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Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: TÜBİTAK Yayınları
Not bad for a first mystery and an interesting setting. I found the limited characterization to be a problem however. There were only a few characters whose names I recognized (4-5?) by the end of the book. That is not a great record for how memorable they were! But I didn't solve it before the reveal. Points for that.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Hayrat Neşriyat
I enjoyed this book. It had some moments when I thought it was going to be really exciting but it turned out to be not super exciting. It was more about relationships. The book really had a southern feel.
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Believe it or not, I think the movie was actually better than the book. It was still a good read though.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Kartezyen Yayınları
A very interesting and detailed book about Michelangelo's life and artwork, specifically the Sistine Chapel. If you are into his art and the history of it, the whys, and the secret symbols within, you will enjoy this book. It did a little too much for me at times but it is an educational and interesting read.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Binot Yayınları
** spoiler alert ** finally Rose's epic tale comes to some kind of ending. My only problem was that Adrian was a jerk at the end even though he was right about Rose being the only one getting a happy ending. But Rose really showed off her dedication taking a gun for Lissa. I really thought she was gonna die.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Altın Kitaplar
Sometimes I love books like this, and sometimes they fall flat. I'm talking about a story within a story, or two story lines in the same book. In books like the Scroll of Seduction which I also read this year, it didn't work so well— I was much more interested in the past and not so interested in the present. I wish I could say I felt the same about Willig's book, but I can't. It is quite obvious the author is drawing a parallel between Amy and the present-day researcher and between Richard and Collin, his present-day counterpart. This irritates me. However, the historical fiction part is fabulous, so I definitely recommend this book. To be honest— not that I would say this is OK or anything— but you could probably skip the present-day bits if you wanted and still be OK. Having said all of that, though, this is the first in a series, so my oppinions are subject to change.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: İnkılap Kitabevi
*yawn* same old stuff churned out every year in the plethora of self help books out there. This one comes with a helpful website and a 5 year journal (which is actually quite nice). I yawn because she says nothing new whilst addressing nothing important. Simplify your life, ask for what you need, be mindful i.e. aware of how you are now blah blah blah. Honestly? I got more of an epiphany reading The Spirit Level: Why Equality Is Better For Everyone. You want happiness? First, it's a bad choice of desire. Aim for contentedness instead. Stop buying crap, appreciate friends and family, volunteer at something that stops your self-pitying me, me, me and live.Oh yeh, and remember that shit happens: it's called Life and it usually goes away again, replaced by something pleasant for a while until the next pile of shit comes along. C'est La Vie! Guess I'll not be making any money out of writing a book on happiness then.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Element Yayınları
Hmm, Satan as agent of salvation in a corrupt state? That seems to be one question B. addresses in this novel. The salvation in this case, though, is more aesthetic and political than theological -- I think. The grand theme is one of faith and belief in various forms: the Master has lost faith in his novel about Pontius Pilate; Russian citizens don't believe in Satan or black magic, and Woland punishes them for their insistence on empirical truth. Not having read my Milton (oh, the shame!), I can't say how or if B. is working with or against literary tradition of Satan. For all his nonchalant violence and chaos, Wolands seem easily swayed by Margarita's pleas on behalf of a man writing a novel about the ultimate corruption of faith. Are we to believe that Margarita has sold her soul by agreeing to be queen of Satan's Ball? The novel raises all sorts of interesting questions re faith, but if it offers a coherent vision of faith, I haven't worked it out yet. (any thoughts out there?) On to more practical matters: this was my 2nd reading, 10 years after the first, and the virtues and flaws were more pronounced this time. Though still highly entertaining, this time I found the political and literary satire of scenes set in Moscow a wee bit tiresome, or overly long, anyway. Part of the problem is that they are mostly written as straight descpritive action, never or rarely entering minds of charcters in any way that makes them fully 3-dimensional characters. So for larger chunck, the novel skates along the surface, granted with lots of fancy and hilarious moves, but some scenes tend to run on like extended clown skits at the circus, and since these scenes, all set in the present Moscow of novel, make up the bulk of novel, it can get rather wearisome. Oddly, this was the suff I loved the most my first reading. This time around, it was the chapters on Pilate that I found most riveting and moving, and that's because B. develops PP as a 3-dimensional charcter, part arrogant, political bureaucrat concerned only with preserving his own powers and part insecure victim plagued by demands of political machinations of expediencies and by his own doubts about his cowardice in the face of public opinion and his desire to do the fair and just thing. B's language and tone change markedly here, demonstrating his impressive range. These sections, only 3 chapters unfortunately, make this one of the great political novels of all time, but as for the rest, I got tired of wading through it to get back to PP. Overall, is this a great novel? Does Bulgakov belong in the ranks of Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov? Not in my opinion. He occupies a slot beneath those folks. Mind you, that's still plenty impressive, and I don't mean to disparage the novel. Anyone reading it for first time, I think would find the satire greatly entertaining, and some scenes still made me hoot aloud. My reactions this time around just confirm my growing belief that it's not the writing that changes but one's evolving taste as a reader. With a third reading in another 10 years, I'm sure I'll have yet another reaction. But that's part of the fun of returning to favorite books over time. A note re translations: I read Mirra Ginsburg edition first time, the P/V edition this time, and I think I preferred Ginsburg. P/V often use wordy prepositional noun phrases where G. uses a more direct, streamlined wording: For example, P/V open the novel with "At the hour of the hot, spring sunset ... " whereas G. and others write "On a warm spring evening ... " or something along those lines, don't have text in front of me. A minor annoyance, but done repeatedly over the course of a long novel, such stylistic speed bumps can make for a bumpy ride. Having taught freshmen comp for 20 years, I'm probably too sensitive to such distractions. Whether this style more faithfully captures B's Russian, I can't say. Just something that jumped out at me.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Yapı Kredi Yayınları
It was better than most books I read- but I had to keep reminding myself that it was a diary of a young teen who dosen't have as much insight as she claims to have. honestly I'd rather watch bbc than read this again.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Doğan Egmont Yayıncılık
My first ever novel that I am reading in Spanish... A compelling fictional story about Sephardi jews who migrate to Argentina in the early 20th century and their struggle to adjust to their new home...
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Timaş Çocuk
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