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Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều Tác Giả
I can't remember if I read this.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi:
** spoiler alert ** I won this book through Goodreads First Reads. :-) When I first read the synopsis of this book, it reminded me of The Talking Eggs by Robert D. San Souci. In that book, there are two sisters, one lazy and one hardworking. They both help an old woman and get a reward; the hardworking sister breaking open eggs to get dresses and diamonds, while the lazy sister breaks her eggs to get snakes and toads. It was one of my favorite children's books. In Toads and Diamonds, both sisters have their faults, though not huge faults by any means, but both the gifts bestowed by the goddess Naghali have a reason for being there. I really enjoyed the way the story carried on, especially Diribani's wanting to help others with her diamonds and other stones and Tana's doing what she could for the villagers when she saw them basically kidnapped. Each sister had to figure out why they were chosen to speak either diamonds or snakes and it tested their faith while they were bestowed with the gift. Although it took a while for each sister to see that the goddess gave them these gifts to help her followers, they both grew up during their separation from each other. It was great to see both points of view of each of the sisters as the chapters progressed. I would definitely recommend this book!
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Thanh Hà
i am about halfway, may never finish. we'll see. Update: i have decided to never finish, i just can't get into it.
With some of the obscure details of the story included, this picture book is a great one for bringing the biblical story to life. It also includes archaeological information on Ninevah and Tarshish, cities in the story. I really liked Peter Spier's illustrations because they are both comical and believable. He has a great black-line style that is unpretentious. Families who base their values on the Bible ought to encourage their children to read and remember the stories found there and to rely on its principles when making choices. Worth buying!
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Vladimir Levshin
I only half-read this because I had to return it to the library (no renewals!) Interesting subject, but the book kind of wandered. I never knew in exactly what year/decade the events were happening, before or after Henrietta's contribution to science. The book was supposed to be about Henrietta and her family, but there was a lot of other stuff about the history of cell research. Unfocused.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Bernard Friot
Beautiful book - I ended up reading it in one day! Not uncommon for me but it definitely has to catch me for a one-day read and this one fits. Her story becomes more touching after she and her sister come to America while her mom and brothers are still in Iran. And in the end, when she honestly writes of how her childhood tragedy still affects her current life and relationships, I shed a few tears. Actually I cried a couple time while reading the book - it was really beautiful.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Andrew Thomas
The bsc series obviously had a profound impact on my life, seeing that i'm the treasurer of a club loosely modeled after them and i like to think of myself as mostly claudia with a touch of dawn and a little bit of mallory in me (just a little - i mean, i just don't like horses). If you want to read a more thorough analysis of this series, though, you should ask ainsley. she's got a lot to say on the topic.
Ugh. What a pain this was to read...his first few chapters are quite interesting, as are several more interspersed throughout the book, but his writing is so high flown. Moreover, all he does is name drop as if he is trying to impress the reader. In the end, he lost me. Sadly, it grew tiring. Although Bruner was clearly a part of the Cognitive Revolution, he dearly wants you to know it.
this is the book that made me quit reading anne rice. when did you stop reading anne rice? a real fall from tale of the body theif, which i loved. when i was 15.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Audrey Penn
how to woo a reluctant reader.. 3.5 - 4 stars (undecided whether to choose 3 or 4 above) I generally like/hate SJ's books..they are fun, fast or rather racy reads that I enjoy reading upto a point..somewhat like caramel hard candy..nice to savor initially, but the last bit is rather st(icky) to chew and swallow. The hero in this book leads a double life, somewhat Scarlet Pimpernelish (about 5%.. I love that book too much to make a bigger allusion) and the heroine who has been infatuated with him since she was nine years old (no.. not weird considering that he comforts her at a time when she feels lost, scared and vulnerable) ..anyway she almost but not quite discovers that the hero has secrets to hide and uses that knowledge against him creatively, in a way punishing him for not having the good taste to have fallen madly in love with her:) Creatively..how? by making him the lead character in her gothic novels which she writes using her real name (which naturally increases the "gasp!" value).. oh! but the best part is, by lead character, I mean, the hero is actually the villain in her books and she mixes real life incidents with fiction just enough to annoy him into acknowledging her existence and also add some spice to his own! Minerva is very much the trademark SJ heroine - minxish and manipulative; Giles, the troubled and secretive hero, is attracted to her for who she is rather than wanting her to be an ideal dictated by society and he even tries to get a glimpse into her real self by reading her novels which appears in a ladies journal.. aw! I liked the fact that they share a past and Minerva's brother who is also Giles' best friend senses something behind all the pseudo antagonism enough to warn him off.. titillating! *grin* Well! all that was the good part.. then the story continued in SJ's familiar path of distasteful lies, manipulation, distrust ..using sex as a weapon, love as a synonym for one-upmanship and competition.. and then finally the H&h live happily ever after leaving a reader 'like me' to vacuum and vent just so I don't have to listen to my own diatribe in the noise..but you guys aren't so lucky, if you're reading this;) In this book, Giles is distrustful and holds back the truth from Minerva but he is made to realize how that can be hurtful and he genuinely regrets it later.. Minerva, at the same time has him investigated even after she marries him and again he is made to realize that it is for his own good..hmm!..Actually she has issues because her father had many extramarital affairs but I am still not sure whether having him investigated was the justified solution. This is nothing in comparison to SJ's book with the monkey from India, where both the hero and heroine were so horrible that I created an imaginary secondary romance in my mind for the monkey just to get through the book! yup! this was a fun read initially and an ok to frustrating read, depending on the perspective, towards the end.
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.