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Originally Posted by Fbone
People either loved or hated The Alchemist. Lots of one-star and five-star reviews.
I've never read it as I generally avoid self-help style books. But it would be interesting to see which camp you agree with.
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Yeah, thank goodness
The Alchemist is short. I paid good money for it, too. I abandoned it with about 40 pages left to go. I'll come back to it and finish it soon. The language was lovely but I got bored with the story for some reason.
Right now I am reading
The Other Mr. Darcy by Monica Fairview. It was only .89 on Kobobooks and I am really enjoying it. I've snatched 40 pages just during breaks at work. It is kind of a sequel to
Pride and Prejudice about an American cousin of Mr. Darcy and Caroline Bingley. No zombies or time travel or anything, just very nice, Austen-like prose and a nice, Austen-like story, at least so far. The author really seems to get Austen. .89 well spent. I suppose I shouldn't sing its praises just yet but I feel I got a good deal and 40/262 is a fair amount of the book.
