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Hi! I read the book about six months ago, and really liked it. I noticed this thread before, but I don't want to put any spoilers in for you, so I was kind of waiting for people to finish reading it (it took me all summer). Eliza

I must have been very lucky in school, because I never felt forced to read, neither for Dutch, nor for the foreign languages (English, French, German). Although I didn't like everything I tried, I managed just fine, probably also because we were given lists to choose from. There wasn't a single...

Am I the only one who orders them by cover colour? Just because it looks nice. Otherwise, the cookbooks are next to my favourite chair, children's books are at knee-height, the more vulnerable books are at the top (in case my little nephews come to visit us), the encyclopedia is at the bottom...

I've tried reading it when I was about 18, but it was too big and too complicated for me at the time. I've always wanted to try again though, because it appeals to me, and also because one of my uncles said I'd never ever be able to finish it. He's not the brightest in the family, so if he can...

Davita's Harp by Chaim Potok, simply because I'm soon reading it with my reading group and it might be nice to find out what people elsewhere think of the book.

Hi everyone, I just registered today, but I've been reading a lot longer (since I was about 6 years old ;) ). I'm in a reading group in Holland, but in addition to the books we read there, I like to read a few extra thingies on the side. I've just finished re-reading The Old Man and the Sea...