Dreams Of My Russian Summers: A Novel
Registered by nillabreen of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts USA on 8/15/2009
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
3 journalers for this copy...
I was out buying books at the Used Book Superstore in Burlington, for release at tonight's Shakespeare in the Park meetup, and I could not resist buying just one book for myself. This has been on my Amazon wish list for a long time.
I enjoyed this book very much. There was a lot more to it than I suspected judging from the picture on the cover, which made it seem like something light and easy. It was in fact complex and literary, an excellent book, a hybrid of novel and memoir.
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Released at the November 2009 Tuesday Night Boston Bookcrossing Meetup.
Released at the November 2009 Tuesday Night Boston Bookcrossing Meetup.
I most enjoyed about this book the author's description of Russia and its history. It was not very accurate, but also told with considerable affection, but without too much sentimentalizing. I found less enjoyable the author's musings on France and French culture. To me, these seemed to ponder to tastes of a French audience.
Picked up at May Bookcrossing MeetUp
This was worth sticking with, it took some time getting going but I really fell into the language and the weaving of stories.
Journal Entry 7 by amyem at CfA Book Sharing Shelf in Cambridge, Massachusetts USA on Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Released 10 yrs ago (9/18/2013 UTC) at CfA Book Sharing Shelf in Cambridge, Massachusetts USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Bound for a short stay on the work book sharing shelf.
Journal Entry 8 by amyem at Algiers, 40 Brattle Street, Harvard Sq. in Cambridge, Massachusetts USA on Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Released 10 yrs ago (11/13/2013 UTC) at Algiers, 40 Brattle Street, Harvard Sq. in Cambridge, Massachusetts USA
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Planned for release at the Novemeber 2013 Boston Bookcrossers Meetup.
