JB Book Club - Page 4

TryingJudd · 01-06-2013, 07:51 AM

Loved the Poisonwood Bible but try as I might could not get through Cloud Atlas!

mom23kids · 01-06-2013, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Joyjoy

Sunday, I'm with Cindy - loved Poisonwood Bible. But have also loved everything else she's written. You'd swear a different author wrote each of her books.
Love Of Mice and Men, too, although I love it most on stage.
And To Kill A Mockingbird! That was her first and only book, wasn't it?

It was

Finished it last night and liked it-it didn't feel as dated as I thought it would be, with it being over 50 years and dealing with social issues. I gave it a 4/5 rating.

Joyjoy · 01-06-2013, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by TryingJudd

Loved the Poisonwood Bible but try as I might could not get through Cloud Atlas!

You might still love Back Swan Green by him.

bbnot · 01-09-2013, 03:11 PM

I just finished The Guernsey Literary and Sweet Potato Pie Society by Marianne Schaffer and Annie Barrows. Loved it!

Kismet311 · 01-09-2013, 03:17 PM

Just picked up Notorious Nineteen from the library. I can't wait to see what Lula has been up to!

sunday · 01-09-2013, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by bbnot

I just finished The Guernsey Literary and Sweet Potato Pie Society by Marianne Schaffer and Annie Barrows. Loved it!

I have this on my list. I hope I love it as well!

KeirasMom · 01-09-2013, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Kismet311

Just picked up Notorious Nineteen from the library. I can't wait to see what Lula has been up to!

mom23kids · 01-10-2013, 04:22 AM

This week I finally read Dr. Johnson's book, as well as the Fast 5 ebook by Bert Herring, SOS Diet (Stop Only Sugar) by James Surrell and Diets in a Nutshell by Mary Josephine Scales. For fiction I read Opal by Jennifer Armentrout (YA PNR) and right now I'm about halfway through Dead Sky Morning by Karina Halle. If you like X-Files type of stuff this is a fun series. It's about amateur ghost hunters who are starting a web show, and they get themselves in crazy situations. Lot's of sarcastic humor, romantic tension and weird stuff going on

Librarygirl · 01-10-2013, 06:33 AM

Speaking of classics, I read Rebecca by du Maurier for the first time last year, lol. If you haven't ever read it, it's great. Of course, then I watched Hitchcock's version on t.v.

Also re-read Jane Eyre and fell in love with it again. I'm off to read Steinbeck now, and thank you for reminding me...so glad I work in a library!

Librarygirl · 01-10-2013, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by bbnot

I just finished The Guernsey Literary and Sweet Potato Pie Society by Marianne Schaffer and Annie Barrows. Loved it!

Loved this too!!

LoCarbGal · 01-10-2013, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Librarygirl

Speaking of classics, I read Rebecca by du Maurier for the first time last year, lol. If you haven't ever read it, it's great. Of course, then I watched Hitchcock's version on t.v.

Also re-read Jane Eyre and fell in love with it again. I'm off to read Steinbeck now, and thank you for reminding me...so glad I work in a library!

Oh my gosh, Rebecca is one of my all time favorite books, and the movie is good too. Thanks for reminding me. I may need to dig my copy out and re-read it.

mom23kids · 01-10-2013, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Librarygirl

Speaking of classics, I read Rebecca by du Maurier for the first time last year, lol. If you haven't ever read it, it's great. Of course, then I watched Hitchcock's version on t.v.

Also re-read Jane Eyre and fell in love with it again. I'm off to read Steinbeck now, and thank you for reminding me...so glad I work in a library!

Rebecca is on my tbr list

LoCarbGal · 01-10-2013, 09:54 AM

I've been having an urge to dig out a bunch of my old favorites lately. Like the James Herriott books - All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Bright and Beautiful, etc. Those were great and made me truly laugh and cry. Jane Austen is always a favorite too. Hmmm, I'm developing quite a list/stack!

Zib · 01-10-2013, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by LoCarbGal

Oh my gosh, Rebecca is one of my all time favorite books, and the movie is good too. Thanks for reminding me. I may need to dig my copy out and re-read it.

At a get-together my friends and I were discussing books we've read over and over and Rebecca was one of them. Surprisingly for 5 of us, our to-be-read-again-and-again books were all Daphne DuMaurier books.

I like to reread "My Cousin Rachel" immediately, just to read it through with a firm guilty or innocent mindset.

Kismet311 · 01-10-2013, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by mom23kids

Rebecca is on my tbr list

I read Rebecca in high school and absolutely loved it! Still one of my favorites. I should read it again.

I did get to start Notorious Nineteen last night before bed...so far Lula ate a whole box of donuts

Kissa · 01-10-2013, 03:28 PM

Funny, I was thinking about my Cousin Rachel earlier today when I looked in here. She wrote such amazing strong storeies. The Birds, Don't Look Now, Frenchman's Creek.

Have you any of you read Rebecca's Tale? Sorry, can't think of the author just now but it was published with the go ahead from her estate. A good, though not great, read.

Just checked, it is by Sally Beauman.

KeirasMom · 01-10-2013, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Kismet311

I read Rebecca in high school and absolutely loved it! Still one of my favorites. I should read it again.

I did get to start Notorious Nineteen last night before bed...so far Lula ate a whole box of donuts

She's only just begun.

LoCarbGal · 01-10-2013, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Kissa

Funny, I was thinking about my Cousin Rachel earlier today when I looked in here. She wrote such amazing strong storeies. The Birds, Don't Look Now, Frenchman's Creek.

Have you any of you read Rebecca's Tale? Sorry, can't think of the author just now but it was published with the go ahead from her estate. A good, though not great, read.

Just checked, it is by Sally Beauman.

I read Rebecca's Tale some years ago. It was an okay story, but I was disappointed and didn't think it stood up to DDM's writing.

Librarygirl · 01-11-2013, 07:15 AM

Not sure if this has already been recommended in this thread but loved it! "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn (and everything else she's written). Also remembered that I recently read, "The Night Strangers" by Chris Bohjalian. Both of these are suspense/thrillers: My FAVE!!!

Zib · 01-11-2013, 07:54 AM

I just finished listening to "The Map of Time" and "The Map of the Sky" by Felix J. Palma. Had a lot of fun with "Time" the first book. Three stories that intertwine, all centering on H. G. Wells and his book, "The Time Machine". "Sky" concerns his book "War of the Worlds" and alien invasion. The omniscient narrator is a hoot to listen to.

mom23kids · 01-11-2013, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Zib

I just finished listening to "The Map of Time" and "The Map of the Sky" by Felix J. Palma. Had a lot of fun with "Time" the first book. Three stories that intertwine, all centering on H. G. Wells and his book, "The Time Machine". "Sky" concerns his book "War of the Worlds" and alien invasion. The omniscient narrator is a hoot to listen to.

I've read The Map of Time and really liked it. I need to read the other one!

Just finished Dead Sky Morning by Karina Halle. Love this series and I've already bought the ebook of the next one

mom23kids · 01-11-2013, 10:28 AM

Oh my goodness-just saw the movie trailer on Youtube for Warm Bodies, which is based on one of my all time favorite zombie books, Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion. I am so dragging my husband to the theater to watch this

Joyjoy · 01-11-2013, 11:39 AM

The Elegance of the Hedgehog. Muriel Barbery.
Wonderful. Anybody read this one?

mom23kids · 01-11-2013, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Joyjoy

The Elegance of the Hedgehog. Muriel Barbery.
Wonderful. Anybody read this one?

Just looked it up on Goodreads and added it to my tbr list

sungoddess · 01-11-2013, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Librarygirl

Not sure if this has already been recommended in this thread but loved it! "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn (and everything else she's written). Also remembered that I recently read, "The Night Strangers" by Chris Bohjalian. Both of these are suspense/thrillers: My FAVE!!!

I recommended that awhile back, but now I am going to try your recommendation for The Night Strangers. I love suspense/thrillers. I just finished Gillian Flynn's first book, Sharp Objects. It was a good read and disturbing on so many levels.

Zib · 01-11-2013, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Joyjoy

The Elegance of the Hedgehog. Muriel Barbery.
Wonderful. Anybody read this one?

I did this as an audio book some time back. Yes, a wonderful book. Also disturbing and definitely unforgettable.

svenskamae · 01-11-2013, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Joyjoy

The Elegance of the Hedgehog. Muriel Barbery.
Wonderful. Anybody read this one?

I did, too.

I believe that it has also been made into a French film, and I'm looking forward to seeing that. (I'm a movie addict, too; maybe we should start a film club thread, also. Anyone besides me interested in that?)

Librarygirl · 01-11-2013, 01:37 PM

I'm in the mood for a twisted thriller.

I found two in Library Journal earlier that I'm dying to read, but they are not published yet. Hate to waste money on yet another ebook that is not that good. Recommendations?

Kismet311 · 01-11-2013, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Librarygirl

I'm in the mood for a twisted thriller.

I found two in Library Journal earlier that I'm dying to read, but they are not published yet. Hate to waste money on yet another ebook that is not that good. Recommendations?

Can you give us an example of a twisted thriller?? Like, a thriller with a crazy person in it? LOL

svenskamae · 01-11-2013, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Librarygirl

I'm in the mood for a twisted thriller.

I found two in Library Journal earlier that I'm dying to read, but they are not published yet. Hate to waste money on yet another ebook that is not that good. Recommendations?

I'm not sure that it's twisted enough for you, but have you read any of Denise Mina's mysteries? I suggest starting with "Field of Blood"; I really like Patty, her heroine, who is a struggling Scottish reporter investigating a crime in which two 10-year old boys are accused of killing a toddler.

Have you read Patricia Highsmith's work? They are excellent psychological mysteries.

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Kissa Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 16,464 Gallery: Kissa Stats: 184/124/126 5'3" Age 65 WOE: JUDDD/5:2 Start Date: 2001 Atkins -50 2011 JUDDD - 10	Funny, I was thinking about my Cousin Rachel earlier today when I looked in here. She wrote such amazing strong storeies. The Birds, Don't Look Now, Frenchman's Creek. Have you any of you read Rebecca's Tale? Sorry, can't think of the author just now but it was published with the go ahead from her estate. A good, though not great, read. Just checked, it is by Sally Beauman. Last edited by Kissa; 01-10-2013 at 03:29 PM..

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01-06-2013, 07:51 AM	#91
TryingJudd Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 1,677 Gallery: TryingJudd Stats: Started Judd on 3.26.12 WOE: Judd Start Date: 3.26.12	Loved the Poisonwood Bible but try as I might could not get through Cloud Atlas!

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bbnot Junior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 10 Gallery: bbnot Stats: 170/168/Size 6 WOE: JUDDD Start Date: 01/01/13	I just finished The Guernsey Literary and Sweet Potato Pie Society by Marianne Schaffer and Annie Barrows. Loved it!

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Kismet311 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: New York Posts: 891 Gallery: Kismet311 Stats: 161/131.8/125 WOE: TOPS/Juddd	Just picked up Notorious Nineteen from the library. I can't wait to see what Lula has been up to!

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mom23kids Established Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: The Library Posts: 2,491 Gallery: mom23kids Stats: Maintenance WOE: JUDDD for WL/5:2 IF for maintenance	This week I finally read Dr. Johnson's book, as well as the Fast 5 ebook by Bert Herring, SOS Diet (Stop Only Sugar) by James Surrell and Diets in a Nutshell by Mary Josephine Scales. For fiction I read Opal by Jennifer Armentrout (YA PNR) and right now I'm about halfway through Dead Sky Morning by Karina Halle. If you like X-Files type of stuff this is a fun series. It's about amateur ghost hunters who are starting a web show, and they get themselves in crazy situations. Lot's of sarcastic humor, romantic tension and weird stuff going on

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01-11-2013, 07:15 AM	#109
Librarygirl Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: South Carolina Posts: 3,762 Gallery: Librarygirl Stats: HW 207/(JUDDD) 198/CW 180/GW 130 5'4 49 yo WOE: JUDDD Start Date: Low calorie 6/12 ; Low carb 9/12/ ; JUDDD 11/13/12	Not sure if this has already been recommended in this thread but loved it! "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn (and everything else she's written). Also remembered that I recently read, "The Night Strangers" by Chris Bohjalian. Both of these are suspense/thrillers: My FAVE!!!

01-11-2013, 07:54 AM	#110
Zib Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: usually at home Posts: 2,552 Gallery: Zib WOE: JUDDD Start Date: August 2012 - Cholesterol down 70 points!	I just finished listening to "The Map of Time" and "The Map of the Sky" by Felix J. Palma. Had a lot of fun with "Time" the first book. Three stories that intertwine, all centering on H. G. Wells and his book, "The Time Machine". "Sky" concerns his book "War of the Worlds" and alien invasion. The omniscient narrator is a hoot to listen to.

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mom23kids Established Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: The Library Posts: 2,491 Gallery: mom23kids Stats: Maintenance WOE: JUDDD for WL/5:2 IF for maintenance	Oh my goodness-just saw the movie trailer on Youtube for Warm Bodies, which is based on one of my all time favorite zombie books, Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion. I am so dragging my husband to the theater to watch this

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Joyjoy Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 1,690 Gallery: Joyjoy Stats: 150?/134/136 5'8" 50 yo WOE: JUDDD Start Date: 4-19-12	The Elegance of the Hedgehog. Muriel Barbery. Wonderful. Anybody read this one?

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Librarygirl Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: South Carolina Posts: 3,762 Gallery: Librarygirl Stats: HW 207/(JUDDD) 198/CW 180/GW 130 5'4 49 yo WOE: JUDDD Start Date: Low calorie 6/12 ; Low carb 9/12/ ; JUDDD 11/13/12	I'm in the mood for a twisted thriller. I found two in Library Journal earlier that I'm dying to read, but they are not published yet. Hate to waste money on yet another ebook that is not that good. Recommendations?