This series is great for a good dose of Chinese culture, which is nicely woven into the main story. It also seems that the main plot itself is just a framework for the culture. That was great with the first book, but started getting tedious with the second. I don’t know if I would “do”…
I determined to work through The Vampire Chronicles but got stuck with this one. Two stars for an interesting story. Too bad it takes so long to tell it, rambling on.
Loved the ending!
I’m a little more than half-way through my first reading of this book and I’m so glad I didn’t read any of the reviews or the recommendations on my book sites before I started. The reviews confuse me, and I’ll be taking a harder look at them after I’ve finished my own analysis. But what…
It’s been a long time coming, but LibraryThing has launched their app for Android. The iPhone app has been available for awhile, so it’s nice to see one for the rest of us. 🙂 I haven’t tried it out yet, but looking forward to it!
I took on this project because, well, you can never have enough of them, right?! Goodness! I still love it — I’m not giving up as I’ve been a bookworm since I learned to read. Came across this literature map of the world today and just had to share it. It is definitely “brilliant!” 🙂
I have recently had the most wonderful email conversation with Professor Grote. He’s been so informative, friendly and approachable — which I guess you have to be if you’re going to be teaching Latin these days! He even answered my first email over the weekend! That’s impressive. 🙂 He told me some of the history…
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I’d like to be able to comment on my experience with BookLikes, but I can’t “get in” and, apparently, I’m not the only one. Better be paying attention when that verification code comes in. I obviously wasn’t! 🙂 It’s not unusual for sites to “move on” — Goodreads was sold to Amazon.com, and Shelfari, as…