Armando Lopez-bircann itibaren سیه منصور، آذربایجان شرقی، Iran

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05/04/2024

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2020-01-04 19:40

Fotogrametri - 1 TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık

Loved it!! Heart Warming! Tears throughout.. I finish with the hopes they all got what they wanted! & I think they did! Great Great Book!

2020-01-04 20:40

Palme LYS Matematik Konu Anlatımlı - Bayram Çetiner TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Palme Yayıncılık

amazing book, a little dark

2020-01-04 21:40

Disney Minnie Oyunlu Masallar Minnie TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Doğan Egmont Yayıncılık

Genial, simplemente maravillosa.

2020-01-04 22:40

Final 11. Sınıf Coğrafya Soru Bankası - Bülent Ulaş TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Final Yayınları

REVIEW OF NO REST FOR THE WICCA by Toni LoTempio $2.99 eBook (Wish I could avoid the star-rating). RATED: Fun To Read But Don't Trust The Religious Details (They're Highly Inaccurate). I really loved the writing style of Toni LoTiemp's book, "No Rest For The Wicca." It's lively, fast-paced and presents a fantastic witch's tale intertwined with an interesting "who done it" plot where “evil can fester even in the best of men . . ." The eclectic witch Morgan tries very hard to determine who is killing hereditary witches. In her words: "Vanquishing daemons and exorcising ghosts is an important part of law enforcement, even though the big boys upstairs don’t share our sentiments.” Please stay focused on this first fact, that I really loved the writing pace in this book, when you read the last part of this review, which emphasizes what destroyed the fun, for me (inconsistencies and false descriptions of religious practices). THE GOOD PART The author writes great dialog. Here's an example where main character is talking to Cole, later referred to as a "supercilious bastard." I wanted to slap that smug half-smile off his oh-so-handsome face. “Well, great, Sherlock. Let’s hear ‘em.” “Not here. Let’s meet back at SF Headquarters at oh-four hundred.” I took a deep breath. “Fine.” THE BAD PART (For me) As a book addict, I like to feel like I can trust whatever is presented as known reality in a fantasy book and regard it as fact. So if an author writes a fairy tale about huge trolls flying with delicate tiny wings around modern New York, I want everything that's said about The Big Apple to be authentic and factual. Unfortunately, I did not feel confident that the religious aspects of this book (known realities) were truthful or correct; not hardly at all. That's what created a rather large problem for me because the story takes the reader to "witch school" and presents itself as an authority on religion when it's clearly NOT accurate in that regard. Not in many ways. Here's the first clue as to why this book should not be taken too seriously. Not only does the author capitalize Wicca and not Voodoo (a fact that should tell readers something about how the author feels about the two religions) but she does precisely what Hollywood has done to demonize Voodoo, that religion that comforts the severely oppressed and suffering. In all fairness, even Wicca is wrongly presented as lacking "oomph" when it comes to facing down evil spirits. The "no oomph" is why main character Morgan presents herself as a half-Wiccan who practices sensationalized Voodoo. She catches daemons off-guard by carrying a Voodoo gourd. She also employs Voodoo powder and sings Voodoo chants (while she doesn't seem to do any of the necessary work in that religion and does not pay homage to any Voodoo Lwa). Truth is, everything I've read about Voodoo practitioners (from non-fiction) suggests they are monotheistic (believe in a loving but terribly busy God whose not always available). That's why the religion has ancestral spirits known as Lwa (much like Catholics honor saints who were previously human - the Lwa may have time to help those oppressed who call upon them). Unfortunately, Toni LoTiempo doesn't seem to understand these known realities. She wrongfully demonizes some Lwa and wrongfully presents the Lwa Marinette, who was strongly instrumental in launching the Haitian Revolution, freeing people from horrible slavery and often sparing them from violent death. QUOTE FROM BOOK: “Have you ever heard of Marinette?” I looked at him, startled. “She’s a female lwa—one who oversees black magic and evil works. Why do you ask?” THIS PART WAS BETTER: attending a lecture, Morgan hears the instructor present a class on Voodoo like this: “Many think voodoo is some sort of mystic rite, mumbo-jumbo connected with zombies, pagan gods, and the likes. I hope to enlighten you, during my series of lectures, that voodoo is actually a religion shrouded in mystery, in myth, if you will, for centuries. If there’s anyone here who thinks all there is to voodoo is black magic spells, pins stuck in dolls, and the living dead, get out! I mean it. Get out now.” Unfortunately, I did not take that instructor's advice to "get out" and subsequently found many more falsifications and other ways that the book presents religion incorrectly. Example 1: Erroneously implying there's more than one God in Voodoo, deity whom someone might call upon for empowering a voodoo doll. "The power of a voodoo doll comes not from the object, but rather from the one who made it. They are not considered toys, but rather a messenger to the other side, usually a particular god." Example 2: Correctly admitting Lwa are not Gods but falsely claiming that all who practice black magic are Satanists. "Black magic witchcraft, or Satanism, revolves around the worship of Lucifer. Thinking of the African spirits as gods is a mistake" Example 3: Erroneously referring to Voodoo as having more than one God and referring to the Lwa (saints) as Gods (conflicting with what's said in example #2). “An excellent point. I myself am not as well versed in voodoo as either Professors Graft or Morrow, but I do know some lwa’s, the voodoo gods, are depicted as dark and dangerous, while not considered evil." THEN THERE'S FALSE SENSATIONALISM. Repeatedly, the author demonizes Voodoo for having participated in human sacrifice, historically, when nearly all religions - even Christianity, Judaism and Paganism - have also done that. Have you ever heard of the term Odic Force?” He shook his head. “Can’t say I have.” “I did some research on it. It’s got roots in both Wiccan and Haitian Voodoo. The voodoo part, however, could involve some sort of human sacrifice.” Then, again, much later: (realize that I'm not particularly picky about typos but this book does have a lot of them with spacing problems and sentence structure issues): "Someone is killing these witches as a service to an lwa, hoping to get something in exchange." (Suggesting the Lwa want spiritual people to commit murder.) CONCLUSION: If you're looking for a sensationalized read - and don't care if the facts presented in the book are accurate or not - then you will be highly entertained by NO REST FOR THE WICCA. Author Toni LoTempio is highly creative and her work shows great imagination. Blogger's Admission: The author emailed her book to me, unsolicited, as a free copy, in exchange for my honest assessment and review.

2020-01-04 23:40

Saksafon Aksesuar Askı Kayış Boyun Kancalı Bg Franck Bichon S10M TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Franck Bichon

I love all of Ruth Chew's witch stories (mostly out of print now). I used to check this one out of the Casselberry Library a lot when I was a kid. I also checked out a book that had a little girl witch who met a little girl mermaid. The girl witch took care of a baby named BeBe and the mermaid took care of a baby named BayBay. I wish I could find that book again someday.

2020-01-05 00:40

Ejderha Bakıcısı Havalanıyor 2-Josh Lacey TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Final Kültür Sanat Yayınları

It took my forever to read this book. Not because I didn't like it though. It just a longer book than I usually read and until I had my surgery and was put on bed rest for a month, I wasn't able to really get into it. After finishing though, I did find that I enjoyed it. A lot better than the movie! You really get a background for everyone in the story. I was recommended this book so I in turn recommend it to you, if you haven't already read it. The characters leave you wondering about them at the end of each chapter. I was really surprised toward the end. I didn't expect the things that happened. The book also ends really well which is what I love when reading a book. Anything actually. I hate ending that leave you hanging.

2020-01-05 01:40

Darbuka Çalmayı Öğreniyorum - Eğitim Metodu 2 TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Ses Müzik Aletleri

A riventing look at 'normal' lives, and the impact one incident has on a group of people who are only linked by living in the same street. It really captures the sense of living in a non descript northern street. It is not conventionally written, but that is one of the joys of this book, it really helps to draw you in.

2020-01-05 02:40

Yapı Dergisi Sayı: 376 Mimarlık Tasarım Kültür Sanat Mart 2013 TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Yapı Endüstri Merkezi Yayınları

I liked parts of this book, so overall I would say a good read. The second book in my opinion is better (and not so many hard to take details). I think what I liked most is that Larsson either knows alot about economic journalism, or at least wrote well enough to convince me that he knew what he was talking about.

2020-01-05 03:40

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Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Mavi Bulut Yayınları

One of Homer's best. Homer uses his chracters facinating way. Amazing! Highly recommend.

2020-01-05 04:40

Doğma Yavrum Dünya Çok Kalabalık(İmzalı) TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Doğan Kitap

This book was much better than the third one, yet it still read like the ghostwriter's style to me. It would be that way foreverafter. I found it pretty predictable on the whole. And the vengeful old man character having been in the background of every book is just plain annoying. The uncle seemed exactly like the old servant from the third book, who was just like Malcolm. A circle of cookie cutter men. I was pleasantly surprised with Cathy's character in this book. Rather than the stupid decision-maker from second book and the bad mother figure in the third book, Cathy transformed into a wise woman. Applause! I especially like her description of what love is in the book. Cathy, you grew up...shame it took you this long! Some parts to it also seemed forced. Let's make Jory happy by having his caretaker fall in love with him! No, really! Eh, I just couldn't get a real feel from that. Bart's sorrow at the end did feel real. I really did feel like he finally realized how much Chris meant to him, but when he started preaching it felt forced. You know who really ticked me off in this book? The daughter. I can't remember her name, oops, but she made all the same dumb mistakes Cathy made at her age. Yet another thing of the sins of the mother falling upon the children...the most frustrating thing about it was that she proclaimed her innocence and everyone believed her, only to find out she was truly a liar and a slut. The ending hit me like a ton of bricks. I was shocked to the core; this was the only shock I experienced in the book and since everything else was so predictable I did NOT see that coming. What a wonderful ending it was, though.

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