Please join us in reading our pick of the month book The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan.
We will be reviewing The Valley of Amazement and our book club discussion questions for May 31st, 2016. Continue reading “The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan”
Please join us in reading our pick of the month book The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan.
We will be reviewing The Valley of Amazement and our book club discussion questions for May 31st, 2016. Continue reading “The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan”
The Little Paris Bookshop: Book Review by Arlene
I could not think of a better opening line for my review of The Little Paris Bookshop than a quote by Cicero: “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
People who love books and bookstores will appreciate the notion that certain books stay with you and you never forget them. The Little Paris Bookshop is on a floating barge called Lulu on the River Seine and beckons all book lovers to come on board. Continue reading “The Little Paris Bookshop Book Review”
We LOVE comments! Please put your thoughts on The Little Paris Bookshop Book Club Questions in the comments area below.
1.What prompted you to read The Little Paris Bookshop?
2. Did you find the premise of this book to be believable or unbelievable?
3. Did you connect with the protagonist Jean Perdue and get into his suffering? Continue reading “The Little Paris Bookshop Book Club Discussion Questions”
We recently reviewed The Goldfinch for our monthly suggested book club and I was unhappy with Donna Tartt for choosing English colloquial terms and idioms in her book when it was obvious it should not be there. Not to nit- pick, I loved The Goldfinch except where she put the idioms in.
It got me thinking about the impact of slang, idioms and colloquialisms in books and how important it is to use it properly.
Using the correct usage of an expression, language, dialect or a particular way of speaking for people can make the book and its characters realistic and believable. Continue reading “Slang, Idioms and Colloquialisms – What’s the Dealio?”
Please join us in reading our pick of the month book The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George.
We will be reviewing The Little Paris Bookshop for April 30th, 2016 along with our book club discussion questions. Continue reading “The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George”
The Goldfinch: Book Review by Arlene.
If you are an avid reader, The Goldfinch is the kind of book that you only come across a few times that leaves a lasting impression on you.
The characters in this book are so vividly portrayed it is quite possible you will never forget them.
The narration has an urgency that will prevent you from putting the book down between readings. Continue reading “The Goldfinch Book Review”
We LOVE comments! Please put your thoughts on The Goldfinch Book Club Questions in the comments area below.
1. Did you enjoy The Goldfinch and would you recommend this book to your friends?
2. The Goldfinch is 771 pages long. Did it keep you engage while reading it? Continue reading “The Goldfinch Book Club Discussion Questions”
My thoughts:
Today I was wondering; do books make you smarter?
My son’s school tweeted the benefits of reading daily and how it makes you grow as a person. I thought this would be a great topic of interest for our readers; who wouldn’t want to be smarter?
So here’s how you can be smarter and grow from reading books: Continue reading “Do Books Make You Smarter?”
Me Before You: Book Review by Dinh
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At 26, Louisa Clark thought of herself as an ordinary girl living an ordinary life which suited her to the ground until she looses her job.
Louisa worked at the Buttered Bun café until it closed down unexpectedly. Now jobless, she is desperate to find a job. Continue reading “Me Before You Book Review”
The Buried Giant: Book Review by Dinh
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What is it about?
The Buried Giant is a historical fiction involving fantasy and myth of a tale of two elderly Briton’s journey to find their long forgotten son. Set in England, post-Arthurian mythical times, the fighting between Britons and Saxons are over and they now live side by side in peace. Continue reading “The Buried Giant Book Review”