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As part of my Read Harder challenge I was to select a book about books and the lucky winner was The Uncommon Reader and I can say it was an uncommon book!
one day queen comes across a traveling library which come to Buckingham Palace on a regular basis. Other than her there is only one person there, a kitchen boy named Norman. She chooses a book and starts reading. The week after the library is there again, Norman too. She get another book and eventually become a reader with the help of Norman hi ...more
one day queen comes across a traveling library which come to Buckingham Palace on a regular basis. Other than her there is only one person there, a kitchen boy named Norman. She chooses a book and starts reading. The week after the library is there again, Norman too. She get another book and eventually become a reader with the help of Norman hi ...more
*** An amusing novella about what happens when the Queen of England discovers the pleasure of reading. It starts innocently with an inadvertent visit to the mobile library parked outside. At first the Queen borrows a book to be polite, but she soon discovers a voracious appetite for all kinds of books. And the more she reads, the more she finds her own perceptions changing, much to the detriment of many government officials she deals with. This would make a great gift for the reader in your lif
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This book is such a lovely example of why I participate in book challenges. How would I have ever discovered this book if not for hanging out in Book Riot's Read Harder discussion for books written by an author over the age of 65? (Also the topic for one of the squares in my book bingo at work.)
I chose this book as the first book for the read-a-thon that Jefferson and I participated in, and it was fantastic for that purpose. At 120 pages, it was a good way to feel accomplished early in the day, ...more
I chose this book as the first book for the read-a-thon that Jefferson and I participated in, and it was fantastic for that purpose. At 120 pages, it was a good way to feel accomplished early in the day, ...more
A marvelous novella about what happens when the Queen of England starts spending more and more of her time reading books. Anyone who loves the craft of reading would enjoy this book. A great read. [I would have given the book five stars but was really bothered by a particularly crude turn of phrase that just didn't fit the character or the book.:]
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This book has a bookmobile library and the King of England singing a song from "Oklahoma!" in the first few pages, and it all goes uphill from there. A delightful little story about what would have happened if the Queen had taken up reading, with a fantastic ending. Loved it.
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I loved this so much. Read it in an afternoon.
I don't really like Alan Bennett but this was a quick, charming homage to the pleasures and wonders of reading. I wouldn't have wanted it to be any longer, though.
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Mar 31, 2008
Marissa
marked it as to-read
Apr 30, 2009
Kai
marked it as to-read
Sep 05, 2015
Erin
marked it as to-read
Jun 28, 2017
anne
marked it as to-read
Apr 24, 2020
superawesomekt
marked it as dnf
Jan 18, 2022
Anne
marked it as to-read
Dec 28, 2023
Betsy
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