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I just can't get into it. I keep falling asleep.Paula said:
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Great Reading
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DD
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I also read the Sunday Wife. Thought it was a good beach read too. Loved the references to Grayton. Now, I'm reading "Handling Sin" by Michael Malone. I'm not too far into it yet and it's reeeeeeeeeaaaalllly thick. Started it on vacation and haven't had much time to read since returning.
I recommended Cassandra King's "The Sunday Wife" on this Board some weeks back. I enjoyed this book, although it doesn't require much thinking. Particularly liked that it was set in Grayton Beach and Pt. Washington. When I first realized it was about a minister's wife, I had second thoughts about reading it. Not exactly my cup of tea, nor is most light fiction. But it was a good story about the standard that the wives of religious men are held to and I thought her experiences with female friendships were very poignant. A nice little love affair, a la Anne Rivers Siddons, thrown in for good measure. If you like Pat Conroy ("Prince of Tides" and others), you may enjoy this book because there is definitely a similarity in their use of words. King is the wife of Pat Conroy.
iwishiwasthere
Beach Fanatic
Thanks for the suggestions. A few good books I have read lately...Wicked, the story of the Wicked Witch of West from the Wizard of Oz. Not light hearted but interesting and rather dense. The Emporer of Ocean Park...murder mystery and really good. Don't Stop the Carnival by Herman Wouk. For pure fluff, The Shopaholic series is fun and I just read The Devil Wears Prada. Aside from eating great foods and star watching, reading at the beach is a favorite activity. Enjoy!
Cil
Beach Fanatic
Thanks for the headsup for The Sunday Wife.
Reading a book which is not all that profound might be a good choice for me these days. We have six weeks to sell our house, find a place to live in PSJ, then get down to Port St Joe.
Right now I am rereading Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard, a sort of fictionalized memoir of his experiences as a young boy, separated from his parents, trying to survive, stay alive, at a Japanese internment camp in China during WWII. Ballard is a good writer and his descriptions are beautiful, horrific, fascinating and sobering all at the same time.
Reading a book which is not all that profound might be a good choice for me these days. We have six weeks to sell our house, find a place to live in PSJ, then get down to Port St Joe.
Right now I am rereading Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard, a sort of fictionalized memoir of his experiences as a young boy, separated from his parents, trying to survive, stay alive, at a Japanese internment camp in China during WWII. Ballard is a good writer and his descriptions are beautiful, horrific, fascinating and sobering all at the same time.
Kurt
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Cil said:
I really like the movie by Spielberg. Starring Batman Begins' Christian Bale in a great performance as the young boy Jim.
If you like that you might also like the grittier novel by James Clavell, "King Rat" - about the brutality of prison camp life in Japanese-occupied, World War II Malaya. The King, an American corporal, seeks to dominate both captives and captors by his courage, profound insight into human frailties, and pragmatic American business techniques in a class-ridden society where Japanese and British actions are bound by bankrupt codes of "honor."
Paula
Beach Fanatic
For light but not-to-fast engaging beach reading, I really liked James Patterson's The Beach House about a brother trying to find out how his younger brother was murdered in the Hamptons and the very clever and sometimes funny ways he solves the mystery. I'm not generally a mystery reader, but I really liked this one. Read it in about a week at the beach (mostly in the early mornings).
A few of my favorites:
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. She has a new one out called Mermaid Chair (or something like it) but I haven't yet read it.
Hotel Pastis by Peter Mayle.
There are really good synopisises (is that right?) of the books on www.amazon.com. Reviews, too.
I loved the Red Tent. We listened to it on the way back from the beach. I like gripping human dramas like that.
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. She has a new one out called Mermaid Chair (or something like it) but I haven't yet read it.
Hotel Pastis by Peter Mayle.
There are really good synopisises (is that right?) of the books on www.amazon.com. Reviews, too.
I loved the Red Tent. We listened to it on the way back from the beach. I like gripping human dramas like that.