So, yesterday was the official kick-off of the Keep Portland Weird festival here in Paris, which meant that I had a reading/screening in the...
Continue »
As I read, I kept expecting some depth. The book turned out to be a fairy tale, where everyone lives happily ever after. True, many are looking for mindlessness for their summer read, but there were so many opportunities to make a statement that were lost. Childhood love comes to fruition, divorced husband returns a changed and sensitive man, true and "forbidden" love triumphs in the end.
Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.
Don't Miss
Customer Comments
armcher has commented on (2) products.
The Island by Elin Hilderbrand
armcher, September 20, 2011
As I read, I kept expecting some depth. The book turned out to be a fairy tale, where everyone lives happily ever after. True, many are looking for mindlessness for their summer read, but there were so many opportunities to make a statement that were lost. Childhood love comes to fruition, divorced husband returns a changed and sensitive man, true and "forbidden" love triumphs in the end.Crime and Punishment: A Novel in Six Parts with Epilogue (Vintage Classics) by Fyodor Dostoevsky and Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky
armcher, January 1, 2011
Spellbinding, edge-of-your-seat, always relevant!