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.

The Fault in Our Stars
John Green
5/5 stars



Once I started this year's challenge, a friend asked: "What's in it for you? And what would the perfect book for you?" I said "Challenging my self. About the second question, it's a book that makes you weep, laugh and think."

This is one of those I loved this year.

Such a perfect story, perfect writing and genius characters.

I listened to half of it, then read the rest and never regretted the choice. Loved it to the bone. Definitely reading Looking for Alaska.

Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet
By: Arthur Conan Doyle
4/5
so much more interesting details than the movie and the show.
but i got to admit the book made a bit confused jumping from one story to another it all clears at the end but still..

Book: The Alchemist
Author: Paulo Coelho
Genre: Fiction, Drama, Classic
Finished Date: 17.Dec.2012
Rating: ★★★★★
Review: here

≈ I am blown away by how much thought has gone into writing such story with such depth of meaning and clever way of putting dialogues and drawing characters. There's so much wisdom embedded that you feel ignites the sleeping giant in you to go and pursue your Personal Legend like Santiago did. It is so inspiring. So many of my beliefs I found were reflected in this story. And in it too, I was looking for something I thought I lost. But it actually gave me hope that "it's never too late to be what you might have been" like George Elliot once said. ≈

Book: دار المسجد
Author: Kader Abdolah
Genre: Fiction, Drama
Finished Date: 18.Dec.2012
Rating: ★★★
Review: here

≈ الكتاب فعلاً جميل، أعجبني من ناحية الأسلوب السلس في الترجمة، كانت الأحداث مشوقة رغم أنني وجدت صعوبة في الانسجام مع الشخصيات ربما لأنني أجهل الكثير عن تاريخ طهران، فربما تفقد الرواية رمزيتها بالنسبة لي. في النهاية، الكتاب شيق جداً.. أعجبتني شخصية أغاجان الأكثر من بين الشخصيات. ≈

#52:
Book: يوتوبيا
Author: أحمد خالد توفيق
Genre: رواية
Finished Date: 21.Dec.2012
Rating: ★
Review: here

≈ عذراً لمن أعجبوا بهذا الكتاب، فهو لم يرق لي أبداً .. وجدته مليء بالسلبية لدرجة كئيبة، وشخصيات القصة غير مفهومة ≈

And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I read somewhere that this is Dr. Seuss's first story ever (one of the reviews, I think), and for some reason it makes this book extra-special.

I liked it. Maybe not as jangly as his either rhymes are, but I thought it suited the story just fine. And marco reminds me of, well, me when I was a kid. (Me? Tell giant whopping lies to make my soccer match sound awesomer? Never.)

Recommended.

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
by Gregory Maguire

1/5

It's a re-telling of Cinderella. I didn't like it. It's so dark and it'd be better to read it while not knowing it's related to cinderella whatsoever.