I was disappointed that this was not a novel but 6 short stories based in New York and a novella based in Hollywood in 1936. The novella made up for the other stories.

Once I entered the world of Jane Eyre, I was hooked. I can see why there is longstanding appeal of this romantic novel by Charlotte Bronte. The story of an orphan who survived adversity and emerged heroically never gets old. The somewhat antiquated style of writing was charming and easy to follow. The addition of lines of French monologue in spots only added to the allure of this book. There were copious notes in the back of the book that explained expressions used or elements of history with which the reader may not have been familiar. Though its length of 500+ pages may have seemed daunting, the pages flew by, enveloped by the love story of Jane and Mr. Rochester. Highly recommend.

Mentally stimulating poems. I wish there was an audiobook version read by the author. I loved his self narrated book something in the woods loves you. My favorite poem from this collection was “orcas”

I really liked this book. The characters felt so real and I grew to care about them a lot. It was interesting and sad and powerful all at the same time. I also learned so much about Iranian people’s history and how they stood up against the regime. It opened my eyes to stuff I didn’t know before. If you like stories about strong women and real-life struggles, this one’s totally worth reading.

This was the best book! I wanted to keep reading it and was sad it was over. My favorite part was probably when Daisys friend wished to be a grown up, at the wishing well, and she turned into a grown up but she learned she didn’t like being a grown up and she turned small again at the end of the book. She wanted to be a kid. Matilda - age 7

It was a different type of a book. I listened to it rather than reading it. I am not sure I like Cara. She doesn’t seem to self reflect about how she treated her son and what she did to him like as mothering him too much and throwing an iron at him. She doesn’t seem to really look at her own weaknesses.

Not my favorite, I wasn’t a huge fan of either main character and found the plot was very predictable.

The plot was fairly predictable, but the descriptions of the unusual setting, the weather and the seed vault made for an interesting read.

The story kept me glued to this book. Koontz’s writing is very prosaic and richly descriptive. My first read of this author.

I love this movie and the book and I was proud to ready it all by myself!