Ivan Aguiar từ Wellfleet, MA, USA

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05/04/2024

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2019-03-12 00:30

Tập Tô Màu - Tập 123: Nông Trại Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

Valuable to me for the sections about Richard Serra, James Turrell and Jasper Johns, the three (of the ten artists featured) who particularly intrigue me. I skimmed the other sections with less interest, but do consider this a useful compilation of Tomkins's articles from the New Yorker. (I'd have called it "Lives of Some Artists," though.)

2019-03-12 01:30

Phụ Nữ Thông Minh Không Ở Góc Văn Phòng Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Lois P.Frankel, Ph.D.

4.5 stars So you've trekked from La Push to Mercy Falls and think you're an expert when it comes to treating flea infestations and discouraging your furry, four-legged friend against marking his territory? You think if you've read it 5 times, then you've read it all? Please. You're still a pup. Kathleen Peacock has shown there is still plenty of exciting life to be found amongst our shapeshifting friends. Deadly Hemlock brings murder, mystery, twisted politics, simmering romance and shocking secrets to a small town choking so deep in fear over the recent werewolf attacks, that they've brought in a radical and frightening group known as the Trackers. Highly effective in their capture of those potentially carrying the Lupin Syndrome; and will use any means necessary to aid in their goals. Mac doesn't have it easy. Her once tight-knit quartet of best friends has been brutally torn apart. Amy, murdered by a werewolf. Jason, on a downward spiral from his girlfriend's death and Kyle, tempting her heart and hiding dangerous secrets. (In fact, everyone is hiding secrets). I love how determined Mac is. She may need saving from time to time, but she's no damsel in distress. She doesn't let fear hinder her from being proactive; she's desperate to bring justice to Amy, to prevent this from happening again, and especially to help close the case so the Trackers will leave town. A lot of heavy emotions and secrets threaten to weigh her down, but she takes every new blow with admirable strength. Plus, I love that she can make light of her life at times, comparing her romance to a CW show. Mystery runs a thick and tangled web throughout the pages. You have your suspicions and maybe you're right, but hell if you can figure out the entire answer. The deeper Mac and Kyle dig, the faster your mind is whirring, just as conflicted as they are, just as desperate to latch onto the truth. The subtle clues, the tantalising build up and the final reveal were played out brilliantly. I actually felt a little Veronica Mars vibe at times; with the best friend murdered, the search to uncover who did it, and Mac having ghostly conversational dreams with Amy. I'm a VMars fan, so I loved this, and I think other fans will enjoy these hints toward one of the best shows unfairly cancelled. It's equally thrilling and infuriating to watch the influence the Trackers exert, their unethical treatment of all werewolves. Yet it's a difficult position, because you recognise that there does need to be a system in play, because not all werewolves are going to be tamed little pups. But the Trackers methods? The torture? The concentration camps? The lies and manipulation and stripping these creatures of any form of human (or even animal!) rights? You want to scream at them (I was seething with rage in one particular scene, courtesy of the biggest asshole in Hemlock, Derby, who you want to throw into a pit of starving wolves). Give someone a taste for power and they'll come back for more and more, until you can no longer satisfy their increasing diet; but by then they've grown strong enough to take it by force. And when a group of extremists are more influential than the police force, slowly trickling into the government, you know it's time to start checking your every shadow twice. Deadly Hemlock paints a world so eerily believable, even with it's supernatural/sci-fi roots. It's all too easy to imagine our own society descending in a similar fashion, with the way we segregate, point out differences and fear that which we don't understand. Kathleen has spun a disturbingly realistic, yet delightfully entertaining story that is guaranteed to grab you by it's paws claws and drag you along for a howling good read!

2019-03-12 02:30

Tuổi Mới - Màu Của Hạnh Phúc Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhà Số 5

Everything, from spam to the nutritional contents of random commercial products, can be found in this book. Sift through these and you will find a story that is very much a pastiche of contemporary culture - one that keeps the promise of coming together in the end (the whole method to the madness thing) :) The author's self-references and use of verbs like "oompah-loompahed" remind me of something Tarantino-esque 'cept Coupland seems like a meaner, snobby nerd (in the nicest way possible).

2019-03-12 03:30

Tiếng Chim Hót Trong Bụi Mận Gai Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

You're never to old to read a 'children's' book.

2019-03-12 04:30

Hôn Nhân Chân Kinh Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Gary Chapman

Poor (rich) Daniel Handler will be forever known as "did you know Lemony Snicket writes grown-up books too?", but this is by far his strongest work yet. An utterly winning collection of bittersweetly comic love fables, with aphoristic flourishes-- I'll want to jot favorite bits down in a notebook on the re-read.

2019-03-12 05:30

Hành Trang Cho Bé Vào Lớp 1 - Bé Tập Tô Chữ Số Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

loved it :)

2019-03-12 06:30

Trí Tuệ Và Thành Công Của Người Do Thái (Tái Bản 2016) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Lưu Quảng Vân

Amazing...

2019-03-12 07:30

Bài Ca Mừng Giáng Sinh (Tái Bản 2017) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Charles Dickens

I really liked this book - I think it ranks up there with the Iron Duke on my list of PNR (hard) The book is told with different POV's which gives the reader a good feel of what everyone is feeling and everything that's going on. I really like that when reading a book - especially PNR's - I like getting inside the guy's head when the girl falls Mad over heels in love so quickly over him :) Especially Sexy really HOT looking Immortals :) The book starts off with Sarah working on a veggie garden in her "in the middle of nowhere" back yard - when she hears voices - and grunts of pain. At first she thought someone was hurting an animal - so she took her shovel and went to investigate. She sees the men Staking another man to the ground while torturing him. She runs over and swings her shovel knocking out the 2 guys and starts to help the poor guy who is worried more about the sun that is starting to break on the horizon then the bloody stakes pinning his hands to the ground. The book takes off really tenderly as Sarah meets Roland and helps him through this great ordeal of pain. Roland doesn't seem to care as much about the pain as he does about the emotional trouble he's causing Sarah by helping him. Then we meet Marcus - I love Marcus - he has a really cute sense of humor - We find out just how antisocial Roland really is - which surprises Sarah because he is nothing but sweet and funny to her. Throughout the book - we go through trials of humans and Vampires and Immortal Guardians (they are different then Vampires) as they get attacked and attack. Get hurt, and heal. The romance between these two is really something. To take a single Immortal who has been betrayed by loved ones over and over and over again, to get him to trust , to love ... it just really feels good:) Defiantly a great book :) .

2019-03-12 08:30

Tiếp Biến Và Hội Nhập Văn Hóa Ở Việt Nam Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

Black Ships took me on a beautiful journey and I enjoyed every moment of it. Written in the style of classical literature, very similar to Virgil's Aeneid, it tells the story of a priestess blessed with visions of the future of her people in the days after the Trojan War. The people of the isles have been displaced and rely on the guidance of their priestess and their king to find them a new home where they can grow and flourish. It takes us through ancient Greece and Egypt and the small towns and ports off the Mediterranean Sea. I felt the research was impeccable and Jo Graham managed to make a formal people very believable and attainable to me. This was Jo Graham's debut novel and I have to say that I am very impressed. She has a new book out, The Hand of Isis, that I will be picking up at my first opportunity. Despite the restrictions of the genre, Graham managed to make the characters rich and full of life. The language she uses was so beautiful, I found myself relishing much of it not only for the story it told but for simply for the language. It was stunning. I highly recommend this book if you enjoy ancient Latin history and the stylings of classical literature.

2019-03-12 09:30

Truyện Song Ngữ Anh-Việt - Nàng Bạch Tuyết Và Bảy Chú Lùn Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

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So I liked this one ... but not as much as There Was an Old Monkey Who Swallowed a Frog. Pictures were adorable. The rhymes in this one ... a little forced.

Người đọc Ivan Aguiar từ Wellfleet, MA, USA

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.