The Gentleman từ Hartley Bay, BC , Canada

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05/13/2024

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2018-03-28 22:31

Người Giỏi Hơn Chưa Chắc Đã Thắng Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Khôi Vũ

I read Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson because frankly, it's a book/movie/author whom receive a ton of praise, have cult status & star-sized following. While I was in London last winter, I bought my own copy of this book at the bookshop around the corner from my sister's former Westminster apartment. However, the copy I read was her's -- my UK print edition sits untouched in my shelf. Anyway, I don’t know anything about drugs… nothing about what it feels like to take them, no knowledge about how to buy them, what it's like to travel with them, the feeling of tripping on them, the horror of recovering from them, etc. So off the bat, I wasn't too sure what I was expecting to get out of this read. I certainly wasn't planning to connect to it on some cerebral, other-worldly level. I guess more than anything I just wanted to know what all the fuss over Thompson has been about; I was on a quest to get the jist of Fear and Loathing's fame and reverence by the time I had finished. In the end, this was one of those books I appreciated more a day or two after the fact. After some reflection you can appreciate the genius in the utterly ridiculous. Some of the writing was just outright bizarre. IE: In one chapter near the end, an "editors note" (which I am still perplexed and unsure about whether it's real or not) says the manuscripts for that portion had been lost/destoryed and instead tapes they recorded on were transcribed in their place. Attorney, Dr. Gonzo, was my favorite part of Thompson's drug-crazed-story-about-nothing-story. The paranoia and the insanity that comes out of his mouth were entertainment enough. Did I instantly become a Hunter S. Thompson fangirl? No. Did I gain an "appreciation" for drug culture? No, not really. Social experiment over.

2018-03-28 23:31

Đắc Nhân Tâm Cho Bạn Gái Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Donna Dale Carnegie

yeay a oldie but a goodie!

2018-03-29 00:31

Bách Khoa Tri Thức Đầu Đời Cho Trẻ Em - Trên Trời Có Gì? Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều Tác Giả

Christopher Banks is a famous London detective, who, having solved countless mysteries, turns his attention to the one mystery he always wanted resolved: the disappearance of his parents in Shanghai when he was a young boy of eleven. Ishiguro pens a well-crafted novel full of twists and turns, playing with his readers as his main character's memory plays tricks on him. I loved the setting of old Shanghai at the height of British occupation. The opium trade was in full swing and warlords were battling for power. I found this fascinating and made for a great story. Excellent novel!

2018-03-29 01:31

Pivot Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Jenny Blake

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2018-03-29 02:31

Luyện Giải Đề Thi Vào Lớp 10 Môn Toán Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nguyễn Xuân Nam

I'd like to give this 3.5 stars. No, 3.75 stars. I liked it, but I think I kept expecting it to be something it wasn't and I never did really connect to the main characters, and in fact spent the first 95 percent of the book disliking Olivia. I listened to The Beach House as an audio book, and while the narration was good (it said it was narrated by the author), for some reason, I think I would have liked it better if I had read it myself. Book in hand. My reading chair. Soda and chocolate. The Beach House is a coming home, finding your lost self kind of story. Cara left home at 18 after her controlling father beat her and her mother, Olivia, stood by and let him do it. As if she could have stopped him, but Cara thinks she should have tried. Cara's brother is turning out like their father, and her mother is dying from cancer. I know people dying from cancer happens, but I basically rolled my eyes when that's what Olivia was dying from. It's so insensitive of me to say cancer is cliche...but it is, and that kind of set me against liking the book for a few hours (that's about 6-8 chapters). So I'm a grudge holder. Now you know. The turtles kind of annoyed me too, especially the factoids at the beginning of the chapters (not so much that they were there, but that they seemed arbitrary and unrelated to the text to follow). Anyway, basically what happens is Cara goes home for the summer, makes up with her mom before she dies, and hooks up with an old high school acquaintance. Very common themes in contemporary fiction, so nothing new there. But Mary's voice was fresh and clear and enjoyed the story overall.

2018-03-29 03:31

Khoảng Cách Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

From front flap: "In 'The Blue Parakeet,' McKnight again touches the hearts and minds of today's Christians, this time challenging them to rethink how to read the Bible, not just to puzzle it together into some systematic theology but to see it as a Story that We're summoned to enter and to carry forward in our day." I've only read 60/236 pages and this is definitely what he is trying to do. Whether you end up agreeing with him or not, it seems well worth reading.

2018-03-29 04:31

Bách Khoa Toàn Thư Về Động Vật Biển Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều Tác Giả

The writer is very influenced by Franz Kafka. I like her fluent style. Funny and small book that you can read only in few hours while waiting for a friend in a café.

2018-03-29 05:31

Ngày Cuối Cùng Của Một Tử Tù Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Victor Hugo

By far, the best in the series!

2018-03-29 06:31

33 Bài Thực Hành Theo Phương Pháp Shichida Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Ko Shichida

من خیلی دنبال این کتاب گشتم؛تقریبا می دونم موضوعش چیه. ولی در ایران نتنها ترجمه نشده ؛که اصلا وارد هم نشده. یعنی در بخش کتابهای لاتین هم وجود نداره....

2018-03-29 07:31

Combo 168 Câu Chuyện Hay Nhất (Bộ 6 Cuốn) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Ngọc Linh

This is the book that made me fall in love with Arthurian legends as a child, and no book I've read has ever measured up to it. It's funny and witty, but without being annoying as I usually find British dry humor to be (no offense to anyone meant).

Người đọc The Gentleman từ Hartley Bay, BC , Canada

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.