Valentine's Day Reading: 'Girl With A Pearl Earring'

[Scheherazade]

This year we will be reading Tracy Chevalier's Girl With a Pearl Earring during the Valentine's Day Week.

If you are in the mood for a book based on luuuurve, please get your copies ready and start reading soon!

Book Club Procedures

[Madhuri]

I wanted to read this book, but unfortunately its not available at the book store. I will have to postpone reading it.

[Virgil]

I've read this book before. Very good read. Excellent. I wish I had the time to re-read it with you all. I will then glance over to the comments.

[littlewing53]

i thought it was an excellent book...i'd read it again...and the movie ain't so bad..

[Jay]

I just managed to borrow the book, hoping to start reading it in the evening.

[Jay]

About 3/4 done. Cornelia is annoying. No idea why Griet still believes/tries to believe that Cornelia isn't plotting against her when she's behaving suspiciously.

[Scheherazade]

Just starting to read this one; I wasn't expecting it to take place some 350 years ago.

[Scheherazade]

I am half way through the book and very annoyed with Griet... Can't bring myself like her as a character.

[Alexei]

I am half way through the book and very annoyed with Griet... Can't bring myself like her as a character.

Assolutely! I have the same problem, while I was reading it. Don't you have the feeling she is a bit too ration than it is normal, I don't really sense her emotions, it was really strange. May be that's why I was so disappointed with the book, but I think there is something more: the book is too simple. The plot line is absolutely straight and very rational, there is nothink you could really think on, there isn't even some good idea to consider I was complately amazed because so many people have recommended it to me, I expected something much better!

[Scheherazade]

Finished reading it and I am thinking 'what a waste of my weekend!' A predictable and boring storyline, characters lacking likeability and depth... I can easily say that I enjoyed reading Bridget Jones' Diary much more than reading this book.

I was complately amazed because so many people have recommended it to me, I expected something much better!

Same here, Alexei. After hearing about it so much, I was really looking forward to reading this book but it has been a big let down.