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Jamie

Jamie

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“It turns out that an eerie type of chaos can lurk just behind a façade of order—and yet, deep inside the chaos lurks an even eerier type of order.” –Hofstadter

Reading interests: Hemingway, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Katherine Anne Porter, Haruki Murakami, Jorge Luis Borges,... more »
  • Huntsville, AL, United States
  • member since March 27, 2007

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  • ellemorgan

    ellemorgan says

    No it doesn't become plausible. Ultimately, I think I enjoyed 1Q84 even though it is totally crazy. So far my favorite review is the New York Review of Books: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/dec/08/behind-murakamis-mirror/?pagination=false
    I don't want to accidentally spoil anything, so we can talk about specific elements when you finish it.

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • ellemorgan

    ellemorgan says

    I've never gotten around to reading any Roth. One day...

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • ellemorgan

    ellemorgan says

    I hope you guys like Miss Peregrine's! I really enjoyed it.

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • HemingwayHeroine

    HemingwayHeroine says

    oh my gosh, i would love that. After Dances with Dragons? Like - August somtime?

    posted 7 months ago. ( send a note )
  • ellemorgan

    ellemorgan says

    I definitely read Black Swan Green sometime in 2006, but I can't remember what I would have rated it.

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Trenton Spencer

    Trenton Spencer says

    Yeah you're hard on literature like me. I just finished Hunter Thompson's "Rum Diaries". It was fabulous. It was so hard to put down and I finished it in less than three days. I'm trying to read as many books as I possibly can while I'm on my break. I've gotten through three so far. I read "The Great Gatsby" (yes, for the first time), "Farenheit 451"(which is actually really good and thought provoking), and "The Rum Diaries". I haven't had a disappointed yet.

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Trenton Spencer

    Trenton Spencer says

    I'll definitely get you the dates and times. I have to be honest though. You aren't really making the Murakami book sound very appealing.ha. Is it an older one of his?

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Trenton Spencer

    Trenton Spencer says

    I'm actually taking Southern Lit this summer.. It's a 4 hour lecture every Friday morning!! Yea! I have a feeling that some Faulkner will definitely be discussed, and probably some Eudora Welty (I think thats how you spell her name). She's pretty kooky; crazy dialog. I've had such a hard time deciding what to put on my shelf because I've read so many short stories. You can't read one short story from someone and say you've read their anthology can you? ha.

    Side note: We're getting classes back at the gym, and I'm going to be teaching a Power Yoga class.. You should think about joining us.

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Trenton Spencer

    Trenton Spencer says

    Some of them are really hard to follow because the Southern dialect is so intense, but "A Rose for Emily" has been one of my favorite stories for years.

    posted 10 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Trenton Spencer

    Trenton Spencer says

    i do believe i have found you mrs. hoffman

    posted 10 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Redshoes

    Redshoes says

    Or THE BAD GIRL by Llosa it was great. I have bought extra copies just to give away.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Redshoes

    Redshoes says

    I am so glad you liked it! I was surprised when the novel changed and Jacob was no longer the center of attention, but Miss Aibagawa becomes a sister at Mount Shiranui Shrine. I was awed when the reason for the the shrine's existence becomes clear and the ancient rituals are reveals along with the failed attempt to free her. But for me the most stunning piece of writing came in the room of the last chrysanthemum, when Shiroyama murders Lord Abbott Enomoto with a poison extracted from a tree snake found only in a Siamese delta. I was left me breathless. What a novel, what an epic! Try Cloud Atlas it's also very good. Or read what I said about THE WAKE OF FORGIVENESS or THE TATTOO ARTIST.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • ellemorgan

    ellemorgan says

    Finally got a copy of A Thousand Autumns from the library. I'm ready to read it whenever you're ready.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • ellemorgan

    ellemorgan says

    Glad that you and Jake enjoyed The Funny Little Woman! I loved it when I was a kid, and I still enjoy it. It's funny that you're about to read Black Hole. I've had it on my bookshelf for a long time, but only read about half of it. Then the other day I decided to try it again, and I read it all in one night. I want to read Charles Burns' latest "X'ed Out" as soon as the library has an available copy.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Christiane T

    Christiane T says

    That sure does help, thank you so much!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • A

    A says

    Hi Jamie Wow it has been so long that you now are a mother of two and I am a mother of three. I have hardly read anything recently though. I don't think I read 6 entire books in 2010 and I am no longer active here on shelfari. I have discovered scrapbooking and am crazy about that instead now!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Mrs. K

    Mrs. K says

    I hope you like the sequels. They weren't quite the same as GWTW, but I enjoyed them. I always wanted the story of Rhett and Scarlett to continue.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • ellemorgan

    ellemorgan says

    Yes, let's definitely plan to read The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet in a month! As for Super Sad, it received lots of favorable reviews and ended up on several best-of-the-year lists; maybe you'll enjoy it more than I did. It just didn't work for me.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • jerry-book

    jerry-book says

    Great to hear from you. Your little one is really growing. My daughter is graduating from Mary Washington U this Spring and my son is a freshman in High School so I am further along life's path. I guess my recent main activity here has been reading the presidential bographies. Our group is now on James Monroe. If ever you think about a prep school for your child read the Rector of Justin by Louis Auchinloss. I am reading it now. I saw his obit recently and was intrigued.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • jerry-book

    jerry-book says

    Merry Xmas and Happy Holidays for you and your family. Nice chatting on Hemingway and his short stories in the past.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )

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