Comments on: Am I what I read? http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/am-i-what-i-read.html A writer neither here nor there Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:38:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: kathryn http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/am-i-what-i-read.html#comment-167 Sat, 29 Apr 2006 12:47:31 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/am-i-what-i-read.html#comment-167 Yes, Dirt Music is stunning! I'm off to check out your list! Yes, Dirt Music is stunning! I’m off to check out your list!

]]> by: Kay Sexton http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/am-i-what-i-read.html#comment-166 Sat, 29 Apr 2006 11:38:55 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/am-i-what-i-read.html#comment-166 Ha! I've already been tagged by Myfanwy and done mine ... although now I'd like to go back and add an Australian book to my list after your blog on landscape and culture. I think I'd pick Tim Winton's <i>Dirt Music</i> for it's sheer beauty although I think the ending lets the narrative down. Ha! I’ve already been tagged by Myfanwy and done mine … although now I’d like to go back and add an Australian book to my list after your blog on landscape and culture. I think I’d pick Tim Winton’s Dirt Music for it’s sheer beauty although I think the ending lets the narrative down.

]]> by: kathryn http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/am-i-what-i-read.html#comment-165 Thu, 27 Apr 2006 07:44:33 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/am-i-what-i-read.html#comment-165 Great, Debra. I'm off to look at your list. Great, Debra. I’m off to look at your list.

]]> by: Debra http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/am-i-what-i-read.html#comment-163 Thu, 27 Apr 2006 06:07:54 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/am-i-what-i-read.html#comment-163 Thanks for tagging me Kathryn, I enjoyed doing this. Though it took me a while - all that browsing on my bookshelf slowed me down. Thanks for tagging me Kathryn, I enjoyed doing this. Though it took me a while - all that browsing on my bookshelf slowed me down.

]]> by: tom http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/am-i-what-i-read.html#comment-162 Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:47:03 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/am-i-what-i-read.html#comment-162 No, no "e," Kathryn. I can't remember exactly why I stopped reading Middlesex. A bit long-winded, perhaps. Also I loved The Virgin Suicides and it was disappointing as a follow up. No, no “e,” Kathryn.

I can’t remember exactly why I stopped reading Middlesex. A bit long-winded, perhaps. Also I loved The Virgin Suicides and it was disappointing as a follow up.

]]> by: kathryn http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/am-i-what-i-read.html#comment-161 Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:29:47 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/am-i-what-i-read.html#comment-161 Tom - do you get a little "e" at the top of your comment where it says "Comment by tom &#124; 2006/04/24 at 05:26:29 &#124;e"??? Does that allow you to edit? If not, I'll try editing in your slashes. Tom - do you get a little “e” at the top of your comment where it says “Comment by tom | 2006/04/24 at 05:26:29 |e”??? Does that allow you to edit? If not, I’ll try editing in your slashes.

]]> by: kathryn http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/am-i-what-i-read.html#comment-160 Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:28:20 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/am-i-what-i-read.html#comment-160 Don't know Troubles or JG Farrell so thanks for that, Tom. What was it about Middlesex that made you stop? I can't remember what it was for me - it was a while ago now and normally I blame myself, my mood, and what's going on in my life for not finishing a book rather than blame the book itself. Not sure I would have finished The Secret History had I read it now. I remember persisting with that one - I was really curious about it and all the hype surrounding it, the author, and the publishing deal. Don’t know Troubles or JG Farrell so thanks for that, Tom. What was it about Middlesex that made you stop? I can’t remember what it was for me - it was a while ago now and normally I blame myself, my mood, and what’s going on in my life for not finishing a book rather than blame the book itself. Not sure I would have finished The Secret History had I read it now. I remember persisting with that one - I was really curious about it and all the hype surrounding it, the author, and the publishing deal.

]]> by: tom http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/am-i-what-i-read.html#comment-159 Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:26:29 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/am-i-what-i-read.html#comment-159 Oops, my slashes haven't come out. They were there in the preview. My recommendation isn't in the right place either. Damn. Don't seem to be able to edit. You get the gist, anyway. Oops, my slashes haven’t come out. They were there in the preview. My recommendation isn’t in the right place either. Damn. Don’t seem to be able to edit. You get the gist, anyway.

]]> by: tom http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/am-i-what-i-read.html#comment-158 Mon, 24 Apr 2006 11:46:20 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/am-i-what-i-read.html#comment-158 <strike>The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown</strike> <b>The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger</b> <b>The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams</b> <b>The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald</b> <b>To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee</b> (The Time Traveler’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger) His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J. K. Rowling *Bought it for Jean <b>The Life of Pi - Yann Martel</b> <b>Animal Farm: A Fairy Story - George Orwell</b> <b>Catch 22 - Joseph Heller</b> <b>The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien</b> <b>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon</b> <b>Lord of the Flies - William Golding</b> <b>Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen</b> <b>1984 - George Orwell</b> Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J. K. Rowling *Bought for Jean <b>One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez</b> <i>Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden</i> <i>The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini</i> <strike>The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold</strike> <b>Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut</b> The Secret History - Donna Tartt *Started but didn't like - pot-boiler about worthless characters. Gave the book away <b>Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte</b> The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis*Bought for Jean Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides**did not finish, actually**Me too! <i>Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell</i> <b>Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte</b> <b>Atonement - Ian McEwan</b> (The Shadow of The Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon) <b>The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway</b> <b>The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood</b> <b>The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath</b> <strike>Dune - Frank Herbert</strike> <strike>Sula by Toni Morrison</strike> Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier *Started but didn't finish <strike>The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo</strike> White Teeth by Zadie Smith *Started but didn't finish <i>The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton</i> *Have the film and I've watched it several times *** Too many books to add. Everyone should read Troubles by JG Farrell The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
(The Time Traveler’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger)
His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J. K. Rowling *Bought it for Jean
The Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Animal Farm: A Fairy Story - George Orwell
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
Lord of the Flies - William Golding
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
1984 - George Orwell
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J. K. Rowling *Bought for Jean
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut
The Secret History - Donna Tartt *Started but didn’t like - pot-boiler about worthless characters. Gave the book away
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis*Bought for Jean
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides**did not finish, actually**Me too!
Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Atonement - Ian McEwan
(The Shadow of The Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
Dune - Frank Herbert
Sula by Toni Morrison
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier *Started but didn’t finish
The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
White Teeth by Zadie Smith *Started but didn’t finish
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton *Have the film and I’ve watched it several times

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Too many books to add. Everyone should read Troubles by JG Farrell

]]> by: kathryn http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/am-i-what-i-read.html#comment-157 Sun, 23 Apr 2006 19:20:59 +0000 http://www.kathrynkoromilas.com/am-i-what-i-read.html#comment-157 Oh, and here I thought bits of The Hobbit made it into the flick. Misled, I am! Off to check out your list. ;-) Oh, and here I thought bits of The Hobbit made it into the flick. Misled, I am! Off to check out your list. ;-)

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