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2018-06-16 22:30

Tuyệt Đỉnh Tinh Tuyển Luyện Đề Thi THPT Quốc Gia Môn Hóa Học - Tập 2 Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Chu Thị Hạnh

This is the second of the Mercedes Thompson books. In Moon Called, Mercy recruited the help of her vampire friend, Stefan, to help out with some werewolf trouble that descended on the Tri-Cities. Now, the favor has come due, and it is Mercy's turn to help Stefan and the vampires -- a dangerous position to be in. Her partial immunity to vampire magic (a result of her walker heritage) may not be enough to help her when the vampire trouble turns into sorcerer trouble, which turns into demon trouble. Though I rated Moon Called a 4 (nearly a 5), Blood Bound was an easy 5 for me. It is good at being exactly what it's supposed to be. The tension is taut throughout, even when the story splits off and goes in a direction I wasn't expecting. The action and the danger were intense enough to lend a sense of urgency to the book, while never making it seem too extreme (leaving nowhere to go in the rest of the series). Briggs' characters are full and dynamic, even many of the minor characters; they're layered and interesting, but not distracting. There aren't tangential paragraphs describing rippling abs and long waving hair; what description there is, is to the point and effective. I continue to be surprised by Briggs. She makes choices that initial make me leery, and then she makes them work. I'm not used to that. Normally, if I stumble on something that I think is going to make me groan, it eventually does. In Blood Bound, the potentially groan-worthy thing was a split focus at the end. When the main trouble is over and the foe vanquished (is that spoilery? We all know how these things work out, don't we?), Mercy still has a bone to pick, a score to settle. It didn't really fall into the category of tying up loose ends because it was a bit too big for that. I expected it to be dealt with in the next book, and instead, a little mini-plot developed while Mercy pursued this new Big Bad. I really thought it was going to feel disconnected and tacked on, and instead it worked out perfectly. It fit the story rather than being wedged in to it, and it was just as engaging and proportionately dangerous and tension-worthy as it should have been. Briggs handles things well and either has a damn good content editor or a keen sense for it herself. Well worth the read.

2018-06-17 02:30

Mở Mắt Khi Hôn Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Hà Mạnh

Dominique Browning, successful magazine editor and all around busy body suddenly loses control when her life and job come crashing down around her. Amidst the financial crisis in the US her job and magazine were subsequently cut off. With no where to go and no new career moves in her sites Dominque does the only thing possible, sleep and slow down. Spending days lounging in her pajamas and weeks without the hustle bustle of the world she once knew gives her a new purpose and changes the way she looks at what’s in front of her. This was absolutely not the book for me. I’m not sure what I expected going into it, but the promise of a lovely cover and a woman who’s life suddenly takes a complete turn initially sounded appealing. It’s not so much that I expected to be amused by a comedic diatribe of her new life circumstance, but I wanted to learn more about her experiences that changed her opinions and what those opinions now were. What I should have realized was that much as I detested a similar memoir, Eat Pray Love, I would not connect with this either. Most of the first half of the book is spent with her languishing over the loss of her job and reminiscing in her memories of her ex-husband. I kept reading hoping that eventually I’d connect or there would be some sort of revelation, but after more than 80 pages in I decided that just wasn’t going to happen. It continued from that slow pace forward along a winding path of memories and existence. I’m positive a lot of my aversion comes from being the very type of person she moves away from being in the book, I’m constantly on the go trying to soak in every experience possible and truly savor it because life is just too short. Obviously this was a poor choice on my part, but it was also the actual slow pace of the writing that deterred me from loving this book as well. Readers of the memoir Eat Pray Love and similar stories will likely be huge fans of Slow Love by Dominique Browning. Unfortunately I wasn’t a fan of either. Dominique’s story relishes in her days of pajama wearing stillness to the extent that the book becomes slow as well. This would certainly be a book I’d recommend reading slowly, over the course of a few weeks allowing for time to appreciate the whole of her experience. As someone who’s constantly on the go with two toddlers in the home, it’s a story I couldn’t relate to at this point in my life, but may be able to a later point in my life. Dominique Browning brings a life of pajamas and one that is relaxed not only in her life but in her writing. Originally reviewed and copyrighted at my site, Chick Lit Reviews.

Người đọc Tania Piceava từ Çavuşdere/Bolu, Turkey

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.