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Third read:
I do love Dickens but I think the timing was off for me with this reread. I won’t downgrade it bc it was my mood and possibly the Tim Curry audio narration from Audible that seemed to emphasize the darkness. I was looking for more light. Listened with my husband at dinner time for a couple of weeks. Probably at best a three star read this time around.
Second read:
I just love Dickens, and although the first half dragged a little, the pacing really picked up in the second half and I rea ...more
I do love Dickens but I think the timing was off for me with this reread. I won’t downgrade it bc it was my mood and possibly the Tim Curry audio narration from Audible that seemed to emphasize the darkness. I was looking for more light. Listened with my husband at dinner time for a couple of weeks. Probably at best a three star read this time around.
Second read:
I just love Dickens, and although the first half dragged a little, the pacing really picked up in the second half and I rea ...more
I just finished reading "The Man Who Invented Christmas" by Les Standiford.
And luckily for me, since this book was mostly about the history of how "A Christmas Carol" was written, "A Christmas Carol" was included in the book.
It is a short story and yet very powerful. Humanity could learn a lesson from reading about the ghosts of the past, present and future. I've seen the play almost every year and the book follows the play almost exactly. Yet there is something about reading each word and expe ...more
And luckily for me, since this book was mostly about the history of how "A Christmas Carol" was written, "A Christmas Carol" was included in the book.
It is a short story and yet very powerful. Humanity could learn a lesson from reading about the ghosts of the past, present and future. I've seen the play almost every year and the book follows the play almost exactly. Yet there is something about reading each word and expe ...more
Apr 26, 2009
Nanosynergy
marked it as to-read
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Jimmie
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Oct 21, 2014
Visvanathan Sambasivam
marked it as to-read
