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1. The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
2. Bella Tuscany by Frances Mayes
3. Asleep by Bannana Yoshimoto
4. Coraline by Neil Gaiman (audiobook)
5. Bill Bryson's African Diary by Bill Bryson
6. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
7. Jennifer by Zoa Sherborn
8. The Contestant by Stephanie Doyle
9. Critical Affair by M.J Rogers
10. I am not Myself These Days by Josh Kilmer-Purcell
11. The Sexiest Dead Man Alive by Jane Blackwood
12. Runaway Bay by Lisa Hendrix
13. The Burning Point by Mary Jo Putney
Well, I am finishing off the year with 126 books read and listened to during 2005. That is four short of my goal of 130 which is really not bad at all.
2. Bella Tuscany by Frances Mayes
3. Asleep by Bannana Yoshimoto
4. Coraline by Neil Gaiman (audiobook)
5. Bill Bryson's African Diary by Bill Bryson
6. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
7. Jennifer by Zoa Sherborn
8. The Contestant by Stephanie Doyle
9. Critical Affair by M.J Rogers
10. I am not Myself These Days by Josh Kilmer-Purcell
11. The Sexiest Dead Man Alive by Jane Blackwood
12. Runaway Bay by Lisa Hendrix
13. The Burning Point by Mary Jo Putney
Well, I am finishing off the year with 126 books read and listened to during 2005. That is four short of my goal of 130 which is really not bad at all.
for the local Scandinavian Music Fans
Dec. 6th, 2005 11:53 amI just got the December ESD/NorthSide/Omnium (Hearful Music) Newsletter, and this was in it:
NORTHSIDE TOUR DATES
HARV
February 15, 2006: Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL at 7:30 pm
Chicago Cultural Center Presents Harv
and since it is at the cultural center, it is free entrance
NORTHSIDE TOUR DATES
HARV
February 15, 2006: Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL at 7:30 pm
Chicago Cultural Center Presents Harv
and since it is at the cultural center, it is free entrance
The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
Nov. 29th, 2005 09:24 pmMy firstlook review for this book
In the Space between us, Thrity Umrigar introduces us to Bhima and Sera Dubash. These are two women from vastly differing lifestyles whose lives become intertwined.
Bhima is a poor Hindu woman who is struggling to support herself and her granddaughter Maya. Maya has recently become pregnant while unwed, and will not admit to whom the father is. Because of this she is forced to drop out of collage which was the hope of her grandmother and her getting out of the slums.
Sera Dubash is an upper middle class Parsi widow. Her life seems perfect. She lives in a flat owned by her husband’s family; she has a beautiful and intelligent daughter. She can afford to hire Bhima as her house servant, to do cleaning around the house and to get things from the market for her. However, she is extremely unhappy. a state of being which has plagued her since her marriage to her late husband Feroz.
Despite their differences, Sera and Bhima develop a friendship of sorts over the twenty years that Bhima has been working for the Dubash household. Bhima brings her mistress‘ life a little bit of pleasure as she deals with her husbands uncontrollable rages. She becomes a surrogate mother to Sera’s daughter Dinaz, and brings cheerfulness into the household. Sera on the other hand finds in Bhima some one she can trust to soothe the bruises and hurt feelings, she treats Bhima’s granddaughter with kindness when she was brought to live with her grandmother in Bombay after being orphaned in Delhi. Over the years, Sera helps out Bhima when she can, she pays for Maya’s college tuition when it turns out how bright of a child she is.
Through the years, Bhima and Sera share heartbreaks, and joy, and love of a sort. Their world gets turned upside down when it is discovered that Maya has become pregnant.
Thrity Umrigar brings her readers to witness contemporary Bombay life with a fantastically crafted story. She uses her masterful writing style to bring us the readers into a world where life is a struggle. I was transported to a world that was very unfamiliar to me, and while the story is a sad one it ended leaving me with a haunting sense of longing to know more about the future of these two women. I was blown away by the depth of the characters and the descriptiveness of her phrasing. I haven’t read a book set in India that has grabbed hold of me and transported me across the globe like this one did, since I read A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry a few years back.
In the Space between us, Thrity Umrigar introduces us to Bhima and Sera Dubash. These are two women from vastly differing lifestyles whose lives become intertwined.
Bhima is a poor Hindu woman who is struggling to support herself and her granddaughter Maya. Maya has recently become pregnant while unwed, and will not admit to whom the father is. Because of this she is forced to drop out of collage which was the hope of her grandmother and her getting out of the slums.
Sera Dubash is an upper middle class Parsi widow. Her life seems perfect. She lives in a flat owned by her husband’s family; she has a beautiful and intelligent daughter. She can afford to hire Bhima as her house servant, to do cleaning around the house and to get things from the market for her. However, she is extremely unhappy. a state of being which has plagued her since her marriage to her late husband Feroz.
Despite their differences, Sera and Bhima develop a friendship of sorts over the twenty years that Bhima has been working for the Dubash household. Bhima brings her mistress‘ life a little bit of pleasure as she deals with her husbands uncontrollable rages. She becomes a surrogate mother to Sera’s daughter Dinaz, and brings cheerfulness into the household. Sera on the other hand finds in Bhima some one she can trust to soothe the bruises and hurt feelings, she treats Bhima’s granddaughter with kindness when she was brought to live with her grandmother in Bombay after being orphaned in Delhi. Over the years, Sera helps out Bhima when she can, she pays for Maya’s college tuition when it turns out how bright of a child she is.
Through the years, Bhima and Sera share heartbreaks, and joy, and love of a sort. Their world gets turned upside down when it is discovered that Maya has become pregnant.
Thrity Umrigar brings her readers to witness contemporary Bombay life with a fantastically crafted story. She uses her masterful writing style to bring us the readers into a world where life is a struggle. I was transported to a world that was very unfamiliar to me, and while the story is a sad one it ended leaving me with a haunting sense of longing to know more about the future of these two women. I was blown away by the depth of the characters and the descriptiveness of her phrasing. I haven’t read a book set in India that has grabbed hold of me and transported me across the globe like this one did, since I read A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry a few years back.
Listened to a very long audio book and didn't read very much print. I am also adding in 2 other audio books listened to that I didn't add to the list in the past (so they are not forgotten).
1. The Steep Ascent by Anne Morrow Lindburg
2. Byrhtnoth: Anglo-Saxon Warrior by John McSween
3. The Cobweb by Neil Stephenson and J. Frederick George
4. Jonothan Strange and Mr. Norrel by Susanna Clarke (audio book)
5. Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson (audio book)
6. Virtual Light by William Gibson (audio book)
7. The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. LeGuin
8. The Sundered(Star Trek: the Lost Era) by Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels
9. Santa's Little Helpers varios artists
1. The Steep Ascent by Anne Morrow Lindburg
2. Byrhtnoth: Anglo-Saxon Warrior by John McSween
3. The Cobweb by Neil Stephenson and J. Frederick George
4. Jonothan Strange and Mr. Norrel by Susanna Clarke (audio book)
5. Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson (audio book)
6. Virtual Light by William Gibson (audio book)
7. The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. LeGuin
8. The Sundered(Star Trek: the Lost Era) by Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels
9. Santa's Little Helpers varios artists
I've been slacking on the weekly list, so y'all get a whopping dose of books read. I've passed 100 books read this year so far.
1. Kowhai Country by Gloria Bevin
2. Visions in Death by J.D. Robb
3. Queen's own Fool: A Tale of Mary Queen of Scots by Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris
4. Outback Summer by Nancy John
5. Wake up, I'm Fat by Camryn Manheim
6. Yamato: A Rage in Heaven vol. 1 by Ken Kato
7. Fluke: Or I Know why the Winged Whale Sings by Christopher Moore
8. Ravagers by Stephen Billias (Cyberpunk 2020)
9. Colorado Lady by Mary L. Smith
10. Secret of the Stagecoach Inn by Dorthy Baughman
11. A Husband's Revenge by Lee Wilkenson
12. Miracle Wife by Day LeClaire
13. Tree of Promise by
14. Daughters of Britania by Katie Hickman
15. Road to Paradiss by Max A. Collins
16. Space: A Memior by Jessie Lee Kercheval
17. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
18. The Lobster Chronicles: Life on a Small Island by Linda Greenlaw
19. The Road to Perdition by Max A. Collins
20. Armegeddon Summer by Jane Yolen and Bruce Coville
21. The Last Warrior Queen by Mary Mackey
22. Riverwood by Jane Corby
23. Windhaven by George R. R. Martin and Lisa Tuttle
1. Kowhai Country by Gloria Bevin
2. Visions in Death by J.D. Robb
3. Queen's own Fool: A Tale of Mary Queen of Scots by Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris
4. Outback Summer by Nancy John
5. Wake up, I'm Fat by Camryn Manheim
6. Yamato: A Rage in Heaven vol. 1 by Ken Kato
7. Fluke: Or I Know why the Winged Whale Sings by Christopher Moore
8. Ravagers by Stephen Billias (Cyberpunk 2020)
9. Colorado Lady by Mary L. Smith
10. Secret of the Stagecoach Inn by Dorthy Baughman
11. A Husband's Revenge by Lee Wilkenson
12. Miracle Wife by Day LeClaire
13. Tree of Promise by
14. Daughters of Britania by Katie Hickman
15. Road to Paradiss by Max A. Collins
16. Space: A Memior by Jessie Lee Kercheval
17. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
18. The Lobster Chronicles: Life on a Small Island by Linda Greenlaw
19. The Road to Perdition by Max A. Collins
20. Armegeddon Summer by Jane Yolen and Bruce Coville
21. The Last Warrior Queen by Mary Mackey
22. Riverwood by Jane Corby
23. Windhaven by George R. R. Martin and Lisa Tuttle
Road to Paradise by Max Allen Collins
Oct. 24th, 2005 09:38 pmBook review for the Harper Collins firstlook program (reader review program)
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In his graphic novel Road to Perdition author Max Allen Collins introduces us to the charecter Michael O'Sullivan. The son of a mobster who's life changes when the mob turns on his family. In it's written sequal, Road to Purgatory we meet Michael again, now known as Michael Satariano. who is a young man, recently returned from WWII, and taking his flegling steps into becoming a part of the Chicago mob. Road to Paradise is the third and final book in the Road to series that Max Collins has written. He once again masterfully brings us back into the life of Michael Satariano, this time not with images drawn, but images shared through descriptive writing.
In Road to Paradise, we are introduced once again to Michael, now middle aged, with his killing days far behind him. Michael runs a casino for the mob, and has a family he is raising in a small town near the California Nevada border. He is comfortable in his life, until exiled godfather Sam Giancana asks Michael to help him regain power in CHicago by commiting a hit on one of the members of the Chicago mob. Michael refuses the job. The hit is done anyways, and Michael finds himself running from the mob with his family after being framed for the murder.
Max Collins crafts a suspensful story following the Satariano family as they are moved around the country in the newly formed Federal Witness Protection Program. The book has on the edge of your seat action and exitment as we follow Michael as he tries to keep his family safe, prove that he was framed, and battle the "family" that has been such a huge impact on his life and lifestyle since he was a small boy in the 1930's. If you have not read either of the books prior to this one, you won't find yourself lost in the story. Collins gives the reader access to ocurances and past history from the other chapters in Michael O'Sullivan's life without bogging down the story of the present happenings to Michael.
I have been waiting for this conclusion to Max Collin's "Road" series as I fell in love with the story with the graphic novel Road to Perdition, every book since has made the story more and more real feeling. I really enjoyed this conclusion. It was a satisfy closing chapter in the life of Michael O'Sullivan (Satariano).
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In his graphic novel Road to Perdition author Max Allen Collins introduces us to the charecter Michael O'Sullivan. The son of a mobster who's life changes when the mob turns on his family. In it's written sequal, Road to Purgatory we meet Michael again, now known as Michael Satariano. who is a young man, recently returned from WWII, and taking his flegling steps into becoming a part of the Chicago mob. Road to Paradise is the third and final book in the Road to series that Max Collins has written. He once again masterfully brings us back into the life of Michael Satariano, this time not with images drawn, but images shared through descriptive writing.
In Road to Paradise, we are introduced once again to Michael, now middle aged, with his killing days far behind him. Michael runs a casino for the mob, and has a family he is raising in a small town near the California Nevada border. He is comfortable in his life, until exiled godfather Sam Giancana asks Michael to help him regain power in CHicago by commiting a hit on one of the members of the Chicago mob. Michael refuses the job. The hit is done anyways, and Michael finds himself running from the mob with his family after being framed for the murder.
Max Collins crafts a suspensful story following the Satariano family as they are moved around the country in the newly formed Federal Witness Protection Program. The book has on the edge of your seat action and exitment as we follow Michael as he tries to keep his family safe, prove that he was framed, and battle the "family" that has been such a huge impact on his life and lifestyle since he was a small boy in the 1930's. If you have not read either of the books prior to this one, you won't find yourself lost in the story. Collins gives the reader access to ocurances and past history from the other chapters in Michael O'Sullivan's life without bogging down the story of the present happenings to Michael.
I have been waiting for this conclusion to Max Collin's "Road" series as I fell in love with the story with the graphic novel Road to Perdition, every book since has made the story more and more real feeling. I really enjoyed this conclusion. It was a satisfy closing chapter in the life of Michael O'Sullivan (Satariano).
BBC Top 100 books
Oct. 20th, 2005 08:40 amI think inlaterdays would appreciate this list as well.
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Books read week of 9 September 2005
Sep. 10th, 2005 01:30 am1. Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne fisher Staples
2. War for the Oaks by Emma Bull
2. War for the Oaks by Emma Bull
Books read 2 September 2005
Sep. 10th, 2005 01:27 am1. Going Postal by Terry Prattchet
2. The Laurel's Bread Book
2. The Laurel's Bread Book
Books read week of 26 August 2005
Sep. 10th, 2005 01:14 am1. Sorcerer's Legacy by Janny Wertz
2. The silver Balloon
3. In Grandfather's House by Philip Sendak, Illustrated by Maurice Sendak
4. Illium by Dan Simmons
2. The silver Balloon
3. In Grandfather's House by Philip Sendak, Illustrated by Maurice Sendak
4. Illium by Dan Simmons
Books read week of 19 August 2005
Sep. 10th, 2005 01:10 am1. Morning River by W. Michael Gear
2. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'engle
3. High Country bride by Linda lad Miller
4. Eragon by Christopher Paolini
2. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'engle
3. High Country bride by Linda lad Miller
4. Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Books read week of 12 August 2005
Aug. 12th, 2005 10:17 am1. Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast by Jane Yolen
2. Shinju by
2. Shinju by
books read week of 5 August 2005
Aug. 8th, 2005 11:13 am1. Running with the Demon by Terry Brooks
2. Chimera by Will Shetterly
2. Chimera by Will Shetterly
books read week of 29 July 2005
Jul. 28th, 2005 10:20 am1.) Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J. K. Rawling
2.) Running with the Demon by Terry Brooks (started)
2.) Running with the Demon by Terry Brooks (started)
Books read week of 15 July 2005
Jul. 28th, 2005 10:13 am1) I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
2) The Case of the fabulous Fake by Erle Stanley Gardener
3) The Kidnapped Child by John Creasey as Gordon Ashe
2) The Case of the fabulous Fake by Erle Stanley Gardener
3) The Kidnapped Child by John Creasey as Gordon Ashe
Books read week of 8 July 2005
Jul. 28th, 2005 10:01 am1.) Sleeping at the Magnolia by Lisa Brown
2.) The Faloorie Man by Eugene McEldowney
3.) Quest for the Future by
2.) The Faloorie Man by Eugene McEldowney
3.) Quest for the Future by
Multiple week entries for the books read while our internet was down during the move.
1. Shizuko's Daughter by Kyoko Mori
2. Bomb the Suburbsby William Upski Wimsatt
3. The Rosewood Casket by
4. They Walked Like Men by Clifford D. Simak
5. The Healer's War by Elizabeth Ann Scarbourough
6. Tyrannasaurus Sue by Steve Fiffer
7. Brain Waveby Poul Anderson
8. Mysterious Mountain Man by Annette Broaderick
9. Cafe Haiku text by Zenbu Nometa, photography by Jeffrey Goldsmith
10. Hyperion by Dan Simmons
11. Geisha, A Life by Mineko Iwasaki
1. Shizuko's Daughter by Kyoko Mori
2. Bomb the Suburbsby William Upski Wimsatt
3. The Rosewood Casket by
4. They Walked Like Men by Clifford D. Simak
5. The Healer's War by Elizabeth Ann Scarbourough
6. Tyrannasaurus Sue by Steve Fiffer
7. Brain Waveby Poul Anderson
8. Mysterious Mountain Man by Annette Broaderick
9. Cafe Haiku text by Zenbu Nometa, photography by Jeffrey Goldsmith
10. Hyperion by Dan Simmons
11. Geisha, A Life by Mineko Iwasaki
