Johnathan Lim từ Kinobol, Vladimirskaya oblast', Russia

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05/04/2024

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Johnathan Lim Sách lại (10)

2019-10-29 00:31

Không Được Thì..Thôi (Tập 2) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

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"If we are inclined to forget how much there is in the world besides that which we anticipate, then works of art are perhaps a little to blame, for in them we find at work the same process of simplification or selection as in the imagination." (13) "As I lay awake in bed on my first Caribbean night, thinking back over my journey (there were crickets and shufflings in the bushes outside), already the confusion of the present moment was receding, and certain events had begun to assume prominence, for memory is in this respect similar to anticipation: an instrument of simplification and selection." (15) "It seems that unlike the continuous, enduring contentment that we anticipate, our actual happiness with, and in, a place must be a brief and, at least to the conscious mind, apparently haphazard phenomenon: an interval in which we achieve receptivity to the world around us, in which positive thoughts of past and future coagulate and anxieties are allayed. The condition rarely endures for longer than ten minutes. New patterns of anxiety inevitably form on the horizon of consciousness, like the weather fronts that mass themselves every few days off the western coasts of Ireland. The past victory ceases to seem so impressive, the future acquires complications and the beautiful view becomes as invisible as anything which is always around." (21) "The collective loneliness brought to mind certain canvases by Edward Hopper, which, despite the bleakness they depict, are not themselves bleak to look at by rather allow the viewer to witness an echo of his or her own grief and thereby to feel less personally persecuted and beset by it." (47) "To condemn ourselves for these minute concerns is to ignore how rich in meaning details may be." (75) "Travel twists our curiosity according to a superficial geographical logic, as superficial as if a university course were to prescribe books according to their size rather than subject matter." (122) "He invited his readers to abandon their usual perspectives and to consider for a time how the world might look through other eyes, to shuttle between the human and the natural perspective. Why might this be interesting, or even inspiring? Perhaps because unhappiness can stem from having only one perspective to play with." (147) "There are few emotions about places for which adequate single words exist; we are forced instead to make awkward piles of words to convey what we feel as we watch the light fade on an early-autumn evening, or when we encounter a pool of perfectly still water in a clearing." (159) "We overlook certain places because nothing has ever prompted us to conceive of them as being worthy of appreciation, or because some unfortunate but random association has turned us against them." (182) "And insofar as we travel in search of beauty, works of art may in small ways start to influence where we would like to travel to." (183) "As Nietzsche knew, reality itself is infinite and can never be wholly represented in art." (200) "Technology may make it easier to reach beauty, but it does not simplify the process of possessing or appreciating it." (219) "Pascal: 'The sole cause of man's unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in his room.'" (239) "I thought of the multiplicity of lives going on at the same time at different levels in a city. I thought of the similarities of complaints - always selfishness, always blindness - and the old psychological truth that what we complain of in others, others will complain of in us." (247)

2019-10-29 01:31

Chớ Vội Vã Dù Dòng Đời Xô Ngã Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

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What a great series of books Jane Perry and this was the best one so far

2019-10-29 02:31

Tớ Muốn Làm Họa Sĩ 4 - Trái Cây Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

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This is a graphic novel memoir that is a National Book Award finalist. I read it during my lunch time. I love the illustrations, even though the story is a sad one.

2019-10-29 03:31

Ơi, Cái Tuổi Trăng Tròn Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Vũ Đức Sao Biển

Beautiful photos and wonderful ideas for creating cottage interiors.

2019-10-29 04:31

Kỹ Năng Phòng Chống Bạo Lực Học Đường Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều Tác Giả

From paroozing the reviews, I gather that Rant is a rather polarizing novel for most people. This is the third Chuck Palahniuk novel I have read (after Fight Club and Invisible Monsters). I enjoyed both of those novels (although I found that I enjoyed the film version of Fight Club far more than the novel). Both of those previous novels have some of their shocking and quirky moments. Eccentricity is major theme in Palahniuk's works. Perhaps, I should call it macabre eccentricity. The novel is a series of first person accounts from various people in Rant's life. I have to admit that the novel took a little while to hook me in. There is a long section pertaining to Rant's childhood. some aspects of this section were enetertaining but others dragged. It wasn't as though the intial 100 pages of the book were boring...they just didn't rope me in. I found some elements of the story interesting (certain pranks that Rant plays, his bizarre obsession with animal bites). However, I found some of the standby elements of Palahniuk's earlier works such as first-person narration and gross-out tecniques. I skipped some parts involving intense descriptions of boogers and what not. They did pertain to the text later but I didn't care. I'm not too queasy but I havd a huge "been there, done that" feeling with the gross-out stuff. Honestly, some early sections left me irritated with Palahniuk. However, once the scene shifts from Rant's childhood to "Party-crashing" in a somewhat totalitarian urban landscape know only as "the city", is when the novel heats up. It turns into very bizarre sci-fi yarn. The ritualistic practice of party crashing (in which people stage elaborate but mostly harmless car accidents) is interesting. The end is somewhat ludicrous but worked for me. I enjoyed the obvious sci-fi influences especially to Robert Heinlein (and the story "And You Zombies..." in particular). Palahniuk revisits some standby techniques in this novel but his imigination is as unwieldy and exhillerating as ever. A fair share of people will hate this novel. However, you can't deny it's intensity once it gets going.

2019-10-29 05:31

Đậm Đà Hương Vị Món Thái - 65 Món Thái Ngon Miệng, Hấp Dẫn Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Trần Mạnh Dương

Despite the fact that the title identifies this as a novel, it's really not. It's a work of philosophy disguised as a novel, Kundera's thoughts on life and meaning and sex and love and death worked out through the story of the lives of four main characters. These four - Teresa and her husband Tomas, his lover Sabina, her lover Franz - are less real people and more real ideas. At times, that was just a little frustrating to read about; Kundera repeatedly emphasises the fact that his characters are not real, that they are just puppets through which he is talking about life. This helps the book on one level, but hinders it on another. It was certainly an interesting and thought-provoking work, but I never found myself enthralled with it, caught up with what was going on. It's always been easier for me to engage with a person than with an abstract idea, and it was the same here. I'm not certain how much was lost in the translation, but the prose style was still lovely. Neverly over descriptive, mostly quite plain, but still with a quietness and a fluidity that I admired. That, and Kundera's reflections on history, are probably what I will most take away from this.

2019-10-29 06:31

Người Nổi Tiếng: Khuôn Mặt Rubic Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Từ Nữ Triệu Vương

On page 115. A little mechanical stylistically; I can't believe it got such great reviews. But I do like the author's pictures of post WW I life in Europe. Hemingway is a jack ass.

2019-10-29 07:31

Cuộc Phiêu Lưu Kì Lạ Của Karik Và Valia (Sách Bỏ Túi) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Yan Larri

Just pre-ordered it. I have read all of the author's other books, so I know I will enjoy every word. Cannot wait until December 8th when it comes out.

2019-10-29 08:31

Tàu Tốc Hành Bắc Cực (Tái Bản) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

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The Folklore of Devon is organised into chapters and sections that are each devoted to a specific area of legend and myth. The Devil seems to have a special place in Devon folklore, and many of the stories collected in this book involve someone who either makes or tries to get out of a deal with Old Scratch. One particular instance of the Devil's appearance in Devon involves the Great Thunderstorm of Widecombe-in-the-Moor in 1638, when a blast of ball lightning struck the church of St Pancras during the middle of the afternoon service, killing four people, injuring more than 50 others, and severely damaging the church. (The Devil had apparently made a pact with a local man, who claimed that Satan could come for his soul if he ever fell asleep during a church service -- and presumably, events transpired in just that way.) Sir Francis Drake is another strong source of Devon legend, particularly in places like Plymouth, and Whitlock mentions the well-known story of Drake's drum and the lasting belief that great naval heros of later years (like Nelson) were reincarnations of good Sir Francis, brought back to life to serve England in her greatest need. There are tales of witches and fairies (both good and evil) and their relationships with humans, as well as a group of legends and variations that centre on the ghosts and spirits that are said to haunt the wilds of Dartmoor. The book closes with chapters on legend and lore as a part of daily life in Devon and folklore that was incorporated into the calendar year. Whitlock writes well, and I note from the endpapers of the book that he also wrote the volume in this series on folklore of the British Isles that deals with the folklore of Wiltshire. I believe that Whitlock grew up in Wiltshire and collected legends and stories from there that were most likely the source material for that particular volume. I may have to go looking for it, if only to flip through it and see what he has to say about his native soil.

2019-10-29 09:31

TedBooks - Nghệ Thuật Của Sự Tĩnh Lặng Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

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See my review of Mistborn

Người đọc Johnathan Lim từ Kinobol, Vladimirskaya oblast', Russia

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.