Ismael Saldivar từ Solpke, Germany

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05/17/2024

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2018-12-29 02:30

Cuộc Sống Tươi Đẹp - Để Luôn Tràn Đầy Sức Sống Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Dale Carnegie

One of the few things my mother did right was to read to me the Madeline series growing up.

2018-12-29 03:30

Thoughts & Notions (Không CD) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

** spoiler alert ** 4.5/5 (B++) Ms James is an author that I always enjoy, but while everyone looooved her books, I only liked them. My biggest issue with the books has been they weren't contemporary romance enough, a touch too chick-lit-ish. As a result, I went in A Lot Like Love with low expectations and I was pleasantly surprised :) I think what worked best for me in A Lot Like Love were the characters and the storyline. I really liked both Jordan and Nick. I thought Jordan was a very interesting character, very sophisticated but at the same time, grounded to earth. Although she's the daughter of a billionaire, her father made his fortune while Jordan and her twin brother were growing up and is a firm believer of making it on your own. So Jordan pretty much grew up like everyone else, went to school, got a degree in business and drafted a business plan to open her wine shop. Even now, she does not depend on her father's money... and that's what made Jordan so interesting in my opinion. She wasn't born with the silver spoon in her mouth, but she knows both sides of the medal. When Nick meets Jordan, he thinks she is a spoiled princess, but she is anything but. Instead, she's independent, capable and smart. Another check in the plus column for me was Jordan's relationships with the people she loved. Her loyalty to her brother Kyle, which means she's behind him and also there to lend support. The fact that she goes each week to visit him and cheer him up, it means a lot and is very commendable. Also, she's known her best friends and maintained a relationship with them since college and fortune has not changed that. Really, she's just a regular woman with a very expensive car :) As for Nick, I liked him as well, although I thought his character wasn't as developed. Then again, what is there to say about a single man who's dedicated his life to his work which mostly consisted of undercover work? What I can say about Nick is that he did come across as manly, rough around the edge, but not overboard alpha and that was good for me :) It made him more normal and real in my opinion, although who doesn't know Dancing with the Stars nowadays? His reaction was funny though :) Something else I liked about Nick is that he was not too stubborn. For example, he had preconceptions about Jordan because her father is a billionaire and so he thought she was princess-y in the beginning. However, his opinion changed once he got to know her and admitted he was wrong. So a good guy who is able to match everything Jordan throws at him and even more :) Jordan and Nick pose as a couple to go to the party so Nick can plant those bugs. What neither expected is Eckhart has been after Jordan, but because of Kyle's trial and imprisonment, his seduction has been on hold. He was planning to resume it at the Valentine's party and Jordan showing up with Nick really doesn't please him. He wants to find dirt on Nick to get him out of the picture and so, Jordan and Nick have to continue to pose as a couple... that means kisses and spending time together. I quite enjoyed the romance; it worked for me. I like that they had to spend time together, which means they got to know each other. I think that's really made Nick realize who Jordan was truly, how hard-working she was. It also showed Jordan's a better side of Nick as well, like picking her food, helping her close the store. It's all small things, but it gives you such insight. Other things that worked for me and made this book better: Jordan and Kyle's relationship. Also, that Kyle wasn't such a criminal... what he did was stupid, but seriously didn't warrant jail time... and LOL, the Twitter Terrorist. It was a bit absurd, but all in good fun :) Nick's family - we don't actually see them (and I actually wished we did!), but there are phone calls and I think the dynamics said it all :) Finally, probably one of the best part, was the FBI's office. Loved seeing Nick and Jack Pallas competing with each other, their trash-talking, it's really what guys do :) Then you add in Huxley and Wilkins, LOL. I also loved Wilkins reaction when their boss told him the next assignment would be his LOL. All in all, I think Ms James wrote great characters and a good story ;) The balance between the romance and plot worked well too :) I thought it was actually interesting. The humor was good and I had some nice LOL moments. My only complaint and why this book isn't getting an A grade is the way Nick's cover story broke. Having an ex-girlfriend coming and confronting Jordan and then, blowing Nick's cover, ugh. That's just too frustrating. I guess it could happen, but I felt it was the easy way out here. Also, I felt it really reflected badly on Nick's professionalism. What if Jordan had been the mark? As it is, it still put the whole investigation in jeopardy, with their suspect catching on! I didn't mind Nick's identity being discovered, but the way it was done, it really left a bad taste in my mouth... Finally, I do think once Jordan and Nick really got together, the storyline snowballed to the ending. It was a bit rushed and the disagreement between Jordan and Nick seemed a bit foolish. However, it was all counteracted by all the goodness in this book :) I am soooo looking forward to Kyle's book now! :) Also, I hope Ms James will continue with the FBI office, I think it's really a good set up for her stories :)

2018-12-29 04:30

Khu Vườn Đêm Của Tom Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

Formally playful and entertaining, but too slight. Barthelme was better at the short-story form than the novel.

2018-12-29 05:30

Thuốc Nam Chữa Bệnh Và Cấp Cứu Thông Thường Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Quốc Đương

I enjoy the "Old Republic" books much more than I do the "Luke & Co." books nowadays. This was very enjoyable. The story was interesting and I could see how it might affect the upcoming MMORPG. Only real complaint I had was that some of the names were annoying. Darth Howl? Really? Why do the Sith Lords have to have such cheesy names?

2018-12-29 06:30

Truyện Tiếu Lâm Trung Quốc Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Mai Ngọc Thanh

Cute book with a feisty heroine. The book surprised me with a bit more violence than I was expecting, but it's not done in a distasteful way. It is a book about a girl that can see, talk and touch ghosts. Ghosts are dead people, so obviously they won't have all passed away peacefully in their sleep. Some will be angry. Suze's job is as a mediator and she helps ghosts move on in her own special way (often involving her fists). I guess I was expecting a little more from the book. This if the first Meg Cabot YA book other than Abandon that I've read. I wanted to know more about Heather and why she was the way she was. I realize that this is the first book of a series, so I know other characters will get filled out, like Jesse, but the book just felt a little light to me. But I still enjoyed the book and found Doc/Dave to be adorable, and it was nice to have an albino character in a book that wasn't there just for comic relief or as the villain. I really hope Meg Cabot has a new Heather Wells book in the works!

2018-12-29 07:30

Toán - Anh Cho Trẻ Mầm Non: Phân Biệt Hình Học Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Lê Bích Ngọc

If you're looking for poetry for children, there's two books that are perfect: The Light In The Attic and Where The Sidewalk Ends.

2018-12-29 08:30

Các Tuyệt Chiêu Adobe Photoshop CS5 - Thực Hành Bằng Hình Ảnh Minh họa (Sách Kèm CD) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: VL. Comp (Tổng Hợp & Biên Soạn)

The fifth story threw me off balance- the idea of a woman who claimed to be a virtuoso but had never played the cello! What an idea. After finishing the book I thought about it.. perhaps such people are just insanely sensitive- like people who can be conductors. But realistically: how to have the same respect for the person? I would personally find it very hard to reconcile with the fact that my mentor had never touched the instrument yet could impart all sorts of knowledge and techniques etc.

2018-12-29 09:30

Truyện Cổ Tích Việt Nam - Viên Ngọc Thần Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

Barbara Buncle is a middle aged spinster who has been forced by reduced circumstances to seek additional income and so has written a novel based on the village in which she lives under a pseudonym in the hope of making some money. To her delight her book is published and becomes wildly popular, putting an end to her financial problems. However, the residents of Miss Buncle’s village are less thrilled when they discover that they all feature in the book and many of them are less than flattered. If only they can find the author, the mysterious John Smith, then there is certain to be trouble. Miss Buncle’s Book was everything I had hoped for and more. It is a charming tale of village life which becomes less and less typical as the plot advances, culminating in events which are utterly outlandish, incredibly far-fetched and delightfully entertaining. It is light and fluffy but prevented from being vacuous by the sharp intelligence which lies behind the keen observations of people and their ways which make this book so enjoyable. Primarily, Miss Buncle’s Book is a novel of character, giving D. E. Stevenson the opportunity to draw portraits of a variety of different people from the doctor to the indomitable Mrs Featherstone Hogg. She is able to convey a great deal of information about her characters without saying things directly, such as in the beginning of the chapter entitled ‘Mrs Carter’s Tea-Party’: Barbara knew when she saw the china that Mrs Featherstone Hogg was expected, and her spirits fell a degree for she did not like Mrs Featherstone Hogg. Barbara had met Dorothea Bold on the doorstep and they had gone in together, and Miss King and Miss Pretty were there already. But not for these would Mrs Carter have produced her best eggshell cups and saucers, that filmy drawn-thread-work tea-cloth, those lusciously bulging cream buns. (p. 61) I love the way that Stevenson has focused on the little details like this, making them seem large and important and so drawing the reader into the rather petty and insular world of Silverstream with its little intrigues and high dramas, which is nonetheless a very enjoyable place to be. Persephone have already published the sequel to this book, Miss Buncle Married, and I really hope that they plan to continue republishing the series as I definitely want to spent more time in the company of Barbara Buncle.

2018-12-29 10:30

Hình Thành Lòng Tự Tin Cho Trẻ Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Hà Sơn

This was slightly more technical than I was expecting based on what I had heard about it, but not too hard to read. certainly not a beach book, but it's also not too depressing.

2018-12-29 11:30

Phượng Hoàng Đất Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Vũ Hùng

This is one of my favorite books of all time. An amazing story of a family of geniuses told from the middle daughter's perspective. Her childhood is so unlike any other you won't be able to put this book down.

Người đọc Ismael Saldivar từ Solpke, Germany

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.