I also found Snow Crash just last year and really liked it! Pizza delivery will never be the same to me again…
Finally getting around to “The Orchardist.” Honestly, I think every page breaks my heart a little bit. Rarely have I read a book with such a sense of dread. Can’t put it down though.
I want to read this- but I’d rather have already read it.
[The UnWinding](<a href=“‘The Unwinding,’ by George Packer - The New York Times”>‘The Unwinding,’ by George Packer - The New York Times)
I’m pretty sure I read K&R in the last six months… lol
Recommending Life After Life by Kate Atkinson. I couldn’t stop reading it - finished the darn thing in 2 1/2 days.
cartera, our book club just finished Rules of Civility…loved it! Sorry it had to end…so many twists. Glad to hear movie rights were bought. Could bring a great ensemble cast. What about this cast for starters?
Katey: Amber Tamblyn or Keira Knightly
Evelyn: Blake Lively or Emma Stone
Tinker: Shia LeBoeuf or Joseph Gordon Levitt
Hank : Robert Pattinson
Ann: Sharon Stone or Elizabeth Banks?
Did you know that the author also picked a playlist to go with the book? Great jazz music from that era…“an important component of the book’s backdrop”…
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Has anyone read The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer? I enjoyed it, some parts (and characters) more than others. It’s the story about six friends who meet at an arts camp one summer when they’re about 15, and follows them through adulthood, marriage, parenthood, careers, the ups and downs of life.
I’m currently reading I’ll Be Seeing You by Suzanne Hayes & Loretta Nyhan. This, too, is a novel about friendship. It’s written in epistolary form, and is the story of two women who are waiting at home while the men in their lives fight in WWII.
The Interestings is next in my queue. My D1 read it and just thought it was all right, but she might not be of an age to enjoy it… 
I read The Interestings, and found it to be a bit underwhelming. However, I agree with Katliamom about Life After Life…just an amazing book. Donna, I have Merivel in my pile. With your recommendation, I will have to pull it out. I remember really enjoying Restoration. And I can see I will have to check out Rules of Civility too!
Gosman - I’ll play the casting game for Rules of Civility. I’m seeing Rooney Mara as Katey, Armie Hammer as Tinker, Jessica Chastain or Evan Rachel Wood as Eve and Cate Blanchett as Anne. Wallace was my favorite character and I’m having trouble with him.
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Sewhappy, I wanted to send you a PM but couldn’t. Wanted to let you know that I have finally read Daniel Deronda. You were the person who convinced me that I should!
I haven’t reread that in ages! My I should do a George Eliot summer.
Ah, George Eliot. I love her books and have reread many of them over the years but I’ve never read Daniel Deronda. It’s time. Thank you for that idea, NJTheatreMom.
Speaking of George Eliot, has anyone seen the collection of shows the BBC did of her books? Is it worth purchasing on dvd?
Cartera…oh, I like your Eve casting much better! Agree that Wallace is tough. A friend
suggested Josh Hutcherson, but I’m not sure on that one. And what about Ryan Gossling for Tate (the Conde Naste boss)?
gosmom, I would happily find a place for Ryan Gosling in every movie. He could play Katey and I’d be fine with it.
I recently read “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy, " We Need to Talk About Kevin" by Lionel Shriver and “Flight Behavior” by Barbara Kingslover.
I started “The Lacuna” by Kinglover but it isn’t grabbing me.
EPTR, I am currently reading Lionel Shriver’s latest, Big Brother. I always find her books very interesting and enjoy the topical aspects, but feel she is not good with dialogue or situations (the latest has a younger sister from a family with lots of issues trying to help her older brother lose about 200 pounds. Her business success, supposedly getting her on the cover of NY Magazine, among other accolades, comes from a business making custom dolls that repeat the annoying phrases spouted by their owners). We Need To Talk About Kevin avoided some of that, I think, with its format of being written in letters.
I loved The Road too. To me, that book is one of the finest depictions of father-son love I have ever seen.
Yes I agree. very sad and sweet.
I have heard that Lionel Shriver’s other books are not as good as “Kevin”. You are probably right about the format being key. I was blown away by that book. Very honest and insightful.
Looking for my next read, GoldenWest! What do you recommend?
For those of you who liked The Rules of Civility, there is a short e-book sequel called Eve in Hollywood. I just read about it yesterday.