions. The hotel TV had no English-language channels that were working. I had no smartphone or laptop with me. But I'd brought a paperback copy of Moby-Dick from the library, and actually started reading it. Somehow I'd never read it in my youth. So I'm now 120 pages or so into it, about a fifth of the way, and I'm getting into it. In honor of Melville's 200th birthday!
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| Pinta & the Santa Maria Has Achieved Nirvana |
I love Vikram Seth--haven't read anything of his I didn't enjoy thoroughly. | |||
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| knitterati Beatification Candidate  |
Highly recommended to me: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. I have it reserved from the library (for Kindle). I also reserved his Rules of Civility, which will come to me quicker, since it’s older and not in demand. Have you read these?
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Y'all are voracious readers. Daniel, expecting my new glasses any day | |||
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Chas, Fredrik Backman is a fantastic author. Read his other stuff if you haven't already. I've added Beartown to my reading list! | |||
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| Has Achieved Nirvana |
A friend recommended A Gentleman in Moscow. She loved it. Could not get interested.
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Will be looking at more of Backman's work.
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I recently read a book called Catacombs. It was so good, I re-read it several times.  | |||
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Have it. Must read Burials first. That will be my next book. Somehow I had not read Artifacts until recently. It is super.
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| Pinta & the Santa Maria Has Achieved Nirvana |
Correction: The stories in "The Overstory" CONNECT! That's all I'm going to say, but it is totally incredible writing.  | |||
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| Serial origamist Has Achieved Nirvana  |
I just finished Relics. It was in my travel bag, so I only read it on airplanes and in hotels. It took me about three years.
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I'd be so lost. I can't remember what I read last week. | |||
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