eyal rated The Yiddish Policemen's Union: 5 stars
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
For sixty years, Jews have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a "temporary" safe haven created in the wake …
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Shōgun by James Clavell (Asian Saga, #1)
Starting with his shipwreck on alien shores, the novel charts Blackthorne's rise from the status of reviled foreigner up to …
eyal reviewed Someone to Run With by David Grossman
Review of 'Someone to Run With' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
eyal rated The Little Prince: 5 stars
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
For readers who would like a quick reminder of the book and its main storyline, here is a summary of …
eyal reviewed The Princess Bride by William Goldman
The Princess Bride is a timeless tale that pits country against country, good against evil, …
Review of 'The Princess Bride' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Considering how good the movie is, and that almost everyone (of my generation and afterward) saw the movie first, it's amazing how good the book is. Definitely worth reading.
eyal rated American Gods: 5 stars
eyal rated One Hundred Years of Solitude: 4 stars
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Spanish: Cien años de soledad, American Spanish: [sjen ˈaɲoz ðe soleˈðað]) is a landmark 1967 …
eyal rated A Wrinkle in Time: 5 stars
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (Time Quintet, #1)
A Wrinkle in Time is a young adult novel written by American author Madeleine L'Engle. First published in 1962, the …
eyal rated The Witches: 5 stars
The Witches by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake
This is not a fairy-tale. This is about real witches. Real witches don't ride around on broomsticks. They don't even …
eyal reviewed The Ministry of Truth by Dorian Lynskey
The author has written a study that places George Orwell's 1984 in a variety of …
Review of 'The Ministry of Truth' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
1984 is overrated as a classic. There are better, more convincing, more frightening, more useful dystopias around.
eyal rated James Clavell's Tai-Pan.: 4 stars
eyal reviewed The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Czech: Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí) is a 1984 novel by Milan …
Review of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Justifiably a classic, and probably Kundera's best.
The BFG by Roald Dahl
This book is a great book for all ages. It is a fantasy/adventure book.The BFG stands for 'Big Friendly Giant'. …
The fall by Albert Camus (Vintage international)
Mordant, brilliant, elegantly styled, The Fall is a novel Of the conscience Of modern man in the face of evil. …
eyal rated Don't Panic: 4 stars
Don't Panic by Neil Gaiman, David K. Dickson, M. J. Simpson, and 1 other
'It's all absolutely devastatingly true -- except the bits that are lies' Douglas Adams
Don't Panic celebrates the life of …