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Welcome to the the best book group on the internet!!
Welcome, Laura. This is a great group. :)
Welcome Laura, you'll fine plenty of suggestions here!
Welcome Laura and every one else new the group. I have gotten WAY behind on my greetings to the new. :)
Welcome Laura.Get ready to get your fingers in shape on the keyboard. You won't be able to tear yourself away!
Welcome to the group Laura. I have gotten tons of great reading lists from this group. I just love it!
Welcome, Laura! You will have a great time here.
Welcome Laura! This group is fun and addicting!!
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(smiles and blushes slightly!)
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Welcome to the group Laura, but don't count on seeing your bed anytime soon. In fact, you may want to get a bunk bed and sleep on the top to give you new buys a place to rest.
Hi Laura, it sounds like we have very similar taste in authors. I've been on a bit of a Russian Lit binge of late but am hoping to make it back to Latin America for some autumn reading. It's always good to read about warmer places during cooler weather.
Thanks for the warm welcome!As for Russians, I am a big Dostoevsky fan (I am getting a section of crime and punishment tattooed on my bicep) but I have to say for those just breaking the ice, The Master and Magarita by Bulgakov is wonderful. I recommend this book to everyone I know and they always come back to me with nothing but glowing praise about the book. Even people who have trouble getting through novels.
Logan- I found a brilliant Latin American author that has just lately been translated if you're looking for something new from that part of the world - Roberto Bolano. The book I'm reading right now is called The Savage Detectives. It's not magical realist and it's not sentimental like some of the older stuff you get from South America. It took me a while to hit my stride with it, but now that I have, I am blown away,
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Laura, thanks for the tips! I've been eying Master and Margarita for a few months now and think that I'll have to take the plunge really soon.I l-o-v-e-d Savage Detectives. I think I was the opposite of you on it though. I was very into the opening part of the novel, until it switched to the various people's recollections rather than the 1st person narrative. Then I got a feel for what Bolano was going for and started liking it a lot more. I'm anxiously awaiting the release of his final novel, 2666, in English.
I got tired of trawling through people's bookshelves for new book ideas (not that I need more - I'm already having to sleep on stacks of books because I seem to have lost my bed) so I decided to give you guys a shot. This is my first real foray into book group land. I'm big on Latin American Lit, with a generous helping of Russians and a dusting of contemporary fiction. I'm always open to suggestions and will read anything that will hold still long enough. Well, almost.
I look forward to browsing through your ideas!
Laura