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This is a book about books. All sorts of books, from Little Women and Harry Potter to Jodi Picoult and Jane Austen, from to Stieg Larsson to Joyce Carol Oates to Proust. It’s about the joy and pleasure of books, about learning from and escaping into them, and possibly even hiding behind them....
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This is a book about books. All sorts of books, from Little Women and Harry Potter to Jodi Picoult and Jane Austen, from to Stieg Larsson to Joyce Carol Oates to Proust. It’s about the joy and pleasure of books, about learning from and escaping into them, and possibly even hiding behind them. It’s about whether or not books are better than real life.It’s also a book about
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Format: Kindle Edition
ASIN: B0108GOL9Q
Publisher: Vintage Digital
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
You know what? This is a tough one. Apparently not everyone likes to read about reading, imagine that! I heard this book compared to many things, but I think Northern Exposure is pretty apt, because that, like Broken Wheel, Iowa, was a town filled with an odd lot of characters not especially known f...
They began corresponding as pen pals. Their writing turned rather quickly to discussing books and sharing books through the mail. Sara Lindqvist, working in a bookstore in Sweden, lost her job. Amy Harris invited her to come to Broken Wheel, Iowa. They’d pick her up from the airport. When the t...
What a delightful book! Sara comes from Sweden to visit Amy who has died before Sara arrived in Broken Wheel. The community decides to show the tourist a good time while she is there. Sara becomes an integral part of the community. I loved this book! Wonderful characters. A wonderful story. I lau...
I have a lot of thoughts about this book, all swirling around in my head avoiding cohesiveness. This is not a gripping or exciting book and it isn't a faced-paced one either. This is a slow moving book and I suspect it's appeal is going to be limited to those readers who have more than a little...
I did not finish this book and only read 25 percent of this book before I pulled the plug. This book was boring. I seriously got to 25 percent and decided that I was not going to waste one more second reading about this absurd town and plain as vanilla main character.I got excited about the synopsis...
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