nehasbookcorner’s Comments (group member since Sep 27, 2014)

nehasbookcorner’s comments from the All About Books group.

Erica wrote: "I'm like to nominate The Wedding People by Alison Espach"

I second this.

I recommend One Dark Window

I recommend Case Histories

I nominate The Frozen River

I nominate Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

I nominate The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

I nominate Magpie Murders

I nominate Crime and Punishment

LauraT wrote: "What about this The Dictionary of Lost Words?"

It is in my list for a long time. I second this one.

I nominate The Four Winds

I nominate Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

PS: isn't the nomination for December 2021 and January 2022? I genuinely got confused for a couple of seconds whether I'm in the wrong post. :) and I do not want to relive the horrors of 2020 and 2021 ;)

I nominate Far From the Madding Crowd

I nominate

I second Invisible women

Nominating The Word Is Murder

I nominate Bird Box

Done with it. I personally loved the book. Especially the discussion between the Savage and the controller regarding science and God was interesting. The concept of such an experimental world intrigued me.
Happiness and contentment were the goals of civilization. But the way they try to achieve it (hypnopaedic conditioning and soma) was disturbing to say the least.
PS: I would jump at the opportunity today to move to Iceland.

5/5
It evoked a whole range of emotions in me, from hating to loving to sympathising with Tomas and Tereza.
I've been to Prague before but now I wish I could visit the city once more and maybe this time my experience would be completely different.
As the book quotes, Einmal ist keinmal.

I nominate Brave New World

Greg wrote: "Neha wrote: "I nominate To Kill a Mockingbird"

Great book Neha!, but unfortunately the group already read this as a classics selection a year or two ago; so it can't go through as a no..."

Oh! Sorry!
Sure I'll pick another