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Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Est Yayıncılık
Who says suburban living has to be dull and unimaginative? Welcome Shaun Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia, which takes traditional suburban ideal living and turns it on it's head. This book is bursting with imagination as it tells 15 short, illustrated short stories filled with wonder, loss, peace, hope and redemption. Not to make it sound all like butterflies and flowers, there is a slight bizarre and surreal edge to these tales that will leave the reader both wondering and and inspired. I think everyone who reads this will have a different favorite couple of stories. I liked the Alert but not Armed, Eric, and the story about the marine mammal on the lawn. Tales from Outer Suburbia may be appealing to a wide range of audiences - young teens to adults. If you have ever been the kid to doodle monsters in the pages of your homework, or have an interest in creative storytelling, then this book is for you.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Eksik Parça Yayınları
** spoiler alert ** This is about the post docs and their bosses who work at a research lab. The story wanders in and out of the perspectives of all sorts of characters. Basic premise: Cliff is downhearted about his lack of results, then suddenly something works, he's curing his mice of cancer. His bosses (Marion and Sandy) are excited - Sandy is all about making money and pushes to publish fast, Marion is more careful but relents. Feng helps Cliff with his research and gets a lot of credit (not his fault). Robin (Cliff's girlfriend) is jealous, but also discovers a possible flaw in the research - either a mistake or done on purpose by Cliff. She ends up leaving, getting a group involved to look into the matter, it blows up into a huge deal that could make or destroy the careers of all these people. Family members also appear (Sandy's wife Ann and daughters Kate, Charlotte, Louisa; Marion's husband Jacob and son Aaron). Themes: science, how we fund science and how realistic it is, moral implications of science, whether it's trustworthy. Does the public have a right to see everything a scientist does, due to our tax dollars funding it? Also, personality clashes and how varying personalities can work together, people using each other's assets to get ahead, research (best) vs. teaching (the easy way out/no glory) This book seemed a little over-dramatic to me. While the large cast of characters (and perspectives) was interesting, it felt like it left a lot glossed over. In trying to fit so many characters into the novel, many of them felt flat or just too simple. I would have enjoyed this more seeing it from one perspective - or perhaps just two or three. Characters like Kate - it was sort of interesting to add her crush on Cliff to the story, but I think more depth on someone else would have been more important/interesting. As far as the science goes, there were some interesting statements about how much scientists should have to disclose and I was impressed with the author's ability to make me continually understand (and agree with) both perspectives on the issue.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları
an exallent thriler
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Sınır Ötesi Yayınları
1946 Newbery Medal Winner
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The book was very entertaining but didn't really explain how to train your dog. The first half of the book seemed to be an introduction
When referring to a Thomas Pynchon novel, "accessible" just means "shorter." This "short story with a gland problem" (his words) has a single framing story and minimal digressions. Then again, the middle of the book is a transcript of a play that explains the history of conflict between two mail services, the symbols of which the main character keeps seeing written on walls wherever she goes. Paranoia is one of the themes, which gets dissected and described from multiple angles. There are many long sentences you will need to read multiple times since by the end of them you won't be able to remember where they started. Everything fits together like one of those 1100-piece puzzles that sit incomplete for years. Radiohead fans might be interested, since some of their lyrics and fan mail system (W.A.S.T.E.) are references from this book. This book took me 4 months to read at University.
It's the same old cobbled street through the same old town, but for once I barely smell the cakes from the tea shop, don't even pause to stare out the windows. I'm floating along another me, in a dreamworld... What started out as a fun and engaging read, starring a heroine who's quick-tempered and provokes sympathy... at first, quickly morphs into something less than amazing and not as readable. With hints of the enigmatic, a wonderfully-told setting, but full of unlovable characters and unbelievable, decidedly unimpressive plot events, Wildwing failed to captivate me and keep me firmly engrossed in the story. Although the writing style is vivid and beautifully simple, the second half of the novel overwhelms the good in the first half, which left me with an overall bad impression of the book. There are some elements that are simply fascinating. Being in Addy's time period was probably my favorite part of the book. The world-building created a picture that put me there, in the early 1900s. The clothes, the shops, the customs. Even the way the people spoke. But Whitman didn't bore me with long and obnoxious descriptions; she did a fantastic job painting a picture for me. Even Addy herself - again, in the beginning - fueled my attraction to the book. She's hungry to live and learn, a tad resentful, and willing to defend herself. Any girl who swings at the pack-leader of horrible girls is a friend of mine... until she gets to be too willful and irritatingly selfish. After which I stopped liking her and distanced myself from the story. The second half of the book is wild, yes, but it felt unnecessary. I don't know, getting sucked back to a different time to fall into a dangerous power struggle didn't feel very pressing when all Addy thinks about is the falcon dude. I mean, I get it, to my mind he's smoking hot. And a guy who can handle beastly and potentially harmful birds strikes me as sexy. But Whitman got sucked into the trap of writing a romance that falls flat and failed for me. It gave me instaluv vibes which instantly put me off, but then Addy goes on to acting stupidly and making uber-selfish decisions because of this "whirlwind romance" that I lost all love for this relationship. Then, the resolution came too swiftly and too easily for my tastes, so that I couldn't even savor their victory. What's worse is that I couldn't even be happy for these characters, simply because I didn't like any of them. Frankly, I didn't know any of them. And there isn't that great of a selection of characters to like to begin with, believe me. In that, I was disappointed. I was really hoping for more than an overly attentive nursemaid, a meat-handed brute, or a falcon-boy who has a weird, utterly hypocritical sense of honor. The only character that intrigued me was probably the villain, but who isn't that memorable because, forgive me, I can't even recall his name. Wildwing starts out as something fun, well-written, and engaging, but quickly becomes something that ultimately served me up disappointment so that I couldn't even enjoy it. The historical aspect in regards to Addy's time period is really well-done, but from then on the world-building suffers and eventually bored me. I felt like this story had sooo much potential, but that light of possibly got snuffed out by the focus on the romance that did nothing for me. Wildwing could have been good, maybe even great, but ended up being just a book I wouldn't want to pick up again. Originally posted on my blog, Paranormal Indulgence.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: 1001 Çiçek Kitaplar
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book - perhaps more than her others. Plus, as a sequel to Shanghai Girls, I was already invested in the characters. I learned about China in the late 50's, while really getting attached to the characters and their stories. The last half of the book I just couldn't put down!
I liked this book because I LOVE Pride and Prejudice and am not too discerning in my tastes for all movie renditions and adaptations. This book is definitely a guilty pleasure, but I think it would make Jane Austen turn over in her grave.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık
The academic community is cruel, but funny.
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