Flashcard blueup Tiếng Anh 12 - Học Kì 1 tải về miễn phí cuốn sách

Jamie Glasspool glasshalfpool — As a new mom this one is both hard to read and also something I can relate to - you feel such empathy for Brown's struggles, but also recognize the universality of finding joy in your children. I admire Brown's honest recognition of the sense of upheaval, inadequacy, and loss that Walker's disabilities creates and find his efforts to use his experience to drive towards a deeper understanding of the inherent value in the lives of the disabled very moving.

Dennis Song siy3536624e506 — Very interesting look at America's first World's Fair and the serial killer who loved the cheese curds.

Sophie Anderson sophieebdb — 3.5 18-year-old Karou is not your typical teenage girl. First of all, she's an art student living in Prague. Second of all, she has blue hair and tattoos. Finally, she was raised in a magical portal by Brimstone, a half-human/half-animal being who trades wishes in exchange for human teeth. She has spent most of her life running dangerous errands for him, traveling to the ends of the earth to bring back bags of teeth, but when burned handprints begin showing up on the doors she uses, it's the first sign that the life she has known is about to come to a end. As she is drawn into an age-old war between seraphim and chimera, she tries to find out who she really is and what her place in the world is meant to be. I used this book in a booktalk to illustrate how hard it can be to draw a line between paranormal romance and fantasy, and I think that very issue is why I didn't love it. I got sucked in by the fantasy aspect only to run smack into 50 pages of overwritten mooning from Karou and Akiva. I actually set the book aside in the midst of that and had a hard time picking it back up. I'm glad I did though, because once Taylor put down her thesaurus and stopped describing Akiva's gorgeousness, the story switched back into fantasy mode and ended up being pretty good. Taylor is a showy writer, but as long as the plot is moving along, it works. It's a little hard to empathize with the beautiful, talented, exotic, wish-rich, wisecracking Karou, but she at least she's a strong female character, unlike many other paranormal romancees. On an unrelated note, I wouldn't recommend listening to the audiobook on this one - the reader's "Czech" accent sounds suspiciously Irish, and the flowery prose teeters on the brink of ridiculousness when spoken out loud. Good for paranormal fans who want something different, fantasy fans who want a focus on romance, and girls who want a heroine who actually does stuff.

Steve Arroyo scarroy — this is a really neat book with a really silly cover. it is a collection of love letters from gay couples throughout history. its quite lovely and really interesting/ affirming. most of them are loving and beautiful, some erotic, and its a cool introduction to some prominent figures in history who had some sort of gay relationships.