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Old Books - Shakespeare Antique Books - Rudyard Kipling Contemporary Books - I'll have to think.. It's a long list.. SciFi/Fantasy - Catherynne M. Valente - amazzzzing experimental prose in her later novels. Here's to new books and old things and everything in between..
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Agatha Christie’s Hercule Piorrot short stories
Ngaio Marsh collection Maya Angelou Sophie’s Choice Memoirs of a Geisha Dante’s Divine Comedy Billy Wagglesticks (William Shakespeare’s) complete works and Sonnets….I’m an old romantic soul at heart, lol! The Secret Book of Grazia Dei Rossi by Jacqueline Park I, Mona Lisa by Jeanne Kalogridis In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant Leonardo's Swans by Karen Essex Hinemoa (written in Te Reo Maori) Historical fiction by Witi Tame Ihimaera (a mix of English and Te Reo Maori) The Whale Rider The Uncle's Story Woman Far Walking The Rope of Man The Matriarch Sky Dancer The Dream Swimmer: Sequel to the Matriarch The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo ….My list includes: The Bronte Sister, Jane Austin, Charles Dickens and many more…
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Old Books: Shakespeare, Jane Austen
SciFi/Fantasy: the Crown of Thorns books - although reading them all in one go probably wasn't the best idea - I'm sort of burned out now. I'll read pretty well anything that looks interesting - history, autobiography, fiction. Kathy Reichs, Deaver, Unger. I love the end of year lists that have reviewers favourite books - now I've got a huge list of stuff that I'll pick up at the library. |
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Oh Mr. George.. How I love his work. I have stopped 3/4's of the way through his latest book because I don't want it to end!!! I'm going to be a very sad pink when I finish the last page.
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I love Maya Angelou.. Oh I can listen to her read and read her books for hours and hours..
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I like Kathy Reichs too Wryly...and Nikki French. I may be back... |
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Have you read Friday by Heinlein? A long time favorite of mine..
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Great topic, Pink! Here's my list.
Favorite fiction authors: Carson McCullers, Flannery O'Conner, Cormac McCarthy, Tom Robbins, Neil Gaiman Favorite nonfiction authors: Mary Roach, Malcolm Gladwell, David Foster Wallace, David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell Fantasy/Young Adult series: Harry Potter, The Hunger Games Old stuff I keep rereading: Montaigne, Oscar Wilde Recent stuff I keep rereading: An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination Elizabeth McCracken Boys of My Youth Joann Beard About a Mountain John D'Agata Bluets Maggie Nelson
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May I ask; are you able to read Te Reo Maori? Many of his books are written with a mix of Te Reo Maori (no translation in some)and English which has put some people off and I appreciate it's not for everyone. A little unknown fact; Witi has a nephew Gary Christie Lewis who married Lady Davina Windsor, becoming the first Maori to marry into the British Royal Family. We get everywhere! LOL!
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House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski I Am Legend by Richard Matheson The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman The Awakening by Kate Chopin Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons to be continued....
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You'll be right, then, as many Te Reo Maori words will be familiar to you!
I read Skydancer in one evening I enjoyed the book that much, lol!
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In my queer art class this semester we discussed Witi Ihimaera. So beautiful..
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Thomas Harris - I'm reminded how much I loved the Hannibal Lector series..
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Are his books well known Stateside, now?
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Hardly anyone knows about Witi's books. It was a project specifically about queer NZ.
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Witi came out a few years ago....I remember it not going down that well!
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