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Re: ANA Book Club?
« Reply #855 on: April 15, 2009, 12:58:25 pm »
The No. 1 Ladies Detective series is written by Alexander McCall.  It is a cute series and the main character is really likable.

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Re: ANA Book Club?
« Reply #856 on: April 21, 2009, 11:07:45 am »
Finished Sarah's Key over the weekend...I'll watch for the discussion to start...

Now, back to my vampires!

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« Reply #857 on: April 21, 2009, 12:49:46 pm »
I finished it Sunday night so when do we want to start it??

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Re: ANA Book Club?
« Reply #858 on: April 23, 2009, 12:18:11 pm »
HELLO...is anyone still reading or are we ready to CHAT??  I think (w/o going back and rereading this thread) that a lot of people had already read this book.  I know that Cindy & I are both finished...

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Re: ANA Book Club?
« Reply #859 on: April 23, 2009, 08:08:27 pm »
I'm game.

I thought that Sarah's Key was very well written. Even though I was pretty sure I knew what was going to happen to the little boy, I kept hoping against hope that I was wrong. I thought the author did a wonderful job of portraying the emotions of a young girl in a horrifying situation. Books where I can vividly see in my mind's eye what the author is describing are few and far between, but this is one.

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« Reply #860 on: April 23, 2009, 08:10:39 pm »
This is so awesome that the book club lives on.  I plan to join the next round.

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« Reply #861 on: April 23, 2009, 08:18:51 pm »
Kate~
Glad you are back!  We missed you!!

Sara~
I just didn't see any other thing that would happen to Michel either - #1, no one knew he was there #2, the apartment was empty (I would have liked to know EXACTLY how soon it was before the Tezac's moved in - people didn't ahve near the stuff or take near as long to move back then, I don't think) #3, he couldn't get out, even if he wanted but he probably trusted his sister explictly at 4 since she was so much older...

I also knew that the grandma was going to be the tie - at 1st , I thought that maybe SHE was going to turn out to be Sarah...

Everyone else's thoughts??

Sara, thanks for getting us going! ;D

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« Reply #862 on: April 23, 2009, 08:58:44 pm »
Quote from: Kaybo on April 23, 2009, 08:18:51 pm
I also knew that the grandma was going to be the tie - at 1st , I thought that maybe SHE was going to turn out to be Sarah...


Kay -

I thought the very same thing.

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« Reply #863 on: April 24, 2009, 12:22:36 pm »
Well, I thought it was a great story, but was disappointed a bit - I was left always wanting more somehow.  I felt like I was reading a Reader's Digest Condensed version or something.  I liked the idea of the author moving from the past to the present, but...I suppose I am comparing it to the writing in A Thousand Splendid Suns...both such heart-wrenching stories, but completely different levels/types of writing.  Again, I loved the story, just wanted more...hope that makes sense.  I am still haunted by the thought of Sarah's brother, so it definitely made an impact on me...

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Re: ANA Book Club?
« Reply #864 on: April 25, 2009, 04:02:10 am »
been out of touch and lost here ...looked for Sarah's Key today when I went to town with no luck ...maybe
I will catch the next book ...

speaking of which ...is there a next one pick out so I can start looking for a copy ??? I may have missed it in
my scanning of past few pages of Book Club post ...


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Re: ANA Book Club?
« Reply #865 on: April 25, 2009, 07:18:16 am »
Hey, Soundy - sorry you couldn't find Sarah's Key.  Our library had it, but it was checked out with a long list of folks waiting for it.  I ended up having to get it at Barnes & Noble.

No, I don't think we've picked out the next book to read...I know there's a suggested list in here somewhere, but don't think it's in any particular order...guess we'll pick one out after we finish discussing Sarah...

Hope to see you for the next one!

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Re: ANA Book Club?
« Reply #866 on: April 25, 2009, 08:53:46 am »
I couldn't believe it, it was just on the shelf and not even the "new" book shelf!!

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« Reply #867 on: April 26, 2009, 11:32:40 pm »
I finally got a chance to finish reading Sarah's Key. I know what you mean, Cindy, about the slightly Reader's Digest version. Many characters seemed to get stock part descriptions. I thought the second half was better, at least. It is interesting that you mention A Thousand Splendid Suns - in that story, there is a child at the end who is named after the main character Miriam. I was reminded of that at the end of this book. I liked the narrative about Sarah, but I didn't like switching back and forth between that story and the present day story so often.

So here is a question for you. Before you read this book, if anyone had asked you about the French participation in the holocaust, would you have known about it? I had no idea myself. It is pretty amazing and disturbing what civilized people will do if the circumstances are right...

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Re: ANA Book Club?
« Reply #868 on: April 27, 2009, 05:33:41 am »
Quote from: sgerrard on April 26, 2009, 11:32:40 pm

So here is a question for you. Before you read this book, if anyone had asked you about the French participation in the holocaust, would you have known about it? I had no idea myself. It is pretty amazing and disturbing what civilized people will do if the circumstances are right...

Steve

That was probably the most important thing I got out of the book, Steve...no, I wasn't aware of the French involvement.  Yes, it is unbelievable what "civilized" people will do - that was also one of the many things I took away from A Thousand Splendid Suns.

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« Reply #869 on: April 27, 2009, 05:50:00 am »
I wasn't aware of the French involvement either.  I found that part very interesting.

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