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What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of December 19, 2009?		127	msf59, Hoje 6:34pm
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : jayde1599's 75 in 2009 list		245	jayde1599, Hoje 5:10pm
999 Challenge : angelrose		88	angelrose, Hoje 4:52pm
1001 Books to read before you die : What are you reading from the 1001 list in DECEMBER?		74	klobrien2, Hoje 4:32pm
1001 Books to read before you die : 10 Absolutely Phenomenal Novels that Must be Read Immediately.. suggestions?		14	LesMiserables, Hoje 2:10pm
What Are You Reading Now? : Books Brought Home-December 2009		116	jdthloue, Hoje 12:49pm
1001 Books to read before you die : Discussions/ Group reading?		142	RebeccaAnn, Hoje 11:04am
50 Book Challenge : bonniebook's Best of Your Best, 2009		349	bonniebooks, Hoje 9:14am
Literary Snobs : Best Books of the '00s		52	bobmcconnaughey, Ontem 10:52pm
Kindley Book Club : Whatcha reading part two		84	hazel1123, Ontem 8:59pm
1010 Category Challenge : GingerbreadMan's 1010		61	RidgewayGirl, Ontem 8:56pm
250 book challenge : Zero's 2009 Challenge		118	zanix, Ontem 8:14pm
What Are You Reading Now? : BBC Meme: How Many of These 100 Books Have YOU Read?		233	ThrillerFan, Ontem 12:03pm
50 Book Challenge : Alice_Wonder's 50 books in 2009 Challenge		75	Alice_Wonder, Ontem 11:23am
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : tarendz's 2009 reading		76	alcottacre, Ontem 10:45am
What Are You Reading Now? : Your BEST BOOKS of 2008		175	newlifecoming, Ontem 4:24am
Club Read 2009 : RidgewayGirl's 2009 Reading		111	RidgewayGirl, Segunda-feira 10:18pm
The Green Dragon : December Delights		33	MrAndrew, Segunda-feira 6:01pm
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 : Cauterize's 2009 Book Challenge		234	alcottacre, Segunda-feira 2:35am
50 Book Challenge : Zero's 2009 Challenge		188	zanix, Domingo 1:33am
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Karen's 75 Books on a Stick (2009)		167	klobrien2, Sábado 3:05pm
Audiobooks : What Are You Listening to Now? Part 5		326	ktleyed, Sexta-feira 7:10pm
1001 Books to read before you die : soylentgreen23 wants to read 1001 books		49	soylentgreen23, Sexta-feira 8:03am
999 Challenge : Tropics' .		81	tropics, Quinta-feira 11:43pm
50 Book Challenge : s.t.O.c's 2009 challenge		55	STOCeallaigh, Quinta-feira 2:00pm
50 Book Challenge : Wonderlake @ 2009		78	wonderlake, Quinta-feira 10:33am
100 Books Challenge for 2009 : Judylou's 100 books in 2009		320	judylou, Quinta-feira 5:26am
Book talk : Life of Pi: which story do you believe?		17	knyclrk, Quarta-feira 7:36pm
50 Book Challenge : HeathMochaFrost's reading for 2009		94	HeathMochaFrost, Dezembro 15
75 Books Challenge for 2010 : Laura's (lauranav) 2010 reading		4	alcottacre, Dezembro 14
1001 Books to read before you die : Judylou's 1001		41	judylou, Dezembro 12
Book talk : High School English Literature reading suggestions		24	MissWoodhouse1816, Dezembro 12
Geeks who love the Classics : Which contemporary books will/should become classics?		34	nymith, Dezembro 12
Book talk : Intertextuality		6	Makifat, Dezembro 12
999 Challenge : Zero's 999		64	zanix, Dezembro 11
Recommend Site Improvements : Specifying hard-going or easy-going books		3	lilithcat, Dezembro 11
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Very late to start...		67	alcottacre, Dezembro 9
1001 Books to read before you die : Paruline's attempt		40	paruline, Dezembro 7
1010 Category Challenge : JessicaMisiora's 1010 Challenge		12	avatiakh, Dezembro 5
1001 Books to read before you die : Soffitta1's 1001 Books- Lifetime of Reading		20	soffitta1, Dezembro 4
What Are You Reading Now? : Where did your LT name come from?		591	asukamaxwell, Dezembro 2
1001 Books to read before you die : Dave's 1001 List		17	Nickelini, Dezembro 2
Awful Lit. : Awful Classics?		558	chapterofaccidents, Novembro 27
FantasyFans : Barely fantasy recommendations		48	Emidawg, Novembro 27
1001 Books to read before you die : maryjanemanolos progress		123	maryjanemanolos, Novembro 23
Book talk : Another Silly Game Part 34		385	AHS-Wolfy, Novembro 22
History at 30,000 feet: The Big Picture : They're Still Doing It		75	gwernin, Novembro 19
Hogwarts Express : New group book read		68	foggidawn, Novembro 15
999 Challenge : BJ's 999 Categories and Books		222	billiejean, Novembro 13
50 Book Challenge : elliepotten's 50 book challenge 2009		223	elliepotten, Novembro 13
Awful Lit. : Jump ship or go down with it?		93	lbradf, Novembro 11
Travel and Exploration literature : Sailing adventure and shipwreck		36	Sandydog1, Novembro 10
BookMooching : Lost/Found -- Things FOUND in a Used Book		144	CFiveSix, Novembro 9
1001 Books to read before you die : What Book of this Series Changed You Personally		16	perlle, Novembro 9
1001 Books to read before you die : brochettes is trying to read 1001 books before she dies- and hopes that she lives a very long life..		29	RMXtreme, Novembro 9
50 Book Challenge : callen610's -2009		115	callen610, Novembro 8
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : 5 Books you would take with you if washed away at sea.		20	Luxx, Novembro 8
999 Challenge : Blondierocket's		88	cmbohn, Novembro 7
Book talk : Name one of the books in which you've been disappointed and tell why.		12	Dandylioness79, Novembro 6
Readers Over Sixty : What did you read first?		39	geneg, Novembro 5
What Are You Reading Now? : Abandoned Books redux (Life is short. Don't read crap.)		232	sanja, Novembro 4
Book talk : Top Five Comfort Reads		27	jennieg, Novembro 4
Literary Snobs : New Yann Martel book--Any LIFE OF PI fans here?		7	emaestra, Novembro 3
What Are You Reading Now? : Books Brought Home - October 2009		180	momom248, Novembro 1
Book talk : Another Silly Game Part 32		418	moibibliomaniac, Outubro 30
1001 Books to read before you die : Katrina 1001 attempt		14	katrinasreads, Outubro 29
Nederlandstalige lezers : Beste boek ever (literaire fictie)		17	biebkriebels, Outubro 27
Book talk : Books made into movies		107	Ape, Outubro 25
Book talk : Books for on planes?		10	fairywings, Outubro 18
1001 Books to read before you die : divinenanny will read some of the 1001		4	divinenanny, Outubro 13
What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of October 3, 2009?		227	Mr.Durick, Outubro 10
Reading Globally : Sanddancer's List		38	sanddancer, Outubro 8
Book talk : Choose a book that you haven't read yet. (4)		329	callmejacx, Outubro 7
What Are You Reading Now? : Your Best Reads of the Second Quarter (April - June 2009)		54	dchaikin, Outubro 5
999 Challenge : RidgewayGirl's		277	RidgewayGirl, Outubro 4
What Are You Reading Now? : Book Brought Home - September 2009		215	jdthloue, Outubro 2
Literary Snobs : Where do you read book reviews?		37	semckibbin, Outubro 2
What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 5 May 2007		124	usnmm2, Setembro 27
50 Book Challenge : mustangsalhk's 50 books in 1 year		35	mustangsalhk, Setembro 26
The Green Dragon : Books you Couldn't Get Through		103	littlegeek, Setembro 23
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : MrsBond's 75 Books in 2009		97	alcottacre, Setembro 21
Canadian Fiction/Non-Fiction Reading Challenge : Welcome & General Chat		11	RidgewayGirl, Setembro 20
Book talk : Ok, this is a good one. What is the most disturbing book you have read?		389	Phlox72, Setembro 17
50 Book Challenge : bonniebook's 50 book challenge in 2009, chapter 2		265	nannybebette, Setembro 13
Club Read 2009 : Keren7's Reads for 2009		60	keren7, Setembro 12
Le Salon Litteraire du Peuple pour le Peuple : Bookers		27	Macumbeira, Setembro 10
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Cait86's Reading, Take 2		312	Cait86, Setembro 6
2009 Genre Challenge : May Genre -- Literary Fiction		16	readeron, Setembro 1
999 Challenge : What are you reading, August 2009?		63	AnnieMod, Agosto 31
Canadian Literature : Greatest Canadian Novel		31	Iudita, Agosto 28
Literary Snobs : People Who Believe Books are a Waste of Time and Money		300	holcombjmarie, Agosto 24
50 Book Challenge : merry10's 2008 challenge		222	merry10, Agosto 17
Science Fiction Fans : Top 100 Sci Fi Recommendations for New Readers of the Genre: Post Your List		362	RobertDay, Agosto 17
50 Book Challenge : Kimpett's 2009 Experimento		24	kimpett, Agosto 12
Book talk : Life of Pi and other similar books		14	omaca, Agosto 12
1001 Books to read before you die : Kiwiflowa's progress		7	cmt, Agosto 11
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 August 01, 2009?		261	jnwelch, Agosto 8
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401. Life of Pi by Yann Martel 12/15/09 402. Three Soldiers by John Dos Passos 12/16/09 403. Myles Before Myles by Flann O'Brien 12/17/09 404. The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon 12/18/09 405. Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann 12/19/09

... adventures of Kavalier and Clay : a novel / Michael Chabon. The Yiddish policemen's union : a novel / Michael Chabon. Life of Pi : a novel / Yann Martel. Atonement : a novel / Ian McEwan What is the what : the autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng : a novel / Dave Eggers You shall ...

Just finished Life of Pi having never read it before (probably the last to read it). I enjoyed the writing, the story, and the power of awe to overcome all.

Finished Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Very interesting and entertining. What are the possibilities? I think Martel may have a future in writing if he keeps after it. Started David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. I really enjoy Dickens.

399. Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu 12/13/09 400. The Color Purple by Alice Walker 12/13/09 401. Life of Pi by Yann Martel 12/15/09 402. Three Soldiers by John Dos Passos 12/16/09 403. Myles Before Myles by Flann O'Brien 12/17/09

... I've come up with. 1. Books I missed in 2009 (these were revised out of my 2009 reading list, so I'm going to try again) Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Histories by Herodotus as part of a group read 2. Books I found in 2009 (some top contenders from other people's lists) 3. Rereads Pilgr ...

... I'd simply prefer to read them when I desired the challenge. Again, not all prize winning fiction is hard going, take 'Life of Pi' by Yann Martel for example; so a tool to differentiate between them would be fantastic. Thank you for reading this, I hope you consider my suggestion.

... to be called Richard Parker but the thing that sprang immediately to my mind was that the name of the tiger in Martell's Life of Pi was Richard Parker. Did Martell know of those stories? Was his tiger named as a deliberate reference to either or both of them. If so, was it done as a homage ...

... On Chesil Beach, Ian McEwan Amsterdam, Ian McEwan The White Earth, Andrew McGahan Death in Venice, Thomas Mann Life of Pi, Yann Martel Beloved, Toni Morrison The Mystic Masseur, V S Naipaul Miguel Street, V S Naipaul In a Free State, V S Naipaul Guerrillas, V S Naipaul ...

#3 Calm, you have picked up two of my lifetime favourite books - Sophie's World and Life of Pi. I hope they give you as much pleasure as they have both given me throughout many, many reads!

... of "why haven't I read this yet books" Sophie's World : a novel about the history of philosophy by Jostein Gaarder Life of Pi : a novel by Yann Martel (first two from my favourite used book shop and the others from a local charity shop at 50p each) Also from the library and ...

... from the local charity shop) well worth adding to the TBR pile;) Holy Fools by Joanne Harris (this looks unread!) Life of Pi by Yann Martel (with a lovely picture of a poppy field that I guess someone was using as a bookmark) Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder

... Adiga 2. Oliver Kitteridge-Elizabeth Strout 3.Wolf Hall-Hilary Mantel 4.The Inheritance of Loss-Kiran Desai 5.Life of Pi-Yann Martel 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

... choice changes every time I write one of these lists; Cannery Row or Tortilla Flat would do just as well.) 5 Life of Pi But I'm also going to sling ashore a crate that I'm really hoping will get washed up with me if I'm lucky. That one contains Jude the Obscure, The Magus, ...

Life of Pi by Yann Martel I think, for me, it was a case of being let down after hearing all of the hype. I kept hearing that it was this deep philosophical / religious allegory, and a couple of people told me that they found it really inspirational. I don’t think I’ll ever really be ...

Frenchman's Creek Life of Pi The Madness of a Seduced Woman (maybe not an obvious choice but I've read it so often I can nearly recite it and that always helps) The Enchanted April Picnic at Hanging Rock Do I really only get 5? I could go on and on. Anything by Thomas Hardy ...

Well, that can only be good news (and about time too) but I'm afraid Pi is one of those books that I have slim hopes of being surpassed - especially taking into account Martel's earlier work Self.

I liked Life of Pi and will probably read this new one, but I have mixed feelings about his efforts to educate our Prime Minister. Seems like a hopeless endeavor.

... is the real culprit.") I will remind you of the most egregious example I know: requiring the U.S. History students to read The Life of Pi in order to understand "themes" in American history. I never did understand that. The result was a kid who chose Uncle Tom's Cabin for his 20th century ...

I bought a copy of Life of Pi at the local Goodwill, and found a beautiful pastel drawing of an African woman in it. I framed it & put it on a shelf in my living room, which is decorated with a distinctly African influence. What a deal! The book turned out to be one of my favorites! I also ...

How about Life of Pi? There is lots of room for interpretation and discussion. Or HP & Philosophy is good with me too. I haven't read any HP lately so that would be fun to go back to anyway.

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

... hearty welcome to LibraryThing! Since you like reading contemporary novels (seen in your current library), why not take Life of Pi by Yann Martel or The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenengger with you on your trip? Have a wonderful trip to Japan! What will you be doing ...

OK, that list was way too long! I've deleted it. If anyone wants the alphabetized list, tell me and I'll send it to you.

and newer ones if not mentioned yet: Atonement The Road Time Traveler's Wife Marley and Me Life of Pi is also in development... Also, World War Z will be out relatively soon... and The Five People You Meet in Heaven was a made for TV movie

#32 Life of Pi by Yann Martel very good book. It took me a day or so to really get caught up in it. Knowing the basic plot i was surprised how long it took to reach the Pacific, but those first ninety pages are extremely important to the story. It is definitely one of the finest first ...

Almost finished with The Glassblower of Murano. Not sure what to pick up next but I'm thinking it will be Life of Pi which I've heard so many good things about.

I picked up Life of Pi from the used book store. I've heard lots of good things about it and can't wait to get started reading.

... Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams - Read before 2004 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien - Read before 2004 Life of Pi - Yann Martel - Read before 2004 Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer - Read before 2004 Interview with a Vampire - Anne Rice - Read ...

... sial. I've read several award winners that I really liked (The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Rhodes won the Pulitzer and The Life of Pi by Yann Martel won the Booker, both of which are personally agreeable examples), but also others that I actually couldn't finish (The God of Small Things ...

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... of Lucy Gault on mount TBR 33 Middlesex 38 Gabriel’s Gift 41 Schooling on mount TBR 42 Atonement 49 Life of Pi 50 The Feast of the Goat 52 The Devil and Miss Prym 54 White Teeth 63 The Blind Assassin 64 After the Quake 71 The Romantics on Mount TBR 77 ...

... great hopes of finding the right time to read it. #94 theexiledlibrarian - I couldn't even get past the first page of Life of Pi, tried several times, kept it on my shelves for a couple of years thinking I should read it. I finally listed it on BookMooch and sent it off to ...

I could not get thru The Life of Pi; people kept telling me it gets better and to keep on, but after about 120 pages I just said forget it...and took it back to the library. Our library has it in the YA section; I can't imagine it holding the interest of any teen.

I could not get thru The Life of Pi; people kept telling me it gets better and to keep on, but after about 120 pages I just said forget it...and took it back to the library. Our library has it in the YA section; I can't imagine it holding the interest of any teen.

... of the classics I've read and loved. No order. Off the top of my head. 1. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 2. Life of Pi 3. The Secret Magdalene 4. Into the Wild 5. Blood Meridian 6. Alias Grace 7. All the Pretty Horses I'm reading Flow Down Like Silver: Hypatia ...

... remembered two more recent favourites that got left off the list somehow, you may have already them but just in case: Life of Pi, Yann Martel The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd (one with a nice cover AND a good coming of age story!)

... to read the book rather than avoid it. The only book I ever physically chucked at the wall was another Booker winner, Life of Pi. I think most people who hurl it at something do so because they've reached the ending. I didn't wait and launched it after 50 pages. I haven't read many of ...

... have entered this house recently: That Old Cape Magic: We are going to see Richard Russo speak in September Life of Pi Inherent Vice: Love all the praise And then the Roof Caved in Preparation for the upcoming trip to the middle east: The Media Relations Department ...

... better luck borrowing those titles from the libraries or finding a used book. I loved Memoirs of a Geisha, Maus and Life of Pi too. What would you recommend first: #1, 2, or 4?

... by Tom Robbins 8. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Sussanna Clarke 9. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes 10. Life of Pi by Yann Martel

... fun to invite LT friends from around the world to join. After all, CanLit has so much more to offer than just Atwood and Life of Pi!

... much syrup. I have several others on the desk lined up, Life Sentences, Sag Harbor, The Charlemagne Pursuit, Etta, Life of Pi, which one of my girls had to read for school, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, The Secret, 8 weeks to Optimum Healing, The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency. ...

... It sounds like magical realism. have you tried A Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and maybe even The Life of Pi by Martel? Personally, I would avoid The Historian. I found it turgid.

I think the survey is an awesome idea. I do fear that I am one of the few human beings on earth who has not read Life of Pi yet.

Well I've read Life of Pi, I'd pick The Trial as I've never read him and I think I should make the effort.

@#30 I know that feeling and that voice really well, jhedlund. There are very few simularities between Castaway and Life of Pi (and yes, I liked it!), but when the spark just isn't there it isn't. Good for you that you listen to that!

... whichever book you'd like to read so I'll know which to include as options! Books with more than one vote so far: Life of Pi by Yann Martel The Trial by Franz Kafka Heather Blazing by Colm Tolbin

These are all great suggestions! I vote for Life of Pi or Heather Blazing.

... Adams The Body Artist by Don Delillo Neuromancer by William Gibson The Trial by Franz Kafka Life of Pi by Yann Martel The Bell Jar by Silvia Plath The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor These are just the ones I own that I would love to ...

@#24, Thank you! You seem very adamant NOT to read Life of Pi :-) Is there a story there, or are you just the same sort of stubborn individualist as I, actually getting put off by the fact that everybody else raves?

Ha! I just finished Life of Pi! And it was good, really good. So happy I don't have to transfer it over here. There will be others...

I've had Life of Pi on my shelf for years and haven't gotten around to it. Maybe I should put it on the "to read" shelf before it disintegrates! :-) Thanks for the "push."

LOVE your categories. Btw, I never read Life of Pi either (and don't intend to).

You and RidgewayGirl are going to have to get together to talk. She just described Life of Pi as surprising, humorous, and charming (not sure in what order) while you mention "blood, guts, and feces." lol. Maybe someone who has not read the book will be intrigued enough to find out how they ...

RidgewayGirl - I can echo your response to Life of Pi. I haven't stopped by in awhile. I love your comments here and there are quite a few interesting books brought to my attention. I was also struck by that opening in line in The Angel's Game. I think Ruiz Zafón is playfully criticizing ...

Life of Pi has been sitting around my house for an embarrassingly long time. I finally picked it up at the start of the week-end, after determining to get rid of all those unread books that have been living with me for more than a year. I have to read them before I can get rid of them and, in the ...

Life of Pi was one of the first books I so confidently listed in my original plans for the 999. After innumerable substitutions and changes, I thought I should read a few from my original version of the challenge, which is better than transferring them all to my 1010 challenge. Everyone else ...

24. Life of Pi by Yann Martel, which I finished over the weekend. Very good book, but personally I could have done with a little less blood, guts, & feces. But, that's just me. ;-) It was certainly an unusual premise, and I think Martel pulled it off pretty well. Started reading a non-fict ...

I was rearranging my categories and seeing what I still had to read and saw that although Life of Pi was one of the very first books to entered into my 999 Challenge, I still hadn't read it. So I started it last night and am enjoying it enormously. I can't believe I put it off for so long. And ...

@ No 18 Hah! While actually having read The life of Pi, that's exactly the kind of book I'm talking about for that category. I have more than a few of those glaring at me from the shelves. Could also be "must read"-classics of course. I have some shameful gaps there too...

The Life of Pi is typical of Magic Realism. I mean that in a positive manner. The quintessential Magic Realism book is Marquez's A Hundred Years of Solitude. This is an astounding book and one that I whole-heartedly recommend to all ...

The Life of Pi is typical of

As someone who hasn't yet managed to read The Life of Pi, I will be watching your sixth category with anticipation!

I haven't read The Life of Pi, but it looks like a singular book, and so, I suspect it's tricky to find books like it. As others have said, it also depends on what it was that you liked about the book. Perhaps something from Yann Martel's website might fill the need? http://www.whatisstephen ...

... Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (4) Alice in Wonderland (5) One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (6) Jane Eyre (7) The Life of Pi (8) Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (9) Treasure Island and (10) I haven't read The World According To Garp yet, but I did read another really good ...

... 26. Everything is Illuminated 27. Unless 33. Middlesex 38. Gabriel’s Gift 42. Atonement 48. Choke 49. Life of Pi 52. The Devil and Miss Prym 54. White Teeth 56. Under the Skin 63. The Blind Assassin

Starting Life of Pi for early reviewers and also readalong on Bookcrossing.Com.

... a prominent, popular writer John Boot. Nevertheless, it all works itself out in a lovely satirical Waugh style. 22 - Life of Pi by Yann Martel. I only finished it a couple of days ago but I already want to read it again. Despite not being a religious person, the pious Pi (sorry about ...

476 - I just finished reading Life of Pi and I would recommend that you continue reading it. It is really quite a story. Bit of an odd ending I thought but well worth reading. Very entertaining and insightful.

... The God of the Small Things and Waiting I still need to read Reading Lolita in Tehran, The Pilot's Wife and Life of Pi. There are many books on your list which I have not heard of... I might have to check out a few of your recommendations!

... other wise. Example never heard of The Depthford Triogy but it looks interesting as does Little Infamies. As for the life of Pi it's been on my radar for some time. I see that you include a Steinbeck on your list as I have. Cannery Row could have been on my list as Tortilla Flat or ...

... as you'll see: 1) Captain Corelli's Mandolin 2) The Crimson Petal and the White 3) Middlemarch 4) Life of Pi 5) The Assassin's Cloak 6 Cannery Row 7) A Prayer For Owen Meany 8) The Deptford Trilogy (well, mine is all in one edition, so I think ...

... of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon Life of Pi by Yann Martel Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Geek Love by Katherine Dunn The Glass Cast ...

Life of Pi by Yann Martel edited for spelling

I tried to read The Life of Pi...just couldn't get into it. Got to page 50...does it get better? Because if someone tells me to keep at it, maybe I will pick it up again. This was in the YA section of the library...I really can't imagine any teenager slogging thru it.

... realized that (of course) I haven't read much CanLit to figure one out and the ones that I had were "survival" themes like Life of Pi. The only things I could come up as suggestions is Multiculturalism or the often cited Not-America identity.

... and the White To Kill a Mocking Bird A Prayer For Owen Meany The Magus The Go-Between Jude the Obscure Life of Pi And keeping it to no more than 10 is one of the hardest things I've ever done!

... book that I keep thinking I want to read, try a page or two, put it down, try again, put it down, then finally give it up. Life of Pi is a prime example.

... and Joanna Colicutt McGrath 2. Sherlock Holmes: the complete illustrated short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 3. Life of Pi by Yann Martel 4. Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller 5. The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Goes without saying that the first is non-fiction and the rest are ...

... of my blog. Here are books nine through fourteen in my Canadian book challenge, and their accompanying mini reviews. #16 Life of Pi, by Yann Martel http://kimpett.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/fourty-four-days/ #17 Emily of New Moon, by LM Montgomery #18 Unless, by Carol Shields http:/ ...

I find myself disliking: Life of Pi - never finished it One Hundred Years of Solitude - I only finished this because I had nothing else to do. Each word was like chewing on some disgusting food I was forced to eat and swallowing it. Interview with the Vampire Ender's Game I don't get ...

you're a lot further along than i am (i stopped after book one & i'm working on life of pi right now, in which the titular narrator was called "pissing" (rather than piscine)) before reinventing himself as pi i'm thinking (hoping) that chapter eleven is an unfortunate nickname rather than a ...

The Road by Cormac McCarthy Slaughterhouse Five be Kurt Vonnegut A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway Life of Pi by Yann Martel

32 life of pi yann martel bosile4ka in Book talk : Choose a book that you haven't read yet. (4) (Jun 19, 2009, 12:47pm)

From jennieg's library I will choose Life of Pi by Yann Martel. I wanted to read this book for very long time.

... in question: june 15, 2001") so my tentative (impossibly ambitious) schedule involves reading middlesex alongside life of pi, atomised, an american tragedy, on chesil beach & the waves (good luck to me) & speaking of good luck mj (detailmuse): i think i did alright ...

#119-121 (6-15-2009) 119) Naked Lunch -- William S. Burroughs 120) Life of Pi -- Yann Martel 121) Timbuktu -- Paul Auster Take a look at my review for Naked Lunch and you'll see precisely how I feel about that one... Life of Pi started out VERY slowly--the first part, ...

It took a few days, but I finally got back into the groove! Finished both Life of Pi and Timbuktu this weekend, so now I need to dig through my enormous TBR pile to find the next victim!

... such a shame that there's only 4 books for the UK and only 1 book i'd consider requesting (although the point of re-issuing The Life of Pi is lost on me) meh i might request it anyway - you have to be in it to have a chance of winning these things.

... recommend it in good conscience, but then again, my mindset is such that I just didn't get it. Still in the midst of Life of Pi, but since I haven't been able to get into it, I've started Timbuktu as well. Really loving Auster so far, so I may stick with that!

Funny that Life of Pi is in this batch.

I can spot a couple of my favourites there, Life of Pi and The Time Machine, good reads both of them.

for books still in print in 50-100 years I'd say: Life of Pi Cats Cradle Slaughterhouse-Five The Alchemist Invitation to a Beheading Pale Fire Lolita One Hundred Years of Solitude The whole Harry Potter series.

... know that things can change us. It may be your mother, or your dog, a movie, in this case it's a book. For Example: To me The Life of Pi changed me personally by me appreciating the food I have and not throwing it away, accepting adventures, and being optimistic. So in this topic, us readers. ...

... know that things can change us. It may be your mother, or your dog, a movie, in this case it's a book. For Example: To me The Life of Pi changed me personally by me appreciating the food I have and not throwing it away, accepting adventures, and being optimistic. So in this topic, us readers. ...

# 25: BekkaJo, I loved Tarka the Otter! # 44: Life of Pi is amazing, too. I don't know what to read yet...I need to figure that out. Marian

... know that things can change us. It may be your mother, or your dog, a movie, in this case it's a book. For Example: To me The Life of Pi changed me personally by me appreciating the food I have and not throwing it away, accepting adventures, and being optimistic. So in this topic, us readers. ...

Just finished Life of Pi btw great novel, excellent display of adventure, celestial beings, doubt, and survival. Now I'm reading Artist of the Floating World, interesting novel, supposed to be about Post- WWII- Japan. Anyways, dczapka, read Life of Pi, Timbuktu, not that great, then after Lif ...

Just finished Life of Pi btw great novel, excellent display of adventure, celstial beings, doubt, and survival. Now I'm reading Artist of the Floating World, interesting novel, supposed to be about Post- WWII- Japan. Anyways, dczapka, read Life of Pi, Timbuktu, not that great, then after Life ...

... and I'm stubbornly trying to plow through it instead of setting it aside and trying something else. Considering using Life of Pi as an alternative, or maybe Timbuktu. We'll see.

Life of Pi by Yann Martel. I really didn't get on with it at all but will try it again one day to see if my opinion changes.

Hi Sherryread, RE: Life of Pi - I don't deal well with ship wrecked / stranded on an island stories. I get bored of the characters being bored lol. So I started Life of Pi not convinced that I would get past the first chapter but the first third of the book about his boyhood at the zoo and ...

... on. I definitely agree with Snow Crash for just about anybody that enjoys a humorous adventure. If someone came from Life of Pi or the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time I might recommend Feersum Endjinn. And if they like detective stories Thirteen or Kiln People. ...

Re: Life of Pi: I agree with >56, in falling between "love" and "hate" (of the book). Still, it was a worthwhile book to read. And, FlossieT, thanks for the tip on the Poe book - I will certainly keep it in mind.

... by Haruki Murakami Supernature: A natural history of the supernatural by Lyall Watson Trawler by Redmond O'Hanlon Life of Pi by Yann Martel Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks Arlington Park by Rachel Cusk To Sir With Love by E.R. Braithwaite Diana Mosley by Anne de Courcy Medite ...

... by Haruki Murakami Supernature: A natural history of the supernatural by Lyall Watson Trawler by Redmond O'Hanlon Life of Pi by Yann Martel Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks Arlington Park by Rachel Cusk To Sir With Love by E.R. Braithwaite Diana Mosley by Anne de Courcy Medite ...

... title múst be a gifted writer. So far, my instincts have never let me down. To name but a few of my 'discoveries': Life of Pi by Yann Martel, Saving fish from drowning by Amy Tan, The shadow of the wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Nachtzug nach Lissabon by Pascal Mercier ...

... for a book to be universally loved and she'd be suspicious of one that claimed to be. Oh well...I really hated Life of Pi too, and even my 18 year old son loved it. ( And don't get me started on The Historian) Probably an indication that I am, indeed, a complete Philistine.....

... oes The Remains of the Day Cry, the Beloved Country The Queen's Fool All Quiet on the Western Front Grendel Life of Pi Their Eyes Were Watching God So, it should be a busy few months of reading!

Oh, no! I have Dewey. I wasn't sure whether I would ever read it. I refused to read The Life of Pi until I was assured that the tiger did not suffer any injury. Should I just give Dewey away? Robert

... God Delusion on audio (I think I need to read the actual book when I'm done - there's a lot I'm not quite getting) and Life of Pi. I am dying to know what the big "twist" is at the end of the novel, but am holding myself back from looking it up! Up next is The Yellow Wallpaper, The Unc ...

... novels now that I really enjoyed though; The Music of Chance and especially The Man in the Dark. Billiejean, I loved Life of Pi. It is just brilliant. Morphidae.....I too would like to thank you for this wonderful group!! Even though I am a late starter I am going back to cover the ...

... by Jane Smiley Weight of Water by Anita Shreve My daugther has Atonement and, I think, Lovely Bones. She also read Life of Pi for school which won the Booker award. So I hope to read one of those later this month. Hope everyone is having a great weekend! --BJ

>54 & >55 I fall between 'love' and 'hate' on Life of Pi. You should really go on and read Edgar Allen Poe - The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket - and discover the original Richard Parker (seriously!). I read it and wanted to go back to Pi to cross-reference, but couldn't quite ...

#54: The Life of Pi seems to be one of those divisive books - people either love it or hate it. I am one of the former, but I know several people here in the group are amongst the latter.

34. The Life of Pi by Yann Martel Thoroughly engaging story of shipwreck and survival. There are levels to this book, however. I'm going to have to let it stew in my mind to get to the deeper levels, but it was a topnotch survival story.

... heart beat harder and my mind reach out in wonder. (There's a discussion going on about this novel right now.) I liked The Life of Pi primarily to read something so quirky in this day of Oprah's politically correct sad stories of sad people who usually turn out to be lying.m gggg I ...

I'm in Vietnam enjoying Life of Pi.

I did a literary comparison of The Old Man and the Sea and Life of Pi for my A-Level coursework (quite a big deal!). I found that I appreciated TOMatS a lot more when I was analysing its structure, language, plot, meaning etc. I don't think I ever ended up seeing it as the kind of book I ...

... thread devoted to the philosophical question: "Who is Richard Parker?" Personally he was my favorite character in Life of Pi. "Truly I was to be the next goat. I had a wet, trembling half-drowned, heaving and coughing ____**Spoiler**_____ in my lifeboat. Richard Parker rose ...

#26 msf59 - Re: your comment regarding Life of Pi, LOL, is it Richard Parker to whom you refer? Put me in the 'I loved it camp', too. #35 jhedlund - Glad to hear good things about The Last Bridge as I'll be starting it soon.

... Lost". I've see them both and they were outstanding. Great use of Metallica music! How was the book? >callen610- I loved The Life of Pi. Be careful of those mixed signals, they can bite.

#24 I'm on the other side, I really enjoyed Life of Pi. Reading Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith and very much enjoying it. Great atmosphere and exciting. A genuine page-turner.

... eventually and look forward to your thoughts about it. #21 - wind_flower, I'm sorry to hear that you aren't enjoying The Life of Pi - it's sitting on my end table waiting to be started today. I keep getting such mixed signals about that book! (Hmmm.....)

I'm half way through Life of Pi by Yann Martel. I really want to finish this book soon because I've lost interest in it. Still hoping for a good ending though. I just finished To build a fire and started Chocolat.

... such I would advise to not read ANY reviews of it before you read it. * TSOLG was shortlisted for the Booker in 2002, The Life of Pi won, which I tried to read but did not finish.

... Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving Atonement - Ian McEwan Life of Pi - Yann Martel A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez The Lovely ...

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... Kingdom*: Kingsley Amis, Lucky Jim (+ many, many, many others) North America: Canada: Yann Martel, Life of Pi United States*: Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls South America: Brazil: Paulo Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym Columbia: Gabr ...

... ory 63- A fine balance 64- Alias Grace * 65- The hours * 66- The amazing adventures of Kavalier and Clay * 67- Life of Pi 68- The corrections * 69- The sea * 70- The blind assassin 71- Never let me go *

Book #23 Life of Pi by Yann Martel 319 pages total pages to date in 2009=8,253 pages I gave this 5 stars. Unusual and got my mind thinking about a lot of things. I received an ARC book. I like to get those read ASAP. So that will be my next book.

... because the title and the cover appealed and partly because the Sunday Telegraph review on the front cover compared it to Life of Pi which I adore. I'm not sure I would agree with that - in my opinion it's more like The Beach meets Heart of Darkness but it had me gripped from the first ...

... work suffers. 31) What is your desert island book? I'd pick something that had a lot of snow in it and also take Life of Pi to give me some hope of survival. 32) And... what are you reading right now? Other than Anna Karenina for Group Read, I'm in a big rut... haven't ...

... chick lit and chick movies are my guiltiest pleasure. 12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie? Life of Pi. Great book, but I just can't picture it as a movie. 13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character. Never had one. 14) W ...

... dy. 48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood 49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding 50 Atonement - Ian McEwan 51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel 52 Dune - Frank Herbert 53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons 54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen 55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth. 56 Th ...

I'm reading The grim grotto by Lemony Snicket, Life of Pi by Yann Martel and The death of king Tsongor by Laurent Gaudé. I think I won't finish these books until July because I'm preparing for exams. I really want to read more classic but don't have time to.

Corrina - I really hope you read Life of Pi soon (pushy? who, me?)! I'm very curious to hear your opinions on its religious aspects. I was just thinking about how interesting an agnostic's viewpoint might be. Ultimately, though, I think it's just a good story and like Bonnie said, if it's good ...

waterLILY - Ahh.....you are not alone on being slow to read The Life of Pi - I keep bumping into it, and somehow it's never emerged from the bottom of my TBR pile. Maybe because some people have such mixed reactions to it. However....your review discussing the religious connections has me ...

... But Pi couldn't understand agnosticism. So in my above post, I think saying "belief in God" was being too specific - Life of Pi is a book about belief. Bonniebooks, you've got me intrigued too. I'd be interested to hear more of your thoughts on it. BJ, I hope you and your daughter ...

... my goal for the year, but I don't want book counting to interfere with the longer books that I really want to read. 8. Life of Pi - Yann Martel I'm probably the last person on LT to have read ...

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

... recommend CanLit in general. Atwood is always the big name, but there's also Alice Munro who is amazing. Also, Life of Pi was on that BBC list and was pretty well read internationally. I need to read more myself, and I've been thinking of joining the 9/9/9 Challenge and making it a ...

Daniel, when I read your review on Life of Pi I thought you might find The Sparrow interesting but I understand your hesitance in regard to the topic. If you do decide to read the book I'd like to read your review.

... 42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown 46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery 49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding 51 Life of Pi - Yann 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 ...

... spireren! Alvast mijn top drie (die overigens iedere zoveel weken verandert): 1. Bezonken rood (Jeroen Brouwers) 2. Het leven van Pi (Yann Martel) 3. Het kleine meisje van meneer Linh (Philippe Claudel) Waarom kun je lezen in mijn beoordelingen. Ik ben benieuwd!

#321 Must admit I ruffled a bit at Life of Pi 'cos I just adore that book, but it did make me wonder in general (because, just because I love it, doesn't mean I agree with it) - is it necessary to share a book's philosophy in order to enjoy the story and the writing? I'm also nuts about what ...

Life of Pi; it appalls me that such a dreadful philosophy finds such popular acclaim. My reaction is similar to Bertrand Russell's to William James's Will to Believe; take that path and it leads to many, many bad things ... ( ... trying to avoid Godwin's Law).

... them a look-see: Enduring Love -- Ian McEwan The Bell Jar -- Sylvia Plath Naked Lunch -- William S. Burroughs Life of Pi -- Yann Martel

... my reviews suck or because I read weirdo stuff that no-one looks at? Disclaimer: I still have a few reviews pending Life of Pi for this group (because I can't find the book) and The Only Guide to Alternative Investments You'll Ever Need for the ER program (because I am a lazy ...

In no particular order: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan --Lisa See The Space Between Us --Thrity Umrigar The Life of Pi - Yann Martel Those Who Save Us -- Jenna Blum Disgrace -- J.M. Coetzee

... Places by Gillian Flynn 36.The Road to Rescue: The Untold Story of Schindler's List by Mietek Pemper 37.Life of Pi by Yann Martel 38.Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin 39.The Summer of Naked Swim Parties by Jessica Anya Blau 40.Brooklyn by C ...

Hi, I just wanted to do a statistical survey of people who read Life of Pi. Which story did you believe: the one with the animals or the one without animals? I wonder if it will reveal something about us (or not). Note: you need to read to the very end of the book to make this ...

Sidelining Life of Pi and Naked Lunch in favor of assigned reading for classes. But in the next week, there are THREE 1001 books waiting! Rasselas, Joseph Andrews, and Humphry Clinker -- here I come!

... but I'll finish it soon, maybe tonight. The series is great, not like what I thought at first. And a new book this week Life of Pi by Yann Martel

... subject matter of the story to be sincerely interesting. I find Uhlberg's writing style less than fantastic, though. Life of Pi by Yann Martel The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

I've finally managed to read something from Canada. That's oddly pathetic. Canada - Life of Pi by Yann Martel dczapka in 1001 Books to read before you die : 1001 List: What Book are You Reading MARCH '09 (Mar 17, 2009, 10:08am)

... finished Ada, or Ardor! What a MARVELOUS read, though it took a long time to get through it. Having borrowed both Life of Pi and Naked Lunch from a pair of friends, I'm probably going to read them to get them back quickly.

I am reading The Life of Pi after taking in Sense and Sensibility. I think I may need an emotional break after this. Maybe Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court or something like that will provide the necessary relief. Looking at my previous posts, I never read what I predict will be ...

I really liked it too! (Disclaimer: I really liked The Life of Pi as well.)

I picked up The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga with very little enthusiasm (I am the person who has not yet read The Life of Pi, after all) and while it looked dauntingly worthy (it won the Booker), it had received some so-so reviews here. I was surprised to find it a fun, quick read, a ...

... book! Love her style! 4. Burned - Ellen Hopkins Alright book. Felt rushed at the end, though. 5. Life of Pi - Yann Martel AMAZING AMAZING book! The end was shocking, completely turned the book upside down. March 6. Rant - Chuck Palahnuk ...

... – Mark Haddon 5. Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides 6. Atonement – Ian McEwan 7. Choke – Chuck Palahniuk 8. Life of Pi – Yann Martel 9. The Human Stain – Philip Roth 1900's 10. The Hours – Michael Cunningham 11. Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden 12. The M ...

... I would give this a shot. Here's my start: 1. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon 2. Life of Pi - Yann Martel 3. The Shipping News - E. Annie Proulx 4. Billy Bathgate - E. L. Doctorow 5. The New York Trilogy - Paul Auster 6. Watchmen - Alan Moore ...

... world-changing book everyone around me seems to think it is. Next week's spring break, which means Ada, or Ardor and Life of Pi are high on my list!

... took something like 1 hour max...the introduction was longer than the story). Powerful yet haunting novella. Now reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel. I love that one of his teachers calls him "3.14".

Bob I forgot to list Life of Pi as a favourite - it was at the time I read it but that was 3 years ago and I guess my memory of it is starting to fade. I loved Life of Pi and remembered been blown away when I finished it. Spoiler alert I really believed the story of Pi been on a ship ...

I'm reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Life of Pi by Yann Martel People all recommend The Great Gatsby and I've read the first chapters but I just can't get it. English is not my mother tongue so I have to read the translated version, and I'm not sure if it can show ...

A friend loaned me both The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Life of Pi yesterday. I'm about halfway through the former and will probably kill it by the end of the day!

... of all, it was hilarious to me because of all the comments I've heard here about them. The first book they were reading was Life of Pi, then, they wanted to invite a man so it wouldn't be all women. The man they invited suggested The Saint in New York by Leslie Charteris. I got a big kick out ...

So there are mixed feelings about Life of Pi. I did not expect that when I finished the book. I read reviews mostly after finishing a book, so then I found out it seems to be either LOVE or hate this book ;-) Anita

I also found Life of Pi very slow going at first, but managed to stick with it. I loved the ending, though I'm not sure it quite made up for the early slogging.

Susan, Lorie I also couldn't get through Life of Pi at my first attempt. The key for me the second time around was to get through the first 100 pages, after that I couldn't put it down! Maybe the 100 page rule would work for you too...

I'm not a Life of Pi fan either. Couldn't get through it. I may try again sometime.

re: The Life of Pi, I couldn't read it. I tried. I moved to Romania and had none of my books (movers hadn't arrived). My neighbor took pity on me and loaned me that, Inkheart and something else (a la Danielle Steele). So I eagerly commenced. Figured it must just be the move etc but I ...

I don't know his name, as I haven't read the book, but is it Life of Pi, with the creature being the tiger?

118. Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Very engaging story! Enjoyable and optimistic, but not sacchrine (sp?- you know what I mean).

... in more fulfilling ways, like the contemplation of your navel.) But some of the hype has led me wonderfully right. I adored The Life of Pi, The Time Traveler's Wife The Poisonwood Bible, and I Know This Much Is True. I think that the art lies in knowing yourself well enough to be able ...

... The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society , The Curious Incident of a Dog in the Night Time, and The Shack, The Life of Pi...among others. This was due to the hype. My plans to ignore were foiled however when Edgarand The Shack were given me to read. Hated Edgar, did not ...

From the library of AMQS, I pick Life of Pi by Yann Martel. I had never heard of it, but it sounds interesting.

Three books for three separate real time book clubs: Life of Pi by Yann Martel; The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar; and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See. Then my daughter handed me a book she'd read recently on a plane and asked for my explication: Revolutionary Road by Richar ...

Message 58.. Jayde.. As a side note regarding The Life of Pi, my beloved grandmother passed away seven years ago and I miss her terribly. There are times when I think of her and her wonderful way of speaking. The phrase "survival of the fittest" brings back a wonderful memory of her ...

Good review Jayde! We agree on Life of Pi I read it last week and I saw you gave it 4 stars too. Anita

20. Life of Pi - Yann Martel Read: February 15-16, 2009 Synopsis: Pi Patel is the son of a zoo keeper, living in Pondicherry, India. He is God-loving, studying Christianity, Hinduism, and Islam. His father decides to move to Canada, so 16 year old Pi finds himself on a Japanese cargo ...

... the Helsinki Roccamatios by Yann Martel - it's a little early to tell, but if these short stories are half as good as Life of Pi, it'll be a great read. and Shanra, I enjoyed the Beedle the Bard book, but it really reminded me of how much I'd like to see JKR write some more novels ...

I did my A-level coursework study on comparing Life of Pi and The Old Man and the Sea and had to read it pretty intensively for that. I really enjoyed it then, but haven't read it since. Maybe I will one day.

Anita, count me in as one of the people who really like Life of Pi. It seems to be one of those 'either you love it or hate it' books though.

I tried to read Life of Pi and couldn't get through it. Maybe I should try again. Sometimes books have to be read at the right time to be appreciated.

>131 & 132 After I finished Life of Pi I went to read the reviews and was surprised how mixed the reviews were. I really liked it, so I hope you both are going to like it too :-) I really hope that La petite fille de monsieur Linh will be translated, it was really a gem. Anita

Life of Pi is on my shelf too, and has been waiting there for... uh... a loooooong time. I've heard everything from excellent reviews to terrible ones, but your positive review inspires me to consider allowing it to move a little closer to the TBR pile... :)

... Trip to Stars. A good read is a good read. I think I eventually get to some of the hyped ones... Curious Incident, Pi, no... no.. but those have possibly dying animals so they are out of the running anyway. babble babble

Hi Anita the Life of Pi sits on my shelf, waiting, waiting, waiting to be read. Thanks for your recommendation. I'll have to at least dust it off and put it up to the top of the huge tbr pile. Because I recently finished two books re. Viet Nam that were excellently written by Tim O'Brie ...

... I hope you are doing a bit better with your leg. book #15 Het leven van Pi by Yann Martel translation of Life of Pi, Booker Prize 2002 This was the first book that was added to my TBR pile, when I started here on LT. Last week I took it from the library. It is a good book, ...

Mede naar aanleiding van de berichten hier heb ik Het kleine meisje van meneer Linh en Het leven van Pi gelezen. Het leven van Pi was een prachtig boek, het einde onverwacht... toch heb ik nog de hoop dat die tijger daar ergens nog rond loopt. Het kleine meisje van meneer Linh was een ...

Hey Anita Best of luck with Life of Pi, hope you would like it!

... to find it again and add it to my non-999 books to read (or as I call it my illicit reading list). I didn't like the Life of Pi, it was a bit too wierd for me, and I work at a Renn Fest in the summer, and attend a Sci fi convention every year, so I know weird. I am sure that there were ...

... of talking animals, some absurd humor. 3 stars Both books only available in Dutch, sorry... Now back to reading Life of Pi

... you would doubt me?? ;) #146 Kirby, I hope your evening gets better. *Hugs and giving out chocolate* #149 Mindy, Life of Pi is great! A little slow in the middle, but worth reading to the end. GN: Packing is going well. We got a lot done last night ... probably since we were ...

**hugs for kirby** Good News: I got Life of Pi and Crispin: The Cross of Lead today in the mail! Yay!

Le livre de Yann Martel : Life of Pi ne m'a pas du tout déçu même si j'avais lu de trop nombreux commentaires (à peu près tous élogieux) à son sujet. Cette histoire simple et suffisament incroyable pour faire un bon roman est une fable qui nous met en face d'un vieux problème, qu'est-ce ...

... works. a. Ignorance by Milan Kundera b. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon c. Life of Pi by Yann Martel d. e. f. g. h. i.

... is Gone by Geoff Livingston A primer on social media which I read for work. Interesting, if a bit simplistic 8. Life of Pi by Yann Martel I read this four years ago, but enjoyed it more the first time 2009 is going to be my year to achieve this challenge!

You will make up for it by reaching that 500 books goal of yours. Anyways I remember you reading good books like Life of Pi this year.

Haven't read Life of Pi but I have read Barchester Towers.

*drops paddleball* I've never read Life of Pi But I have read Siddhartha

I've never read Howl's Moving Castle but I have read Life of Pi

#120 Just started Life of Pi but I'm already taken by the strength and simplicity of the story. A welcome read!

codiebelle - did you actually have to kill that person? We're all green with envy even if you did! #115 God, I LOVE Life of Pi. Hope it gives you as much of a great time as it did me (and still does at least once a year) - enjoy!

... My Mother's House and Sido and was going to read A Mercy by Morrison, but two upcoming bookclub readings came into play, Life of Pi and Snowflower and the Secret Fan. So I am "booked" as club date musicians used to say. As I scrolled down this good list, I found myself writing down well ...

From an often closed rarely open jumbled bookshop on Court Street I bought Life of Pi by Yann Martel for a bookclub discussion in February. On the way home, I "rummaged" two books hospitably left out on the curb: The Partner by Grisham, and Fodor's Ireland and then discovered in my bookcase ...

... in the Night Time Mark Haddon 10. Vernon God Little DBC Pierre 11. The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri 12. Life of Pi Yann Martel 13. The Devil and Miss Prym Paulo Coelho 14. White Teeth Zadie Smith 15. Saturday Ian McEwan 16. The Colour Rose Tr ...

... READ 13)The Help by Kathryn Stockett READ 14) The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson READ 15) Life of Pi by Yann Martel

... is my review of The Bluegrass Conspiracy. PortiaLong, read Life of Pi. It's on my list, just haven't gotten around to it yet. For me, anything tagged "to be read"/"to be re-read" & "owned" are up for grabs.

... Michel Faber, 2001 302. White Teeth by Zadie Smith, 2001 303. *An Obedient Father by Akhil Sharma, 2007 304. Life of Pi by Yann Martel, 2002 305. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen, 2002 306. Atonement by Ian McEwan, 2002 307. *Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, 2005 ...

Woo Hoo!! Life of Pi is done! Finally! This story dragged until about page 100, then the adventure picked up. Even then I wasn't sure I wanted to continue, but by this point I felt trapped on the lifeboat with Pi and Richard Parker. My children's lit class begins tomorrow morning. Hopefully ...

... Het kleine meisje van meneer Linh geweldig. Vergelijkbaar met, maar misschien zelfs wel aangrijpender dan het einde van Het leven van Pi. Een ode aan de verbeelding; hoe overleef je het meest afschuwelijke met behulp van iets wat niet is. Ik voelde me niet gefopt omdat Claudel nergens ...

I did an A-level essay on The Old Man and The Sea and compared it with Life of Pi and reading it like that, analysing a lot of it, I really enjoyed it. I'm not sure I would have done so much had I not been looking at it in such depth; I think I could have been quite bored by it as a simple ...

Well I have started. Need to update my lists - left my piece of paper at home with the final ones! Starting with Life of Pi and thoroughly enjoying it.

... by Joan Didion (read this back in college...) 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 8. Contemporary Fiction Classics 1. Life of Pi 2. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy 3. Atonement by Ian MacEwan 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 9. Books by famous people I've never read 1. E. L. D ...

... - helplessness - but I think it was a factor in the reading. Even more so in the reading of Rape: A Love Story though! Life of Pi is one of my all time favourites! And I have A Fine Balance on the tower. I am determined to read it this year.

... it isn't her first novel also, and I am intrigued as to what came before. Definitely prioritise A Fine Balance over Life of Pi, IMHO - the former is much the better book. I keep meaning to come back to Life of Pi after reading The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym last year, as it owes a L ...

... one out, but of course, given my middle-aged brain, I can't remember the name. On my list of Canadian reads this year is The Life of Pi and A Fine Balance - and some more Alice Munro and Carol Shields. I might even try a little Atwood.

... In Unless, the daughter teaches the mother about what goodness means, and what it is to have compassion, etc. The Life of Pi - Pi takes on the roles of teacher and student quite fluidly in that book. He trains Richard Parker using the whistle, but what does Richard Parker teach ...

... I've read The White Tiger by Aravavind Adiga. It's an absolutely mind-blowing read... It reminded me somewhat of Life of Pi, not only since it's set in India, but also due to the extraordinary perspective of the narrator: the narrator is a self-made entrepreneur in India, and writes a ...

I can't seem to get through Life of Pi either. I've had a lot of people recommend it but I guess it's just not my thing. Different strokes...

I've tried to read Life of Pi twice, too, with no success. Maybe the third time is a charm!

... and dad leave for a few days; based in the UK. A bit of a slow start, glad I stuck with it. On my third attempt to read Life of Pi. If I can't make it to page 50 by the weekend it will be in the bookmooch inventory. >22 Just added Sewing Circles of Herat to the frighteningly huge TBR ...

... 1001 List (Mr. Boxall needs to learn to leave his list alone!) Cannery Row and Middlesex have been removed and Life of Pi and The Reluctant Fundamentalist have taken their place.

... Jana Kolpen 4. The Night Villa by Carol Goodman (borrowed from Terri) 5. Chocolat by Joanne Harris 6. Life of Pi by Yann Martel 7. The Problem with Murmur Lee by Connie May Fowler 8. NP by Banana Yoshimoto

BJ, I loved Santiago too, and his young helpmate, so loyal! And #36Shannon I like your linking Old Man and the Sea to Life of Pi, they are both such good internal struggles as well as external. I'm glad to see you made room for the humor category, I have one too and look forward to seeing ...

... would recommend Last Orders by Graham Swift for your Booker Prize winners and would second Bonniebooks' recommendation of Life of Pi and God of Small Things. I have White Tiger to read soon, but it is in hardback so I will probably have to read it at home over a weekend as it is too heavy ...

Hi, Shannon, I just wanted to thank you again for the suggestion of Life of Pi. That is a book that we have here at home and I had forgotten all about it. So that was a perfect suggestion! :) By the way, I was thinking that you said once that you live in Austin these days. My daughter ...

ShannonMDE, Thanks for the suggestion on Life of Pi. Interestingly, that is another school book that at least one of my girls read in high school that I have never read. I know that it is around here somewhere. Thanks for the suggestion! :) I think both that and The Old Man and the Sea are ...

... the Man-Booker! My favorites: Paddy Clarke Ha! Ha! Ha!, True History of the Kelly Gang, The Inheritance of Loss, Life of Pi, and God of Small Things.

... since I have about a million CanLit options, maybe I will move it into the Booker category. I've heard good things about The Life of Pi, so maybe I will try that one. I read Never Let Me Go by Ishiguro this summer and enjoyed it, so I will put The Remains of the Day on my list too! Thank ...

I'd recommend Amsterdam by Ian McEwan, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, and The Life and Times of Michael K. by J.M. Coetzee.

... s 18. The Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer 421 pages 19. Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer 421 pages 20. Life of Pi - Yann Martel 326 pages 21. Maus - Art Spiegelman 159 pages 22. Books: A Memoir - Larry McMurtry 259 pages 23. Maus II - Art Spiegel ...

You have a real challenge in front of you! I'm impressed. Off to check out your review of Life of Pi, which is in my (much less ambitious) challenge, too...

Okay, I have my first post up for the challenge!! Its for Life of Pi by Yann Martel. The post can be found at: http://jeskareads.blogspot.com/2009/01/life-of-pi-by-yann-martel.html. I decided that I will edit my list as I post reviews, by making the books that I have read bold. I think that I ...

I wrote a comparison paper in college of The Old Man and the Sea and Life of Pi. That might be another book for you to look into. And not to give things away, but perhaps it would work in multiple categories for you.

List 7: Award Winners 7.1 Life of Pi 7.2 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night finished March 7.3 Scaramouche not an award winner, but finished September 7.4 How to Be Good not an award winner, but finished Octoer

Top 5 fiction in no particular order: Like Water for chocolate Death of a river guide Life of Pi The Handmaid's Tale The Curious Incident of the dog in the night time

... Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquival. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. Of mice and men by John Steinbeck. The life of Pi by Yann Martel. NON-FICTION Shipwrecks: Australia's greatest maritime disasters. I was trying to cut this down to a top 5 fiction. The Rachel Paper ...

5. Life of Pi by Yann Martel I really enjoyed this book. I'd heard mixed reviews but found it easy to read and I couldnt put it down. Not sure what I feel like reading next.....

This is a VERY impressive list, and I look forward to seeing your progress and your thoughts on the books. I never read Life of Pi. I had it on my shelf for a long time. I never did think it would be my cup of tea, but I felt I "should" read it. Every time I picked it up, I put it back down. ...

OK, I'm going to give this a try. We'll see how well it turns out! You can go here for my blog post about my challenge. Totally reworked this as I can't seem to stick to my ...

Daniel Deronda by George Eliot Life of Pi by Yann Martel Man Gone Down by Michael Thomas Middlesex by Jeffrey Euginedes Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

... Emma READ 3) The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner READ 4) Embers READ 5) Life of Pi in lib 6) Vanity Fair READ 7) Cranford READ 8) Oblomov 9) The Garden Party READ 10) The Wings of the Dove READ Oth ...

... by Thomas Pyncho {8/10} 11. Ravelstein by Saul Bellow {11/5} 12. The Plot Against America by Philip Roth {11/24} 13. Life of Pi by Yann Martel {12/15} 14. The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon {12/18} 15. 16. 17. 18.

... get through to me anymore. MrsHouseLibrary has recommended a lot of good and/or popular books over that past few years -- The Life of Pi, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, those vampire-porn books, and several others -- and I thought they were all horrible. She has also ...

I am glad to hear you liked The Life of Pi. It is one of my favourite books.

153. Life of Pi, Yann Martel, 2001 Canadian author, Booker Prize winner 2002. Fantasy of a young man who survives the sinking of a ship with a Bengal tiger for company. Striking, entertaining and thought provoking. Better than I expected.

... Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler, ★★★★1/2 (4/29) 16. Dunk by David Lubar, ★★★★ (5/1) 17. Life of Pi by Yann Martel, ★★★★1/2 (5/4) 18. The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett, ★★★★ (5/7) 19. The God Delusion (Audio) by Richard Dawkin ...

#5 I haven't read Life of Pi yet, either. I own it so i will wait to see what you think to decide if I should try it.

... for not reading some long-time TBRs: Crime & Punishment (it's too big); Jack Maggs (my Peter Carey phase is over); The Life of Pi (it was "in" such a long time ago); and worst of all, Charlotte Brontë's Shirley (I hate the name Shirley in precisely the way I hate the names Vern, Regin ...

... best looking for work. I have finished A Pirate of Exquisite Mind which was incredibly interesting. I also finished Life of Pi, which was awesome. I had forgotten a lot of the hype about the book, and even what the story was about. I like that much better, just going along for the ride. T ...

69. Life Of Pi by Yann Martel I disliked the beginning and ending of this book but I loved the middle - the part where Pi is stranded on the boat with Richard Parker (a tiger). This is another book that I had high hopes for but overall didn't really like all that much.

... by E.L. Konigsburg (msg 136) book #16 Het kleine meisje van meneer Linh by Philippe Claudel (msg 130) book #15 Life of Pi by Yann Martel (msg 129) book #14 Dierenpraat by Armando (msg 127) book #13 Meester Pompelmoes en de mompelpoes by Hans Andreus (msg 127) book #12 Don Qui ...

... Unknown Terrorist earlier this year and liked it. Have you read any other Richard Flanagan books? Nearly finished both The life of Pi and the A Pirate of Exquisite Mind, and enjoying them both.

... 2, Tove Jansson 10. The Campaign, Carlos Fuentes (trns. Alfred Mac Adam) 11. Wounded, Percival Everett 12. Life of Pi, Yann Martel Not as good as I thought it would be... - The Moomins and the Great Flood, Tove Jansson (trns. David McDuff) 13. Post Office, Charles Buko ...

Interestingly, I found Life of Pi this afternoon in a box that I had in my basement for three years. I tried to read it back then and lost interest. But, now, I'll give it another try.

#68 Life Of Pi - Yann Martel 4/5

... so the book (THE WHITE TIGER) does compel with its vivid depictions of working class life on the sub-continent. Fans of LIFE OF PI might want to give this one a go...

> 6 YA. No I haven't read The Life of Pi. Is Pi short for Pirate? - TT

Love the categories White and Black ... Quite a funky idea ... I just finished reading The Life of Pi as it has been sitting on my shelf for ages and loved it .... My hubby would love your 1st category with comics and manga ... Look forward to reading your reviews .....

... pirate stories every year. I worry most about commercial carriers, they will run right through and not stop. Ever read The Life of Pi ? Most pirates I read about are today known as drug runners, mules, and other such titles, but if some DNA maps were drawn up I bet they would lead back ...

Still reading A Pirate of exquisite mind and the life of Pi. Enjoying the Pirate book. Not very far into Pi yet, but it seems quite different to the blurb on the back.

... But Haven't Finished *** 1. Time Stops for No Mouse by Michael Hoeye 7/24/09 2. Swordbird by Nancy Yi Fan 3. Life of Pi by Yann Martel 4. Portrait of a Killer by Patricia Cornwell 5. Common Nonsense by Andy Rooney 6. The Notebook Girls by Julia Baskin 7. Talk to the Han ...

... Others loved having a feel-good ending after having recently experienced the more "post-modern" endings of Atonement and Life of Pi!

... put off by the author referring to himself in the 3rd person throughout the book. I'm off to have a cup of tea & start the life of Pi.

>27: urania1, I didn't like Life of Pi much, but it is kind of interesting to read it along with The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym to see what Martel did with a lot of the same elements (and some of the same names, and pretty much the same structure). Only really half a reason, I admit. Maybe ...

... recently and quite enjoyed them. Raymond Queneau has been on my list of authors to investigate for a while. As for Life of Pi, I've avoided it like the plague. I even regifted an unread copy. (I hope the gifter isn’t an Lter.) So . . . here's the challenge: Give me five really so ...

... no The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho Geek Love by Katherine Dunn Life of Pi by Yann Martel Hope this helps. -- M1001

I've FINALLY finished another book, at long last. Not a very impressive streak, especially because this one was a novel: Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Decent novel, but the protagonist has a terrible understanding of religion. My total is now a measly 76. What progress... Of course, the ...

... booker prize 2006) (12 february-16 february) 2 middlesex jeffrey eugenides (pulitzer prize 2003) (20 june-30 june) 3 life of pi yann martel (man booker prize 2002) (21 june-25 june) 4 the sea john banville (man booker prize 2005) (7 june-8 june) 5 the white tiger aravind adiga (man ...

Hi blondierocket. Excellent choices for your first time authors category. I've read and enjoyed The Blind Assassin, Life of Pi, Middlesex, Atonement, and The Poisonwood Bible. I plan to read The Eyre Affair some day soon because I've heard great things about it, and if The English Patie ...

... read it in high school.. it followed me to college and ended up in my senior english thesis as a comparison between it and Life of Pi. I've also read Farewell to Arms which I remember liking even though the characters weren't likable, and I've also read The Sun Also Rises where the ...

... Desai 3.The Sea by John Banville 4.The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst 5.Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre 6.Life of Pi by Yann Martel 7.True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey 8.Disgrace by J. M Coetzee 9.Amsterdam by Ian McEwan Hugo Awards 1.Rainbows ...

... to get more of this series if possible. Bath Tangle by G Heyer (bk 30) -- Not my favorite Heyer but kind of fun. Life of Pi by Y Martel -- When I first moved to Romania I had no books. My neighbor loaned me this one raving about it. I tried, but just couldn't read it. Sadly, the ...

I forgot this one earlier, but I think Life of Pi would also be a great addition to your list. Please keep us posted on what you choose.

19. Life of Pi by Yann Martel 20. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver They were both great, but I haven't written reviews for them yet. Two more books down on my 1001 Books list!

#32 Me too... King Rat by James Clavell Life of Pi by Yann Martel Martyr by Peter David Nightwings by Robert Silverberg Odd One Out by Monica McInerney

... Anyway, here are some of my suggestions: Male writers: A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali - Gil Courtemanche Life of Pi - Yann Martel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime - Mark Haddon The Road -Cormac McCarthy Female writer: Snow Flower ...

... Social Pages: I think I'll begin the new year by targeting two "books I didn't finish" right out of the chute - probably Life Of Pi and Lost In A Good Book. And I do plan to begin again on page one! Once I've conquered them, I'll reward myself with something especially enticing from my ...

... l Thailand - The Third Brother by Nick McDonell and The Beach by Alex Garland India - The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, Life of Pi by Yann Martel and God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy Europe Austria - The Third Man by Graham Greene Germany - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by Joh ...

... heard they are quite gruesome. Encores is such a good idea, do you mind if I use it too? On the Booker winners: loved The Life of Pi, hated The Gathering and ambivalent The Sea. You can't go wrong with Margaret Atwood - don't think she's written a bad book yet. Looking forward to ...

9. Books I didn't finish The Life Of Pi - Yann Martel The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie 100 Years Of Solitude - Gabriel Marquez Greene On Capri: A Memoir - Shirley Hazzard The Magic Mountain - Thomas Mann The God Of Small Things - Arundhati Roi My Traitor's Heart: A South ...

... - I was just on your thread. I don't read a lot of fantasy, but we have similar taste in terms of other novels. I've read Life of Pi, Saturday, and The Road too - and liked them all. But Gilead is much different than all of those. The story meanders, and as I said above, the book is ...

... a go? I like a lot of different things, am mostly reading historical and fantasy at the moment but also like things such as Life of Pi, Saturday and The Road if that gives you any inclination as to my reading preferences

While I have been impatiently awaiting my latest BookSwim shipment....I picked up Life of Pi and The Reincarnationist. Both should get me through til tomorrow or so when my big shipment should be here.

... decide what to read next. Gone by Lisa Gardner Gone With the Wind The Eyre Affair The Time Traveler's Wife Life of Pi Wife for Hire by Janet Evanovich S is for Silence by Sue Grafton Echo Park by Michael Connelly Lost Light by Michael Connelly Angel Experiment by J ...

... some of her earlier works though, or her most recent ones - perhaps I can fit them in my 999 challenge somewhere. As for Life of Pi, I was in the loved-it crowd, but I agree with sanddancer that it is a love it or hate it kind of book.

... Alice Munro, anyone? I haven't read her yet; I don't tend to read much in the way of short stories. Now, Yann Martel's Life of Pi, I only made it through 50 pages there. It is the only book that I have ever physically chucked at a wall. Hm. Well, at least I have Robertson Davies.

I've read quite a few of your Man Booker Prize books mainly because I did a Prize category in my 888. I loved Life of Pi but know plenty of people who didn't enjoy it - I think it is a love it or hate it kind of book. I didn't mind The Sea although very little happens, but I didn't enjoy ...

No Life of Pi for me either.

#5. I haven't read Life of Pi either. Definitely recommend Margaret Atwood for Canadian authors. Wow! History of the World - that's a big book.

Hi, RidgewayGirl! I also have not read Life of Pi, but both of my daughters highly recommended it, so I am also planning to read this in 2009 -- or maybe sooner if I can just finish up the 888 Challenge. :) Happy Reading! --BJ

Nope, you're not the only one who hasn't read Life of Pi - like others here have said, it's on my TBR list but I still haven't gotten to it. As far as Canadian authors, I love Margaret Atwood and would recommend anything by her. Good luck with your challenge next year!

I haven't read Life of Pi either but it's on the list to hopefully get to next year, so don't feel too bad. You might want to check out On Writing by Stephen King if you haven't read it already. I finished it not that long ago and loved it. I found some great tips.

... Prize 2008) 3. Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2001) 4. Life of Pi by Yann Martel (Booker Prize winner 2002) 5. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Booker Pr ...

... first!). Has anyone else in the US received their books in this manner? I received A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls, Life, A history of histories, Best of Saki, Plums of P.G. Wodehouse, Inventions of the Middle Ages, First Folio and the 2009 Folio Diary. All are splendid and I'm ...

... Great Gatsby Award Winners 1. The God of Small Things - Booker Award 2. The Blind Assassin - Booker Award 3. Life of Pi - Booker Award 4. The Magnificent Ambersons - Pulitzer Prize - finished 5. The Color Purple - Pulitzer Prize 6. Andersonville - Pulitzer Prize 7. Pictu ...

... Great Gatsby Award Winners 1. The God of Small Things - Booker Award 2. The Blind Assassin - Booker Award 3. Life of Pi - Booker Award 4. The Magnificent Ambersons - Pulitzer Prize - finished 5. The Color Purple - Pulitzer Prize 6. Andersonville - Pulitzer Prize 7. Pictu ...

... enjoyed Tokyo Babylon, as well, which had the advantage of being an eight parter, instead of carrying on for years. Life is terrific, if a bit depressing - hey, that could be my new motto!

Thanks Aga I'll move Life of Pi closer to the top of the TBR pile.

HI So many have read Life of Pi. This book has been on my shelf for a long time. What do you think about the book? Should I move it up on the TBR pile?

... 1,035 books (about 25%) have been tagged Green Dragon. I don't use the GD tag myself. The only book that puzzled me was Life of Pi by Yann Martel. But then again, it's on my TBR pile, so maybe it will become clear when I read it.

265 of my 1,035 books have been tagged Green Dragon. I don't used the GD tag myself. The only book that puzzled me was Life of Pi by Yann Martel. But then again, it's on my TBR pile, so maybe it will become clear when I read it.

84. Death in Venice by Thomas Mann 85. Life of Pi by Yann Martel 86. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

... a title you're interested in but have absolutely no similar books to in your library! OK, I guess there is a zoo in Life of Pi but overall I would have to assume that I slipped through the alogorithm's cracks, heh heh. Thanks muchly for the book!

... it. 1984 and Jane Eyre were two that I was very embarrassed not to have read so I'm glad I finally did! I attempted Life of Pi and enjoyed it right up to the point he was shipwrecked. I'm not surprised I hate shipwreck books and movies I find them dull. I've just downloaded the new ...

... by Markus Zusak 2. A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby 3. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 4. Life of Pi by Yann Martel 5. Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

... and e-books are the future. Damn, I got myself started. Time to get some Scotch and a GOOD book. I'm thinking Life by Gwyneth Jones again.

47. Life of Pi - Yann Martel (Finished Sept 17) 319 pgs Excellent book. A quick, but thought provoking read. 48. Ways to Live Forever - Sally Nicholls (Finished Sept 24) 200 pgs I won a copy of this book in an online drawing. I'm very glad I did or I might never have read it. An ...

... serious note, I just bought Beyond the Coral Sea and The Perfect Storm, either which I think might work for this, but Life of Pi has been on my TBR for a long time, so maybe that's the one.

... before the Mast Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea The Sea around Us The Odyssey I don't want to read the Life of Pi, so don't tell me I need to read it. The same goes for The Shipping News. I've made several abortive attempts and it's bored me silly every time. Treasure Is ...

... as I am now a fervent fan. I should bill fellow LTer P_T Mack for them, since he made me aware of their existence. Life by Gwyneth Jones--because it's a wonderful, beautfully written book that I loaned out and never got back. This is, bar none, the only SF book I would eve even ...

Born Free The Ivy Tree The Book of Three Ben and Me A gift From the Sea Carve the Sky Life of Pi A Quiet Eye Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy The Moor's Last Sigh

... embarrassingly read the whole Twilight series, which I will just count as one. Embarrassing but fun. But that leaves out Life of Pi and Penguin Island, which I feel bad excluding but didn't absolutely love, and the nonfiction Common Sense and Temptations of the West, which were both ...

I started, and finished, Life of Pi. Great book, everything I hoped for!

... themed read, too. That would also encompass fiction and non-fiction so that in addition to Moby Dick, Ahab's Wife, Life of Pi and Lighthouse Keeping it would include Kon-Tiki, Sailing Alone Around the World, and Adrift, Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea and many more. Lots there for ...

... It's an interesting exploration of a pagan spirituality, although I saw it as an argument against that kind of belief. Life of Pi is interesting in this vein too, but it's different. I found it not so much about spirituality as about the power of delusion - in a beneficial way. I'll add one ...

... - one who actually knows his holy texts and applies them without fear or concern for the political status quo). Finally Life of Pi is supposed to convince you to believe in god - it only convinced me that I don't mind if other people do as long as they are as rational as the character in the ...

Just finished Life of Pi. It was interesting and unusual, but I didn't love it to the degree that others seem to. That makes a total of 7 1001 books this summer, which isn't too bad considering one of them was Moby Dick.

... but in the end, it kind of flopped. I thought the ending was incredibly unclimactic. I've heard this book compared to Life of Pi, which I loved, in the sense that the reader (supposedly) wonders: did it all really happen or didn't it? Since the marketing campaign asks me to compare ...

... Reader by Bernard Schlink 31. For One More Day by Mitch Albom 32. A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray 33. Life of Pi by Yann Martel 34. The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold 35. Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier 36. I've Heard That Song Before by Mary Higgins Clark ...

2) The Life of Pi by Yann Martel I don't know yet... first it says it supposed to make me believe in God.... well it didn't alter my opinion of God at all... and I don't see how anyonbe would start believing in God after reading this book... maybe they would by default because it makes you stop ...

... go with them: Patrick McCabe for The Butcher Boy Katherine Mannsfield for The Garden Party Yann Martel for Life of Pi Alan Moore forWatchmen -- M1001

30 down, 33 to go (Life of Pi is in two categories). 47.61% complete.

... it is a powerful work on the limits of friendship. I haven't read Bel Canto, but it is on my list. I, too, liked Life of Pi but I didn't get "ecstatic" about it either, and I think it was because the book had been so "built-up" by others that I had unreal expectations for it, but it ...

#159 Prop2gether: Of the two books, I definitely prefer The Geographer's Library. I liked Life of Pi, but was not as ecstatic about it as others here on LT seem to be. I did not know that Children of Men was a film. I almost always prefer books to movies so it may be just as well. I ...

I think I am going to read either Life of Pi or Vanishing Point

1. I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak 2. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 3. Life of Pi by Yann Martel

... Bird Chronicle 101. Memoirs of a Geisha 102. Sputnik Sweetheart 103. The Blind Assassin 104. Ignorance 105. Life of Pi 106. Middlesex 107. Kafka on the Shore 108. Unless 109. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 110. On Beauty 111. Never Let Me Go ...

26) Life of Pi by Yann Martel For the first 50-100 pages of this book, I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to make it through. However, the story really picked up and I found myself very interested, having a hard time putting it down. Life of Pi is the very reason I try to never give ...

After starting out a little shaky with Life of Pi, I decided to stick with it. So far I'm a little more than halfway through and am finding myself pleasantly surprised. I hope to finish it up in the next few days.

... fiction prompting philosophical thoughts, but when the work takes an obviously dubious philosophical position, as does the Life of Pi, the merit, reasoning and motive of the work should itself be questioned.

... A non-fiction about growing up in India with food as a means of memory. It too is for a RL book group. I liked Life of Pi very much, but didn't care for Passage, but loved Doomsday Book, and my favorite To Say Nothing of the Dog.

heatherlynn85: stick with Life of Pi. It's really quite wonderful. mckait: you know I'm with you on Twilight being overrated and downright craptastic.

I just started in on Life of Pi by Yann Martel. I'm a little skeptical about it so far, but I hate giving up on books, especially so early on.

... Tree by Carlos Fuentes American Whiskey Bar by Michael Turner The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Life of Pi by Yann Martel Guide to Indian Herbs by Raymond Stark Kongi's Harvest by Wole Soyinka The Orchard Keeper by Cormac McCarthy Breakfast ...

... to give. I don't think anyone disputes the fact that we are all unreliable witnesses. But how can people think that the Life of Pi captures that theme well? Pi does not have an unreliable memory; he remembers the true story perfectly, he recalls it in detail at the end. His first story is ...

Isn't the life of pi on the list of the most unread books on LibraryThing? I thought I saw that somewhere recently in one of the book list blog memes going around.

I am really puzzled about the popularity of The Life of Pi which seems to be the most popular Booker winner here. I have many questions about the book. It was certainly thought provoking, but all the thoughts it provoked in me were disturbing and negative. I interpreted the first third of the ...

I am really puzzled about the popularity of The Life of Pi which seems to be the most popular Booker winner here. I have many questions about the book. It was certainly thought provoking, but all the thoughts it provoked in me were disturbing and negative. I interpreted the first third of the ...

... Jonathan Livingston Seagull came to me through Bookmooch. I wanted it because of things I read about it here on LT. Life of Pi. I ordered it through Marktplaats.nl because it's on the 1001 list and because my friend raved about it and she has good taste in books. I bought The Godfathe ...

... just read: Gone with the Wind by Margeret Mitchell The Uncommon Reader: A Novella by Alan Bennett Life of Pi by Yann Martel I am now reading: The Mitfords edited by Charlotte Mosley A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

... with natural history or environemtal themes. For example, Watership Down is one of my all time favourites. So is Life of Pi. On some levels the book is more concerned with religion and philosophy, but the details on animal behaviour are exceptional. I'll go young as well. I did ...

... with natural history or environemtal themes. For example, Watership Down is one of my all time favourites. So is Life of Pi. On some levels the book is more concerned with religion and philosophy, but the details on animal behaviour are exceptional. I'll go young as well. I did ...

... het vooruitzicht, dus morgenvroeg begin ik eraan en waarschijnlijk is't tegen zondagavond uit. Op hetzelfde stapeltje nog Life of Pi en Gulliver's Travels. Maar die zullen voor een ander rustig weekend zijn.

... of the North by Sarah Hall (2008, 207 pp.) 53. The Road Past Altamont by Gabrielle Roy (1966, 146 pp.) 54. Life of Pi by Yann Martel 55. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (2006, 350 pp.) 56. Jacob Two-Two’s First Spy Case by Mordecai Richler (1995, 144 pp.) 57. Unacc ...

... liked it, so I will check into her others 213. The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King - audiobook 214. Life of Pi by Yann Martel - another LT recommendation that I really liked 215. The Geographer's Library by Jon Fasman - audiobook 216. Lost by Hans-Ulric ...

Had to start a new message there as the one above was starting to act funny (overload!) ^^ Finally, #33 was Life of Pi, which came very highly recommended by a friend of mine who has a good taste in books. I wasn't looking forward that much to the book, the story just didn't sound all that ...

On the agenda for this week: The Life of Pi by Yann Martel, which I am greatly enjoying, The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason, Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne by David Starkey, We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed with Our Families by Philip Gourevitch, T ...

40. Life of Pi ... by Yann Martel The meercat island was a great creation.

Right now, I am reading Neverwhere, which is fun. Also reading New Moon, also a lot of fun. I am going to start Life of Pi and The King of Lies when I am done with the others.

... make it true. If there's one way that I could say that faith plays a role in my life, it would be because of reading Life of Pi in which faith is just like the suspension of disbelief we take on when reading a story. The story may not be true and my life may have no real meaning in the ...

... matter) I know I've got a few doorstoppers ahead of me, but even so I celebrating what I've done. 96. (129) Life of Pi - Yann Martel (319pp) I read this one for my RL bookgroup. Afterwards I discovered that I'd actually given it to my father a few years ago - just a quick ...

So, which story in Life of Pi did everyone choose to believe?

Message 1: The two book are nothing alike. Also, I liked Life of Pi much better than The Old Man and the Sea. Message 2: The ending really is pretty good, but it isn't going to impress you if you didn't like the first fifty pages of the book. -- M1001.

... a boat in them, but other than that, they don't have that much in common. In my opinion at least. So I wouldn't give up on Life of Pi because you hated The Old Man and the Sea. You may still not like it, but I wouldn't toss it aside just because of that comparison.

I just read about this one on another board. My town used Life of Pi as it's One City, One Book book. I got a copy, read the back cover (in which is was compared to Old Man and the Sea, which I hated) and I think that turned me off the book. I started it, but kept thinking "If this is a ...

Atonement and Life of Pi have been the only two this year that were directly inspired by people's reviews on LT. I liked the second one, but I liked the first one not at all.

Life of Pi and Book of Lost Things are perhaps considered older than YA, but both would provide ample discussion points if it is a discussion-type book club. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis are always good, though I suppose are more in the fantasy genre. The Temeraire series is fun ...

... the Rain by Garth Stein. It will probably be one of those books like The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night or Life of Pi that ends up selling a bazillion copies. Who'd have thunk it? A philosophizing dog and auto racing. A quick, charming, tear-jerking, easy read.

Koalatees - I HATED Life of Pi, but I hear so many people refer to it as their favorite book! ...yuck...

Life of Pi. It was a struggle to finish.

... are particularly compelling. Dove Can you imagine sailing alone around the world when you're 16? Fiction; Life of Pi Rather fantastic story of shipwreck...with a tiger. Robinson Caruso I was surprised and pleased with the religious overtones in this book.

Callahan's Crosstime Saloon: "If somebody else knows how tough it is, then it's all right." Life of Pi: "Everything was normal and then...?" "Then normal sank."

... by Jeannette Walls. Everything I've heard about it has been good, so we'll see... Regarding the other posts on Life of Pi, I just gave my copy away last week. I'd held onto for so long thinking I SHOULD read it. But I can't stand the solitary shipwreck/animals being eaten theme ...

kiwi, I have never been able to pick up The Life of Pi. It is like it jumps away from me.. lol

I never finished Life of Pi, I shouldn't be surprised. I never liked the ship wreck theme which is why I resisted reading such a renowned book for so long (as well as Robinson Crusoe for that matter) but I really enjoyed the first thrird of the book when he was growing up in India in a zoo and ...

Woohoo! Finally......... I read Life of Pi. How about The Secret History by Donna Tartt?

Ive read the island of dr. moreau - how about Life of Pi?

From the used bookstore: The Night Watch by Sarah Waters Life of Pi by Yann Martel Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri The Princess of Cleves by Madame de Lafayette The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro Drop City by T.C. Boyle Clearly I went a little nuts with some of the books ...

I'd have to go with Life of Pi, just because it was such an unusual book and had a great twist ending. I liked the theological discussions at the beginning of the book. I was also impressed how well the plot moved along despite the fact that most of the story occurs on a small life boat, with ...

... Melville all Wordsworth Classics paperbacks. - To Father / Dana Sobel - The Brooklyn Follies / Paus Auster - Life of Pi / Yann Martel - De Rekenmeester / Dieter Jörgensen - Het Tolhuis / Paul Janssen - The Great Transformation / Karen Armstrong - A Travele ...

The Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Didn't read much at all last week.. Still going with Life of Pi. When the hyena chewed off the leg of the zebra I think my desire to keep reading vanished.

16. Life of Pi: A Novel by Yann Martel - this book has been read widely and talked about so often i need not offer a repetition of its description. Thought I needed to lighten my reading fare a bit (after a succession and being in the middle of some dark, heavy reads, a small respite sort of), ...

My favorite comes from the end of Life of Pi when Pi has asked Mr. Okamoto and Mr. Chiba which version of the story they prefer, with the animals or without. Okamoto and Chiba reply that the animal story was the better story. "Pi Patel: Thank you. And so it goes with God." Another is from Ma ...

... ) Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler The Chameleon's Shadow by Minette Walters Life of Pi by Yann Martel

... Grip"? "Sexing The Cherry"? "Hangover Square"? Several suggested titles are ones that I've begun and abandoned: Life Of Pi, One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Henderson The Rain King, The Plumed Serpent, and The Satanic Verses. Maybe I should make a renewed effort to finish them ...

... I finished up City of dreams : a novel of Nieuw Amsterdam and early Manhattan by Beverly Swerling and have started Life of Pi by Yann Martel. I resisted reading this one for years because it didn't appeal to me and now that I am reading it I love it and am soooo glad I gave it a go. ...

I'm reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel at the moment. This is a book I really didn't want to read. A combination of the cover (yes yes I know "don't judge a book by it's cover") and what I had heard it was about: a boy lost in the pacific on a raft with imaginary animals as friends. It ...

... rm Michel Houellebecq Plateforme 29 Korrigeringer Jonathan Franzen The Corrections 30 Historien om Pi Yann Martel Life of Pi 31 "Velkommen til vårt Hillbrow" Phaswane Mpe Welcome to our Hillbrow 32 Austerlitz W.G. Sebald Austerlitz 33 Om forlatelse Ian McEwan Atonement 3 ...

... & the devil's mode by Anthony Burgess and from the discount book store... A Chance Meeting by Rachel Cohen, Life of pi by Yann Martel, The Secret History by Donna Tartt & House of Stone by Christina Lamb

... of careful research or just something the author made up. For example - In Yann Martel's spectacularly gorgeous book Life of Pi the author claims (p167 Canongate paperback ed.) that 'the horizon, as seen from a height of five feet on a calm day, is two and a half miles away'. I ...

... a book club) but I'm not sad I didn't. I don't think I've ever abandoned a book so thin before. I didn't really give The Life of Pi a proper chance. I gave up after a chapter meaning to go back and then suddenly it was due back at the library. Again though, I haven't felt moved to ...

... the White The Remains of the Day A Prayer for Owen Meany The Deptford Trilogy The Magus Jude the Obscure Life of Pi To Kill a Mockingbird Great Expectations As always with these lists, the problem is what to leave out, rather than what to put in. I've limited myself ...

... you are always trying to keep your hands on top of others!! I am also one of the few on this thread who has not yet read The Life Of Pi!

easiest reply to Lord of the Rings would be Lord of the Flies, but its been done... so having read LOTR, I'll offer Life of Pi...

... karenwardill. I've read 6 of the 28, but several of the others are on my TBR pile. I haven't even gotten around to reading The Life of Pi yet, but based on this, I think I'll move it right to the top of the pile.

Weighing in about Life of Pi. I love to go to author readings and have been to a great many, including Ian McEwan, Atwood, Carey and Ishiguro from this list. I must say, however, that by far the most entertaining, illuminating and erudite author I have seen in over thirty years is Yann Martel ...

... (as a child) A Great and Terrible Beauty The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Hobbit I Am the Messenger Life of Pi The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (even though this is already included under The Chronicles of Narnia) The Little Prince (assigned reading for ...

... Marktplaats.nl bird left a wonderful present on my doorstep (actually, he put it in the mailbox, how clever is that?!): Life of Pi by Yann Martel My friend was raving about it and although the titel is of course very familiar, I've never read it. When I thought about why not, I found ...

... have been summarized in 10, etc. And it is all info that has been done so many times. Besides that, continuing on with Life of Pi aloud when hubs is home at night - about halfway now. Chapter 7 of A New Earth by Tolle with the online class tonight after my Relay Round Table meeting. ...

Thought of another one...The Life of Pi was our towns One City: One book selection a couple of years ago. I started reading it thinking "This is as bad as Old Man and the Sea. I flipped the book around and one of the reviewers compared it quite favorably to that novel. I couldn't make it any ...

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... dreams 6) Family matters 7) Gilead 8) The joyluck club 9) The life of insects 10) Midnight's children 11) Life of Pi 12) The poisonwood bible 13) The sea 14) Sophies choice 15) The things they carried 16) Vanishing Point 17) War and Peace 18) Catcher in the ...

... read only fiction? If so, I would also recommend Half of a Yellow Sun, The Road, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, and Life of Pi. In addition, I would suggest: The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones Behind ...

I'd recommend: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See Life of Pi - Yann Martel The Road - Cormac McCarthy

#82 - I'd give the opposite advice. I loved Life of Pi and gave up (temporarily) on Catch-22. I just couldn't get into it at all. Haven't read Persuasion yet. In spite of my anecdotal argument, based on the fact that you liked Like Water for Chocolate, I'd definitely recommend Life of Pi ...

... by Margaret Mitchell Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Les Miserables by Victor Hugo Life of Pi by Yann Martel Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Rabbit Rich by John Updike Saturday by Ian McEwan The Curious In ...

I know lots of people loved Life of Pi, but I do not share these sentiments. Honestly, one of the lowest ranked books in my opinion that I have read from this list, and I'm closing in on 100. I have not read Persuasion, and Catch-22 is on my short list from my TBR pile. I think you know ...

... time as it's been a real joy to read, it's def one of my fav's now. But what should I read, I'm thinking Persuasion or Life of Pi or maybe even Catch 22) I know couldn't be more different, what do you think?

14. Life of Pi - Yann Martel Wow. So I wanted to take my next book a little slower because I felt I wasn't enjoying the experience as much with my book-a-day speed reading. I couldn't imagine speed reading Life of Pi anyway. This book is so full of questions, so deep, I don't even know ...

... Still deciding what to read next in fiction. Still working on Tolle with the Oprah online group. And still reading Life of Pi aloud with HBB. This is slow because he is only home on the weekends and we only read at night before we go to sleep.

... ever been reading a book and a good friend, a relative, a perfect stranger, completely ruins it for you? I've had both Life of Pi and Atonement ruined for me in the past month. For those who've read the books, you know the endings have a twist. I suspect I would have liked the books a lot ...

30. Life of Pi--Yann Martel Of all the recent popular novels I've tried, this has been the only one I have really enjoyed. I liked the main character, I liked the grisly descriptions of survival. If it wasn't wholly believable for a reality book, then it was good as a fantasy and where it ...

... I can't ~TELL~ you the number of times I've been kicked in the shin! MrsHouseLibrary keeps trying to get me to read Life of Pi and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and those vampire/romance Twilight books. Sorry, she's already read too many passages from them to me ...

... b 5) War and Peace 6) I know this much is true 7) The hitchikers guide to the galaxy 8) The life of insects 9) Life of Pi 10) The poisonwood bible

I guess the book of the day would be Life of Pi, followed by Middlemarch tomorrow?

... read to essentially the cannon of English Lit-Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and of course Charlotte Bronte (Jane Eyre). Life of Pi is often compared to The Old Man and the Sea (however, dispising the second, I couldn't really get into the first). I thought The Venetian's Wife was a good ...

I thought it might be Life of Pi, but it doesn't seem to be, if Amazon is to be believed. The first page of that is all about sloths, so obviously of no relevance whatsoever :-)

Just finished Life of Pi and now moving on to Atonement.

#16 Life of Pi claims that it will makre you believe in God, and although I still dont believe in God, my experience in reading Life of Pi allowed me to see the leap of faith that people have to take. Spoiler I really put my thoughts, heart and soul into the belief that Pi is stuck on ...

Okay, I will put myself out there a bit. What is it with Life of Pi? I thought it was very good, but hardly great. I am interested to know why others find it to be a great book.

... by committee. Plus, some of the bookmakers have it as the favourite to win - especially as there is a fair chance that Life of Pi won't make the final six.

@theduckthief: Awesome! I can't wait to read Life of Pi because it seems so unusual, but relateable to my own life. I'm about to order it from Abebooks. Do you have any other novels you may recommend?

Sounds like a good way to get back into reading. I'm reading Life of Pi right now and loving it.

... short novel. Down the line, I have the following books planned for March: No Country for Old Men Suite Francaise Life of Pi I can't wait!

The Life of Pi by Yann Martel

... a great boss to pass on books to you. Wish my boss read like that--oh well!! I will be interested in your thoughts on Life of Pi seems like you either love it or hate it.

During the daily meeting with my boss, she gave me her copy of Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Another book to add to my TBR pile!

... hard to nominate a "best" from the 16 I have read, but I think for me it is The God of Small Things. Closely followed by The Life of Pi, Amsterdam, True History of the Kelly Gang and Disgrace. I haven't read all of the winners - although that is one of my goals - but the only one I ...

The spread between the 40 winners of the prize is enormous in their representation entered in LT's collective library. Life of Pi has 11,652 copies entered while Something to answer for, the first winner has 13 copies. Some of the early winners still have less than 100 entered here. It always ...

The works page gives a number of recommendations for The Life of Pi by Yann Martel: Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre The god of small things by Arundhati Roy Amsterdam by Ian McEwan A fine balance : a novel by Rohinton Mistry The sea by John Banville I ...

... own Marriage On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan Delta wedding - Eudora Welty Ocean Adventures Life of Pi - Yann Martel The Perfect Storm - Sebastian Junger Parent Child Relationships The World According to Garp - John Irving Amy & Isabel ...

I have loved every booker book that I've read, so I really can't way in - I really enjoyed The sea and Life of Pi and Moon Tiger. Oh and also Remains of the day.

... Atwood - The Blind Assassin 2001: Peter Carey - True History of the Kelly Gang 2002: Yann Martel - Life of Pi 2003: DBC Pierre - Vernon God Little 2004: Alan Hollinghurst - The Line of Beauty 2005: John Banville - The Sea 2006: Kiran Desai - The ...

Top five for 2007: No One Belongs Here More Than You - Miranda July Blue Suburbia - Laurie Albanese Life of Pi - Yann Martel Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - Mark Haddon and of course... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling

... the sea - gotta love the ones on more than one list! The Blind assassin, The god of small things, Amsterdam and Life of pi are also on both booker and 2001.

... the sea - gotta love the ones on more than one list! The Blind assassin, The god of small things, Amsterdam and Life of pi are also on both booker and 2001.

... and candy The fatigue artist : a novel by Lynne Sharon Schwartz Yankee magazine's living well on a shoestring Life of Pi : a novel by Yann Martel The favored child : a novel by Philippa Gregory The brat by Lynsay Sands

... lighter now though. I'm going to soak up a couple Eve Dallas stories before I tackle something else thought provoking. Life of Pi will just have to wait a while.

... a bit of wishful thinking in there too. 4 One of my all-time favourite literary passages is the bit at the beginning of Life of Pi (also a favourite book) about the sloths (p3-4, but I'll happily copy it out for anyone who's interested and hasn't got a copy). I don't generally turn green ...

Have to agree about The Life of Pi. Just finished The Remains of the Day which didn't really do it for me. Hoping Cloud Atlas - which I'll start reading soon is better.

#57. Yes the ending of Life of Pi makes the whole book worthwhile. Definitely a worthwhile book to read.

#57 about the ending to Life of Pi . . . I haven't read it yet (another one that's perched on Mount TBR), but I saw an interview with Margaret Atwood, and it was her comments that made me want to read it. According to her, the ending is the most important part of the book.

I'm reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel for a class. I'm only a few chapters in and so far it's a bit jarring. The transition from chapter one to two for example. But I've been told the ending is amazing. Anyone care to confirm this and allay my fears?

... of Our Lives? by Sara Davidson Have You Found Her by Janice Erlbaum The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami Life 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 ...

... Before You Die 1. Enduring Love by Ian McEwan. 2. Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry 3. Life of Pi by Yann Martel 4. The Human Stain by Philip Roth 5. A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham 6. The Trick is to Keep Breathing by Ja ...

Man - I feel like such a slug. I stopped reading Life of Pi and started on The Bondwoman's Narrative. I'm enjoying it, but it reads slowly. I haven't listened to the podcast about the book yet; I think I'm going to wait until I finish. Reading time has been cut down because I don't spend as ...

21. The Life of Pi by Yann Martel = 401 pages. Got this from the library and hopefully I'll be finished by the time they demand it back. Still working on Compass. Finished 02/18/08

I. 1001 Books to Read Before You Die 1. Enduring Love by Ian McEwan. 2. Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry 3. Life of Pi by Yann Martel 4. The Human Stain by Philip Roth 5. A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham 6. The Trick is to Keep Breathing by Janice Galloway ...

What a sensual (lush) list!! I think you'll love the language (almost poetry) in Bel Canto and Life of Pi. I hesitate to distract you from your list :) but with your interest in nature/animals (and your name!), you might like the Norfolk Botanical Garden’s weener in Book talk : Guess the book! (Fev 7, 2008, 10:07pm)

No, you just picked something no one has read. Sounds like a great book though. I'll hazard a guess. Life of Pi?

... uto 2. The Problem with Murmur Lee by Connie May Fowler 3. Ghosts by John Banville 4. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett 5. Life of Pi by Yann Martel 6. Unless by Carol Shields 7. The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany 8. The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason Writer Memoirs 1. Living ...

... know that there are many others who think that even the most minor mention of something that happens in a book (ala your Life of Pi example) and gets all upset and offend. Personally I don't think that any reviewer can ever really write a truly be spoiler free else what could they say ...

The Life of Pi Yann Martel The Tenth Circle Less Than Zero Bret Easton Ellis Finite and Infinite Games James Carse Flatland Edwin A. Abbot

... Tale by Margaret Atwood Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald The Birth House by Ami McKay Life of Pi by Yann Martel

... Gates, Jr., the guy who discovered the manuscript by Hannah Crafts. I have that book here at the office, so may ditch Life of Pi for now. I just have to decide whether to read the book first or listen to the podcast first.

... stay static, they grow with experience and in interesting ways. LOVE the story arc with Peabody and McNab. I've started Life of Pi. Only a few pages in so far, so I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. The premise is interesting, and I've heard good things about the book, so . . . we'll see.

... it will get more interesting, I'm having a hard time keeping all the details and people straight I may be able to get to Life of Pi this month too, we shall see!

... I have the sequel (Sorcery and the Single Girl) which I'll read in a bit. I'm back to Eve Dallas for now. And, maybe Life of Pi. And I've got The Girl who Heard Dragons in the bathroom.

Pride and Prejudice followed by Jane Eyre and then The Life of Pi. I'm not counting 1984 which I know I had, but, as I'm not sure whether its up in the attic or was wiped out in the basement flood, it ain't getting on the list.

#108 Life of Pi. A book which I didn't finish, but I did at least read the first line. :)

I tried doing a tagmash on {fiction, Pacific} to see what would come up: Life of Pi : a novel by Yann Martel The naked and the dead by Norman Mailer Typee by Herman Melville Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones Island of ...

... for years. I've started it once or twice, but always put it down in favor of something easier to carry around. Likewise Life of Pi, which my husband bought for me, creating a "book obligation," if you will, that so far I haven't fulfilled (if it's not my idea, I have a hard time starting ...

... of Illusions; Timbuktu, Mr. Vertigo, The Music of Chance Ian McEwan: Amesterdam, The Cement Garden Life of Pi by Yann Martel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams Kafka on the Shore, Haruki Murakami The Virgin in the Garden, A. ...

... for Elephants - Sara Gruen The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory I'm also looking to finally finish Life of Pi - Yann Martel Maximum City - Suketu Mehta The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell Mary Tudor: The Spanish Tudor

... them to help me understand the images. But reading a book in an unusual setting can also help make it more special. Life of Pi for me is forever fixed to a fading-gradeur 20's era grand hotel lounge. I was there for a conference, sipping a brandy and reading this weird, fascinating book ...

... I am among those who liked the epilogue of HP7 - except... no mention of George!! That made me mad. I also didn't finish Life of Pi. Maybe I should have tried to. My overhyped clunker of 2007 was Labyrinth by Kate Mosse. It's usually style that makes me abandon a book, and the style of La ...

I've read a few more books, but I haven't updated this list in a while: The Children of Hurin Life of Pi The Devil and Miss Prym Becoming a Writer I'm still reading Neither Here Nor There aloud. We haven't been reading aloud much lately because we've both been so involved in our ...

... the topics/books I've come up with so far... 1001 Books to Read Before I Die: 1. On Beauty by Zadie Smith 2. Life of Pi by Yann Martel 3. Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood 4. The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood 5. Saturday by Ian McEwan 6.Amsterdam by Ian M ...

... may have read them as a narrative (will they escape?). In which case I have ruined it for them. Another example is from The Life of Pi. I was once told off for a review (not on LT) which mentioned that Richard Parker is the name of a tiger. This piece of information is not a secret in the ...

#170 You have to finish Life of Pi in order to get why it is so good. Although, I enjoyed it the whole way through - its the ending that makes the book so good. I think most people who dont finish Life of Pi dont like it. Thats all I am going to say

... a The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Life of Pi by Yann Martel The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie PS, I Love You by Cecelia Ahern Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot 8 Nonfiction Foreskin's Lament ...

... by Mercedes Lackey 23. Oathblood by Mercedes Lackey 24. Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenides 25. The Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Life of Pi by Yann Martel. I have tried off and on all year to make my way through this book only because I have seen many of my students read it. I just can't get through it however. Maybe it is something in this book that their adolescent brains comprehend that isn't for the adult mind.

To elbakerone (Message 15): I can relate! I practically forced my husband to read Life of Pi after I did because I HAD to talk about it IMMEDIATELY! I didn't feel that way with this book because I could talk about it without really spoiling it if he wanted to read it. To message 14, 16 and ...

... rnieres Going After Cacciato, by Tim O'Brien The Bloody Chamber, by Angela Carter and a signed edition of The Life of Pi, by Yann Martel

... books you know for sure that it could never be this good in print. This has to be one of them. Others I can think of are Life of Pi and Middlesex. All highly acclaimed in print, but I can't imagine that listening to them wasn't the superior way to enjoy them.

... by Stephen King 54. The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera 55. Solaris by Stanislaw Lem 56. Life of Pi by Yann Martel 57. The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham 58. Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham 59. The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan ...

... to join up. I read through the lists of books that have been given up on and heaved a sigh of relief. Our city picked The Life of Pi for its "One City, One Book" program and I couldn't make it through the first few chapters. I should have know I'd hate it-it was compared to The Old Man ...

... should be read, just so you can participate in our culture, and 2) if I stop, I know I will never pick it up again. As for The Life of Pi that others have mentioned, I was THIS CLOSE to not finishing it, because it got so boring. When I got to the end I wasn't even sure that the ending made ...

Five books that kept you thinking about them long after being read: Life of Pi by Yann Martel Lunch with the Generals by Derek Hansen Cloven Hooves by Megan Lindholm Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind Summer of Katya by Trevanian

I am listening to the life of pi by Yann Martel.

... really excellent books this month but I would have to say that my favorite was The Forsyte Saga followed closely by Life of Pi.

... "last year's Booker Prize winner, the one with the guy on a raft with all the animals." (Not a direct quote.) Obviously, Life of Pi. Hmmm, were Smith and Martel shortlisted the same year?

... Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries - Dorothy Sayers A Confederacy of Dunces not touchstoning - pretty happy, isn't it? The Life of Pi Lucia books - E.F. Benson Oh, and I second the Fforde books. Very funny. I thought I'd find more. Here, here (or is it hear, hear?) for the bleak ...

... which is probably a good thing), but in the past five months I've managed to read through Man's Search for Meaning, The life of Pi, The God of Small Things, Of Mice and Men, American Gods and The Catcher in the Rye - 15 to 30 pages at a time. I started with Fear and Loathing in L ...

... but kind of depressingly realistic - not a book to escape with 16. Quartet in Autumn - the best of the Pyms 17. Life of Pi - well written, interesting, funny in places scary in others, intense, moving, touching, etc. etc. my second best so far - right after Forsyte Saga.

7. Life of Pi by Yann Martel

... Philip Gourevitch Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures): A True Story from Hell on Earth by Kenneth Cain Life of Pi by Yann Martel Honorable Mentions: Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje ...

... Expectations by Charles Dickens The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien Life of Pi by Yann Martel The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo Though if asked again in a couple days, my list ...

Finally finishe Life of Pi and discovered that it's on the 1001 books list. Also started The greates lover in all England by Christina Dodd. Julia

... two books I can say I hate, quite a lot of other well-loveds have not quite lived up to expectations: The Kite Runner, The Life of Pi, and Wicked among them. I'm in the middle of The Shadow of the Wind and it's looking as if it might fall in that category as well. I also have had ...

25. Life of Pi by Yann Martel I'm not sure what to make of this book, I enjoyed it in many ways. He comments on uncertainty of faith at one point in the book and I guess it leaves me having to make a decision over what to believe. It beat one of my earlier reads on this list The Story of Luc ...

... other two of the Last man standing series were better than the latter. Next I'm going to read a non romance book called Life of Pi by Yann Martel which was a trade off by a colleague of mine, he is reading Pride and prejudice and I'll read Pi. We'll see how that goes. =) Julia

... Carol Oates and On Beauty by Zadie Smith. I have some new books I have bought from Borders and not yet read: Life of Pi by Yann Martel and Playing for Pizza: a novel by John Grisham and Northern Lights by Philip Pullman. I have books that people have lent to me ...

And what a story. Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Both Middlesex and Life of Pi are fantastic on audiobook. Maybe better than in print. I've attempted War and Peace on audio several times, and I get a little further each time, but still haven't been able to get through it.

... make this long story work well. (10) Contemporary Again, haven't read a lot of the newer books, but I really enjoyed Life of Pi

... Kafka One hundred years of solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov Life of Pi : a novel by Yann Martel The wind-up bird chronicle by Haruki Murakami American gods : a novel by Neil Gaiman Anlina, I'm not sure that all ...

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

... Lazette Gifford Nanny Makes Three by Joan Kilby The Power of Two by Patti O'Shea Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult Life of Pi by Yann Martel (is this cheating?)

... Heller The great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald One hundred years of solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Life of Pi : a novel by Yann Martel The name of the rose by Umberto Eco So, whatever these novels share in common, (tongue in cheek) that's what makes them ...

... books you've read more than once: Not Wanted on the Voyage by Timothy Findley Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson The Life of Pi by Yann Martel The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

... books you've read more than once: Not Wanted on the Voyage by Timothy Findlay Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson The Life of Pi by Yann Martel The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Life of Pi is about as "on the sea" as you're going to get, but there's not a ship and a captain and a crew and mutiny or pirates or anything like that. But there's definitely lots of sea.

... Klein with "dogs"; - three of my Terry Pratchett books have the tag "hardboiled", as does Crime and Punishment; - Life of Pi is apparently a "how-to" book; - The Red and the Black is "russian literature"; - I haven't read The Historian yet, but nothing in the cover blurb leads me ...

Take Life of Pi. You have to read the last ten pages to really get the entire point of the book - it was an amazing experience and that book is really a living book - not a passive dead book. However, a lot of people stop short of this book and think its boring or there is no point - sometimes ...

... idiotic. I was surprised to see the huge chick lit tag in my tag cloud, but then I realized that it included such works as Life of Pi and Animal Farm (and, okay, all my old Sweet Valley University books and lots of YA fantasy with female heroines). I'd be interested in hearing how the size ...

The Audiobook of Life of Pi by Yann Martel. It's interesting. Quite interesting.

... fiction: * Cantor's Dilemma by Carl Djerassi * Intuition: a novel by Allegra Goodman * Life: a novel by Gwyneth Jones * Forty Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson * The Clewiston Test by Kate Wilhelm

... Hobb Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb The Shipping News by Annie Proulx and all those on the water: Life of Pi by Yann Martel Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson

... same books appear in both topics. I've noticed certain titles that I both loved and hated at the same time. For example: Life of Pi was seriously disturbing to me, and yet I've recommended it to many readers. Do you have any similar experiences?

5.) Life of Pi by Yann Martel One of the best books I have read in a long time. I read this today, almost without stopping. What a deeply disturbing, hauntingly beautiful novel.

... word : thirty - one meditations for your soul gives you a list with The Great Gatsby, Life of Pi, One hundred years of solitude and Catch-22 in the first five. Shakespeare, Anthony Burgess, Margaret Atwood, Nabokov... Desiring God : meditations of a Chr ...

... get some more interesting ones the Curious Incident of the dog in the nighttime which I enjoyed a lot, and the brilliant Life of Pi which I recommend to everyone.

I loved Life of Pi! Great choice!

That does sound like a challenge. Somehow, I've never had the initiative to actually write a proper review. I could always try though. I finished Lost Horse, and found another of his books at Ebay. I found out a great deal about many of the characters in The Midnight Colt. It was extremely ...

I'm part of an online book club that's a spinoff of another online group. For July we read Life of Pi by Yann Martel and we are discussing it now. I found it pretty fascinating and not what I expected (I try not to know too much about a book in advance). We are having a pretty lively debate ...

... * 10. Freedom's Gate * 11. Solitaire * 12. Picnic on Paradise * 13. The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency 14. Life of Pi (book club) Currently reading: Slow River * A Play of Isaac Kushiel's Dart * I'm doing pretty well! 14 books in 3 months. Go me.

... It certainly provoked the most combative discussion my book club ever had. I think Yann Martel put it best in Life of Pi when he said that those who believe and those who are athiests actually have a lot in common. The existance of God cannot be proven nor disproved. Therefore, ...

... a novel might be my choice for #1 book I have read this year. The time travelers wife will probably be #2 and maybe Life of Pi #3. So yes I approve of your choice. Lots of good recommends out there of books I would never have chosen otherwise.

I finished Life of Pi the other day, which I read for a bookclub. I'm glad I didn't read the back cover before I read it, because it was much more fun not being spoiled. Now I'm reading No.1 Ladies Detective Agency which is quite charming. I also tried to start A Play of Isaac which, to be ...

... actually about and completely changed my mind. Another book that has made me feel this way - I still feel this way: Life of Pi. I can't bring myself to read it. Something about the plot... I should give it a go.

... by Barbara Kingsolver but I also read it totally because it's the favourite novel of an aunt that I really respect. Life of Pi by Yann Martel is another one that I just couldn't get into. I never finished it. Jane Austen's books, Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë and The Lord of ...

... is happening, I'm guessing it's going to end on a cliffhanger and I'll have to chase down a copy of the sequel. Next up, Life of Pi for my book club.

... Science Tackles The Afterlife - Mary Roach Collateral Language: A User's Guide To America's New War - Collins & Glover Life Of Pi - Yann Martel

I think the Life of Pi will become a classic. It can be read of several different levels; it's philosophical, and it's an adventure story.

#11 philosojerk : Kushiel's Dart is high on my TBR list too. Also up there are Slow River, Life of Pi (for a bookclub), and Picnic on Paradise.

Oh, I forgot about Life of Pi. I did love that one.

... Thankfully it is a short book. 35 doll house by Ibsen. Short play, very Ibsenish. One of his better ones I think. 36 Life of Pi - will finish it tomorrow, only one cassette left. Enjoying it so far. 37 Lust Lizard of melancholy cove Should finish it tomorrow at lunch. Not the best ...

The life of insects by Victor Pelevin - I absolutely loved this book also cancer ward and life of pi

I loved Middlesex also, probably my third favorite book of the year. I am currently reading The Woman in white and Life of Pi, just finished Purple Hibiscus last night. I am also reading Lust lizard of melancholy cove. Will probably finish them all tomorrow or next day.

This month we met at Marianne's place to talk about award-winning books. Here's the list:

• Life of Pi by Yann Martel, winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize
• Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson, a 2007 imager in Book talk : Stupid game to play (Jun 15, 2007, 7:11pm)

  "I asked for another story, one that I might find more satisfying." Life of Pi by Yann Martel ......I'm only half way through this book so hope that's not the case,lol.

  digifish_books in List Five Books Parlour Game : It's all greek to me (Jun 9, 2007, 10:34pm)

  ... Goodwin Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope - there are two characters - Lambda MuNu and Sir Omicron Pi Life of Pi by Yann Martel Ho Chi Minh by William J Duiker Babylon 5: The PSI Corps by A. Hahn

  kristenl in List Five Books Parlour Game : How many was that? (Jun 9, 2007, 10:30am)

  1776 by David McCullough Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech Life of Pi by Yann Martel A Dance of Three by Louise Plummer The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

  bookworm12 in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 2 June 2007 (Jun 4, 2007, 3:05pm)

  I just finished Life of Pi which I thought was good, but it's not a favorite. I also finished The Book Thief which I loved with a passion. It's one of the most beautiful books I've read in a long time. I'm also reading Rebecca, which I am really enjoying. I've just started Burning Bright, ...

  MrStevens in 50 Book Challenge : Books read in 2007: MrStevens (Jun 1, 2007, 1:38pm)

  ... Huxley got the idea from Walden Two but I haven't confirmed this statement. I found it an enjoyable read. 5. Title: Life of Pi Author: Yann Martel Notes: Wild story. Wild imagination. 6. Title: Piano, Guided Sight-Reading Author: Leonhard Deutsch 7. Title: The Rema ...

  MrStevens in Book talk : ?? Book Challenge (Maio 31, 2007, 5:16am)

  ... o.O 1. The Chocolate War 2. The curious incident of the dog in the night-time 3. I am the Cheese 4. Island 5. Life of Pi 6. Piano, Guided Sight-Reading 7. The Remains of the Day 8. The Secret Life of Bees 9. Speak 10. Stargirl 11. The Time Traveler's Wife 12. Wal ...

  daughterofkaiba in 50 Book Challenge : daughterofkaibas 50 books (Maio 27, 2007, 3:32pm)

  ... Shining by Stephen King 47. Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn 48. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris 49. Life of Pi by Yann Martel

  bookworm12 in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 26 May 2007 (Maio 25, 2007, 7:21pm)

  ... Grey, the last of the Bronte Sister that I hadn't read. I have started Where Angels Fear to Tread and am continuing Life of Pi and The Book Theif.

  bookworm12 in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 19 May 2007 (Maio 24, 2007, 10:17am)

  ... not last, Maragret Atwood. I'm not reading The Book Thief, which immediately sucked me in. I also just started Life of Pi which has been on my TBR list for a long time.

  MrsLee in The Green Dragon : Tell us what you are reading now, part II (Maio 22, 2007, 1:10am)

  I finally finished Life of Pi. Loved it. Next in my fiction books will be Men at Arms Discworld. My daughter keeps bugging me to read all the Pratchetts we have so she can talk to me about them, but I want to read them slowly so I fully appreciate every one.

  MrsLee in The Green Dragon : Tell us what you are reading now. (Maio 21, 2007, 12:28am)

  ... stories are in their 60's) and Alexander McCall Smith's Ladies No. 1 Detective Agency series. I started reading Life of Pi yesterday at the Discovery Kingdom, used to be Marine World/Africa USA. It was pretty cool to be reading about his struggles on the boat with the tiger, then ...

  DLSmithies in Book talk : Books that everyone loves and you hate (Maio 19, 2007, 5:43am)

  ... boat. #68, you astonish me! In a literary fight between Fitzgerald and Wilde, I know who I'd back. My contribution is Life of Pi. If it hadn't been the last book I had with me on holiday, I'd have had difficulty finishing it.

  John in Books Compared : Anna Karenina / War and Peace (Maio 14, 2007, 6:39am)

  ... and understand the writers. I don't know if anyone on LT is also following the project that Yann Martel, author of Life of Pi has launched concerning the Prime Minister of Canada. Martel is upset with what he sees as the government's lack of support for the arts in Canada, so every two ...

  Lunar in Book talk : What is the WORST book that youve ever red? (Maio 9, 2007, 8:01pm)

  ... to say about the story. Maybe I just didn't get it. #124, I had a bit of a hard time understanding the point of Life of Pi as well when I first finished reading it. But then I happened to notice the "study questions" at the end and mention of how the author considered chapters 21 and ...

  mrstreme in 50 Book Challenge : mrstreme's 75 books in '07 (Maio 7, 2007, 6:34pm)

  21) Life of Pi by Yann Martel

  mrstreme in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 5 May 2007 (Maio 5, 2007, 7:59am)

  I am finishing up Life of Pi by Yann Martel this weekend, and I think I'll start Suite Francoise by Irene Nemirovsky. Message 1 - GreyHead: I also read Stephen King's On Writing and enjoyed it tremendously. Hope you will too!

  cydonian in Metafilter : Mandatory "favorite books" discussion (Maio 1, 2007, 9:41am)

  ... White Mughals by William Dalrymple Travel: At the tomb of the inflatable pig by John Gimlette In-glish Lit: Life of Pi by Yann Martel Biographies: The Man Who Knew Infinity Sci-Fi: Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (Which isn't really a list of my all-time ...

  albusisonholiday in Awful Lit. : Awful Classics, Part 2: Son of Awful Classics (Abr 30, 2007, 9:35pm)

  ... a dozen times! The solemn self-deprecating vows the heroines take to lead a better life gave me indigestion. I found Life of Pi pretty loathsome as well. The author's arrogant proclamation that he was going to 'make you believe in God' was entirely too grating.

  mrstreme in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 28 Apr 2007 (Abr 29, 2007, 6:23pm)

  ... was a beautiful and touching story - one that will resonate with me for a long time. Glad you enjoyed it too. I am reading Life of Pi right now - about 60 pages - not sure what I think yet. =)

  mrstreme in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 28 Apr 2007 (Abr 28, 2007, 6:43am)

  I'll probably finish up The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini this weekend, and then I'll start Life of Pi by Yann Martel.

  x_emo_emu_x in 1001 Books to read before you die : Which of the 1001 are you currently reading? (Abr 26, 2007, 1:42pm)

  I want to read The Life of Pi as soon as possible. I also want to read Memoirs of a Geisha and The Things they Carried. The Color Purple has been on my wish list for a couple years now (maybe I should go buy it myself?) I tried reading A Clockwork Orange when I was 11... I should try ...

  dchaikin in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 21 Apr 2007 (Abr 25, 2007, 11:32pm)

  #106 mcglocklin...Opinions really vary on Life of Pi. I loved it, but your sentiment is not unique. It was mentioned quite a bit here: Your Bottom Five for 2006....One the other hand, a lot of good books are mention there, so ...

  dchaikin in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 21 Apr 2007 (Abr 25, 2007, 11:25pm)

  #106 mcglockiln... I loved Life of Pi, but your opinion isn't unique. The book got mentioned quite a bit here: mcglocklin in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 21 Apr 2007 (Abr 25, 2007, 11:08pm)

  I have noticed that The Life of Pi gets mentioned frequently on this site. I read this book a couple of years ago soon after it came out. It was given to me as a gift by my mother, and she told me that it had received rave reviews. I read it, and although it was not bad, I do not see what ...

  jonesy in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 21 Apr 2007 (Abr 25, 2007, 10:49am)

  ... the Hemingway you mention, but I did read Lost and Found recently. It was fun. Not anything as stirring or important as Life of Pi or The Kite Runner, but I enjoyed it. I'd not read a behind the scenes on a reality show book before. This week, I'm reading Life at the Dakota to ...

  mrstreme in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 21 Apr 2007 (Abr 24, 2007, 7:18pm)

  It was a toss-up between Life of Pi and The Kite Runner. My son did eeny-meeny-miny-mo for me, and The Kite Runner is the winner (though, based on LT feedback, I think I couldn't lose either way). =)

  fuzzy_patters in 50 Book Challenge : fuzzy_patters' 50 book challenge (Abr 19, 2007, 3:52pm)

  18. Life of Pi by Yann Martel- This is the kind of novel that I like. Martell's straight ahead method of story telling was reminiscent of Hemingway, and the ending of the book left me pondering its signifance for the rest of the day.

  ...
  xorscape in Book talk : If you worked at a bookstore and you had some extra time... (Abr 16, 2007, 3:33pm)

  Life of Pi in Math (or maybe baking?)... Accordian Crimes in Music How To (make that how not to)?

  fuzzy_patters in What Are You Reading Now? : Share a line or short passage from your current book (Abr 16, 2007, 3:27pm)

  From Life of Pi by Yann Martel: "I'll be honest about it. It is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics. Doubt is useful for a while. We must all pass through the garden of Gethsemane. If Christ played with doubt, so must we. If Christ spent an anguished night in prayer, if He ...

  tropics in What Are You Reading Now? : Who Uses On-Line Reading Guides? (Abr 15, 2007, 3:06pm)

  I've found Spark Notes http://www.sparknotes.com/ to be very useful, most recently while thinking about Life Of Pi.

  fuzzy_patters in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 14 Apr 2007 (Abr 14, 2007, 6:07pm)

  ... were much better than the last two. Perhaps the Catholic in me had trouble with the agnosticism. This morning I began Life of Pi by Yann Martel. I have enjoyed it so far.

  fuzzy_patters in Reading Globally : Where in the World Are You Now? April 2007 (Abr 14, 2007, 5:53pm)

  I just left James Joyce's Ireland and ventured into Yann Martel's India in Life of Pi. So far, I have learned a lot about zoo keeping.

  GeorgiaDawn in The Green Dragon : Missing books (Abr 13, 2007, 4:38pm)

  I did think that I had entered Life of Pi a couple of weeks ago. When I went back to rate the book it was not in my library. That doesn't mean it disappeared; I may have not entered it to begin with.

  lefty33 in The Green Dragon : What have you borrowed from your local (or possibly not so local) library lately? (Abr 13, 2007, 7:06am)

  MrsLee/Georgia, I'm reading Life of Pi now. I'm nearly through with it. It is wonderful. :D

  MrsLee in The Green Dragon : What have you borrowed from your local (or possibly not so local) library lately? (Abr 13, 2007, 12:21am)

  GeorgiaDawn - It may be awhile before I get to Life of Pi, I keep getting caught up in group reads... Anyway, my daughter read it, laughed out loud a lot, and loved it. She and I usually think alike when reading, so I am looking forward to this.

  bazling in The Green Dragon : What have you borrowed from your local (or possibly not so local) library lately? (Abr 12, 2007, 10:43pm)

  GeorgiaDawn- I adored Life of Pi. It's such a rich story. I flew through the pages. At the moment I've got: 1) The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield 2) Coyote Blue by Christopher Moore 3) Wizards at War by Diane Duane 4) To Visit the Queen, also Diane Duane

  kiwiboz in Book talk : What is the WORST book that youve ever red? (Abr 7, 2007, 6:15am)

  ... enough years of life to persevere with a book that just isn't doing it for me, but the worst one I actually finished was 'The Life of Pi' I was absolutely rivetted, despite the gory bits which I hated, then I got to the end and I just wanted to scream!

  mrstreme in 50 Book Challenge : mrstreme's 75 books in '07 (Abr 6, 2007, 3:04pm)

  ... Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund 19) My sister's keeper by Jodi Picoult 20) The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 21) Life of Pi by Yann Martel 22) Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky 23) The March: A Novel by E.L. Doctorow 24) Summer Sisters by Judy Blume 25) Finn: a novel by J ...

  GeorgiaDawn in 50 Book Challenge : GeorgiaDawn's Book List (Abr 3, 2007, 8:54pm)

  21. Deliverance by James Dickey, 278 pages 22. Life of Pi by Yann Martel, 319 pages

  GeorgiaDawn in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 31 Mar 2007 (Abr 3, 2007, 4:57pm)

  I'm still reading Elantris by Brandon Sanderson and I just started Life of Pi by Yann Martel. I'll probably finish Pi tonight and then concentrate on Elantris.

  GeorgiaDawn in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 31 Mar 2007 (Abr 1, 2007, 7:54pm)

  I've just started Elantris by Brandon Sanderson and Life of Pi by Yann Martel. I have several others I really want to begin, but I think two is enough for now.

  Kell_Smurthwaite in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 31 Mar 2007 (Mar 31, 2007, 3:37am)

  digifish_books - I loved Life of Pi - I hope you'll enjoy it! I'll be starting 3 books in quick succession as they're all very short ones: The Stone Pilot by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell The Pirates! In an Adventure with Whaling by Gideon Defoe Black Beauty by Anna S ...

  digifish_books in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 31 Mar 2007 (Mar 31, 2007, 2:19am)

  I've just started Life of Pi by Yann Martel....

  digifish_books in 1001 Books to read before you die : Which of the 1001 are you currently reading? (Mar 31, 2007, 2:16am)

  Just started Yann Martel's Life of Pi today.

  MrsLee in What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came into Your Home Today? - April 2007 (Mar 30, 2007, 7:29pm)

  ... Gothic Tales The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations Portuguese Irregular Verbs Life of Pi

  lefty33 in The Green Dragon : What have you borrowed from your local (or possibly not so local) library lately? (Mar 29, 2007, 7:34am)

  I just got out The Life of Pi because of recommendations on LT. It better be good! ;)

  dchaikin in Book talk : Life of Pi (spoilers included) (Mar 28, 2007, 11:19pm)

  I read Life of Pi by Yann Martel about a year ago and I'm still twirling it about in mind, trying to figure out just what happened. I'm curious if anyone else is still thinking about this book or has anything to say. It's a bit controversial because of the religious aspects, which could be a ...

  aluvalibri in Book talk : Where Forgotten Books are Remembered (Mar 22, 2007, 3:09pm)

  I know, artisan....:-( (I am referring to the touchstone). I do not know whether or not Elogio di Franti (this time it came out as "Vita di Pi") is available in English. I will try to find out and let you know. :-))

  aluvalibri in Book talk : Where Forgotten Books are Remembered (Mar 22, 2007, 1:18pm)

  ... only would make you loathe a book! Lola, you probably know it already, but if you don't I recommend the delightful essay Elogio di Franti by Umberto Eco. Franti is one of the characters of Cuore.

  reading_fox in The Green Dragon : Happy Pi Day! (Mar 16, 2007, 6:02am)

  ... se infinite, although it may well be. Anybody got a link to any of the proofs? (no Contact doesn't count!) - is it in life of Pi which I haven't read. Is it worth reading? I'm not doubiting that it is infinite, I'm just curious as to how we know it is infinite as opposed to very very ...

  amancine in 50 Book Challenge : amancine's 50 book challenge: I will try for 100 books (Mar 15, 2007, 9:06pm)

  ... Carol Oates - Not my favorite by this author. Its hard to understand, let alone like, many of her characters. 19. Life of Pi by Yann Martel - Things were going so nicely until the author introduced a second ending. I hate that! 20. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and ...

  busy91 in 50 Book Challenge : Busy91's 50 book challenge (Mar 14, 2007, 11:27am)

  20. Life of Pi by Yann Martel Was excellent. I almost didn't read this one.

  busy91 in 50 Book Challenge : Busy91's 50 book challenge (Mar 13, 2007, 1:09pm)

  ... The title says it all. 19. Dear John by Nicholas Sparks Not a typical sappy love story. Lots of twists. 20. Life of Pi by Yann Martel Was excellent. I almost didn't read this one. 21. The millionaire next door : the surprising secrets of America's wealthy by T. Stanley & ...

  LynnB in List Five Books Parlour Game : How about jungles? (Mar 6, 2007, 11:02am)

  Life of Pi where Pi spends time on a jungle island. This was the only part of the book I didn't like. Green House with rebels in the jungles of South America. The Piano Tuner Cosmopolis -- the urban jungle! The Poisonwood Bible

  Tane in The Green Dragon : I'm thinking the Tag thing is wonky. (Fev 8, 2007, 9:38am)

  there's some very good stuff in there... not a bad "must read" list... Life of Pi is another of those books that I recommend to everyone... go read it folks, if you haven't already. Plus, it's kinda fantasy, so it'll fit in here at the Dragon, I think. *places his well thumbed hardback copy ...

  bibliofile55 in Awful Lit. : I can't believe I wasted my time on this... (Fev 1, 2007, 10:26am)

  RE: Message 2: kukkurovaca read You might give Life of Pi another chance. I think you missed the entire point of the book. It's an allegory.

  dchaikin in What Are You Reading Now? : Your Bottom Five for 2006 (Jan 29, 2007, 4:20pm)

  I cringe when I see so many of my favorites are slammed here (Kite Runner, Life of Pi, My Name is Red, The Known World) and elsewhere. But, in fact, there is a lot overlap between the worsts lists and the favorites. It comes down to personal taste. You'll need to make your own decision ...

  timspalding in Bug Collectors : Unsuggester doesn't seem to work with some books (Jan 26, 2007, 11:26am)

  Thanks. I think this is because the Unsuggester data is static*, and it uses an old workcode for Life of Pi. I'll put this on my list for when I update the unsuggestions again. *It has to be, it often involves examining 5 million books at a pop.

  offby1 in Bug Collectors : Unsuggester doesn't seem to work with some books (Jan 26, 2007, 11:14am)

  For example, Life of Pi (http://www.librarything.com/unsuggester/1932053) - this has 4801 owners, but shows me "Sorry. A book must be owned by at least 75 members to have unrecommendations." when I try to get the UnSuggestions for it. I suspect (this is my pedantic math-mind talking, of course, ...

  _Zoe_ in What Are You Reading Now? : Your Bottom Five for 2006 (Jan 24, 2007, 4:59pm)

  I didn't particularly like Life of Pi at first, but I did finish it. The ending was great, but it wasn't enough to make me love the book as a whole.

  kageeh in What Are You Reading Now? : Your Bottom Five for 2006 (Jan 24, 2007, 4:31pm)

  It's funny that all the LTers who didn't like Life of Pi didn't finish it. I had to read it for book club so I slogged my way through it. The ending was so incredible (in a wonderful way), I had to read it again. The ending absolutely makes the entire book. I am ashamed to admit that I ...

  fyrefly98 in Science! : Suggestions needed (Jan 22, 2007, 11:36am)

  ... for more psychology? Barbara Kingsolver was trained as a biologist, so her stuff tends to be science-accurate. Life of Pi? Ishmael by Daniel Quinn straddles the science/social science divide, but was one of the most important books I read in high school (for a project on ...

  sharonk21 in Readers Over Sixty : What did you read first? (Jan 10, 2007, 4:40pm)

  ... books, first mostly Reader's Digest Condensed books. At that time I started reading The Reader's Digest, Time, Life, Newsweek, Look, The Saturday Evening Post, Redbook, and The Ladies Home Journal. Occasionally I would also look through our hosts men's magazines like Argo ...

  _Zoe_ in Canadian Bookworms : who are your favourite authors (Jan 7, 2007, 12:21pm)

  I'm somewhere in between you two on Life of Pi - I found it extremely slow going first, but I thought the middle was okay and I did manage to finish it. To a certain extent, the ending made it all worthwhile. I don't think it will ever be a favourite, though.

  Nycticebus in Too Obscure : Obscurity ... (Jan 6, 2007, 11:20am)

  ... it. My own score, 2/38, will surely change when I start on my art and music books. Fogies, my most popular is Life of Pi (Moby Dick was a library book) and #100 is Iran awakening. But this is just the result of my slow progress. 10% is probably a better measure - my 10% down ...

  mdbenoit in Canadian Bookworms : who are your favourite authors (Jan 6, 2007, 6:47am)

  Hey, JC, I couldn't finish Life of Pi and I tried to read it twice. I found it too rambling. I like a novel that gives you an inkling of where we're going. As for a favorite author, I guess I don't really have one. If I like a book by a certain author, I'll probably read pretty much all of ...

  dchaikin in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 30 Dec 2006 (Jan 2, 2007, 12:22am)

  ... have..." list for several of my favorite books, including The Time Traveler's Wife, The Kite Runner, Middlesex, and Life of Pi. Other than that I don't know anything about it. (edited an odd phrasing, typos, etc.)

  _Zoe_ in What Are You Reading Now? : Your Bottom Five for 2006 (Jan 1, 2007, 9:47pm)

  ... starting with Sorcery and Cecelia (which I've never read) for next month's Read YA Lit discussion. I also thought Life of Pi started out really slowly, and the ending redeemed it to a certain extent. The ending was good enough that when I first finished it I thought it had been really ...

  sycoraxpine in What Are You Reading Now? : Your Bottom Five for 2006 (Jan 1, 2007, 2:14pm)

  xenchu and mdbenoit - I would say that Life of Pi is sort of like most of Robert Altman's movies: the last fifth is essential to make the rest of it fall into meaningful shape. Although I really enjoyed Martel's book, I admit it did feel like a bit of a slog in the middle of the voyage. I can't ...

  mdbenoit in What Are You Reading Now? : Your Bottom Five for 2006 (Dez 22, 2006, 6:33am)

  I agree with you on Life of Pi. I tried to read it both in English and French and could not finish it in either language.

  xenchu in What Are You Reading Now? : Your Bottom Five for 2006 (Dez 20, 2006, 3:27pm)

  Any book by Laurel K. Hamilton since Obsidian Butterfly. She has turned Anita Blake into a sex addict. Life of Pi did not charm me and I could not finish it. A Game of Thrones went on and on and left without me. The Historian was damned dull despite the fact that I wanted to ...

  keren7 in What Are You Reading Now? : Your Top Five for 2006 (Dez 13, 2006, 12:40pm)

  My top five Life of Pi by Yann Martel - I think this is my top favourite of all time. The ending of the story left me breathless. After contemplating the story and the ending, I realy understood the book's parallel with religion and the story and of how believing in religion is a choice - ...

  _Zoe_ in Canadian Bookworms : Your Top Canadian Read for 2006 (Dez 11, 2006, 8:24pm)

  ... by Gordon Korman. I still found it really funny. It beat out prize-winners like Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures and Life of Pi, and even Robert Sawyer's Hybrids. What was your top Canadian read this year?

  dchaikin in What Are You Reading Now? : Your Top Five for 2006 (Dez 11, 2006, 2:31pm)

  ... Jeffrey Eugenides 2002 Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 2002 The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood 2000 Life of Pi by by Yann Martel 2002 The Deer Pasture by Rick Bass 1985 Apparently I'm running about four to six years behind...

  Storeetllr in What Are You Reading Now? : Your Bottom Five for 2006 (Dez 7, 2006, 2:46pm)

  Couldn't finish Life of Pi ~ boring. *ducking all the rotten eggs being thrown at me by Pi lovers* Finished The Historian but agree it was incredibly boring in parts, and the ending was a bust. I did enjoy enough of it though to slog through to the end. Finally, I tried George R.R. Mar ...

  nicoletort in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 2 Dec 2006 (Dez 6, 2006, 3:59pm)

  ... book club. From what I understand, it's not really my type of book and it wasn't my pick (I wanted A Clockwork Orange or Life of Pi for conversation's sake). I've been told I won't like it, but I'm being openminded, and hoping to be pleasantly surprised.

  cookbookkid in Audiobooks : What are you listening to now? (Dez 4, 2006, 6:35pm)

  ... of a book. I can just take the book with me. Have been catching up on missed reading while commuting. Really suggest life of Pi. I listened to Marie Antoinette. I was not impressed with the book but liked the narrator Donna Peters. I love listening to any of the Steph Plum Books by ...

  keren7 in MyPeopleConnection Book Clubs : Book Club Classics (Nov 27, 2006, 1:25pm)

  ... the The bell Jar I love and adore those books and would call them classics Honorable mention to Franny and Zooey, The life of Pi and The joy Luck Club

  jayceebee in North Carolina LT Group : What is everyone reading now? (Nov 15, 2006, 5:45pm)

  I am currently reading Life of Pi and just finished Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick.

  cookbookkid in What Are You Reading Now? : Help!! About Audio Books (Nov 13, 2006, 12:31am)

  ... listening to a book is the only way for me to get it done. My personal favorites have been the The Alienist and Life of Pi

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

  ... Philip Pullman Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter 6) - J.K. Rowling Life of Pi - Yann Martel Animal Farm: A Fairy Story - George Orwell Catch-22 - Joseph Heller The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolk ...

  cpg in Political Conservatives : Conservative novelists (Out 19, 2006, 2:59pm)

  Thanks for all the recommendations. Regarding Life of Pi, it's perhaps my most successful venture into reading modern fiction. I've just taken an unpolished note I wrote on it for a now-dormant reading group and pasted it in as a LibraryThing review. If it weren't for the puzzling ending, I'd ...

  ggchickapee in Political Conservatives : Conservative novelists (Out 18, 2006, 8:00pm)

  ... is definitely clean. It is also entertaining, heart-warming, and all around wonderful. The second book I thought of is Life of Pi, which I enjoyed very much. It won the Booker Prize and was enormously popular with book clubs, so you may have already read it. I had thought, before I read it, ...

  freelunch in Children's Fiction : Children's Fiction Message Board (Out 9, 2006, 1:16am)

  I'm reading Eragon aloud to my family and I just started reading Life of Pi for myself.

  Megi53 in Read YA Lit : What are you reading? 9/15/06-9/30/06 (Set 20, 2006, 6:52pm)

  Oh, I adored Life of Pi (until the end). In the YA field, I have to read Wish List by Eoin Colfer for a reconsideration request -- *sigh* -- one of our students complained that it was "blasphemous".

  SheReads in Read YA Lit : What are you reading? 9/15/06-9/30/06 (Set 20, 2006, 4:29pm)

  I am dragging myself through Life of Pi, which I have heard great things about from students and staff alike, but I am having a really hard time getting through it. I am reading it for an adult book club I lead and have to have it read by Monday 9/25 and am only two-thirds of my way through it!! ...

  SheReads in Book Clubs : What are you reading this month? (Set 13, 2006, 1:16am)

  We are reading Life of Pi. I am having a terribly hard time getting into it, but people in my book club tell me it gets better and is one of those books you will love once you are finished!

  zappa in Australian LibraryThingers : What are you reading? (Set 8, 2006, 6:39pm)

  ... into this group - my first and only! (Will I be able to stay on board when I move to NZ in January (-; ?) Just finished Life of Pi. I'm one for whom it worked - profoundly. Up there with the great contemporary novels. But I confess I haven't read any good Ozlit for a while. As I said to ...

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

  Thalia -- Lohengrin defined sci-fi and fantasy, not I (or at least I didn't do it well). Life of Pi is an allegory, not a fantasy. Sorry if I misled you by saying it's fantasy -- although there can be a fine line separating the two. I really enjoyed Life of Pi. I read Old man and the Sea ...

  bettyjo in What Are You Reading Now? : Audiobooks (Ago 21, 2006, 8:35am)

  I love audio books as well because I am constantly taking and picking up my boys from one practice to another. I enjoyed Life of Pi this way and in all honesty prob would have quit reading it...and now I tell all how much I loved it. I was listening to it because my 18 year old son was reading ...

  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. ...

  Storeetllr in Awful Lit. : I can't believe I wasted my time on this... (Ago 20, 2006, 2:30am)

  ... arm at the wrist; all I could think was go ahead, cut that sucker off so there'll be something interesting to read about), Life of Pi (yawn), The Celestine Prophesy (awful!), The Traveler: A Novel (almost as awful), and A Game of Thrones (sorry, all you George R.R. Martin fans, good ...

  fyrefly98 in I heart metadata : I heart metadata Message Board (Ago 18, 2006, 9:49am)

  ... (Catch-22 is the one I'm missing.) Although, I have to admit, it was a struggle to get through all of them except Life of Pi. The Silmarillion was much easier on audiobook than it was printed (and I've done both), and I've heard the same is true for Jonathan Strange as well.

  Thalia in Awful Lit. : Awful Classics? (Ago 18, 2006, 9:43am)

  kageeh: I'm curious about your definition of fantasy and sci-fi. In another thread you called Life of Pi a fantasy which in my opinion it is not. Though I doubt it would ever happen, it is definitely realistic. If it were a fantasy then you'd also have to call The Old Man and the Sea fantasy. An ...

  kageeh in Awful Lit. : I can't believe I wasted my time on this... (Ago 18, 2006, 6:53am)

  I have a special fondness for books with twisted endings (and have tagged some that way in my LT library) and Life of Pi fit that bill. When I finished reading it, I immediately wanted to read it again knowing what I didn't know the first time. Re-reading is especially useful with allegories. O ...

  jlparisi in Awful Lit. : I can't believe I wasted my time on this... (Ago 17, 2006, 3:57pm)

  ... absolutely loved his tone, and felt it legitimized by his brilliance and insight. Though I do agree with many of you about Life of Pi. I tried and tried, but I just can't get through it.

  angstrat in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 12 Aug 2006 [8/12/06] (Ago 13, 2006, 12:51pm)

  Zoe, I too found it hard to get through Life of Pi. The ending did redeem it somewhat. Part of me wants to go back and read it again knowing the ending--I think it would definitely change my reading experience--but I just didn't enjoy it enough the first time around to give it a try. I just ...

  _Zoe_ in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 12 Aug 2006 [8/12/06] (Ago 13, 2006, 12:09pm)

  ... by Dora Levy Mossanen - I really liked her previous book, Harem, so I think it should be a good read. Last week was Life of Pi and Rebel Angels, which I was just too late to include in the last thread. I found it difficult to get into Life of Pi, but in the end I enjoyed it. Rebel Angel ...

  dchaikin in Houstonians : Houstonians Message Board (Ago 11, 2006, 2:12pm)

  ... popular fiction. It’s an example of one of the main kinds of books I’ve been reading lately… books like Middlesex, Life of Pi, the Kite Runner, Secret Life of Bees, The Time Traveler’s Wife. These are the kinds of books that sometimes show up on the Booker prize or maybe the Puli ...

  kukkurovaca in Awful Lit. : I can't believe I wasted my time on this... (Ago 10, 2006, 11:07pm)

  ... Pullman. (Not sure why the first two examples that leap to mind happen to be on the Christian nutjob censor-list.) Or Life of Pi, in which the protagonist tragically fails to be eaten by the tiger. lohengrin, I'm amused to see you own the Karen Gordon books, although I certainly ...

  BoPeep in What did YOU buy today? : What did YOU buy today? Message Board (Ago 5, 2006, 11:13am)

  ... well-read now - and these were both first editions so I couldn't resist), The Talk Of The Town by Ardal O'Hanlon, Life of Pi (can't believe I didn't have a copy before now), a new-ishTom Sharpe (The Midden), The Promise of Happiness by Justin Cartwright, My Life In Orange, ...

  jonesy in Audiobooks : Audiobooks Message Board (Ago 2, 2006, 6:46pm)

  ... the book had the title it did! And finally, before this post gets waaaayy too long, my very favorite audiobook has been Life of Pi. The narrator, Jeff Woodman, was really wonderful to listen to. I'd tried 3 times to get through the print edition, but just could not get into this book. Thank ...

  kukkurovaca in I heart metadata : I heart metadata Message Board (Ago 1, 2006, 10:56pm)

  ... Strange & Mr Norrell (80) # One Hundred Years of Solitude (71) # Catch-22 (66) # The Silmarillion (64) # Life of Pi : a novel (58) I have not read the first three, but also do not own them. I used to own a copy of the Silmarillion, but only finished part of it. I own and ...

  bittersweet in Animal Lovers : Animal Lovers Message Board (Jul 26, 2006, 12:46am)

  ... & Me are my favorites, respectively). I'd love some suggestions for fiction dealing with more exotic species. I loved Life of Pi, so I'm thinking of something along those lines.

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