Buddy Reads discussion

My Kindle's having problems - battery's not moved from 1% so I'm in a bit of a muddle... Hoping to have it fixed tomorrow. A laptop just isn't the same.

I've not started The Chalkman yet but do have it on my Kindle so will get to it eventually,

That's a bummer :/ I hope you have it back working soon :)

The tight kids group and the seemingly supernatural elements did remind me of Stephen King, I felt it in the writing style too.

Book 6 (11/06/19-12/06/19): Ash-(Download Free Book)

Discussion Leader: Aqsa

This will last till 14th if you cannot cope with the speed.

Aqsa wrote: "That's a bummer :/ I hope you have it back working soon :)"

Yes, I managed to get it all fixed! A weird glitch but I can get back to my reading again!

Saarah wrote: "Aqsa wrote: "That's a bummer :/ I hope you have it back working soon :)"

Yes, I managed to get it all fixed! A weird glitch but I can get back to my reading again!"

Yay :)

Finished The Country of the Blind.

(view spoiler)[ I really liked this story. I was unsure of where it was going, but in the end, I felt like I'd learned a valuable lesson. I'm not entire sure what that lesson is *LOL!* ... It probably has something to do with being grateful with what you have or something like that. But it was an enjoyable read!! (hide spoiler)]

Progress Update: 4/7

Got about a 100 pages of Dandelion Wine to go. I just want to savor this one! The writing is so descriptive and has that lazy summer feel to it.

Finished Farenheit 451 & Three Men In A Boat!

Both were really good, I liked 3men in that it's still relatable. It's like how the internet scares you into thinking you are more severely ill than you truly are! Which is no way to live but also very funny!

I liked the friendship between the men, like brothers, their stories and the many, many wild incidents. The cheese, packing... Uncle Podger.... Not a book to read at night though, your cackling and giggles will definitely wake someone! The shift in tone, closer to the end was unexpected though.

Progress Update: 2/7 Still reading Dandelion Wine and a few others.

Book 7 (13/06/19 - 14/06/19): The Alchemist-(Download Free Book)

Discussion Leader: Aqsa

This will last till 14th if you cannot cope with the speed.

Just finished Country Of The Blind. I liked the writing and the ending too but with the ending, it felt like the story itself amounted to little... if that makes sense? Did anyone else read it?
I liked the blind men and all their kindnesses, they couldn't help what they did not know and could not see. But where was his-Bagota's- empathy and humility?

Progress: 3/7

Hoping to start the Alchemist, today :)

I think with TCOTheBlind it might have been because it was short and the vagueness at first draws you in, but by the end it's unwanted. I'm imagining the very many ways that ending could have gone wrong!

Shannara, i just read your spoiler above. It's true, the book seems quite powerful and like it is teaching something. Maybe the lesson is the necessity of empathy? Or maybe we're just "seeing" too much into it! ;)

You're on a roll, Saarah!

Saarah wrote: "I think with TCOTheBlind it might have been because it was short and the vagueness at first draws you in, but by the end it's unwanted. I'm imagining the very many ways that ending could have gone ..."

Right!?! Yeah, empathy sounds like a good moral to the story! I like how it's up to the reader to decide.

I hope you like the Alchemist. I read it a couple years ago and thought it was so good!!

Thanks Shannara!

Yeah, I guess the whole story is open to interpretation: the blind men never had it easy, Bagota (forgotten his real name) never had to work for much of anything. They heard him stumbling and wanted to help, he had too much pride and was too lazy to work with them. He wanted to be king, and nothing else.

It's his pride that made him a fool, (view spoiler)[ it actually would have been fitting if he fell to his death from the mountain. As in, sight isn't everything. We still stumble. Already happened to him once after all- right at the beginning. Second time not so lucky. (hide spoiler)]

The Alchemist is really good, about a boy patiently following his destiny even when he doesn't see an end in sight. I'm more than half way through, and there's such deep lessons within- so you're always gaining more than just a story.

Just finished The Alchemist, I liked it's wisdom even if some was stuff must of us have maybe heard before.

Was confused by the religious talk: seemed Islamic at times, but was it wholly Christian? 5 Star read, the ending was quite funny as well as unexpected.

Progress: 4/7

Glad you enjoyed, Saarah :)

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