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The Names by Florence Knapp - Sep 25 Adult / Non-Fiction BOM (starts 16 Sep)
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The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese - Sep 25 Theme BOM - South and South East Asia (Starts 5 September)
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This is such an amazing book. I loved it!
The first and second halves are like two different volumes with each dependent upon the other and I found each of them equally interesting in the reading.
"Doesn't the telling of something always become a story?"
Oh yes indeed. (Amy you touched on this very concept with a Margaret Atwood quote from your recent reading of "The Blind Assassin").
To my husband who said the story dragged in spots, I said, "This is a brilliantly written book about a boy being los ...more
The first and second halves are like two different volumes with each dependent upon the other and I found each of them equally interesting in the reading.
"Doesn't the telling of something always become a story?"
Oh yes indeed. (Amy you touched on this very concept with a Margaret Atwood quote from your recent reading of "The Blind Assassin").
To my husband who said the story dragged in spots, I said, "This is a brilliantly written book about a boy being los ...more
Nov 11, 2012
Logan
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it was amazing
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I resisted this book for a long time, for three very good reasons: 1) it’s literary fiction; 2) it won the Man Booker Prize, and I’m historically 50/50 on liking Man Booker nominee and winning books; and 3) everyone talked about how amazing it was, and that kind of lavish praise makes me wary.
It wasn’t until my sister said she wanted to see the movie and I read a bunch of reviews that said the book was one that needed to be discussed that we decided we should read it. She may live 500 miles away ...more
It wasn’t until my sister said she wanted to see the movie and I read a bunch of reviews that said the book was one that needed to be discussed that we decided we should read it. She may live 500 miles away ...more
I think that I am the only person in America--perhaps the world--who hated this book. I didn't care about the situation, I didn't care about the boy, I didn't care about the tiger. But maybe I'm on a rant.
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Feb 28, 2009
Ketutar Jensen
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did not like it
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HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE BOOK!
I liked the beginning and the end, but the middle... all the boring, never-ending miserable chapters in the middle... *sigh*
I liked the beginning and the end, but the middle... all the boring, never-ending miserable chapters in the middle... *sigh*
enjoyed the first half more than the last half from what i can remember.
Jun 22, 2008
Amy
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it was amazing
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Aug 24, 2011
Jen Ifer's Inklings
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really liked it
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