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Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık - KPSS Kitapları
Envy is the third novel by Sandra Brown I've read and she's rapidly earning her way onto my list of "go-to" authors. Her novels always manage to surprise once or twice and certainly entertain from cover to cover. Envy is the title of the book within the book and it's the lure that brings Maris Matherly-Reed to a remote Georgian island to purchase the rights to a novel. What she doesn't realize is that she's been lured into an elaborate scheme of revenge long buried in the past. There are excerpts of the fictional Envy included as interludes between some of the more emotionally charged chapters. They are there both as background information and as a character building device to better understand Parker, the author Maris has gone to see. Frankly, these chapters aren't necessary and serve as a distraction to the meat of the book. I suggest saving them until the end to read as bonus material. Envy has three major story lines: Parker's past, the romance between Parker and Maris, and Noah's machinations to sell Maris's publishing company out from under her. Noah Reed, Maris's husband and her relationship to him is the glue that holds Envy together. What I liked best about the novel was Parker. He's wheelchair bound but by no means "handicapped" nor is he seeking sympathy or special treatment. He's rough, crude and fowl mouthed and tempered and yet he's a very believable and oddly likeable character. It's clear that the wheelchair isn't the cause of his "bad" traits; it's just another part of who he is. It was refreshing to meet characters like Parker who weren't obviously built up from a series of checked boxes on a character sheet.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Parantez Yayınları
Maybe I'm a masochist, because even though this beautiful, wry, and haunting book was incredibly depressing I really enjoyed reading it. And everyone: if you have a choice between eating a hamburger and buying a box of bullets, please do yourself a favor and eat the burger.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Kapı Yayınları
I love this book, I love Kansas.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: D'Addario
Maybe one of the best autobiographical novels out there, and certainly the best one I've read. Near perfect for the most part, with just the right few fatal flaws. Lanark follows the life of Thaw/Lanark, through his short, nasty life in Scotland and his afterlife in Unthank. But it's arranged so that you get the first half of the afterlife, then the whole life itself, then the second half of the afterlife. It's a sensible way to lay it out, but it has the side effect of seeming like it's arranged so that you'll be forced to read the less interesting middle part (also the part that more closely resembles Gray's life, it seems) in order to get back to Unthank. There is a shamelessly metafictional interpolation called the Epilogue near, but before, the end, wherein Lanark meets his Author and has several pages of infuriating conversation that seem mostly meant to anticipate and dismiss the problems and self-indulgences of the novel itself; in other words, to cover Gray's ass. Not only that, but in the margins of the Epilogue there is an "Index of Plagiarism" which ostensibly acknowledges Gray's literary debts, but really seems like a desperate ploy to convince the reader of Gray's erudition and consummate literariness. I'm convinced, but not impressed. I don't normally think of novels in terms of literary movements, but it seems like this one really wanted its postmodern credentials. Which is strange, because it seems to think that drawing attention to the novel as novel is a really neat and innovative trick, which by 1981 it totally isn't. Luckily, the so-called Epilogue can be entirely disregarded. Despite the flaws listed above, Gray's writing is for the most part endlessly inventive, and his descriptions are among the best I've read, although they can get self-indulgent. And there really are some achingly nice scenes in there. Thus the five stars.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Lastvoice
I liked most of these stories, although I do wish some had been longer.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Şule Yayınları
There is nothing like a good Jodi Picoult novel to get me away from bad tv shows and too much internet. This one is quite a quilt of stories all stitched togethe. I really didn't know what to expect at the end. Thank you Jodi for a great read.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Kum Saati Yayıncılık
Decent third novel from Jennifer Weiner.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Parıltı Yayınları
Original review posted on Layers of Thought. A young adult dystopian that sounds so realistic in the audio version that it’s frightening. Funny and heartbreaking, it will help readers think about what our world could become if capitalistic advertising is allowed to run wild in combination with technology. About: It appears that Titus is a regular teenager, the only difference is that in his world everyone has a “feed” implanted in their brain. It transmits constant personalized ads into their vision and auditory senses, including a way to keep in constant contact with anyone at anytime. It’s responsible for the fact that actual reading has become a thing of the past, since all communications are voice and thought activated via the “feed”. Sadly, also in this world the oceans are toxic, sterile, and no fish exist all in response to their rampant consumerism. It's all too normal for Titus and his friends. As they party, take trips to the moon, and ingest the occasional mind altering substance, they lead their “normal lives” with a “party on attitude”. However, this world view is about to change when Titus meets a girl named Violet who is very different from anyone he knows. He begins to realize that, along with all the teen fun and games, there is an underlying angst and horror which they are all trying desperately to ignore and marginalize. Thoughts: I enjoyed listening to this book in audio, with its well done and interesting sound effects. Told in first person by Titus, it’s coupled with their future version of “teen speak”. I dare you not to go around calling friends and family members “Unit” instead of “Dude” or other current young adult colloquialism. There was a romantic element to the story which is told from the guy’s perspective which I enjoyed. With a realistic ending that is not your “drive into the sunset” cliché. There are a good number of interesting science based elements in addition to the implant – including cloning and hover cars, however the best bit is how the actual feed sounds in this audio version that I think is particularly brilliant. I enjoyed this novel in audio and would recommend it for any teen (adult too) who enjoys a good dystopian. I could even imagine using the written version within the classroom as a modern day trade out for 1984 and Fahrenheit 451, or perhaps in tandem with required high school readings; giving a fresher perspective to the classics. I give this audio version a 4 stars, since in addition to the author’s creative technological ideas which are a key to the book, the reader and audio producer have also contributed to create a darkly funny and all to realistic “listen”.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Engin Yayınevi
I started reading this series on a trip to London. Read them all in one summer and went into finished series grief. Thankfully, he's written this new book that takes place during the G8 conference at Gleneagles in Scotland. Had forgotton that the London bombings took place that weekend. Fun to be reading it during this year's G8 conference. Rankin is good at weaving political commentary into the investigations of DI Rebus.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Mona Kitap
Loved it! I couldn't put it down - three late, late nights of reading in a row. No one would mistake it for hardcore "literature," I don't think, but it is a really fun read. Though I had very close to no sympathy for Cassie (the main character). I am not sure if the author intended me to or not. Also, I'd definitely read "In the Woods" first - without the background knowledge it provides, I doubt I'd have understood the "complexity" (I use the term loosely) of Cassie.
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