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Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Hồng Thủy
I love Silas Marner. Years after I first read it, I'm now teaching it to my freshmen and it's just perfect for that age. It's old and British, so it looks like a real book, but it's actually a cute, fluffy story about a sad old man who finds a baby and gets all redeemed and stuff. It also sticks it to the class system, which is fun.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Trương Nhật Quang
I really really enjoyed this book! I was somewhat surprised...I think it just popped up as a book that Amazon recommended to me and I didn't think I would be interested since it was described as a ghost story, but since it's summer and I actually have time for fun reading I gave it a try, and I couldn't put it down. This is a book for people who love books and readers who truly love to read. It's a great story -- one of the best and most compelling I've read lately, not to mention beautifully crafted and told. It's especially great for someone who loves (and studies? hmmm...who would that be?) the Victorian British novel. It's a novel in the style of the Bronte's, and that's just about the greatest compliment I could give!
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nguyễn Thị Thụy Vũ
A quote from my journal in 1997: "Some people are given to us. We may not know why and they may be terribly inconvenient, but they are our responsibility. We have to do the be we can by them."
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: VL - Comp
Hornblower is at it again, this time in Russia. Would have been better without Hornblower meeting so many historical figures (e.g., the Tsar, Clausewitz), but you can't but love Hornblower, even when it seems he's cheating on his wife (the one he actually loves) with some Latvian noblewoman.
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Good book. Another worn to bits by classes. A classic. ( I was librarian in a school for the academically challenged after being a fifth grade teacher for 15 yr.). Saw and read aloud a zillion books.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Lương Thị Diễm Hồng
this book is heavy... i finally finished it on a plane home from Mexico - very good.
The first story was Dread. I quite liked this one. It begins with a student and teacher, Quaid and Cheryl, discussing emotions like fear and dread. When Cheryl says she can’t feel fear, Quaid manages to prove her wrong. This part is shown as Quaid’s guest, Steve, is browsing through Quaid’s collection of photographs. In this part of the story, Quaid recollects how he imprisoned Cheryl with only a piece of steak to eat. (She’s a vegetarian.) The way Clive Barker describes this is very effective. His writing is very straightforward in order to paint shocking images of a woman being driven insane by her tormentor. He manages to dive into the psyche of each individual character, showing their thoughts and progresses the descent into insanity. For example, take this terrifying excerpt: “But nobody came to interrupt him, as he made friends with the axe. First he smiled at it. The curve of the blade of the axe smiled back. Then he touched it. The axe seemed to like being touched.” Barker’s use of point-of-view and personification is very effective and very well done. Hell’s Event is a mildly interesting story about Hell trying to claim new victims during some sort of big race. It packs some good suspense when Cameron accidently finds a passageway and begins his decent into Hell, Dante’s interpretation. The minions of Hell also try to chase down another person named Joel and attempt to claim him as well. Like I’ve said before, there are some minor scares, but I felt like this story had much more potential than that which was given. Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament reminded me a lot of Carrie. It involves a girl who discovers her frightening power akin to that of telekinesis. With this power, she kills many people who she feels have wronged her. There are three moments when the story shifts to a man named Vassi, who, for some reason, is madly in love with Jacqueline. So madly in love, it would be as understatement not to call it obsession. While I felt this story was a bit too long-winded for its own good, I was entertained by it. The ending was somewhat of a twist, but it certainly wasn’t anything too shocking, unlike In the Hills, the Cities. The Skins of the Fathers starts off to an exciting start. Davidson gets attacked by some sort of creature. However, I felt like I didn’t need to read details about how Davidson soiled his pants out of fear or that then creature’s genitals were erect. Gross. There’s even a part later in the story where he gets an erection while being consumed by the ground. Really Barker? I think you’re taking this way too far. Anyways, the story involves the town curiously named Welcome being attacked by demons. I felt it hard to keep my attention by this point. There were several characters trying to fight off monsters and this story certainly seemed less unique or engaging compared to the first novel. New Murders in the Rue Morgue is a very bizarre story, which shouldn’t be too surprising, considering the abnormality of the previous tales. This one involves a man named Philippe who murdered an innocent young girl. However, there is a mysterious man (Is it really a man?) found in his apartment. This story read very quickly, but like previous tales, didn’t feel wholly captivating. Out of all the previous stories, this one is quite reminiscent of Pig Blood Blues in that it has a mystery involving a creature and an ending that feels very familiar. I give this story commendation for not being as long-winded as some of the others, but it still feels lacking of the necessary hook or scare that the first book had. Another major complaint I had about this book was the misogyny. How often does the reader have to read about a woman being called a whore? (Perhaps it’s just me overreacting but) Clive Barker really seems to enjoy objectifying women? The reader is oftentimes subjected to read about the woman’s breasts or long passages about sex. (Geez Clive, getting a bit too excited there?) At this moment, I find it hard to recall just how many times I’ve read the word “whore,” but it’s just about everywhere here. The passages about sex and body parts are sometimes just disturbing, particularly in the last story. All in all, the first book was a strong collection of short horror stories, including some of the most interesting ones I’ve read. (Keep in mind, I haven’t read much, but I certainly recommend Douglas Clegg.) This novel was decent, but certainly not as good. The best story in this would definetly be Dread, since it was the only one that was suspenseful, disturbing and throughoughly entertaining throughout. However, this installment failed to keep up with the first.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Doãn Dũng
This story was better than I remembered it being, although it helps now that I am old enough to realize that the story is symbolic. It was very good, and I really enjoy Lewis's descriptive writing style.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều Tác Giả
I managed to finish this. 648 pages. Some of the passages were absolutely beautiful with a completely unique perspective. And, for the first two hundred pages or so, I was completely behind the whole novel. But then, it just kept going. Hundreds and hundreds of pages, chronicling the two main characters, Belano and Lima. Two boring, uninteresting guys, who were just a 600 page Mary Sue for Bolano (One was Chilean, like him, they both started a poetry movement in Mexico City, like him, for the love of all things good, one of their names was BELANO and the author is BOLANO.) It was an aggravating book to slog through. The ending, I suppose, wasn't without it's merit, but after the masturbatory middle section, it just wasn't enough. While many people I respect have championed this book, I cannot in good faith recommend it. If you want to read good Latin American literature, try The President by Miguel Ángel Asturias or The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela. P.S. It doesn't surprise me at all that this was on a New York Times Must Read Book list
A couple of these stories are among my favorite short stories ever.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Mạc Thụy
Oldukça iyi, ama birçok İncil konularında uzun açıklamalar beklemeyin, esp. kehanet ve seçim, muhtemelen Kutsal Ruh'un yanı sıra en tartışılan konu. Packer açıkça kalpteki bir Kalvinisttir ve bu teoloji kitabının özlü doğası, daha derin bir konu söz konusu olduğunda netliği önler, ancak çoğu zaman son derece iyi yazılmıştır, günümüzde liberal teolojinin çoğunun aksine, temel İncil temeli ile damlanmıştır. İncil'dekinden tamamen farklı bir İsa vaaz eder.
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.