tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24632161429103703462024-02-19T00:22:43.799-05:00Fresh Ink Books RECOMMENDING GOOD LITERARY FICTIONSandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06265301061583417768noreply@blogger.comBlogger374125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463216142910370346.post-77163302547413180712013-01-09T14:18:00.000-05:002013-01-11T14:33:30.478-05:00Man Asian Awards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Between Clay and Dust by Musharraf Ali Farooqi (Pakistan)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Briefcase by Hiromi Kawakami (Japan</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Silent House by Orhan Pamuk (Turkey)</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng (Malaysia)</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil (India)</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Completed:<br /><br />The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng (Malaysia)****<br />Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil (India)****+<br />Ru, Kim Thúy by (Vietnam)***+ (longlist)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Bathing Women by Tie Ning (China)<br />Silent House by Orhan Pamuk (Turkey)<br />Thinner Than Skin by Uzma Aslam Khan (Pakistan)<br />Honour by Elif Shafak (Turkey)<br /><br />Unavailable to me at present:<br /><br />Goat Days by Benyamin (India)<br />Between Clay and Dust by Musharraf Ali Farooqi (Pakistan)<br />Another Country by Anjali Joseph (India)<br />The Briefcase by Hiromi Kawakami (Japan)<br />Black Flower by Young-Ha Kim (South Korea)<br />Island of a Thousand Mirrors by Nayomi Munaweera (Sri Lanka)<br />Northern Girls by Sheng Keyi (China)<br />The Road To Urbino by Roma Tearne (Sri Lanka /UK)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2011 Awards:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin (South Korea) WINNER<br />The Wandering Falcon by Jamil Ahmad (Pakistan)<br />River of Smoke by Anitav Ghosh (India)<br />Rebirth by Jahnavi Barua (India)<br />The Sly Company of People Who Care by Rahul Bhattacharya (India)<br />Dream of Ding Village by Yan Lianke (China)<br />The Lake by Banana Yoshimoto (Japan)<br /> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Comments, recommendations and links to reviews are always welcomed.</span>Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06265301061583417768noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463216142910370346.post-45398532433833085892013-01-08T00:50:00.002-05:002013-01-11T14:35:52.692-05:00Top Ten Tuesday Jan 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Top Ten Bookish Goals For 2013 (Jan.8)<br />
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1.Read more of my own books from my personal library.<br />
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2.Update my LibraryThing and Goodreads accounts. <br />
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3.Sort and shelve the 400 books I've Bookmooched and traded.<br />
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4.Read the books I've resolved to instead of going by mood as I usually do. To wit:<br />
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5.Top Ten Books I Resolve To Read In 2013:<br />
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1. The Bathing Women by Tie Ning (China) Man Asian Award longlist 2013<br />
2. The Painted Girls by Catharine Marie Buchanan (Canada) Jan.10 release<br />
3. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria) Feb. 19 release<br />
4. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini (Afghanistan/US) May 10 release <br />
5. To Kill a MockingBird by Harper Lee (US)<br />
6. The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan (US)<br />
7. The Wandering Falcon by Jamil Ahmad (Pakistan)<br />
8. The Cook by Wyne Macauly (AUS)<br />
9. See Now Then by Jamaica Kincaid (Antigua/US) Feb. 5 release<br />
10. So Long A Letter - Mariama Ba (Senegal)<br />
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6.Translation Challenge:<br />
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1.Red Sorghum by Mo Yan (China)<br />
2.The Bathing Women Tie Ning (China)<br />
3.So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba (Senegal)<br />
4.Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Russia)<br />
5.Kokoro by Natsume Soseki (Japan)<br />
6.Fatelessness by Imre Kertesz (Hungary)<br />
7.Raised from the Ground by Jose Saramago (Portugal)<br />
8.Climates by André Maurois (France)<br />
9.The Elephant Keepers' Children by Peter Høeg (Denmark)<br />
10.Hostage by Elie Wiesel (France)<br />
12.The Secret History of Costaguana by Juan Gabriel Va´squez (Columbia)<br />
13.From the Mouth of the Whale by Sjon (Iceland)<br />
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7.Tbr Challenge:<br />
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1.Plum Wine by Angela Davis-Gardner (US)<br />
2.So Long A Letter by Mariama Ba (Senegal)<br />
3.Paradise by Toni Morrison (US)<br />
4.To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (US)<br />
5.The Red and the Green by Iris Murdoch (UK)<br />
6.Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria)<br />
7.Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Russia)<br />
8.Sarah Thornhill by Kate Grenville (Australia)<br />
9.The Wandering Falcon by Jamil Ahmad (Pakistan)<br />
11.Jazz by Toni Morrison (US)<br />
12.The Fable by William Faulkner (US)<br />
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8.Update my blog, layout etc.<br />
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9.Try to post at least once a week. Posting has become difficult for me and I've just been tweeting my reading recommendations for several months now. <br />
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10.Keep all literary book awards up to date. I currently follow about 15 and find most of my best reading experiences there, as well as books I wouldn't otherwise hear about. The heading at the top under Awards is linked to a page that list them all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">An ongoing project to read the Costa Prize fiction winners from1971 when the prize (then called the Whitbread) was established to the present. I will be reading all of the fiction and first novel winners and any shortlist nominees that appeal to me. There are no longlists provided for this prize and shortlists contain only four nominees. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="color: #660000;">2012 Winners</span> announced Jan.3, 2013:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">2012 Costa Novel Award shortlist:<br /><br />Hilary Mantel - Bring up the Bodies <span style="color: #660000;">(Winner!)</span><br />Stephen May - Life! Death! Prizes! <br />James Meek - The Heart Broke In <br />Joff Winterhart - Days of the Bagnold Summer <br /><br />2012 Costa First Novel Award shortlist<br /><br />J. W. Ironmonger - The Notable Brain of Maximilian Ponder <br />Jess Richards - Snake Ropes <br />Francesca Segal - The Innocents <span style="color: #660000;">(Winner!)</span><br />Benjamin Wood - The Bellwether Revivals </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Costa Novel Award 2011</span><br />
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• Pure**** by Andrew Miller <span style="color: #660000;">(Winner)</span><br />
• The Sense of an Ending**** by Julian Barnes<br />
• A Summer of Drowning by John Burnside<br />
• My Dear I Wanted to Tell You by Louisa Young </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Costa First Novel Award 2011<br />
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• Tiny Sunbirds Far Away****+ by Christie Watson <span style="color: #660000;">(Winner)</span><br />
• City of Bohane by Kevin Barry<br />
• The Last Hundred Days by Patrick McGuinness<br />
• Pao by Kerry Young</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #660000;">Winners read:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">2010 Pure**** by Andrew Miller </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">2010 Tiny Sunbirds Far Away****+ by Christie Watson</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial;">2010 The Hand That First Held Mine**** by Maggie O'Farrell</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2008 The Secret Scripture***** by Sebastian Barry<br />
2008 The Outcast**** by Sadie Jones<br />
2007 What Was Lost***** by Catherine O'Flynn<br />
2007 Day**** by A L Kennedy<br />
2006 The Tenderness of Wolves****+ by Stef Penney<br />
1985 Hawksmoor***** by Peter Ackroyd (read twice)<br />
1972 The Bird of Night**** by Susan Hill </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Also read, from the shortlists:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">2010 The Sense of an Ending**** by Julian Barnes</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2009 The Elephant Keeper****+by Christpher Nicholson (reviewed)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2009 The Music Room**** by William Fiennes (Biography)<br />
2008 The Other Hand***** by Chris Cleave (Little Bee in US) reviewed<br />
2008 Trauma***** by Patrick McGrath <br />
2008 The Behaviour of Moths**** by Poppy Adams <br />
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2007 Death of a Murderer***** by Rupert Thomson reviewed<br />
1983 Flying to Nowhere**** by John Fuller<br />
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2005 The Silk Factory by Tash Aw<br />
2003 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon<br />
2000 White Teeth by Zadie Smith<br />
1978 Picture Palace by Paul Theroux<br />
1974 The Sacred & Profane Love Machine by Iris Murdoch</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Which have you read and can recommend? Comments, requests for brief reviews or links to reviews are always welcome. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Also working her way through Costa Book Award winners:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.rosecityreader.com/2009/06/list-of-day-costa-book-of-year-award.html">Rose City Reader</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 1. The Bathing Women by Tie Ning (China) Man Asian Award longlist 2013<br />
2. The Painted Girls by Catharine Marie Buchanan (Canada) Jan.10 release<br />
3. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria) Feb. 19 release<br />
4. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini (Afghanistan/US) May 10 release (cover unavailable at this time)<br />
5. To Kill a MockingBird by Harper Lee (US)<br />
6. The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan (US)<br />
7. The Wandering Falcon by Jamil Ahmad (Pakistan)<br />
8. The Cook by Wyne Macauly (AUS) <br />
9. See Now Then by Jamaica Kincaid (Antigua/US) Feb. 5 release<br />
10. So Long A Letter - Mariama Ba (Senegal)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Next week: Top Ten Bookish Goals For 2013. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Comments, reading suggestions, links to reviews, or requests for brief reviews are always welcomed.</span>Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06265301061583417768noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463216142910370346.post-83246139649442114782012-12-29T16:50:00.001-05:002013-01-01T02:46:11.793-05:00Translation Challenge 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hosted by Ellie at <a href="http://www.curiositykilledthebookworm.net/2012/12/2013-translation-challenge.html">Curiosity Killed the Bookworm</a>.<br /><br />Read one translated book a month.<br /><br />Tbr in 2013:<br /><br />Red Sorghum by Mo Yan (China)<br />The Bathing Women Tie Ning (China)<br />So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba (Senegal)<br />Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Russia)<br />Kokoro by Natsume Soseki (Japan)<br />Fatelessness by Imre Kertesz (Hungary)<br />Raised from the Ground by Jose Saramago (Portugal)<br />Climates by André Maurois (France)<br />The Elephant Keepers' Children by Peter Høeg (Denmark)<br />Hostage by Elie Wiesel (France)<br />The Secret History of Costaguana by Juan Gabriel Vásquez (Columbia)<br />From the Mouth of the Whale by Sjon (Iceland)<br /><br />Comments, reading suggestions, links to reviews, or requests for brief reviews are always welcomed.</span>Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06265301061583417768noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463216142910370346.post-24557179823977102352012-12-29T14:36:00.000-05:002013-01-01T02:47:56.406-05:00TBR Pile Challenge 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hosted by Adam at <a href="http://roofbeamreader.com/2012/11/23/announcing-the-2013-tbr-pile-challenge/">Roof Beam Reader</a><br /><br />Read 12 books that have been on your bookshelf or your tbr list for AT LEAST one full year. <br /><br />I plan to read in 2013: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Plum Wine by Angela Davis-Gardner<br />So Long A Letter by Mariama Ba <br />Paradise by Toni Morrison<br />To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee<br />The Red and the Green by Iris Murdoch<br />Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie<br />Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky<br />Sarah Thornhill by Kate Grenville<br />The Wandering Falcon by Jamil Ahmad<br />Red Sorghum by Mo Yan<br />Jazz by Toni Morrison<br />The Fable by William Faulkner</span><br />
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<br />Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06265301061583417768noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463216142910370346.post-80070749648795772842012-11-17T18:18:00.000-05:002012-11-18T12:31:32.633-05:00Library Loot 14 - 20 November<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and this week by Marg from <a href="http://www.theintrepidreader.com/2012/11/library-loot-14-to-20-november.html">The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader </a>that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. Write up your post-feel free to use the button and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out what other participants are getting from their libraries.</span><br />
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Author's first novel after retiring.<br />
Involves the death of a child, highly recommended.<br />
Enjoyed as much as Ian McEwan's The Child in Time****+<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What Happened to My Sister by Elizabeth Flock 2012 <br />
Sequel to Emma & Me (2005), which was astoundingly good*****<br />
Much of that happened in Emma & Me was altered for this second book-she should have left well enough alone. Emotional sop for the reader only reason for this sequel.<br />
Don't miss reading Me & Emma, whether or not you read this one.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan 2012 UK<br />
1970s espionage, much better than expected given the subject, recommended.<br />
My 11th by this author, enjoyed all immensely except Solar***<br />
Favourite: Saturday****<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Painted Bridge***** by Wendy Wallace 2012 UK<br />
Award winning journalist's first novel after 2 books of nonfiction, and short stories<br />
1850s women's "insane asylum" story<br />
A pox on all 19th century doctors and husbands.<br />
Couldn't read it fast enough!<br />
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The Mirrored World by Debra Dean 2012<br />
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Also recommend highly: The Madonnas of Leningrad****+ by Debra Dean<br />
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Hostage by Elie Wiesel 2012<br />
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for <a href="http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/about/jewish-book-month.html">Jewish Book Month</a>, I enjoy all of his books<br />
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Altered Light by John Banville 2012<br />
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Loved The Sea and The Book of Evidence but this one is not my cuppa.<br />
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May not finish...<br />
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The Coward's Tale by Vanessa Gebbie <br />
After 52 pages it's not ringing any bells for me...<br />
Have you read it? Does it redeem itself eventually?<br />
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In the queue...<br />
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The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers <br />
A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar by Suzanne Joinson<br />
Sarah Thornhill by Kate Grenville <br />
The Forrests by Emily Perkins <br />
Winter Journal by Paul Auster<br />
and new books by Michael Chabon, Barbara Kingsolver, Patrick Somerville, Edeet Ravel, Rose Tremain, Matthew Dicks, Joanne Harris, Peter Hoeg, Tan Twan Eng et al.<br />
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Leave thoughts or links to any you've read or reviewed, I'd love to read them.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">June 1 - January 30, 2013<br /><br />Hosted by Bellezza at <a href="http://www.dolcebellezza.net/2012/05/invitation-to-join-japanese-literature.html">Dolce Bellezza</a>, who has provided a <a href="http://japlit6challenge.blogspot.ca/p/suggested-reading-list.html">Suggested Reading List</a> for the challenge.<br /><br />Read at least one work of Japanese literature (or poetry) written by a Japanese author (or poet).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Completed for this challenge:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Deep River by Shusaku Endo****<br />Thief by Fuminori Nakamura****<br />The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino****<br /><br />Previous read and recommend:<br /><br />Shipwrecks by Akira Yoshimura <br />Snow Country by Yosunari Kawabata</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Silence by Shusaku Endo<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Obasan by Joy Kogawa</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Itsuka by Joy Kogawa</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hotel Iris by Yoko Ogawa </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness by Kenzaburo Oe </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe (non-fiction)<br />The 210th Day by Natsume Soseki </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Stained Glass Elegies: Stories by Shusaku Endo</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In Praise of Shadows by Junichiro Tanizaki (essays)</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Glass Children and Other Esssys by Daisaku Ikeda</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">From the Country of Eight Islands: An Anthology of Japanese Poetry by Hiroaki Sato<br />Narrow Road to the North by Matsuo Basho (poetry and travelogue)<br />Traces of Dreams: Landscape, Cultural Memory, and the Poetry of Basho by Haruo Shirane<br /><br />Consider joining us in discussions and reviews for the sixth year of the Japanese Literature Challenge.</span>Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06265301061583417768noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463216142910370346.post-23534383703297805672012-03-06T00:01:00.002-05:002012-03-09T14:18:43.329-05:00First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday 3/5/12<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF2_tb1MZYuFK2Z7nUmlJ-3d0TQ8Z4JWZDzo7fF3oqAewkzhWtH6urW8spkGsTaWFpLcGlFqezjBNRDXT0WfE1RjfP8bee9OZ6GuQl5bjUjCALkuUC1n3TxUnzgyI3-VQOdD8oi4pKeDU/s1600/first+chapter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF2_tb1MZYuFK2Z7nUmlJ-3d0TQ8Z4JWZDzo7fF3oqAewkzhWtH6urW8spkGsTaWFpLcGlFqezjBNRDXT0WfE1RjfP8bee9OZ6GuQl5bjUjCALkuUC1n3TxUnzgyI3-VQOdD8oi4pKeDU/s1600/first+chapter.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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Every Tuesday, post the opening paragraph (or two) of a book you decided to read based on the opening paragraph(s). Feel free to grab the banner and play along. This week my selection is a novel set in modern day North Korea.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZl1cfwRoHHbll9eLCRzzc9FXl-iBlEAR-kOpEHnnnLhv-vKC86p8AYHztrWrruYSUqomx7HsSWTKjVKzO7Ebubd01FBPskhz0g8SEZOwufOETANPg2NUc9wd5ZHPQTT983mc__iwyp0/s1600/orphan+master%27s+son.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZl1cfwRoHHbll9eLCRzzc9FXl-iBlEAR-kOpEHnnnLhv-vKC86p8AYHztrWrruYSUqomx7HsSWTKjVKzO7Ebubd01FBPskhz0g8SEZOwufOETANPg2NUc9wd5ZHPQTT983mc__iwyp0/s200/orphan+master%27s+son.jpg" width="134" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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"CITIZENS, gather 'round your loud speakers, for we bring important updates! In your kitchens, in your offices, on your factory floors-wherever your loudspeaker is located, turn up the volume!<br />
In local news, Our Dear Leader King Jong Il was seen offering on-the-spot guidance to the engineers deepening the Taedong Tiver channel. While the Dear Leader lectured to the dredge operators, many dves were seen to spontaneously flock above him, hovering to provide our Reverend General such much needed shade on a hot day. Also to report is a request from Pyongyang's MInister of Public Safety, who asks that while pigeon-snaring season is in full swing, trip wires and snatch loops be placed out of the reach of our youngest comrades. And don't forget, citizens: the ban on stargazing is still in effect."<br />
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Adam Johnson spent three years researching material for the story and visited several cities in North Korea.<br />
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Does an opening like this appeal to your reading interest?</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've just begun the book and I find it rivetting. </div>Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06265301061583417768noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463216142910370346.post-26668531247991996632012-01-12T16:41:00.002-05:002012-01-13T13:15:28.484-05:00The World We Found by Thrity Umrigar<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1CiEr5bGdCVka7UUtDbarmbwpbHkEXgSk3smdc1Zt4Oc2PopL1t675G1OEuMC0QQZqyPe-GzrC5tGvBqiBrefyvHSwCx_Igh4f2IRO8k80qZN355A_j_PyxqeRlsjSqZeDaWKlWC1jCQ/s1600/worldwefoundbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1CiEr5bGdCVka7UUtDbarmbwpbHkEXgSk3smdc1Zt4Oc2PopL1t675G1OEuMC0QQZqyPe-GzrC5tGvBqiBrefyvHSwCx_Igh4f2IRO8k80qZN355A_j_PyxqeRlsjSqZeDaWKlWC1jCQ/s320/worldwefoundbanner.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> What great books did you hear about/discover this past week? Share with us your FRIDAY FINDS!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEMCkZP2nz_rbnuVuWpDQUyjIvtXBoS5cFPW5_dJ5pHo5BmyPsMy6_58T0KynQ56I0dITqazLsscOAeGDV3BECW5NzDZcu1JETIJ8e7cKx8eHmif4p5gjxeG8BPVd-wy9dyjYsrQp7gBs/s1600/all+is+song.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEMCkZP2nz_rbnuVuWpDQUyjIvtXBoS5cFPW5_dJ5pHo5BmyPsMy6_58T0KynQ56I0dITqazLsscOAeGDV3BECW5NzDZcu1JETIJ8e7cKx8eHmif4p5gjxeG8BPVd-wy9dyjYsrQp7gBs/s320/all+is+song.jpg" width="199" /></a> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">All is Song by Samantha Harvey (UK) January 5 <br />
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Interest in reading: I enjoyed her first novel The Wilderness**** 2009, about Alzheimers. Orange Prize Shortlist, Booker Prize Longlist, Guardian First Book Award Shortlist, Betty Trask Prize.<br />
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Book Description:<br />
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"Set against the backdrop of growing national unrest, tabloid frenzies and an escalating fuel crisis, "All Is Song" is a novel about filial and moral duty, and about the choice of questioning above conforming. It is a work of remarkable perception, intensity and resonance from one of Britain's most promising young writers."<br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson (US) Jan 10</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Interest in reading: Set in North Korea, that's enough for me. </span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Book description:</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Part breathless thriller, part story of innocence lost, part story of romantic love, The Orphan Master’s Son is also a riveting portrait of a world heretofore hidden from view: a North Korea rife with hunger, corruption, and casual cruelty but also camaraderie, stolen moments of beauty, and love. A towering literary achievement, The Orphan Master’s Son ushers Adam Johnson into the small group of today’s greatest writers."</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Let's hope they're even half right.</span><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT50mIK0tz7KBkKVYAjf9xU7c38nFLpPgYw3GEomB8Lc3RzN3kcy6PngRdBN-2CTVL-qXeQSq8zgMOQmEjq4Ve_w7L2VpZopNIcgFybvfnHOtLW4TnrO8psvOTAfRfmHw5LKHfg1uU1rE/s1600/angel+makers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT50mIK0tz7KBkKVYAjf9xU7c38nFLpPgYw3GEomB8Lc3RzN3kcy6PngRdBN-2CTVL-qXeQSq8zgMOQmEjq4Ve_w7L2VpZopNIcgFybvfnHOtLW4TnrO8psvOTAfRfmHw5LKHfg1uU1rE/s320/angel+makers.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Angel Makers by Jessica Gregson Dec.6 2011</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Interest in Reading: Husband and his family are from Hungary. He recognized the name of the town the story is set in when I mentioned it to him. It's based on historical events and is one of a kind (one hopes).</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Book Description:</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"When the men of a remote Hungarian village go off to war in 1916, the women left behind realize their lives are much better without them. Suddenly, they are not being beaten; they have time for friendships; they even find romance with the injured Italian soldiers staying just outside of town.</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For Sari, an intelligent girl who's always been an outcast (her fellow villagers suspect her of being a witch because of her medical knowledge), it's the first time in her life she's had friends. When the men return at war's end, the freedom Sari and the others have enjoyed is suddenly snatched from them, and they realize they need to do whatever it takes to hold onto it. Sari puts her medical knowledge to use to off her husband. Then she helps one of her friends. And another. When the word spreads, she realizes her problems are only beginning. This creeping and hugely readable first novel is based on a true story."</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"In truth, between 45 and 300 people were intentionally poisoned in Nagyrév, Hungary, over 15 years during and after WWI. Gregson's version of events is horrifically plausible and psychologically astute, and Sari makes a surprisingly sympathetic narrator." --Mari Malcolm</span>Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06265301061583417768noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463216142910370346.post-59612212037635244062011-12-25T03:26:00.001-05:002011-12-28T17:07:35.342-05:00Wellcome Trust Book Prize 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQs9ApmSLa_VEUBrv2zZskX_MEeaWBQpmjMKet9ZPSewaBkI2CAQxyZH-gb-x2OJ9tNg3POX4EnchPGaxVOVjbd_7LWQn43blbaWCTSIugpf1P2EYGMuICebHBdedcU_oMpNSHT9KZr10/s1600/wellcome+trust.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="109" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQs9ApmSLa_VEUBrv2zZskX_MEeaWBQpmjMKet9ZPSewaBkI2CAQxyZH-gb-x2OJ9tNg3POX4EnchPGaxVOVjbd_7LWQn43blbaWCTSIugpf1P2EYGMuICebHBdedcU_oMpNSHT9KZr10/s320/wellcome+trust.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Celebrating Wellness in Literature</span></b></div><br />
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you visit Fresh Ink Books you know that I follow many literary awards for reading recommendations. I don't always love the winners per se but I always find some very good reading in both the shortlists and those longlists that are released. The Wellcome Trust is a new one for me. In it's third year now, it rewards the book of fiction or non fiction which dealt with a medical subject.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I've always loved novels with some aspect of medicine or with doctors in them. I have to say that the improvement in the quality of the subjects covered has greatly improved since I was young and scrounging around for good stories that dealt accurately and not mawkishly with illness or disease. This year's shortlist for The Wellness Trust Book Prize were Announced on Oct. 6. The winner <i>Turn of Mind</i> by Alice LaPlante was announced on Nov.9, 2011 </span></div><div class="box-container-medium clear left" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><div class="green-sides-medium"><div class="title"><h2><span style="font-size: small;">Fiction</span></h2></div><div class="nopadding"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2463216142910370346&postID=5961221203763524406&from=pencil" name="Turn of Mind"></a></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The police are convinced that Jennifer White has killed her best friend. Amanda's body has been discovered, with four fingers neatly removed from her right hand. Jennifer's work as an accomplished surgeon and the stormy nature of their friendship make her the prime suspect. But Jennifer has Alzheimer's, and the disease that is gradually destroying her once brilliant mind prevents her from knowing if she really is the murderer.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.vintage-books.co.uk/books/1846554632/alice-laplante/turn-of-mind/">Publisher: Harvill Secker</a></span> <br />
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</div></div><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2463216142910370346&postID=5961221203763524406&from=pencil" name="Nemesis"></a></span> <br />
<div style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); float: left; padding-bottom: 5px;"><div style="float: left; margin-top: 5px; padding: 0pt; width: 150px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" src="http://www.wellcomebookprize.org/stellent/groups/bookprize/@book_prize/documents/image/wtvm052929.jpg" /></span> </div><div style="float: left; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; padding: 0pt; width: 294px;"><h3><span style="font-size: small;">Nemesis</span></h3><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Philip Roth</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Set in 1944 during a fictional polio epidemic that threatens children in the Jewish community of Newark, New Jersey, this book is the story of Bucky Cantor, the 23-year-old playground director of the local school. Cantor becomes a hero to the boys, but as polio begins to ravage the playground and they begin to die, he is forced to make decisions that will haunt him in later life.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.vintage-books.co.uk/books/0099542269/philip-roth/nemesis/">Publisher: Vintage</a></span> <br />
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</div></div><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2463216142910370346&postID=5961221203763524406&from=pencil" name="My Dear I Wanted to Tell You"></a></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Set on the Western Front in World War I, and also in London, Kent, Paris and Wigan, this is a novel of love, class and sex during wartime. By weaving together the stories of five disparate characters, Louisa Young describes the birth of modern reconstructive surgery and the psychological impact that it had on the men who received it.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/Titles/54554/my-dear-i-wanted-to-tell-you-louisa-young-9780007361434">Publisher: HarperCollins</a></span> <br />
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</div></div><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2463216142910370346&postID=5961221203763524406&from=pencil" name="State of Wonder"></a></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Among the waterways of Brazil's Rio Negro, Dr Annick Swenson is developing a drug that could alter the lives of women for ever by granting them lifelong fertility. Her work is shrouded in mystery so Anders Eckman, a mild-mannered lab researcher, is sent to investigate. Eckman's untimely death leads his colleague Marina Singh to investigate - stepping into the jungle's darkness to track down Dr Swenson and uncover her jealously guarded secrets.</span><br />
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<h2><span style="font-size: small;">Non-fiction</span></h2></div></div></div></div></div><div class="box-container-medium left" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-right: -3px;"><div class="green-sides-medium"><div class="title"><h2><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The history of cancer is a story of human ingenuity, resilience and perseverance, but also of hubris and arrogance. Cancer researcher Siddhartha Mukherjee describes the work of his predecessors and peers, with their successes and failures, as they pit their wits against a resourceful enemy. This book investigates the way doctors, scientists, philosophers and lay people have observed and understood the human body and offers a glimpse into the future of medical treatments.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.4thestate.co.uk/publication/the-emperor-of-all-maladies/">Publisher: 4th Estate</a></span> <br />
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</div></div><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2463216142910370346&postID=5961221203763524406&from=pencil" name="The Two Kinds of Decay"></a></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is a hugely distressing disease in which one's own immune system attacks the nerves outside of the brain and spine. Sarah Manguso developed CIDP at 21, leaving her paralysed for weeks at a time. Written after seven years of remission, this book unflinchingly describes the medical routines that kept her going, confronting the often meaningless and irrational nature of real pain.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://grantabooks.com/page/3012/The-Two-Kinds-of-Decay/2260">Publisher: Granta Books</a></span> <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I enjoyed and can recommend State of Wonder as I usually do with Patchett's books, and Turn of Mind and My Dear I Wanted to Tell You are already on my tbr list. I'm not one for Philip Roth but I may change my mind and read Nemesis as we have a family member who's endured polio his entire life. I expect I will read The Emperor of All Maladies one day, as we all probably should, but for now the experiences associated with my father and both of my husband's parents succumbing to this pestilence preclude my wish to concentrate on it. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I do read medical books and journals when I want information but I've always found that reading about medical subjects in the context of fiction is often a good way to learn about how people cope and it can teach empathy in a way that non fiction sometimes doesn't.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Shortlist for 2010<br />
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So Much For That by Lionel Shriver <br />
Grace Williams Says it Loud by Emma Henderson <br />
Medic: Saving lives - from Dunkirk to Afghanistan<br />
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Winner)<br />
Teach Us to Sit Still by Tim Parks<br />
Angel of Death: The Story of Smallpox by Gareth Williams</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Do you enjoy novels with medical themes or do you prefer non fiction? </span></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Have you read any of the books mentioned or have any plans to?</b> </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Which outstanding novels dealing with illness or disease can you recommend?</b> </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Leave your thoughts or links to reviews in the comments. I'd love to read them</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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On Canaan's Side by Sebastian Barry<br />
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First in importance as the library is threatening to release my address to the bazillion patrons who are waiting for it. Two days late-bah. And I really enjoyed The Secret Scripture**** which won several awards in 2008.<br />
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Snowdrops by Andrew Miller<br />
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The last of the Booker Shortlist I had hoped to read before the winner (Julian Barnes)was anounced Oct. 18. If a comparison of the six entries interests you, let me know, I'll write up a little something..<br />
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The Free World by David Bezmozgis<br />
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The next to last of the six Giller Prize shortlist I want to read before the Nov 8 winner announcement. It's also up for the Governor General's Award, to be announced on Nov.15. The last tbr is The Antagonist by Lynn Coady. But not today, the library is holding it hostage until I return some others. I will not be reading Better Living Through Plastic Explosives by Zsusi Gartner. Short stories are not what I want in literary awards. <br />
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Litttle Shadows by Marina Endicott<br />
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Governor General's Literary Awards shortlist, winner to be announced on Nov.15. I enjoyed her book Good to a Fault**** which was on the 2008 Giller shortlist.<br />
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Touch by Alexi Zentner<br />
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Also on shortlist for Governor General's Literary Award 2011.<br />
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I've participated in many readathons. Have fun, do not drive yourself to exhaustion. Have a nap and read again.Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06265301061583417768noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463216142910370346.post-31352067471855838892011-09-11T20:05:00.001-05:002011-09-11T20:31:09.278-05:00It's Monday! What Are You Reading?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDB9H0aCSlpY4AvwE0_GcjcQL5j4FZ3RsmQ7QI0HmwaEOzcdJHA6qHyKCgDY9shBiPGeO9qT2eawGFdYoWazRgV0Jh6DNN6xC6qlaKH7StaOgC85DJlRh9sOIMk8fApDP4KPPALwT1hdY/s1600/what+are+reading.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDB9H0aCSlpY4AvwE0_GcjcQL5j4FZ3RsmQ7QI0HmwaEOzcdJHA6qHyKCgDY9shBiPGeO9qT2eawGFdYoWazRgV0Jh6DNN6xC6qlaKH7StaOgC85DJlRh9sOIMk8fApDP4KPPALwT1hdY/s1600/what+are+reading.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hosted by Sheila at <a href="http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/2011/09/11/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-103/">Book Journey</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Recently completed:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Canada:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Cat's Table****+ by Michael Ondaatje 2011 (269 pgs)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Also read: Divisadero**** </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The London Train***+ by Tessa Hadley 2011 (352 pgs)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Orange Prize longlist 2011</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A Cupboard Full of Coats****+ by Yvvette Edwards 2011 (260 pgs.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch UK 2011 (348 pgs.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Also read: The Lemon Table****+ (short stories), Nothing to be Frightened of***+ (essays). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Soldier's Wife by Margaret Leroy UK 2011 (392 pgs.)</span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">No time-wasters in the bunch. I can recommend them all. The stars say it. Any opinions?</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Please leave links if you've reviewed any of these books, I'd love to read them.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I take requests for reviews from my readers. Please just ask. </div>Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06265301061583417768noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463216142910370346.post-34426144309768774172011-08-24T20:04:00.001-05:002011-08-28T17:21:42.503-05:00Winner of Blindness by Jose SaramagoCongratulations to Riki of <a href="http://readingchallenged.blogspot.com/">Reading Challenged</a>, who has won my copy of <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/3773276">Blindness</a> by Jose Saramago.<br />
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And thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway and especially to my new followers.<br />
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My health has been poor these last couple of months but I am reading some very good books and will post about them in the next few days.<br />
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Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06265301061583417768noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463216142910370346.post-22758080020347338532011-08-01T14:54:00.000-05:002011-08-02T19:02:23.801-05:00Summer Giveaway Hop Aug 1-7, 2011<table align="Left" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" id="DataList1"><tbody>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td valign="top"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVPpq4kU0KIleAz9B7mVPknOFqo2a9yjCYZg-DS5tMvh4-f54fp_RWccgmRYeiTZ_ygThosRV66m5FqN-1CazE7FYSSzf-jWanhsZjYUX3RBLFWUdnoD8wkSX5nxhhlIXAVihSjQmv_u0/s1600/blindness.jpg" /></div><div style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"></div><div style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"> This Giveaway runs from Aug1-Aug7. I am offering an already read copy of Blindness by Jose Saramago, a Nobel author. Simply follow me through Google or Twitter in the sidebar, or tell me that you already follow and which you do, and leave your email in a comment. One entry per person and it's open worldwide.</div><div style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"></div><div style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"></div><div style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">If you've already read it, here are more than 300 other giveaways being offered this week during The Summer Bloghop:<br />
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <td valign="top"><div style="white-space: pre-line;"><div style="float: left; font-size: 80%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; width: 28px;">20. </div><div style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=2533043" target="_blank" title="Linked to: stuckinbooks.com">StuckInBooks (Int)</a></div></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <td valign="top"><div style="white-space: pre-line;"><div style="float: left; font-size: 80%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; width: 28px;">21. </div><div style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=2533059" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.reflectionsofabookaholic.com">Alexis @ Reflections of a Bookaholic (Int)</a></div></div></td> </tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <td valign="top"><div style="white-space: pre-line;"><div style="float: left; font-size: 80%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; width: 28px;">24. </div><div style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=2533269" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.cindybultema.blogspot.com/">*She Sparkles* (US/Can)</a></div></div></td> </tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <td valign="top"><div style="white-space: pre-line;"><div style="float: left; font-size: 80%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; width: 28px;">26. </div><div style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=2533794" target="_blank" title="Linked to: emperorsclothes.co.uk">Helen Smith (Int)</a></div></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <td valign="top"><div style="white-space: pre-line;"><div style="float: left; font-size: 80%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; width: 28px;">27. </div><div style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=2533916" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.workadayreads.com">Workaday Reads (Int)</a></div></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <td valign="top"><div style="white-space: pre-line;"><div style="float: left; font-size: 80%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; width: 28px;">28. </div><div style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=2533992" target="_blank" title="Linked to: thebooknympho.blogspot.com/">Jennifer @ The Book Nympo (Int)</a></div></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <td valign="top"><div style="white-space: pre-line;"><div style="float: left; font-size: 80%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; width: 28px;">29. </div><div style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=2533997" target="_blank" title="Linked to: dr-stravagante.blogspot.com/">Dr. Stravagantes Traveling Book Circus (Int)</a></div></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <td valign="top"><div style="white-space: pre-line;"><div style="float: left; font-size: 80%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; width: 28px;">30. </div><div style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=2534214" target="_blank" title="Linked to: imaginaryreads.blogspot.com">Imaginary Reads (Int)</a></div></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <td valign="top"><div style="white-space: pre-line;"><div style="float: left; font-size: 80%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; width: 28px;">31. </div><div style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=2534229" target="_blank" title="Linked to: http://www.frequentreaderblog.com/">Frequent Reader, Infrequent Blogger (Int)</a></div></div></td> </tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <td valign="top"><div style="white-space: pre-line;"><div style="float: left; font-size: 80%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; width: 28px;">34. </div><div style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=2534645" target="_blank" title="Linked to: livetoread-krystal.blogspot.com/">Live To Read ~Krystal (US)</a></div></div></td> </tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <td valign="top"><div style="white-space: pre-line;"><div style="float: left; font-size: 80%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; width: 28px;">46. </div><div style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=2537608" target="_blank" title="Linked to: themodpodgebookshelf.blogspot.com">Gabrielle Carolina @ The Mod Podge Bookshelf (US)</a></div></div></td> </tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <td valign="top"><div style="white-space: pre-line;"><div style="float: left; font-size: 80%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; width: 28px;">53. </div><div style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=2543284" target="_blank" title="Linked to: preternaturalprimer.com">Preternatural Primer (Int)</a></div></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <td valign="top"><div style="white-space: pre-line;"><div style="float: left; font-size: 80%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; width: 28px;">54. </div><div style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=2543364" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.darkangel88.com/">Memrie @ darkangel88 (Int)</a></div></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <td valign="top"><div style="white-space: pre-line;"><div style="float: left; font-size: 80%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; width: 28px;">55. </div><div style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=2543408" target="_blank" title="Linked to: thepurpleroses.blogspot.com/">The Purple Roses (US)</a></div></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <td valign="top"><div style="white-space: pre-line;"><div style="float: left; font-size: 80%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; width: 28px;">56. </div><div style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=2543448" target="_blank" title="Linked to: taffyscandy.blogspot.com">Taffys Writings (US)</a></div></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <td valign="top"><div style="white-space: pre-line;"><div style="float: left; font-size: 80%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; width: 28px;">57. </div><div style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=2544021" target="_blank" title="Linked to: sarayork.blogspot.com">Sara York (US)</a></div></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <td valign="top"><div style="white-space: pre-line;"><div style="float: left; font-size: 80%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; width: 28px;">58. </div><div style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=2544169" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.bittenbooks.com">Bitten Books (Int)</a></div></div></td> </tr>
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</tbody></table>Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06265301061583417768noreply@blogger.com59tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463216142910370346.post-26327551886932098662011-07-14T22:26:00.004-05:002011-07-18T20:47:44.704-05:00Book Beginnings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAzaMuL-fAv2WeAkoOxkbH7Ye0hm9szEvtpmFPn6p8w0CYFWiNsJs1eIQiwr0Z9zJbc7Sc_8WZzOaZzO8KTN7y2khBgEzP_f6X07OUqJwGW6TscYtFOgLjgdYDHyjKFtXTZArbo4IHRiY/s1600/book+beginnings.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAzaMuL-fAv2WeAkoOxkbH7Ye0hm9szEvtpmFPn6p8w0CYFWiNsJs1eIQiwr0Z9zJbc7Sc_8WZzOaZzO8KTN7y2khBgEzP_f6X07OUqJwGW6TscYtFOgLjgdYDHyjKFtXTZArbo4IHRiY/s1600/book+beginnings.png" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hosted by Katy at <a href="http://fewmorepages.blogspot.com/2011/07/book-beginnings-on-friday-july-15-2011.html#axzz1S8S1wldw">A Few More Pages</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /></div><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Before the crimson rays of dawn touched the treetops, before the crow of the cock, the bark of the dog, or the bray of a donkey pierced through the heavy darkness, or the voice of Sheikh Hamzawi echoed in the silence with the first call to prayer, the big wooden door opened slowly, creaking, with the rusty sound of an ancient waterwheel."</span></i><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidEWn1boP4VT5dtE4vCEpJSRO1ER3lzKWuMw0tsOk6dLg4PsInfqM_cTjF-PmFJ2kWQEDB6Ul2j2VlKhieu0ZTjsXBY0OHBU2tqxq4PX4r5w0gpy0YsYOcnXCe_0E1kMqA9-NbS4iy6ro/s1600/god+dies+by+the+nile.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidEWn1boP4VT5dtE4vCEpJSRO1ER3lzKWuMw0tsOk6dLg4PsInfqM_cTjF-PmFJ2kWQEDB6Ul2j2VlKhieu0ZTjsXBY0OHBU2tqxq4PX4r5w0gpy0YsYOcnXCe_0E1kMqA9-NbS4iy6ro/s320/god+dies+by+the+nile.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">God Dies by the Nile by Nawal El Saadawi (1974) Egypt, pb,138 pages, translated from the Arabic</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I really liked this opening, just my cup of tea for a novel's writing style. I have to believe that I will enjoy this book. I own three others by this author, including two non fiction books about her experiences as a medical doctor and as a prisoner in Egypt. I've liked everything I read by her and can recommend them highly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Twenty years ago when my budget was bigger her books were very difficult to find in English. I must thank Christina at <a href="http://thebluebookcase.blogspot.com/">The Blue Bookcase</a> who generously sent me God Dies by the Nile after my comments on her review of it <a href="http://thebluebookcase.blogspot.com/2011/06/review-god-dies-by-nile-by-nawal-el.html">here</a>. She read it as the June selection for A Year of Feminist Classics. </span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is one great story, I have read it and I loved it.<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Very enjoyable. I have read several of her novels, including The Bird of Night****, Mrs. De Winter***+ (yes, it's the sequel to Rebecca), as well as her five Simon Serrailler detective series which offers so much more than the usual police procedurals do. I recommend Howards End is on the Landing and will no doubt read it again.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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The Changeling by Kenzaburo Oe<br />
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For the <a href="http://freshinkbooks.blogspot.com/2011/06/japanese-literature-challenge-5.html">Japanese Literature Challenge</a>. I have read A Personal Matter**** and Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness*****. This is a Nobel author who never disappoints. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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Grace Williams Says it Loud by Emma Henderson<br />
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"Read at least one work of Japanese origin<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you want to read more than one, wonderful. If one is all you can manage, wonderful. Once you've read it, you may wish to post your review on the JLC5 </span><a href="http://www.japlit5challenge.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">review site</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">."</span><br />
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Books I have read and can recommend:</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;">The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa<br />
Shipwrecks by Akira Yoshimura<br />
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami<br />
Hotel Iris by Yoko Ogawa<br />
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto<br />
Silence by Shisaku Endo<br />
Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata<br />
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Basho<br />
The 210th Day by Natsume Soseki<br />
The Temple of The Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima<br />
When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro<br />
Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness by Kenzaburo Oe<br />
A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oë<br />
Stained Glass Elegies: Stories by Shusaku Endo<br />
Obasan by Kogawa <br />
The Electrical Field by Kerri Sakamoto<br />
Glass Children and Other Essays by Daisaku Ikeda<br />
In Praise of Shadows by Junichiro Tanizaki</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Changeling by Kenzaburo Oe</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Picking Bones from Ash by Marie Mutsuki Mockett</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Lake by Banana Yoshimoto</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Translucent Tree by Nobuko Takagi</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Why She Left Us by by Rahna Reiko Rizzuto</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Sound of the Mountain by Yasunari Kawabata</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Master of Go by Yasunari Kawabata</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Decay of the Angel by Yukio Mishima</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Runaway Horses by Yukio Mishima </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Temple of Dawn by Yukio Mishima</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Samurai by Shusaku Endo </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Twilight Years by Sawako Ariyoshi</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Japan, the Beautiful and Myself by Yasunari Kawabata</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Strangers From a Different Shore by Ronald Takaki</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Strangeness of Beauty by Lydia Yuri Minatoya</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Recommendations of good literary fiction in this or any other category are always welcomed.</span>Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06265301061583417768noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463216142910370346.post-44908858409079823102011-04-16T23:04:00.001-05:002011-04-18T16:39:24.616-05:00TSS Recently Read<a href="http://dhamel.typepad.com/sundaysalon"><img alt="The Sunday Salon.com" border="0" src="http://dhamel.typepad.com/sundaysalon/TSSbadge2.png" /></a><br />
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<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's become difficult for me to create posts but I still do a passel of reading. So if you can forgive the lack of art, this is what I've been reading. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For <a href="http://readingadventures.blogspot.com/2011/03/sunday-salon-aussie-author-month.html">April is Aussie Author Month</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Butterfly**** by Sonya Hartnett</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dreams of Speaking**** by Gail Jones</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Legacy by Kirsten Tranter</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://freshinkbooks.blogspot.com/2011/02/chinese-literature-challenge-2011.html">Chinese Literature Challenge</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Three Sisters by Bu Feiyu**** (China) Man Asian Prize Winner 2011</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Taroko Gorge*** by Jacob Ritari (Taiwan)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://inmybookshelves.blogspot.com/p/book-reading-challenge-2011.html">Book Reading Challenge</a>, subject for April and May-India:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dahanu Road**** by Anosh Irani Man Asian longlist 2011</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Serious Men***+ by Manu Joseph Man Asian Prize shortlist 2011</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Saraswati Park***+ by Anjali Joseph </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Pleasure Seekers by Tishani Doshi 2010</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tiger Hills by Sarita Mandanna</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://booksandmovies.colvilleblogger.com/2010/12/06/announcing-ireland-reading-challenge-2011/">Ireland Reading Challenge</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Truth About Love**** by Josephine Hart</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Next:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Reconstructionist by Josephine Hart</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Matchmaker of Kenmare by Frank Delaney</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For <a href="http://myporchblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/time-to-get-ready-for-international.html">Anita Brookner International Day</a>, July 16, 2011:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Altered States**** by Anita Brookner </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Next:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dolly, Brief Lives, or The Bay of Angels</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">African Literature:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sleepwalking Land***+ by Mia Couto (Mozambique)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sweetness in the Belly***** by Camilla Gibb (Ethiopia)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Next:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany (Egypt)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://freshinkbooks.blogspot.com/2010/12/jewish-literature-challenge-2011.html">Jewish Literature Challenge</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Wherever You Go**** by Joan Leegant </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Foreign Bodies***+ by Cynthia Ozick</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Glass Room***+ by Simon Mawer</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://freshinkbooks.blogspot.com/2010/07/canadian-book-reading-challenge-4.html">Canadian Literature Challenge</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Matter With Morris**** by David Bergen</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Letters to Omar***+ by Rachel Wyatt </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Beauty of Humanity Movement***** by Camilla Gibb</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Questions, opinions, recommendations, links to reviews, or requests for reviews are welcome from readers. </span>Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06265301061583417768noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463216142910370346.post-91016109980726347082011-02-28T02:41:00.001-05:002011-03-02T15:59:09.628-05:00The Typist by Michael Knight- Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1fGt88gFFwVwWCdo5KT6l3UmMQOXaI3JujUqgCTBmeje3XaovVFtkOkOP6vd4crpkHNTjKOFuKSwV_ZpZLzPZ9crSwXRkvd5RmGb55fbZ5NALQcu3xjD_vE4slSx4n4dHZNwzXQCVgEs/s1600/typist.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1fGt88gFFwVwWCdo5KT6l3UmMQOXaI3JujUqgCTBmeje3XaovVFtkOkOP6vd4crpkHNTjKOFuKSwV_ZpZLzPZ9crSwXRkvd5RmGb55fbZ5NALQcu3xjD_vE4slSx4n4dHZNwzXQCVgEs/s1600/typist.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Set in Japan 1945-1946 during the American occupation post WW II. A young soldier, Francis Vancleave, narrates the story about getting assigned to General Douglas McArthur's staff when it's discovered that he has typing skills. We get some scenes inside McArthur's family, especially with the general's eight year old son, whom Francis befriends beyond the request to babysit when he realizes how lonely it must be for a young boy so far from the familiar things of home and confined to a military compound. We also see his perspective of Tokyo and its nightlife with fellow soldiers, especially his bunk mate with whom he shares letters from home and the constant worries about what those letters may, and eventually do bring them. Francis has a new war bride waiting for him Stateside. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While his bunk mate gets deeper into some shady dealings and entertains pan-pan girls Frances tries hard to stay faithful and out of trouble even while he worries about him. There are other aspects of the story I have not mentioned but I don't like to say too much in a review, I like to be surprised when I read a story myself. The writing is very smooth and the story moves at a good pace. At 208 pages it's an easy one day read and it's a smaller hardcover that fits the hand just right. The story is very true to life I thought. I'm familiar with the time period and military service and I believed every word of it.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Highly recommended</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This review was requested by Kathy at <a href="http://bermudaonion.net/">Bermudaonion's Weblog</a> who asked...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"I'd like to know what you thought of <i>The Typist</i> - I met the author in September and he was charming." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Aspects of the story I think you'll enjoy:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-Francis is an Alabama boy whose Southern standards are very important to him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-I know your father was military, mine was too, so many of the things mentioned will be more familiar to us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-There's a army/navy football game arranged by McArthur in the story. This is based on a true incident that occurred in Japan at the time. I know how much you like watching men fight over a pigskin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I think this story is made for you, Kathy. Thank you for asking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My policy is to write brief reviews only by request of my readers. Any book I've read or am currently reading, please just ask.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://cymlowell.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="CymLowell" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2442/3960797566_f11cfb2f41_o.jpg" /></a> </span>Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06265301061583417768noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463216142910370346.post-42426277922884825672011-02-19T22:46:00.001-05:002011-10-03T21:04:44.122-05:00Chinese Literature Challenge 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlsVS6hC-5yCoP6lM7D2IuWh3FnErdfDu-qHRzG9dkF1qLYLJoD6T38Lifa9KaiWjfERQgXALFuki4t9NRQCr6d-XXPCmlp6x9XaeX2f2ddUbJhH4b5cnE5Z7M3kwt2x6WVp5_eqHjCTc/s1600/chinese+challenge.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlsVS6hC-5yCoP6lM7D2IuWh3FnErdfDu-qHRzG9dkF1qLYLJoD6T38Lifa9KaiWjfERQgXALFuki4t9NRQCr6d-XXPCmlp6x9XaeX2f2ddUbJhH4b5cnE5Z7M3kwt2x6WVp5_eqHjCTc/s1600/chinese+challenge.png" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hosted by <a href="http://chineseliteraturechallenge.blogspot.com/">Chinoiseries</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">February 3rd, 2011 to January 23rd, 2012. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Must be books written by a Chinese author or books about China (incl. Hongkong and Macau) or Taiwan. Read at least one book and write a review about it. There are four levels of participation."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My goal is Artisan level (4-6 books)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Books completed:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1.Three Sisters by Bu Feiyu**** (<a href="http://www.manasianliteraryprize.org/bi-feiyu/">Man Asian Prize Winner 2010</a>)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2.Taroko Gorge*** by Jacob Ritari (set in Taiwan)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On hand tbr:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Soul Mountain by Xingjian Gao (Nobel author)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Moa's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Turbulence by Jia Pingwa (Pegasus prize for Literature)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Drink and Dream Teahouse by Justin Hill</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth by Xiaolu Guo</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai by Ruiyan Xu</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Transparency: Stories by Frances Hwang</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Previously read and recommended:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Village of Stone by Xiaolu Guo*****</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Cave Man by Xiaoda Xiao*****</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Heart of the Buddha by Elsie Sze***+</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Skull Mantra (Inspector Shan Tao Yun) by Eliot Pattison*****</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro****+ (set in Shanghai)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Piano Teacher by Janice Y. Lee****+ (set in Hong Kong)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Painted Veil by W. Someret Maugham***+ (set in China)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Good Earth by Pearl Buck*****</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sons (#2 of The Good Earth Trilogy) by Pearl Buck****</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A House Divided (#3 of The Good Earth Tirlogy) by Pearl Buck****</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Imperial Woman by Pearl Buck****</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Peony by Pearl Buck****</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A list of <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%20http://chineseliteraturechallenge.blogspot.com/p/about.html#LIST">Chinese literature</a> suggestions provided by the host.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Feel free to join us. Questions, comments, reading recommendations, requests for brief reviews, or links to reviews you've written are always welcomed. I'd love to read them. </span>Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06265301061583417768noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2463216142910370346.post-49174828575062728052011-01-24T23:35:00.002-05:002011-01-30T13:20:57.525-05:00What's On Your Nightstand? Jan 2011<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hosted by Jennifer at<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_312223197"> </a><a href="http://www.5minutesforbooks.com/12286/whats-on-your-nightstand-january-2011/">5 Minutes For Books</a></span>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Read in January:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1.Sunset Park****+ by Paul Auster US 2011</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2.The Elephant's Journey*** by Jose Saramago Portugal 2010</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3.The Typist**** by Michael Knight US 2010</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4.Purge**** by Sofi Oksanen Finland 2010</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5.The Library of Shadows*** by Mikkel Birkegaard Denmark 2008</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">6.Stoner**** by John Wiliams US 1965</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">7.The Cement Garden**** by Ian McEwan UK 1978 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">8.Sweetness in the Belly***** by Camilla Gibb 2005</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">9.Chapter 1 of On Canaan's Side by Sebastian Barry (Aug 2011) which you can read <a href="http://www.faber.co.uk/article/2011/1/on-canaans-side-sampler/">here</a>:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I loved The Secret Scripture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I will write brief reviews or answer questions about any of these books that interest you. Please just ask. What would you like to know?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Currently reading:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Lake of Dreams by Kim Edwards US 2011 because I really liked The Memory Keeper's Daughter.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(<a href="http://freshinkbooks.blogspot.com/2008/10/memory-keepers-daughter-by-kim-edwards.html">my review</a>)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Secret Son by Laila Lalami for Orange January (longlist 2010)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Still on the nightstand:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For Black History Month and the <a href="http://pocreading.blogspot.com/">Persons of Colour Challenge</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Billy by Albert French US</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Man in My Basement by Walter Mosley US</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Jazz by Toni Morrison US</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Paradise by Toni Morrison (Orange Prize nom 1999) and Nobel author</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1959 by Thulani Davis US</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Stillborn by Zaynab Alkali (Nigeria)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So Long a Letter by Miriama Ba (Senegal)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Going Down South by Bonnie Glover (US)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali (Yemen) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">White Teeth by Zadie Smith (UK)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Help by Kathryn Stockett (US)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji (Iran) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Seasons of Beento Blackbird by Akosua Busia (Ghana)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.manasianliteraryprize.org/">Man Asian Prize</a> nominees, shortlist to be announced in February and the winner in March 2011:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Three Sister by Feiyu Bi</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Serious Men by Manu Joseph</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dahanu Road by Anosh Irani (also Giller Prize shortlist 2010)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tiger Hills by Sarita Mandanna</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/?rdr=584">Canada Reads 2011</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Bone Cage by Angie Abdou </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Birth House by Ami McKay</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For <a href="http://freshinkbooks.blogspot.com/2010/07/canadian-book-reading-challenge-4.html">Canadian Literature Challenge 2011</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cool Water by Diane Warren (Giller Prize Winner 2010)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Beauty of Humanity Movement by Camilla Gibb because I just finished Sweetness in the Belly and loved it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For <a href="http://freshinkbooks.blogspot.com/2010/12/jewish-literature-challenge-2011.html">Jewish Literature Challenge 2011</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Violin of Auschwitz by Maria Angels Anglada </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Homesick by Eshkol Nevo</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English by Natasha Solomons</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Stranger Here Below by Joyce Hinnefeld because I really enjoyed her first novel, In Hovering Flight.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(<a href="http://freshinkbooks.blogspot.com/2008/09/in-hovering-flight-by-joyce-hinnefeld.html">my review</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Isa and May by Margaret Forster because I liked Keeping the World Away**** very much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Safe From the Sea by Peter Geye </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Taroko Gorge by Jacob Ritari </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Howards End is on the Landing by Susan Hill because my library finally purchased it at my request. I've read all 6 of Hill's Detective Serailler series and a few others, including Mrs. De Winter***+.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Good Psychologist by Noam Shpancer for the <a href="http://opinionsofawolf.wordpress.com/2010/12/16/mental-illness-advocacy-mia-reading-challenge-2011/">Mental Illness Advocacy Challenge</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Buttterfly by Sonya Hartnett for the <a href="http://bookloverbookreviews.com/2011-aussie-author-challenge">Aussie Author Challenge</a>. I was really impressed by What the Birds See***** (Of a Boy in Australia).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And something by Iris Murdoch. I've read The Black Prince****The Sea The Sea****, The Italian Girl***+, and The Message to the Planet***+. Which would you recommend?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Opinions, reading recommendations and links to reviews are always welcomed. I'd love to read them. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span>Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06265301061583417768noreply@blogger.com21