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G Gracce gravve — No one knows what draws the water horses to the beaches of Thisby year after year. It is never safe--not when a capall could appear at any time bigger than a regular horse, faster too, and much more dangerous. It is never safe but it is never so dangerous as the first of November--race day. Each year the race draws tourists from the mainland coming to try their luck in the race or observe the training and the race itself from the relative safety of the cliffs surrounding the beach. The racers keep their own counsel on their reasons--some seek glory while others hope to prove their worth guiding a capall down the race path and well away from the tempting waves of the sea. The race purse itself is, of course, another motivation. Sean Kendrick cares little for any of that. All he wants is Corr--the one water horse he can't have. Corr remains elusively out of reach race after race, year after year. Until this year's race, at least. Puck Connolly has already lost a great deal to the water horses of Thisby. Yet the races might be her only way to hold onto her older brother before the mainland spirits him away forever. Is the winning purse from one race worth challenging some of Thisby's most basic traditions as the first girl to ride on race day? Is it worth riding beside the horses that have already taken so much? Only one rider can win on race day--if they can stay alive long enough to finish the course--and the stakes for both Sean and Puck couldn't be higher but as this unlikely pair trains side-by-side they might find a greater prize than anything from the race purse in The Scorpio Races (2011) by Maggie Stiefvater. If Stiefvater proved her appeal and gained wide popularity (not to mention New York Times Bestselling Author status) with her Shiver trilogy about the (were)wolves of Mercy Falls, she proves her range and talent with The Scorpio Races. Evocative and charming this novel is as much an experience as it is a book. In the tradition of Diana Wynne Jones and many other talented fantasy authors, Stiefvater has not just written a story in The Scorpio Races. She has created a world. The island of Thisby and the beautiful, deadly capall uisce (pronounced CAPple ISHka) come vividly to life with each page as the culture (and inhabitants) of Thisby become as much a part of the story as the plot itself. Told in chapters alternating between Sean and Puck's narrative voice, this book has not one but two winning narrators readers will want to cheer for. Filled with beautiful landscapes, memorable characters and a fierce hope and affection for a great many things The Scorpio Races is a beautiful, satisfying, fantasy that will stay with readers long after the race is finished one way or another. Possible Pairings: Entwined by Heather Dixon, Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones, Dream Hunter by Elizabeth Knox, Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier, Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor, Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld *This book was acquired for review from the publisher at BEA 2011

Allard Vegelien inverkoophoekje — No words - only pictures. Sweet!!! 6 stars.

Carlos Laki lakbee — Conspiracy theory-laden book about Jesus, his education, teachings, and whether or not he really died on the cross. Like (presumably) all conspiracy theory (I haven't read a lot), this was flat out absurd at times and thought-provoking at others. Took me way too long to finish the second half of it because I had become bored with the author's prose at that point. Was too excited to finish it that I didn't pay quite enough attention to the last two chapters. I probably would have had much wilder opinions on it if I knew a lick of theology and/or much about the Bible or Jesus to begin with.

Agência Ufirst ufirst — someone's marginalia from section 8, correcting "heaven and heart": 地 = "earth." "Earth" and "heart" are anagrams! Quite a typo. -- 70. Happiness cannot be sought: nourish your own spirit of joy, For this alone is the foundation for beckoning happiness. Disaster cannot be avoided: flee from that which engenders the brutal, For this alone is the way of keeping disaster at a distance. 73. The road of the Law of Nature is extremely capacious. If the mind diverts itself there for but a little way, You will feel in your breast both vastness and delight. The road of human desire is extremely constricted, And drawing near but a step, Wherever you look will be brambles and mire. 76. Where the earth has been neglected, many things grow. Where the water is clear, there are never any fish. Therefore, the gentleman: Should be acquainted to an extent with embracing impurity and accepting stain. He should not hold onto the total chastity of only loving the pure and going his own way. 84. Even an impoverished house may have its grounds swept clean, Even a penniless woman may comb her hair neatly. Thus, though what is seen may not be enticingly beautiful, The grace within is refined of its own accord. Even the gentleman of rank may for a time encounter suffering and ruin. But will he let himself suffer neglect each time this occurs? 85. If one does not pass time thoughtlessly when at leisure, It will stand him in good stead when he is busy. If one does not sit there blankly when at peace, It will stand him in good stead when he is active. If one does not deceive others when he is unseen, It will stand him in good stead when he is visible. 88. The peace that comes from peaceful surroundings is not true peace: Only in the peace obtained in the midst of activity Is found the true sphere of one's original nature. The pleasure that comes from pleasureful surroundings is not true pleasure: Only with the pleasure obtained in the midst of suffering Can one see the true movements of the mind. 90. If Fate is lean with me and thus affects my fortune, I make my virtue ample, and greet my fortune in this way. If Fate sends toil to me and thus affects my body, I put my mind at peace, and assist myself in this way. If Fate brings me obstructions and thus affects my circumstances, I make my Road smooth, and pass along in this way. More than this, what can Fate do with me? 107. Heaven and earth exist for ten thousand ages, But this body you will not receive again. Man's life spans no more than a hundred years, But the days pass with the greatest of ease. He who has had the good fortune to be born Should not be unknowing of the joy of existence, Nor yet free in his breast of the sorrow of life's vanity. 139. Character is the master of talent, talent the servant of character. To have talent but no character Is like a house with the master absent and the servant in control. How many times will the little demons appear? How many times run amok?