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Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Esen Yayınları
I read this book again this week. The first time I read it was when it first came out when I was in high school. I remember it as an amazing book, and it didn't quite live up to my memory. I reduced my rating by one star. I plan to read the rest of the Quartet - perhaps finishing the series will give me more satisfaction than this one book did.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Altın Nokta Yayınevi
We learned about Perfect Shelter through one of our DailyCheapReads users, who emailed us about our site, then mentioned that her daughter Deborah Pierson Dill had written a novel that she thought we would enjoy. Isn’t that just the cutest thing? I read the description of Perfect Shelter and decided it was definitely worth a try. Elaine Mallory’s house in Blithe Settlement, Texas, is destroyed in a tornado just four weeks after her husband drowned. Elaine snatches her purse out of the tree to find her car keys safely stored inside. “Thank you so much for sparing my keys!” she yells at the heavens. Elaine boards the bus to Dallas, turning her back on the memories and on God. Five years later, she returns to visit her aging aunt. She renews old friendships, including with Justin Barnet. Justin had loved Elaine since childhood, but he has recently returned to town after a stint in prison. Elaine must come to terms with the past that she walked away from, her anger at God and an unexpected attraction to Justin. An honest look at her conflicting emotions gave this book some intriguing facets. Justin was certainly an interesting guy and I would have liked to have read more from his perspective. I wondered if the tragic back story would make this a heavy read, but the focus was certainly on fresh beginnings. Most of the book was a traditional romance, with the last portion more of a suspense. I think the book would have been stronger if both elements had been incorporated more throughout the story.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Yurt Kitap Yayın
This one was fun - and very funny - with a breezy style, witty dialogue, and a liekable heroine. Izzy grew up in the family PI business, and it may have warped her a little. Her parents run background checks on her boyfriends and her baby sister picks locks and tails people as a hobby. From an early age she went on stake-outs, but while an irrepressible urge to know everything about everyone might be an advantage in a PI, it can be a bit off-putting to potential dates. When she decides she want to leave the firm, her parents agree if she will take on one final, seemingly unsolvable cold case.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Blu-ray
I'm still torn on whether Egypt did the right thing in making peace with Israel or left Palestinians high and dry, but over all the book left me with a great deal of respect for Sadat and his wife. The book is touted as her plan for peace, but I'd say that is not at all what it is about. The greater theme of forgiveness and understanding definitely applies, but some of her specifics are all wrong. She thinks there is a resolution to the refugee problem in letting them return to the region, but not Israel proper- which I think is absurd. I'm still going with one state as the fairest solution, but I realize that one will come with conflict as well. It was interesting to read a bit about their lives and Sadat's legacy of democracy and peace. He did what he believed in and was willing to pay for it with his life (and did). She writes about Islam and what it means to her for a bit as well. This is perfect for those who are intent on telling as many as possible that Islam is not a religion of peace, "they" all want to kill us, true Islam is what extremists practice, where are the moderates, etc. She is a bit confused about Christianity, which is understandable. I thought many of her contrasts with Islam, however, were invalid because she used examples from Catholicism and Calvinism, which in many ways I don't believe are supported by scripture. This in no way invalidates what she says about Islam of her practice of it. The West could learn a lot even if one disagrees with it. She also writes about feminism. While she encourages independence, she also speaks to the Christian (and Muslim) value of the sexes having different roles, but being partners as well. Often in the US it is a choice- are you a feminist or do you take care of the home? All in all, it's a good read and short, too.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: İstanbul Tıp Kitabevi
Probably the best self-help book there could ever be. Brilliant and beautiful.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Yapı Kredi Yayınları
Way too many flashbacks in this one for my taste. Still good, but I wish we could move past the angst now.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Nesil Yayınları
I've taken the unusual step of changing my rating from four stars to five stars after this reread. It's been a really different experience reading it again.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Pillars Of The Earth as anyone who read it knows is an ambitious epic novel. With so many books begging to be read, I veer away from 1000 page tomes unless there is a compelling reason to read such. I found that reason in two unequivically enthusiastic endorsements - one from a carpenter friend who never reads novels but read this one and pretty much demanded I read it, and another from an avid reading friend who begged me to read it. What's a guy to do? I read the book. The beauty of good epic storytelling is that it doesn't have to be high level literature; what it has to be is high level storytelling and Pillars is certainly that. Reviewing a book of this breadth and scope without mentioning any spoilers is a bit of a task, so I will keep my comments as general as possible. The best epics are often set in a world familiar/but unfamiliar to us; speculative fiction giving us worlds exotic yet somewhat like our own, historic fiction plunking us down in a world we ourselves could have lived in had we been born in an earlier era. Identification with characters is the crucial element. As we read do we see enough of ourselves in the protagonists and antagonists to be drawn in? And that is where Follett wildly succeeds in Pillars. He captures the humanity of his characters; their passions, their dreams, their hopes, their fears, their experiences that mold and shape them in a realistic way. And much like real life, character flaws do not go away, but often mutate and begat greater flaws. Character strengths likewise persevere in the midst of adversity and become even greater in the crucible of trial. Follett captures that aspect of humanity well and creates compellingly noble as well as reprehensibly loathsome characters. Epics done well are worth the investment in time and pay off richly for the reader. Pillars was certainly such a book.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Manuel Raymond
I liked the overall premise of the book. It's one of those theories that you read and think to yourself "duh," but it is so difficult to put what Rosenberg is advocating. A must read for anyone struggling with defensive communication in their interpersonal relationships.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: FLEET
** spoiler alert ** I really liked the idea of this book, but I didn't find the writing very compelling and I was mostly disgusted by the heroine in the story. I couldn't believe how much time she wasted waiting for him and all the turmoil she caused her family and friends. I really felt like she was the bad guy in the story, and not Jake. He's just an ass and she should have never wasted time on him to begin with, but she was the one that kept the drama alive. I just couldn't really get into this story. I think if it had more comedy... if it was written by Sophie Kinsella or Helen Fielding... it could have been a really good book.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Yediiklim Yayınları
denemelerin mükemmel koleksiyonu. "bir insanın tarihini ..." okuma görevini biraz fazla göz korkutucu bulursanız, bu zinn'e iyi bir giriş olacaktır.
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