I've been doing Throwback Thursdays for a while but I noticed that I wrote a lot of reviews in a short time when I first started. So, I post more than one Throwback every week. These are my reviews from November 2012.
Bach, Richard "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" - 1970
If you are interested in everything spiritual, anything that contributes to world and inner peace, this book is just the right one. The novel is very positive yet very thought-provoking. And it's still very meaningful today. It advises us not to put people in a box, to keep an open mind.
Brumbeau, Jeff/de Marcken, Gail "The Quiltmaker’s Gift" - 2001
Larsen Line, Joanne/Loving Tubesing, Nancy "Quilts From The Quiltmaker's Gift" - 2000
Larsen Line, Joanne/Loving Tubesing, Nancy "Quilts From The Quiltmaker's Gift" - 2000
A beautiful book with great illustrations about the most beautiful quilts ever and a great sewing book accompanying it.
Buck, Pearl S. "Peony" - 1948
This book is the reason why I fell in love with Pearl S. Buck. She tries to incorporate the multi-cultural theme into this one, the trial of assimilation. How far does an immigrant want to become like the people in his host nation? A wonderful account of two worlds colliding.
Dickens, Charles "A Tale of Two Cities" - 1859
Two of the most famous quotes in one book, how often do you get that? And the rest of the book is as good as the beginning and the end.
Two of the most famous quotes in one book, how often do you get that? And the rest of the book is as good as the beginning and the end.
Huxley, Aldous "Brave New World" - 1931
This dystopian novel is so up-to-date, it might as well have been written yesterday. That's how great it is, you can tell good writing.
This dystopian novel is so up-to-date, it might as well have been written yesterday. That's how great it is, you can tell good writing.
McGarry Morris, Mary "Songs in Ordinary Time" - 1995
An American town in 1960, a time I remember a little. Almost anyone in this novel is poor but that's not all. My family was poor when I grew up but there is a huge difference, we had a family.
The book is well written, it builds anticipation, you hold on, you hope for something good to happen to the characters, you feel for them.
Read my original reviews, for the links click on the titles.
We walked through London today, finding places from "A Tale of Two Cities." "The Quiltmaker's Gift" is beautiful, I agree.
ReplyDeleteThat must have been great, Eva.
DeleteAnd yes, quilts are great works of art.
I haven't read 'Seagull' but I've read another by him - 'One' - which I enjoyed quite a bit. You already know how much I loved 'Two Cities'. 'Brave New World' is interesting and quite prescient. I've read it several times.
ReplyDeleteOh, interesting, Kitten. I haven't read anything else by the author, so must look for his others. Sigh.
DeleteI'm not surprised you liked Two Cities and Brave New World . They are both fantastic.