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japple

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10. Wide Sargasso Sea is a big blast from the past. I read that probably 30 years ago and remember
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 07:30 PM
Mar 2015

how dreamy and beautifully written it was. I will have to put that on my list to read again.

Am still reading Margaret Atwood's Year of the Flood and hope to finish it this week.

I downloaded a book that I saw in a local bookshop after I read the rave reviews on amazon. It is titled, The Handler by David Cady and is "a story set along the Tennessee RIver, and reflects the eccentric problems of love, faith, and duty as experienced by a young mother trapped in a snake-handling cult, and the man, Matt Fagan, who is hired to find and rescue her from the clutches of a fanatical holy-man claiming to be a living god..." This writer sounds a bit like the early writing of Cormac McCarthy, but will share more as soon as I read this book.

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"Night Film," by Marisha Pessl shenmue Mar 2015 #1
Thanks. I looked it up on FF. scarletwoman Mar 2015 #2
I started "Wicked" but I'm having a hard time getting into it. CrispyQ Mar 2015 #3
You didn't say who the author of "Wicked" is - is it this one?: scarletwoman Mar 2015 #4
This one: CrispyQ Mar 2015 #5
Oh, good! I was hoping I had the wrong book - that one looked execrable. scarletwoman Mar 2015 #6
I think the play was based on the Wicked Witch of the West. I don't know about the movie. CrispyQ Mar 2015 #9
I love "Wicked" hermetic Mar 2015 #15
I know this is a fiction group..but may I? dixiegrrrrl Mar 2015 #7
I'm sorry. I shall have to turn you into a newt. scarletwoman Mar 2015 #8
Wide Sargasso Sea is a big blast from the past. I read that probably 30 years ago and remember japple Mar 2015 #10
I had never heard of Wide Sargasso Sea until the movie of the same name came out in 1993. scarletwoman Mar 2015 #12
Hello, everyone! Thank you for the thread, scarletwoman. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #11
Hi, Enthusiast! (I'm playing hooky from work today) scarletwoman Mar 2015 #13
Enjoy your day off! Enthusiast Mar 2015 #14
Finished Grave Site hermetic Mar 2015 #16
I love PD James! scarletwoman Mar 2015 #17
The Searunners, with a hat tip to you, scarletwoman pscot Mar 2015 #18
Aw, thank you! But I really can't take credit, I just passed it along after it was passed to me. scarletwoman Mar 2015 #19
I loved Jane Eyre, hippywife Apr 2015 #20
I get what you're saying. scarletwoman Apr 2015 #21
Yes... hippywife Apr 2015 #22
I can understand not enjoying the writing. scarletwoman Apr 2015 #23
Def not a problem, dear. hippywife Apr 2015 #24
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