21 Chuyện Cướp Biển tải về miễn phí cuốn sách

Siegfried Baldauf _ — Dean Karnazes is an inspiration and proves that all of us can do far more than we can imagine, especially when it comes to physical exertion/stamina. Completing the Western 100, finishing the first marathon to the South Pole, running across Death Valley in a 135-mile race, even his remarkable 199-mile run to Santa Cruz to prove to himself that it could be done . . . these are commendable. But perhaps the thing that found most remarkable is that Dean holds down a regular job, has a regular family and still manages to train for these incredible feats without disrupting the balance of things. (Admittedly, he does much of his running late at night, going for months on four hours sleep!) Another thing I found remarkable is his apparent modesty. Most of his co-workers did not even know about this training and racing because he would keep a regular work schedule and make a point not to complain despite fatigued muscles and depleted electrolytles. Good example for the rest of us who may gripe about a stubbed toe or paper cut. I read this in three sittings because it is both a compelling story and very well written/edited.

Susanne Thum _usanne_hum — Review originally posted at Ramblings From This Chick Paying the Piper started of okay for me, but after a few chapters it just became so monotonous. If I had to hear Grace whine one more time about how it was unfair of her father to sell her mothers bar I was going to shoot myself. Even when Grace found out the reasoning behind it (which in my opinion was valid) she continued to bitch and moan. Then there is Jimmy, whom I didn't really understand. He seems to be really attracted to Grace and they start to have something and then he just pushes her aside as if she means nothing to him. It just seemed so out of character for what we had previously been shown of him. My other peeve about this book is the coming together of Grace and Jimmy. From the get go, these two are pretty hot for each other and have some pretty racy thoughts. Then when they finally get together the author shows some pretty hot foreplay and then just cuts to the next scene without showing the actual "coming together." This is one of my biggest pet peeves when reading. If you are going to put everything else in, then why wouldn't you put in the sex scene? Leave out the rest then. It just feels as if it isn't flowing well when that happens. All in all, this wasn't a horrible book despite the rating. It just wasn't my cup of tea.

Pixelcrayons Pixelcrayons pixelcrayons — Asks a lot of pointed questions about race and justice, and then provides what could reasonably be predicted as the sad reality.

Renee Chen chenyingxing — See my review posted at http://bookdilettante.blogspot.com/se...

Jun Yan junyan — recommended by Jan Marston