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Re: ANA Book Club?
« Reply #1170 on: October 12, 2009, 11:42:25 am »
People of the Book sounds very interesting from the reviews, although at 672 pages in paperback, it may take me awhile to wade through it!  I'll join in, but do not wait for me to finish reading to begin the discussion.   ;D

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Re: ANA Book Club?
« Reply #1171 on: October 12, 2009, 05:05:23 pm »
I read that and loved it, but I like all of that author's books.  March was probably my least favorite, though.
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Re: ANA Book Club?
« Reply #1172 on: October 12, 2009, 06:45:57 pm »
Priscilla, glad to hear you liked the other books by Geraldine Brooks (author of People of the Book)...I will put them on my list.  I didn't know she had written other books. 

For those of you getting ready to start the book, I did not care for the first chapter...really almost put it down...but hang in there, it changes...enjoy!

Cindy

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Re: ANA Book Club?
« Reply #1173 on: October 12, 2009, 07:17:39 pm »
Quote from: CHD63 on October 12, 2009, 11:42:25 am
People of the Book sounds very interesting from the reviews, although at 672 pages in paperback, it may take me awhile to wade through it! 

My copy (Penguin) is 368 pages. Did I get the Cliff Notes version? :) It didn't seem like a long book to me. Maybe because it is several stories connected together by a book.

I think Henry would have been very bummed if he had dropped in on a session of the Spanish Inquisition.  :P

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Re: ANA Book Club?
« Reply #1174 on: October 12, 2009, 07:50:04 pm »
I read the same one you did, Steve, and it wasn't that long.  And you are right...Henry would have had a hard time explaining his presence to the Inquisition!

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Re: ANA Book Club?
« Reply #1175 on: October 12, 2009, 08:20:27 pm »
Maybe the 672-page version is large print?

I'll have to withhold comments about Henry until I have read the book, but I believe he did know some Spanish, didn't he?

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Re: ANA Book Club?
« Reply #1176 on: October 12, 2009, 08:30:56 pm »
OK, I was afraid I had really lost it!  Check out:  http://www.bookbrowse.com/reviews/index.cfm/book_number/2073/People-of-the-Book  Obviously there must be a discrepancy on the number of pages ..... could not be a 288 page difference between the hardback version and the paperback version.  Either that or the print must be twice as big on the 672 page version.   ???  At any rate, I am relieved that it is less than 400 pages in some version.

Since I read so slowly, I hope I can find a short, paperback version to purchase .....  :-[

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Re: ANA Book Club?
« Reply #1177 on: October 12, 2009, 10:17:49 pm »
Hello ...dropping in after being MIA...did read TTW but too late for discussion ... read last two pages and looks like The People of the Book is on the tale next ...will try to get it ...and join in or at least follow along ...

I did read Where THe Wild Things Are today to my 10 and nearly 12 year old against their will ...told them we are going to see the movie if the college brings it to our little theater... they rolled their eyes at me and moaned ... may have to see it alone ... my now grown boys loved that book and spent hours on a pile of boulders that were dug up when our house was built chasing Wild THings ... the girls liked it too ... but seems the kids grew up when I wasn't looking ...

so much for memory lane .. hope to jump in
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Re: ANA Book Club?
« Reply #1178 on: October 13, 2009, 10:59:20 am »
Cindy,

JUst popped in today after a long while...i left you a PM.  I did finish Echo and was so hopping mad for DAYS.  Does that intrigue you enough to start?? LOL!  I've calmed down now, and am glad for the Lallybroch board to vent!  Can't wait to read your thoughts of the book.  Tisha
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Re: ANA Book Club?
« Reply #1179 on: October 14, 2009, 08:56:40 pm »
People of the Book ??  Haven't heard of it.  Will have to read about it on Amazon or B&N and see what it's all about.

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Re: ANA Book Club?
« Reply #1180 on: October 15, 2009, 07:03:02 am »
I have it on hold at the library...hopefully I will go get it today!

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Re: ANA Book Club?
« Reply #1181 on: October 15, 2009, 11:55:43 am »
As you guys start to read People of the Book, pay close attention to the details...they come in to play throughout the book :)

(Tisha, what?  Hopping mad?  Don't say another word about it...I'm trying to just skim through Breath of S & A to get through it quickly again, but I keep getting caught up and looks like I'll just re-read the whole thing...what is the Lallybroch board?  A forum to discuss the series?  I got your PM...)

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Re: ANA Book Club?
« Reply #1182 on: October 15, 2009, 08:14:52 pm »
Think I'll sit this one out - sounds a little too historical to me.

I need to read "fluff" for a few weeks.  Will jump back in again on the next book.

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Re: ANA Book Club?
« Reply #1183 on: October 15, 2009, 08:18:37 pm »
I got it today...but I am wondering what Jan said - did y'all try to slip some non-fiction in on me??  I'll let you know what I think...

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Re: ANA Book Club?
« Reply #1184 on: October 15, 2009, 11:04:51 pm »
I need to read something serious for a change ...in my down time I have been pre-reading for 6-8 grade teachers ... had a stack of maybe a dozen books ... most all deal with ghosts or hauntings ... last years bunch had alot of death or family illnesses in their theme... one is Chasing Lincons Killer ... it is suppose to be documentary but is written choppy jumping back and forth between who did what when and is confusing ...I keep haveing to flip back and forth to figure out who was where and what part they played ...

Two are Roald Dahl books ...Witches and Fantastic Mr Fox...not new but not in the library and they were in the last book order form for a buck a piece ... so copies were bought so I could say yay or nay... would let my kids read any of the books I have read ...they just aren't for me ...

an adult book would be welcome change
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