Tom Philibeck itibaren Gümüşpınar/Gaziantep, Turkey

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04/29/2024

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2018-10-15 11:40

Fettah Can - Aklımda Kalanlar (Plak) TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Ekinoks Müzik

Having read somewhere that the work of such beloved authors as C.S. Lewis and Madeleine L’Engle had been influenced by having read George MacDonald, I procured this book. I have long enjoyed their work and was interested in reading something that might have been inspirational for them. Phantastes, the first novel, follows Anodos as he traverses through the Fairy Land, experiencing quite a bit, and accomplishing almost nothing. The tale meandered as Anodos did, never threatening to have a plot or a message, just flowery script and imaginative characters, who were nonetheless quite one-dimensional. I had to put this down and read something else several times because I was so bored with it. I did not find Anodos a terribly likable character, either. Several times along his excursion, various denizens of Fairly Land give him a warning not to do something or other. Every time, Anodos does it anyway, most times even thinking, ‘Hey, I was told not to do this, but I just can’t help myself.’ Most of the conflict in the story comes as a result of Anodos ignoring or flagrantly defying the advice he has been given. However, I shudder to think how much more tiresome I would have found this tale had he taken heed and avoided peril. Upon returning from Fairy Land, Anodos finds that he has been missing from our world for 21 days and remarks that it felt like 21 years. To me, reading about the journey seemed to take 21 months. The second novel, Lilith, begins a bit better; Mr. Vane meets a ghost who is also a raven, and a librarian and a sexton. This individual, Mr. Raven, escorts Mr. Vane to an alternate world, attempts to explain that in order to lead a more fulfilling life, Mr. Vane must ‘wake up’ and ‘go home’ (not, of course, meaning at all the general and obvious interpretation of these two concepts) and bids him take a nap. Mr. Vane, however, does not like the look of those sleeping nearby, and decides to run away. He soon finds himself on the same kind of journey Anodos undertook, encountering odd things that have little meaning or interest, but that the author seemed to have gotten a hold of some particularly hallucinatory drug and then decided to write a book about ‘life’ and ‘meaning,’ man. MacDonald also frequently insists that his narrator is having a lot of trouble describing the things he encounters, as everything was so very different and unique from his Earth-centric worldview that words fail him. This reinforces my theory that the writer was definitely trying to describe his own drug-induced visions. Otherwise, why even write a book like that? At one point on his incredibly pointless journey, Mr. Vane decries his former preference for being alone with book or pen, musing, “Any man…is more than the greatest of books!" I strongly disagree with this statement and almost gave up reading the book. It seems to me an author with so little regard for books has not written anything worthy of my regard. Scarcely 100 pages after I almost gave up, I did indeed give up. Mr. Vane was urged by one he trusted completely not to do something, and that if he were to do so someone he loved would suffer. At the point Mr. Vane fails to heed this most emphatic warning, I threw the book at the wall and decried the time I spent reading both tales. What a giant waste.

2018-10-15 12:40

Müslümanın Günlük Edepleri TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Ehil Yayınları

This was one of the 2005 RUSA Notable Books winners. For the complete list, go to http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rus...

2018-10-15 13:40

Çağlayanlar - Ahmet Hikmet Müftüoğlu TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Bilge Kültür Sanat Yayınları

Oh, happy day....Luke brought home the new Scott Pilgrim! Only one more volume to go when Scott will battle the final evil ex-boyfriend and hopefully win Ramona's heart for good!

2018-10-15 14:40

Fahreddin Paşa'nın Medine Müdafaası (Peygamberimizin Gölgesinde Son Türkler) - Feridun Kandemir TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Yağmur Yayınları

Beautiful writing. A remdinder that you never really know people and the choices they make.

2018-10-15 15:40

Emri Divanı TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Eren Yayıncılık

I've had a fascination for the Tudors and the six wives of Henry VIII at least since I visited England at fourteen-years-old and picked up this thin booklet on each complete with their portraits. As a result, I've read plenty of books, fiction and non-fiction on the Tudors and Henry and his wives. This is my favorite historical novel based on those figures, and so much better (oh so infinitely better as history and fiction) than the execrable The Other Boleyn Girl. I tend to the view of Henry as monster. It's hard not to. This is the man that beheaded two of his commoner queens and divorced two royal ones--and came close to arresting and beheading his last queen. This portrait of Henry, though still historical and not blind to Henry's faults, is nevertheless tremendously sympathetic to him and yet works for me. Certainly that the story is told in his own voice helps gain our sympathy. But so do the notes by Will Sommers, who loved and understood him perhaps better than he did himself, and could speak to his self-delusion in an irreverent but compassionate way.

2018-10-15 16:40

Işıl Işıl Masallar TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Damla Yayınevi

I really liked Uglies. I liked Pretties and I really didn't like Specials. It seemed like this book was written fast without much editing. I really liked Tally's love interests in the first two books and they weren't really in the third book. Shay was in this book a lot but Shay is dark and depressing. I had to force myself to finish this book.

2018-10-15 17:40

Gençlik Koroları İçin K.D.M.Sun TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

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Read this for a book club that I joined. It was listed at 9 to 11 years of age and two people thought that you would have to know the child to give it to that age. I didn't think it was that frightening actually, but it has been a while since I discussed life with a 9-year-old. It was a quick read - two big cups of tea - and brought to mind Alice going down the rabbit hole, through the looking glass, Narnia and the cupboard and choices that must be made. I didn't think it was on the level of the books that it brought to mind though. The cat was excellent - he commented very much as I imagine cats would remark upon life.

2018-10-15 18:40

Şair Evlenmesi-Şinasi TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Remzi Kitabevi

I had a little bit of a hard time getting into who was who and the format of the book. But once I got a few pages in, I was hooked! I learned a ton from this book, as well.

2018-10-15 19:40

Dünün Dünyası - Stefan Zweig TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Can Yayınları

I thought this book was interesting... the writing style was odd and disjunct, which made it hard to get into. But once the "story" started, I was very engaged. The graphic detail was disturbing, but it was an interesting premise. I thought it was a fascinating (but sad) story about survival and coping (physical, mental, and emotional).

2018-10-15 20:40

İyilerin Halleri ve Makamları TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Büyüyen Ay Yayınları

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