Wasif Zia itibaren Ka Long, Mueang Samut Sakhon District, Samut Sakhon, Thailand

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12/22/2024

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2019-03-16 03:41

Tonguç Akademi Yayınları Tyt 5 Li Motivasyon Denemesi TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Tonguç Akademi Yayınları

picked up this book at a Border’s liquidation sale. I have seen it on various bookshelves and DVD racks for a couple of years now and thought that I should take a stab at it. I usually don’t like fictional humor or chick lit, but I know I need to try new things. I have to say that though it wasn’t my kind of book, I wasn’t disappointed and I did enjoy reading it. Denis Cooverman isn’t exactly a nerd, but he is far from being part of the popular crowd. During his graduation speech, he decides to tell members of the student body how he actually feels about them. The crowd is aghast when he calls out one of his classmates as being a snob and tells everyone that his best friend is gay. Yet the greatest shocker is when he declares his love for the popular Beth Cooper. When he finally speaks to her after the ceremony, he asks her to come to his house that night for a party. Of course, Denis has never thrown a party before and when Beth and her two friends arrive it is only Denis and his supposedly gay best friend in attendance. Yet that doesn’t stop the drama from blasting through his front door in the form of Beth’s military boyfriend. As Beth’s BF chases the whole gang around town, Beth and Denis begin to form a bond that could be just what Denis was looking for. My favorite part of the novel were the illustrations that opened each chapter showing Denis and his downward spiral throughout the night. There were definitely times when I chuckled at the circumstances that the group found themselves in. I thought that the antics between Denis and his best friend were really cute. Most of all, I enjoyed the ending because I thought it was tender but real. Overall, I wasn’t that impressed but I did have a good time which was worth the $8. www.iamliteraryaddicted.blogspot.com

2019-03-16 04:41

Gülün Adı TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Can Yayınları

CAUTION: Long Review, Spoilers Dark Edge of Honor is about a soldier and a spy on opposite side who, somehow against years of training and some brainwashing, quickly fall in love and give up everything to grab their HEA. There's war, rape, blackmail, torture, betrayal, vindication, and ultimately redemption—all excellent ingredients for a thriller of a story. Alas, I was confused, bored, frustrated, and bored by the story. Bored. =/ The first chapter was written horribly. I had no idea what was happening except that there were two characters named Mike and Pat. It was not until the end of chapter four when Mike was speaking with his handler that I finally understood chapter 1 was about Mike and Pat doing a reconnaissance mission. I got that the authors were trying to avoid the "show not tell" pithole, but they did it to such an extreme that it left me wondering what was going on most of the time. And when I get confused, boredom quickly follows. Sentences of Little Sense Dark Edge of Honor (DEoH) suffered lumps of short sentences that caused the story to be choppy. The following piece of paragraph was starving for transitional words: He knew better than to mention it. The brother general wasn’t stupid. He would have voiced objections to the methods, but the decisions were made by the Committee back home on Liberty. The general merely made it happen. His career depended on it. Sergei’s too. I had no idea what "it" was. I know the first "it" was about not mentioning Cirokko being the worst planet to war against because of the preceding paragraph in the chapter. The last two "it"-s, however, I don't know what they are. That quoted piece needed clarification of its pronouns. Beside short sentences, DEoH also suffered incomplete sentences. I do not mind incomplete sentences because their use can quickly push the plot. However when they are overused, the opposite happens—the plot drags like a limp foot. Here's an example: But it was impossible to think “Cirokko” without remembering other powers that had tried to take a bite out of it. The Alliance, about a hundred years ago, before it joined the Intergalactic Peace League and became non-expansionist. The League of Seven just twenty years ago. Unable to cut its losses, the League had bled itself dry in a way that it couldn’t have won anyway. But the Seven had then been swept up in the Doctrine, desperate to rebuild its morale and sense of purpose. The two quoted pieces above formed a single paragraph, the third paragraph of chapter 3 to be specific. This paragraph was overall a mishmash of incomplete thoughts, and to a larger extend represented how the story was written. Somewhere To Somewhere Else Due to the writing, I had a hard time transitioning from one scene to another. The authors were not specific nor straightforward about the where and when. For in example, in chapter 4, I had no idea where Mike was. Was he on a spaceship or a building or something? And the people he was spying on, were they Sergei and his General? If so, was this taking place while Sergei was about be raped? Another example is chapter 5 where Sergei was taking off his uniform while reflecting back his recent past. There, in a bunch of paragraphs, we learn that his General has been raping him and that it has been going on for a while. But readers are never told how long of a while. For all we know, it could have been for a couple of days, weeks, or even months. Suddenly we found ourselves seeing Sergei having a massage. What? While re-reading to write this review, I suddenly realized the first two sentences of Sergei taking off his uniform were supposed to let the reader know that Sergei was preparing for his massage. These sentences failed to do so because I got distracted by the bunch of paragraphs telling me Sergei has been raped for an unknown period of time in the recent past. For chapter 5, I never learn where the couple was, just that the place has massage and sauna facilities. I do not know if they were at a high-classed gym, a hot spa, or a spaceship. The first couple of chapters were prety much like this. The characters would be doing something somewhere but we forget what they were doing because the authors went off a tangent. It's not that those tangent of paragraphs were irrevelant, but they were so horribly placed in the story that they interrupted the flow of the story. And the authors not being specific about the character's location, coupled with horrible sentence structures, made me confused and impatient. Barely Any World-Building and Backstory Since the authors rarely and vaguely tell the me the where and when, I had a hard time imagining DEoH's world. For the first couple of chapters, I did not know where Sergei and Mike were. I know they were on a primitive planet called Cirokko, but I do not know whether they were in a city, a docked spaceship, a spaceport, a shanty-town, or the jungle. What happened to imagery? The story was so poorly set up that for a while, I thought that the CovOps and the Doctrine were different forces of the Alliance, parts of the greater whole like the U.N. I didn't realize till late in the story that CovOps were part of the Alliance but the Doctrine wasn't, that the Alliance and Doctrine were two different galactic powers. I still don't know what the frell is Doctrine. Are they a galactic government, a military group of a galactic government, or some sort of philosophy/religion/training? The way the author used the term, I think it was a combination of them all. Why was the Alliance's CovOps spying on the Doctrine? Were the two galactic powers at war against each other? Or was it like the Cold War between the democratic West and communist East from real-life history? I really wished the authors straight-out told me the races that inhabit Cirokko. I'm still unsure if humans were the native inhabitants or if it was different species altogether, like the flying lizards. Were the flying lizards really just smart animals or were they a sentient race of people? Characters I Cared Little For Sergei as a character was wholesomely unrealistic. I find it mind-boggling that a rape victim, with barely any issues, could be so easily seduced to bed by a stranger on a hostile world. In chapter 5, readers learn how Sergei's superior has been using him as a sextoy against his will. Suddenly in chapter 6, Sergei was doing it with Mike. WTF? And it was not like Sergei's superior was gone and Sergei was not being raped anymore. No, just the opposite; Sergei's superior was still there, still raping Sergei. Thus, I had a hard time believing that Sergei could develop love for Mike while he was still being raped. Where's the trust issue? Intimacy issue? Hello! You're being raped, where's the mental trauma? I felt strange reading Mike and Sergei shagging in one chapter, Sergei being raped in the next chapter, and back to the couple shagging each other again in the chapter after the next. Wow. O.o Mike sucks as a CovOps agent. He never publicized his sexual preferences. That aspect had never influenced the execution of his duties, his professional ethics or his employment. He refused to give that part of himself enough power to influence anything. It had no bearing on any of it, and anyone who thought otherwise would be proven wrong. Right. *rolls eyes* Let's see, he created a plan to seduce a rape victim for intel. He ended up falling with the rape-victim/enemy Sergei. He risked his cover to protect Sergei. Upon rescuing Sergei, he got captured by the enemy. Afterwards, he was tortured and imprisoned until Sergei rescued him. Yeah, right, Mike was soooo believable as a competent spy. /sarcasm Pat, the spy partnered to Mike, was also unbelievable as a character. How could Pat plead with Sergei to find Mike when Pat recently tortured Sergei? Someone who has the capability to freely torture another person would not plead their victim to find their missing friend. I expected some manipulation, bargaining, threats, or some combination thereof from Pat. It was hard watching Sergei and Pat suddenly got all buddy-like as if one had never tortured the other and weren't on the opposite side of a war. Wasn't All Bad All the beginning chapters until chapter 16 were slow. Sure, there some spying, raping, and fighting but the writing made the story dreary to read. Come chapter 16 when Sergei was being tortured by Pat, the writing got slightly better and was more cohesive. After Sergei got rescued, I was back to being bored until chapter 23 when Sergei sat with Nikishin and everything was revealed. Sergei confronting his rapist was a WOOT moment. A point for the authors writing an excellent confrontation scene. After Sergei rescued Mike, I got bored again. Then I got frustrated at Sergei for making some stupid decisions and then had to be rescued by Mike...again. Finally, at the end they quit their jobs and got their HEA. I rate DEoH 1-star for didn't-like-it. Similar Stories Suggestion by Andra Sashner. Soft sci-fi set on Earth, like maybe 100-200 years in the future. Easy to read, easy to engage. I rate that story 2-stars because the author gave a HFN when I really wanted a HEA. by Sonny and Ais Soft sci-fi set on post-apocalyptic Earth. It's free, it's super-long, and it's the first of a series. I gave it 4-stars.

2019-03-16 05:41

Din-Siyaset ve Toplum İlişkileri Üzerine (1923-1960) TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Palet Yayınları

utterly incredible, a feast and an education.....

2019-03-16 06:41

Atatürk İlkeleri ve İnkılap Tarihi TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Yargı Yayınları Akademik Kitaplar

I kept forgetting that this book wasn't written in the 1920s. Brilliant evocation of the post-World War I period in England. The characterizations are more absorbing than the mystery plot itself, but the conclusion is surprisingly moving.

2019-03-16 07:41

Nevroz Sorunları TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Say Yayınları

Alligator Bayou was one of YALSA's 2010 top 10 books for young adults. Place a hold on this book and pick it up at one of the Chemung County Library District Branches!

2019-03-16 08:41

Hısnu''l Müslim TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Guraba Yayınları

It is April 1776 in Williamsburg, Virginia, where eleven-year-old Felicity Merriman lives with her family. It is shortly after the beginning of the American Revolution, and with the royal governor having fled Williamsburg, the town is now ruled by the Committee of Safety, a group of Patriots who try to identify those with Loyalist sympathies who may be aiding the British. But the anti-Loyalist sentiments are causing some innocent men to be accused as well, such as the father of Felicity‘s friend Fiona McLeod. Mr. McLeod is innocent, but fearing for his family’s safety, he decides they must all leave Williamsburg. Felicity’s sadness over missing her friend is soon replaced by worry for her father when the same mysterious man who accused Fiona’s father accuses Felicity’s own father, a known Patriot, of being a traitor. With the help of her best friend, Elizabeth, and her father’s apprentice, Ben, Felicity must find out the identity of the mysterious accuser so that she can clear her father’s name. Traitor in Williamsburg is a book that is sure to be enjoyed by young girls who enjoy historical fiction. The characters are likeable and the story teaches many historical facts. As a young girl I loved the American Girl books and Felicity was one of my favorite characters because I always have loved books set in colonial America, so I still enjoyed this book even if I am way too old for it now! Because this book and the other American Girl Mysteries are longer than the original American Girl books, the series will especially be enjoyed by readers who loved the American Girl books and characters but who are beginning to move on to longer books. However the book also works fine as a standalone and it is not necessary to have read previous books about Felicity to enjoy the story.

2019-03-16 09:41

Umut - Hayat Akan Bir Sudur - Ayşe Kulin TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Everest Yayınları

I really enjoyed this elegant ghost tale ( I should write "ghost tales"since four delicious ghost stories are embedded within the main plot and entwine with the narator's life )I found myself shivering and looking over my shoulder (and actually being afraid to cross the pitch black landing to the toilets at night !!!!! Mr Harwood is indeed very sucessful at writing ghost stories).It somehow reminds me of "The 13th Tale" which I had enjoyed so much last year, except that this one is actually spookier, much spookier. The writing is quite elegant and the descriptions very effective, I was totally immersed in the story, walking the deserted (deserted really ? ) gloomy, dark rooms of the mansion with the narator.I enjoyed the numerous references to famous literary characters and 19th century novelists'works. But I am still trying to figure out some loose strings in the book conclusion...I know it probably could not end otherwise but there are some unanswered questions that really bug me.But that will not keep me from giving this first novel a five star rating. I bought "the Seance" !

2019-03-16 10:41

Günlük Yaşamda Uygulamalı Gizli Bilimler - Pratik Okültizm TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Hermes Yayınları

This book WAS a little young for me, but I just couldn't help myself when I saw the title. Despite the fact, the book had its funny moments and great one-liners but overall I got the impression that the author was just trying WAYYY too hard to make the book hilarious. Jokes need to come naturally and just flow -- in this book, I would find myself close to cackling one page to then being bored and annoyed out of my mind for the following five. Many of the witty comments felt forced and redundant ... to the point that it just got old. Cute? Yes. Funny? Sort of. REALLY worth the read? Meh... maybe not.

2019-03-16 11:41

Deli Saçmaları TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Moss Yayınları

I tried to get through this, I really did...

2019-03-16 12:41

FONO MAYMUNLAR ÜLKESİ (DERECE 1-C) (ALMANCA) TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Fono Eğitim Yayınları

will definitleu be reading this one again and again. such provocative theories on life, the characters were great, could quiety decide if they were just shallow and callous, or brilliant. think ill be quoting it for a while

Okuyucu Wasif Zia itibaren Ka Long, Mueang Samut Sakhon District, Samut Sakhon, Thailand

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