SmokeDiamond is currently reading Nana.
I’m 32 years old, female, from the United States. I’ve been a DailyLit member since January 28, 2009. My reading interests include I can not be tied to only one genre..
Books
- Nana 70% complete
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Women in Love finished
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Holiday Romance finished
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Wuthering Heights finished
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A Midsummer Night's Dream finished
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Little Women finished
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Desiree's Baby finished
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A Respectable Woman finished
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Wikipedia Tour: 20 All-Time Football Greats finished
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Mansfield Park finished
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Northanger Abbey finished
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Emma finished
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Persuasion finished
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Sense and Sensibility finished
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Pride and Prejudice finished
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The Picture of Dorian Gray finished
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An Ideal Husband finished
- The Age of Innocence suspended
- A Room with a View suspended
- Evelina suspended
- The Good Soldier suspended
- The Secret Garden suspended
- Great Expectations suspended
- DailyLit Holiday Reads suspended
- A Young Girl's Diary suspended
- War and Peace suspended
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Wives and Daughters unread
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Women in Love - Intriguing, way beyond the era in which it was written.
Ok, this book was good. It was set in the early 1900's coal mining era. I loved the male characters, even their underlined love of each other. Rupert was a great lover of nature, he truly loved Ursula as she did him..Gerald was my favorite character however. He was strong, masculine, passionate....Gudrun ruined him. I think he truly loved her, but they had no understanding like Rupert had insisted on from Ursula from the very start. I was very unhappy with the ending. First with the way the story ends in itself, but also because it is as if it ends in the middle of a story. Its like your reading along and then its done. No finality, no closure on it. I was intrigued throughout this book, just very unhappy with the way he destroyed Gerald.
Holiday Romance - Eh, didnt really enjoy it.
Eh, not really what I like to read. This wasnt of the usual style I enjoy (which I have a hard time labelling what Style I actually DO enjoy) but all the same I didnt enjoy this book. Not to say it isnt a literary great...I just did not enjoy it.
Wuthering Heights - TRAGICALLY INSPIRING
While this was a tragic love story..it was a love story all the same. I loved this book. It was no more tragic than Romeo and Juliet...another alltime great! Heathcliff may not be a traditional hero...in fact he was more of an ingrate at times... but the depth of the love he had for Catherine is what made him be revered as a hero. He loved her to no end! I LOVE the ending. Hareton is, in my eyes, the major hero of this story...and little Catherine. They rise above adversity!! Just an amazing book all around. Tragic but amazing!
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Imaginate & Complex...loved it
You really have to be in tune with Shakespearean language to stay into his work and take full effect of it. This story is so complex, so twisting and in the end it is exactly as it should be. I loved reading this book and hope to read other pieces from Shakespeares collection. This I believe, may remain my favorite however. It was very imaginative and showed the true genius that was Shakespeare.
Wives and Daughters - couldnt get into it.
I like a book that piques my interests and keeps me enthralled. I just could not stay interested with this particular book. Im not saying that it would not be a great read for someone else, it just was not what I am looking to read at this time. It is well written, just not interesting to me.
A Respectable Woman - EH!
I didnt enjoy this one. There was no heat felt from the husbands friend toward or from the wife.... and the husband seems to be so attentive and loving to his wife that I felt this story completely void of feeling except on the husbands part.
Desiree's Baby - Wonderful
This short story says SOOO much with just 3 installments. It is the best short story I've ever read! I recommend that EVERYONE read this one. It has the best underlying lesson to learn. LOVE IT!!!!
Wikipedia Tour: 20 All-Time Football Greats - Not bad
A few I liked on there, but there were a few missing that should have been on there also. Jerome Bettis should definately have been included within this list.
Little Women - Good Read
I liked the overall story and reading this book was entertaining. It was humorous and delightful. I was saddened by one of the events involving Beth in the book and wished it would not have taken place...I had an inclination to wish other events to have taken place with Laurie and Jo but I feel that situation actually ended rather well. All in all, very good book.
Mansfield Park - Great!
I really liked this book. It was no Pride & Prejudice ... but none others have been either. this was still VERY well written, as is most Jane Austen novels. There was a want for a bit more substace in the ending, or a better described ending...but it was the proper ending...just in shorter version. This book is definately worth the read! I recommend it!
Northanger Abbey - not the best
Definately not up to par with what you expect from Jane Austen. It was an ok book but didnt have the strong story and perfected ending that I had expected. Just not one of her best by far.
Emma - Emma - loved it
While this was not one of my altime favorites of Jane Austen...it still does her much justice. She was an amazing writer. This story was written well and really makes you feel like you live in the times she writes of so well. I would definately read it again. Mr Knightley was a wonderful character. Most of her leading men are...but Mr Knightley I must say is definately a favorite of mine.
Persuasion - WONDERFUL!!!
I LOVED this book as well. I love Jane Austen altoghether, but this and Pride & Prejudice are my absolute favorites. My own relationship with my husband had taken somewhat the same toll as Annes and Wentworths. Seperated for a few years... coming to find out that the love was stronger than ever! I LOVED THIS! That letter from Wentworth was beyond expression. I was so deeply affected by it i read it time and time again. I will read this again. I hope to see the movie soon. I just fall in love with Jane Austens characters so easily. Ive read a few of her books and once i read them all...i will start over again... with this one.
Persuasion - Persuasion
I LOVED this book as well. I love Jane Austen altoghether, but this and Pride & Prejudice are my absolute favorites. My own relationship with my husband had taken somewhat the same toll as Annes and Wentworths. Seperated for a few years... coming to find out that the love was stronger than ever! I LOVED THIS! That letter from Wentworth was beyond expression. I was so deeply affected by it i read it time and time again. I will read this again. I hope to see the movie soon. I just fall in love with Jane Austens characters so easily. Ive read a few of her books and once i read them all...i will start over again... with this one.
Sense and Sensibility - Great
I liked this book. I feel it did pale in comparison to Pride and Prejudice however. I mistakenly read P&P first, therefore making this book a bit less enjoyable. Had I read it before P&P I feel I would have enjoyed it much more. The characters and the story are wonderful and kept my interest throughout the book. I LOVE Jane Austen, this book is truly a work of art in my opinion and absolutely worth reading....just read it BEFORE Pride and Predjudice. :)
An Ideal Husband - Good
This book was good as a short story. I liked the characters, the story line and the setting....it just left me wanting more though. It is very short, somewhat 'to the point'. Great if you are looking for a quicker read.
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Interesting Read
This book kept me interested to the end. Without giving it away I will say that the ending, in my opinion, was what I would have thought to be the best one. I loved creating the world of Dorian Gray in my mind as I read. I would recommend this book.
Reader Challenges - 6 Word Autobiography
1. Momma
2. God
3. Wife
4. Love
5. Blessed
6. Faith
Pride and Prejudice - WONDERFUL READ!
This is the best book Ive read in years. Mr Darcy and Elizabeth kept me inthralled to the end. I could feel their feelings as I read this. I LOVED IT! I wanted it to never end, for the pages to go on forever.
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