Hội Chợ Phù Hoa - Tập 1 tải về miễn phí cuốn sách

Piero Che pierochepiu — Pretty good so far, even if Harris is dumbing down the Cursus Honorum for the average reader...

Dora Schall doraschall — Taking a break from this one... I used to always finish books I started too.

João Ortega joaortega — Loved the cons. Loved the characters. Loved the powers. Only two minor things kept this book from getting five stars for me. One: a possible-but-minor plot hole near the end in which I'm not sure when Barron had a chance to read his notebooks. Two: The cover. I thought it was cool until I read hints like this about the MC's appearance (p. 43): "'Your grandfather told me that someone in your family was descended from a runaway slave,' she says....People are always coming up to me on trains and talking to me in different languages, like it's obvious I'll understand them." I dunno. Maybe it comes from growing up in California, but the guy on this cover doesn't look ambiguous in his racial ancestry at all, not to the point where people would assume he could speak a foreign language (this all takes place in the US, remember). He looks white. I assumed he was white, and I actually had to re-read that section to understand what his appearance was meant to be. Didn't ruin the book for me, though. I'll definitely be picking up the sequel.

Wasbeen Wasbeen wasbeen — A lovely little philosophy book where Lindbergh is reminded of some valuable life lessons while spending a solitary vacation by the ocean. Each shell she finds on the beach serves as a metaphor for such things as patience, grace, the art of solitude and contemplation—the importance of a simple life. She applies this to relationships and life’s struggles. I like her analogy of comparing a good relationship to a pattern like a dance. Partners don’t need to hold on tightly because they move confidently in the same pattern. Each cycle of the tide is valid as each cycle of a relationship is valid. The shells remind her that the sea recedes and returns eternally. She is reminded by the shells she takes home with her to see with ‘island’ eyes—to maintain a balance of physical, intellectual and spiritual life. This is a book to savor and reread often.