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Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: CTT
We read this for my book club. I enjoyed reading the author's take on this section in the bible.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Timaş Yayınları
makes one think
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Ceo Plus
Thriller. Ramsey retreats to mountain cabin, rescues unconscious child from forest, is mistaken for child's kidnapper....
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: İnkılap Kitabevi
Great character. I love the mom & son relationship.
I simply can't express to you how much I loved this book! I loved Emily's character. She worked so hard her entire life and always seemed to be let down by those she loved. She didn't let that do her in though. She persevered and came out on top! I especially appreciated how the author didn't have accomplish her goals without some difficulty. She was in denial, she was depressed, she baked, she ate a lot, she did what a lot of women do in times of stress--she shut down a bit. But, she was able to rise above it. I adored her resiliency! Sandy, Sandy, Sandy. Where can I possibly start? He was such an incredibly selfish, ass of a man! What poetic justice that he actually had to live life as a dog to learn to be a good man. I really, really disliked his character. At least until the last few chapters. He had me in tears there at the end and I found myself changing my mind about him. I loved the story, it made me smile, laugh, worry, cry--all of the elements I consider a requirement when defining a good book. The actual premise of the story was wonderfully unique and original. I was able to really connect with the characters. So much so, that I was sad when I turned the last page and finished the book....
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Ensar Neşriyat
I've always found sign language to be beautiful and this book really confirms what a fluid and amazing language it is. It's touching and so descriptive that I could see Myron's father signing to his son with every emotion. I loved this book and learned a lot about the language. I wish ASL was offered to high school students.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Yuka Kids
I don't remember how The Wasp Factory made it onto my radar, but it did years ago and I purchased it, where it sat for years unread. Earlier in the year, when I heard about the author's terminal illness, I decided that I would read it this summer before he died; unfortunately, I didn't read the book before then, so I suppose my reading it is more a tribute to his memory than a celebration of his life. Anyway. It had been so long since I bought the book that I couldn't even remember what it was about. But I decided it didn't matter, so I just dived in. Frank Cauldhame is a 16-year-old boy, the narrator of our tale, and a complete psychopath. Early in the book, he reveals that he's killed three of his young relatives, apparently entirely without remorse. And that's arguably the most normal thing about him. There's the titular Wasp Factory, for example, which is an artifact in the bizarre religion that Frank has created. It's heavily superstitious, involving elements of voodoo and witchcraft; there's also a lot of small-creature-killing in the name of the religion. And then there's Frank's living brother, Eric, who's been institutionalized for lighting dogs on fire; near the beginning of the novel, Frank and his father (with whom he lives) find out that Eric has escaped, and they believe him to be coming back home. Banks' first novel is not much of a book for happenings--most of the book is either flashbacks to Frank's killings/other formative (formative in his psychosis, that is) events in his younger years or present-day musings about how best to fortify the totems that protect his home (all part of his strange, self-created faith)--but it doesn't matter because the book does more interesting things than create an engaging plot. It's one of the bleakest, most perfect psychological portraits I've ever read, and it all happens in such a short time (my copy is only 184 pages). Perhaps the most unsettling aspect of The Wasp Factory is how normal Frank can be. He has a friend named Jamie that he meets regularly at a local bar, and the conversations they have are absolutely normal--he seems to be able to dissociate himself from the insane Frank, making particularly astute observations about his brother's illness that sound exactly like the sorts of thinks unknowledgeable/unsympathetic people might say about someone with a mental sickness. It's an astounding feat of writing that I can forget Frank the killer has killed. There is a lot of interesting psychological rumination in the novel, things I won't talk about in this review because they're secrets in the book. The twist at the end happens to be a little unexpected, and perhaps that's a flaw, but it doesn't seem implausible in the furthering of our understanding of Frank. I don't generally read books like this that center on the vicious violence, but out of all the ones I've read (I'm looking at you, A Clockwork Orange), this is the most interesting and well-assembled. My rating: 4.5/5
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Mandolin Yayınları
This is one of the loveliest, sweetest books I've ever read. It takes a mental adjustment to appreciate the time period, so don't get thrown off by the relationship in the early pages of the book. The reward of watching the young couple's first year of marriage unfold makes the early awkwardness, and, frankly, shocking first bits worth it and actually understandable. This is not a plot driven book, but really a sweet story of young love at a "middle western" college.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Ezgi Kitabevi Yayınları
3.5 stars. This book consistently makes top five lists of all time favorite romances, so when I saw that our library had the ebook version, I decided to give it a try. As it's from 1994, there's a good chance I have read this before. But it is also possible that it just feels so familiar because every sports romance that followed after used the same winning formula: clueless but hot girl is forced to interact with pro sports Guy who resents her presence until she saves the day. And most novels attempting this formula don't succeed nearly as well as this 17 year old classic. My 1994 teenage self would have given this five stars and multiple reads, but my 2011 self really disliked Phoebe. Phoebe struck me as a blonde Katy Perry inwardly wailing that no one takes her seriously or sees beyond her body while wearing ridiculous costumes that are heavy on the cleavage and light on pants. She uses sex as a weapon to disarm men, which after awhile made her seem highly manipulative and petty. Especially since she herself seemed to hate her public persona, I just wanted her to just drop all the antics. However, the antics do lead to a lot of laugh outloud fun, great secondary characters, and some pretty sweet love scenes with an amazing hero---Dan is the truly timeless element of this. book and makes this book required reading for all who love and write in the genre.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Pegasus Yayınları
definitely has made me reevaluate my own quest for spirituality. i felt like i was eating along with her in italy and it was devine!
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: ÜçDörtBeş Yayınları
Bu kitap, şanlı bir şekilde dağınık bir aileyi sevmek ve aynı anda utanmakla ilgilidir. Bir ebeveyn için Glass Castle, bir çocuğun hayatı farklı noktalarda nasıl yorumladığı ve eski bir çocuk olarak kendi dağınık ailelerimizi yorumlamaya yardımcı olduğu konusunda yeni bir anlayış sağlar. Umut, kurtuluş ve uzlaşma, son zamanlarda okuduğum çoğu anıdan çok farklı olan güzel, özensiz, gerçek bir şekilde bağlanır. Umarım annem bir gün okur.
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