52 Books in 52 Weeks (2012) discussion

GUYS CHECK THIS PLEASE:
I'd love if you wrote RECOMENDED on the top of your reply to this thread whenever you have a book that you really liked! Thanks!


"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.

أسوة
by هاني عبد الله بادحدح

3.5/5

الكتاب يتحدث عن مواقف من حياته صلى الله عليه وسلم والجميل أن أغلبها غير مكرر و لم أسمعه من قبل. الكتاب مقسم إلى مواقف مع زوجاته، أبنائه،أقربائه، جيرانه،أحفاده.
تصميم الكتاب رااااائع جدًا!! والغريب أنه غير مذكور فيه من صممه ولا حتى دار النشر.

:)

Book #51
Dash & Lily's book of dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
5/5

Another great book by one of my favorite authors (David Levithan). I loved the back and forth.

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Room
By Emma Donoghue
3/5

The book is certainly unique and good but I felt it was stretched out.

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

ألس في بلاد الواق واق! رواية ليست للصغار
حياة الياقوت
3/5



الكتاب الثاني الذي اقرأه لـ حياة الياقوت بعد من ذا الذي قدّد البيان؟ الذي كان خاصًا بالأخطاء الإملائية الشائعة، استفدت منه الكثير!

بالنسبة لهذا الكتاب فالكاتبة أخذت فكرة ألِس في بلاد العجائب وحولتها لرواية عربية قصيرة وممتعة ذات تلميحات جميلة ومقصودة.
اللغة التي كُتِب بها الكتاب سلسة وجميلة مع توضيح لبعض المفردات الصعبة، وقد استعملت الكاتبة بعض أبيات الشعر الجميلة في بعض المناطق في القصة.
أركان القصة الأجنبية كما هي لكن الشخصيات تختلف والحوارات أيضًا، وإن كنت تظن أن هذي سرقة للرواية الأصلية فقد أردفت الكاتبة جمل قصيرة تشرح وجهة نظرها عن هذي الفكرة في المقدمة.

كتاب يستاهل من نجمتين ونص إلى 3 نجوم. ممتع لكنه لا يجذب ويُمّل منه مع أنها مجرد 112 صفحة.

ممكن اقرأ للكاتبة مرة ثانية

Passenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


This seemed more like an essay with some fiction in it, than fiction with a bit of essaying, to be honest. It's almost as if you're watching a play, except you only get to see the parts where the actors come in from the stage and get ready for their next bit, missing all the exciting action in the story and catching only the quick changes between sets. And man, do they wax poetic, going on and on about youth and changing tides and money.

Which is a shame, to be honest, as the characters mentioned are quite intriguing. They would've have been marvelous if they'd been allowed to do more than sit about and talk.

Also. Has anyone else found that the attraction Nye felt for the woman was, in the beginning, based on the resemblance to his dead sister really weird, or is it just me?