Here are my thoughts on the first half of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. I’m reading this for a book club discussion, hosted at Rory’s Book Club (RBC) (click here to see the discussion threads). I’ve found this book to be very interesting so far. I haven’t really spent a lot of time in [...]
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Parts I & II discussion for RBC (SPOILERS)
Posted by Kristie on August 17, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/08/17/balzac-and-the-little-chinese-seamstress-parts-i-ii-discussion-for-rbc-spoilers/
reading update
I started reading Push by Sapphire (aka Precious) today. Well, actually I’m listening to it on audiobook. And I’m very glad I’m reading it this way. Bahni Turpin is the narrator, and I think it is the way she reads that makes the story so interesting. I’m assuming the book is written in dialect. And, sure I [...]
Posted by Kristie on May 9, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/05/09/reading-update/
Tenant of Wildfell Hall Ch. 29-40 (RBC discussion, SPOILERS)
This third section is, I think, my favorite of the whole book so far. It’s just really interesting because there is a lot going on and we finally get some answers to some questions. To begin with, we finally figure out what exactly it is that Mr. Huntingdon did to tick off Helen: he had [...]
Posted by Kristie on January 31, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/01/31/tenant-of-wildfell-hall-ch-29-40-rbc-discussion-spoilers/
thoughts on Tenant of Wildfell Hall: Ch. 15-28 (RBC discussion, SPOILERS)
(Here is a link to my post about the first 14 chapters of Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte.) This second section of the book is sooo interesting!! It’s during this section that we finally learn about Helen’s past. For the first 14-ish chapters we’re left completely wondering what happened in her past that [...]
Posted by Kristie on January 25, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/thoughts-on-tenant-of-wildfell-hall-ch-15-28-rbc-discussion-spoilers/
Tenant of Wildfell Hall Ch.1-14 thoughts (RBC Discussion, SPOILERS)
NOTE: If you’d like to read and/or discuss (if you have already read) The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte, there is a discussion thread for it at the Rory’s Book Club website. If you click here, it will take you there. It’s never too late to join in I really enjoyed this beginning. [...]
Posted by Kristie on January 21, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/01/21/tenant-of-wildfell-hall-ch-1-14-thoughts-rbc-discussion-spoilers/
thoughts on View from Castle Rock, Part I
For Rory’s Book Club, we are currently reading/discussing The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro. Today, August 22nd, we begin discussing “Part I: No Advantages”. As with our last book for discussion (We Have Always Lived in the Castle), I will post the same thing on here as on the RBC discussion thread. So [...]
Posted by Kristie on August 22, 2010
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2010/08/22/thoughts-on-view-from-castle-rock-part-i/
enjoying The Secret River
As I’m working my way through The Secret River, I’m realizing that I just love the story. I’m probably 1/3 of the way through, and can hardly put it down. To paraphrase the book jacket, the story follows William Thornhill. He came from a poor family in London and was apprenticed for a long time, [...]
Posted by Kristie on July 11, 2010
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2010/07/11/enjoying-the-secret-river/
Home-from-Vacation Update
I am officially home from vacation I did a lot of reading while I was away, because it was a little cooler than normal summers. However, as much reading as I did, I only finished 1 book completely and read about half of another, which I just finished today. One thing that I realized when [...]
Posted by Kristie on July 6, 2010
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2010/07/06/home-from-vacation-update/
We Have Always Lived in the Castle RBC Post #3 (Ch. 7-10) SPOILERS
This is my last RBC discussion board post for the book We Have Always Lived in the Castle. I will include a more in-depth review of it, with no spoilers, after this post. As before, this is my initial post, not including other discussants posts and my responses to them or their responses to me. [...]
Posted by Kristie on May 20, 2010
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2010/05/20/we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle-rbc-post-3-ch-7-10-spoilers/
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