http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/06/15/the-flea-palace-book-review/ reading a good book with a furchild by my side Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:14:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/06/15/the-flea-palace-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-328 Anonymous Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:02:00 +0000 http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/06/15/the-flea-palace-book-review/#comment-328 Kookie: Keep me posted if you read any more of the books from this list - I'm curious! Kookie: Keep me posted if you read any more of the books from this list – I’m curious!

]]> http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/06/15/the-flea-palace-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-327 Anonymous Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:34:00 +0000 http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/06/15/the-flea-palace-book-review/#comment-327 I've only heard of three of the books on their list, but one of them (Haruki Murakami's 'Kafka on the Shore') is absolutely terrific. And yes, it is very odd. I'm going to have to look for some of these others. Thanks for the heads up. I’ve only heard of three of the books on their list, but one of them (Haruki Murakami’s ‘Kafka on the Shore’) is absolutely terrific. And yes, it is very odd. I’m going to have to look for some of these others. Thanks for the heads up.

]]> http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/06/15/the-flea-palace-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-326 Anonymous Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:12:00 +0000 http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/06/15/the-flea-palace-book-review/#comment-326 Kookie: I hadn't heard of these awards either and I haven't read any other books on their list (if you go to the link in my review you can see what else has won and been short listed). I wonder if they are all a little on the odd side! Dew: Yes, I am more apt to keep reading if it's for a challenge - and that was the case with this one. I probably wouldn't have finished it had I not been reading it for the Summer challenge. Oh well - Kookie: I hadn’t heard of these awards either and I haven’t read any other books on their list (if you go to the link in my review you can see what else has won and been short listed). I wonder if they are all a little on the odd side!
Dew: Yes, I am more apt to keep reading if it’s for a challenge – and that was the case with this one. I probably wouldn’t have finished it had I not been reading it for the Summer challenge. Oh well -

]]> http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/06/15/the-flea-palace-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-325 Anonymous Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:05:00 +0000 http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/06/15/the-flea-palace-book-review/#comment-325 How disappointing! When you're reading something for a challenge, and you dislike it, are you less inclined to put the book aside without finishing? How disappointing!
When you’re reading something for a challenge, and you dislike it, are you less inclined to put the book aside without finishing?

]]> http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/06/15/the-flea-palace-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-324 Anonymous Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:26:00 +0000 http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/06/15/the-flea-palace-book-review/#comment-324 I've never heard of the Independent Foreign Fiction Awards. I wonder what the other books from their list are like. I’ve never heard of the Independent Foreign Fiction Awards. I wonder what the other books from their list are like.

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