Pleasant Surprises: Books That Exceeded Our Expectations
- Description
- Our List of the Month this August is devoted to those pleasant surprises that come into our reading lives—books that exceeded our expectations, and ending up providing far more enjoyment than we thought they would. Each participant may vote on ten titles.
1
2,923 membres
41 critiques
4.1
Rang global 72
Score 6.25
Ajouté 2022-08-14, 06:57 PM
- 2 Members
- elkiedee, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explications
- elkiedee: Read by mistake from the library when I was 14 and I think I thought it was something different, but I really loved this.
2
de Tan Twan Eng
1,139 membres
84 critiques
4.1
Rang global 3
Score 44.28
Ajouté 2022-08-08, 06:59 PM
- 12 Members
- kxn11, magneticvoyager, RBeffa, elkiedee, nancjones, ominogue, bookmuse56, Vegas_Fiber_Arts, saraLucilleIngram, pacificquest, VioletL, dandalf
- Explications
- elkiedee: I had no particular expectations of this book but picked it up because it was shortlisted for an award and it was excellent.bookmuse56: I fell in with the writing, the time period, and the characters - perfect for armchair travelers.
3
de A. M. Homes
1,090 membres
59 critiques
½ 3.6
Rang global 208
Score 3.04
Ajouté 2022-08-09, 06:51 PM
- Member
- elkiedee
- Explications
- elkiedee: This was chosen as a book group read and was an Orange Prize winner. I don't think I'd have picked up this book on the strength of the description - a middle aged man whose life's work is writing the definitive biography of former US President Richard Nixon. This wasn't a very recent read but I very much recommend it.
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951 membres
19 critiques
4
Rang global 238
Score 2.83
Ajouté 2022-08-14, 07:01 PM
5
de Lisa See
1,657 membres
93 critiques
4.1
Rang global 272
Score 2.68
Ajouté 2022-08-09, 06:56 PM
7
3,152 membres
93 critiques
½ 3.6
Rang global 14
Score 24.59
Ajouté 2022-08-08, 06:47 PM
- 8 Members
- RBeffa, Porua, elkiedee, Smits, kara.shamy, Vegas_Fiber_Arts, Xotomix, RMiller30
- Explications
- Porua: I rarely read books I know nothing of, from authors I know nothing of. Both were true for this book and yet I not only read and enjoyed it, I actually bought a print copy of it.
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9,058 membres
191 critiques
4
Rang global 31
Score 11.66
Ajouté 2022-08-08, 07:01 PM
- 4 Members
- hipdeep, RBeffa, elkiedee, saraLucilleIngram
- Explications
- hipdeep: My only other experience of Hemingway was The Old Man And The Sea, which bored me to tears. But these autobiographical vignettes were captivating.