Pleasant Surprises: Books That Exceeded Our Expectations
- Descripción
- Our List of the Month this August is devoted to those pleasant surprises that come into our reading lives—books that exceeded our expectations, and ending up providing far more enjoyment than we thought they would. Each participant may vote on ten titles.
1
por Dodie Smith
9,188 miembros
294 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 6
Puntuacion 39.45
Añadido 2022-08-09, 03:40 PM
- 13 Members
- erinclark, CDVicarage, kxn11, dewasus1, HeatherMoss, Vegas_Fiber_Arts, ManWithAnAgenda, saraLucilleIngram, pacificquest, HH_Library, Ann_R, RMiller30, dandalf
2
25,469 miembros
432 reseñas
½ 4.3
Ranking Global 12
Puntuacion 25.13
Añadido 2022-08-10, 03:58 AM
- 8 Members
- Minthe, CDVicarage, amanda4242, deldevries, nagasravika.bodapati, CKHarwood, pacificquest, ElizaAnderson
3
por Wilkie Collins
12,791 miembros
336 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 15
Puntuacion 23.43
Añadido 2022-08-10, 04:01 AM
- 9 Members
- Minthe, erinclark, CDVicarage, LDVoorberg, bogopea, nagasravika.bodapati, Vegas_Fiber_Arts, pacificquest, Yuki-Onna
4
por Amor Towles
9,062 miembros
513 reseñas
½ 4.4
Ranking Global 13
Puntuacion 24.9
Añadido 2022-08-12, 06:34 PM
- 8 Members
- raidergirl3, CDVicarage, LDVoorberg, CarltonC, nagasravika.bodapati, Yarnucopia, steller0707, HH_Library
- Explicaciones
- LDVoorberg: A long book set in Russia?! I kept expecting tragedy upon tragedy but I got the enjoyable, daily happenings of a gentleman in a hotel!CarltonC: I didn’t expect that I would find this as unexpected, seemingly short and warm hearted as it is.
5
17,182 miembros
910 reseñas
4
Ranking Global 17
Puntuacion 22.12
Añadido 2022-08-10, 09:11 PM
- 8 Members
- erinclark, CDVicarage, noveltea, kara.shamy, rmarcin, pacificquest, RMiller30, dandalf
6
por Susanna Clarke
26,959 miembros
772 reseñas
3.9
Ranking Global 22
Puntuacion 17.09
Añadido 2022-08-09, 05:01 AM
- 7 Members
- CDVicarage, amanda4242, Vegas_Fiber_Arts, ManWithAnAgenda, Boand, steller0707, RMiller30,Thelamon1
- Explicaciones
- Boand: Original tales of magic, madness and mystery set in the early C19th. Clarke constructs a fantasy world like no other where customs and fey characters collide. Endless fun and brilliant imaginative twists make this a book to cherish.
7
por Matthew Lewis
4,375 miembros
92 reseñas
3.8
Ranking Global 48
Puntuacion 8.65
Añadido 2022-08-11, 04:17 PM
- 3 Members
- Moomin_Mama, knerd.knitter, CDVicarage
8
por Peter Høeg
7,369 miembros
163 reseñas
3.8
Ranking Global 52
Puntuacion 8.42
Añadido 2022-08-12, 09:38 AM
- 3 Members
- CDVicarage, Cecrow, dougb56586
9
por Clare Chambers
535 miembros
24 reseñas
3.9
Ranking Global 46
Puntuacion 9.04
Añadido 2022-08-25, 09:43 PM
- 3 Members
- Micheller7, raidergirl3, CDVicarage
10
por Wilkie Collins
10,812 miembros
251 reseñas
4
Ranking Global 90
Puntuacion 5.29
Añadido 2022-08-18, 04:30 PM
- 2 Members
- CDVicarage, darsaster