The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) in The Complete Idiots Guide to the Ultimate Reading List

Feb 27, 2019 Gaijinmama rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, fantasy, historical-fiction, bb-catch-up-challenge, winter-reading-challenge

I'll probably add more to this review later. This book is still making me lose sleep days after finishing it, and I need a bit more time to process.
For now: five stars, no question. I love books about books, and this one makes me want to hop on the next flight to Barcelona. ...more

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Mar 28, 2009 Hege rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2009, favoritter, spania

I've been told that this was such a great book, so I was a bit afraid that I would not feel the same.
But this is a really great novel! I loved reading it, and didn't want it to end...
The language is beautiful, and I wish I sould spanish, because it must be s joy to read it in the written language!
The novel has it all, love, mystery, humor, wonderful characters and more than one story within the book! I know I'll read this bok again someday! ...more

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Mar 29, 2009 Connie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audio, mystery

Loved this from the start! Deeply developed, unique characters and ever evolving/ parallel plot lines made for a wonderful story that I hated to end. Music added by the author to the audio version, which I at first thought was hokey, ultimately added nicely to the listening experience of this book.

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Oct 06, 2009 Nicole rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2009, book-club, cigurl, utbg

My work book club picked this one because it's company President's favorite. Given his background, I thought it would be a business novel, discussing best practices or something equally boring. I was surprised as I read that this book has nothing to do with business. It's about a boy who falls in love with reading at a young age and is intrigued by the life of the author who wrote the book that changed his life, literally. It's mystery, romance and adventure all rolled into one. Overall, the boo ...more

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Apr 08, 2009 Melissa Stebbins rated it really liked it

This book was a very enjoyable read. It had everything you could want in a novel. It was fascinating to see the threads between the characters drawn together as the story progressed. Wonderful twists and surprises, good writing and interesting characters makes this a definate recommendation from me.

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