Title: Balzac and the Little Chinese SeamstressAuthor: Dai SijieGenre: historical fiction (semi-autobiographical)ISBN: 9780375413094Length: 197 pagesPublished: 2000 (in French, 2002 English)Source: personal collectionRating: 3/5Resolutions/Challenges: none Reason for Reading: It was in my personal collection and my online book club (Rory’s Book Club) was reading it. Summary (from book jacket): At the height of Mao’s infamous Cultural Revolution, two boys are [...]
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Balzac and the little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie (thoughts on Part III & review)
Posted by Kristie on August 18, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/balzac-and-the-little-chinese-seamstress-by-dai-sijie-thoughts-on-part-iii-review/
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Parts I & II discussion for RBC (SPOILERS)
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 [...]
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/
Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte–Final Thoughts
Title: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Author: Anne Bronte Genre: fiction (classic) ISBN: 9780760783276 Length: 456 pages Year Published: 1848 Source: personal collection Rating: 4/5 Challenges/Resolutions: Victorian Lit Challenge; Personal Collection Resolution; Years of Books Goal Reason for Reading: First, and foremost, I read this to discuss on the Rory’s Book Club discussion forum, located here. [...]
Posted by Kristie on February 4, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/tenant-of-wildfell-hall-by-anne-bronte-final-thoughts/
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/
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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