Bobby Richardson từ Lily, KY , USA

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11/21/2024

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2018-08-23 02:30

500 Câu Chuyện Đạo Đức - Tình Thân Ái Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Trần Thị Thanh Nguyên

It's hard to remember a book being as hyped as "Freedom." In the weeks following its release, it seemed everywhere I looked there were glowing reviews of the book and of Jonathan Franzen. I had enjoyed Franzen's "The Corrections" and looked forward to reading "Freedom", but figured there was no way it could live up to the hype. It did. In "Freedom", Franzen tells the stories of several flawed relationships surrounding the Berglund family. While Patty and Walter's marriage is at the crux of the book, circling around that is both parties' relationship with Walter's friend Richard, their strained relationships with their children, adversarial dealings with their neighbors, and enough background on Walter and Patty's own upbringing to give insight into their behavior. On top of all that, Franzen manages to tackle mountaintop removal, overpopulation, the killing nature of housecats, the demise of the music industry, war profiteering, and the migratory patterns of cerulean warblers, to name just a few. This book was terrific, engrossing, and highly entertaining. I see a lot of negative comments on here about not "liking" the characters in the book. I didn't particular "like" them either - how could you when their many faults were laid so bare - but I could relate to them and I genuinely cared about how all of the related relationships were going to work themselves out.

2018-08-23 03:30

Tiếng Anh Cho Mọi Người - English For Everyone Practice Book Level 1 Beginner (Kèm 01 CD) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

be wild ..be a human being ..a real human being not the conditioned one

2018-08-23 04:30

Người Lớn Cô Đơn (Tái Bản) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Phan Ý Yên

Oh, my. I laughed out loud several times while flipping through this. I don't think my teen years were quite as angsty as some of these teens' journal entries.

2018-08-23 05:30

Bản Đồ Tư Duy Trong Thuyết Trình Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Alpha Books biên soạn

Urban Waite's debut novel, The Terror of Living, is a frenetically paced literary crime thriller. Told in short sections, the longest no longer than eight or ten pages, and from the perspective of five characters (all in the third person), the structure and pace of the novel take some getting used to at first. It has the effect of jump cuts in a movie or TV show, but once the main characters are established forty or fifty pages in, the structure and style work really well for the story being told. Speaking of the story, it follows Phil Hunt, a low-level drug runner in Washington State, who is happened upon in a desolate section of the forest north of Seattle by small-time deputy Bobby Drake. Hunt gets away, but loses the drugs, and in doing so brings the wrath of Grady Fisher, a vicious hit man hired to track down Hunt by the people smuggling the drugs. This brief synopsis probably makes the novel sound a little over-the-top, but Waite does a really nice job--with a couple of exceptions--of keeping the genre elements reigned in. In the acknowledgements, Waite thanks, among many other people, several writers and their books, including Cormac McCarthy for No Country for Old Men. Herein lies my biggest, and really only major problem with the novel. Even if I hadn't read the acknowledgements, the similarities to No Country for Old Men are hard to ignore. It's understandable, and admirable, for a writer to express his or her indebtedness to another writer's work, but I think that it's possible to become too indebted to a particular writer. Given the power of McCarthy's novel it's probably easy for a writer to lean on it, whether consciously or not, especially when writing something similar in theme. I think this manifests itself most clearly in the structure and theme of the novel and in the character of Grady, the hit man. He is very reminiscent of Chigurh from No Country for Old Men. Like Chigurh, Grady is a sadistic psychopath, but all along he is completely aware of who and what he is, and unfortunately it doesn't come off, or at least it didn't for me. Also, his weapon of choice is his bag of knives, which just didn't quite play for me either. Where Chigurh is mysterious, Waite gives some background on Grady, developing him much more than McCarthy does Chigurh; however, in a strange way, McCarthy's Chigurh is a better character for all that is unknown about him than Waite's Grady, though he is more "rounded." It's almost as if in "rounding" him out, trying to in some way explain his behavior, the essence of his character gets lost. What remains is a character who's a bit too cartoonish, especially given that the rest of the novel works so well. Finally, there is a section where Grady and Hunt talk on the phone that is too long to quote or summarize here (pgs. 210-213), but if you've read No Country for Old Men (or seen the movie) then the scene will be very familiar. It's a great scene, don't get me wrong, but it didn't feel completely original. Even with it's similarities to No Country, I enjoy The Terror of Living. After all, if you are going to use a writer's work as a model, then you could choose far worse than McCarthy. I read somewhere that Waite sold another novel along with this one, so we're likely to see his second novel in the not too distant future. Based on what he was able to do with The Terror of Living, I look forward to whatever Waite does next. For more, see my blog: http://thestoryisthecure.blogspot.com/

2018-08-23 06:30

Cô Đơn Cũng Không Khóc Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Thủy Anna

A very thinly veiled religious allegory, extremely preachy. Barely even about anything related to the first four books in this "series." Disappointing.

2018-08-23 07:30

Busy Farm (Busy Books) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Rebecca Finn

great read, but a little depressing, worth it though

2018-08-23 08:30

Bé Yêu Chuẩn Bị Đi Mẫu Giáo - Ai Giỏi Nhất? Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều Tác Giả

عنوان: آواز آن پرنده غمگين؛ شاعر: فریدون مشیری؛ تهران، نشر چشمه، 1376، در 162 ص؛ شابک: 9646194354؛ چاپ دوم تابستان 1377، چاپ سوم، 1381، چاپ چهارم 1383، چاپ هشتم بهار 1388، چاپ نهم 1388؛ در 172 ص، شابک: 9789646194359؛ موضوع: شعر شاعران معاصر ایرانی قرن 20 م

2018-08-23 09:30

Bài Học Làm Mẹ Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Ven. Pomnyun Sunim

This is not my favorite of the series but it has it's charm. Off to re-read for the third time.

2018-08-23 10:30

Mỗi Tối Một Truyện Mẹ Kể Bé Nghe - Mùa Thu Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Dương Minh Hào

A great example of the setting dominating the tone of the book. A really nice, sometimes subtle, story of someone who does his very best under the circumstances.

2018-08-23 11:30

3.3.3.9 Những Mảnh Hồn Trần Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Đặng Thân

7/19- 7/25....I know...took me a bit but it was a busy week! Luv'd the book! Enjoyed all the twisys though some you could see coming! :)

Người đọc Bobby Richardson từ Lily, KY , USA

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.