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October 11, 2009
I remember reading parts of this in school. Everyone thought it was weird–none of them could make sense of the story. It’s also funny to note that I got the “Not Many People Like Kafka” speech from a sales associate when I purchased this book. I don’t understand why so many people dislike Kafka’s work! Perhaps it’s the translation?
It was a quick read, but an interesting one. I’m so glad the faeries in this series aren’t always nice.
Admittedly, this was pure fluff, except for Ursula K. LeGuin’s contribution (which I very much enjoyed).
This book was just too much fun. I rarely love a character as much as I loved Bartimaeus. I’m damn anxious to get my hands on The Golem’s Eye so that I can continue reading this series.
Wow. I love everything about this book. It’s packed with information, and the layout is very appealing. It was like reading articles in an old newspaper.
So there was this stray cat making rounds in my grandmother’s neighborhood, except he wasn’t making rounds so much as warming up to my grandmother. After a few days, he decided to adopt her, and wouldn’t leave her front porch. He got inside a few times, so my sister ended up just taking him in.
None of my family members has ever kept a cat as a pet. Since I work with animals, I’ve amassed a large number of books about them. I want to give her a good book to start with, and I think this one would be a good choice.
(Oh, you didn’t think I was going to give it to her without rereading it at least once, did you?)
Yep. This be the one. The illustrations and presentation were laugh-out-loud funny and will be perfect for Sis’s husband, who enjoys ...
Several of my friends have been talking about how they’ve been stressed out over having to take so many tests for school. But it was a recent discussion about IQ tests that prompted me to go searching for this book.
I seem to remember a test that was designed specifically to determine how skilled a person might be at taking tests. If I remember correctly, there were about fifty multiple-choice questions, none of which anyone was expected to know the answers to. I didn’t know a single answer the first time I took the test, but I got every last question right. I was curious how other people might score on that test.
And hey, sometimes my memory actually serves me well. I found the test I was looking for, and wasted some time taking a few others.
I can’t say I learned anything about myself, but ...
I thought this was going to be a quick book to read. Then the book started to discuss relativity. Ah, science!
I was pleasantly surprised with how much information the author was able to pack into about a hundred pages. I learned a few things about Einstein and some of the people he associated with. Best of all, I think, were the many letters, photographs, and illustrations that were included. They made history come to life for me.
This was an outstanding book with realistic characters and a true-to-life plot almost anyone should be able to appreciate. It’s one of those stories that offers readers a glimpse into another person’s life in order to have them further consider their own.
Since this was part of a bookray, I’m hoping to find another copy for my shelves. I know I’ll want to reread this later.
I wasn’t really expecting anything when I started to read this book except to enjoy it. Now that I’m finished, I’m not sure I have a lot to say about it.
I did enjoy it. It was cute and silly and everything I might have expected of a book written for young boys. On the other hand, I couldn’t really find a point to the story. It seems the book’s only purpose was to entertain.
In a way, I’m glad I wasn’t expecting much, because I might’ve been disappointed. Instead, I’m rating this one as “OK.”
I wanted to like this book at least a little bit, but as it turns out, it just made me uncomfortable.
When I read books like this one, I can’t help but imagine the sad picture of a marginally gifted writer with nothing of terrible importance to write about. The idea seems to be to conjure up a few characters of varying likableness, put them all together in a hopeless situation, sprinkle the creation with a bit of tragedy, and serve it up to an audience eager for melodrama. It’s a recipe for disaster that’s sure to come out half-baked.
As I mentioned earlier, the book made me uncomfortable. I don’t feel like I was given an adequate introduction to any of the characters before “bad things” started happening to them. That is to say I didn’t care when this one got raped or when ...
October 2, 2009
