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Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Beta Yayınevi
Well, I read this in January or so because the movie, The Hedgehog was featured at the Palm Springs Film Festival. Didn't get to see the movie then, but it has opened this week, so I'll go. The novel has an interesting premise--a girl so despises her family she decides to kill herself after having kept a journal or something about the goings on in her apartment building in Paris. The concierge, a bitter woman, is also a main character. The novel goes along pretty well until the ending, which I hated. Mostly because the author plays games with the narrative in the end. Not fair.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Kitapkalbi Yayıncılık
Ah...the Brontes. I love this time period and I think all three sisters had an incredible talent for writing. I always love to get caught up in their stories.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Net Turistik Yayınları
Loved it.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: İleri Yayınları
Chronicle of his experience with the death of his wife. Very helpful when read in conjunction with The Problem of Pain.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Analiz Yayıncılık
I know I should've read this a long time ago, but I just never got around to it and ended up grabbing it in a Vienna train station right before heading to Prague. I honestly didn't have high hopes for it as it began. It seemed all too "simple." But by the end, I was hooked. This has so many layers, it completely approachable prose and was exactly the kind of reading I needed, especially when I was traveling. It has an old world kind of feel to it, which is nice when you're abroad, particularly in Eastern Europe. I recommend it to people who have any connection to the Eastern cultures and enjoy reading about far away lands and romantic notions of life. :)
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Pencere Yayınları
Not my favorite book. The author himself believes that what he's writing about is true, and who knows? There are some thought-provoking theories about humankind's past/genetic history. But the aliens-among-us stuff was a bit more than I really enjoy.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Hece Yayınları
I need to own this book and read it over and over.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Karekök Yayıncılık
The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids by Alexandra Robbins is a novel based on the lives of nine students attending Walt Whitman High School in Maryland. Robbins tells their stories of getting accepted into their dream colleges. Normally, when I have to read a novel for school, I am not very intrigued; however, I could easily relate to this one. Feeling the pressure of college and the outside world, these students all obtain the same struggle of being accepted into their dream colleges. This novel reveals the truth that our society has come to today. Year after year, new students emerge from different high schools around the nation. All with one motive in common; getting accepted into college. These students experience competition and struggles on their journey. The Overachievers strictly depicts the lives of these students. Robbins follows the lives of nine different students; all with one dream. She provides quotes and analysis while also giving statistical information about these students and colleges. These students are not considered ordinary. They all attain a 4.0 grade point average or higher, participate in sports and other extracurricular activities, and also maintain the position of school officers. Each of these kids, also known as overachievers, hope that one day their hard work will pay off. That someday their hard work will result in a scholarship to an Ivy League school. Robbins portrays themes and conflicts as well in her novel. She shows man vs. man and man vs. self conflicts throughout the novel. The students battle conflicts internally and externally as they reach and compete against their fellow classmates. Overwhelmed with AP classes, some students push their will to the limits. These students include “AP” Frank, Audrey, C.J., Julie, Sam, Pete, Taylor, Ryland, and the “Stealth.” Robbins tracks the lives of these students with statistical information. Some students like "AP" Frank have already graduated but still feel the pressure of his family and society. This also brings up the conflict of man vs. society. Robbins includes numerous conflicts in this novel that strongly relate to today's society. Today's society is filled with college-hungry students that strive for the best and at times, fall short. All in all, I really enjoyed this book. It was filled with relative information that I deal with in my everyday life. I found it interesting to see the lives of these students eaten up by their school work. At times, I think I have a lot of school work, but after reading this novel, I learned that I have it easy. The novel taught me that my overall appearance should not be judged by my grades and academic status. Anyone can reach any school if they try their hardest. It taught me that AP classes and overwhelming homework takes your life away from you. Robbins' writing style was extremely interesting. She kept me intrigued through the entire novel with statistical information and constant stories of different high school students that I could strongly relate to. She gives her own opinion on today's educational system and allows for people to see the insufficient and unfair qualities of education today. Robbins allows the reader to make a connection and relate to the everyday problems that life and school throws at us. I would recommend this novel to all high school students that are overwhelmed with education as a whole. It goes under one of my favorite novels and that's why it deserves a four out of five rating.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: İkinci Adam Yayınları
I think if I followed Science Fiction writing better than I do, I'd have enjoyed this book more. The story line was fantastic, but it took me 1/2 the book just to get used to the names of places and people. That's no fault of the writer, just my feeble ability to assimilate new information. Vinge has an art for the analogy and uses it often to bring the reader into her story, but she doesn't trust the reader to draw his/her own conclusions or parallels when reading the dialogue - this is demonstrated by her italicized addition of the subtext to the dialogue spoken by her characters, as though the reader won't be able to read between the lines. All in all a good read, just not my favorite genre.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Sel Yayıncılık
I really liked this book! I think many kids will identify with the struggles of the characters even though the struggles seem a little particular to an urban situation. I like how the students were able to come together from different situations, for a common goal. Shelley Pearsall is an Ohio author and the story is based on a true story that happened in Cleveland, Ohio.
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