I appreciate your comments on The Woman in White. I think "wordiness" of books that were written so long ago, is that perhaps people then didn't have as much to occupy themselves with. I'm obviously romanticizing the times, because they were busy with different things than we are. But I think they had more time to read and to enjoy descriptions more than we do. As modern readers, don't we just want to get to the point? Sue Keehnen
________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: BookCrossing <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, October 2, 2010 10:18:44 AM Subject: [BookCrossing] Paula's September A little slower month for me, I only read 3 books and listened to 1: The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins B- I liked the story in this book but it was written in 1868 and was VERY wordy. It felt as if the book would never end. I had read 50 pages then totally gave up on it. I read something else and then tried again. At that point, I got into the story and wanted to see how it would end. Good, but everlasting. LOL Ape House - Sarah Gruen B Someone graciously loaned me this book to read by the same author as "Water for Elephants". This was a good book but I don't think it was quite as good as "Elephants". This is about a family of Apes living in a lab at a university. They are well cared for and communicate via sign language with their handler Isabel. There are protesters outside the building claiming animal abuse. One evening, the lab is blown up and the Bonobos set free. The rest of the book is about what happens to the family of apes. Very interesting read. Forever Odd - Dean Koontz - B The second book in the series. Odd is summoned by Dr. Jessup who Odd realizes is dead. The doctor is asking Odd for help in locating his son who has gone missing after Jessup was murdered. Odd follows the kidnappers to where they are holed up and works on rescuing Danny which is tricky as he has brittle bone disease. AUDIO: Asylum - Patrick McGrath - B Wasn't too sure if I would like this one but the more I got into it, the more I looked forward to where the characters were going. Stella, the wife of an asylum keeper meets Edgar, an inmate who tends her garden. They become involved and Edgar escapes. Stella follows Edgar and as he falls more into an abyss, she has to decide what to do, stay with him or leave him - if she can. Paula, CO [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend Archives and email list settings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
