Josh Mcnall từ Island Lake, MN , USA

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12/22/2024

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2018-10-04 12:31

Gia Tộc Ma Cà Rồng - Bộ 6 Cuốn Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Melissa De La Cruz

I will be honest I did not finish the whole book. I didn't read Meljean Brook's short story set in her Guardian world. I know that she says that each Guardian book can be read on it's own and just the research I did on this anthology told me that the events in this book take place in between books, I didn't feel like I could enter the Guardian world in the middle like that. With that said I do look forward to reading more of Meljean Brook's other books and maybe I will get back to this story later. Now on to the rest. I had yet to read anything else by Charlaine Harris besides her Sookie Stackhouse series. I liked the story she contributed to this anthology. I thought that she did a great job with the world building within the contstraints that a short story proposes. I actually was left wanting to know more. Wanting to hear other stories set in this setting. I had not read anything by Nalini Singh before this. This story is part of her Guild Hunters series and where this being a series I'd never read before differs from Meljean Brook's story is that this story takes place before the events in the first offical story in the Guild Hunter series so the reader is not coming into the middle of the series, but getting a preview of what to expect in the series as a whole. It's not, however, a story about the main characters in the Guild Hunter novels but instead is about secondary characters that do appear in the novels as well. It's a nice introduction to the series and in fact i found the story and the mythology interesting enough to pick up the actual novels. Lastly is Ilona Andrews' story set in her Kate Daniels world. I love the Kate Daniels series and I liked getting a different character's perspective (in this case Andrea). We get the story of Andrea and Raphael's relationship after the events in Magic Strikes. We also get a few little glimpses into what's going on with an injured Kate after the events of the aforementioned book. The end of this novel leads us nicely into the beginning events of the fourth novel Magic Bleeds. I liked learning background information about both Andrea and Raphael. I was saddened by Andrea's story of where / how she grew up and what she had to deal with. It makes her reaction to Kate's indifference to what she is understandable. It also makes her apprehensiveness towards starting anything with Raphael clear as well, but it's also nice to see her try to overcome her aversion to the pack and other Weres and give Raphael a try. I will admit to this story being the main reason I picked up this anthology. It's well worth it to get further insight into the Kate Daniels series, but fortunately it's nothing essential to the main storyline that would leave the reader lost if they don't read it.

2018-10-04 13:31

Thần Thoại Ấn Độ - Tái bản 06/2005 Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Windy Doniger Óflaherty

In light of Juan Williams firing by NPR, this is his retort on how free speech is being muzzled in America due to political correctness and the slant offered by many news operations. It is worth reading.

2018-10-04 14:31

12 Mảnh Ghép Tình Yêu - Sư Tử Kiêu Hãnh Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Asbooks biên soạn

I enjoyed The Rising Of The Moon, and was glad to find this one. It surprised me, rather. It starts with characters at one of the old-fashioned asylums and, having just read an article by Patrick McGrath, who grew up at Broadmoor, I was looking forward to an asylum-based story. Mitchell moved her characters away, though, into quiet English towns, and the story became something unexpected.

2018-10-04 15:31

Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Rick Riordan

I fell in love with this story long before I started reading it. As a history/lit major, Shakespeare fanatic and amateur genealogist, any blurb with the words ‘Tempest,’ ‘blood-lines,’ ‘fairytale’ and ‘colonial scars’ is enough to win me over. As predicted, it turned out to be a very engaging read. Indigo is set in two distinct places in two very different periods of time. The primary narrative tells the story of Miranda: a tiny twig on a complex family tree of once-glorious, red-headed, cricket bat wielding colonists who settled the imaginary Caribbean Island Enfant-Béate in the Seventeenth Century. The past haunts the grey London streets of Miranda’s childhood; it is ever-present in the stories of her black nurse Serafine, the bickering between her poor, proud parents, and the aura of light surrounding her golden-white sister/aunt Xanthe. Warner then plunges us 350 years into the past, taking us back to the island and weaving a rich historical-mythical tale of its native peoples and their displacement. The novel finally returns to Twentieth Century Paris, where we witness the adult Miranda struggling to make peace with her family’s turbulent past. This book has a lot of strong points. Importantly, Warner succeeds in tackling serious questions about colonialism whilst keeping her book upbeat, fascinating and completely readable. Her weaving of history and myth is rendered faultlessly and is almost Carter-esque in its delivery. The tone and style of her writing really appealed to me. She is especially good at evoking a sense of place; I was particularly moved by the image of the Chinese restaurants in London (“syrupy mangoes and sticky vermilion pork pieces, as well as ivory pagodas and lacy balls carved within lacy balls, and lychees of mother-of-pearl veined flesh so delicate it would defeat even their nimble carvers’ skills at counterfeiting”...wow) and the almost painfully beautiful description of the luscious tropical island. My only teeny-tiny gripe is that the third section lacked some of the force of the first two – I’d been glued to the page for 200 pages and then felt my attention waning slightly. Minor issues aside, this is a wonderful, generous, entertaining, intelligent book and wholly deserves to be better known.

2018-10-04 16:31

Đóng Cửa Thả Boss Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Tứ Mộc

Not as good as the first, but still an enjoyable read.

2018-10-04 17:31

Tranh Tô Màu Tập Thể - Đồng Quê Bát Ngát Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Bùi Hải Nam

Stream-of-consciousness story about a family in the Homewood section of Pittsburgh. I loved the rhythm of the language. I want to read it again now that I get that rhythm.

2018-10-04 18:31

Fundamentals of Pediatric Imaging, 2e Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Lane F. Donnelly

best ever.

2018-10-04 19:31

R.U.R. - Các Robot Toàn Năng Của Rossum Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Karel Capek

Well written. Makes me glad I voted for this man and does actually give me some hope that we can begin to solve some of the huge problems we are facing as a nation. Worth the read.

2018-10-04 20:31

Luật Hấp Dẫn - Bí Mật Tối Cao (Tái Bản) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

I normally cannot pick favorite books out of a series, but this book stood out in the Robert Langdon triology. It was such an amazing and fascinating book. I never knew how it was going to end, which makes for an excellent book, in my opinion. While this book may have been the perfect end to the triology, I'm still holding out for another!

2018-10-04 21:31

Thông Tin Đa Chiều Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Trần Văn Tuấn

I don't know where my life would be today without Kesey's ideas of both the fog and the machine. It's a must read.

Người đọc Josh Mcnall từ Island Lake, MN , 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.