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50 Book Challenge : stephxsu's 99 for '09 Challenge		181	stephxsu, Hoje 2:39am
Awful Lit. : Books to be struck from HS reading lists!		264	ctpete, Hoje 12:05am
50 Book Challenge : readinggeek gives it a go		64	readinggeek, Ontem 8:08pm
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Alaskabookworm's 2009 Reading List		234	muddy21, Ontem 2:44pm
The Green Dragon : Should I keep reading...?		11	sandragon, Ontem 1:10pm
50 Book Challenge : bonniebook's Best of Your Best, 2009		349	bonniebooks, Ontem 9:14am
Club Read 2009 : Wandering_star's 2009 reading		222	wandering_star, Ontem 7:56am
100 Books Challenge for 2009 : seekingflight's 100 in 2009		78	seekingflight, Ontem 7:05am
1010 Category Challenge : peaseblossom67's 1010 challenge		13	peaseblossom67, Terça-feira 9:16pm
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : seasonsoflove's 75 Books Challenge		155	alcottacre, Terça-feira 5:42pm
Book talk : Another Silly Game Part 36		402	moibibliomaniac, Terça-feira 2:23pm
What Are You Reading Now? : BBC Meme: How Many of These 100 Books Have YOU Read?		233	ThrillerFan, Terça-feira 12:03pm
What Are You Reading Now? : Your BEST BOOKS of 2008		175	newlifecoming, Terça-feira 4:24am
999 Challenge : Suso711's 999		77	MarthaJeanne, Terça-feira 3:24am
50 Book Challenge : bell7's second part of 2009 - 50 books again		90	bell7, Segunda-feira 2:05pm
Awful Lit. : I can't believe I wasted my time on this...		466	read-a-lots2, Segunda-feira 12:48pm
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : BBGirl55's 75 books		113	BBGirl55, Segunda-feira 8:19am
999 Challenge : Crazy4reading's 999 Categories		127	crazy4reading, Domingo 7:14pm
Awful Lit. : What is the most offensive book you got through?		136	doggroomer, Sábado 11:32pm
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Megi53's 2009 challenge		14	drneutron, Sábado 7:30pm
Librarians who LibraryThing : Funny Requests from patrons		608	sqdancer, Sábado 2:32am
50 Book Challenge : Gordon361,s maybe 50		62	gordon361, Sexta-feira 12:40pm
1010 Category Challenge : Tutu's Categories=Challenges		21	petermc, Quinta-feira 5:41pm
ARC Junkies : All New Blog Contests - Thread #2		150	writemeg, Quinta-feira 9:32am
100 Books Challenge for 2009 : Hemlokgang's 100 Book Challenge for 2009		110	hemlokgang, Dezembro 16
50 Book Challenge : TheGoodbyeGirl's 2009		36	TheGoodbyeGirl, Dezembro 16
50 Book Challenge : LadyViolet - 2009		145	LadyViolet, Dezembro 16
Freebies, Book Giveaways and Contests : Give Aways :)		128	peaceloveandpat, Dezembro 7
Audiobooks : authors reading their own books		30	sjmccreary, Dezembro 6
Librarians who LibraryThing : Young Adult Books Used in High School Classrooms		8	susiesharp, Dezembro 6
50 Book Challenge : destinyhascheatedme - - reading log - - 2009		39	destinyhascheatedme, Dezembro 6
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Kiwiflowa's books in 2009		101	drneutron, Dezembro 5
50 Book Challenge : Kerian's 2009 book challenge		73	Kerian, Dezembro 3
What Are You Reading Now? : Books Brought Home - November 2009		151	cdyankeefan, Dezembro 2
Made into a Movie : Books made into Movies showing on December 2009 in the U.S		8	susiesharp, Dezembro 2
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Beeg's 75 books Challenge for 2009		310	Whisper1, Novembro 30
50 Book Challenge : my book list		135	girlunderglass, Novembro 29
Awful Lit. : Awful Classics?		558	chapterofaccidents, Novembro 27
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : divinenanny finished 50, on to 75!		70	Carmenere, Novembro 26
TBR Challenge : Jennifer's TNR List 2009		26	socialpages, Novembro 24
1010 Category Challenge : Remusly's 101010 List		39	missylc, Novembro 24
Paranormal TBR Challenge 2010 : Kat32's Paranormal TBR Challenge		25	Kat32, Novembro 23
Taggers! : Unusual tags you use		75	countrylife, Novembro 23
Hogwarts Express : What are you reading in November?		62	littlegeek, Novembro 23
Bloggers : Contest on my blog		326	peaceloveandpat, Novembro 12
Audiobooks : Favorite Readers and Performers of		38	sjmccreary, Novembro 11
Awful Lit. : Jump ship or go down with it?		93	lbradf, Novembro 11
ARC Junkies : The All-New Blog Contests Thread		369	akreese, Novembro 10
20-Something LibraryThingers : What's your favorite book in your library?		121	dancingstarfish, Novembro 8
What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of September 19, 2009?		251	Arten60, Novembro 7
Book of the month club : October Books		6	karenmarie, Novembro 3
Book Addicts Anonymous : What books have you bought recently?		163	LadyViolet, Outubro 26
Book talk : Books made into movies		107	Ape, Outubro 25
ARC Junkies : Blog Contests		444	MissMermaid118, Outubro 25
ARC Junkies : Contests 2009!		168	MissMermaid118, Outubro 25
What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of October 17, 2009?		184	PaperbackPirate, Outubro 24
Lovers of the Paranormal : what are you reading in September?		15	viciouslittlething, Outubro 22
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Luxx's 75 Book Challenge		302	Luxx, Outubro 13
Hogwarts Express : No, really?!?!?! I never thought that could happen! :O -Good News/Bad News #15		464	foggidawn, Outubro 12
What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of October 3, 2009?		227	Mr.Durick, Outubro 10
Blogger's Book Giveaways : Giveaway: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold		1	MissMermaid118, Outubro 3
Book talk : WHAT ARE YOU READING NOW? Where? Why? How? What? Is it? What?		160	callmejacx, Setembro 30
50 Book Challenge : readergirliz's 50 book challenge		29	readergirliz, Setembro 30
I'll Read Yours if You'll Read Mine : Luxx and inkspot's classic challenge		17	inkspot, Setembro 24
999 Challenge : Lekaza's		13	Lekaza, Setembro 17
Book talk : Ok, this is a good one. What is the most disturbing book you have read?		389	Phlox72, Setembro 17
Awful Lit. : I can't believe I wasted my time on this con't...		223	Depressed_Bird, Setembro 15
100 Books Challenge for 2009 : Berly's 100 for 2009		275	Berly, Setembro 13
Book talk : Most abandoned book		142	petersonvl, Setembro 9
50 Book Challenge : Divinenanny's 50 for 2009		16	divinenanny, Setembro 8
What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of August 29, 2009?		247	teelgee, Setembro 5
2009 Genre Challenge : May Genre -- Literary Fiction		16	readeron, Setembro 1
What Are You Reading Now? : Book Brought Home - August 2009		165	Bridget770, Setembro 1
The Green Dragon : August Reads 2009		181	Billion, Setembro 1
999 Challenge : bell7's		195	bell7, Agosto 28
50 Book Challenge : bell7's 81-ish challenge in 2009		209	bell7, Agosto 26
Book talk : Another Silly Game Part 26		387	JamesBoswell, Agosto 18
Reading Globally : Where in the World Are You Know? July 2009		108	grelobe, Agosto 13
Read YA Lit : What is your least-favourite YA title?		263	vikitty, Agosto 8
Book talk : Books that everyone loves and you hate		501	bookladykm, Agosto 8
What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of July 25, 2009?		226	Arten60, Agosto 8
Book talk : Another Silly Game Part 25		353	moibibliomaniac, Agosto 5
What Are You Reading Now? : Books Brought Home - July 2009		228	rolandperkins, Agosto 1
What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of July 18, 2009?		274	morriss003, Julho 31
Girlybooks : ORANGE JULY 2009		171	mrstreme, Julho 30
The Green Dragon : Who is your favourite writer?		26	DWWilkin, Julho 29
What Are You Reading Now? : The Clunkers of 2008		180	DMO, Julho 19
What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of July 11, 2009?		268	FicusFan, Julho 18
50 Book Challenge : obscuresoul13's		17	obscuresoul13, Julho 16
Edward Cullens Lovers : 31 ways to annoy Edward		121	G.A.B.E, Julho 10
Banned Books : Would you censor your own child's reading?		75	mguthriejr, Junho 30
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : judylou is still reading in 2009		265	judylou, Junho 28
Best book read recently : Fiction		38	pdebolt, Junho 26
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : saraslibrary's		86	saraslibrary, Junho 25
50 Book Challenge : My Challenge List II		37	hansenmk, Junho 20
50 Book Challenge : Crazy4reading's 2009 goal - 50 books!!		150	crazy4reading, Junho 14
What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of 30 May, 2009?		231	FicusFan, Junho 8
The Green Dragon : May Acquisitions		162	kirbyowns, Junho 2
What Are You Reading Now? : Books Brought Home, May 2009 part 2		121	LadyViolet, Junho 1
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... I don't think I'll be seeing the film during the holidays, but I would like to see it at some point. I do want to see The Lovely Bones, but I might wait on that one, too.

Category 7: Books into Movies 1. The Lovely Bones 2. 3. 4. 5.

... great history; engaging family relationships (genuinely sad at end, but mitigated by updates in his blog). April: 15. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. Another favorite. The part others disliked (about switching bodies with Ruth) was thrilling to me -- especially when Ruth was greeted ...

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

... Mercury in Retrograde by Paula Froelich 10. Lost Dog by Michelle de Kretser 11. Maze Runner by James Dashner 12. Lovely Bones by Alice sebold 13. When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the present by Gail Collins 14. Who Turned out the Lights: ...

... sister's illness! I haven't had much interest in reading The Almost Moon, due to lackluster reviews but I really enjoyed The Lovely Bones. Maybe you can get back to "Z" after the New Year. I'm glad you enjoyed the 1st part!

... Moon. Now that I think of it, maybe the mother didn't have AD, but whatever, her symptoms were much the same. I did like The Lovely Bones and will probably see the movie if it ever opens here in SW Missouri. It's so sad about your sister. I think you need to pick and choose your books ...

... Moon for my book group meeting on Monday which I so don't want to do! I didn't even want to read the much better reviewed The Lovely Bones and with my sister in hospice right now, Almost Moon doesn't seem like the right book for me. Has anybody read it and liked it? eta: P.S. Decided ...

Book 48 is The Lovely by Alice Sebold @ Bookbugg, enjoy the twilight series, they are ace :o) Thanks for the message :o)

... he talked to scientists, professors, meteorologists, etc. It was way over my head in places but I persevered. I reread The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. I read it when it was first released and wanted to give it a going-over before the movie comes out. It is still one of the best ...

I wouldn't call The Lovely Bones a YA novel. It has a young protagonist, but...no.

November: 62. The Lovely Bones I wasn't sure what to expect before reading this book. I'd heard it of it's popularity, which had driven me away from it; of spoilers I tried hard to forget from a past co-worker; that it should not be read unless the reader was in a very good place mentally; ...

... r-04 Invictus / The Human Factor: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Changed the World - John Carlin 2009-December-11 The Lovely Bones - Novel by Alice Sebold 2009-December-11 The Frog Princess - Novel by E.D. Baker 2009-December-11 A Single Man - Novel by Christopher Is ...

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien 3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte 4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling 5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee 6 The Bible 7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte 8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell 9 His Dark Mat ...

... contemporary, short, fast-paced, with a main character who is under 25. But I do have my standards. I refuse to teach The Lovely Bones or The DaVinci Code (as some of my colleagues do) in a college level "literature" course. I'm working on an article about this situation.

... having a totally different reading experience the second time around. I still can't account for it. I hope you enjoy The Lovely Bones when you get to it.

... by Jeff Kinney. Okay, so by now its a bit formulaic, but it still works for me. I'm still laughing out loud. 87. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. This was one of the most surreal reading experiences of my life. The book is surreal enough, but this was my second reading. The ...

I read The Lovely Bones while waiting for the "New Moon" midnight movie on Thursday. I had low expectations for the book based on it being so mainstream but it was a lot better than I'd thought it would be.

... Revisited - Evelyn Waugh Atonement - Ian McEwen Napoleon Symphony - Anthony Burgess Cujo - Stephen King The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold Aaaaand my mother just loaned me a copy of a book she just read for a book club: In The Lake of the Woods, by Tim O'Brien. So I've got ...

... shocking, but not necessarily in a good way. Still, fans of Gabrielle Zevin’s Elsewhere and Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones may find this book interesting and hard to put down. 187. Soulstice by Simon Holt (The Devouring, Book 2) Booksloth in Book of the month club : October Books (Nov 1, 2009, 9:50am)

... the journey of an orphaned Jewish boy through the days of the war and I found it deeply moving. Perfect for any age. The Lovely Bones - a book I have been putting off for years because I have heard such very mixed reviews about it. I enjoyed it. Okay, no story about the rape and murder ...

Finished Slumdog Millionaire and Wildwood Dancing. Rereading The Lovely Bones and almost done...it's SOOO fantastic! I decided to say screw it to Pride and Prejudice, it's a book I dearly love, but can't always finish I'm afraid. Next up is Peony in Love

I just saw a preview for The Lovely Bones looks like they might have jazzed it up significantly for the Hollywood debut...

Now just started on The Lovely Bones, a book I've heard very mixed reports about, so it's time to make up my own mind.

Hosting a Hachette Book Group giveaway for 5 copies of THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold. Deadline for entry is 10/17/09. Click here to enter.

Hosting a Hachette Book Group giveaway for 5 copies of THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold. Deadline for entry is 10/17/09. Click here to enter.

Hosting a Hachette Book Group giveaway for 5 copies of THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold. Deadline for entry is 10/17/09. Click here to enter.

Hosting a Hachette Book Group giveaway for 5 copies of THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold. Deadline for entry is 10/17/09. Click here to enter.

Hosting a Hachette Book Group giveaway for 5 copies of THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold. Deadline for entry is 10/17/09. Click here to enter.

Hosting a Hachette Book Group giveaway for 5 copies of THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold. Deadline for entry is 10/17/09. Click here to enter.

New Contests up for 1. The Bible Salesman by Clyde Edgerton and 2. Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold at Tutu's Two Cents. Deadline: Oct 20th - US and Canada only :-( Click the book you want on the sidebar to get to the entry post.

New Contests up for 1. The Bible Salesman by Clyde Edgerton and 2. Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold at Tutu's Two Cents. Deadline: Oct 20th - US and Canada only :-( Click the book you want on the sidebar to get to the entry post.

I'm reading The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold and I'm going crazy over it! It's haunting...disturbing...

I haven't read The Almost Moon yet, although it's been sitting on my shelf since it came out. I loved The Lovely Bones and Lucky, and with your recommendation, I'll have to move it up the TBR Jenga pile.

... you bringing me out of my book shell a bit. And I also know what you mean about rereading books - I have a few (like The Lovely Bones) that I loved the first time around and was less impressed with when I went back to them. If you'd like to suggest another sci fi I'd be up for giving ...

Thanks I only hope that I can do it. Currently I'm reading The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, Max by James Patterson and Dark Visions by L.J. Smith. Lovely Bones is a great novel and a definate must read!

GN: Home from NY. It was nice being there but it's also nice to sleep in my bed. GN: I got The Lovely Bones in the mail. BN: Back to school tomorrow =(

Thanks Stasia! Blackdogbooks: The Lovely Bones was one of the first books I read after a long absence from reading for pleasure (rather than class/study). I had no idea what new and good books were around so I chose books from the bookstores' 'top 100'. That led me to reading The Lovely Bones ...

Good News: I requested The Lovely Bones on PBS so I will hopefully be receiving that sometime soon.

... - Christopher Lloyd 44. Coraline - Neil Gaiman 45. Watchmen - Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons 46. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold 47. Attila the Hun - John Man 48. Bad Science - Ben Goldacre 49. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak 50. The Lost City ...

Thanks for the comments on The Lovely Bones. I've picked it up so many times but never bought it. I became more interested when i saw a trailer for the movie, it looks very surreal.

... profile (I like to call people by their names if possible) and I like that you have recommended so many books! I have read The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold but it was back in 2005. Overall I think it was well written and most people would like it, maybe women would like it more than men simply ...

I loved The Lovely Bones was very different and clever

Not sure what paranormal I plan to read this month. I read and enjoyed The Lovely Bones. I hope you enjoy it.

Right now i'm reading 2 books The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold and Max by James Patterson. So far I'm enjoying them both alot. After I finished these I plan to read Intertwined by Gena Showalter, Dark Visions by L.J. Smith, Immortal by Gillian Shields and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

... d 101. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens 102. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier 103. Labor Day by Joyce Maynard 104. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 105. Singled Out by Virginia Nicholson 106. Born to Run by Christopher McDougall (audio) 107. A Supremely Bad Idea by Luke Dempsey ...

... more... thought. I highly recommend it! ****- - Four stars, because it is an impressive story, hard to put down. 46. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold This book was recommended to me because I liked The Time Traveller's Wife. I didn't like The Lovely Bones quite as much though. The ...

Finished The Lovely Bones yesterday. Didn't love it, but it was ok. Started Attila the Hun this morning in the train.

I've seen widely varying reviews on The Lovely Bones which you listed above in your review for Lucky. Have you read it? I didn't see it in your list of books this year. And, if so, what did you think?

... last night. I loved it, but the ending kept me thinking. It wasn't quite the traditional ending... I am now reading The lovely bones, which came recommended to me because I liked The Time Traveller's Wife...

... need to read it again to get absolutely everything. It also makes me want to read about the Watchmen too. I started The Lovely Bones yesterday. It was recommended to me because I liked The Time Traveller's Wife. I am hoping to finish it today.

... me scoff (and want to puke too lol). So it lost a star. 53. Lucky by Alice Sebold **** Alice Sebold author of The Lovely Bones which is to be released as a movie this December this year had her own story to tell. Alice Sebold was raped at 18 years old in her first year of ...

... 1. Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay 2. Dead Until Dark (Southern Vampire Mysteries) by Charlaine Harris 3. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 4. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 5. Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx 6. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden* 7 ...

... Berry writes nice adventure novels. Unbelievable, but nice fast reads, I like all his books, so it is always a safe buy. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold - Just read The Time Traveller's Wife and this one came recommended in the "if you like this, then you will like..." section ;). A ...

... your bookclub in real life! Lucky woman. Hope you are feeling better. What are the 1010's? Mark--Have to say I like The Lovely Bones better than The Almost Moon and the previews looked pretty good in the movie theater (I saw Julie and Julia which I loved!) so I might (might!) go see it. ...

104. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Susie Salmon recounts her murder and over the ensuing years, watches from heaven over her family as they deal with their grief. Having Susie as the narrator gives the reader a semi-omnipotent view of events, as Susie knows who her killer is, can watch ...

81. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Category: Recommendations (completed 8/19/09) Susie Salmon recounts her murder and over the ensuing years, watches from heaven over her family as they deal with their grief. Having Susie as the narrator gives the reader a semi-omnipotent view of events, ...

... she puts herself in or the real ending. (I remembered the ending very differently.) A very disturbing book, as was The Lovely Bones. (I see a trend here....) More on this one after bookclub.

... your posts, Heidimorden. I have read so many of the books you have listed so far. Alice Sebold, for instance, I preferred The lovely bones but I regularly recommend both other books by her that I have read, Lucky and The almost moon. Also The book thief, I was in awe after having read ...

... read #35 The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold, was a good read, a lot of back and forth(past and present). I liked her book The Lovely Bones better but I am glad that I read this one also. Now to find the next book..#36

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold - I forgot to say I read this a year or 2 ago and really liked it all except an incident at the end

... on to Almost Moon by Sebold for my book club next week. I have heard great things about the trailers for her other book, The Lovely Bones, but it was a disturbing book and I am not sure I am up to seeing it in the theater. Waiting for viewer feedback. Want to go see Julia, Julia. Hugs ...

... two reasons. It sounds like an interesting story and that I have read her other books and have really enjoyed them also. The Lovely Bones was a great read!!

Twilight has already been mentioned, but for me, The Lovely Bones is a very close second. The writing is just atrocious. Twilight has the edge though -- with Twilight, I actually had to put the book down 20 pages in, take a walk, and then go read a REAL book to recover. Never in my 24 years ...

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

I finished listening to Bones by Jonathan Kellerman......I still really enjoy Alex and Milo! I am about to start listening to Brothers by Yu Hua. I continue reading Into the Beautiful North, a wonderful novel so far!

#57 - Bones by Jonathan Kellerman - ****

From the library this week - The Lovely Bones City of Ashes City of Glass and Rebecca Also, I found myself in a book store and Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict, Interred with Their Bones and Fruits Basket Vol. 23 fell into my hands. I really only went in to by the last - ...

Listening to Bones by Jonathan Kellerman: 1. Where did you get this book? Audible.com 2. How much did it cost? About $15 3. Why did you pick this book to read NOW? I was in the mood to visit old friends, Milo and Alex. 4. How long has it been on your shelf? About 6 months 5. ...

... I'll go back to it some day. Notable Books I've read and wished I hadn't and will live long in my memory because of it Lovely Bones not ever reading anything by Alice Sebold again The God of Small Things too obscure. The author is interesting to listen to but I really didn't like this ...

... People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks, which is the August selection for my book club. I continue listening to Bones by Jonathan Kellerman.

I found Adam Bede by George Eliot and finished it today. I will continue listening to Bones by Jonathan Kellerman and I am about to start reading Shantytown Kid by Azouz Begag.

... Ahern because of her different take on the genre chicklit. Alice Sebold for one of my favourite books ever The lovely bones and so many others

Alysha Bresnyhan (sp?) for The Lovely Bonesis really great. She has quite a few recordings now.

I am reading Adam Bede by George Eliot and listening to Bones by Jonathan Kellerman.

Back in the land of internet......I am in England with Adam Bede by George Eliot and in California with Bones by Jonathan Kellerman.

... by Dean Koontz READ 6) Man on Fire by A.j. Quinnell READ 7) 8) 9) Category 7.Psychological Thrillers 1) Bones by Jonathan Kellerman READ 2) Body Double by Tess Gerritsen READ 3) Stalemate by Iris Johansen READ 4) Dead Aim by Iris Johansen READ 5) Bli ...

... Masquerade. 305 pages. 2.14.09. 18. Hamilton, Laurell K. A Lick of Frost. 342 pages. 2.14.09. 19. Sebold, Alice. The Lovely Bones. 328 pages. 2.17.09. 20. Plath, Sylvia. The Bell Jar. 244 pages. 2.20.09. 21. Hamilton, Laruell K. Swallowing Darkness. 365 pages. 2.22.09. 22. Brigg ...

I might read that book when I finish The Lovely Bones but I have been sooo busy all this week I'm only like 30 pages in.

... by Sarah Waters (2002) The Accidental by Ali Smith (2006) LONG LIST: La Cucina by Lily Prior (2002) The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (2003) The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri (2004) What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn (2007) American Wife by Curtis Sittenf ...

... to another member of LT and she loved it also. I just saw the book one day and saw the authors name and I really enjoyed The Lovely Bones. It was a pretty good read. #25 Falling by Anne Simpson

about half way through the lovely bones and am fascinated by it. i have many questions both about the narrative device, if that's what it's called, and about matters within the book itself. it's well narrated by alyssa breshnahan. in the queue are the big sleep, the graveyard book, cutting ...

... spiritual growth. 33. Roseflower Creek by J. L. Miles. The story is told by a dead 10-year-old girl (similar to The Lovely Bones), only this is story about mid-century small town life in Georgia. Another story containing child abuse, but also a lot of love. Miles carefully reveals ...

... it was an interseting read. A story of her rape while she is away at school. It was an ok read but I really liked her book The Lovely Bones. Now to find the next book!

... is a memoir of her after she was raped at school. It is an interesting story and I am enjoying it. I really liked her book The Lovely Bones so I picked up this book.

... n* Well i've been avoiding this thread this week cos i didn't want to own up to my sins. Over the last week i've acquired The Lovely Bones - this mysteriously turned up on thursday from BookMooch Pagan's Crusade Wicked Lovely Jessica's Guide to Dating on the dark side The Notebook ...

Early last week i requested The Lovely Bones from a UK bookmoocher and still it has not been accepted to be sent (I just checked). How is it then that I received a copy of the book on Thursday? I am very confused since the return address on the envelope was for somewhere in Reading and the name ...

... do more with this universe in the future as the ending felt a tad ambiguous as though something else could happen. 47. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold My Mystery Mooch. Quite an interesting book to read which i sneakily munched through on Friday! (i couldn't remember when i'd finished it ...

just started the lovely bones by alice sebold. have only listened to the first tape. the narrator is alyssa bresnahan whose reading of smilla's sense of snow won me over to her as a narrator some years ago. am continuing with fire from heaven by mary renault, tale of two cities, ...

... arrived for me (which incidentally hasn't been "accepted" or "sent" yet it still says "requested" - how odd) So now i have The Lovely Bones which looks rather interesting although methinks i will have to ration myself to read slowly after last night's/this mornings binge (finished my latest ...

... package i *wasn't* expecting. A bookmooch i'd requested last week but hadn't realised it had been accepted let alone sent- The Lovely Bones i wanted to read it to see what the fuss was about. From the package from amazon: Pagan's Crusade Wicked Lovely Jessica's Guide to dating on the D ...

I read Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones like everyone else a few year's ago and whilst I thought it was a great premise (16 year old murdered rape victim looks down from heaven on what is happening after her death) the book didn't live up to it's promise. So when I saw Lucky Sebold's ...

>174 Beeg, I have The Lovely Bones on my TBR list. It has just sunk to about 435th position! Actually that's an interesting idea, ranking my TBR books by how keen I am to read them. Another list - lovely! ~ TT

... take a while!!!! Books( very long list this just a few) Flowers in the Attic V. Andrews The Harry potter ones The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold Five People You meet in Heaven Food Chocolate Pasta Cheese T.V shows Top Gear Being Human Red Dwarf The Big Bang Theory B ...

... it. I'm enjoying it. It's mostly a character study, so far, but I like the characters. It will probably get compared to The Lovely Bones, though without the mystery/thriller element, or Elsewhere, though with a lot less metaphysics.

... I'm so glad you've decided to give the book a chance. I know it's quite big, but, in the words of Alice Sebold (author of The Lovely Bones), who is quoted on the cover of the book: "When a book is big it had better be good - this one is. Dive in. Enjoy!"

I hated The Lovely Bones. The ending was so disappointing and cheesy.

26 The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold I didn't hate this book, but if I had to use one word to describe it I would chose Passive. It was too passive for me, I kept waiting for something to happen, to be resolved and I never felt like it delivered.

... Earring (233 pages) I'd like to start this genre with Auster. Billiejean, I can't wait what you will think about Lovely Bones (which is a Bram Stoker Award winner in the Best First Novel category!) and Atonement! Both have been lingering on my TBR list for years. Morphidae, from ...

... by Ian McEwan Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Charming Billy by Alice McDermott The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley Weight of Water by Anita Shreve My daugther has Atonement and, I ...

... Boy - Vikram Seth. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom

Blue, I haven't read that particular essay yet, sounds terrific, though. I read Lovely Bones at Book Expo America, the year it was given out as an ARC. You will laugh, but I heard a bookseller talking about it to other booksellers in the line waiting for open stalls in the ladies' room (I was in ...

... of Alice Sebold's Lucky. JCO begins "New Memoir" with a few comments on Sebold's better known work of fiction, The Lovely Bones. As I started the essay, I immediately remembered reading The Lovely Bones last summer, and recalled how strangely drawn in by it I'd felt. I honestly ...

... 62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov (I think I watched the movie too - Michael Caine) 63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt 64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold 65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas 66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac 67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy 68 Bridget Jones’s Diary ...

--> 332 I so agree with you. I disliked The Lovely Bones so much that I couldn't finish it (boring), while I became throroughly engrossed in reading the *highly disturbing* book Lucky also by Alice Sebold. That was to the extent that I immediately gave Lucky to my then college-age ...

... Bones in a positive light. It's possible to speak of a book in a positive light, but not its central idea. I thought Lovely Bones had redemptive qualities, and I enjoyed (mostly) reading it, and it stayed with me long after I'd finished - there aren't so many books that do that for me.

I cringe when I hear people talk about The Lovely Bones in a positive light. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

... in :-) Like I say I'm not into "True Crime", but I'll let mum know. I suspect she has already read Lucky. She gave me The Lovely Bones as a christmas/birthday present a few years back. A choice of gift which I found disturbing in itself! *grin* I'm really glad I'm not the only one ...

KimB- I hated The Lovely Bones but Lucky is a good book. (So to speak) It is about her own rape at eighteen. It is disturbing but it shows her triumph.

... I havent read quite a few mentioned here. Roald Dahl disturbing, I'm not sure about that! I dont much like Anne Sebolds The lovely bones, I guess it was disturbing and I wont be reading anymore of her works. My mum seems to enjoy reading about "True Crimes". I wouldn't touch them with a ...

... leave me a message with your address and I'll gladly post it to you. >279: thanks for stopping in, Severn. Still think The Lovely Bones is one of my favourite reads so far this year, which I would have NEVER imagined. >284: kiwi, relieved it's not just me, since it has sold very well and ...

... Martel 59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon 61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck 64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold 68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding 72 Dracula - Bram Stoker 76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath 81 A Christmas Carol - Charle ...

... 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Re-Reads 1. Hamilton, Laurell K. The Harlequin. 422 pages. 1.23.09. 2. Sebold, Alice. The Lovely Bones. 328 pages. 2.17.09. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

... 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Re-Reads 1. Hamilton, Laurell K. The Harlequin. 422 pages. 1.23.09. 2. Sebold, Alice. The Lovely Bones. 328 pages. 2.17.09. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Way behind in your thread Flossie - in fact, my first unread was in January about The Lovely Bones. So, even though it was 2 months ago, I just have to say that I agree with you - it was beautiful, and I, too, thought the weak points centred around the heaven scenes.

... this story, which I like, but isn't blowing me away as I had expected it to (yet). So far (about 1/3 in) it reminds me of The Lovely Bones which I just couldn't put down.

... you know it's changed your life. you can look back and see how you were before it, and how you were afterward. for me, The Lovely Bones, On My Way to Paradise, The Dispossessed, and 1984 were such turning points; they were like my Renaissance, American (& French) Revolutions, Industria ...

... young adult novel about a teenage girl who is the victim of a motor vehicle accident. I think it succeeds even better than The Lovely Bones at exploring some of the circumstances of the human condition (and perhaps specifically concepts such as ‘justice’, ‘fairness’, 'obsession' and ‘l ...

... YA. I also read Rat Life, which took me about an hour to read and I liked more than I expected to. Yesterday I finished The Lovely Bones, which was amazing, and which could definitely be read by YAs even if the content is perhaps not suitable. Now I've started Un Lun Dun which I'm having a ...

I love many books The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold and Great Expectations by Charles Dickens both quite high up but my two favorite books are Harry Potter and the Prisioner of Askaban by J.K. Rowling and Runaways-The Good Die Young by Brian K. Vaughan.

... Almost Moon by Alice Sebold Yet another book for readers group and I had high hopes for this book what with Sebolds The Lovely Bones being one of my best reads of all time! I'm a little disaponted, though the premise of the story was encapsulating and integing the story bored me and ...

9.2 The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold started 3/1/09; finished 3/3/09

spacepotatoes-it would be a good movie, it was a great book. #7 The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold was a great read. I really enjoyed this book. It is about a girl that is killed and then watches what going on on earth in heaven. #8 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, just started the book.

I read The Lovely Bones a few years ago, I remember loving it. Peter Jackson (the Lord of the Rings guy) has been working on the movie, but I'm not sure when it's coming out.

... Odd, and unpleasant in parts, but striking and funny... well, if your sense of humour runs that way. *looks sheepish* The Lovely Bones is ok i suppose, not bad but not especially good. I personally can't recommend it. Don't bother with The Five Dorks You Meet In Heaven. I can't ...

... Thief by Markus Zusak was a great read for any ages. It is a story of a girl named Liesel from Death's point of view. #7 The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold-just starting this book, so far so good.

I just started The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, so far so good.

... 54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen 59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon 64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold 68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding 71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens 73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett 81 A ...

The Lovely Bones leaps to mind. I labored through that book for ages and still wonder why I didn't give up. What was all the fuss about?

That is why I bought The Lovely Bones because of being made into a movie. I love to read the books first (if possible) before seeing the movie. I have heard a lot of great things about Neil Gaiman so I figured I might as well give him a try.

That's great that you found the books you were looking for. I really liked The Lovely Bones, but you'll probably find out either people really loved it or hated it. I heard they're making it into a movie, so that should be interesting to see. I haven't read Coraline yet (another one made into a ...

I didn't even look for The Grapes of Wrath at the book store today. I went in looking for one book and came out with three. I am working on buying books that have been made into movies. I did buy the 3rd book in the trilogy by Dave Pelzer: A child Called It, The Lost Boy and A Man Named D ...

... did buy A Man Named Dave. I decided against the other one for now. I will look for that another time, instead I bought The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold and Coraline by Neil Gaiman. Which are both new authors to me. I finished The Lost Boy and I am posting my review on the 50 book ...

... of 3 book. They got me on the buy one get one 50% off. The books I bought are: A Man Named Dave by David Pelzer The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Coraline by Neil Gaiman Thankfully my hubby is going to build me some more shelves, which I desperately need.

... history and not some larger cultural critique. I have read, for example, The Da Vinci Code,Water for Elephants and The Lovely Bones, but I read them prior to publication and hype (and the copy was free:-) Usually hype puts me off a book. If everyone's reading it, I want to read ...

19. Sebold, Alice. The Lovely Bones. 328 pages. 2.17.09. I read The Lovely Bones for the first time when I was a sophomore in college, and rereading it all these years later has greatly altered my perception of Alice Sebold's novel. At first, I was charmed and delighted by Sebold ...

... reading) The Historian (it had its creepy points, but never really took off) The Secret (No. Way. In. Hell.) Lovely Bones (eh... not another rape story.) The Joy Luck Club (I don't even remember a single thing about it.) Atonement (Does something important actually HAPPEN in ...

... Travelers Wife, too. Have you read Birth House? I keep hoping for a sequel to that one, I loved it.. I also enjoyed The Lovely Bones. And look, I think you have frightened everyone off with your little tantrum. Build a fire for us now and make nice. I will mix up the toddies... R ...

... women around here *fadeout* >194 JolieLouise, so so true! I read The Time Traveler's Wife with pleasure, likewise The Lovely Bones, but in neither case did I feel like opening up a school dedicated to the study of Seboldism or Niffeneggerness.

I'm also not typically a fan of things that are hyped. I read The Lovely Bones when I kept hearing people say that it was the most unique book they had ever read. It wasn't a bad book but it was nowhere near the most unique book I had ever read. It just led me to believe that they hadn't ...

... definitely nominate The Sewing Circles of Herat for a "best". Honourable mentions for 84, Charing Cross Road and The Lovely Bones, and also for Through the Dark Woods (though it's a very different thing to all the others).

Hey, great list! I just read The Lovely Bones as my last book so keen to hear what you think. And what do you make of the Jonathan Coe? I love him to pieces, but the person whose library is most similar to mine on LT (who I know quite separately through other means) can't bear him - which ...

... at the state of the scarf in front of me....I dunno if the craze will last too long :-/ Book number 6 is due to be The Lovely Bones- Alice Seobold......unless of course I get distracted by something else....

I've had The Lovely Bones on my TBR shelf for over 2 years! Flossie, you've helped me realize I need to get to this book sooner rather than later.

FlossieT every time I hit F5 you have more posts here! I didn't love The Lovely Bones. I am hopeless at suspending disbelief, so I shouldn't have been surprised. Somehow I did manage it till the last few chapters. I'm avoiding spoilers here but I think you'll guess the bit where I couldn't ...

FlossieT - I'm a bit behind with posts, but had to pipe in and say: -I also loved The Lovely Bones. I agree that Sebold did what she set out to do beautifully. I haven't read any of her others though. -I'm in the middle of Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator with my 8 year old, and I ...

... I noticed. You're much quicker to respond to messages than I am. :) I don't think you gave anything away about how The Lovely Bones ends, and I totally agree! That's one reason why I read books like that--to have everything wrap up in a neater fashion than it normally does in real life. ...

Lucky was a good book (so to speak) but I hated The Lovely Bones. The end really turned me against the entire book.

Flossie. I'm also enjoying the conversations re. The Lovely Bones.

>21: looking forward to hearing what you make of Lucky, Sara - I just finished The Lovely Bones last week and got a lot out of it ("enjoyed" kind of feels the wrong word somehow). The memoir sounds pretty harrowing though.

This is kind of an odd one that popped into my head, but what about The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold? I read that one awhile back (loved it, just not the ending); and if I remember right, the narrator is a ghost. Not exactly your run-of-the-mill paranormal, but it might work for some.

Well, I'm glad to hear you (reluctantly) liked The Lovely Bones, Flossie. I read it awhile back and loved it, though I was so frustrated by the ending (or rather, how the killer is dealt with). And I love Roald Dahl! Glad to see he's on your list. :) #104: What a coincidence, ...

... had been murdered and dismembered. . . . In comparison, they said, I was lucky." Hence the title. It also made me flash on The Lovely Bones (the first book I read by Alice Sebold), which she began to write before this memoir, then set it aside so she could finish Lucky. This is a deeply ...

... Ella Enchanted Many of the Narnia books The Golden Compass The Ruby in the Smoke The Harry Potter books Holes The Lovely Bones Cirque du Freak The first three books by Lemony Snicket A Walk to Remember The Notebook Heidi Little House on the Prairie That Summer ...

FlossieT: I read The Lovely Bones when it came out, and I *still* have mixed feelings about it. It's clearly a well-written book, but it troubled me a lot.

Ah! I read The Lovely Bones last year but it didn't make the 2008 list -- tried reconstructing a years' worth of reads beginning at the end of Oct! Knew I missed some. Yes! I enjoyed this book a lot. Didn't realize it was a best seller or that there was buzz about it. It came across my path ...

I really enjoyed The Lovely Bones (apart from the scene mentioned) and Lucky: A Memoir means a lot to me, although it is a harrowing read. I also have The Almost Moon waiting for me and haven't heard great things about it so hopefully it won't be as bad as people said!

Hi there FlossieT I read The Lovely Bones awhile back and then followed it with Lucky: A Memoir which was equally as good. I have to say though that I was very disappointed in The Almost Moon. It lacked the depth of feeling that the previous books seemed to elicit.

9. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold 328 pages This is one that has jumped on and off my TBR list many times - it sounded interesting despite the very critical review I first spotted it in, but every time I looked at it I thought I couldn't face it. Then I was sent it as part of a book-swap ...

... enjoyable and I would certainly recommend it! If you like books like The Five People You Meet In Heaven, The Road, and The Lovely Bones, this had elements of all of them. Wonderful poetic writing, a plot that makes you think and want to know more, and characters that colour the book. What ...

... El hablador by Mario Vargas Llosa -- 272 pages 31. El evangelio del mal by Patrick Graham -- 560 pages 32. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold The Axe by Ludvik Vaculik -- 222 pages The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky -- 608 pages The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Do ...

I have the Rape: A Love Story on my reading list for this year, glad to see it get a good review. I also read the The Lovely Bones quite some time ago and found it interesting.

Rape: A Love Story does sound a bit much for me, but I did think The Lovely Bones was good. I'm getting ready to read The Shack soon and what I've heard about that book reminds me of The Lovely Bones.

I just can't seem to read books like Rape: A Love Story, their effect is just too powerful. I tried to read The Lovely Bones (about chld rape and murder) and actually threw the book away because it was so upsetting. It's well written but too much for me.

i hated Eat, Pray, Love, The Lovely Bones, and Anna Karenina. it's a wide range, but....ugh..... totally forgot to add one. i have never been able to get past the first half of Swann's Way and i don't know that i ever will. AND i think it's terrible.

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Jane and the Wandering Eye by Stephanie Barron In Cold Blood by Truman Capote The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell Goldfinger by Ian Fleming

I like the concept of Heaven as described by Alice Sebold in The Lovely Bones and soon to be a movie by Peter Jackson. Everyone has their own personal Heaven. It's what you want it to be.

Category 1. BookCrossing books from 2004 and 2005: 1. The Happy Isles of Oceania by Paul Theroux (2. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold finished in April) 3. ? 4. Life, the Universe, and Everything by Douglas Adams 5. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams 6. Lem ...

32. Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 33. Storm Front by Jim Butcher 34. Smart Women by Judy Blume

These are the books that have stood out for me: The Twilight Saga Inkheart The Lovely Bones The Embers of Heaven Pretty Little Devils

Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold = It takes a lot to read this book, however it is very good. It is intensely graphic. But takes you through a girl telling her story of her death and how it is to be in her heaven. In a sense it is a wonderfully detailed story about heaven and how one could ...

The Lovely Bones. Still makes me angry.

27) The Lovely Bones. Still waiting on the ER so this book of my wife's seemed interesting for a quick read. It was a page turner but seemed incomplete in the end. It does however add 329 to the count for 9755. Can I get in another 245 by the 26th? Stay tuned.

... Me? by Sophie Kinsella 13 Paper Towns by John Green 14 Another Mother's Life by Rowen Coleman 15 The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 16 Shoe Addicts Anonymous by Beth Harbison 17 Masquerade by Melissa De La Cruz 18 Revelations by Melissa De La Cruz ...

>128 Agate, what did you think of The Lovely Bones as it is on my 2009 Reading List? - TT

128. The lovely bones by Alice Sebold

... read, though. I've never been able to finish it, but others I know have raved about Agee's A Death in the Family. The Lovely Bones deals centrally with the repercussions of a young girl's death in Pennsylvania. Slightly twee, but that often works at times like these. And Jonathan Sa ...

... (Read in August, in Dutch) 4.The Outcast by Sadie Jones (Read in August, in Dutch) 5. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Read in January, in Dutch) 6. Replay by Ken Grimwood (Read in September, in English) 7. The Grave Tatt ...

... research or character development. Flat. The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold - thoroughly depressing. I really liked The Lovely Bones, so I had high hopes for this one and was very disappointed. Immediate Family by Eileen Goudge - I like the occasional chick-lit, but this was ...

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold - I read it in two days, which is saying quite a lot for a book these days, if I can get through it that quickly. Violin Dreams by Arnold Steinhardt - it's about music, the violin and Bach's Chaconne - who could resist? The Rebirth of Witchcraft by Doree ...

... preface by saying I wasn't able to to read as much fiction as I would have liked this year but the stand out clunker was The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

... Juneau by Jonathan Raban A Woman Without Lies by Elizabeth Lowell The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Angels & Demons by Dan Brown

I finiished The Lovely Bonesyesterday and really ended up loving the book. I didn't care for all of the scenes from heaven because that struck me as being kind of weird, but for the most part I found it to be a very moving work. Next up is Someone to Watch Over Me by Judith McNaught.

111. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Susie was a normal 14 year old girl when she was raped and brutally murdered not far from her home one afternoon. No body was ever found and no leads to follow. Now Susie sits in her own Heaven and watches her family move on without her and struggle ...

... couldn't endure it anymore. The Dante Club The Poe Shadow Clunkers I liked Fearless Fourteen The lovely Bones Foreigner The Sword in the Stone Grave Peril Blood Pact The Shadow of the Wind The Sparrow I have a book called: The Last Tsar: The ...

... if a book can stop someone from using drugs then it would be in the first shelf if I was the librarian/principal. Also, The Lovely Bones is in my school library but in the senior section, I think the book is absolutely fantastic. It is so moving and in some parts, beautiful and brought tears ...

Passing Under Heaven Black and Blue The Lovely Bones The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches Vinegar Hill and on and on...

... ible: Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley The Trial by Franz Kafka Bones by Jonathan Kellerman Divine Justice by David Baldacci All Over Creation by Ruth Ozeki Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling Herzog by S ...

I seemed to strike out with a lot of contemporary fiction this year. I gave The Lovely Bones a shot because it was on a short list of books to choose from for an English class I took. I could not read it. I thought The Abstinence Teacher was pretty pointless. I really have no idea why ...

#17. The lovely bones by Alice Sebold A moving and beautiful story told through the eyes of Susie Salmon, who is in heaven after being raped and murdered by a neighbour. She shows us how her family deals with her going missing and how the mystery of her disappearance and murder is ...

Started last night The Lovely Bones and so far really unimpressed with the narrator. Her male voices are dreadful, all of the men sound like munchkins and she tends to pause a lot, I have no idea why. The plot is getting better but at eleven discs I'm not sure how much I will enjoy this one. Maybe ...

... on equal terms! And I see we have a fair number of books in common. I recently re-read A Wrinkle in Time and I thought The Lovely Bones was a brilliant innovation, though sad. Have you read We Need to Talk About Kevin?

... the students on their own want to read them to find out what happens next. I've used such novels as The Kite Runner, The Lovely Bones, The English Patient, and The Time Traveler's Wife. (You can see the list of my sixteen most successful novels used this way on Amazon at http://www.am ...

... the students on their own want to read them to find out what happens next. I've used such novels as The Kite Runner, The Lovely Bones, The English Patient, and The Time Traveler's Wife. (You can see the list of my sixteen most successful novels used this way on Amazon at http://www.am ...

... Nazi officer, bit controversial, but compelling because of the childish confusion of the narrator. Peony in Love like The Lovely Bones is narrated by a ghost.

I'm probably just going to have to pass on Le Carre. They are too bleak for me. Personally, I liked The Lovely Bones. I don't mind bad things happening to people in books; however, I don't care for books that end up totally negative. There needs to be some type of up-note at the end. Robin Ho ...

... the Mission Song but haven't read that one yet. I would say Le Carre is just not for you. His writing reminds me of The Lovely Bones which starts out with an absolutely horrific crime and, if anything, gets sadder from there. But the writing is just so beautiful and you care so much ...

I have a fair few that fit the bill, all recommended by the same friend: Pompeii by Robert Harris The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Acid Row by Minette Walters The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Alborn The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Ma ...

I'm going to be listenning to The Lovely Bones starting this weekend. I'm currently in the middle of Agatha Christie's The Body in the Library. It's wonderfully read by Stephanie Colewho is a British actress. My only complaint is her rendering of Miss Marple. She is such a frail, ...

The Lovely Bones is told from the viewpoint of a dead girl.

#86, Yes alans I've listened to The Lovely Bones on audio too and really enjoyed it. I thought it was beautifully done. Are you listening to it?

>86 - Yes, The Lovely Bones on audio was very good.

... by Susanna Kaysen (sister) 8. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (friends) 9. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (brother) CATEGORY COMPLETED 8/20/09

Has anyone listened to The Lovely Bones on audio?

Oooh, great contest. Let's see, a book I liked much less than I anticipated was The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. I think it's because I had such high expectations because that book received so much amazing press, that when I read it and it was just okay, I was sort of like "so what's all ...

... Tortoise must hibernate for the winter! Meanwhile, added to MOUNT TBR today: Lucky by Alice Sebold Because The Lovely Bones were feeling lonely and needed company. Star of the Sea by Joseph O’Connor . Because it reminded me of English Passengers only going in the ...

... it’s a 1001 Book Girl with a Pearl Earing by Tracy Chevalier Because its about Vermeer and has sold 2m copies! The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Because its an LT recommendation. The Impatience of a Parson by H.R.L. Sheppard Because it is a critique of Institutional Rel ...

... it’s a 1001 Book Girl with a Pearl Earing by Tracy Chevalier Because its about Vermeer and has sold 2m copies! The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Because its an LT recommendation. The Impatience of a Parson by H.R.L. Sheppard Because it is a critique of Institutional Rel ...

16. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Wonderful book on a terrible subject: the rape and murder of a young girl. The story of the murder and its aftermath is told by the girl herself, and the narration avoids both being unbearably gruesome or sappy, instead it is clever, insightful and even ...

... (I'd give it an 8 out of 10). I listened to this one on audio--very good reader, Alyssa Bresnehan, who was the reader for The Lovely Bones as well. The only problem was that towards the end, there is a series of very short chapters that shift between characters and time periods, which was a ...

I just finished The lovely bones by Alice Sebold, which was a lovely book despite its turn-off synopsis - I enjoyed it very much. I had resisted reading it for a long time, but finally took the plunge and I am glad I did. Presently, I am about 75 pages into Die Apothekerin by Ingrid Noll (th ...

... teaching him in undergrad. I'm guessing it's the latter! 82. The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold Meh. It was no The Lovely Bones, although I sympathize with the sophomore slump. Sebold focuses too much on interesting anecdotes and not as much as story, and Helen's sudden turnaround ...

I finished The Lovely Bones yesterday, and I loved it. The other books that I've read this summer and were fantastic are Water for Elephants and The Last Lecture. Right now I'm working my way through Witness to Hope: the Biography of Pope John Paul II by George Weigel. I'll be reading ...

Currently Reading: 1. This Side of Glory by Gwen Bristow 2. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 3. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (2nd time) My Wish list: 1. Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk 2. Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk 3. Rant by Chuck Palahniuk 4. Fight Club by Chuck P ...

... portions). Unfortunately, Wilbur Smith's writing puts me to sleep, so I've never read one of his. I also thought The Lovely Bones was good, right up to the last chapter. Then it got a little weird. Twilight wasn't bad, but I've had no desire to continue the series. What's ...

... books. I have read 2 and enjoyed Seventh Scroll, but thought The River God was horribly written. I actually liked The Lovely Bones, and all 8 of David Wingrove's Chung Kuo series, The US publisher backed out on the 8th book, so I had to get it from Canada. It was published in the UK ...

I share your opinion about The Lovely Bones and am interested about how you didn't like the characters in Vinegar Hill - when it comes to the top of the to-read pile, I'll try to remember to get back to you to compare notes! It seems we're on a par with each other in terms of time frame, and ...

... when I start so I guess I'll be reading at least one more. Maybe I'll get lucky and she'll stop after the sequel. 4. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold The story of Susie is both heartwrenching and heartwarming at the same time. Raped and killed at foureen, Susie spends the next several ...

I recently re-read 2 books that I had read a while back that were chosen for a recent book club pick. First one was The Lovely Bones which I really did not enjoy at all 1st time I read it. I liked it much better the 2nd time around. Also I re-read Shadow of the Wind which I loved 1st time ...

The Lovely Bones Loose Sugar Full Woman, Fleshly Apple, Hot Moon The Indian in the Cupboard (a CHILDREN's BOOK, yet!) The Crystal Cave

#35: The Lovely Bones by Sebold is very good. It is fictional, though, whereas Lucky is not. I urge you to give Bones a try. It is well worth it!

Just had two hilarious ones in the last 20 minutes. Funny Bones for The Lovely Bones. and A Thousand Golden Tongues for A Thousand Splendid Suns.

... can see how it might not work for you. The last book I abandoned was Alice Sebold's The Almost Moon. I really enjoyed The Lovely Bones and Lucky, but I couldn't make it past page 50...it was just bad.

Hello Whisper This was the first book I have read by Alice Sebold I plan to pick up The Lovely Bones by her as well. The Gargoyle has been interesting so far but very graphic for the first portion of the book from what I have heard it evens it's self out from this point on.

106. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold - I loved this book even though for that last 100 pages I kept crying. 107. All I really need to know I learned from watching Star Trek by Dave Marinaccio - A book that gives life wisdom based on Star Trek. At times it was funny, but after 50 pages I ...

Today I finished Interpreter of Maladies which is very good and Brave New World. I think I will start on The Lovely Bones tonight.

... my friends don't, because of the sci-fi quality. I adored The Blind Assassin -- best read of the year so far. I liked The Lovely Bones, but would not consider it directly spiritual, based on my reading. I don't know what your criteria are for this reading; any book can be spiritual to me ...

I have Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones in my TBR stack (Orange 2003 list). From the description it sounds like it would work for the July spirituality theme read - will it?

... I start so I guess I'll be reading at least one more. Maybe I'll get lucky and she'll stop after the sequel. 4. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold The story of Susie is both heartwrenching and heartwarming at the same time. Raped and killed at foureen, Susie spends the next several ...

4. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold The story of Susie is both heartwrenching and heartwarming at the same time. Raped and killed at foureen, Susie spends the next several years in a place she terms the InBetween, a part of Heaven, where she watches the lives of all those she loves and cares ...

... (a book club thing I was obligated to read - everyone else in the club despised it too, many could not finish); and 2) Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold ... ugh and double ugh. Carolyn

... field is doing double duty, since I also put in remarks about the books. But as long as the remarks doesn't match /, bind 0-9/ it doesn't really matter.

... O'Brien (1990) 32. Parting the Waters, Taylor Branch (1988) 33. The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion (2005) 34. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold (2002) 35. The Line of Beauty, Alan Hollinghurst (2004) 36. Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt (1996) 37. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (200 ...

... ghosts are not omniscient - she is eager to find out what happened to the lover she left behind. I heard SFTM compared to The Lovely Bones in a couple of reviews and that's what made me think of this one, along with the mystery of what happened (to her and her lover), which is revealed bit by ...

... Daughter -- I don't remember this one very well either; obviously not her best! The Secret Life of Bees -- enjoyed it The Lovely Bones -- a disturbing read Oryx and Crake -- thought-provoking The Time Traveller's Wife -- loved loved loved it I've also tried to read Fugitive Pieces ...

The Lovely Bones?

... murder, racism for "The Lottery" in The Lottery and Other Stories: stoning for Lucky: A Memoir: rape for The Lovely Bones: murder, dismemberment for She's Come Undone: rape I'm sure people will have more to add for each book, but these were the ones I could come up ...

33.The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett 34.Life the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams 35.Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

The Lovely Bones. Punishment. Like being tortured. By someone who hates books. The Poisonwood Bible. Vile, pointless book. I didn't hate Wicked, but I didn't get all the hype. Memoirs Of A Geisha. The Red Tent Unrealistic characterization.

... something else is going on; in hindsight there were a few hints in earlier chapters. >15 It's been a while since I read The Lovely Bones. I do remember the protagonist feelling sad over her family's sorrow; that protagonist had a sister, too, didn't she? Sounds like the same general theme ...

... posts where I messed up. Incidentally, does anyone else think the synopsis koolaidmom posted above is reminiscent of The Lovely Bones? That's one of the things that drew me to this book.

... I was hating. And it ended so well I gave it four stars. So sometimes books redeem themselves. And sometimes they're The Lovely Bones, which I wish I could erase from my mind. #191 I refuse to read that book. Unless someone buys me a copy and bribes me with much money and tasty snacks.

... George Orwell 31. The Stealers of Dreams by Steve Lyons 32. The Art of Destruction by Stephen Cole 33. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

... George Orwell 31. The Stealers of Dreams by Steve Lyons 32. The Art of Destruction by Stephen Cole 33. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

... Unliked Sebold's previous books, I really could not recommend this one. She did the same thing in this book as she did in The Lovely Bones--concluded with a real weird ending! Yikes

... totally different. I need a fun book after reading a "useful" one. re post #30 - It's interesting how much criticism The Lovely Bones gets. I read it several years ago and thought it was such a nice a book. But it seems to be a love-it-or-hate-it type. #33 LouisBrannig - thanks for the ...

Sorry, I thought The Lovely Bones was stupid. I thought the end was stupid. I am almost finished with Small World by Tabitha King (touchstone is wrong) and am getting still reading Pushing Up Daisies by Rosemary Harris and Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs.

Finished #22 yesterday: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold which I thought was beautiful. Such a touching story, incredible. Not sure what to pick next, but will probably go with Legends, a collection of short stories by Stephen King, Terry Goodkind, Robert Jordan, Terry Pratchett, Ursula K. ...

I just finished The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold yesterday, which I thought was thoroughly beautiful. Haven't started anything new yet, but I think I'll go with Legends, a collection of short stories by Stephen King, Terry Pratchett, Robert Jordan, Terry Goodkind, Ursula K. Leguin, etc.

... wild about it. 3/5 I've also read: Unless--thought this was was really good, but then I'm a Carol Shields fan 4/5 Lovely Bones--read this years after it came out, so I'd heard from the people who loved it and the people who hated it. I can see both their points of view, and I'd say I ...

... life of Bees Overrated IMO Bel Canto I was disappointed. Caramelo A peek into another culture, but not great art. The lovely Bones Amazing attempt to speak in the voice of the dead without being too creepy. Autograph Man Not up to the level of White Teeth but she is young and may ...

... best--a long book, but tightly plotted) When the Emperor Was Divine (a book that will stay with you for a long time) The Lovely Bones (okay, not great)

The Lovely Bones was my first foray into book club type fiction, to give me something in common with other readers because I felt I was becoming too isolated geographically and socially. I have to laugh! I must say though, the depictions of a family in grief over the death of a child and the ...

Just finished King Solomon's Mines which was not bad at all. Started The Lovely Bones yesterday and it's just amazing. The story is just so compelling. I think this one is going straight to my best-reads-in-2008-list.

... Yeah, free books, but low pay, lousy hours, and hard physical work. There are pros and cons to every job. Further on The Lovely Bones; I do think her portrayal of parental grief was quite good; and found the idea of the mother abandoning the family a less conventional one.

... You must have a great job if you can get all these freebie books. I did want to add to what you have already said about The Lovely Bones, it was a 'perfect storm' of a release. It was a best seller and word of mouth has been given the credit which is impressive to me. It was a topinc that ...

... You must have a great job if you can get all these freebie books. I did want to add to what you have already said about The Lovely Bones, it was a 'perfect storm' of a release. It was a best seller and word of mouth has been given the credit which is impressive to me. It was a topinc that ...

I think The Lovely Bones made the list mostly for the originality of the post-death narrator. I blew through the book while attending at Book Expo America after hearing booksellers standing in line for a free toilet stall discussing it (I was in one of those stalls:-). I rifled through my bag ...

... I also really enjoyed When the Emperor was Divine. I've read Unless,too. I agree with your "pop" assessment of The Lovely Bones although I confess I just passed it to my 15yo daughter. It was listed in Bookmarks magazine as recommended fiction for older students (the same list I ...

... I'd have chosen When the Emperor Was Divine. I can't believe it didn't even make the short list. I've also read The Lovely Bones (a little too "pop" for my taste); The Autograph Man (a disappointment after reading White Teeth); and Unless and The Little Friend, which were ...

... In the Forest Julie Otsuka When the Emperor was Divine Alice Sebold The Lovely Bones Carol Shields Unless - shortlist Zadie Smith The Autograph Man - shortlist Donn ...

16) Lucky by Alice Sebold I finally got around to reading this one. I read The Lovely Bones back in 2005 I think it was, and it has become one of my favorite books. I heard a lot of mixed things about Lucky and, while it was difficult subject matter to read about, I found my self ...

... and it was a wonderful read. Made me cry at the end, it was just so tragic... Not sure what will be next, but probably The lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

... reading Stiff and so far so good, but as previously mentioned in LT reviews a bit gruesome. And I believe that The Lovely Bones will be a movie before the end of the year.

... Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Hobbit (2-3 times) Les Miserables (2 times) Lord of the Rings (2 times) The Lovely Bones Never Let Me Go NIGHT ...again, no touchstone? Nine Stories The Outsiders Pride and Prejudice The Princess Bride (2-3 times) Rebel Angels ...

... the great bookstore for last. Came home with the following (all thanks to LT...): The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman But still, I put about 6 books back that I also had in my hands, so ...

... because I am enjoying Peony in Love and getting through it more quickly than I did Snow Flower. I am in agreement about Lovely Bones which I didn't care for much, but I don't feel that way about this novel. It is holding me captive in that I want to know where Peony's going to go from here (I ...

... I know how great the book would end up being. How brave of Mrs. Sebold to tell her very private story. I ended up reading The Lovely Bones later....that too was a very good book. Happy Reading;)

I'm listening to The Lovely Bones. It's read by the author and I'm really enjoying it, very poignant story.

... Chronicles, but that could be as much for nostalgia as for artistic merit. Right now I'm listening to Alice Sebold read The Lovely Bones and she's doing a great job. One author I really dislike listening to is Harlan Ellison, his readings are always way over the top, I enjoy his writing, ...

Finished Book #6 = The Lovely Bones today. Wow! What a great book. Its been on my "to read" shelf for years and I finally read it....Luv'd it.

... I didn't like Labyrinth at all either! She has a new one out now; don't think I'll be getting it. I didn't like The Lovely Bones either. My least favorite book all time..... I try not to even THINK about it, its so troubling.... But it's already been mentioned here..... The only ...

#140: I liked The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, but I totally agree with you--the ending ruined my overall opinion of it. I wonder if the movie's ending is going to be the same . . . .

... even though I cannot stand books where children are harmed, I did cry (and laugh in re: to the grandmother) while reading The Lovely Bones. I feel that books and movies (to a lesser extent since the ones I now see usually star Dora, the Explorer) are a form of escape for me. I want to live ...

... is his commentary on society and I didn't really get much out of it. Also, number 8 didn't come close to the greatness of The Lovely Bones- don't bother with it.

... watched the movie with my husband AND daughter (horse fanatic) when she was about 12 or so. I didn't think I could read The Lovely Bones because of the subject, but for some reason, perhaps because of stillme's comment about it being after she's passed on and she's okay, I read and loved it. ...

I'm new here and found this post. It sounds like such a great idea. I've never actually kept track of how many books I read a year, so this should be a fun challenge. I also "borrowed" the idea of why I chose a book from another reader because I don't always have a lot to say about the books a I ...

I will never read The lovely bones It's still somewhere in the TBR bookcase, but I 'll give it to a book sale. It is about every parent's worst nightmare & I don't see how parents (or grandparents) of young girls can read it.

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... on to friends. Death of Anna Gonzales Money Hungry Tears of a Tiger Coldest Winter Ever Indian Killer The Lovely Bones Life in Prison Lost in the City Drinking Coffee Elsewhere Slam Monster Scorpion Push You Hear Me?: Poems and Writings for teenage ...

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hairballsrus in 50 Book Challenge : Hairballsrus's Nifty Fifty and Beyond....Starting Oct. 1rst. (Fev 28, 2008, 11:28am)

37. The Lovely Bones I've been reading this on and off for a week. Interesting idea and well presented. Murders leave behind living victims as well. A bit soap-operish though. Some of the reactions to Suzie's death seemed so obvious.

clowndust in 50 Book Challenge : Clowndust's 50 book challenge (Fev 25, 2008, 9:39am)

... (1/20/08) 3. Good Grief: A Novel by Lolly Winston (2/3/08) 4. For One More Day by Mitch Albom (2/10/08) 5. The Lovely Bones: A Novel by Alice Sebold (2/24/08)

ellevee in List Five Books Parlour Game : Remakes (Fev 23, 2008, 7:40pm)

... by Douglas Adams A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by William Burroughs Chronicles of Narnia by Neil Gaiman The Lovely Bones by Raymond Chandler The last one makes me enormously happy.

varielle in Bestsellers over the Years : Canada 2004 (Fev 20, 2008, 3:57pm)

... Report , The 9/11 Commission 1,195 copies 3. The Secret Life of Bees , Sue Monk Kidd 6,423 copies 4. The Lovely Bones , Alice Sebold 8,625 copies 5. The Wedding , Nicholas Sparks 1,044 copies 6. Anna Karenina , Leo Tolstoy 8,232 copies 7. Readin ...

geneg in Bestsellers over the Years : 2003 (Fev 20, 2008, 12:29pm)

IMHO three real clinkers in this list (yes, I read these books), The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Armageddon, and The Lovely Bones.

vpfluke in Bestsellers over the Years : 2003 (Fev 19, 2008, 1:06pm)

... Tiger by Tom Clancy 7. The Big Bad Wolf by James Patterson 8. Blow Fly by Patricia Cornwell 9. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 10. The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks

laytonwoman3rd in What Are You Reading Now? : First Line Game Vol. 3 (Fev 13, 2008, 11:54am)

Pretty sure it's not The Lovely Bones, but I don't have a clue what is is.

teelgee in What Are You Reading Now? : First Line Game Vol. 3 (Fev 13, 2008, 11:46am)

The Lovely Bones? Just a wild guess again, but that seemed to work for me before! nope. Jody, get in line!

KinnicChick in 888 Challenge : KinnicChick's 888 Categories and Books (Fev 12, 2008, 11:59pm)

... of Pi by Yann Martel Organize Your Life: Free Yourself From Clutter and Find More Personal Time by Ronni Eisenberg The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

KinnicChick in 888 Challenge : KinnicChick's 888 Categories and Books (Fev 12, 2008, 11:52pm)

... Second Glance by Jodi Picoult 5. Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje 6. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 7. Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult 8. Long Way Down by Nick Hornby

Nickelini in Girlybooks : Things we want our daughters to read (Fev 12, 2008, 9:31pm)

... a diary of a street kid. The other day she was with me in the adult section of a bookstore and was interested in both Lovely Bones and The Time Traveller's Wife. I told her I had read both and I thought she'd find them interesting IN A FEW YEARS. I think it may have been the first time I ...

compskibook in Hogwarts Express : What is everyone reading at the moment? II (Fev 11, 2008, 7:57pm)

... me out as much. I hope they do a good job on the movie. Brenden Frasier and Paul Bettany should be great! 513 Sugey: The Lovely Bones has been sitting in my to be reread pile, but I haven't been able to pick it up. I might have to wait until summer when things are brighter and I can get ...

suge in Hogwarts Express : What is everyone reading at the moment? II (Fev 11, 2008, 7:42pm)

hi every1. I just finished The Lovely Bones. what a horribly wonderful book. I found myself overcome on several occasion while reading this book, and it's probably my fave book so far this year. I needed something to cleanse the old literary palette, and cheer me up again, so I turned to 13 blue ...

KinnicChick in Book talk : KinnicChick's 888 Categories and Books (Fev 9, 2008, 11:26am)

... Moore 4. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez * 5. In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje 6. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 7. 8.

avaland in The Prizes : Mystery, Crime & Thriller Awards (Fev 7, 2008, 8:15am)

... Night by S. J. Rozan 2002 Silent Joe by T. Jefferson Parker 2001 The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale 2000 Bones by Jan Burke

MoiraStirling in Book talk : Ok, this is a good one. What is the most disturbing book you have read? (Jan 31, 2008, 5:09pm)

Let's see: Dolores Claiborne The Lovely Bones Perfume (the movie was pretty rough, too) 1984 (unsettling, but I loved it) Oh, forgot to add The Handmaid's Tale

Jadesbooks in 50 Book Challenge : jadesbooks 08 challenge (Jan 30, 2008, 11:48am)

#6 Lucky by Alice Sebold I had read her noved The Lovely Bones and really enjoyed it. So, when I found out that she had a memoir and that she wrote from personal experience on being raped in college, I decided to read it. Alice Sebold is a strong woman, and this memoir shows just how much ...

Brackynn in 50 Book Challenge : In Which Brackynn Reads 50 Books (Jan 29, 2008, 1:23am)

... and Catalina/Katherine's holier-than-thou, I-am-favoured-by-God-and-you're-not attitude really turned me against her. 5. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. An okay book. The premise intrigued me, but it was a bit of a struggle to get through the last third or so. Incidentally, I'm always ...

cal8769 in Book talk : What is the WORST book that youve ever red? (Jan 28, 2008, 10:08am)

I agree with The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold and I also hated The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike

iphigenie in 888 Challenge : Iphigenie's 888 (Jan 13, 2008, 8:50am)

... Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Slaughterhouse 5 * American Gods Fahrenheit 451 * Ender's Game * The Lovely Bones Dune (no touchstone??) * Beowulf: A New Verse Translation The Giver Alternative Cat Idea 1: Mystery Blacklist READ Brown-Eyed Girl REA ...

missylc in The Green Dragon : Best books, and worst books, that you read in 2007 (Jan 5, 2008, 11:15pm)

What a great idea for a thread! Best Fiction: Time Traveler's Wife with honorable mentions to The Lovely Bones and DH Worst Fiction: Gotta agree on The Poe Shadow. Bleh. Best Non-Fiction: The Glass Castle hands-down Worst Non-Fiction: and I say this grudgingly because the book ...

gwoodrow in What Are You Reading Now? : Top Five books read during 2007 (Jan 5, 2008, 5:32pm)

My top tier of 2007 (in no particular order): American Psycho The Lovely Bones Remains of the Day Einstein's Dreams Runners-up: Concrete Island Unbearable Lightness of Being Into the Wild Pleasure of my Company High Fidelity God Bless you, Mr. Rosewater All ...

trinah in What did YOU buy today? : Loved used books (Jan 2, 2008, 2:11am)

... that I'd love to own, where I wonder why someone threw such a book out. Such as Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and The Lovely Bones, two of which I got for quite a lovely price.

MarianV in Christianity : Talking about Heaven and Hell (Dez 26, 2007, 1:25pm)

... books listed on a grief site I belong to is Hello from HeavenI haven't read it & I don't want to. I don't want to read The lovely bones either. People have received comfort from books about the "afterlife" & I don't want to knock them. This is such a loaded discussion.On the surface it ...

viking2917 in Bug Collectors : The Amazon Bookmarklet seems to be broken (Dez 18, 2007, 11:53am)

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viking2917 in Bug Collectors : The Amazon Bookmarklet seems to be broken (Dez 18, 2007, 11:48am)

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viking2917 in Bug Collectors : The Amazon Bookmarklet seems to be broken (Dez 18, 2007, 11:43am)

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bookaholicgirl in Awful Lit. : Jump ship or go down with it? (Dez 10, 2007, 8:31pm)

... all week just thinking about what could have happened to the person. Howerver, there is one book which I jumped ship - The Lovely Bones. I think I read about 67 pages of it before my husband made me put it down and then give it away. I didn't particular like it and didn't even like her ...

momom248 in What Are You Reading Now? : The Clunkers of 2007 (Dez 3, 2007, 2:37pm)

... saying my clunkers I have to say I may one day go back and re-read them and who knows I may even like them. I did that w/ Lovely Bones. I really disliked it when I first read it, but re-read it a couple years later and enjoyed it. So I might like On Chesil Beach if I end up re-reading it ...

momom248 in What Are You Reading Now? : Top Books read 4th quarter 2007 October -December (Dez 3, 2007, 12:38pm)

For me only 2: Lovely Bones and Shadow of the Wind. Both great reads.

brianinbuffalo in marquette LTers : Catcher in the Rye (Nov 26, 2007, 6:57am)

Just finished The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold. Sadly, the book doesn't measure up to her earlier work, The Lovely Bones.

tls1215 in Book talk : Ok, this is a good one. What is the most disturbing book you have read? (Nov 25, 2007, 9:59pm)

... put down The Almost Moon because I found it very disturbing.... but in the interest of full disclosure, I also put down The Lovely Bones back when it first came out and I tried to read it, and I know a lot of people really liked that. I just couldn't do it. So, maybe it's me...

dara85 in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 24 November 2007 (Nov 25, 2007, 8:32pm)

... started Almost Moon by Alice Sebold. I just couldn't do it. I have read and liked her other two books Lucky and The Lovely Bones. I am going to start Blind Instinct by Robert W. Walker. #55 Wisewoman I read Alexander McCall Smith's The Kalhari Typing School for Men and ...

brianinbuffalo in Book talk : The Almost Moon (Nov 23, 2007, 9:36pm)

... Moon by Alice Seebold. If written by any other author, I would have logged it as "good." But having placed Seebold's The Lovely Bones on my Top 10 list in the past several years, her most recent work was a disappointment. Hope all is well.

woolylogic in The Green Dragon : High school curriculum (Nov 22, 2007, 12:37pm)

... of the Flies The Canterbury Tales The Decameron (parts of) Jane Eyre Walden (parts of) Secret Life of Bees Lovely Bones The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime Flatland Washington Square The Red Badge of Courage The Crucible The Awakening Their Eyes W ...

momom248 in Book talk : How often do you go back to a book the second time and enjoy it more ? (Nov 12, 2007, 9:18pm)

I usually never re-read but recently re-read The Lovely Bones which I enjoyed so much more the 2nd time. Actually didn't really like it 1st time. I also re-read Shadow of the Wind which I enjoyed mure more 2nd time as I forgot so much of this book.

ellevee in Awful Lit. : Jump ship or go down with it? (Nov 9, 2007, 11:26am)

1: Exactly! I will finish books I hate, just so I feel justified in how very much I hate them. Like The Lovely Bones. Hated pretty much every single agonizing second, but finished it, so I would have lots of things to use in my critique.

momom248 in Book talk : Books that everyone loves and you hate (Out 29, 2007, 12:46pm)

While I read The Lovely Bones about 5 years ago and hated it, I re-read it recently and have to say I really liked it so much better. It wasn't earth shattering, but I did enjoy it. I think alot has to do w/ time in your life and mood you are in when reading a book that makes you love it or ...

hairballsrus in 50 Book Challenge : Hairballsrus's Nifty Fifty and Beyond....Starting Oct. 1rst. (Out 14, 2007, 3:28pm)

... Memoir 34. Stiff: the curious lives of human cadavers 35. Dark Sister by Graham Joyce 36. Ella Minnow Pea 37. The Lovely Bones 38. The Bone Lady 39. Goodnight Nobody 40. Anonymous Lawyer 41. A Dirty Job 42. Lean Mean Thirteen 43. The Uncommon Reader: A Novella 44. ...

fletch68 in Book talk : Recommend a good book you've read lately (Out 13, 2007, 5:21pm)

I just recently finished The lovely Bones by Alice Sebold and it was a quite unique and interesting read. I would recommend this to anyone with and open mind and a desire to look at things from a different perspective.

momom248 in What Are You Reading Now? : What books are next on your reading list? (Out 11, 2007, 12:10pm)

Kivy, I just finished The Lovely Bones and it was a re-read. I enjoyed it so much more this time than the first time. I hope you like it. Memoirs of a Geisha is wonderful too. Enjoy that one.

momom248 in Book talk : What are you rereading? (Out 10, 2007, 11:05am)

I just finished rereading The Lovely Bones which I surprisingly enjoyed so much more this time rereading than when I first read it maybe 5 years ago. I am also rereading for a book club Shadow of the Wind as I forgot a lot of the book. It still is very good 2nd time around.

momom248 in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 6 October 2007 (Out 8, 2007, 12:38pm)

I finished The Lovely Bones which I was re-reading. I read it about 5 years ago when it first came out and really did not enjoy it. I have to say this time I enjoyed it much more. It was a good story. I would recommend it now whereas I didn't from my ealier read. Now onto Shadow of the Wind ...

katylit in The Green Dragon : Tell us what you are reading now, part III (Set 27, 2007, 3:21pm)

#264 missylc, I saw The Lovely Bones at our local bookstore last night on sale and almost bought it. Now I guess I'll just have to go back tonight and get it. The Thirteenth Tale is shaping up to be a very good story, I'm enjoying it so far. I haven't read any Rosemary Sutcliffe ...

missylc in The Green Dragon : Tell us what you are reading now, part III (Set 26, 2007, 12:42pm)

I started reading The Lovely Bones on Monday -- what a good book so far! I'm breezing through it, which is a relief after the book I just finished -- The Killing of Major Dennis Mahon. Apparently, I'm on a bit of a murder kick though -- it's a quite accidental.

goanna in Book talk : Another silly game to play. (Set 12, 2007, 9:54pm)

Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

Nickelini in 50 Book Challenge : Nickelini's 100 Book Challenge (Set 9, 2007, 8:20pm)

... Franz Kafka 19. How Proust Can Change Your Life, by Alain de Botton 20. Seven Lies, by James Lasdun 21. The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold 22. Negotiating with the Dead: a writer on writing, by Margaret Atwood

shewhowearsred in Awful Lit. : everyone said I should read this because??? (Set 3, 2007, 3:25am)

Popular books I didn't like: Everything is Illuminated, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, I Am the Messenger, Lovely Bones, most of John Grisham's books, and most of James Patterson's books. Oh, and I can't believe I almost forgot to mention it-- I hated (hated) Middlesex ...

emaestra in What Are You Reading Now? : What books came into your home today? - September 2007 (Set 1, 2007, 8:51pm)

... my daughter's reading list and ended up with almost as many books of my own. Antigone by Jean Anouilh, Hamlet, The Lovely Bones, and The Death of Vishnu. Only the last is a new to me. Not very happy reads, eh?

geneg in Art is Life : The Books Around You (Ago 17, 2007, 10:20am)

... is because it's just boring to me. I couldn't finish Five People you meet in Heaven, I ground my teeth so hard at The lovely Bones my dentist was getting worried. To be honest, I expected pretty much the same from The Secret of Hurricanes, but I am just blown away by it. If all ...

shelfless in Book talk : What is the WORST book that youve ever red? (Ago 11, 2007, 1:50am)

... with an alarming ability to drop like a hot potato anything remotely in danger of developing into an interesting plotline The Lovely Bones, which I thought was pretty bad until I got to that last bit, at which point I found it to be an unmitigated pile of sub-adolescent fluffy rubbish.

ellevee in Awful Lit. : Books to be struck from HS reading lists! (Ago 9, 2007, 4:06pm)

I think Dallas has the best one. Atlanta's is good as well. The Lovely Bones?! *vomits* Only in Jersey. Although Hitchhiker's DOES make things better.

ellevee in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 4 August 2007 (Ago 6, 2007, 11:44am)

# 54 I agree entirely with The Lovely Bones. Catch-22 and Running With Scissors are both fantastic; if you Running With Scissors, I highly suggest Dry which is, in my opinion, the best thing he's ever done. I'm reading: I Like You: Hospitality Under The Influence by my bestest ...

ellevee in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 4 August 2007 (Ago 6, 2007, 11:43am)

# 54 I agree entirely with The Lovely Bones. Catch-22 and Running With Scissors are both fantastic; if you Running With Scissors, I highly suggest Dry which is, in my opinion, the best thing he's ever done.

ladybookworm in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 4 August 2007 (Ago 6, 2007, 12:25am)

#53-meanviv: I too was so disappointed in The Lovely Bones. The ending just ruined the whole thing for me. I'm currently reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman. I'm finding it very slow-moving. I can only hope it gets better. After that, I'm moving on to Catch-22 and Running With S ...

meanviv in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 4 August 2007 (Ago 5, 2007, 11:23pm)

The Lovely Bones I was under the impression that this book was going to be AMAZING. It entertains me but its not something I'd read again

gtg427s in Atlanta Bibliophiles : Hi there Atlanta! What are we all reading now? (Ago 5, 2007, 6:32am)

I'm reading Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. I like Pride and Prejudice Better. I read The Lovely Bones a few years ago and I really liked it. It was disturbing but also a little comforting.

missylc in The Green Dragon : Have you bought ANY books lately? Do tell! (Part II) (Ago 4, 2007, 8:39pm)

At a library sale today: The Lovely Bones and Anne of Green Gables: Three Volumes in One

Mattlanta in Atlanta Bibliophiles : Hi there Atlanta! What are we all reading now? (Ago 4, 2007, 8:45am)

... that was important, at least for me, at the end. I also have the memory of a lawn chair, so whatever. I just started The Lovely Bones last night. Hope it's good.

Bookmarque in List Five Books Parlour Game : Mortality (Ago 1, 2007, 10:15am)

On a Pale Horse A Dirty Job Born with the Dead The Lovely Bones Grave Secrets Touchstones dead or asleep at the switch.

ladybookworm in Book talk : Books that everyone loves and you hate (Jul 17, 2007, 2:22pm)

The Stranger. Ugh, I'm glad it was a short book. It was terrible. Lovely Bones. It was fine until the end. Then it was ruined. And almost everything I've read by Gregory Maguire. I just can't get into him at all.

jmnlman in Bug Collectors : Lost books and tags? (Jul 9, 2007, 9:26pm)

Just noticed something strange. I appear to have lost three books from my total as well as several tags 8 from my unread tag and 1 from my "British history" tag there may be more but that's what I noticed. The three books I last added are still there. I added them several days back so it's not a ...

Seajack in Book talk : Books that everyone loves and you hate (Jul 6, 2007, 2:02pm)

I thought The Lovely Bones was okay, but I can see why you disliked it; I don't believe I'll be seeing a movie version.

jhowell in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 30 June 2007 (Jul 5, 2007, 1:26pm)

#117 - ellevee - I am so sure I know exactly what part you are talking about in The Lovely Bones. Horrible. For me it ruined what I thought was a good (not great) book. #114 brewergirl -- How is The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir? It is on my TBR shelf, but I am a little nervous ...

jlwood19 in Book talk : Cry like a baby (Jul 5, 2007, 12:27pm)

Off the top of my head I can remember crying like a baby while reading were A Separate Peace by John Knowles, The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, and Stone Garden by Molly Moynahan. I'm sure there's more.

ellevee in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 30 June 2007 (Jul 5, 2007, 11:15am)

Depressing doesn't really bother me, if there's a point. But, as I mentioned before, there was a point in The Lovely Bones where I just stopped buying it. I can suspend disbelief with the best of them, but this was just too much for me. Now that I think about it, I didn't find the book to be ...

momom248 in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 30 June 2007 (Jul 5, 2007, 10:55am)

#112 ellevee, I thought I was one of the few, but I did not like The Lovely Bones either. I thought it was extremely depessing and had a hard time finishing it. Same thing w/ The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Everyone loved it but I hated it--again depressing and actually pretty boring.

ellevee in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 30 June 2007 (Jul 5, 2007, 9:32am)

#109 I HATED The Lovely Bones. I was willing to go along with it for most of the story, but at one point towards the end (which I will not discuss, for those who want to read it), I actually put it down and stared at the cover in disbelief. That being said, I am in a distinct minority. Most ...

lindsacl in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 30 June 2007 (Jul 5, 2007, 6:31am)

... I've posted a full review on my blog ... P.S. I really liked Lovely Bones, too, and I think that's the main reason I decided to read Lucky.

teelgee in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 30 June 2007 (Jul 4, 2007, 10:53pm)

>107 lindsacl: what did you think of Lucky? I have it on my shelf but haven't read it. I liked Lovely Bones a lot.

Caramellunacy in Book talk : Books that everyone loves and you hate (Jul 4, 2007, 10:11am)

... the ring already and be DONE with it... I also hated The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, The Lovely Bones (and I shudder to think of the self-indulgent movie Peter Jackson will make out of THAT), and The Golden Compass. For all the Pullman fans, it was a ...

legaleagle in 50 Book Challenge : LegalEagle Here (Jun 28, 2007, 9:24am)

After struggling to find a book I could get into, I found Book Seven and couldn't put it down ... Title: The Lovely Bones Author: Alice Sebold Genre: Fiction Rating: A+ I've had this one on my bookshelf for a few years now. I started it once before but didn't get into it and put it ...

ladybookworm in What Are You Reading Now? : What book came into your home today? - June 2007 (Jun 20, 2007, 4:59pm)

Hello all! I'm new to LT and I thought I'd jump into the frey! Books I received today from the library; The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life At Rose Red by Joyce Reardon The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Lisey's Story by Stephen ...

myshelves in List Five Books Parlour Game : List five books that are (about) dairies or in Dairy format (Jun 19, 2007, 10:29pm)

Heidi by Johanna Spyri The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (All that calcium) Death of an Old Goat by Robert Barnard Lizzie Borden (no author - newspaper accounts) The Cream of the Jest by James Branch Cabell

daughterofkaiba in 50 Book Challenge : daughterofkaibas 50 books (Jun 19, 2007, 6:22pm)

50. Shrimp by Rachel Cohn 51. Cupcake by Rachel Cohn 52. A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks 53. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 54. One Who Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey 55. Cut by Patricia Mccormick 56. Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel ...

becbart in Read YA Lit : What are you reading in June? (Jun 19, 2007, 7:31am)

I just finished reading Elsewhere a couple of days ago and was struck by its similarity to The Lovely Bones (which, admittedly, I read about 4 years ago). I think it would be interesting to compare and contrast the two. I for one would argue that Elsewhere has a more effective ending. Has ...

CEP in Reading Globally : Where in the World are You Now? June 2007 (Jun 18, 2007, 9:40am)

I just left Pennsylvania and The Lovely Bones. I'm now in Civil War era Georgia with The March.

CEP in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 16 June 2007 (Jun 18, 2007, 4:22am)

I just finished The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold and have begun Doctorow's The March. The God of Small Things is still a read-in-progress, it just isn't all that compelling for me. The story just doesn't gain enough momentum for me.

Jim53 in List Five Books Parlour Game : anatomy (Jun 17, 2007, 7:13pm)

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis Skeletons by Kate Wilhelm Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood The Chin Kiss King by Ana Veciana-Suarez

Oklahomabooklady in Book talk : What is the WORST book that youve ever red? (Jun 15, 2007, 6:53pm)

... bad book. Seems I tend to come across some really bad ones often. Here are a list of some I can say I truly hated: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Blindness by Jose Saramago Lisey's Story by Stephen King

LynnB in List Five Books Parlour Game : Dreams, Visions and Altered States (Jun 14, 2007, 9:10am)

The European Dream Mister Sandman The Lovely Bones (the narrator is dead) The Ninth Life of Louis Drax about a boy in a coma Double Vision

torontoc in Book talk : Online Party to Celebrate Adichie's Win! (Jun 10, 2007, 5:46pm)

... Brooks Alligator by Lisa Moore The Romantic by Barbara Gowdy My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki and The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold and I can think of more!

kiwidoc in What Are You Reading Now? : What book came into your home today? - June 2007 (Jun 6, 2007, 7:21pm)

Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold and A good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor which I found in a second hand store on my way home - yes I managed to slip in a book-buying moment at the end of my day YET AGAIN.

cathepsut in Awful Lit. : I can't believe I wasted my time on this con't... (Maio 4, 2007, 12:16pm)

... just proves how vaied people's tastes are! I liked The Old Man and the Sea by Hemigway very much! Have to agree to The Lovely Bones though, could not finish it.

kageeh in Book talk : nonfiction for fiction lovers (Maio 4, 2007, 10:00am)

... is not fiction; it is a memoir of the time she was raped while a student at Syracuse U. It is not even remotely like The Lovely Bones, which is fiction. She wrote Lucky first, by the way, many years before The Lovely Bones.

dchaikin in Taggers! : Unusual tags you use (Maio 1, 2007, 9:36am)

... related but seem to have the same feel. Of course that is very personal. One group of books I'm thinking of are these: The Lovely Bones, The Secret Life of Bees, Gilead, The Kite Runner, Middlesex, The Time traveler's Wife, The Blind Assassin, Bel Canto. I've tagged them "E ...

Terminal_Verbosity in Metafilter : Mandatory "favorite books" discussion (Abr 30, 2007, 5:27pm)

... to 21st Century Western society as to 1920's India.) The Human Factor, Graham Greene (Or anything by Greene, really.) The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold (Sad. But really, really good.)

clamairy in The Green Dragon : Books and Movies (Abr 25, 2007, 1:19pm)

... but there's been no official press release about when/if work on the movie will begin. He hasn't even started working on The Lovely Bones yet, and that is his next official film. So, in other words, those of us who haven't started reading the Novik books yet still have plenty of time!!! LO ...

TheTwoDs in 1001 Books to read before you die : Your one "I cant believe it's not in there" book (Abr 17, 2007, 1:58pm)

#11: jhowell The Lovely Bones holds a place in my heart due to its theme of loss and grief. My wife read this shortly after losing her brother and it really spoke to her. She had me read it and we discussed it afterwards. That said, the list is very Commonwealth-centric. While Ian McEwa ...

jhowell in 1001 Books to read before you die : Your one "I cant believe it's not in there" book (Abr 11, 2007, 6:49pm)

... A Tree grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith, and nothing by Cormac McCarthy. #10:I have to disagree with you on The Lovely Bones, TwoD's -- that book was total cheese.

TheTwoDs in 1001 Books to read before you die : Your one "I cant believe it's not in there" book (Abr 11, 2007, 4:00pm)

Either Snow or My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold And I guess it was published too late in 2006 to make the list: The Road by Cormac McCarthy

NotSunkYet in Bug Collectors : Sort Library by Shared Odd Happenings... (Abr 10, 2007, 12:12pm)

... that I noticed that other books were listed as more popular such as The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, The Lovely Bones and others. So I clicked on a few of their ‘Social Data’ links and scrolled down to the ‘Show all Members’ link and clicked on it. It brought up ...

bookishy in Upcoming Books : What You're Looking Forward To: (Abr 6, 2007, 6:40pm)

... reason to want to read it, I know, but there you go. There's a new Alice Sebold as well. I wasn't as crazy about The Lovely Bones as some were, but I'm really curious about her second novel.

jenstiens in Awful Lit. : I can't believe I wasted my time on this con't... (Abr 4, 2007, 1:32pm)

What I was going to say before was that The Lovely Bones is horrible in so many ways and I can't believe I even remember reading it 4 years later. It was that bad.

fuzzy_patters in 50 Book Challenge : fuzzy_patters' 50 book challenge (Mar 30, 2007, 5:41pm)

15. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold- A very good, very touching novel. This was very well written and an interesting concept for a novel. I came away impressed. It is rare that I miss a book after I finish reading it, but I wish I hadn't finished this one already.

daisyflower in Librarians who LibraryThing : Recommend a good book? (Mar 27, 2007, 4:57am)

... up and I plan to ly on my couch, eat sweeties and read. But don't yet have the book!! Some books I have enjoyed are: The Lovely Bones The Colour Purple Brick Lane Books by Mitch Albom I like reading books about people's lifes, as I'm nosey! Can you help??

JoseBuendia in Awful Lit. : Awful Classics? (Mar 22, 2007, 3:05pm)

... Hardy, Joseph Conrad, John Updike or Philip Roth. Among more recent books, I hated The Kite Runner and The Lovely Bones. I'm still trying to like Henry James and Thomas Pynchon. Not giving up on them yet.

amancine in 50 Book Challenge : amancine's 50 book challenge: I will try for 100 books (Mar 15, 2007, 8:48pm)

... of what an incredibly privileged life she led. I had hoped for a more universal story of growing up in the 1950's. 4. The Lovely Bones by Alice Seabold - Reminded me very much of The Judas Child by Carol O'Connell, but not nearly as well-written. 5. The Curious Incident of the Dog ...

kambrogi in Book talk : nonfiction for fiction lovers (Mar 14, 2007, 1:30am)

lynnlib: I stand corrected. Actually, The Lovely Bones is surprisingly bearable, because it finds a way to navigate the subject matter in a somewhat hopeful way -- more hopeful than the true tale, from what I hear. (Sorry my touchstones weren't working the other day -- wonder why?)

Sykil in Awful Lit. : I can't believe I wasted my time on this con't... (Mar 12, 2007, 12:58am)

Okay, so maybe it wasn't exactly "wasted," but I submit The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, as I didn't walk away from it with much. It just seemed like a Lifetime movie. Seemed nice while I read it, but looking back on it, it's "meh." Awful seems a bit extreme, though. The Old Man and ...

kdk in Gloria Stavers Reading Club : What's on Your Bedside Table? (Mar 6, 2007, 5:20pm)

... Of Innocence The Friendship Book Talking to Heaven Six Canadian Plays Stay Fit and Healthy Until You're Dead East Access (for the Boys)/ All over Lovely The Tudor Age Six Myths of Out Time I Know This Much To Be True The Falls There are two shelves on my end table ...

charlenemartel in 50 Book Challenge : Joining the Challenge. (Mar 5, 2007, 11:28am)

15. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (F) 328 pages (Now one of my all time favourites) 16. Boy Vey! The Shiksa's Guide to Dating Jewish Men by Kristina Grish (NF) 162 pages.

NotSunkYet in Book talk : Fun with Libraries: Body Parts! (Fev 21, 2007, 6:57pm)

... Bruce Fogle A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash by Sylvia Nasar The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature by Geoffrey Miller

kageeh in Book talk : Book that gets noticed on your shelves... (Fev 17, 2007, 12:58pm)

... Your education is obviously working well. I especially enjoyed seeing your "grab this from a house on fire" books. The Lovely Bones is one book that will never leave my mind.

MrsLee in The Green Dragon : The religion and politics room. No fighting in the pub. (Fev 1, 2007, 3:30pm)

... I love, love, love DEATH. Not for any spiritual reason per say. Just love him. kageeh- Thank you for your kind words. The Lovely Bones sounds like an interesting read, I have a hard time with things that might hit too close to home. I have a beautiful teenage daughter. C.S. Lewis said ...

kageeh in The Green Dragon : The religion and politics room. No fighting in the pub. (Fev 1, 2007, 6:24am)

Mrs. Lee (and all you others, too)-- Have you read The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold? It's the story of a young girl who is raped and murdered and what happens after she dies. The story is told from the girl's point of view shortly after she arrives in heaven but hasn't yet completely let go ...

Storeetllr in What Are You Reading Now? : Most Bungled Endings opinion thread (Jan 24, 2007, 7:41pm)

SPOILER ALERT: The part at the end of The Lovely Bones that I had so much trouble with was when she borrowed the body of another girl to have sex. It was so jarring after what had gone before, like a bad YA romantic horror story. Reverends puts it very well(message #61) .

kageeh in What Are You Reading Now? : Most Bungled Endings opinion thread (Jan 24, 2007, 4:05pm)

For all you readers who hated the ending of The Lovely Bones, how else would you have ended it? I found it strangely satisfying.

lout_rampage in Awful Lit. : everyone said I should read this because??? (Jan 19, 2007, 1:24am)

I totally agree with you about The Lovely Bones. It was great until the end. She got VERY Sweet Valley High with that ending.

Storeetllr in What Are You Reading Now? : Most Bungled Endings opinion thread (Jan 13, 2007, 1:27pm)

Oh, yes, Reverends ~ that was it exactly! I enjoyed The Lovely Bones right up till I got to the bit about...no, I won't include a spoiler here. But the ending so troubled me that I have never recommended the novel to anyone. You hit the nail on the head with your succinct and clear analysis of ...

reverends in What Are You Reading Now? : Most Bungled Endings opinion thread (Jan 13, 2007, 10:14am)

I so have to agree with Retrogirl85's hatred for the last few chapters of The Lovely Bones. I decided to read it on a whim, the really got into the in depth way in which it looked at the ramifications of a tragedy on a close family, and how the effects of such an event would be viewed by the dead ...

Storeetllr in What Are You Reading Now? : Most Bungled Endings opinion thread (Dez 20, 2006, 1:05am)

Hi, Retro ~ Yes, I totally agree with you about the dreadfully contrived and mucked up ending to The Lovely Bones. I had really been enjoying it till then. Thalia and Link ~ IMHO, The DaVinci Code in its entirety is one of the most badly written novels I've ever read, and I've read a few. A ...

Retrogirl85 in What Are You Reading Now? : Most Bungled Endings opinion thread (Dez 19, 2006, 5:30pm)

I was incredably disappointed by the ending of The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. It was a fantastic until the last 20 or so pages. The ending was so unbeliveably stupid. Why did she have to muck it up.

SimonW11 in MyPeopleConnection Book Clubs : Discussion Questions for Book Clubs (Dez 12, 2006, 3:54am)

for example looking at the lovely bones question 15. http://www.readinggroupguides.com/guides3/lovely_bones1.asp I think a much more interesting question, lets see if I can phrase this to avoid spoilers, would be. How did what happened to Ruth differ from rape? Maybe it would be an ...

Oklahomabooklady in Awful Lit. : everyone said I should read this because??? (Dez 6, 2006, 4:32pm)

Xenalyte I couldn't stand White Oleander either nor did I like Lovely Bones. SueK I gave both of these books to a friend of mine and she loved them.

Morphidae in What Are You Reading Now? : Your Top Five for 2006 (Dez 3, 2006, 4:08pm)

... on LT scale) from me this year: Hungry Planet by Faith D'Aluisio and Peter Menzel Urban Shaman by C.E. Murphy The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak I haven't listed old favorites that I've reread this year.

Storeetllr in Audiobooks : What are you listening to now? (Dez 2, 2006, 11:52pm)

... Avaland, thanks for your short review of The Thirteenth Tale. I'm going to look for it on audio. Seajack ~ I read The Lovely Bones in book form awhile ago and after reading your post think I'd like to hear it on audio now. I imagine an "okay"-sounding narrator would make the thing ...

bridge in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 18 Nov 2006 (Nov 21, 2006, 4:29pm)

... with the second book. Didn't have a chance to find the first one though. Well worth reading! I have started reading The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, which isn't usually my sort of book, though I am enjoying anyway :)

GreyHead in Book talk : Book Chain (Nov 7, 2006, 2:30pm)

... > Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4) - J.K. Rowling The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter 5) - J.K. Rowling Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut < ...

anikins in Awful Lit. : I can't believe I wasted my time on this... (Nov 7, 2006, 3:32am)

... again, even if the softbound edition's cover is quite elegant-looking. but i have to diasgree with some: i like sebold's lovely bones, tolkien, austen and bradbury. necessary classics (the latter ones), but truthful, still.

kageeh in Happy Heathens : The big question... (Set 29, 2006, 10:01am)

... most religious are, in my eyes, truly the least. In a somewhat contradictory stance, I loved Alice Sebold's book The Lovely Bones and viscerally wish her depiction of heaven really exists. In the Jewish religion, however, a deceased person remains 'alive" only so long as that person ...

hailelib in Broke! : Broke! Message Board (Set 1, 2006, 8:39am)

... with 3 mass market and 2 trade paperbacks and four hard covers for $5.57US. The hardcovers were The Shelters of Stone, The Lovely Bones, Wizardborn by David Farland and Homicide Trinity by Rex Stout. The others were Augustus by John Williams and Getting Organized. Also a ...

kageeh in Awful Lit. : I can't believe I wasted my time on this... (Ago 28, 2006, 2:00pm)

We're all so different. I thought The Lovely Bones was simply magical. I hated My Sister's Keeper until I figured out why the author ended it the way she did. Then it made sense. Water for Elephants is short-listed for Best Book of 2006. So maybe we should try to figure out why one ...

Cinnamon-Girl in Awful Lit. : I can't believe I wasted my time on this... (Ago 27, 2006, 9:20pm)

... what gets mentioned as an 'awful' book. Some of them I actually agree with! A few titles that I would offer up are The Lovely Bones, Julie and Julia, Water for Elephants, and My Sister's Keeper.

kageeh in Awful Lit. : Awful Classics? (Ago 21, 2006, 8:50am)

... I read Old man and the Sea in high school but I can't say I enjoyed it especially. One of my all-time favorites is The Lovely Bones which is certainly not non-fiction. I just loved its depiction of heaven and viscerally wanted it to be true. But a book like that is not the same as one ...

FicusFan in Awful Lit. : I can't believe I wasted my time on this... (Ago 20, 2006, 6:56pm)

Well some of the books and writers mentioned here I really loved Life of Pi, Lovely Bones, The Shadow of the Wind. I also enjoy the Harry Potter series, though not as much as many who seem to become overwhelmed with it. George R.R. Martin's series is also wonderful and very gripping. ...

SqueakyChu in Awful Lit. : I can't believe I wasted my time on this... (Ago 20, 2006, 2:05am)

... Couldn't stand her way of writing, completely turned me off reading anything else by her I agree with you about The Lovely Bones, but would beg you to try reading Lucky by the same author. This is Alice Sebold's non-fiction story of her rape as a college student. Very graphic in ...

yhalos in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 12 Aug 2006 [8/12/06] (Ago 18, 2006, 12:51am)

I've just finished reading The Lovely Bones and enjoyed it very much. I'm about to beginThe Kite Runner for my reading group . It was highly recommeneded so I hope I enjoy it.

bettyjo in Awful Lit. : I can't believe I wasted my time on this... (Ago 16, 2006, 9:56pm)

I hated the The Little Friend} as well but can honestly say I loved The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver and The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. I should have put down The History of Love by Nicole Krauss...I plowed through but found is aweful. Currently listening to Back ...

kageeh in Awful Lit. : I can't believe I wasted my time on this... (Ago 14, 2006, 7:11am)

We read The Lovely Bones in book club and it had the strangest reactions. All the Catholics hated it because it did not depict heaven in the way they were taught it is. The non-Catholics loved it. I loved it -- I wanted it to be true in a very visceral way. That is one of those books that ...

clur in Awful Lit. : I can't believe I wasted my time on this... (Ago 14, 2006, 6:07am)

I loathe The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. Couldn't stand her way of writing, completely turned me off reading anything else by her - and anything else the friend who told me to read it ever recommends.

Tricoteuse in What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading Now? Message Board (Jul 31, 2006, 4:19pm)

Over the weekend I finished two books - The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold which I found to be a wonderful story, and quite engaging. Also, My Freshman Year which is by an anthropology professor who lived as a student for a year to learn about contemporary college life. It's very ...

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