flight paths discussion

looking forward to some voluptuous reading on the grass, I am excited to begin the E. Ferrante series that Ellie so loved. but o the book I am deep into now, So Much for That,by Lionel Shriver, is way too heavy for the weather.

I've been curious about the Shriver: think I'll wait on it!
Hope you like the Ferrante: perfect for the grass.

I just read The Martian which was light fun.
On the other hand, I'm wrapped up in The Brothers Karamazov. Talk about heavy! But once I'm back at work I'll never have the energy for it. It's definitely more indoors-with-ac than lie-on-the-grass.

just read your martian review and below it, the gifts review. its kinda funny that he says the book probably won't appeal to those not already into SciFi, and considered it more of a quick romp of a book,rating it a 3, while you quite contradict that.

the Dostoevsky is so wonderful and I'm sure you will find suitable venues to ensconce yourself where everything else will just fall away and allow you maximum immersion.
I finished the shriver book, quite an astonishing

sorry, writing on the mobile and its trigger happy...the LS book was amazing...it curiously reminded me of J Letham and I am pretty sure you will like it too.New York is
in it...
as for the ferrante, I'm putting it off for a few days so I can read black swan green which I believe you also loved, mainly because its due at. the library on wed and I've maxed it. the library is a curious master!

Have fun with the Mitchell! OK, you've convinced me about LS.

Awaiting grandsons and 'go to bed reading'. Otherwise intent on finishing 'Boudicca' series Dreaming the Serpent Spear and progressing the wheel of time The Gathering Storm.

the eagle and the raven by Pauline Gedge is one of my all time favorite books and I am delighted to fond out about

shees! this device...especially when I'm excited...to find out about this series Ice B.
will it align with my vivid picture of Boudicca?

@Ellie....it was a bit of a slog getting into the Mitchell but now hooked and enjoying immensly

I always find his openings slow but (when I stick it out) I usually feel rewarded!

Ice wrote: "Awaiting grandsons and 'go to bed reading'. Otherwise intent on finishing 'Boudicca' series Dreaming the Serpent Spear and progressing the wheel of time [book:The Gathering Storm|11665..."

Don't know the 'Boudicaa" series-I must find out!

so right about the Mitchell Ellie, by the time I was approaching the end I wanted it to go on, hated to leave and will forever wonder how Jason grows up. it seems so unfair, there should at least be a way to check up on him!
now, starting the ferrante, what a different world.
opens me to pondering about reading and attachment....

It's a totally different world and writing-in a way, I think the two are related. The style of writing is how the world is constructed.

This world is changing as fast as I grasp it...I finally got under the spell of the writing only to be chagrined by the spitefulness. Ellie, i am wondering, did you wildly identify with any of the characters? Do you think that a man would have the patience for this?

just ducking in here to say how glad I am that I can just pick up volume two of the Ferrante, having the trilogy out from the library
quite a cliffhanger
thanks ellie! How's the Dostoevsky? like where are you?

on to vol 3. of the ferrante
Ellie, was my last question too fatuous or npc for you to reply? And Ice, have we already discussedThe Eagle and the Raven?

I have peeked at some of the ferrante reviews
notice that Tuck has written a favorable review but most of the readers are women. Also, as I was wondering about the significance of the name Elena and wondering how autobiographical the series is, I found out that the name Elena Ferrante is a pseudonym.
Do you know of anything about it?

Eagle and the Raven to be placed on the tbr. Currently light holiday reading - Jeffrey Archer - the Clifton chronicles - nothing was ever quite the same after First Among Equals and Kane and Abel. The Brothers are next on my classics list - probably an Autumn read.

Magdelanye wrote: "on to vol 3. of the ferrante
Ellie, was my last question too fatuous or npc for you to reply? And Ice, have we already discussedThe Eagle and the Raven?

I have peeked at some of the..."

She is quite a mystery. She insists on anonymity; she believes the work should stand on its own. Amazing that she can pull it off in this day and age.

I finished Brothers Karamazov: an absolutely amazing work. I want to read it again (but I can't take it on at the moment: I'm just too weak!). But I have taken on another big (meaning both "major" and "tremendously long") work: Don Quixote (in the Edith Grossman translations). I'm only about 100 pages in and a little overwhelmed-but it is hilariously funny. Like I actually smile and sometimes laugh out loud, something I rarely do.

o nice to hear from you both. plastered to the ferrante, can't bear to read the last bit. have the new volume which is on hold

this mobile phone is not very enabling to editing...
the book is on order at the library and I have been able to place a hold.
I am glad I still have the first two volumes, I ve referred to them often.
how can she be anonymous and have photos of her on the internet.?
ice, are you planning to read it?

back in the real world
lucky I had an Ali Smith around.after ferrante and such extended immersion it was hard to disengage
found a Manda Scott in a sale bon, not from the Boudicca series....the crystal skull. what mixed reviews! from2-5. its a historical semi-mystical thriller

I really want to read the Ali. I've sworn off buying anything that's more than one cent + shipping (and I've had to cut way, way back on that!) so it might be a little while. :(

Meanwhile, I can't believe I decided to read DQ. I seriously may never finish it. And I'm at a point (half-way in) that a) is now more sad than funny and b) is too far in to quit (at least comfortably).

But I'm reading a lovely sort of memoir (I'm not sure how to classify it) by Rebecca Barry called Recipes for a Beautiful Life. It's about balancing being a wife, mother, and writer but even more than that, I think it's about how to live creatively, with all our own (and others') imperfections and life stresses. I'm really loving it.

i guess you dont do much library then, all her books are there and really worth reading.

Our library has a cute little tag at the bottom of the printout of the receipt, that gives you a total for the books you have out.
Mine said last week, you just save $784.79 !

The status of me and the library is complicated but I can do it through my daughter. I just hadn't thought of it. Thanks for reminding me!
(my biggest problem with the library is I have trouble reading on a schedule; I immediately rebel)

But-I love the tag with how much you've saved!

I am reading Extreme Medicine: How Exploration Transformed Medicine in the Twentieth Century . I am really enjoying it! It's a fascinating history. I just finished a couple of other non-fiction books so I guess I'm in a non-fiction mood this month. I also have Ferrante on my TBR list but it will have to wait until I finish some books that I recently bought.