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Eivind (like the Terrible)

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Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Changing Planes: 2 stars

Ursula K. Le Guin: Changing Planes (2005, Ace)

Changing Planes by Ursula K. Le Guin

ARMCHAIR TRAVEL FOR THE MIND: It was Sita Dulip who discovered, whilst stuck in an airport, unable to get anywhere, …

Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Kafka on the Shore: 5 stars

Haruki Murakami: Kafka on the Shore (2006)

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

Eivind (like the Terrible) rated The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1): 2 stars

Suzanne Collins: The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) (2008)

The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins

Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Gai-Jin (Asian Saga): 4 stars

James Clavell: Gai-Jin (Asian Saga) (1994)

Gai-Jin (Asian Saga) by James Clavell

Eivind (like the Terrible) rated The Moon Is Down: 4 stars

John Steinbeck: The Moon Is Down (Hardcover, Longman)

The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck

Also contained in:

The Grapes of Wrath / The Moon is Down / Cannery Row / East of …

Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Sweet Thursday: 4 stars

John Steinbeck: Sweet Thursday (2008, Penguin Books)

Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck (Penguin classics)

In Monterey, on the California coast, Sweet Thursday is what they call the day after Lousy Wednesday, which is one …

Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Cannery row: 5 stars

John Steinbeck: Cannery row (2002, Penguin Books)

Cannery row by John Steinbeck

Cannery Row is a novel by American author John Steinbeck, published in 1945. It is set during the Great Depression …

Eivind (like the Terrible) rated For whom the bell tolls: 3 stars

Allen Josephs: For whom the bell tolls (1994, Twayne Publishers, Maxwell Macmillan Canada, Maxwell Macmillan International)

For whom the bell tolls by Allen Josephs (Twayne's masterwork studies, 138)

Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Personal recollections of Joan of Arc: 4 stars

Mark Twain: Personal recollections of Joan of Arc (1989, Ignatius Press)

Personal recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain

Joan of Arc lived a life of almost unbelievable deeds. Martyred when a teenager for saving France from the British. …

Eivind (like the Terrible) rated A thousand splendid suns: 5 stars

Khaled Hosseini: A thousand splendid suns (2007, Bloomsbury Publishing plc)

A thousand splendid suns by Khaled Hosseini

Eivind (like the Terrible) rated The Kite Runner: 4 stars

SparkNotes, Khaled Hosseini: The Kite Runner (Paperback, SparkNotes)

The Kite Runner by SparkNotes, Khaled Hosseini

Eivind (like the Terrible) rated The stupidest angel: 3 stars

Christopher Moore: The stupidest angel (2007, Orbit)

The stupidest angel by Christopher Moore

Eivind (like the Terrible) rated The Sayings of the Vikings: 3 stars

Bjorn Jonasson: The Sayings of the Vikings (Hardcover, Gudrun Publishing)

The Sayings of the Vikings by Bjorn Jonasson (Viking Series - Literary Pearls from the Viking Age)

Eivind (like the Terrible) reviewed Babylon by Paul Kriwaczek

Review of 'Babylon' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

That was a very good summary of the earliest period of our written history. I loved how the text was interspersed with translations of poems and texts from that era.

Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Rooftops of Tehran: 4 stars

Mahbod Seraji: Rooftops of Tehran (2009, New American Library)

Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji

In a middle-class neighborhood of Iran’s sprawling capital city, 17-year-old Pasha Shahed spends the summer of 1973 on his rooftop …