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Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları
Such a fantastic book! I was hooked!
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Hepsi Çocuk Yayınevi
Enjoyed the book very much! The girl reminds me of Miss Marple, witty village detective.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Genç Timaş
The Queen of the Damned is the 3rd in Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles series. Having read both 'Interview with the Vampire' and 'The Vampire Lestat', i was looking forward to reading this book. Overall, I enjoyed the Queen of the Damned, and anyone who has read the previous two books probably will as well, but found it was a little disappointing and underwhelming. It was still very enjoyable however, but think I preferred listening to the stories of Louis and Lestat in 'Interview' and 'Lestat' more personally. Mild Spoiler warning! - I'll talk vaguely about what happens in the book from here until the last paragraph, but not reveal directly what happens, so please skip to the last paragraph if you don't want to know anything. This book follows immediately on from 'Lestat', where Lestat has awakened the 6,000 year old mother of all vampires, Akasha (the titular Queen of the Damned), with his rock music and she is coming to destroy them all. The book actually starts with 7 separate narratives told by different characters, revealing their experiences in the nights leading up to where 'Lestat' left off, which was initially annoying as I wanted to read about what happened to Lestat, but was actually quite interesting as it set the scene and introduced me to the various mysteries surrounding the vampire community and other important characters. Then the narrative rejoins Lestat and other important characters (both from previous books and the first part of this book) to show what happens after Akasha has been reawakened. Overall, the book was really good and interesting, and although it lacks the centuries spanning tales that I think made 'Interview' and 'Lestat' so gripping as it is all set in the modern day, it does contain a long sojourn where a character reveals what happened 6,000 years ago which was interesting. From the blurb on this book and the impression I had after 'Lestat', I was expecting there to be a lot more action and drama in this book, particularly at its conclusion. While there were action scenes spread throughout the book, it was not as action-orientated as I was expecting, and the final confrontation with Akasha largely began with the main characters all sat around table talking and debating. Maybe this is just Anne Rice's style however, as to be fair I don't remember huge action scenes (although there are some) in the previous two books. Mild spoiler warning over! Overall, I enjoyed the Queen of the Damned, and it was an enjoyable book in this series. However, I personally enjoyed 'Interview' and 'Lestat' more, as I think I preferred following the tales of Louis and Lestat from their beginnings over the centuries, as I think I found that more intriguing. It's still a good book though, and anyone who has read the previous two books will enjoy this as well.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Timaş Çocuk
This is the first book of this series that I had a very hard time reading and finishing. This book has very little action in it and Smith tends to ramble on about Botswana, cattle, the little white van, etc. These topics have been somewhat done to death in the previous books in the series. Sadly, this one was a disappointment, although I did enjoy the ending to the one "real" case she did solve in this book.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Ishmael Beah, a young boy who lives in Sierra Leone was enjoying life with his family and friends until he had his life turned upside down by war. Rebels invaded his town and killed everyone they saw causing him to flee. He was separated from his family and friends. He roamed for days and went through destroyed villages, seeing all of the dead people gruesomely murdered. After awhile he gets picked up by the army. Where he learned to kill mercilessly and use drugs to numb him from everything around him. For years he killed rebels in the army; he killed hundreds of people. All of this became normal to him; every day of killing was a normal day, until one day UNICEF picks him up. Ishmael goes through rehab and has a difficult time to becoming normal again. He learns to make friends and socialize. He spends a lot of time in rehab, until he is finally reunited with a family member. Until his world was once again turned upside down. I give this book 4.5 out of 5 stars. It was beautifully written. It is a true story and it keeps you on your toes every page turned. This book is full of action and is filled with many different emotions. The only reason I gave this book 4.5 out of 5 was the ending. I won’t give away the ending, but it was not up to expectations. I would definitely recommend this book if you can stomach the gore and gruesomeness of this book. If you need to pick up a book, this is the one.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Timaş Yayınları
In The Namesake, a young man is born to parents recently immigrated to Boston area from India. Growing up American style, this young man fights against the ways of his Bengali parents, and especially detests his name, Gogol. But a life-changing event opens his eyes to the internal conflict he has been struggling against. this is being made into a movie, set to release in March.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Cinius Yayınları
Probably one of Doris Kearns Goodwin's better works. She does a great job of covering each member of Lincoln's cabinet. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and learned a great deal.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Pearson Çocuk Kitapları
Awesome!!!
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Nisan Yayımcılık
I would not still have been reading this book today if I had started it this particular week, given how bleak and even brutal it is. I would have put it down for another time. I did put it down, in fact, many times, for several days at a time. But I'm glad I finished, and I did find that the second half of the book more than made up for the first half. I was just dazzled--again and again and again--by the vivid images, the insights and ideas, and just the words. And I could feel myself opening back up to a book that had put a knot in my stomach for weeks. I'll read Seeing sometime, for sure.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Fono Eğitim Yayınları
Biton is a dom who lost his slave, Erik. Erik was is only partner for the last ten years, and they love each other, but cancer took Erik from Biton. Now Biton aches for another partner, another sub. Cavan is a slave abused by his former master. He didn't choose to be gay or to be a slave, he was sold to his master when he was sixteen years old. Now he only knows the lifestyle of a slave and only wants a master. Biton is willing to be the Cavan's master but only if it is a choice of Cavan, and before Cavan can make a choice, he must heal his wounded soul. This is an heartbreaking story who hold you from beginning. When step by step you learn the life of Cavan, you want to help him and Biton is a wonderful person who choose to abandon his former behaviur of master to help Cavan to heal. But Cavan love so much Biton and finally the decision will be his. If you don't like the D/S story, this is a little hard to appreciate; but it is also a tender story, with two beautiful characters. http://www.amazon.com/dp/1456592351/?...
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