Anna's Profile
My rating:
My rating:
Anna's Recent Updates
"
Dejima, 1799. The Napoleonic Wars are raging in Europe, changing political loyalties seemingly overnight. The venerable VOC is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. Dutch East Indies is about to fall into British hands. Japan has been isolated from t...
"
Read more of this review » |
|
|
"
David Mitchell's forte is the creation of full-formed worlds with numerous living, breathing characters, all written in beautiful, engaging prose.
I didn't think the subject matter of this novel would interest me at all (a trading post? ... " Read more of this review » |
|
|
Anna
gave
 to:
|
My rating:
|
|
Anna
marked as to-read:
|
My rating:
|
|
"
The author is a screenplay-writer, which makes the scenes about Alan, the writer of screenplays, especially delightful. I read those parts to my husband, who chortled (yes, it was odd), albeit with mixed feelings. Some years ago he went through almos...
"
Read more of this review » |
|
|
"
I picked this book up rather at random, and was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. I feel like I've read a few books about the mundane relationships of suburban life (not that the books have been mundane; just the relationships), but this is the fir...
"
Read more of this review » |
|
|
Anna
gave
 to:
|
My rating:
|
| I'm not a huge fan of Kingsolver, but read this for a book club. When I was 16 or 17 I read Animal Dreams and Bean Trees, and loved those. But in the last few novels, I've felt she gets very preachy. In this novel, I got into the beginning a lot more...more | |
|
Anna
is currently reading:
|
My rating:
|
|
Anna
gave
 to:
|
My rating:
|
|
Anna
gave
 to:
|
My rating:
|
| Kind of a gratuitous fantasy book for middle-aged women, but heck, whatever. It was really interesting, in general, but not a great book overall. I still like these- experimental book ideas. Kind of a combination of Four Non-Blondes & Nanny Diaries, ...more | |
434 books
|
129 friends
282 books
|
85 friends
638 books
|
134 friends
324 books
|
51 friends
314 books
|
2,938 friends
709 books
|
16 friends
233 books
|
47 friends
769 books
|
132 friends
More friends…
Quizzes and Trivia
questions answered:
28 (0.0%)
correct:
22 (78.6%)
skipped:
0 (0.0%)
168544 out of 872557
streak:
0
best streak:
8
questions added:
0
polls voted on by this member
