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Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Jacqueline Wilson
A sweet, chick-flick-tastic read, but one of the few I've ended with a happy, warm-fuzzy feeling.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Cressida Cowell
Cute book, not as good as "The Devil Wears Prada".
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The heroine kind of got on my nerves because she was so flaky. But I still enjoyed Rafe.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều Tác Giả
I'd give this book a 5 stars... but I've read some of DeLillo's other stuff ... and the man is just death obsessed. It undercuts the characterizations in this book that he uses their preoccupations over and over and over again. Perhaps this is unfair, but there it is.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Lã Thanh Hà
I received this book from a coworker as a gift nearly three years ago. Respecting both her and her taste, I was ready for a literary gem. Well, unsurprisingly, I intended to read it right away and then three years went by before it popped into my head for some reason or another (most likely because of the rather delightful cover which is rather memorable in my mind), and I started reading it without glancing at the back cover for a reminder as to its topic. My opinion holds firm -- this was quite a delightful book. Turn, Magic Wheel is one of Dawn Powell's New York novels and she personally considered this her best work. The plot is this: Dennis Orphen has written a novel about a woman, left by her famous author husband -- cannibalizing the life of his friend, Effie Callingham, to do so. Effie is the first wife of Andy Callingham, who has since become a rising star in the literary world, and he left her several years before the start of our story. Despite that, Effie still lives in a world where she is still addressed as "Mrs. Callingham," though no one is deceived, except for Effie. Dennis takes few pains to conceal that his novel is about Effie and Andy Callingham, and our story almost immediately opens with Effie discovering his advance copy of the book, realizing that now the reality of her abandonment will be made public knowledge. This betrayal is one of many in the novel, and arguably, it isn't even the worst thing that one person does to another. A poignant and lovely novel, Turn, Magic Wheel is also a delightfully witty and wicked look at the New York literary scene. The title of the book comes from Theocritus: "Turn, magic wheel / Bring homeward him I love" which vaguely outlines a bit of what is to be expected in this book. The action hinges on the fact that we spend a great deal of time talking about Andy Callingham, the famous writer (and modeled on Hemingway), but we're all waiting for him to appear, for only with his arrival can we sort anything out. Powell has created wonderful characters, painfully and beautifully real. One frequently wishes to slap some sense into Dennis; he can be so curious about the lives of others, still be completely wrapped up in his own, and find himself totally flummoxed when the reality of someone else's life actually dawns on him. Somehow, this novel is both a biting satire and yet still an unconventional... I hesitate to use the phrase "love story," but there are elements of that, too. Certainly, for anyone who loves New York and literature, I think they'll enjoy this novel. Dawn Powell writes about New York as if it's more than just a setting... it's another character, living and breathing around the others, with a life and hum and energy. I'm certainly looking forward to discovering more of Dawn Powell's work, and I'm quite in the debt of my former co-worker for exposing me to her writing. Also, I might also direct you to a New York Times review of this book, published in 1936: http://www.nyt.net/books/98/11/15/spe... I don't know why this delights me so... perhaps it's simply the idea of the NY Times actually bothering to put its book reviews from the 30s online, but it makes me quite happy.
Princess Red Bird is the daughter of the king of all the Hsien people in Southern China, in the year A.D. 531. As a princess, Red Bird has many responsibilities to her people. For the past few years, her parents have sent her to be educated in a Chinese colonial town. She has learned to read and speak in Chinese, and to serve as an interpreter between her people and the Chinese officials. Red Bird is only sixteen, but she has had to grow up fast, and when war erupts, her life changes even more. She knows that if the Hsien and the Chinese could only become allies, they could fight together against their common enemy. But is an alliance between two very different peoples even possible? This book was one of my favorites from the Royal Diaries series, and brought to life Southern China long ago. The book teaches many fascinating details about the life and culture there in A.D. 531 without seeming like a history lesson. Definitley recommended for fans of the series.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Lee Woo-Jung
Gift from the food committee! Revolution!
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Catherine Fisher
I have to say that I really like this series. It is not dumb and keeps my interest.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: An Zhung
It was a fun, easy read. It seemed a bit cliche to me, but that might be because I had an entry level job and hung out in the East Village in the 90's which is pretty much what this book is about.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nguyễn Ngọc Tư
if i could write, i would want to write like her.
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.