Books You Read...

[Kapohocat]

Definate thumbs up to Shark Dialouges!

[Carolann R]

Oh Man, Kapohocat...it's just amazing writing! A Hawaiian Epic with such rich texture.

I can see and hear much of what she describes so well. Glad to know someone who enjoyed it.



Carrie

http://www.cafepress.com/dreamhawaii
http://www.hellophoenix.com/art

[cara4art]

I absolutely LOVED Shark Dialogues! I've read it a couple of times, once when I returned from a visit to Moloka'i awhile back, and again not too long ago, before I visited the Big Island in January. Very evocative! Another wonderful book by Kiana Davenport is Song of the Exile, a truly touching book that features a few of the same characters that are in Shark Dialogues. I think both of these books give an under-the-skin feeling of Hawaii, and if one is receptive, it really grabs you. That feeling is why we are here posting on this board, both residents and those of us from afar who want to return, one way or another! Oh, I think Kiana Davenport either has just come out with another book, or will, quite soon - read that somewhere, maybe the online Tribune.

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[Carolann R]

Aloha! She sure does have a way of allowing you to "peek" inside the real deal. I was fascinated with her characters' introspection...their opinions about haole as well as other asians and polynesians. I wanted to know WHY they came to the conclusions they did and she left no questions...it's clear.

It leaves me empathetic for the Locals. I know that any culture has it's issues. Certainly, that's no different here. And while I don't always understand or agree with their "methods" at least in my heart I understand WHY they come to the conclusions they do. Hope I'm not rambling too much, here. ("Carrie - put that soapbox away!!" LOL!





Carrie

http://www.cafepress.com/dreamhawaii
http://www.hellophoenix.com/art

[Carolann R]

Wow! That was a great book! Next I'm gonna read Island of the Sequined Love Nun...Christopher Moore. Tony is nearly done with it and says it's "entertaining." He said it's funny and silly.

I swear they ought to make Shark Dialogues into a movie, if they wouldn't screw it up in the process!

What are you reading NOW?



Carrie

http://www.cafepress.com/dreamhawaii
http://www.hellophoenix.com/art

[Howard]

More on Moore: I just finished reading "A Dirty Job". It is set in San Francisco, not Hawaii, which is disappointing. It was an entertaining diversion, with a typically (for Moore) absurd premise carried to its ultimate conclusion. He strikes me as being a cross between Douglas Adams and Stephen King, although I don't think that he is really as good as either one of them.

If I come across any more of his books at the local library, I will be likely to read them, but I won't go out of my way to look for them. (I would have greater interest in looking for his books if I knew that they were set in Hawaii, since it isn't easy to find many novels around here that are set there.)

Aloha,

Howard

[msurf]

Ever read "Sacred Path of the Peaceful Warrior?" by Dan Milman....great read set in Molokai.
Aloha,
Soon relocating to Puna from Maui on Sunday,
Mike

[Andrew]

David Copperfield & Robinson Crusoe - My two all time favorite novels.

Right now I am reading a history titled "Flyboys" by James Bradley. An historical account of the US aerial war in the Pacific 1941-1945. Great read.

Edited by - Andrew on 07/08/2006 22:08:36

[mella l]

I recently read "The Kite Runner" and enjoyed it very much. It gave me an appreciation of every day life in a small Afghanistan area and of the large community of Afghanistans who are carving out a life in Fremont, California an area I am quite familiar with. I highly recommend this book.

Last night I finished reading "The Life of Pi", the story of an East Indian boy and his survival tale of living on the sea for 277 days after his freighter was sunk while transporting his fathers zoo animals to Canada. I need to let it simmer for a while before I reach any final conclusions. I did enjoy this fiction, but am not sure I entirely understand it.

Ok tonight I'm back to James Michener's "Hawaii" where the earth spews new life into and upon the sea for eons and many many pages, totally fascinating even though it was written many years ago.

mella l

[lkrider]

Hey Mella,
I read "Life of Pi" during silent reading time with my 8th graders last year, had a great book discussion with a couple of the kids who had also read it. Later sent it to my oldest daughter in FL and we recently had a talk about what really happened to Pi.

Now I'm wrapping up "Reading Lolita in Tehran" amazing book written by a English professor leading a clandestine book group in Iran.

Book for the plane: Isabelle Allende's young adult book "City of the Beasts" maybe I can share it with my Puna 8th graders.

Linda in CO