Week 2015.1: All The Light We Cannot See

[Catherine]

Happy 2015! Let's read All The Light We Cannot See! Check it out here: http://amzn.to/1I4wL2h

Also, have you read The Banks of Certain Rivers by Jon Harrison? If not, it's only $2 on Kindle right now: http://amzn.to/1I4wTPb and I'm hosting a Q&A on February 1 here on Goodreads - come join the group here: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

[Beth]

I read this a few months ago and happy to join in the conversation when everyone is done with it.

[Charlene]

I have both books on order at public library; will join discussion and read with you!

[Lynne]

I LOVED this book. I read it over the summer and was insantly drawn into both narators. Can't wait to hear what people have to say about it.

[Glenda]

I read this a few months ago. I enjoyed it, but only gave it 3 stars. I was surprised it won the Goodreads historical fiction category. There were books that were much better than this one nominated, IMO.

[Marilyn]

Glenda - which books were better? I like historical fiction and am always looking for titles of books people enjoyed.

[Glenda]

I liked The Invention of Wings and Dollbaby better.

I felt like the goodreads fiction winner was weak as well. I've read more books in the fiction category than the historical fiction, but I have a lot of the nominees on my TBR.

[Marilyn]

I too liked "The Invention of Wings" and recently re-read it for a book group. I've never heard of "Dollbaby" so will have to look at that one.
Ut Oh - Three different "Dollbaby" authors - Mac Neal, Burns, White. Which one?

[Carla]

Did not finish it... hated it.

[Lynne]

Glenda wrote: "I liked The Invention of Wings and Dollbaby better.

I felt like the goodreads fiction winner was weak as well. I've read more books in the fiction category than the..."

I enjoyed both The Invention of Wings and All The Light We Cannot See - - both had their strengths and weaknesses but I certainly enjoyed the plot development and attention to detail. Sometimes with a book it's also all about when you read it!

[Carla]

I think the winners this year were kind of lame. I mean Landline won best fiction, I was so underwhelmed by it.

[Lynne]

Carla wrote: "I think the winners this year were kind of lame. I mean Landline won best fiction, I was so underwhelmed by it."

I TOTALLY agree with Landline. nothing worth writing home about.

[Glenda]

Marilyn wrote: "I too liked "The Invention of Wings" and recently re-read it for a book group. I've never heard of "Dollbaby" so will have to look at that one.
Ut Oh - Three different "Dollbaby" authors - Mac N..."

Mac Neal, but looking back at my review, I only gave it three stars as well. The Invention of Wings was a 5 star for me.

[Marilyn]

Thanks, Glenda. With so many books on my shelves and TBR list, think I'll skip "Dollbaby" since you only gave it 3*. I know...a 3* for you might be different from me, but I normally skip 3* or less. I'm a 'tough' grader and rarely give something 5* or even more than a 3* review anyway. :-(
Hmmm...interesting. I just looked back at my reading journal and I gave this 5* on Bookreads. I think I struggled between 4 and 5 and rounded up. I wish we could give half stars on this site. Not truly a 5* but that's what I gave it.

[Arlene]

Just finished this on audio and gave it 2 stars. I thought some of the writing was well done, however the story itself did not grab me. I'm glad to see some others were able to really enjoy this book.

[Gina]

I'm glad I'm not the only one to give it 2 stars because everyone else seems to love it much more than I do!

[Jennifer]

Lyrical, quote-worthy, print-it-out-and-hang-it-up-on-my-wall writing.
Here's my full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sharon]

Good book, but did not hold a candle to The Nightingale, which is set during the same time and place.

[Laurice]

I really enjoyed this book.