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Street Corner TBR Reduction Challenge April #2 per Nic. Well, it was heart-warming and bittersweet, but something about the writing style was just a little bit off for me. I think it was the pacing, it was too slow. It's one of those that feels like it's dragging.... don't get me wrong though the story was beautiful, serious and moving. Grace is a high-school student working at a Nursing Home as a candy-striper. She falls in love (not goo-goo eyed, let me have your baby love) with one of the old men living there, Mr. Sands. He's quirky and off-beat. He is adorable. But, he has Lou Greig's disease. There is no cure and he asks Grace to step-in and do him a HUGE favor. We go through her struggle, she doesn't know if she should/could/is going to do it. Honestly it is sad. Watching someone you love and care about deteriorate is not a pleasant thing. She is confused. Not only does she have Mr. Sands' problem to worry about, now things have gotten awkward between her and her best friend Eric. She likes him and wants to be with him, but doesn't want to lose their friendship. It's a little 'nails-on-chalkboard' to read the beginnnings of their romance and even the end as well. They might fit together eventually, but the writing is just, well... awkward. After reading this I can't help but wonder if someone who was not a Christian would like it or not?!? I still am at a loss, I just don't know. It's not preachy or anything, but at the same time God is mentioned throughout as well as prayer. 3.5 stars Quotes: "You can't let what other people say about you affect the way you go about your business, You know why?" "The reason, Mr. sands continues, "is because people get things wrong. All the time. The get things wrong over and over again, and once you've got that figured out, their judgements or what they say about you seems a lot less important." "So you think someone hears us or is listening when we pray?" "He smiles and I can see both the top and bottom rows of his teeth. I've had moments of doubt. Of course I have. I don't know how anyone can live in this world where, let's face it, injustice takes place all the time and not wonder if anyone is paying attention." He shrugs."But what I keep coming back to is the fact that life is so fragile, someone has to be looking out for us. At least in the most basic way. So for me, prayer is not just asking of a favor- like 'please God, let my mother be okay'-but more as a thank you. A thank you for every minutes I've had with her. I;m sure that kind of sounds corny, but it does help me appreciate the good things in my life. So when I say yeah, prayer works, it's because I think that if all I'm doing here is expressing gratitude for her life, that's okay. That's important."
Read this in high school, didn't totally appreciate it. Vividly remembered a few scenes but that was it. Read it again December 2012-January 2013, and loved it beyond words. True classic. Favorite part this time: Milo and the syndicate. Amazing(ly funny) take on crony capitalism.
Some of this was interesting, but you had to weed through so much non-interesting material to get to the interesting that it just wasn't worth it. I gave up about half-way through and skimmed the remainder.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Anh Khang
Much better than the last Aunt Dimity I read. Easy to read and had a nice twist at the end.
So far i'm loving it. Check out my initial impressions here http://abdulhalik.wordpress.com/2011/...
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều Tác Giả
Sometime in the future, after the "convulsion" that changed the world, women are running the show. Men are either warriors, living apart to protect and procreate, or pacifist/eunachs living and serving in Women's Country. The story of Iphigenia and the Trojan war is re-enacted every year in a festival to remind them of what life was like when men ran things. Very imaginative and thought-full.
this is a fun book that kind of fulfills the common fantasy that we as children experienced. If running away was so easy, I would be the first one out the door.
Was a good book, reccomend it for those who love historical fiction.
Saaad but not with a sad ending.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Donna L. Bade
I have always been fond of the Kara Gillian series; mainly because I like its take on demon summoning, and how demons are not evil, but are still beings you need to be very, very careful around. They're honorable, in fact honor means just about everything to them, but this doesn't mean that they're good either--they're just different. Plus with supernatural powers. The writing is--hm. It flows well and it the author paces the book well--it's a comfortable read that balances nicely between action and resting. It's just not outstanding, but it is a joy to read (is that even understandable? Eh heh). Admittedly, the main plot in the book holds less interest to me than Kara and the relationships she has to the people around her, as well as her connection to the demon world and everything that entails. That's probably the main reason why it felt a little slow to me--interesting, but not enough that it has me racing through the pages. I can't help but really like Rhyzkahl. It's more of a personal preference thing than anything else--and, all right, so Kara probably shouldn't be in a... (sorta) relationship with someone who scares the pants off her a good portion of the time, but it's a book and I like it so... heh. To her credit, she's scared but she still stands up to him, which helps. You do get an underlying sense that Rhyzkahl has some sort of motivation for the relationship he has with Kara (and she knows this as well), but I still can't help but like him very much, which contrasts with my neutral feelings about Ryan. Granted, I don't really see how a relationship between Kara and a demon lord would work (two different dimensions and so on), but a part of me can't help but hope anyway. Go figure. In any case, the main storyline of the book deals with a band and a series of murders that surround (and affect) it, caused by what Kara calls a golem, though apparently it isn't one, exactly, but that is a close enough word for it. As I said before, the plot seemed rather lackluster to me this time around (average all over, really) though it did pick up towards the end. I really am interested in the back story involving both Zack and Ryan and I hope that Kara finds out more about that in the next book; we find out one crucial piece of information (on the last page, of course), but it doesn't really tell us much of anything in the end. It is a good book, but rather average overall. I preferred the previous books in comparison. This one just felt too... filler-y for me. We don't get a lot of answers, though we get a ton of new questions. One crumb of (admittedly important) information at the end doesn't make up for the rest of the book.
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.