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I'm not going to write a review. I'm sure someone out there has written one that's great. I'll just say that we've considered using Scout and Atticus as names for our kids - we love them so.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều tác giả
It's springtime; therefore, Sonnets!
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Jules Verne
Anne Lamott is a gifted writer. Say what you will about her theology or her self-absorption--hey, she readily admits it with charming self-deprecation--but she is a treasure hidden in the rock, one who operates with a style and a pained grace all her own. One never reads Anne Lamott thinking that he's read the stuff before or elsewhere. Here she takes on the subject of writing itself. Within these pages, the author paints a tragicomic portrait of Everywriter with classic chapters ("Shitty First Drafts") and practical advice on procrastination, filing ideas away for later birthing, and the like, all emerging from the depths of her own experience. She's come a long way from California food writing, in short, and she's here to tell you that you--yes, you--can do the same. But you'll never know if you don't try, and Lamott does well to pepper her book on writing with some stark realism that meshes well with the hilarious anecdotes she's always been prone to share. This is a must-read for anyone who fashions himself a writer.
So technically I didn't read the book but it was my first audio book and it was fantastic. Tom Stechschulte did an excellent job reading the book. I think I really enjoyed the performance more than the book. Lehane created an interesting storyline but the movie ruined it for me a little bit.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: NPD Khánh
I adore Orringer and can't wait to get further into this story. She also wrote "How to Breather Underwater", a short story collection that rocked my world. This is her first novel.
Not a book I'd normally choose, but that's what book clubs are for - to broaden your horizons. Hopefully.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Gia Linh
Now this, as opposed to On the Beach, is how a post-nuclear-war novel of the late '50s should be. Not everything translates well to the 21st century, but it's believable for its time; it has a racial-equality subtext that would have got the author a great deal of hate mail in his day; and it encapsulates everything that is great about America (and some of the not-so-great). Shute's novel was about humanity crawling under a rock and giving up. Frank's details the lives of a dozen or so people figuring out how to cope — and in the process saving an entire community.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Phong Duy
I was disappointed in the amount of language included. More depressing than uplifting.
I came upon this book purely on accident, and I am really glad for it! I got a whole lot personally out of this book. Sunday Adelaja is a Nigerian pastor in the largest church in the Ukraine, and in this book he shares his experiences on how he ended up in Ukraine, and the challenges that he faced there. But interspersed throughout his own personal story are also discussions about the mission that God has for individuals and for the church. Sunday uses many examples, but most prominently Moses, to encourage his readers to find their own "promised land" and go and make disciples, instead of holding back and being content with just sitting on the sidelines. This book was inspiring, encouraging, and caused me to begin considering more fully what God truly has intended for me, and the steps I need to take to find my own "promised land" as well. I would highly recommend this book to anyone, but especially to those who struggle with the question "what am I supposed to be doing with my life"?
There is something to be said for knowing one's limitations, a lesson that was clearly lost on Jonathan Safran Foer. Foer attempts to be part J.D. Salinger (alienated quest), part William Faulkner (conflict with environment), and part E.L. Doctorow (hybridized novel), but does not have the literary chops to do the job on any count. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is the story of a young boy named Oskar whose father is killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. His mother, disconnected and detatched, finds another man, but Oskar and his grandparents, who live across the street, are having a more difficult time coping with the death of their father and son, respectively. Oskar's grandparents are additionally haunted by their personal tragedy because the September 11th attacks remind them of the firebombing of Dresden during World War II. Foer attempts, however unsuccessfully, to parallel these two narratives and the separated generations that experienced them. Oskar is a unique child--he speaks many languages, makes friends with everyone he speaks with, and fashions jewelery. If one was unaware of Oskar's many talents, he would be happy to give them a business card. After finding a key left behind by his father, Oskar seeks to find what that key opens. This quest takes him around New York, a la Salinger's Holden, in a quest for self. These quests provide the reader with some emotional and enlightening experiences and scenes, but the poorly-executed allegory makes the journey mostly trite and overly moralistic. Neither Oskar nor Foer have the style to be Holden or Salinger, respectively. The unique style of The Catcher in the Rye provides it with its uniquely classic status; the pedestrian style of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close provides it with its average stature. Oskar's quest is caused by an inability to come to terms with his new environment. This is a feeling that both plagued and inspired Joyce and Faulkner. Joyce himself and Faulkner's characters, however, are much more experienced than Oskar and have had the opportunity to let their conflicts play out and become more nuanced than Oskar. Oskar is only nine-years old; the book happens too quickly and so does Oskar. The book would have perhaps been more effective if it were an insight into Oskar's teenage years, after the death of his father had simmered and fostered more backlash, especially at his mother. Then, and only then, could one see Oskar as Joyce, Faulkner, or even Holden. The way the story is woven together--hybridized (blank pages, different fonts, etc.) and with intertextuality--is not only too complex for a nine-year old boy, it is too complex for Foer who does not have the Morrison-esque or (her idol) Faulkner-esque chops to successfully hybridize the page. Foer's novel almost seems non-linear and hybridized for the sake of non-linearity and hybridization. The two plots--September 11th and Dresden--are never fully reconciled and the parallel is a bit askew. The nuances of both are lost on Foer. The discussions between Oskar and his grandparents lead to some genuinely hearfelt moments, but by-and-large the failure to adequately link these two historical instances falls short. E.L. Doctorow, one of the most skiled American writers, attempted to hybridize the page in Loon Lake, which, like Foer's effort, was noble but failed. If Doctorow can't do it, Foer can't either. I don't mean to come down hard on Foer because it takes a lot of courage to attempt to embrace and emulate these literary giants, but the novel can be considered a study in needing to let-Foer-be-Foer. He produces some very substantial, genuinely emotional moments, but they are few and far between and the hype of this novel as an anthem for the 9/11 generation quickly dissolves after only a few failed pages.
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.