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I read this in homage to one of the places I turned down a job - Oklahoma. Quick read, and the movie is almost exactly straight out of the book (for once). Really, if you've seen the movie I wouldn't even bother with the book.
Hated the ending...kind of ruined the book for me.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Ni Xảo Nhi
I think you should go out and buy this right now. Seriously. Now I do my best to keep up with the news, I listen to NPR in the mornings, I read the newspapers most of the day while I'm at work. And still, I'm not always positive what the difference is between the Shia and the Sunnis (I know, I know), what which millitias stand for, etc. Not only does this have all of that, is thorough, and readable, but it also says what's plausible for getting Iraq to be a functioning country. It's worth the price for the maps at the back alone. The entire appropriation for Iraqi defense forces for FY 2006 ($3 billion) is less than the United States currently spends in Iraq every two weeks. The only negative is reading about what *should* be possible...but probably won't happen. RECOMMENDATION 23: The President should restate that the United States does not seek to control Iraq's oil. I could quote about a million and one other important things. Iraqis have not been convinced that they must take responsibility for their own future... The ability of the United States to shape outcomes is diminishing. Time is running out.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều tác giả
The author shares prose (from her life experiences in poetic format) and poetry to see the transformation that God has done in her life. Moreover, we are to break the yokes and get those thorns out of our side (sin). We also have to look out for the imposters whether human beings or things that deters us from our divine destiny. Ayani Meli has five sections in the book: The Past; The Present; Marriage Bed; Danger Zone; The Future. Biblically and numerically speaking, the number five signifies His grace. Some of the poems/prose is in stanza format (I, II, II) and casually written as if you wrote your thoughts in a journal (which these can be great for spoken word opportunities). She also shares poems on past historical events, present circumstances, domestic violence, people-pleasing and trying to meet the man’s expectations but never can no matter what she does for him, relationships, toxic people and things to avoid, and what the future holds. One poem that spoke to me in volumes because I’m dating someone who is Nigerian from the Igbo tribe: AZUBUIKE Language: Igbo (pronounced E-bo) Means "the past is your strength." This poem exemplifies and highlights a strong black man that surpasses all that comes his way; he is also the backbone, lover, comforter, and much more to the woman he loves. Other poems/prose I enjoyed was “And Suddenly” where we inhale and exhale the motions of life; “Untitled” (Marriage Bed section) especially the last 3 lines and “When Love Cripples” as we see love start off as we’ve dreamed then goes into catatonic state. In one of the poems, I loved the term “emotional rape” and author shared this notion on the topic of divorce in the prose. In “Small Life Lessons,” love this line “God’s smallest accidents can be man’s greatest miracle” (page 79). I could relate and loved “Letters to a Lovers Series: Our Seed” also refers to Mark 4:15-17; Matthew 13:6-8 and also Luke 8:6-8. *Personal note: I love rhyme poems and real-life situations in poetic format. Adrienna Turner received an eBook (pdf) copy of “Images and Rhythms of Generations” from the author for a book review. Review by, Adrienna Turner, author of “God is in the Equation” and award-winning book, “The Day Begins with Christ”.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Thiên Thai
a touching story on lifelong friendship
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Joe Snedeker
Despite the number of bad reviews I’ve read regarding The Wind Done Gone, my curiosity got the better of me and I read the book. The first few pages were okay. By the time I got to the middle part, however, I was bored. The story itself is too melodramatic, too romantic for my taste, and only vaguely relates to Gone With The Wind . The author not only changes the characters names (supposedly to get past the copyright) but changes the characters as well that I can’t reconcile her weak “R” to dashing Rhett Butler, or “Other” to Scarlett, etc. It could have been a different story, a different plantation and people, a stand alone tale not at all connected to GWTW. I can’t help thinking that maybe only reason she even connected this to GWTW was to ride on its success. Also, ironically, the black characters in the book are unsympathetic. While I can imagine Pork (Garlic in her book) and Mammy as subversive, claiming to be the real brains behind the success of Tara, they come off as more malicious and contemptuous than just subversive. It’s because Randall paints the white characters as weak in both spirit and mind, oblivious to the fact that lives are being played and used by their servants for their own gains, and in away I become more sympathetic those poor white folk whose story I suddenly was more interested to read. Randall’s writing style also annoyed me at places. It was a little too cluttered (it reads like a bad version of Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea) and just compounds the overall badly execution of the novel. The idea itself is promising – a story about the slaves in Tara and how they would have felt– and that is what hooked in the first place. Some parts were good, especially nearing the end where Cynara finally lets go of her anger towards Other. (I think that was the only part in the novel where I truly felt this was part of GWTW.) On a whole, The Wind Done Gone is simply too much of a romance for me to enjoy. It’s just something I wouldn’t have even picked up, if not for the GWTW connection. Neither does it provide much insight regarding the plight of black people post liberation. If you’re looking for something like that, skip this and read Toni Morrison’s Beloved instead. I’m sure that would be a much more satisfying read.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều Tác Giả
I read a really bizarre book...I'm thinking James Patterson?...years ago which had a hermaphrodite in it...TWIN hermaphrodites, maybe?... and let's just say they didn't have to worry about getting their needs met conveniently having all the equipment necessary. I'm hardly a prude (I don't think!) but I wasn't keen on another book like this and was scared off initially by the subject matter after that experience. Thank God for goodreads that I was able to take my friend Ken's recommendation as well as others on the site and actually read it. I might have missed out on a terrific book, otherwise. It's no longer a taboo subject with me; just the opposite, I feel very comfortable with the subject. The book has helped me see this is a condition of real human beings due to specific genetic factors, not some freak sideshow exhibition. The book is still settling in my bones. It's never a good thing to try to comment on it while the particulate matter is swarming around me. I'll have to wait until it settles into some finite object that I can look at and evaluate. Meanwhile, I know it was a very good book, that I enjoyed it and it was well worth the read, that the author is incredibly insightful and intelligent, that he has done his homework and has presented the subject character and the family sympathetically and, at times, humorously. I plan to go on Oprah's website as well and read the Q&A for the author. Let me know what you think! ******** OK, a couple weeks later, I realize there's nothing left to be said. I've already said I became comfortable with a subject that, before reading this book, I would have avoided at all cost and that Middlesex changed my thinking. What higher kudos could follow?
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Dương Hà
Love it - fast paced, I couldn't put it down. A bit far fetched but great escapism.
This was a very fun book to read. I picked it up excitedly whenever I got the chance. It's an easy read, one you can fly through. The story is of a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, and his attempts to solve a murder mystery. Just when you think you know who the murderer is, there's a wrench thrown into the story and you're no longer sure anymore. I liked this book. It was very fun. I'll read more of James Lee Burke's books because of this one.
Was hard to get into this one and actually only made it though the 2nd time. Overly pretentious beginning just didn't impress me much. I felt the writer was trying too hard to make the characters well educated and worldly with no advantage to the reader, just boredom and lack of true character depth. (JS Bach never composed a cello concerto! It was an unaccompanied cello suite playing at the lab!). But that eventually went away.... I enjoyed the read. Fun summer reading. I will get the next one. This isn't great or lingering literature for your mind, but is fun frivolity! And the plot is well crafted and well paced. Recommended read.
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.