Ranjani added The Pillars of the Earth to her library.
- Ranjani Sheshadri
- 22 hours, 7 minutes ago
Ranjani added World Without End to her library.
- Ranjani Sheshadri
- 22 hours, 8 minutes ago
Poor, poor John Rowlands. I didn't think that was fair. All in all, the series started off fairly slow, but it definitely picked up midway through The Dark Is Rising. Cooper could have resolved a fair bit more, but I am more than satisfied with the entire sequence.
So far, all I've discovered is that Gertrude Morel loves and hates her husband to death. And the cover illustration is just...obscene to me. I really thought at first, it was a butcher holding out a wrapped parcel, but it's a very masculine pregnant woman. Which, I think, grossly interprets the themes of this book. But I'm only at the second chapter -- who knows? I could be very wrong.
Ranjani added Sons and Lovers to her library.
- Ranjani Sheshadri
- 5 days, 19 hours ago
Something tells me I'm going to like Bran a lot as the story goes on. The story of his birth and life is fascinatingly tragic.
Learned a wee bit of Welsh pronunciation from Bran. Not that it helps very much in this book.
Ranjani added Her Fearful Symmetry to her library.
- Ranjani Sheshadri
- August 22, 2010
Greenwitch was mysterious and touching. What a sad, lonely spirit. Cooper took a few cues from Tolkein (incidentally, one of her professors) in creating the Greenwitch, who I think of as half Gollum, half petulant child or something else that doesn't quite come to mind.
Ranjani added The Book of Lost Things to her library.
- Ranjani Sheshadri
- August 21, 2010
I loved "The Dark Is Rising." Tragic, epic, and engaging. Three books to go. We're back to the Drews now, who muddle a lot more than they ought to, but hey, they're kids. And, with the exception of Jane, who is the least bumbling, none of them are nearly as awesome as Will Stanton.
I'm the exact opposite. I flow COMPLETELY with British humor. I admire the subtlety, randomness, and attention to style and tone that you don't normally find in comedic American novels.