Karen Lo từ Khocharewadi, Maharashtra, India

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12/22/2024

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2019-05-30 00:31

Ma Cà Rồng Và Em - Tập 1 Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Shin Ji Eun

** spoiler alert ** With this book, I had difficulty being drawn in from the very beginning. Hot off the tails of A Farewell to Arms, a novel I completely adored without trying to, I expected the momentum to eventually sweep me away. It did not. I didn't like Brett at all. I had the feeling that I have met Lady Ashley many times over. She's that curious version of the alpha female who's all self-deprecating and held together by pills and slang. I'm sure you've noticed her too, she sits behind you in Women's Studies and by the door in Figure Drawing class. Handsome to be certain, but because of her privilege that's about all she is. When one doesn't have to work or struggle through life they tend to be more critical and less productive. An identity is so easy to craft with an endless budget and extravagant tastes. Her endless self-adulation and self-satisfaction at sending Romero away - its all so embarrassing. Why should he be so besotted with that? If Hemingway wants readers to plumb the unexplored depths, why didn't he include some in this novel? Why didn't Jacob keep different friends? Bill seemed fine; I had no problem with him. The shallow conversations, the lack of genuine concern apparent for anyone's well-being, the hangovers were all believable. At any rate, I enjoyed travelling through Spain and France. There was this irritation I carried throughout the book. Was he going to die? How did the war make him impotent? Was it PTSD? Lastly, the part about bullfighting was beautiful and fine sports writing. I don't think I'd enjoy it personally, but Hemingway could take me fishing any day instead. What do native populations think of expatriates? What would this book have been like if it had been from Montoya's perspective? Maybe terrible, who knows?

2019-05-30 01:31

Bách Khoa Trẻ Em Kỳ Thú - Đá Quí (21) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

Although it took me through mental and emotional turmoil, I really did love 1984. I often had to pause and remind myself that it was not real, and calm down a little bit and try to overcome the complete feeling of hopelessness that it caused me to feel, and the fact that it could provoke this kind of mental and emotional response is one of the reasons I liked it so much. Even when we all are cheering in the middle of the book for the rebellious love between Winston and Julia, and for the brotherhood book winston reads part of, by the end of the novel it all is squelched, and hopelessness strikes once again. The fact that a novel can get that sort of reaction out of me, as well as others that I have talked to, signifies the strength in Orwell's writing. The best part of this book is the room 101, and seeing the true power behind a totalitarian government, and realizing that if the world ever reached a point even near that, which seems so possible, that there is no way to overcome it, ever. It's scary to sit and think about what would personally be in that room 101 for me, and when I realized what I thought it would be, that mere idea scared me almost to tears without it even being anything real. People have said 'reading this book has made me so much more thankful for the freedom that we do have'. I think that this book actually is ore of a warning, not for you to be happy with what you have, but to scare us away from what kinds of power and control we are moving dangerously towards. I love the distopian attributes of the novel, just a reminder that there can never be a 'perfect' society created.

2019-05-30 02:31

Hướng Dẫn Thực Hành AutoCad Electrical - AutoCad Mechanical 2006 - Tái bản 06/05/2005 Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: KS. Nguyễn Ngọc Tuấn

IVAN 4EVAH

2019-05-30 03:31

Bộ Sưu Tập Xe Hơi Nổi Tiếng (Quyển 3) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

I don't tend to give out five-star ratings very lightly; in fact, the only book I've read this year that was worthy of five stars was Cloud Atlas. Until now. This morning I finished Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore and it was one of the most enjoyable books I've read in a long, long time. 460 pages hasn't gone by so fast in a while! Murakami's novel came out in 2002 in Japan but was released in the U.S. in English a few years later. I had heard of the book, and the author, but I hadn't read it nor anything by Murakami. I guess I had some preconceived notion based on stereotype that Japanese novels were always about World War II or Geisha girls and what not, but of course like any cliche that couldn't be further from the truth. Kafka on the Shore is a brilliant novel that crosses multiple genres and takes the reader on a strange journey that would make Franz Kafka himself proud. The novel tells the story of 15-year-old Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home to escape his father, a famous sculptor and possibly a mad cat-killing psycho. The other protagonist is Satoru Nakata, a 60-year-old man who lost most of his intelligence after a strange flash in the sky during World War II and who as a result can talk to cats and make it rain fish. The two are connected but never meet, and in the spirit of the magical realism of the novel may in fact be the same person! Nakata is also on a journey, having killed Kafka's father (maybe, or perhaps it was Kafka acting through Nakata). Kafka ends up in a quiet beach town where he may or may not have discovered his mother and sister, both of whom abandoned him and his father when Kafka was four. Nakata is not so much running from the murder charges as much as he's running toward an event that may set him free from his chains and potentially shed light on Kafka's life story. Along the way we meet strange characters like a pimp dressed up like Colonel Sanders, a pair of Japanese soldiers from World War II who have not aged and who guard the entrance to a magical place that may be the gateway to heaven (or hell), and a transgender librarian who helps Kafka discover his place in the world. Oh yeah, Kafka may also be sleeping with his mother and gets a hand job from a teenage girl who may be his sister. Can you see why Kafka on the Shore has been compared to a Greek tragedy and a Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel? Murakami's novel is certainly Kafkaesque, but it's also tender and funny and inspiring. Both Kafka Tamura and Satoru Nakata are honorable and empathetic characters who as a reader you can't help but root for. Kafka has clearly had a troubled childhood and his father didn't help matters. When he runs away from home he is searching for himself as well as his mother and sister and like any coming of age story the trials he goes through, both mental and physical, shape his future in a positive way. Nakata is a tragic character because he is dumb and lives on a "sub city" from the "Governor" as he says. But he's also a strong character because he is unselfish and good (he kills the mysterious cat killer only to save the lives of other cats he has befriended and because the man encourages him to kill him). But for me it's the magical realism that makes the story so amazing. The reader never really knows what is real and what is not in the story. Some of the characters and events may or may not be what they appear to be, and may even be figments of Kafka's imagination. These mysteries do not ultimately reveal themselves but rather the reader is left to ponder them at the conclusion of the book. In fact, after the novel was published Murakami put up a website for readers to ask questions and it received more than 8,000! Kafka on the Shore is the kind of novel that reaffirms why I love reading so much. I literally couldn't put down my Nook and several times fell asleep on the sofa reading because I didn't want to put it down and go to bed. I highly recommend it, especially if you like magical realism, and even if you have no idea what magical realism is this novel is a great introduction to it. As for me, expect to see a whole bunch of Murakami books added to my "to-read" list.

2019-05-30 04:31

Sổ Tay Thành Ngữ Tiếng Anh Hiện Đại Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

** spoiler alert ** I think this is a great book; insightful, well-written, important. It's the personal story or testimony of a writer -- brought up in England, living in Italy -- working as a translator, teacher, essayist and novelist. He's immersed in language. In middle age he gradually develops problems with urination and increasing pain, but medical investigations of his prostate and bladder show nothing that really accounts for his symptoms. Like many people with chronic pelvic pain and no easy answers from the medics, he becomes increasingly introspective, demoralised and socially withdrawn. He suffers, is increasingly desperate, but can't find a way out. This is the story of how he found a formulation of what was wrong with him (chronic pelvic muscle tension) and came to realise how entirely disconnected he was from his body -- living in his mind, treating his body as a vehicle for his mind, and yet all his inner conflicts, 'tussles', were being expressed unwittingly through his body's restlessness, tension, force. Even in his leisure he's trying to oppose his inner tensions with strenuous, exciting and attention-grabbing pursuits. With great honesty he starts to take responsiblity for what's wrong and to explore a method of muscle relaxation. Encouraged by the results, he goes to meditation retreats and learns how to be aware of his body, to let go of the tensions, and to detach from the inner chatter. He recovers, but this is much more than a feel-good story of self-help in someone with chronic pain. It's a journey into self-knowledge and understanding with many rich layers of meaning. I found it very human, very engaging.

2019-05-30 05:31

Thơ Ngụ Ngôn Aesop (Song Ngữ) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Walter Crane

(5.1)

2019-05-30 06:31

Thủ Thuật Sử Dụng Photoshop Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Đoàn Khắc Độ

My high school English teacher decided to spend far too long on this book as opposed to any other work of literature we should have been reading. Had I read it in any other setting, I might (emphasis on might) have enjoyed it, but I'm not holding my breath.

2019-05-30 07:31

Học Tốt Tiếng Việt 4 - Quyển Hai Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Đỗ Như Thiên

only OK....I know this is on a lot of book club lists....mediocre

2019-05-30 08:31

Tên Hay Thời Vận Tốt Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Hà Sơn

The story of a young woman, growing up an only child of a widowed father in the first half of 18th century England, in the time of Sir Isaac Newton. The father spends much of his time in labratory studying alchemy, teaching his daughter everything he knows. She is a bright student, until she discovers the world outside the labratory, and ultimately leaves the life her father created for her. I thought it was a very interesting story. I really enjoyed the scientic discussion of ideas and understanding at that time. I'm a nerd like that, but the story isn't really about the science at all. I thought the book was well written, and it's another book that kept me up much too late one night becusae I had to know how it ended.

2019-05-30 09:31

Niềm kỳ vọng của mẹ - Tái bản 2003 Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Bộ sách Những tấm lòng cao cả

I hadn't read a mystery novel in a long time. Theya ren't really my thing, although this one was pretty good, until the end. The ending left me dissatisfied, like the author suddenly got tired of the plot and just tried to get through the last 50 pages as quickly as possible. A bit of a disappointment...

Người đọc Karen Lo từ Khocharewadi, Maharashtra, India

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.