Giữa Tình Yêu Và Tình Dục Là Tình Gì? tải xuống LIT miễn phí

Pears Jobs seoland999aa5a — This was required reading for Shotokan students. I've re-read it several times. It's inspirational and philosophical.

Santiago Molina santimolina — "Gathering Blue" is the second book of the "The Giver Trilogy" by renowned Young Adult author Lois Lowry. As described on the author’s website: "In this speculation on the nature of the future of human society, life in Kira's community is nasty, brutish, and, for the ill or disabled, short." [www.loislowry.com] This book, while not necessarily sequential, is a companion to Lowry's 1994 Newbery Award-winning classic "The Giver." It follows similar themes of a primitive future world: a dystopian society with its hidden agendas; and wise & gifted children caught in the web of their world’s harsh yet convoluted cultural ways. We sense the novel's overall foreboding tone with its first words: "Mother?" There was no reply. She hadn't expected one. Her mother had been dead now for four days, and Kira could tell that the last of her spirit was drifting away. ...." Immediately we are introduced to a contrasting world to the high-tech society of "The Giver" - Kira's world is instead primitive; survival of the fittest is the law of the land. Kira, who was born with a disabled leg, should have been left to the wild beasts at birth. But due to other circumstances - her mother's resolve; Kira's own supernatural gift; and advocates on the city council - her life takes an alternate course. "Gathering Blue", like the more well-known "Giver," is certainly dark throughout. However, there are great moments of hope. This book does not reveal such controversial themes; nor are the characters as complex. Much as Kira's world is more simple than in "Giver", so are Lowry's characters. Some are good; some are evil. And many are just existing. Thus, while well-written and innovative, "Gathering Blue" does not leave such a lasting resonance as the "Giver" might. Additionally, unlike the transparent Jonas in "The Giver," we do not relate as well to Kira, whose emotions remain rather subdued and reflective throughout the tale. That saying, Lowry's ability to craft a new world; sympathetic characters; and a hint of the magical, is well-deserving of her public praise. She is considered a pioneer of dystopian young adult fiction; and as that genre has seemingly exploded among today's youth, it was helpful to me, as a future librarian, to see another example of the genre's beginnings.

Robert Morrison rob3rt — Ishiguro is my favorite novelist, despite the fact that I have to endure long, dry spells between his books. Nevertheless, this one is hard for me to embrace, and I have both read it in print and am in the process of listening to it on CD.

Veryveryvery Qi _ery_ery_ery — I've definitely got a weakness for books / movies that deal with memory. Forgotten tells the story of 16-yr-old London, whose only memories are not of her past but of her future. Huh? Sounds weird, doesn't it? Well it is weird, and while London's unusual plight is by no means fully explained, I was never left with the impression that it involved something supernatural or paranormal. If anything, this book is very much grounded in realism, save for this one unusual detail of London's malfunctioning memory. I read this book in one huge gulp, just tearing through the pages. The premise is so original that I was hooked from the beginning and instantly came down with a case of "the gottas" -- as in, I just gotta know what happens next!! I remember (no pun intended) experiencing a similar case of the gottas when I read Lisa McMann's Wake, another compulsive page-turner featuring a young girl with an unusual affliction. If you haven’t read it, I highly recommend that you do! In it, McMann introduces readers to Cabel (who I crowned the boyfriend we all wish we had in high school). And he still is IMO, but whoa mama, has he got some serious competition in Luke. I mean, is this guy for real or what? At times, he was almost too saccharine-sweet perfect and I didn’t know whether to puke or to run screaming to the dentist. I did neither, because in the end he completely won me over. Grown men who wish to woo their long-term partners would seriously benefit from taking a few pages from “the book of Luke” – this guy has got it figured out gentlemen. Trust me. So yeah, while there is mystery in this story, and while there is high school drama, this is mostly a teen romance. I don’t want to lie to you about that, in case you might have been getting other ideas. But it’s a romance that is tested by a pretty unusual problem – that being the girl has no past memories but a whole life of future memories. This makes her present very interesting. Forget girl meets boy, try girl meets boy over and over again because she can never remember him. Okay, I know it’s a stretch, but I promise if you suspend disbelief for just a moment, the story really will sweep you up and away. This part of the book reminded me a lot of the movie 50 First Dates. How would you live if you weren’t able to remember what happened yesterday, but you know what will happen next week? A year from now? Ten years from now? Do you accept your fate? Do you try to change it? Most importantly, do you keep your mouth shut about the fate of others? Imagine knowing when someone was going to die, even how they were going to die? That is one burden I could live without. I am a firm believer in ignorance is bliss. I think. And ultimately, that’s what I loved about this book the most, it made me think. Are our futures written in stone? Is it destiny or free-will?