52 Books in 52 Weeks (2012) discussion

"In this thread, everyone will post their reviews/opinions of the book they have read this week AFTER you rate/review it on your page. The purpose of this is so everyone can see what you read this week and read your review without having to visit each profile. Some of you have their profiles locked, so this saves you the trouble of unlocking it.

ANY COMMENTS THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO THAT MATTER WILL BE DELETED.

The format will be like this:

Name of book.
Author.
n/5 stars.

"Your simple opinion/extended review/one word that expresses what you thought of the book. GO CRAZY! Anything counts. Don't feel pressured."

Link to your review.

Also, this allows us to be organized, so even if a member didn't log in for about a month, they can add the book they've read to the appropriate thread.

THANK YOU ALL!


EDIT:
As I've mentioned in the guidelines, one word or a simple opinion counts as a 'review'. I only called it that because Goodreads calls it that."


Now let's see your achievements, awesome people.

يوتوبيا
أحمد خالد توفيق
5/5 stars



من زمان. من زمان، عن رواية بمثل هذه القوة، يبدو أن نصيبي في الروايات السوداوية مازال يتزايد - أأجذبها بنفسي أو لسبب لا أعلمه؟ - ولكني دائمًا ما أقيّم الروايات على ماكتب لا على نوعها.

تغيرت مصر يا أحمد، وثارت العالم. ثاروا ولم يتحملوا، نظرة الكاتب للحالة التي ينعدم فيها وجود الطبقة المتوسطة وفحش الغناء وازدياد الفقراء موجودة، ويبدو أن المستقبل مليءٌ بها. لا أقول أن ماذُكِر سيحصل، ولكن سيكون المستقبل - إذا لم يتحسن الحال - قريبٌ منه جدًّا.

الرواية تستاهل القراءة! للأسف لم أجد الكتاب في أغلب المكتبات في المملكة العربية السعودية وهذا الشيء يزعلني، وقرأت النسخة الإلكترونية والتي للأسف ذات جودة سيئة، ومع ذلك مازال الكتاب من أفضل ماقرأت!

شكرًا أحمد خالد توفيق :D

STRONGLY RECOMMENDED

The Buddha in The Attic
By: Julie Otsuka
5/5
I loved this book so much, it talks about the early Japanese immigrant to the USA in the early 1900s and their suffer in the World War II .. the book is just a page turner :')

أسرار الحج والعمرة
طارق السويدان

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الكتاب ساعدني فقط من حيث توضيح خطوات الحج ومعرفة الأحكام من حيث ما هو واجب أو سنة أو ركن. كانت لدي توقعات مختلفة من عنوان الكتاب

Emerald Star by Jacqueline Wilson

My rating: 1 of 5 stars


I hated Hetty Feather here. I really did. In the past two books in this series, she came off as a fiesty imaginative character who tried to be likable. But here, it shows what an ugly selfish character she is, and how inconsiderate of other people she acts.

She makes this big grand story in her head, and when it doesn't go exacty the way she wanted, she makes another big grand story and follows that one. Plus, she was boastful, annoyingly so.

End of rant, I'm disappointed. I'd hoped the third addition would be better, but obviously it wasn't. Also, I think Jacqueline Wilson is gearing up for a fourth book here.