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[Brad]

Just finished the sequel to Olive Kitteridge. These two books are some of the most rewarding reading experiences I’ve had lately. 

[jlhoots]

Ann Napolitano: Hello Beautiful

[Gheorghe]

Reading in English is great for me as long as it is album cover text or musical biography. For other materia my vocabulary is too limited, so most books from anglo-american authors I read in translated version.

 

Here "Jocuri de putere" which means "Power Plays" written by Danielle Steel. We have ton´s of translated books on romanian books-online stores they are my favourite non jazz lectura. 

This is about a female director executiv and a male director executiv, and their different characters. 

The male is always braggin´ about his position and is a womanizer, the woman doesn´t want to share her success with the public....., very good insight into the business world. 

[Dmitry]

4 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

Reading in English is great for me as long as it is album cover text or musical biography. For other materia my vocabulary is too limited, so most books from anglo-american authors I read in translated version.

 

Here "Jocuri de putere" which means "Power Plays" written by Danielle Steel. We have ton´s of translated books on romanian books-online stores they are my favourite non jazz lectura. 

This is about a female director executiv and a male director executiv, and their different characters. 

The male is always braggin´ about his position and is a womanizer, the woman doesn´t want to share her success with the public....., very good insight into the business world. 

I hadn't realized you are Romanian. Were you born there?

On 5/2/2023 at 7:33 PM, Larry Kart said:

I find Vanessa to be a more attractive figure than her sister Virginia (Woolf).

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I learned about the Bloomsbury Group and Formalism in the Art Criticism course I just finished. Clive Bell's Art was one of the books we discussed.

On 5/2/2023 at 4:24 PM, JSngry said:

Still does... 

Nice quip. Well put!

[Gheorghe]

14 minutes ago, Dmitry said:

I hadn't realized you are Romanian. Were you born there?

 

 

 

Born in Viena, but family line from România, Cluj-District, half Romanian, half Hungarian since in that area is also a minority of Hungarian. It seems that beneath a lot of  Jewish blood this was my strongest descendance, since I had practically lived down there for a long time and a part of my day job needs Romanian language, family the same, so it happens I speak and read and write more in Romanian than in German, crazy but true. 

[Dub Modal]

5 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

Reading in English is great for me as long as it is album cover text or musical biography. For other materia my vocabulary is too limited, so most books from anglo-american authors I read in translated version.

 

Here "Jocuri de putere" which means "Power Plays" written by Danielle Steel. We have ton´s of translated books on romanian books-online stores they are my favourite non jazz lectura. 

This is about a female director executiv and a male director executiv, and their different characters. 

The male is always braggin´ about his position and is a womanizer, the woman doesn´t want to share her success with the public....., very good insight into the business world. 

Pretty much THEE female author of the 90s here in the US meaning the most prominent at the time (at least one of the top selling - her books were literally everywhere). Never read anything by her. Go figure. 

[Simon8]

On 11/20/2022 at 2:59 PM, BillF said:

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[GA Russell]

[GA Russell]

[BillF]

[ejp626]

Had a bit of a detour but now will try to wrap up Bellow's The Adventures of Augie March.

I was reading Murakami's new short story collection - First Person Singular.  Unfortunately, I found these stories pretty shallow and unsatisfying.  Definitely glad I just picked it up from the library!

[jlhoots]

Jo Nesbo: Killing Moon

[Dmitry]

Sarah B. Pomeroy - GODDESSES, WHORES, WIVES, AND SLAVES: Women in Classical Antiquity

Illuminating and pioneering.

[GA Russell]

[BillF]

[GA Russell]

[BillF]

[GA Russell]

(I don't know why I couldn't copy the normal size.)

[jlhoots]

S.A. Cosby: All The Sinners Bleed

[relyles]

11 hours ago, jlhoots said:

S.A. Cosby: All The Sinners Bleed

I just ordered that book.

[jlhoots]

 I'm going to buy Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame  Adjei- Brenyah

[mjazzg]

54 minutes ago, jlhoots said:

 I'm going to buy Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame  Adjei- Brenyah

Just read the synopsis. Powerful stuff if pulled off well

[Dmitry]

Whitney Chadwick - Women, Art, and Society

[soulpope]

[Brad]

Just finished this. Thoroughly enjoyed it.  I’ve just ordered The Edwardians.