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RE: Summer Reading

Hermione · Kate Spade

blubirde wrote:

ttara123 wrote:

would you recommend these The Age of Innocence and A Prayer for Owen Meany?

I can recommend The Age of Innocence. I love Edith Wharton. I think The House of Mirth is her best work, but if you liked the Age of Innocence movie, you'll like the book. It's 500 times better. There's a newish biography of Edith Wharton I'm going to have to read soon. She was such an interesting woman and her female characters are have so many layers. Did I mention I love her? She's one of my favorite writers.
I'm on a total Alison Weir kick lately. She's started writing fiction recently, so I've been reading them as well. They're better than the average historical fiction.
Currently reading:

And before that:
Just finished reading:

Eleanor of Aquitane is completely amazing. Talk about an early feminist!
And because of Eleanor, I'm reading about Richard the Lionheart (old, library book, nothing new) and Queen Isabella:

I also recently read:

And I just checked out from the library and/or purchased:

And a few more that I'll add once I go downstairs to see their titles.

Blubirde,

I love historical fiction so I picked up Innocent Traitor at the library because of your rec - loved it! after that I got the Life of Elizabeth 1, also by Weir - NOT fiction, and still an amazingly fun read! I am in love with this author, thank you!!!

p.s. - also i'm loving the library lately- for some reason I just rediscovered it - with the interlibrary loan system being automated now, I just get online and look up whatever movies/ books/ cds I want and put them on my "list" and they email me when they are ready to be picked up at the library near my house - so easy! Also you can keep movies for a week, and the best part is - it's all free!

pollyjean23 · Marc Jacobs

After taking a month and a half to recover from The Fountainhead, which I absolutely loved, I just started reading A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh.

Kelly · Hermes

I'm currently reading these two:

I'm going so slowly, though. Summer is so busy and I have a weakness for magazines so they take up a lot of my leisure reading time :)

blubirde · Chanel

Hermione wrote:

blubirde wrote:

ttara123 wrote:

would you recommend these The Age of Innocence and A Prayer for Owen Meany?

I can recommend The Age of Innocence. I love Edith Wharton. I think The House of Mirth is her best work, but if you liked the Age of Innocence movie, you'll like the book. It's 500 times better. There's a newish biography of Edith Wharton I'm going to have to read soon. She was such an interesting woman and her female characters are have so many layers. Did I mention I love her? She's one of my favorite writers.
I'm on a total Alison Weir kick lately. She's started writing fiction recently, so I've been reading them as well. They're better than the average historical fiction.
Currently reading:

And before that:
Just finished reading:

Eleanor of Aquitane is completely amazing. Talk about an early feminist!
And because of Eleanor, I'm reading about Richard the Lionheart (old, library book, nothing new) and Queen Isabella:

I also recently read:

And I just checked out from the library and/or purchased:

And a few more that I'll add once I go downstairs to see their titles.

Blubirde,
I love historical fiction so I picked up Innocent Traitor at the library because of your rec - loved it! after that I got the Life of Elizabeth 1, also by Weir - NOT fiction, and still an amazingly fun read! I am in love with this author, thank you!!!

p.s. - also i'm loving the library lately- for some reason I just rediscovered it - with the interlibrary loan system being automated now, I just get online and look up whatever movies/ books/ cds I want and put them on my "list" and they email me when they are ready to be picked up at the library near my house - so easy! Also you can keep movies for a week, and the best part is - it's all free!

I know! I'm constantly adding books to my list (right now I have too many to read - ugh) and getting the email that they're ready to be picked up. How awesome is that? It's still hard for me to avoid the lure of the bright, shiny bookstore but I'm working on it.

I love Weir. I read one of her books a few years ago but kind of forgot about her until I think Halleybird mentioned her. Now I think I've read everything she's written... (hides under nerd rock).