From the Bookshelf of Reading with Style

The Bear and the Nightingale
by
Start date
June 1, 2017
Finish date
August 31, 2017

Find A Copy At

Group Discussions About This Book

No group discussions for this book yet.

What Members Thought

Chinook
I read this book in three chunks - and as withso many books, it had nothing to do with my enjoyment of the book because I was really enjoying it. But I originally was reading it for book club before Denver Comic Con and I didn’t get it finished. Then I didn’t read at all during DCC and my library copy expired and the wait list was long. Finally got back to it and read another chunk just before we got into moving mode and I put it down again. Finished off the last hour today.

I really enjoyed thi
...more
Whitney
Reminding myself never to time-travel to the Russian continent during the 1400s. I'm too fat and lazy, and everyone would call me a witch, and probably try to kill me. And if the people didn't kill me, then the weather would.

Long, dark, below-freezing winters. It was so cold, each house used room-sized ovens that the family would sleep On Top Of, so they wouldn't freeze to death while sleeping.

And also, all families were much too interested in marrying off their 14 year-old daughters and encour
...more
Tanya Patrice
Jan 12, 2020 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: audiobooks, winter
Excellent novel - fantasy, magical realism, based on Russian folklore, set in Winter - although it goes through all the seasons.
Nancy
Oct 14, 2017 marked it as maybe
Vix
Nov 15, 2017 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
d
Jan 07, 2018 marked it as to-read
Sim
Feb 08, 2018 marked it as to-read
Tobey
Oct 19, 2024 rated it liked it
Shelves: audio, tbd, 2024
Terri
Aug 19, 2024 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Debbie Hoffman
Dec 27, 2018 marked it as to-read
Shelves: library
Carey Devine
Jan 04, 2019 marked it as to-read
Lydia
Mar 25, 2019 rated it it was amazing
Morgan
May 05, 2019 marked it as to-read
Keriann
Dec 28, 2019 marked it as to-read
Deanna Zinn
Feb 17, 2020 rated it really liked it
Shelves: owned
Ian Jones
Feb 20, 2020 marked it as to-read
Steven
Mar 08, 2020 marked it as to-read
Isabell
Dec 22, 2021 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: read-2021
Cindy
Dec 23, 2022 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Kim
Dec 11, 2024 rated it really liked it
So good.