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Will awaken your thoughts on God's will for your life. After reading you will forever think twice before throwing around the term "God's will".
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nguyễn Quang Vinh
Wow. I can't believe how much I didn't like this book!! I've loved this entire series up until now, and didn't even mind spending $12.99 for the ebook... but I'm so disappointed. Honestly, it was all I could do to even finish this book. I forced myself to read it all the way through because I was convinced I'd miss something important if I didn't. I'm now convinced that I could've quit and I wouldn't have missed anything of interest. This book just didn't "fit" for me. A new setting, a whole new cast of characters... and I didn't find any of it very interesting. I would've much rather been back in the Tri-Cities tagging along on more Pack adventures with the characters that I already know and love. The whole Native American walker/shifter folklore "thing" was absolutely lost on me. I found it all very confusing and hard to follow. And, I was expecting to learn more about Mercy's background/heritage, but didn't really feel that that happened either. I'm still not sure I understand who/what her father was/is... and I couldn't tell you WHO those other people/creatures were. I really hope that the next installment of this series goes back to what worked in the first five books!!
I thought this book was a fun read. I couldn't relate too well to the main character but overall I really liked it. There were a few scenes that could've been left out.
This book was truly a treat. I loved the gradual change in the writing style as Sarah grew older and more mature and was more well-read. She was a delightful, spunky character, and there were actually times I laughed out loud. It really was so well written. I really debated what rating to give this book because I loved it so much, but there were some difficult/hard/sad parts, as well as a few entries that made me uncomfortable. I listened to this book on CD, and the narrator was amazing, so if you're worried about getting through the difficult grammar, spelling, etc., during the first part, I would highly recommend listening to it. I was a little disappointed, but not surprised, by the sad ending. And can I just say that I loved Captain Jack Elliot?
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Trạch Quế Vinh
Schlocky but suspenseful enough to keep my attention.
Someone thoughtfully grabbed this for me a couple of birthdays ago, and I finally got it underway. The purchaser obviously knew of my interest in games, and that was enough. What he could not have known is in my ongoing fascination with the "business" of my childhood. Disney, Hershey, Comic Books and now toys & games. Those four entities cover a lot of my childhood, and I can't get enough of them. Why did some succeeed, why did some fail? What were the missed opportunities? Who were the heroes and who were the villans? I don't know that I would care about this sort of minutia in other industries, but where my childhood is concerned, I eat it up with a spoon. So, Philip Orbanes and Harvard Business Press have tapped a deep vein of personal interest with this book. Phil Orbanes knows of what he writes. He worked at Parker Brothers during the critical General Mills period. Additionally, he would go on to become President of Winning Moves games -- a company well known to the Eurogame crowd. Let me say at the outset, that the book is a fond look at Parker Brothers. Yet, its a tone that's hard to argue with. Orbanes does not avoid mentioning ther personal foibles of George Parker (something of a stuffy dandy, it would seem), but taken as a whole, the company he built is truly amazing. The book is full of nuggets that I just did not know. I didn't realize that Pit was George Parker's first big hit, and the Theodore Roosevelt liked to play it. I didn't know that George Parker broke through a convention that games were to teach lessons and morality. Parker was really the first guy to try and bring the element of "simulation" to boardgaming. Then there are the accomplishments. Everyone knows that Parker Brothers brought Monopoly to the vast majority of Americans. But did you know they were also responsible for introducing America to Mahjong? What about Ping Pong? Jigsaw Puzzles? George Parker would have deserved a place in the history of American culture without Monopoly. When you add Monopoly, Clue and Risk to that, you can only say wow! This really is an important company. The book is best when describing the mom and pop shop made good. You enjoy reading about the little turn of the century company that evolves through two world wars and grows and grows in little Salem Massachusetts (interestingly, Milton Bradley has its roots nearby). The narrative suffers a bit when we get to the era of corporate transitions, and a nameless cast that you can't bring yourself to care about. Still, even in that context, it was interesting to learn of the toxic combination of corporate ambition and video games that would ultimately destroy the great game company. Like so many others, Parker Brothers was drawn into the the video game boom of the 80's and did not adapt to the bust. Their heretofore spotless image tarnished, they become Kenner/Parker and then ultimately end up in the hands of Hasborg. These days, they are little more than a brand in the Hasborg empire. No doubt, at one time, Parker Brothers could have easily bought and disposed of Hasbro, but such are the vagaries of the business world. In any event, any gamer, even a wargamer, will enjoy better understanding our hobbies origins. Parker Brother's role in that hobby would be impossible to overstate. Orbanes is exactly the right chronicler for the tale, and I enjoyed the read thoroughly.
My seven month old son wails and howls when you take this book away. He has to have it read to him every night before sleep at least twice.
Quick read with a hopeful (or perhaps scary in the wrong hands) look into what the other calls 'social epidemics' - trends, campaigns, etc. Why do some succeed where others fail? Great info for grassroots with fun examples (Sesame Street)The downside is that advertisers are likely using this knowledge - perhaps another argument for the rest of us to read it!
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Alecxandr Olbich
Aurelia Followed by Sylvie by Gerard De Nerval (1993)
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nguyễn Huy Thắng
Great story. Would have really liked it, if it had not been read by the author. Yikes.
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