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Fatimah Abdullah

Fatimah Abdullah

  • Qatif, Saudi Arabia
  • member since December 31 2007

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  • One Hundred Years of Solitude
    • Rated 2 stars

    I've tried more than one time to read "One Hundred Years of Solitude", Eventually I lost the will to read, and just turned the pages mechanically, running my eyes down each page. I failed to advance more than a few dozen pages. It combines elements of history, magical realism and pure fiction. Many of my friends have fallen in love with it, but I haven't. Personally, I couldn't get into this book at all but you might like it, depending on your reading preferences.

    Fatimah Abdullah wrote this review Friday, February 29 2008. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink )
  • Gone with the Wind
    • Rated 0 stars

    I read "Gone with the wind" a long time ago. It is a novel of human emotions against the background of the Civil War and its aftermath. If you enjoy anything relating to history or romance, you will love Gone With The Wind, from start to finish. The movie that was based on the book, it was really wonderful!

    Fatimah Abdullah wrote this review Friday, February 29 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • Love in the Time of Cholera
    • Rated 0 stars

    As they wrote about it: Marquez beautifully and unflinchingly explores the nature of love in all its guises; small and large, passionate and serene. Love can emerge like a disease in these characters, but it can also outlast bleak decades of war and cholera, and the effects of time itself. With a little of patience, everything will be good.

    Fatimah Abdullah wrote this review Friday, February 29 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • This Craft of Verse (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)
    • Rated 4 stars

    While I didn't read the book, I did listen to the audio version of it. Audiobooks are really helpful because they give us an opportunity to hear and get familiar with a particular book even if we didn't manage to get it from the library. Apart from that, this kind of familiarization is quite convenient because it was clearly a treat to hear Borges' own voice.

    Fatimah Abdullah wrote this review Friday, February 22 2008. ( reply | permalink )

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