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April 9, 2015 at 10:47 am
syrin
I liked both Cold Mountain and The Hours
April 9, 2015 at 12:08 pm
Alex
Between taking this photo and now I’ve read The Hours (and really enjoyed it). I’ve seen the movie Cold Mountain, so I’m a bit afraid of the sad ending… Glad you stopped by T, how is well on your side of the line!
April 9, 2015 at 10:52 am
an open book
Reblogged this on be an open book.., and commented:
Awesome selection! I wonder how long that would take me to read between revision and desperately trying to catch up on the set texts I’ve forgotten over the year.
I do want to try The City if Falling Angels by Berendt.
Need to broaden my literary horizons from being so focused on classic Victorian novels really! Hhmmm… Interesting
Lilac, x
April 9, 2015 at 12:09 pm
Alex
Oh classic Victorian novels, how i love thee! There’s actually one in that list: Bronte’s The Professor. I’m determined that this year I’ll read the one two Bronte sisters’ book I haven’t read before: that and Shirley. Have you read them, what did you think?
April 9, 2015 at 12:12 pm
an open book
I know the story of The Professor but I really want to read it through! Shirley is a great work, but I much prefer Villette! Have you read Anne too? She my next sister to muse over!
April 9, 2015 at 12:41 pm
Alex
Anne is my favorite Bronte! I’m convinced she was the true innovator and the most ballsy of the sisters when it came to feminism, although it’s always Emily and Charlotte who get all the glory… *sigh* Have you read the family’s biography by Juliet Barker? Huge, but so amazing!
April 9, 2015 at 4:55 pm
nrlymrtl
While I haven’t read the books in your pile, I have read other books by Sarah Dunant, Arturo Perez-Reverte, and Brandon Sanderson. They were all enjoyable (i very different ways).
April 9, 2015 at 5:11 pm
Alex
I loved most of the previous Perez-Reverte that I’ve read, in particular the Club Dumas and Flanders Panel. This will be my first attempt at reading him in Spanish!
April 9, 2015 at 5:30 pm
nrlymrtl
I recently read his book The Queen of the South which was exceptionally good. My Spanish is not good enough to read him in his mother tongue.
April 9, 2015 at 8:55 pm
Trish
Cold Mountain and The Hours are both so good. If you choose The Hours, read Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf first!
April 20, 2015 at 12:53 pm
Alex
Meanwhile I’ve read The Hours and loved it! I’ve watched the CM book, so I’m less keen on that one…
April 9, 2015 at 9:52 pm
heavenali
I thought The Hours was brilliant.
April 20, 2015 at 12:53 pm
Alex
I did! And it was!
April 10, 2015 at 12:03 am
Athira
My picks would be Rice Mother and Visit from the Goon Squad. I haven’t read either of them, but would love to read them asap.
April 20, 2015 at 12:53 pm
Alex
Maybe we can read together? The Rice Mother was all the rave some years ago.
April 22, 2015 at 8:41 pm
Athira
Sure, we should! 🙂 Which one do you feel like reading?
April 14, 2015 at 10:44 pm
Katie
I love me some Lorna Landvik — I’ve read all of her books!
April 20, 2015 at 12:54 pm
Alex
A good friend told me it was one of the most hilarious books she has ever read!
April 18, 2015 at 4:27 am
stacybuckeye
I have several of these on my waiting piles too 🙂
April 20, 2015 at 12:54 pm
Alex
Planning on reading any in particular in the near future?
April 20, 2015 at 2:14 pm
stacybuckeye
Sadly, no 🙂
April 18, 2015 at 11:56 am
Lisbeth Ekelöf
I also have ‘The City of Fallen Angles’ on my shelves. I loved his ‘The Garden of Evening Mist’, so there bought this one. Not read yet though. I have tried out two books by Sarah Dunant, but I don’t seem able to continue. There is something that ‘drags’ out the stories with endless small details. I tried ‘Sacred Heart’ but had to give up. I also have started ‘The Queen’s Sorrow’ about Mary Tudor. Interesting times, but somehow I must have thought the wine was more interesting than the book, since I recently found it lying unread on the wine rack! Since I love historical fiction, I might give it a go again.
Alexander McCall Smith is always good.
Recently, I finally read CB’s ‘The Professor’. I must admit that I quite liked it, and it was an easy read. It is much more the story of the school than ‘Vilette’, although the latter is more complex. I am still trying to read ‘Shirley’ which I don’t like, but I have set myself to read it, if only to read one chapter a day to finish it!
I agree with your ideas about Anne, I think she was always in the shadow of the other two. However, with ‘The Tenant of Wildfell Hall’ she is far ahead. A wonderful book. I did not like ‘Agnes Grey’ so much, but it was ok. It just leaves out ‘Shirley’ and then I have read all the books by the sisters. Unfortunately, I must say!
April 20, 2015 at 12:57 pm
Alex
I’ve only read Berendt’s Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and found it fascinating, although I’m not one for true crime. I’ve tried at least one to start that Dunant book and never manage (maybe it’ll have to go during the next Spring Cleaning?). I’m determined to read both The Professor and Shirley this year – then I’ll FINALLY have read all Bronte novels!
April 18, 2015 at 12:53 pm
Jody
I enjoyed reading Cold Mountain back in 2004 or so ( around the same time the film version came out ).
April 20, 2015 at 12:58 pm
Alex
Cold Mountain is getting a lot of votes!
May 9, 2015 at 10:09 am
Alexandra
I was a bit disappointed by The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith. I was expecting something else entirely and I didn’t really feel anything for the main character… I haven’t read the other books, but I’ve heard great things about A Visit from the Good Squad and The Hours :).
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