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Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Yasakmeyve
I first learned of The Savage Girl a couple years ago when I googled the word "postirony" in preparation to write my dissertation proposal (on postirony, of course). This debut novel follows a cast of trendspotters as they romp around the cartoon-like Middle City, trying to spot trends before they happen, and trying to find their misplaced souls. I consider this book to be a companion to William Gibson's Pattern Recognition. To my great pleasure, the novel turned out to be not only very relevant to my project, but also a funny and memorable (itself postironic) almost-satire, a reflection on the condition of elite post-postmodern consumers who simultaneously and paradoxically (i) use consumerist lifestyle choices to define their identities and (ii) feel vaguely uncomfortable with the whole process of defining themselves through lifestyle selection. A very thought-provoking book, with interesting characters, Shakar's novel is largely a success, although I think the book suffers from a failure to transcend its own theories. That is, aesthetically speaking, the book sometimes betrays the fact that it was produced by someone with a Ph.D. in creative writing. Not that I have any problem with Ph.D.'s--oh, no, definitely not--but in the book theories that should be attributed to characters seem sometimes as if they're coming out of the book's Ur-Mouth--that is, Shakar's mouth--which isn't always a bad mouth for them to be coming out of, since the mouth is attached to a pretty smart fellow. I look forward to his further fictions and hope this aesthetic will mature.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Yediiklim Yayınları
Book two of the 3 brothers shifters with their true mate. These books are fun. The three brothers are just so "male". They don't really get what makes a woman tick. There mate, well, she easily gets ticked off. This book I rated a 3 only because I liked the sex scenes. The plot wasn't too complex. The back history Elain is coming more into light.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: İletişim Yayınevi
This book is part of the high school curriculum where I teach. Chanda's Secrets is a great book that brings into focus the AIDS/HIV epidemic of Southern Africa. Stratton's character development allows you to develop an up-close relationship with people who are suffering from this horrible epidemic. The storyline is good, I had to stay up late to see what would happen next! A good read for teenagers and anyone looking for insight into a usually impersonal social and political issue.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: On İki Levha Yayınları
i have enjoyed several books of this type recently....Let the great world spin......was great..........when the killing is done......was good....this one just left me empty not caring one whit about any of the so called characters. what exactly was the point? there was nothing redeeming or uplifting about these character's lives ugh.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Kırmızı Yayınları
Okay, I might spoil a few things here, so be warned. There are so many things I hate about these books. I hate Zoey, for starters. She is a terrible MC. I mean, you have books like Twilight getting all that crap about the MC being a bad influence, but come on … Zoey does next to nothing except walk around and let boys drool over her. I don't even understand why so many guys are obsessed with her, when she's such an annoying idiot! Sure she has all the magic power thingies, but even that's not all so impressive. It's like, she just magically calms people down … and like drives away evil spirits. I don't even know. So yeah, the boy drama also really gets on my nerves. I'm so glad that Erik is out of the picture, pretty much the only cool thing Zoey has ever done is break up with him. *Rolls eyes* I always thought he was a total asshat. Stark … Stark is cool. I liked him better in books 4 and 5, and now he's getting all arrogant and obnoxious. But he's the least annoying/asshole-ish of Zoey's bfs, soooo if I had to choose a team – Team Stark. Heath, I just hate. He's a stupid, annoying little puppy dog who has absolutely no life, whose world revolves around obsessing over Zoey. So in that way, he is essentially like a male Bella Swan. Heh heh, more on him later. *Evil grin* I must say, I do like Kalona in a twisted way. He just confuses me so much. On one hand, he is very very evil. On the other hand, he seems really hot … and he has a backstory. He's the only character in the book who comes close to actually being developed. Plus I love that thing he did at the very end … Heehee >:) But yeah, Zoey obviously isn't going to end up with him. Too bad. As for the other couples … It sort of ticks me off that Stevie Rae is now becoming like Zoey and has like three boyfriends, which is stupid because I don't even know what the significance of those boyfriends is. Like … Dallas, and … that other kid whose name I don't even remember. It's like, whatever, who cares? I hated how Zoey was like "Heehee, I hope Stevie Rae will have lots of boyfriends like me, and then everyone can start calling her a slut instead of me!" I mean, really? Yeah, that's a great friend right there. But anyway, I liked Raphaim. He seemed cool. Although I didn't really understand why he was pretending to help out those other vampyres trap Stevie Rae and then he was like "Nooo Stevie Rae it's a trap!" But then it's like … Well then why did you agree to be part of this plan, which involved you getting beaten nearly to death, just to tell Stevie Rae that it was a trap? It makes NO SENSE! So … Couples. Right. Damien and Jack are cute together, as always. I also like Aphrodite and Darius together. And yeah, I guess that's pretty much it. Ok, now to rant about the writing a bit. I ABSOLUTELY HATE HOW THESE BOOKS ARE WRITTEN! What I mostly hate is that the authors seem to think it's "cool" to write in text speech. Like, being all like "So my BFF Stevie Rae …" and "I heart you!" Really? *headdesk* And then Zoey being like, "I'm too pure to swear, teehee! BULLPOOPY!" I mean, helloooo? You're the one whose had FIVE BOYFRIENDS! USUALLY 3-4 SIMULTANEOUSLY! ARGH! YOU ARE NOT PURE, ZOEY REDBIRD! YOU CAN SAY "SHIT"! I'm sorry for the outburst. But really. It gets on my nerves. I also hate Zoey and her stupid "brown pop". What? Who says that?! Can't they just say "Coke"? Or is that, like, illegal? Could they at least say "soda"? GAAHHHhhh. And I hate the way they spell "vampire" like "vampyre". WTH? It doesn't make me think you guys are more original or anything, it just makes me think you can't spell. Also, the writing is so repetitive. They use the same description about 50 billion times. It came to the point where I would just scream in frustration every time I read about Kalona's "amber eyes" or – oh God – Stark's "cocky smile/grin". Just remembering it makes me shudder. If I ever see the word "cocky" again I will explode. IT'S CALLED A THESAURUS, PEOPLES! USE IT! As for the plot … Ahhh I don't know what to say. I'll just narrow it down, because I could rant about every stupid little plot twist but I won't. First off … Not so original, you guys. The High Vampyre Council? In ITALY? I believe I have heard this one before. It was this book called Twilight. And the ending – !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMIGOD!!! AKJF;AKDSJ;FKJS;DF!!!! Ok, well the ending actually did shock me. I'm still trying to comprehend. Heath … Heath is … DEAD?! *The sun comes out and the birds sing* YES!!! YES YES YESSSSS!!!! Well, this would be good for many reasons. First of all, it would end the boy drama for the most part. Erik has been eliminated because he is a jerkface. Kalona has been eliminated because he killed Heath and he's an evil jerkface also (but I love him for killing Heath. Wow, I am so mean!). Heath is eliminated because he is dead. So I guess that only leaves Stark. Yesssshhh! Thank goodness! Second of all, I just hate Heath. He always annoyed the crap out of me. Please let him stay dead forever. If he comes back from the dead somehow I will be majorly MAJORLY pissed off. Thirdly, these books could use some substance, like an actual death. Something that would actually make me feel slightly bad for the characters. So … In conclusion, I felt like my brain was being raped as I read this book. But as always, it's a decent fluff read, if you're bored and don't mind killing off your brain cells. It wasn't my favorite of the books … I can see it going downhill from here. But you never know. I guess I'll have to wait and see. And I only have to wait like two months … because these books multiply like rabbits. Wow that was a very long ranting review. O_O But I am done now! :D
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Alfa Yayınları
This book is a relatively fun read if you enjoyed books like Lewis Carol's original Alice in Wonderland or Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth. Be prepared for a lot of nonsensical adventure, much wordplay, and an absolutely enjoyable way to while away the hours.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları
good story, about two couples, the women are long-time best friends, and one of the women is having an affair with the other one's husband. I know...I didn't thing I'd be able to make it through this, but I did and it really wasn't as bad as I expected...in fact, I kinda liked it. Favorite Quotes: These are from the end of the book, so don't read them if you don't want to know how it turns out. "It seems to Ben that the breakup of his marriage was like a carefully choreographed dance, except that he hadn't been taught the steps. All he could do was follow, and try to pick it up as he went along. He'd always thought that when you've been with someone for a long time your feelings are like an iceberg, only a small part of which is visible above the surface. Now he can see that what he thought was the tip of Claire's deeper feeling was in fact all that was left---a shard of intimacy, a nub of desire, the only remaining fragment of a dissolving relationship. She was lost to him before he realized he was losing her. Ben has come through this experience changed, but he can't say, as he has always said before about times of stress and uncertainty, that it is for the better. He is stronger now. More wary. Less inclined to expect the best, as if it were his due. He has avoided bitterness, and maybe that is the most he can hope for. ...His goal was to avoid pain. And yet here it is, unavoidable." p 260 "Her life isn't perfect. It is far from perfect. But it isn't as awful as Alison had imagined it would be. In some ways it is not only better than she'd feared, but it is also better than it had been when Charlie was home, when she thought things were fine between them. It has been shocking to realize how absent Charlie was from their day-to-day lives; some days, now, the children barely notice his absence. Many of the things Alison thought she needed him for---she finds she can do just as well on her own. Maybe not just as well. But well enough to counterbalance the wrenching loneliness she feels some nights, the tiredness in her bones, and the dull awareness that she has to summon the strength the next morning to do the whole routine all over again." p 273 "Each moment of loss, she has come to believe, contains within it the possibility of a new life. When the unimaginable happens, and your life changes irrevocably, you may find along with the pain a kind of grace. And in the place of certainty and fear---the fear of losing what you had---you are left with something startling: a depth of empathy, a quivering sensitivity to the world around you, and the unexpected blessing of gratitude for what remains. Charlie's needs, stresses, and preoccupations had taken up so much space. It is lovely not to hear him stomping around upstairs, ...whether his seemingly endemic distractedness is a cover for irritability. Will he snap if she asks him a question? For a long time the coexisted in this house without sharing much of anything. Now he's across the river, making a new life for himself with the only other person in the world who knows Alison as well as he does." p 274
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Hayykitap
Well-written and easy to follow history of the medieval mind and times. It's taking me a while to soak in, but I'm enjoying it.
[there is a coherence in things, a stabiliyt; something, she meant, is immune from change, and shines out...]
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Yeni İnsan Yayınları
I never thought I would have laughed so hard at a book about evolution, but this story is told in such a humorous way and some of the illustrations are so silly that I found it hard to keep a straight face. The scene where the dodo bird tells the other dodo bird, "You are perfect, don't ever change" is one of my favorite jokes in the book. The information itself is also fascinating. I kept setting the book aside to look up images of the Great Moa Bird or to watch a clip of David Attenbourg with Bower Birds. I will admit that my eyes glazed over during the first couple of chapters that deal with the pre-cambrian period, but I think this would be a useful tool for biology teachers and students. Having not read the first book, I was confused about who the narrators were. I wish there had been a better introduction to who Floorish and Bloort were. I'm not sure that most teens would willingly pick this up for leisure reading, but it's a great way to learn more about this area of science while having a good laugh in the meantime!
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