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[smoky22]

On 10/25/2014 Dawg lover said: Smoky, I read "THE ROSIE PROJECT" a while back, and thought it was really cute. They're going to make a movie out of it too. I liked the Agatha Raisin book as well.

Thanks, Dawg lover. I didn't know The Rosie Project was going to be a movie. I can see how that might be good. The book is very enjoyable. There is a sequel coming out in December called The Rosie Effect.

[Linders Back]

Finished THE GHOST WRITER. One of those books that was fun to read but when it ended you just said "What was I thinking?" Told with alternating chapters that were ghost stories that in themselves were riveting, but the whole book just ended flat.

Now reading The Widow Clicquot , a biography about the founder of the champagne empire in the days of the French Revolution. Just started so can't really comment yet.

[Sagal]

I just finished SOME LUCK by JANE SMILEY, a Pulitzer prize winning author. This is a new book and is the first in a trilogy about a farm family in Iowa. Starting in 1920 each chapter covers one year. Sooooooo....I thought wow just my kind of book - I love a good saga! Well, was I wrong - this book was BORING. I finished it because I kept thinking it was going to get better but it was soooooo slow, painfully so, that I couldn't wait til I finally finished it. I don't get it - the other Pulitzer price winning author's book I read was OLIVE KITTEREDGE and I didn't like that either. They are now making O. K. into a miniseries on HBO - think I'll skip it.

[SWEET]

On 10/29/2014 SAgal said: I just finished SOME LUCK by JANE SMILEY, a Pulitzer prize winning author. This is a new book and is the first in a trilogy about a farm family in Iowa. Starting in 1920 each chapter covers one year. Sooooooo....I thought wow just my kind of book - I love a good saga! Well, was I wrong - this book was BORING. I finished it because I kept thinking it was going to get better but it was soooooo slow, painfully so, that I couldn't wait til I finally finished it. I don't get it - the other Pulitzer price winning author's book I read was OLIVE KITTEREDGE and I didn't like that either. They are now making O. K. into a miniseries on HBO - think I'll skip it.

Some Luck is on my list. One chapter per year? OMG. I never read her other books but this one sounded interesting. I'll give it a shot. As for Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout, I totally agree. How did this win a Pulitzer?

[insomniac]

I had received an advance copy of Jane Smiley's Some Luck.

I adored it. In fact, I purchased a few copies to give as gifts this Christmas.

Smiley brought us inside all her characters: each is unique and views life in a slightly different way.

I think the trilogy is an amazing idea/challenge. I look forward to the next books!

[glmama]

Hi-Haven't posted on this thread for some time, but I do love seeing what everyone's reading! I'm currently reading Once We Were Brothers. About 1/2 way through. I'm not enjoying it, and finding it a bit tedious and not well-written--despite all of the book's glowing reviews.

[glmama]

Oh, sorry, book's author is Ronald Balson.

[Lilysmom]

Having trouble getting 'hooked' on my next book. Any suggestions for something that grabs you right away? TIA. LM

[Judaline]

On 10/31/2014 glmama said: Hi-Haven't posted on this thread for some time, but I do love seeing what everyone's reading! I'm currently reading Once We Were Brothers. About 1/2 way through. I'm not enjoying it, and finding it a bit tedious and not well-written--despite all of the book's glowing reviews.

OMgosh, I LOVED that book. Have been waiting and waiting for a new one. I have been to his website and maybe I'm crazy, but he's got kind of an ego-he's already got the movie cast, but I guess it's just in his mind because he's had no offers, lol. I don't care, loved that book. Also loved The Paris Architect. Still waiting for something new from that author.

[Lilysmom]

Must check out THE PARIS ARCHITECT.