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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8,973 Mitglieder
509 Rezensionen
½ 4.4
Globaler Rang 13
8 Members
raidergirl3, CDVicarage, LDVoorberg, CarltonC, nagasravika.bodapati, Yarnucopia, steller0707, HH_Library
Erklärungen
LDVoorberg: A long book set in Russia?! I kept expecting tragedy upon tragedy but I got the enjoyable, daily happenings of a gentleman in a hotel!
CarltonC: I didn’t expect that I would find this as unexpected, seemingly short and warm hearted as it is.
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4,538 Mitglieder
337 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 5
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26,897 Mitglieder
773 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 22
7 Members
CDVicarage, amanda4242, Vegas_Fiber_Arts, ManWithAnAgenda, Boand, steller0707, RMiller30,Thelamon1
Erklärungen
Boand: Original tales of magic, madness and mystery set in the early C19th. Clarke constructs a fantasy world like no other where customs and fey characters collide. Endless fun and brilliant imaginative twists make this a book to cherish.
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13,870 Mitglieder
351 Rezensionen
4.2
Globaler Rang 33
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5,540 Mitglieder
274 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
Globaler Rang 30
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7,683 Mitglieder
295 Rezensionen
4.2
Globaler Rang 60
7
17,638 Mitglieder
331 Rezensionen
4.2
Globaler Rang 16
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12,916 Mitglieder
289 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 61
3 Members
Boand, steller0707, conhauf
Erklärungen
Boand: A book that has a split dual timeline and an irresistible story of star crossed lovers. Byatt’s writing intrigues and compels across different centuries and compares how social mores shape our lives bringing joy, heartache and sorrow.
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3,386 Mitglieder
250 Rezensionen
3.8
Globaler Rang 29
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5,833 Mitglieder
332 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 41
4 Members
Localhostess, kara.shamy, BornAnalog, steller0707
Erklärungen
BornAnalog: One of the few books that everyone talked up to me, and then it actually delivered. And then some.