https://www.booksns.com/62639/ Book borrowed from Finnish library in 1939 returned 84 years late #books Book borrowed from Finnish library in 1939 returned 84 years late by Pyro-Bird …
https://www.booksns.com/59455/ Do non-Canadians read many Canadian books? #books Growing up in Canada, our teachers, libraries, and school boards did a lot to promote home grown literature to us kids. While I also read a lot of American, British, and even some Australian books growing up, reading “Canadian” is a habit that has endured into my adulthood (of course, I still mostly read American …
https://www.booksns.com/57661/ Prodigal Summer #books I’m a huge Barbara Kingsolver fan. The Poisonwood Bible was a masterpiece. I can’t put into words how much I love Demon Copperhead. But Prodigal Summer…. I am struggling so hard to get into it. I’m about 150 pages in. I’m just so bored. I need some kind of encouragement that it gets better. I …
https://www.booksns.com/56962/ Am I stupid? Why do I get stuck on the simplest passages of a book? #books A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway: “In the late summer of that year we lived in a house in a village that looked across the river and the plain to the mountains. In the bed of the river there were pebbles and boulders, dry and white in the sun, and the water was clear …
https://www.booksns.com/47968/ Books to read aloud to 5 1/2 year old? #SuggestMeABook Looking for suggestions on children’s novels to read aloud to my 5.5 year old nanny kid. I was looking into reading him Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland next but he’s a very sensitive child and I wonder if it would be too scary for him. We just finished reading the Little House series which he loved …
https://www.booksns.com/46325/ Why Ban Books When You Can Ban Book Awards?: Suburban Illinois District Cancels Caudill Awards #books Why Ban Books When You Can Ban Book Awards?: Suburban Illinois District Cancels Caudill Awards by wavinsnail …
https://www.booksns.com/45559/ “Thousand Cranes” by Yasunari Kawabata #books Give it a read. It’s a severely underrated piece of Japanese literature by an often overlooked author. I think it goes undervalued in the west because some of the cultural references are a bit difficult to understand and the characters are a little hard to keep track of in the beginning. I read it but …
https://www.booksns.com/44622/ Books on Main feels like you’re reading inside a tree house in Wisconsin #books Books on Main feels like you’re reading inside a tree house in Wisconsin by zsreport …
https://www.booksns.com/42174/ Beloved author Kate DiCamillo talks writing and healing herself with new middle-grade novel ‘Ferris’ #books Beloved author Kate DiCamillo talks writing and healing herself with new middle-grade novel ‘Ferris’ by Sariel007 …
https://www.booksns.com/41301/ What is Frank Herbert’s writing style? #books Hello! I’m a big fan of the Dune movies and I’m considering reading the books as well, but after searching online i found that there’s a number of people who can’t seem to get through the book? (even lady jessica’s actress has not finished it) Does anyone actually know why? Is it because of Herbert’s …
https://www.booksns.com/36093/ Do you buy or borrow books? #books All the other readers I know normally purchase their books from one place or another, and add it to their collections. I don’t have the space or money to buy and place books, so I just borrow them from libraries. I haven’t had any problems with it, but my friends think it is much better …
https://www.booksns.com/35727/ ISO Middle school book 2010s #books I am desperately trying to find a chapter book that I was obsessed with in the 2010s. It is meant for preteens and had little doodles through out it. All I can remember about it is that it was about a girl who wasn’t super popular and was always jealous of this blonde girl with …
https://www.booksns.com/35433/ Did somebody know this book or the author? #books Hey there fellow booklovers, today I had an interesting chat with my boss. We talked about books that are really weird and kinda disturbing. I recommended him “I have no mouth, but I must scream” for… Reasons. Then he told me about a books he read in the 1980s. It’s from a soviet author who …
https://www.booksns.com/33555/ what is the appeal of extreme horror books #books i have tried reading many different books within this genre and hated all of them. clearly they arent for me. However, that leads me to question how do people enjoy these books? I dont mean this in a bad way as in I don’t like you. I am just curious if it is that twisted …
https://www.booksns.com/32865/ Finding a book #books HII, recently I discovered a book called “The crucible” by Gong Ji-Young but can’t seem to find any English translations of it or any way to buy an English copy. Came across a site that said it’s a non existing English book, but heard a few English book reviews that they read it. Does anybody …
https://www.booksns.com/27980/ help #books i have struggle reading and tend to re-read words or sentences multiple times because i just can’t get it through my head or i get overwhelmed and just slam the book shut. sooo i got a book and i decided to read it tonight “hidden bodies” (sequel to my favorite show “You”) and i started …
