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  • Originally posted by scrub-jay View Post
    I loved Frankenstein.
    Me too. More than Dracula. I'm reading about a Victorian sex and murder scandal and it's kind of amazing.

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    • Originally posted by Curegirl View Post
      Me too. More than Dracula. I'm reading about a Victorian sex and murder scandal and it's kind of amazing.
      What is it?


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      • Originally posted by Curegirl View Post
        Me too. More than Dracula. I'm reading about a Victorian sex and murder scandal and it's kind of amazing.
        Which author?
        Sounds a lot like "Pamela".
        Wife to Family Medicine attending, Mom to DS1 and DS2
        Professional Relocation Specialist &
        "The Official IMSN Enabler"

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        • For those of you who like Frankenstein, Pemberley Digital (a production company that creates modern retellings of classic novels on YouTube) is teaming up with PBS to do Frankenstein, starting in a month or so. I'm super excited about it! They did a fantastic job with Pride and Prejudice and Emma, and I can't wait to see how they handle an entirely different kind of literature.

          On a different note (no pun intended), I just watched the movie Pitch Perfect and picked up the book. So far it's pretty entertaining!
          Wife of a PGY-1 podiatric surgery resident, mom to two cat babies with a human one on the way!

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          • Originally posted by Thirteen View Post
            Do you enjoy Afro-American lit, slave narrative, or Island lit? There are many fantastic authors and stories in that genre.

            If you like dark, I have some recs -- I would call them "good" dark novels, though.

            Outside the aforementioned genre:

            Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness
            Stephen King - The Stand (unabridged version)
            Herman Melville - Moby Dick
            Richard Adams - Watership Down, or Plague Dogs
            Mary Shelley - Frankenstein
            Frank McCourt - Angela's Ashes




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            mm I loved me some Conrad a few years ago. Can't remember if I finished Frankenstein or not. Definitely didn't finish Moby Dick. Should maybe give it another try.

            rain_dancer: I believe Banville's most famous work is The Sea, which was beautiful. The Untouchable and Athena (warning: this book is sordid) were also favorites. The Infinities was probably the lightest of all and also most plot driven.

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            • LadyFoot, thanks for the heads up!

              If you're down for historical stuff, it's Death at the Priory by James Ruddick. It's a true story about murder, sex, and abortion during Victorian times.

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              • Yes that was a good summer read.
                Angie
                Gyn-Onc fellowship survivor - 10 years out of the training years; reluctant suburbanite
                Mom to DS (18) and DD (15) (and many many pets)

                "Where are we going - and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

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                • I just finished the longest ride, by Nicholas Sparks
                  Dd is reading the fault in our stars. She came in crying last night over a sad part..poor kid. She's right into it though and almost finished with it.
                  ~shacked up with an ob/gyn~

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                  • Originally posted by LilySayWhat
                    I hedged on reading We Were Liars but it's entirely gripping. I've read almost the entire book in 3 days. SO GOOD.
                    Hmm...I started that via audio a couple months back but didn't even make it a third of the way through. I think it was the narration (hate when that happens). I think I'll try actually reading it because I have heard/read really good things.

                    I just finished "The Signature of All Thing" which....meh. It was okay. Mostly I found it to be kinda boring.

                    I'm about halfway through "The Girls from Corona del Mar" and just started "We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves"
                    Wife, support system, and partner-in-crime to PGY-3 (IM) and spoiler of our 11 y/o yellow lab

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                    • Finished the two mentioned above and just started "Outlander".
                      Wife, support system, and partner-in-crime to PGY-3 (IM) and spoiler of our 11 y/o yellow lab

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                      • Originally posted by WolfpackWife View Post
                        Finished the two mentioned above and just started "Outlander".
                        Bwhahaha! Welcome down the Gabaldon rabbit hole!

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                        • Sped through Margaret Atwood's Surfacing. LOVED it. I've never read anything by her and now want to read EVERYTHING! Must finish Atonement first and maybe WCI's book before I allow myself.

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                          • Originally posted by diggitydot View Post
                            Bwhahaha! Welcome down the Gabaldon rabbit hole!
                            I'm already expecting good things. I bought it during a summer sale on Audible and I really like the narrator. That's always a plus.
                            Wife, support system, and partner-in-crime to PGY-3 (IM) and spoiler of our 11 y/o yellow lab

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                            • Originally posted by diggitydot View Post
                              Bwhahaha! Welcome down the Gabaldon rabbit hole!
                              I must confess, I read Outlander and enjoyed it, but I have zero desire to read anything else in the series. I've been really soured on series, I think.
                              Alison

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                              • Originally posted by spotty_dog View Post
                                I must confess, I read Outlander and enjoyed it, but I have zero desire to read anything else in the series. I've been really soured on series, I think.
                                This. Honestly, I thought Outlander was just okay. Mostly, too long. I actually started the second book, but quit very soon into it.
                                Heidi, PA-S1 - wife to an orthopaedic surgeon, mom to Ryan, 17, and Alexia, 11.


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