Pleasant Surprises: Books That Exceeded Our Expectations

Beschreibung
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.
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Die Hexen von Oz: Die wahre Geschichte der Bösen Hexe des Westens
von Gregory Maguire
28,846 Mitglieder
650 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
Globaler Rang 111
Member
perennialreader
Erklärungen
perennialreader: Read this in my book group. I would never have picked it up on my own. Loved it!
2
Verblendung
von Stieg Larsson
43,176 Mitglieder
1,748 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 9
10 Members
pgmcc, knerd.knitter, deldevries, perennialreader, JuliaMaria, nagasravika.bodapati, Dammie, HH_Library, finnleyjames, ConantheLibrarianJr,EMS_24 ,Thelamon1
Erklärungen
EMS_24 : It's all about expectations and what you like in a book
perennialreader: Not my kind of book at all, but I took a chance and have read the whole series, even the ones by David Lagercrantz. Just love the Lisbeth Salander character.
JuliaMaria: Ich habe die Serie erst gelesen als der Hype vorbei war - und war dann traurig, dass ich sie nicht doch früher schon für mich entdeckt hatte.
ConantheLibrarianJr: Powerful. What Solander goes thru is horrific, but she proves she is more than just a heroine. She is a survivor!
3
Das Wesen der Dinge und der Liebe
von Elizabeth Gilbert
3,473 Mitglieder
196 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 51
3 Members
perennialreader, bogopea, kara.shamy
Erklärungen
perennialreader: I did not like Eat, Pray, Love but someone recommended this one and I actually like it.
4
Der Marsianer
von Andy Weir
18,131 Mitglieder
1,241 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
Globaler Rang 2
17 Members
timspalding, raidergirl3, perennialreader, Localhostess, nancjones, nagasravika.bodapati, bookmuse56, CKHarwood, larocco, Vegas_Fiber_Arts, saraLucilleIngram, ErinBraam, HH_Library, VioletL, ConantheLibrarianJr, dandalf, Craftybilda
Erklärungen
perennialreader: I don't read much in the way of Science Fiction but read a review and thought I would give it a try.
bookmuse56: I could not put down this book and it felt so real to me and I kept wondering what I would in the various situations.
ConantheLibrarianJr: Great "hard" Science Fiction. The book reminded me that if you are marooned on Mars, humor is your most important survival skill.
5
Die Optimisten
von Rebecca Makkai
1,981 Mitglieder
110 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
Globaler Rang 94
2 Members
perennialreader, Her_Royal_Orangeness
6
Angle of Repose
von Wallace Stegner
5,456 Mitglieder
182 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
Globaler Rang 100
2 Members
cbl_tn, perennialreader
7
Das Gesetz der Mormonen
von Zane Grey
1,793 Mitglieder
61 Rezensionen
½ 3.4
Globaler Rang 99
2 Members
aprille, perennialreader