The Red Tent ... and ... Lovely Bones - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

barb dwyer · 10-18-2009, 10:39 PM

Two amazing books.

not 'chick' books by any stretch.

Anyone read these? They both blew me away.

The Red Tent is about Rebecca's sister, Dinah - the one who got raped in the Bible but it's from her perspective ... fascinating read.
Not religious a teensy bit - historical and amazingly well written.

I almost didn't read it - but Oh my GOD I'm glad I did!

The other one -

The lovely bones ... about a girl who is murdered, and how her Spirit watches her family continue after her death.

Powerful.

Neither is wishy washy,
and do NOT pick up The Lovely Bones without time to finish it.
You LITERALLY can't put it down.

I haven't had that experience with a book since the night I brought home
"Jurassic Park".

Lenina · 10-18-2009, 10:46 PM

barb,

I loved The Red Tent! I haven't read the other one but will get it on your recommendation!

Love,

Lenina

barb dwyer · 10-23-2009, 10:22 PM

Lenina -

DEFO get Lovely Bones !!!!!

NOTHING like the Red Tent, mind, but ... wow!

whadda book!

Live · 10-25-2009, 01:15 PM

LOVE The Red Tent

Picked up Lovely Bones one time but it didn't grab me right away and returned it.
May try again...but my library books are stacked HIGH at the moment

barb dwyer · 10-25-2009, 10:54 PM

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so good to see ya!

I'm just 'treading water' right now with a Kellerman thing ....

waiting for that next great read to grab me -

I've wanted to read that 'When you're engulfed in flames' by Sedaris ...
everything I've heard read out of it cracks me up...
the book store doesn't have a paperback issue yet.

**Done_With_It** · 10-26-2009, 12:56 AM

Lovely Bones was amazing, finished it in two days.

Tried to read her next one but it was too intense for me.

But I loved Bones.
If you liked that ones, you should check out some of Jody Picoults books, not as
intense but you might like her books. : )

Live · 10-26-2009, 09:25 AM

Jodi Picoult has been recommended so often, I have 2 of her books in my library stack now.

Barb, have you read "The Reader" by Bernard Schlink.
I thought it was excellent.

Ajax · 10-30-2009, 09:42 AM

Barb,

Loved the Red Tent, also. I read that while I was on a trip to Greece and with that back drop, it also blew me away!

I'm going to recommend a book I absolutely loved: Peony in Love by Lisa See. It's out in paperback. Since you enjoyed the two books that involved life from a "spirit's" perspective, this book will not disappoint. In no way is this a weird book, but rather a beautiful story about a girl in ancient China and her family.

Trust me.....and let me know.....

barb dwyer · 11-05-2009, 06:53 PM

*writing down the titles and authors*

great!

I *love* chick books -
but not the sappy,
we're all only women' kind of crap books.

Like Toni Morrison's early stuff.

XStacyReneeX · 12-10-2009, 07:42 PM

Those sound like good books..I'll have to write down the titles.

keltie · 12-10-2009, 10:04 PM

The Red Tent is my all-time favorite book!

sphalerite · 12-29-2009, 08:32 PM

I read these both a couple of years ago. Very different books, but very good reads. So happy I ventured down and found this sub forum! YAY!

barb dwyer · 01-02-2010, 07:18 PM

glad to see ya!

I just started one -
I know -
with everything going on inmy little world
but a book
keeps me going.....

it's ... 'The Deception' by William Oneil and Kathleen Gere Oneil...

the people who did the 'People of the River' books.

barb dwyer · 01-02-2010, 07:33 PM

NO!

It's called

The Betrayal'
by Kathleen Oneil Gear and michael W Gear.

Sorry.

it's jsut too much to remember.

I don't know if itll be any good or not.

it only took reading about three of the 'people of the river books
to get their style and format of writing ...

got way too predictable too fast for me.

so -
we'll see. I think they're both scholars and all that
so it'll be something to learn about anyhow.

Live · 01-02-2010, 08:03 PM

I enjoyed "mercy" by Jodi Picoult. Like, Barb, I become quickly bored if I can pick up a style repeated and etc. I do still want to read 19 minutes by her.

Do "The Reader" Barb, I am nagging...but it is really not to be missed.

barb dwyer · 01-02-2010, 08:15 PM

Live -

THANK YOU -

I meant to write that down and forgot.

(I usually write it down - then forget the note)

yes - others told me 'The Reader' was a must read.

thank you!!!

and no, you're not nagging when I'm not smart enough to write stuff down - LOL

LovesToTravel · 01-02-2010, 08:43 PM

I just read The Lovely Bones and was disappointed with it. For some reason it felt like a different person started writing it about 3/4 of the way through it. It was a interesting book I heard that the people who liked the book don't like the movie. From the trailers I've seen it looks like it is about the dad not the girl.

barb dwyer · 01-02-2010, 08:47 PM

I decided not to watch the movie.

I got way more from reading the book.

I didn't notice what you're talking about...
although like in almost all books
it does have it's rough edges at times.

at the same time -
I kinda LIKE that aspect
showed she was just a kid
at heart.

(for me)

spryte · 01-03-2010, 07:38 AM

I read "The Lovely Bones" - what a page turner! Very moving. I heard the movie is good, but that it has not met all expectations. I'm going to check it out anyway. The scenes where Susie is in the in-between look gorgeous!

"The Red Tent" - I started but did not finish. I don't know why. Probably the drinking. I will pick this up again. It's nice to have a bunch of good books lined up

GrizeldasMum · 01-03-2010, 05:48 PM

I've just added Lovely Bones into my 'To Read' stack and I will get the Red Tent tomorrow when I return The Book Thief to my bookstore. I bought it 2 days ago and then discovered I already had a copy in my stack!!

barb dwyer · 01-03-2010, 06:02 PM

I was up until FOUR AM reading 'The Betrayal' !!!!!!!!!

It's a page turner, as well - and it's got reference thingys in the back, to give translatuions, references to what ancient text it came from etc which is ALMOST as good as this story is spinning out to be!!!!

spryte · 01-03-2010, 06:54 PM

[QUOTE=barb dwyer;2475999]I was up until FOUR AM reading 'The Betrayal' !!!!!!!!!

Now that sounds like a good book!

Live · 01-04-2010, 11:03 AM

I am doing non-fiction right now...but will look that up, a page turner turns me LOL

aqua4017 · 01-09-2010, 05:13 PM

Thanks for the suggestions! I'll start on those after I finish the Twilight series

LovesToTravel · 01-13-2010, 08:29 PM

I saw the movie "The Lovely Bones" and it was better than I thought it would be. I think I appreciated the book a little more also. I will have to add the Betrayal to my list. The Red Tent is waiting at the library for me. I certainly can't buy all these books that people say are good. Thanks. I've read some really good books that people here have suggested.

10-18-2009, 10:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
barb dwyer same planet...different world Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: butte mt Posts: 10,933 Blog Entries: 7	The Red Tent ... and ... Lovely Bones Two amazing books. not 'chick' books by any stretch. Anyone read these? They both blew me away. The Red Tent is about Rebecca's sister, Dinah - the one who got raped in the Bible but it's from her perspective ... fascinating read. Not religious a teensy bit - historical and amazingly well written. I almost didn't read it - but Oh my GOD I'm glad I did! The other one - The lovely bones ... about a girl who is murdered, and how her Spirit watches her family continue after her death. Powerful. Neither is wishy washy, and do NOT pick up The Lovely Bones without time to finish it. You LITERALLY can't put it down. I haven't had that experience with a book since the night I brought home "Jurassic Park". __________________ Knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad.

10-23-2009, 10:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
barb dwyer same planet...different world Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: butte mt Posts: 10,933 Blog Entries: 7	Lenina - DEFO get Lovely Bones !!!!! NOTHING like the Red Tent, mind, but ... wow! whadda book! __________________ Knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad.

10-25-2009, 01:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
Live Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Bristol TN/VA Posts: 11,305 Blog Entries: 5	LOVE The Red Tent Picked up Lovely Bones one time but it didn't grab me right away and returned it. May try again...but my library books are stacked HIGH at the moment __________________ Each small candle lights a corner of the dark....Roger Waters

10-25-2009, 10:54 PM	#5 (permalink)
barb dwyer same planet...different world Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: butte mt Posts: 10,933 Blog Entries: 7	{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{live}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} so good to see ya! I'm just 'treading water' right now with a Kellerman thing .... waiting for that next great read to grab me - I've wanted to read that 'When you're engulfed in flames' by Sedaris ... everything I've heard read out of it cracks me up... the book store doesn't have a paperback issue yet. __________________ Knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad.

10-26-2009, 12:56 AM	#6 (permalink)
Done_With_It ~6 YEARS BABY~ Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Hollywood Posts: 9,246 Blog Entries: 15	Lovely Bones was amazing, finished it in two days. Tried to read her next one but it was too intense for me. But I loved Bones. If you liked that ones, you should check out some of Jody Picoults books, not as intense but you might like her books. : ) __________________ Living in fast forward Hollywood RockStar outta control Need to rewind real slow Always Runin Time to take control Oh yeah ...

10-18-2009, 10:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
Lenina Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 2,955	barb, I loved The Red Tent! I haven't read the other one but will get it on your recommendation! Love, Lenina

10-26-2009, 09:25 AM	#7 (permalink)
Live Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Bristol TN/VA Posts: 11,305 Blog Entries: 5	Jodi Picoult has been recommended so often, I have 2 of her books in my library stack now. Barb, have you read "The Reader" by Bernard Schlink. I thought it was excellent. __________________ Each small candle lights a corner of the dark....Roger Waters

10-30-2009, 09:42 AM	#8 (permalink)
Ajax Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 367	Barb, Loved the Red Tent, also. I read that while I was on a trip to Greece and with that back drop, it also blew me away! I'm going to recommend a book I absolutely loved: Peony in Love by Lisa See. It's out in paperback. Since you enjoyed the two books that involved life from a "spirit's" perspective, this book will not disappoint. In no way is this a weird book, but rather a beautiful story about a girl in ancient China and her family. Trust me.....and let me know.....

11-05-2009, 06:53 PM	#9 (permalink)
barb dwyer same planet...different world Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: butte mt Posts: 10,933 Blog Entries: 7	writing down the titles and authors great! I love chick books - but not the sappy, we're all only women' kind of crap books. Like Toni Morrison's early stuff. __________________ Knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad.

12-10-2009, 07:42 PM	#10 (permalink)
XStacyReneeX Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Hurricane, WV Posts: 29	Those sound like good books..I'll have to write down the titles.

12-10-2009, 10:04 PM	#11 (permalink)
keltie Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: california Posts: 138	The Red Tent is my all-time favorite book!

12-29-2009, 08:32 PM	#12 (permalink)
sphalerite Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: up north Posts: 99	I read these both a couple of years ago. Very different books, but very good reads. So happy I ventured down and found this sub forum! YAY!

01-02-2010, 07:18 PM	#13 (permalink)
barb dwyer same planet...different world Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: butte mt Posts: 10,933 Blog Entries: 7	glad to see ya! I just started one - I know - with everything going on inmy little world but a book keeps me going..... it's ... 'The Deception' by William Oneil and Kathleen Gere Oneil... the people who did the 'People of the River' books. __________________ Knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad.

01-02-2010, 07:33 PM	#14 (permalink)
barb dwyer same planet...different world Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: butte mt Posts: 10,933 Blog Entries: 7	NO! It's called The Betrayal' by Kathleen Oneil Gear and michael W Gear. Sorry. it's jsut too much to remember. I don't know if itll be any good or not. it only took reading about three of the 'people of the river books to get their style and format of writing ... got way too predictable too fast for me. so - we'll see. I think they're both scholars and all that so it'll be something to learn about anyhow. __________________ Knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad.

01-02-2010, 08:03 PM	#15 (permalink)
Live Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Bristol TN/VA Posts: 11,305 Blog Entries: 5	I enjoyed "mercy" by Jodi Picoult. Like, Barb, I become quickly bored if I can pick up a style repeated and etc. I do still want to read 19 minutes by her. Do "The Reader" Barb, I am nagging...but it is really not to be missed. __________________ Each small candle lights a corner of the dark....Roger Waters

01-02-2010, 08:15 PM	#16 (permalink)
barb dwyer same planet...different world Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: butte mt Posts: 10,933 Blog Entries: 7	Live - THANK YOU - I meant to write that down and forgot. (I usually write it down - then forget the note) yes - others told me 'The Reader' was a must read. thank you!!! and no, you're not nagging when I'm not smart enough to write stuff down - LOL __________________ Knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad.

01-02-2010, 08:43 PM	#17 (permalink)
LovesToTravel Member 2 Hand Poker Champion! Flash Poker Champion! Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,945 Blog Entries: 23	I just read The Lovely Bones and was disappointed with it. For some reason it felt like a different person started writing it about 3/4 of the way through it. It was a interesting book I heard that the people who liked the book don't like the movie. From the trailers I've seen it looks like it is about the dad not the girl.

01-02-2010, 08:47 PM	#18 (permalink)
barb dwyer same planet...different world Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: butte mt Posts: 10,933 Blog Entries: 7	I decided not to watch the movie. I got way more from reading the book. I didn't notice what you're talking about... although like in almost all books it does have it's rough edges at times. at the same time - I kinda LIKE that aspect showed she was just a kid at heart. (for me) __________________ Knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad.

01-03-2010, 07:38 AM	#19 (permalink)
spryte Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 592 Blog Entries: 40	I read "The Lovely Bones" - what a page turner! Very moving. I heard the movie is good, but that it has not met all expectations. I'm going to check it out anyway. The scenes where Susie is in the in-between look gorgeous! "The Red Tent" - I started but did not finish. I don't know why. Probably the drinking. I will pick this up again. It's nice to have a bunch of good books lined up

01-03-2010, 05:48 PM	#20 (permalink)
GrizeldasMum Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 8	I've just added Lovely Bones into my 'To Read' stack and I will get the Red Tent tomorrow when I return The Book Thief to my bookstore. I bought it 2 days ago and then discovered I already had a copy in my stack!!

01-03-2010, 06:02 PM	#21 (permalink)
barb dwyer same planet...different world Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: butte mt Posts: 10,933 Blog Entries: 7	*I was up until FOUR AM reading 'The Betrayal' !!!!!!!!!* It's a page turner, as well - and it's got reference thingys in the back, to give translatuions, references to what ancient text it came from etc which is ALMOST as good as this story is spinning out to be!!!! __________________ Knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad.

01-03-2010, 06:54 PM	#22 (permalink)
spryte Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 592 Blog Entries: 40	[QUOTE=barb dwyer;2475999]*I was up until FOUR AM reading 'The Betrayal' !!!!!!!!!* Now that sounds like a good book!

01-04-2010, 11:03 AM	#23 (permalink)
Live Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Bristol TN/VA Posts: 11,305 Blog Entries: 5	I am doing non-fiction right now...but will look that up, a page turner turns me LOL __________________ Each small candle lights a corner of the dark....Roger Waters

01-09-2010, 05:13 PM	#24 (permalink)
aqua4017 Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Laramie, WY Posts: 85	Thanks for the suggestions! I'll start on those after I finish the Twilight series

01-13-2010, 08:29 PM	#25 (permalink)
LovesToTravel Member 2 Hand Poker Champion! Flash Poker Champion! Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,945 Blog Entries: 23	I saw the movie "The Lovely Bones" and it was better than I thought it would be. I think I appreciated the book a little more also. I will have to add the Betrayal to my list. The Red Tent is waiting at the library for me. I certainly can't buy all these books that people say are good. Thanks. I've read some really good books that people here have suggested.

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