Booker Price Longlist 2016
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Comments (85)Chris, maybe I should get going and finally read Making Money. I bought it when it first came out and have started reading it twice, but somehow couldn't get into it. I've finished a number of books since my last posting. They include: Brillat-Savarin's The Physiology of Taste, which is a curious and interesting book written by an obvious and avid foodie; Coraline and The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, both of which are brilliant and made me wish I could have read them when I was a child (I'm also waiting impatiently for the Coraline movie); HRF Keating's Death of a Fat God which is a wonderfully farcical murder mystery; and Boating for Beginners by Jeanette Winterson, which is just as bizarre and surreal as the rest of the books I have read by her....See MoreBooker Prize Short List 2009 is out!
Comments (18)Though it's difficult to be sure (having only read two and a half of them) I think it's the best short list since 2005 - which was an exceptional year. (I didn't agree with the winner, though!) I agree that Vernon God Little and The Gathering are two of the poorer winners of the prize. The first in particular is a dreadful book in my opinion. Mind, I remember watching a TV program on the evening of the prize award (when VGL won), and they had four people on to discuss the six books - it was obvious that all those four also thought it was the best. It was the last one discussed of the six, and there was an obvious "buzz" around all of them as they started to discuss it - it clearly appealed to all of them too. So perhaps it's just you and me......See MoreWhat do you collect?
Comments (54)teacats, Your DH's clock has me green with envy. How wonderful to have such a treasured piece! Sofas: I have an old sofa that was a wedding present to my grandmother when she got married in the early 1930's. It was in bad bad condition. I found an upholsterer who had apprenticed to the person who helped Jackie Kennedy re-do the White House and handed my couch over to him. I didn't see it for seven months and was beginning to think it was gone forever! The sofa I got back is still the same sofa, and I kept an old-fahioned look by choosing an antique-looking fabric on it, but wow! It is incredible. And much to my delight, I have a matching sofa in the basement from my other grandmother just waiting to be re-done. By the way, it was expensive but we've never regretted it. It was worth every single shiny penny. And yes, we treat it as a piece of furniture not a museum piece. It's one of my favorite places to read. especially when the snow is falling (it's near a BIG window). My black lab loves to curl up on it and the kids love to make pillow forts and sleep on it. There is no better tribute to such a gift than to use it and love using it. PAM...See MoreBest Books Read in 2017
Comments (30)I have never missed a bus due to reading, but I have missed getting off a bus at the right stop for that reason. That can be unfortunate if I end up in a dubious neighborhood. Fortunately I rarely ride buses anymore. For me the act of reading is in itself important, but much less so than what I am actually reading. Like Vee, I don't bother to finish a book that fails to hold my interest. I probably abandon a quarter or so of the books I pick up. There are thousands of books out there, and more published every year. If I live another 40 years and read 100 books a year that means that there are only 4000 books left for me. Sobering thought, that. I'm not going to waste time on books I don't enjoy. It does not all need to be great literature (and it won't be) but it does all need to be a rewarding....See More- 10 years ago
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