false 6013847 7 6189092 book 6 8 2009 The Bride's Farewell total:79|5:13|4:27|3:28|2:11|1:0| 79 279 243 33 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 08:44:20 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 08:46:07 -0700 2009 Meg Rosoff novel I literally never know what to expect. In a good way. She never tells the same story twice. She does generally center her stories around a character who feels ambivalent, anxious, or sometimes downright disenchanted with his or her world. She explores theme...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 17:10:46 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 17:11:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 14:56:13 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 14:56:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 03 20:09:14 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 20:00:04 -0800 2009 How I Live Now I've planned on picking up another of her books. The desperate, traumatic, and epic-feeling story and the well-drawn characters sparked my interest initially; but it was the lovely, sparse writing which totally engulfed me ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 07:46:59 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 18:57:10 -0700 2009 How I Live Now. It turned out to be one of my very favorites of any I read while in grad school. I found out she had a new book coming out and checked it out a couple days ago. It doesn't quite live up to the surreal, traumatic, and desperate lan...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 13:04:01 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 13:19:15 -0700 2009
Pell is a strong, independent heroine who knows her own mind. She knows what she wants and how to get it, which is what I like about her. But Pell also has a...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 17:18:36 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 06:27:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 17:51:03 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 20:41:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 12:12:20 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 07 08:25:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 17:40:12 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 21:35:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Feb 24 10:34:58 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 10:41:16 -0800 2009
But the Bride's Farewell, though well-written, was emotionally a grind ... it was just so very grim. Probably true to 19th-century rural Engl...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 28 11:55:10 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 11:55:10 -0700 2009 The Bride's Farewell was an unexpected pleasure that slowly unfurl...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 11:13:10 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 09:06:10 -0700 2009 Finished. This is quite the story of suffering and making due. The heroine is a real trooper. Nothing seems to go as ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 16:03:20 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 05:36:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 05:40:53 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 05:45:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 12:14:35 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 11:24:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 10:55:42 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 16:01:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 21:09:31 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 21:11:27 -0700 2009
I enjoyed the story even though the circumstances of the mid-1800's were pretty grim for poor girls who didn't want to marry. The ending left me wondering a little but overall it was entertaining to listen to the tale.]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 03 05:10:47 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 05:25:53 -0800 2009
I was a little disappointed with the ending (not enough romance), although I'm glad it was a happy one.]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 19:14:25 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 19:16:19 -0700 2009