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But life can be disappointing at times. This was one of the worst written books I have read in a long time. Chunks of unnecessarty exposition, character motivations eplained to the nth degree, dialogue avoided like...well, like it was lepr...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Feb 08 14:41:31 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 08 14:50:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 20:04:10 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 20:04:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 08:19:32 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 08:29:56 -0800 2009 The intro was a trifle long-winded and a poor reason for getting the storyline started. Once we had the flashback to the previous 1 or 2 generations, the stor...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 11:20:17 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 11:22:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 09:15:37 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 09:21:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 17 04:17:15 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 02:44:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 22 18:00:58 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 12:14:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 08:01:34 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 08:03:27 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Sep 13 15:52:21 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 15:53:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 03:58:12 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 12:13:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 09:43:08 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 09:46:12 -0700 2009
This was not at all what I expected, but I am not sure why. The book is set on Crete in a small village which provides the gateway to an island called Spinalonga wh...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 06:18:56 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 11:05:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 08:36:27 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 09:39:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 09 01:28:54 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 01:39:27 -0800 2009 It started off really well with lots of detail and history of the leper colony but sadly it fastly deteriorated into a soap opera.
It is worth a look to learn a bit of the history of the Leper colony but there are probably...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 13:33:44 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 13:34:08 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jul 30 16:23:27 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 16:30:44 -0700 2009
I never would have believed that a book about a leper colony off the coast of Crete could be classified as light reading, but this author has managed it. Oh yes, the Nazi invasion of Greece and Crete are covered too...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 13:17:02 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 03:25:30 -0800 2009
"A Ilha" conta a história de várias gerações de uma família grega, marcada pela tragédia....more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Dec 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 18:30:52 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 13:27:35 -0800 2008 Mycobac...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=922991