laughingdiscreetlytomyself

• Rated 5 stars

“one of my favorite books as a kid”

laughingdiscreetlytomyself wrote this review Tuesday, January 5, 2010. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 5 stars

“The second book in Conrad Richter's series about Ohio pioneers was just as rich and colorful as the first. I became so caught up in the tale that I found myself reading passages to my friends at work. In return they looked at me very strangely. "What? Is there something on my face?" It's true that the hillbilly language does sound strange at first. However, after I became used to it, I found it to be almost poetic. I'm sure others will read it and disagree. None the less, I found this book to be bursting with details about everyday life in a pioneer's life complete in all aspects, especially diction.”

laughingdiscreetlytomyself wrote this review Wednesday, September 2, 2009. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 4 stars

“No, I am not a lesbian, however I loved this book!”

laughingdiscreetlytomyself wrote this review Wednesday, September 2, 2009. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 2 stars

“Very disturbing. Excellent pictures. After reading it I was often scared to be alone. I give it only two stars because the title suggests the author has new information that solves the case. Instead, the ending is very inconclusive. I was very disappointed. ”

laughingdiscreetlytomyself wrote this review Monday, April 20, 2009. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 3 stars

“I found this book to be extremely snarky. I do enjoy the everyday descriptions of post-revolutionary Moscow as well as the alternative glimpse of Satan and his buddies as not-so -bad guys. Nevertheless, I never found myself forming a serious attachment to any of the characters. This could probably be due to the fact that their extremely complicated Russian names are impossible to keep track of. After reading a description of a particular character, the next scene involving said character will refer to them using their Russian nickname. So confusing! Furthermore, the situations presented that would, long ago, have been considered shocking are today a little cliche and mundane. Overall I am glad to have read it mainly for the fact that it is considered an important piece of Russian literature and was pretty enjoyable. ”

laughingdiscreetlytomyself wrote this review Monday, April 20, 2009. ( reply | permalink )

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• Rated 5 stars

“Excellent. I had never read a book set in 14th century Norway. I found the setting to be so interesting. The descriptions of everyday life are so real I felt transported. Sigrid Undset's writing style is very pure and simple. Her characters are so plainly stated and yet she still gives you the tools to form a complete picture of them inside and out. ”

laughingdiscreetlytomyself wrote this review Thursday, March 19, 2009. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 5 stars

“I first came upon this book in the 8th grade. That was when I actually began reading for fun. Afterwords, I remember taking it to school and making all my friends read it too.”

laughingdiscreetlytomyself wrote this review Tuesday, February 24, 2009. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 2 stars

“I've tried to read this book twice. I found an old copy of it that my mother had from the 60's. The actual publisher and edition I couldn't find on here. I will have to say that this is the opposite of "light reading." I found it very difficult to get through more than a few pages at a time. The whole thing has a pleasing tempo and sounds funny to say out loud. Though I really think I only understood about half of what I was reading. I would love to read a version in modern prose.
"The Miller was a stout carl, for the nones; ful big he was of braun, and eek of bones." Sounds silly. Right?”

laughingdiscreetlytomyself wrote this review Tuesday, February 24, 2009. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink )

• Rated 3 stars

“Reads like a cheesy spy novel. Still, I couldn't put it down. ”

laughingdiscreetlytomyself wrote this review Monday, February 23, 2009. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 4 stars

“I don't get into the whole fantasy world thing. I did find it's darkness appealing. ”

laughingdiscreetlytomyself wrote this review Monday, February 23, 2009. ( reply | permalink )