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well, it's lively in here. If you're like me, you are finishing up with the school semester. I am part of the way through this book, and it is interesting. I do have one question: how many Aahron Appelfeld books have you read? I have read one, but not ones covered so far. I am interested to...

well, the first two letters are the first of my first and middle name and then I married the last part. pretty boring really.

I think that would be quite helpful.

well, I am happy to discuss, but I am a little fuzzy on the criteria for discussion. I found Barbara's questioning sexuality to be quite present throughout the work. I also found the persistence of class distinction to be interesting. I am painfully American so I have little experience...

Let's see, I am 29 as of today, and the first book I have in hard cover is book 5, so I guess I started reading them after book 4 was put into paperback. Actually, the first flick was what got me reading them. And I watched the first flick bec. the music was by John Williams.

Enjoyable read. The ending could have been perhaps a little better. The characterization with respect to class was interesting and occasionally a little off-putting. I was wondering by the end who was more disturbed, Sheba or Barbara.

I like to read all sorts of things. I like Charlaine Harris and Michael Cunningham, J.K. Rowling and Agatha Christie, Leonard Shlain and Daniel Mendelsohn. I'm sort of all over the map. I do have my stash of reading I guess, which consists of mystery and vampire based fantasy. I'm not really...

For me it depends on the book. If I love it, I read fast, if I don't, the mind wanders.

Thanks! I am glad to be here.

Hello all, I see my hubby beat me to the introduction thread. I am the wife of The Marine, and I want to read/discuss books outside my program's reading list.