Najid Bin itibaren Forget, SK , Canada

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12/22/2024

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2018-06-17 07:41

Zifiri Karanlıkta Cilt 2: Demokrasi Tuzağı Cellad'In Zaferi TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Ulus Dağı Yayınları

Posted on my blog (readmuchrunfar.com) This paperback has been on my to-be-read shelf for many years, ever since I first read The Mists of Avalon. Although I really enjoyed the perspective of the misunderstood villain/female in Mists, I somehow never found a good chance to pick up The Firebrand. I wish I had done so earlier. I also wish that I had read it earlier in my life in order to compare my understanding of the feminist themes now to what they would have been then. Beyond being a well-written story, these themes struck me the most about this book. Nearly any historical fiction about medieval or ancient times will at least touch on the issue of women as commodities, and perhaps even the ubiquity of accepted rape, but it was Kassandra's commentary on these things that made them central themes in Firebrand. She seems to be the only one in Troy, even among other women, who questions or finds it outrageous that a woman can be carried off, raped, bought, sold, or claimed...and it's all completely acceptable as long as her violator marries her. She's written to see things things in the way a modern reader would. This makes her an accessible narrator, but at the same time it introduces an interesting interpretation of her curse. In the myth, Kassandra is cursed by Apollo to see the future, but never to be believed. But her gift in Firebrand manifests itself very early and appears to be either inborn or a gift of the mother goddess. And she's not believed from the start, first because she is a child, and then because she is a woman. She doesn't just see glimpses of the future, she sees events as they happen and understands them. She airs her views to others but is ignored. Her opinions sound sensible and right to a modern reader, but are constantly dismissed by the other characters as madness or else an attempt to create drama and draw attention to herself. Perhaps her curse isn't to be a seer but to be a woman ahead of her time. I found many lines that echoed problems women face even now. One thread of the story is the pursuit of Kassandra by a priest of Apollo named Khryse. Upon his arrival in the temple, Khryse immediately begins to lust after her, despite the fact that she has take a vow of chastity. When she politely but firmly rebuffs him, he will not take no for an answer. When it escalates, he blames her for leading him on with her beauty, and even makes the excuse that the gods caused her to be beautiful and if he desires her, the gods clearly meant for him to have her. This and other situations in an ancient setting seemed designed to parallel issues that plague women in the present day, even though we may think we've left these attitudes far behind. Firebrand works as a simple feminist retelling of the Iliad, but there also seems to be a very deliberate message underlining it.

2018-06-17 08:41

Gölgesizler - Hasan Ali Toptaş TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Everest Yayınları

Actually I spent a good bit of the book not liking it much at all, mostly because it is so crushingly depressing. But the threads come together in the last hundred pages and I couldn't put it down. It would be worthwhile to unpack this book at length--a lot of interesting commentary going on, not just about the morality of lab tests on animals, but also the media and a community's response to being in the spotlight. I also thought it interesting that Snitter and Rowf assume that men are in control of everything, when really it is the actions of Snitter and Rowf themselves that cause the men to react and generally show how very little control they have over much of anything.

2018-06-17 09:41

Güzel Kaybettik - Caner Yaman TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Hayykitap

My kids enjoy Franklin books. In this one Franklin gets lost in the woods while playing hide & seek with his friends.

2018-06-17 10:41

Tut Elimden TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Karahan Kitabevi

Had to return this to the library before I got to finish it because there was a hold on it, but I will definitely be checking it out again to finish it.

2018-06-17 11:41

Detaylı İngilizce Gramer - Sinan Kutlu TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Ensar Neşriyat

very good

2018-06-17 12:41

Fidel Castro’Yu Öldürmenin 634 Yolu TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Nota Bene Yayınları

I know this book is for little girls, but I so enjoy Karen Cushman's writing, I want to read more!

2018-06-17 13:41

Sosyal, Motor Ve Duysal Oyunlar Varsa Eserin TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Platform Yayınları

Good book

2018-06-17 14:41

İcra ve İflas Hukuku Esasları TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Adalet Yayınevi

Skin is one of those thrillers that you just can't put down but you scold yourself for reading such gruesome encounters.Such a good book, it was so captivating! Well written and a twist that I could not even expect. Amazing Job Ted, truly amazing!

2018-06-17 15:41

Fare Adlı Kedi TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Can Çocuk Yayınları

First Harry Potter book after all these years...really enjoyed it :-)

2018-06-17 16:41

Madonna - Remıxed & Revısıted TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: EMI

** spoiler alert ** I have a feeling that most people reading this unless they’re paying close attention to the dust jacket will have no idea that this is based on a real man, Giordano Bruno. I was wary picking this up. I mean we have Edger Allen Poe, Oscar Wilde, Queen Bess and other all solving crimes now and I’m not really a fan of that. And this starts a tad slowly with how Bruno got declared a heretic in the first place. This is set in the 1500’s and it made me mad in all the right ways. It ended up being very very good and the anger comes from the utter stupidity that went on then, the all out war between Catholics and Protestants (that some people still want to carry forth today). The bulk of the story takes place when Bruno goes to England in pursuit of a heretical book supposedly written by Hermes Trismegistus (which is how I first learned about Bruno myself, studying Hermeticism and alchemy). Bruno believes in Copernicus’s heliocentric universe and in the idea that we ourselves are the divine (I suspect I would have liked this man) Bruno’s friend Sir Philip Sidney has set him up to work for Sir Francis Walsingham, principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth to help him root out Papist spies when he goes to Oxford to join a debate (quick history lesson, Elizabeth’s father was a staunch Protestant and purged much of the British Isles of Catholicism, Queen Marry (i.e. Bloody Mary) brought it back and now Elizabeth is back to killing Catholics). Bruno reluctantly agrees, far more interested in finding that book and debating his point of view at Oxford. He is the guest of John Underhill, the rector of Oxford. Bruno is quickly smitten by Sophia, Underhill’s educated and feisty daughter. For that matter, I was pretty taken with her character as well. Unfortunately things go almost immediate awry as one of the professors is murdered by a starved hunting dog. Bruno thinks it was murder. Underhill and the others (most of whom do not like or trust the visiting Italian) do not and try to cover it up. Someone passes notes to Bruno in Papist code. The novel is long and engrossing almost right up to the end as more and more people die mimicking the Protestant book of martyrs. There are a ton of characters and where the book lost me only slightly was in the fact that all the twist and turns lead back to the one of the most obvious suspects for obvious reasons (or maybe I read too many mysteries). That and Sophia loses a step and becomes almost too typical (and at the same time, it’s believable, especially for this time period.) I loved this and looking at the time frame, Parris could get several more books out before Bruno’s ultimate end.

2020-08-05 13:40

Obtüratör TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Kafe Kültür Yayıncılık

Noel 2013'ü tekrar oku, 2014 Gerçekten eğlenceli Noel hikayesi.

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