Ana Ramalho từ Zolotukhino, Kirovskaya oblast', Russia

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12/22/2024

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2018-03-31 19:30

Câu Chuyện Giáng Sinh - Cây Cầu Ngày Giáng Sinh (Song Ngữ Anh - Việt) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều Tác Giả

Looking For Alaska. Where do I start with this book? I feel like I’ve started and stopped writing a review for this book so many times, but couldn’t find the right words. Let’s being at the beginning (duh). I read this book and fell in love (because really, you can’t read John Green and be the same again after) almost 2 years ago. It was one of those books you start, and though you may finish it, it will never be finished with you. Out of all John Green books, this is my absolute, hands down, favourite. This was THE book, and metaphorically, the moment I fell in love with John Green’s writing. Enough gushing, let’s get right to it. (Though I should warn you, there will be a gush fest over John Green somewhere in this review. I’ll try to warn you beforehand. There may be flashing icons. Continue with caution). Looking for Alaska is a beautiful story about friendship, about self discovery and not in the wishy-washy “why am I here” kind of way. If you haven’t realised already, but Green has an exceptionally poignant writing style which almost perfectly captures teenage lives (despite the fact he is a 36 year old guy, married with a son). He pens a fantastic story where we head with Miles Hunter, to Culver Creek Boarding School. As a lonely kid who seeks “The Great Perhaps” of life, he finds friendship (and we find delicious wit and humour) in the form of Chip Martin and elusive and mysterious Alaska Young. The wit, humour, and absolute hilarity of this book was hidden from me until I read it. Imagine it being 4am, and all your parents and siblings can hear from your room is the sound of your oh-so-attractive-snorting laughter. I couldn’t help the tears that formed from reading this book. This book packed such a punch, aside from making my cheeks hurt with laugher and developing a 6 pack, there was such poetry in the writing, that just made the story even more delicious to consume. There’s love, yes, oh so undeniable love, discovery, tears and tragedy - that all comes together to form an epic debut novel. These characters are beautifully flawed, irrational, spontaneous and very much real - which adds such a genuine touch to the story. Divided into “before” and “after” - everything becomes parallel and when you reach the end, you really do feel like you’ve taken such a great journey. My copy of this book is in tatters (which is so rare for me, I love my books in pristine conditions) but this book has endless post it notes and bookmarks from where I’ve fallen in love the quotes. If you’re familiar with the John Green hype, and are an avid tumblr user, you may have come across the “I was drizzle and she was a hurricane” quote, amongst others. Needless to say, endless quotes have been transported from this very book and have become teenage-lore. I will dutifully share my favourite quotes at the end. I’m getting the sense this review isn’t very.. helpful in telling you the details on the story. It’s more of a gush fest, which I sadly can’t help. I simply love this book and thus fail to put into words my emotions. But take my word for it nonetheless, and go grab this book - it is so worth the hype. And then report back here to tell me how right I was. Please. Warning: John Green gush fest up ahead. John Green, despite being a 36 married man and father of 1, just “gets” teenagers so well, it’s kinda frightening (what you been eating John?). He’s an insanely talented and intelligent writer who’s written 6 books for young adults - the link for 1 of which can be found here). With a heart warming and exceptionally addictive writing style, he has become one of my favourite authors and I’m itching to read more of his books. Okay I’m done here, now enjoy some quotes, which will, WILL convince you to go out and get his books and let his world domination continue. ____________ “So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was a hurricane.” --- “What the hell is that?" I laughed. "It's my fox hat." "Your fox hat?" "Yeah, Pudge. My fox hat." "Why are you wearing your fox hat?" I asked. "Because no one can catch the motherfucking fox.” --- “It's not because I want to make out with her." Hold on." He grabbed a pencil and scrawled excitedly at the paper as if he'd just made a mathematical breakthrough and then looked back up at me. "I just did some calculations, and I've been able to determine that you're full of shit” --- “I am going to take this bucket of water and pour it on the flames of hell, and then I am going to use this torch to burn down the gates of paradise so that people will not love God for want of heaven or fear of hell, but because He is God.” Blog | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

2018-03-31 20:30

Những Điều Trường Harvard Vẫn Không Dạy Bạn (Tái Bản 2015) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Mark H. McCormack

Originally published on The Librarian Next Door: Erin Blackwell is thrilled to have the chance to pursue her dream of being a writer – and escape the bad memories of her family’s Kentucky horse farm - when she gets into her dream college in New York City. But when she informs her grandmother that she will not be majoring in business, her grandmother disowns her and gives her tuition money to Hunter Allen, the farm’s stable boy. Erin and Hunter have a complicated past, but that doesn’t stop Erin from fantasizing about him and putting him into her stories for her creative writing class. After all, he’s never going to read them. Then Hunter transfers into her class and Erin’s worst fears are realized – Hunter recognizes himself in her story. Soon, they’re both using the creative writing class to communicate through their stories and realizing that there’s so much more to the other than they ever knew. Jennifer Echols writes engaging contemporary romances and dramas and Love Story is no exception – it’s classic Echols, with a plot that’s seemingly straightforward, but – like an iceberg – has so much more going on beneath the surface. The novel starts with a fairly simple premise, then slowly pulls back layer after layer to reveal the hidden truths behind Hunter and Erin’s complicated and emotional history. Along the way, readers fall in love with them as they learn to love each other. Love Story features a college setting, which isn’t as common with the bulk of young adult novels. There’s a good balance between the maturity Erin gains from fending for herself financially and academically and the insecurity that comes from still needing to grow and learn, despite technically being an adult. Love Story also features a “stories within a story” technique, as readers are given glimpses of Erin and Hunter’s creative writing class assignments. It’s tricky to pull off, but it really works here because it gives the main characters the outlet they need to express themselves. In addition to helping fill in some of the back story, Erin and Hunter’s writing gives them the chance to work out their frustrations and say the things they can’t quite say out loud. It’s an interesting way of looking at how stories in general speak to all readers and exploring the differences between what we mean when we’re speaking aloud and what we mean when we write things down. There’s just the slightest sense of voyeurism attached to Erin and Hunter’s stories as well, since their classmates are essentially watching – and reading – their relationship play out through the creative writing class. The relationship between Erin and Hunter is filled with Echols’ trademark swoon and sexual tension. It’s a tricky, complex relationship because neither one is completely comfortable with the other. There’s the sense that both Erin and Hunter are struggling to reconcile the past and the expectations of their families with the desire to be someone new in college. And yet they can’t quite move forward because here is this person who knows them so well and knows the secrets they’re trying to hide. It’s a lot of fun to watch them dance around one another as they slowly come together. The pay-off of all the tension is definitely satisfying for the reader. Echols includes a colorful, diverse cast of supporting characters and friends, some of whom you love, some you hate and some of whom you love to hate. These characters help make the urban college setting more realistic and add moments of levity to the drama. There are some parts of the novel that strain believability (I personally never quite bought into Erin’s grandmother’s vindictive and manipulative behavior) and it does end rather abruptly – I found myself wanting so much more of Erin and Hunter together once I had finished the book. Minor quibbles aside, Jennifer Echols’ Love Story may seem spare and unadorned at first glance, but don’t confuse that with boring or uninteresting. Echols does a lot with a little and packs her novel with emotion. Erin and Hunter’s journey is difficult and painful at times, but ultimately hopeful and satisfying.

Người đọc Ana Ramalho từ Zolotukhino, Kirovskaya oblast', Russia

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.