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I have finished my book for this challenge and it was good once I got into it
Mercy by Jussi Adler-Olsen
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My book for the May challenge was Young Adult Heaven
by Christoph Marzi and the book's cover probably had something to do with my choice originally. I liked the modern fairytale aspect of the story, enjoyed the London setting and found the characters interesting enough to have wanted to know more about them. 3 STARS
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by Christoph Marzi and the book's cover probably had something to do with my choice originally. I liked the modern..."It sounds intriguing Kim...the cover is gorgeous!
i'm about ready to put up the review of my first read in this challenge. Then do I say here that I've read it, or does it go somewhere else? And how do I get those stars I see everyone put next to the title?
Marianne wrote: "i'm about ready to put up the review of my first read in this challenge. Then do I say here that I've read it, or does it go somewhere else? And how do I get those stars I see everyone put next to ..."Marianne, put it up and comment here saying that you read it & attach a review if you wish (it doesn't go anywhere else)
Re the stars: you can find the tips here on how to put the stars next to the title of the book
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
Mish wrote: "Marianne wrote: "i'm about ready to put up the review of my first read in this challenge. Then do I say here that I've read it, or does it go somewhere else? And how do I get those stars I see ever..."thanks Mish, will do
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New Finnish Grammar by Diego Marani 4★my review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
didn't like this as much as this author's other translated book The Last of the Vostyachs but still a good read.
Now on to The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition ....eventually
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Finished my challenge book Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola, on the whole enjoyed it, though it did drag a bit about 2/3 way through.
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Brenda wrote: "Good on you Trevor!"Thanks Brenda
I have finished this challenge I have read
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Brenda wrote: "I have just started reading One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn for this challenge."I'm glad you picked something Russian
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I'm glad you picked something Russian"
Why Michael?
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Review to follow
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Review to follow"
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Brenda wrote: "Brenda wrote: "I have finished my book for this challenge One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Review to follow"
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/......"
Thanks - now this one just went into my top-among-to-reads shelf. I loved Beloved Friend: The Story of Tchaikowsky and Nadejda Von Meck by Catherine Drinker Bowen.
It is a reconstruction of the life of the Russian legendary musician Peter Ilyich Tchaikowsky and his patron and confidante Nadejda von Meck from their letters to each other and Tchaikowsky's letters to his brothers. These letters were willed by Madame von Meck to her favorite grandson Vladimir and his wife Barbara von Meck associated with Catherine Drinker Bowen to publish this. It is a very moving tragedy and invariably reminds me of Dostoevsky.
I'd love to put up more spoilers in order to seduce someone to read it, but it will take away some joy from reading the book if you already anticipate the nature of the tragedy. In case you want a little bit of spoilers, would you mind looking at my review?
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1... - see post no. 51
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Glad you liked them - I'm always wondering if I write well enough.
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You don't need to worry about that Lit Bug!!
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What was your rating Michael?
Finished The Rose of Fire
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón and I'm SO sad to say it was NOT worth reading. This is one of my ALL TIME favorite series, yet this was simply a mockery of the series. Very disappointing!!Brenda I'm sorry I'm not tech savvy enough to figure out how to send it to you, but do not for a minute feel like you're missing out. It's not even worth the time I took to read it :(
Definitely not worthy of the trilogies name!
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by Carlos Ruiz Zafón and I'm SO sad to say it was NOT worth reading. This is one of my ALL TIME favorite series, yet this was simply..."Thanks Christy, but after you saying that, I won't bother. I have lots of others to read:) Thanks anyway:)
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by Carlos Ruiz Zafón and I'm SO sad to say it was NOT worth reading. This is one of my ALL TIME favorite series, yet this was simply..."I'm in a similar situation. I chose The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami because I enjoyed 1Q84 so very much. Sadly this book is nowhere near as good and I am just rushing through trying to finish it now! Sad.
Phrynne wrote: "Christy wrote: "Finished The Rose of Fire by Carlos Ruiz Zafón and I'm SO sad to say it was NOT worth reading. This is one of my ALL TIME favorite series, yet..."It took me A LONG time to finally realize that it's just ok to not finish a book. Like Brenda said, there are too many good ones out there to waste time on something you don't like. I was lucky, mine was only a short story and I still feel ripped off!
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by Carlos Ruiz Zafón and I'm SO sad to say it was NOT worth reading. This is one of my ALL TIME favo..."Oh I can leave a book unfinished when I want to! I'm the person who has started A Game of Thrones TWICE and thrown it against the wall twice as well!(How is it I hate it so much when it is in one of my favourite genres and everyone else in the world loves it?) However The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is a challenge and it is not so bad. Just not that good:)
I have finished my foreign book, I chose
, it was pretty good although a little confusing at times but I blamed translation for that, I will continue with this series because I did like Harry Hole.
Phrynne wrote: "Christy wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Christy wrote: "Finished The Rose of Fire by Carlos Ruiz Zafón and I'm SO sad to say it was NOT worth reading. This is one of ..."Well I hope it goes easier for you! Good luck!
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by Carlos Ruiz Zafón and I'm SO sad to say it was NOT worth reading...."Well I finished it. I would not recommend it to anyone else though.
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Well done Ben!
Finished my choice for this challenge. The Bat
. I enjoyed it and gave it 3 stars. I do think his books have improved though or maybe it's the translation that's to blame.On this point I do agree with Jackmeister.
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. I enjoyed it and gave it 3 stars. I do think his books have improved though or maybe it's the translation that's to blame..."Well done Elaine...I had heard it wasn't that good.
Sadly I've only just this afternoon finished my translated book for this challenge, The Elegance of the Hedgehog. I let myself get a bit bogged down in all the philosophy in the first half. But, having seen the movie a while back, I knew there was a plot in there somewhere so I persevered and have flown through the second half. Glad I did.
Andrea wrote: "Sadly I've only just this afternoon finished my translated book for this challenge, The Elegance of the Hedgehog. I let myself get a bit bogged down in all the philosophy in the first half. But, ha..."Andrea, I read that book and I must say I felt a bit like you wih the first bit of it. I kept thinking I'm not intellectual enough for this book!!! Then I kept reading and thoroughly enjoyed it and the movie I felt was very true to the book. I'm glad you enjoyed it too.
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Books mentioned in this topic
The Elegance of the Hedgehog (other topics)The Bat (other topics)
The Bat (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Charles Baudelaire (other topics)Félix J. Palma (other topics)
Haruki Murakami (other topics)
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Chose to read Thérèse Raquin, and am loving it