tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31751363.post116603668688761583..comments2023-09-03T05:22:02.754-04:00Comments on morsie reads: book clubbing in Decemberkaren!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03020530163370836712noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31751363.post-1166093082761612292006-12-14T05:44:00.000-05:002006-12-14T05:44:00.000-05:00Indeed quite forgettable. Especially for people wi...Indeed quite forgettable. Especially for people with some reading experience. I think the book would be amazing for 6th-7th grade (which is in Serbia 13-14 years of age) but later it's little shallow and predictable. I don't know how anyone who has read (at least) Hesse could be amazed by Coelho?<BR/><BR/>He is extremely popular in Serbia. His ex wife is from Belgrade (and knowing Serbs that must have something with his popularity LOL), he is often in Serbia and writes column in one Serbian magazine. But in the same time many are reading his novels secretly. Stupid I know, but the reason is I guess precisely that etiquette of digested literature he has. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes I do need escapist story, easy and fast and he is quite good for that. I've read beside "The Alchemist"; "By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept: A Novel of Forgiveness"; "The Fifth Mountain"; "Veronika Decides to Die: A Novel of Redemption"; "The Devil and Miss Prym: A Novel of Temptation" (Ok, I guess I've read quite a lot of him!) and indeed they are all forgettable but while reading might be satisfying (although "Veronika" was irritable). <BR/>I do have "Eleven Minutes" on my tbr (and people are saying that is his best novel so far and so not like previous; I know one of the character is my namesake and is from Serbia :)).<BR/>Also I'm interested in "The Zahir: A Novel of Obsession" because "Zahir" was taken from Borges, I wonder is there any connection?<BR/><BR/>So about Coelho – you've already read all that but keep it for kids in your family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31751363.post-1166077191869387382006-12-14T01:19:00.000-05:002006-12-14T01:19:00.000-05:00Hello,I also love Paulo Coelho`s The Alchemist. It...Hello,<BR/>I also love Paulo Coelho`s The Alchemist. It changed my life totaly.<BR/>Do you know, that Paulo has blog:<BR/>http://www.paulocoelhoblog.com<BR/>and also newsletter:<BR/>http://www.warriorofthelight.com/engl/index.html <BR/>it`s realy great.<BR/>i enjoy his work as you :)<BR/>cheers and best reagards!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com