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Put this on my "chiklit" shelf because I think only women will read, enjoy & be able to relate to it. Like many of Siddons' books it has a melancholy feel. Enjoyed her descriptions of Martha's Vineyard and the atmosphere "painted" in the novel. Another Siddons' that helps us realize "family" may not be our blood relations, or even those we marry, but a group of people who are together and care for each other.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều Tác Giả
Fun series that the whole family is enjoying.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Lục Xu
Sadly I did not love this book as much as I had hoped. Partly this is me, partly it is the book. I had read the novella, Errant, so I thought I kinda knew what the story was going to be about. But Errant is set... I forget when, some time in the past. Rampant is not; it's about a girl in modern America learning about unicorns. Which is fine, it was just a bit of a surprise. I had t read the blurb, deliberately; I didn't want any spoilers since I figured it was going to be the sort of book I'd like anyway. Killer unicorns? How can that not be awesome? That's what it's about, by the way. Unicorns are real and they hunt animals and people. Only certain people can hunt them in return. This is the learning-about-your-abilities book. If that's your thing, feel free to ignore my whinging! Just go read it; it's certainly enjoyable enough that I wouldn't dissuade potential readers automatically. Anyway, what I really had not expected was how much the book would be focussed in sex. Not having it, how people feel about you if you do or don't, etc (do American teens really feel pressured to have sex before they leave high school??). It does make sense, given that Peterfreund has kept the virginity aspect for her unicorn hunters, but... it felt like it got in the way of what I was expecting, which was learning about unicorn hunting and dealing with that aspect of your nature. Which, yes, virginity is part of that. But there was a lot of going on dates and agonising which I guess just isn't what I was interested in reading. So I'm willing to agree that in that aspect, definitely a problem of my expectations. And I did like the discussion around rape, attitudes towards and reactions to, although the victim seemed to deal with it faster than I would expect. (Not that I want intense victiming either, necessarily.) On the book's side, I felt that the plot went a bit too fast sometimes; fast enough that things got a bit improbable (yes yes, around the killer unicorns bits) and too convenient. In the characters I especially found Astrid's mother a bit much; a bit ridiculous. For all its faults I will definitely read the sequel, Ascendant, at some point
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Ernest Thompson Seton
indie rock sadness in the wayward 30-somethings. also, kinda serves as a biography of annie oakley in parts. funny and heartbreaking.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Drusilla Campbell
...hated the ending! with a passion!!
A hilarious look at Sarah Macdonald's journey through India. "In her twenties, journalist Sarah Macdonald backpacked around India and came away with a lasting impression of heat, pollution and poverty. So when an airport beggar read her palm and told her she would return to India - and for love - she screamed, "Never!" and gave the country, and him, the finger. But eleven years later, the prophecy comes true. When the love of Sarah's life is posted to India, she quits her dream job to move to the most polluted city on earth, New Delhi, HOLY COW is Macdonald's often hilarious chronicle of her adventures in a land of chaos and contradiction, of encounters with Hinduism, Islam and Jainism, Sufis, Sikhs, Parsis and Christians, and a kaleidoscope of yogis, swamis and Bollywood stars. From spiritual retreats and crumbling nirvanas to war zones and New Delhi nightclubs, it is a journey that only a woman on a mission to save her soul, her love life - and her sanity - can survive."
I've been working my way throught all the Newberry Award winning books. Since this film is about to come out I thought it was time I read it again (it's been about 17 years). It was just as good the second time around.
What a great title, "Hemingway the..." No Wait, that's Henderson. Henderson the Rain King
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Kobo Abe
The first word that comes to mind to describe this book is raunchy - lots of foul language and sexual encounters. I had guessed what Sophie's choice was before I started reading, so there was no real mystery for me. Several times the author would set up a scene only to say that you had to understand another event in order to fully grasp what was happening, then in the midst of that scene would delve into another. By the time he went through several back stories, I had forgotten what the original scene was. SPOILER (It's pretty sad when you go down so many rabbit holes that you forget two people were about to commit suicide!)
The second book in a fabulously addictive series.
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.