Gabriel Hernandez itibaren East York, PA, USA

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05/05/2024

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2018-12-25 21:41

Tanrı Yanılgısı (Cep Boy) - Richard Dawkins TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Kuzey Yayınları

This is the third book that revolves around Grouse Creek, a fascinating, tiny cowboy town. The plot is fun with a touch of mystery and romance. My favorite part in all three books is how older and younger characters support each other. I passed this book around the family and it got great reviews.

2018-12-25 22:41

Bana Adını Söyle – 24 Yazardan-Filiz Özdem TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Yapı Kredi Yayınları

I so hate when an author in a series retells so much of what happened in the previous book. Besides that, this novella much better than The Iron King, you can tell the writing is better.

2018-12-25 23:41

Gizli Bölme TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Caretta Çocuk

Loved this book - especially the format. So fresh to read correspondence between the characters. You really get a feeling for their personalities in a different way than typical story telling.

2018-12-26 00:41

Centilmen Piç Serisi 1: Locke Lamora’nın Yalanları - Scott Lynch TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: İthaki Yayınları

Drop City? More like Drop - alright I won't go there. Needless to say I was not pleased with this read. T.C. Boyle has apparently won prestigious literary awards. This is the only book I have read by him and it leaves me wondering how this is possible. Drop City is the story of a 20-something girl, nicknamed Star (ugh...), who joins a hippie commune in the early '70s in California that eventually chooses to pick up and move to their leader's uncle's cabin and land in Alaska. The book is simultaneously the story of the newlywed Sess Harder and his experiences both with his lifelong enemy and with the arrival of the hippies near his lot as the cold winter sets in in Alaska. Here's my three style gripes: One: He overuses the conjunction "and" so much both in narration and dialog that it becomes distracting. Two: He presents characters' thoughts right within the narration so it is sort of first person sometimes even though these first person thoughts that only one character has are presented in the third person voice. Three: The entire story often has two important events happen at the same time. Throughout, he presents one and then tells the reader about the other through character discussions in the fallout. In other words, he never abandons linear chronology; that is, until the climax, when the style abruptly changes. We see what happens from Joe's point of view, then we rewind and see it in Marco's point of view. Then Boyle returns right back to linear chronology for the remainder of the book. This is weak writing. Most importantly, Boyle is clearly mocking the hippie-way throughout the book, but the characters themselves do not learn or suffer too much at all. He does not present any real thought through the action of the plot. Instead, he peppers in sarcasm and cynicism in a most blatant and unimaginative way: by just constantly adding asides within the narration. The book's a bummer cats. A real bummer.

2018-12-26 01:41

İlk Okuma Kitaplarım - Çağlar Tavşan İstiyor - Sabine Kraushaar TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları

Kundera wows me once again with his beautiful writing, parallel stories, and social commentary. Vivid imagery of imaginary places and modern day political climates, I love to get lost in his Czech Republic and the lovely characters he creates.

2018-12-26 02:41

Ölüm Kuyuları TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Doğan Kitap

I decided I’ve resisted long enough and finally broke down and read Vampire Academy. I’m not a huge fan of YA—yes, I admit I usually hate the teenage angst that seems to come with the genre, but after reading Richelle Mead’s Georgina Kincaid series I decided I had to give Vampire Academy a shot. I’m thrilled I did, I really enjoyed this book. Again, Mead delivers a unique paranormal world that I haven’t ever read before. I expected a book similar to the House of Night Series but this was much better. I love the way she does her world building in bits throughout the book—it keeps it interesting. Some books seem to take chapters in the beginning of a story to lay out the paranormal world but that can get boring. Mead structures it perfectly so you understand everything, but still stay engaged in the story. The characters were fantastic, especially Rose and Dimitri, but even the secondary characters were good. I love that Rose isn’t immature (that’s a pet peeve for me in YA). She takes her job as guardian seriously and she seems older than seventeen. I like the forbidden romance happening between Dimitri and Rose and can’t wait to see what develops next. If anyone else feels the same about YA as I do and have held off reading this book just for that reason, you should definitely give this one a try. It really is worth the read.

2018-12-26 03:41

Edirne Sokaklar Haritası TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Mepmedya Yayınları

Fell into this book with all it's familiar and humorous characters easily. I think this is one of the best Evanovich books so far. The plot was sufficiently scary this time to keep me interested. The amount of romance was adequate and makes me eager to read the next book in the Plum series.

2018-12-26 04:41

Hareketli Şehir - Rebecca Finn TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları

A must read business book.

2018-12-26 05:41

Hilafetten Saltanata Emeviler Dönemi TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Beyan Yayınları

Borges: Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges (1999)

2018-12-26 06:41

Evolution of Love TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Gece Kitaplığı

Surprisingly interesting book. I would not have read it had it not been suggested for our book club. The whole idea of reading interviews about comedy writers did not seem appealing in the least. My initial thoughts, "Why would I want to have David Sedaris tell me about how he writes when I could be experiencing his actual work?" I reluctantly cracked the pages and found myself oddly interested in the interviews of the various comedy writers. As I read, I found a few themes emerging, pulling each interview together into a cohesive mosaic of thinking. Theme 1: Good comedy is honest. It comes from a space of personal, social or cultural truth. Theme 2: Many a good comedy writer possesses an interesting mix of narcissism, self loathing, and OCD. Theme 3: Many a good comedy writer appears to live in an outsider/insider space. They occupy a place that connects them to others just enough to remind them that they don't totally belong. A space of utter frustration. It reminds me of standing at a bakery window. You can smell the pastries, see the pastries and even watch others eat the pastries. But, you are not allowed to walk in and take a bite. Theme 4: Comedy is deeply rooted in human sadness. As fellow book clubber Dean stated, "It is a way to help us process our pain." After reading the interviews I have sat back and paid attention to how much comedy acts as a space where one can acknowledge the odd contradictions of the human condition. Theme 5: Everything and anything can be funny. It is not the subject of comedy that is in bad taste, it is the target of the humor that makes it such. After reading each interview I asked myself, "Would I want to sit down and share a meal with this person?" I found that for the most part the answer was, "No." While I love the work of many of these comedic artists and see some of them as downright genius, I wouldn't want many as friends. I sensed an underlying anger and impatience in many of the interviews. This was a bit off putting. From Onion writer Todd Hanson's chronic depression to David Letterman writer Merrill Markoe's exhaustive list of what is NOT funny, each writer seemed to be coming from a place of extreme judgment (whether that be directed at oneself, others, or society). What I loved most about this book was how it brought me back, time and time again, to the realization that I find my group of friends to be down right hilarious. I have spent a lot of time sharing stories and creative ventures with my friends for no other purpose than to laugh together. And laugh we do. I kept thinking how much of my life has been driven by comedy. In an ugly turn of events, reading this book made me terribly self aware of my own narcissistic tendencies. I kept wondering, "Am I funny? Would these comedians laugh with me? Do my friends find me funny?" In the end, I believe most of us share something in common with these writers. Who doesn't like to be in on a good laugh?

Okuyucu Gabriel Hernandez itibaren East York, PA, USA

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