The November Big Read

rathbone · Post by **rathbone** » 31 Oct 2005, 16:44

Time to select a contender for November. Polling closes on Friday.

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 31 Oct 2005, 19:39

I've read Girl with a Pearl Earring - don't bother

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 31 Oct 2005, 23:12

Epykat wrote:I've read Girl with a Pearl Earring - don't bother

I loved it!

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 31 Oct 2005, 23:17

Epykat wrote:I've read Girl with a Pearl Earring - don't bother

Sandra wrote:I loved it!

Double drat now I'm confused

well not really but I wanted to show off my newly acquired double quoting skill

rathbone · Post by **rathbone** » 06 Nov 2005, 14:00

Well ladies, this month it looks like I'm reading English Passengers, one of you is reading The Alchemist and Epykat is definitely not reading Girl With A pearl Earring

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 06 Nov 2005, 14:24

...and I'm just starting Fleshmarket Close

...something tells me I'm not in the top reading group

mr magnolia · Post by **mr magnolia** » 06 Nov 2005, 23:53

rathbone wrote:Well ladies, this month it looks like I'm reading English Passengers, one of you is reading The Alchemist and Epykat is definitely not reading Girl With A pearl Earring

Well, sir

this month I am actually trying to do Octobers 253 (when I find a shop with it in stock)

Meanwhile, I'm relaxing with a recent Annie Proulx collection to help clear my mind of the September *thing*

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 07 Nov 2005, 00:12

..............and I only recently acquired a copy of Cloud Atlas from a local Charity shop.

Some of us are somewhat out of synch, aren't we.

rathbone · Post by **rathbone** » 07 Nov 2005, 08:18

mr magnolia wrote:Meanwhile, I'm relaxing with a recent Annie Proulx collection to help clear my mind of the September *thing*

Oh ----- That Old Ace In The Hole?

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 07 Nov 2005, 12:25

I love anything that Annie Proulx writes.

Jackson Priest · Post by **Jackson Priest** » 07 Nov 2005, 15:03

ecm wrote:..............and I only recently acquired a copy of Cloud Atlas from a local Charity shop.

Hmmm. It's probably the former property of Mr Magnolia.

The hardback was only Â£3 in Fopp. I'm going to read this controversial tome next.

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 07 Nov 2005, 15:56

Jackson Priest wrote:
ecm wrote:..............and I only recently acquired a copy of Cloud Atlas from a local Charity shop.
Hmmm. It's probably the former property of Mr Magnolia.

The hardback was only Â£3 in Fopp. I'm going to read this controversial tome next.

Ha ha ha! I just re-read his "review"!!!

Nevertheless, I will make an attempt to start reading Cloud Atlas soon.

mr magnolia · Post by **mr magnolia** » 07 Nov 2005, 23:40

rathbone wrote:
mr magnolia wrote:Meanwhile, I'm relaxing with a recent Annie Proulx collection to help clear my mind of the September *thing*
Oh ----- That Old Ace In The Hole?

No, I'm currently digging my way through some 'Bad Dirt' - it's like Wyoming Stories, but weirder...

ps, if this is going to enlarge itself into some Annie Proulx chat (and why not) I'd like to confess to having found 'Accordian Crimes' striking a bum note when I read it a while ago, and that hurts me a bit 'cos like you Marya I just love all the rest of her stuff.

edit - get the book name right...

mr magnolia · Post by **mr magnolia** » 01 Jan 2006, 23:05

I'd just like to confirm that I thoroughly enjoyed MY November read of Annie Proulx's 'Bad Dirt' stories.

Good stuff, albeit a little bit 'samey' after the Close Range stories, and some of the characters seemed a little caricatured (sp?) for the sake of it as opposed to being an effort to convey the outrageousness of real life.

Recommended though.