Leslie Gray từ Rahimatpur, Maharashtra , India

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12/22/2024

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2018-12-09 08:30

Truyện Tranh Lịch Sử - Vua Duy Tân Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Lê Phương

I discovered this book by perusing the books being offered for review by Crazy Book Tours. I have seen many bloggers be part of tours and I was curious to see how they worked. Trevor's book was the one that piqued my interest the most. For some reason it struck me as a kind of Battle Royale, Hunger Games, Lord of the Flies kind of book from the description. It wasn't even close. It wasn't what expected at all. But that doesn't mean I didn't like it, because I did. Children of Paranoia is an intense kind of book that immediately drags you in and pulls you along through the story, not caring as your flesh is scraped raw by the bumps and bands along the way. The writing is superbly done, especially in the beginning. The writer uses intrigue and perfectly executed foreshadowing to draw the reader deeper and deeper into the story, never giving them an excuse to close the book and walk away. Foreshadowing is one of those techniques not a lot of writers can get right. Some never use it to its full potential, but many more overuse it so much you cringe every time it appears on the page. Mr. Shane has foreshadowing down to a science. I never cringe when it's used. It doesn't slap you in the face with its presence, but it's there just enough to know what you might expect in the following pages. The story is very realistic. Mr. Shane writes the story to be believable. I find myself looking around wondering if the people around me could be caught up in some invisible war. It is possible. The facts add up...and I still find myself asking...who were the good guys...and who were the bad ones? What makes one side good over the other? Interesting question to ponder. Some of the characters frustrate me at times. The main character is so smart, yet at times he doesn't see the most clear things right in front of him, and he doesn't make the choices we all know he should (and the choices he has been trained to make all his life). This seems too convenient for me and a small, yet annoying flaw in the writing. I saw things coming way before the main character did, and he should have seen them first. The pacing slowed towards the end and I found myself tiring slightly of the story...but I pushed myself through and I was glad I made it to the end. And you will too. The ending completely shocked me. I never saw (most of it) coming. I actually might just read the next book in the series to see what Mr. Shane intends on doing next because I am intrigued, yet again...

2018-12-09 09:30

Chọn Đúng Người Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

“I turned around, stepped over the zebra and threw myself overboard.” This sentence, full of surprise and wonder, jumps out of the middle of Life of Pi. It's indicative of the story Yann Martel tells in this novel, a remarkable story where he makes the unbelievable sound credible. When you stumble across sentences like that, you know you're in the hands of a master storyteller. Yann Martel gives us the story of Piscine Molitor Patel, self-christened as Pi. Yann Martel keeps the story of Pi's long voyage moving at an interesting pace. You know from the beginning that Pi will survive, but at times you wonder how he will overcome each challenge he faces. Martel doesn't allow Richard Parker to be anything more than a dangerous Bengal tiger and Pi never to be more than a desperate boy lost at sea. As Pi's long days at sea take a toll on his health and mind, the story begins to strain credulity. Martel then challenges the reader at the end to disbelieve it all. In the end, it becomes a matter of faith.

2018-12-09 10:30

Mẹ Ơi Con Đã Lớn Rồi - Con Không Muốn Đi Ngủ Đâu Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Tinman

Loved the book! Absolutely can't wait for Hallowed!

2018-12-09 11:30

Thác Loạn Ở Lasvegas Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

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great stuff- I'm motivated. Let's ORGANIZE a revolution!

2018-12-09 12:30

Giáo Dục Toàn Diện - Học Sinh Tiểu Học (Hộp 3 Cuốn) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Vương Tinh Phàm

** spoiler alert ** I enjoyed this immensely. It was a beautiful love story. The hero and heroine were so beautiful to watch; so wistful and bittersweet, especially in the initial scenes after Jack's accident. The first thing I wanted to point out is that All About Seduction suffers a few of the same ailments as another new release this year - Lecia Cornwall's Secrets of a Proper Countess. First, I felt that more often than not the heroine was her own worst enemy and that it was just her sheer stubbornness standing in their way. Secondly, there were no good supporting characters. There was the hero and heroine, but neither of them had any characters that supported them in anyway. All they had was each other. Both of their families were less and worthless, less than useless, and more often than not, were the cause of the situation either the hero or the heroine found themselves in. This was disappointing, because in a novel such as this, with the darker tones, and the heroine's heinous predicament, she had no one on her side. There was no family, or even really a staff member. She sort of had her maid, but even then her maid was only really able to offer the smallest amount of moral support. So here she is. Caroline, the heroine, was sold to a man 40+ years her senior before she was even 15 years old to cover her father's debts and bad spending. Since then, her obscenely wealthy husband, (the only reason she was married to him in the first place), has been paying for her entire family's extravagant spending and whoring ways. Now, he's got one foot in the door, and unbeknownst to Caroline, her entire inheritance upon her husband's death is contingent on her providing a male heir. They're 15 years into their marriage and because he's 70-something and can't get it up anymore, and also had two previous marriages that failed to produce any children, he's determined that Caroline will conduct an affair in order to get pregnant. At first, she's understandably horrified and refuses, until she learns that if she does not provide him with a son, she will inherit nothing when he dies and will be completely destitute. And this is where Jack, the hero, comes in. After a series of events, miscommunications and horrible "trysts", the heroine finally conducts her "affair" with the injured Jack in order to get herself pregnant. However, before she finally settled on Jack, she did try to "seduce" one of the men her brother provided. No, you didn't read that wrong. Yes, her brother, in fact, her entire family were in on her husband's plan for her to take a lover, and were very much in support of it. After all, if she's left destitute, who will continue to fork out the money they believe they need in order to live? Like I said, the heroine had no one she could count on, and I believe if she'd had someone, anyone she would have been more receptive to Jack in the beginning. But because she wasn't, she initially forbade Jack from touching her in anyway, so needless to say, their first time together, was a horrendous experience for both of them. As Jack said - it would have been much better for the both of them if he hadn't felt as if he were raping her. Jack was a wonderful hero. He was essentially crippled for the majority of the novel, and so was reliant on other people to perform even the most basic of human functions. However, if not for this, he and Caroline would never have been together. I loved that Jack was so in touch with his emotions, and the only time he was ever even close to being a bit of a jerk was when his ego and pride were being trampled on over and over again. Jack had always longed for Caroline, (although not under the circumstances in which they eventually came together), so this constant longing of his just made every encounter between the two that much more bittersweet and heart-wrenching. Caroline did have a similar longing for Jack, but I felt, she didn't completely understand it due to the lack of human kindness and love she'd experienced in her life. After Jack and Caroline had fallen in love, the novel moved at warp speed. I was beginning to panic, because she did fall pregnant, and time was moving so swiftly. At the beginning of one chapter, three months had passed, and I was on the edge of my seat waiting to see what happened. I figured from the very beginning that Caroline's husband would drop dead. The only question that remained was when. And I can tell you, I was starting to worry that he wouldn't. I didn't see that Jack and Caroline could be together if he was still alive. However, only a few pages from the end, in the process of being arrested for the murder of at least one of his previous wives and as well as orchestrating the murder of one of the men Caroline had had a supposed tryst with, he did drop dead. It couldn't have happened to a more deserving person as far as I'm concerned. I'm curious to know what happened after the epilogue of the novel. Their child was christened with Caroline's dead husband's name, however they were told they could change it now that everything with the will had been sorted, so did they? I can't imagine why they wouldn't but while it was mentioned in the telling of the story, the characters didn't actually verbally talk about it, so that left me feeling a little irritated. The irritation was alleviated however, when it was revealed they were expecting a second child. I will admit it dipped a bit around the three quarter mark. This is when the heroine was having a real attack of conscience and crisis of faith. I felt that she was a little too resistant to the hero and as I said, if she'd been slightly more accepting of him, things wouldn't have been so awful for them for that period. In the end however, I was left with a massive grin on my face. This was a novel that was gripping and heart-wrenching. It engages the reader's emotions, leaving them raw and completely invested in seeing the hero and heroine come together and get their happy ending. This is the first novel by Katy Madison that I have read, and I will definitely read more from her again. This was a wonderful novel with a beautifully woven romance and I would recommend it to any romance fan, regardless of the subgenres they may prefer. 5/5 * As a side note, there is a scene between Caroline and a secondary character, Mr. Berkley. This scene may distress some readers as it dances the very fine line between being sexual assault and not being sexual assault. I would warn readers that the consent is "dubious" because while Caroline is saying yes because she thinks she has no other choice, she doesn't actually want it.

2018-12-09 13:30

Những Câu Chuyện Ngụ Ngôn Hay Nhất Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Trương Thái

Sheer, unadulterated genius!

2018-12-09 14:30

10 Vạn Câu Hỏi Vì Sao? – Vật Lý (Tái Bản) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

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bizarre

2018-12-09 15:30

Đạo - Con Đường Không Lối Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Osho

A book to read to get your mind off things. It's stupidly funny..but you still go on reading coz it gets interesting each chapter!

2018-12-09 16:30

Những Mẩu Chuyện Vui Của Cáo Và Thỏ - Trốn Mùa Đông Trên Đảo Trứng Tròn Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Sylvia Vanden Heede

The stories were not amazing. But I was blown away by the author. I read "How I went out to service", "Happy Women", and "My Contraband". I thought this woman was basically a writer for young girls. Lord, was I wrong. This is a woman of strong beliefs, standing against her culture, and writing with passion. I may have to go back and read Little Woman and Jo's Boys. A worthy read.

2018-12-09 17:30

Diệu Âm Từ Miền Tĩnh Lặng Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Hồ Kim Chung

Set in the small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Depression, To Kill a Mockingbird follows three years in the life of 8-year-old Scout Finch, her brother, Jem, and their father, Atticus--three years punctuated by the arrest and eventual trial of a young black man accused of raping a white woman. Though her story explores big themes, Harper Lee chooses to tell it through the eyes of a child. The result is a tough and tender novel of race, class, justice, and the pain of growing up.

Người đọc Leslie Gray từ Rahimatpur, Maharashtra , India

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.