Based on synopses I assumed that I would prefer People We Meet on Vacation to Beach Read, but I was wrong. I think the hard themes (notably parental lBased on synopses I assumed that I would prefer People We Meet on Vacation to Beach Read, but I was wrong. I think the hard themes (notably parental loss) did it for me, there were lines in this book that I felt with my entire being. I also really loved the romance, and for the record, I much prefer the UK ending....more
J'adore cette série, et ce volume n'est pas une exception. J'aurais aimé qu'on voit plus le prince, mais ses interactions avec Pélélope et le duc m'onJ'adore cette série, et ce volume n'est pas une exception. J'aurais aimé qu'on voit plus le prince, mais ses interactions avec Pélélope et le duc m'ont fait beaucoup rire....more
With this I've completed my reading of MJS's body of works in the world of Elan. It was a cute story, and there was a little twist at the end that I hWith this I've completed my reading of MJS's body of works in the world of Elan. It was a cute story, and there was a little twist at the end that I hadn't figured out when reading Esrahaddon, which was nice.
Rusts. Rustin’. Rust and Ruin. Rusting. Rusty. Rusts, rusts, rusts. If you say it enough, it loses its meaning. In this 507-page books made of 74 chapRusts. Rustin’. Rust and Ruin. Rusting. Rusty. Rusts, rusts, rusts. If you say it enough, it loses its meaning. In this 507-page books made of 74 chapters, one prologue and 7 (SEVEN) epilogues, there are 186 instances of the word “rusts” (or a variation thereof) used as an expletive. That is about once every 2.7 pages and, weirdly, 2.7 per chapter (though technically there are 17 chapters without it, so it’s more like 2.9 times per chapter which contains it). At this point, I would be content never hearing or reading that word again in my life. It is enough rust.
Anyway, this was quite boring, and it didn’t have the decency to be short like the previous books in this series. I’m not unglad that it’s over.
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I absolutely loved this. I think Farilane and HoN remain my favorite Elan books but this is a new fave. While the time jumps in the first half of the I absolutely loved this. I think Farilane and HoN remain my favorite Elan books but this is a new fave. While the time jumps in the first half of the book were a bit jarring at first, the second half had me in a chokehold. Esrahaddon was an interesting character in the Riyria Revelations, but in this I learned to love him so much, and I wish we'd gotten more time with him and his family. I will say after reading the afterword I am a bit sad that so much of the book was cut (and I plan on asking for the cut scenes via email) but I understand that pacing-wise it wouldn't have worked. I'm so sad that this was my last book in this world to read (at least until Drumindor comes out), but I already wanted to reread Riyria before reading this book, and now I'm even more hyped for this. (view spoiler)[As a side note, I did cry when Esra was in Avempartha and he heard his future self talking with Arista. This wasn't the first or last time I got emotional in this book (Esra's conversation with Turin touched me, his mother's death, or everytime Farilane was mentioned...) but to know all that was to come, and to have it referenced, especially since Arista is one of my favorite characters... (hide spoiler)] (view spoiler)[I also got to play (and win) my favorite game of spotting Turin, and the ending made me very excited for what's to come in this world. I know that MJS has more in store for this series, I just know it. (hide spoiler)]
What a devastating book, one that everyone should read, in particular the people who complain about refugees. I was really impressed by the writing, aWhat a devastating book, one that everyone should read, in particular the people who complain about refugees. I was really impressed by the writing, and the romance was really touching.
The thing about this book is that apparently I don't like Virginia Woolf's fiction, so actually, this rating isn't that bad? Anyway some of the narratThe thing about this book is that apparently I don't like Virginia Woolf's fiction, so actually, this rating isn't that bad? Anyway some of the narration was funny, but I despised how she wrote time passing, or rather how she didn't write time passing until she mentioned that a hundred years had gone by. I understand that it's the point but it made me anxious and altogether I didn't enjoy this one.
I very rarely love poetry so the fact that after finishing this collection I want to pick up another says a lot about this book. A few of them didn't I very rarely love poetry so the fact that after finishing this collection I want to pick up another says a lot about this book. A few of them didn't speak to me but I have added several of these to my list of Emma-poems.
3.5
(view spoiler)[Sonnet: Written at Teignmouth, on a Pilgrimage to Keat's House - 5/5 Uriconium - 5/5 Long Ages Past - 2/5 'O World of many worlds' - 3.5/5 Inspection - 4/5 With an Identity Disc - 3/5 Anthem for Doomed Youth - 5/5 1914 - 5/5 From My Diary, July 1914 - 2.5/5 Apologia pro Poemate Meo - 4/5 Le Christianisme - 2/5 Cramped in that funnelled hole' - 4/5 Hospital Barge - 3.5/5 At a Calvary near the Ancre - 2.5/5 Miners - 4/5 The Letter - 2.5/5 Conscious - 3.5/5 Schoolmistress - 1.5/5 Dulce et Decorum Est - 3.75/5 The Dead-Beat - 3/5 Insensibility - 5/5 Strange Meeting - 5/5 Sonnet: On Seeing a Piece of Our Heavy Artillery Brought into Action - 4/5 Asleep - 5/5 Arms and the Boy - 2/5 The Show - 2/5 Futility - 3.5/5 The End - 3/5 S.I.W. - 5/5 The Next War | 4/5 Greater Love - 4.5/5 The Last Laugh - 3/5 Mental Cases - 3.5/5 The Chances - 2/5 The Send-off - 3.5/5 The Parable of the Old Man and the Young - 3/5 Disabled - 2.5/5 A Terre - 3.5/5 The Kind Ghosts - 4.5/5 Exposure - 4/5 The Sentry - 3/5 Smile, Smile, Smile - 3.5/5 Spring Offensive - 5/5(hide spoiler)]...more
This was such an interesting read. The first couple of chapters were kind of slow, but as we got into the more modern times it really grabbed me. I wiThis was such an interesting read. The first couple of chapters were kind of slow, but as we got into the more modern times it really grabbed me. I will say, a lot of it was just history feat. diseases rather than a focus on said diseases, which was what I had been expecting, but the connections that the author was about to draw were fascinating. I will say, having listened to the audiobook, I wish the notes had been read (maybe not all of them since a lot were just references, but at least the ones in which the author added to what was said in the text)
I am so relieved not to be reading this book anymore. Every day I opened it and wondered what Joyce had invented now to make his novel more unreadableI am so relieved not to be reading this book anymore. Every day I opened it and wondered what Joyce had invented now to make his novel more unreadable. In theory I understand the experimental nature of it but in practice... what is all this for. Literally what is the point. I am baffled that this is considered a classic. It's not really, you know. Good? Interesting in any way?
Anyway somewhere in this 265k word salad there were quotes that I wrote down, here is one: “Ugly and futile: lean neck and thick hair and a stain of ink, a snail’s bed. Yet someone had loved him, borne him in her arms and in her heart. But for her the race of the world would have trampled him underfoot, a squashed boneless snail. She had loved his weak watery blood drained from her own. Was that then real? The only true thing in life? His mother’s prostrate body the fiery Columbanus in holy zeal bestrode. She was no more: the trembling skeleton of a twig burnt in the fire, an odour of rosewood and wetted ashes. She had saved him from being trampled underfoot and had gone, scarcely having been. A poor soul gone to heaven: and on a heath beneath winking stars a fox, red reek of rapine in his fur, with merciless bright eyes scraped in the earth, listened, scraped up the earth, listened, scraped and scraped.”
I really loved the first third of this, and then the middle dragged a bit. The ending didn't super impress me but I didn't hate it either. That being I really loved the first third of this, and then the middle dragged a bit. The ending didn't super impress me but I didn't hate it either. That being said I liked the writing style, and some of the scenes truly creeped me out. Overall, fun!...more
For a book that is centered on a trio of friends we didn't get that much about their friendship beyond a few vague flashbacks, which is a shame, sinceFor a book that is centered on a trio of friends we didn't get that much about their friendship beyond a few vague flashbacks, which is a shame, since the ending would have been more impactful if I'd bought the bond between the characters. Overall the book felt a bit random but I still liked it.
N'ayant pas lu la version light novel de ce livre je ne peux pas dire si c'est une bonne adaptation mais en tant que manhua, ce n'est pas le meilleur N'ayant pas lu la version light novel de ce livre je ne peux pas dire si c'est une bonne adaptation mais en tant que manhua, ce n'est pas le meilleur que j'ai pu lire. Les dialogues étaient sans dessus dessous, l'intrigue un peu vague, et ce qui était très bizarre c'est que les chapitres ne faisaient que quelques pages chacun, donc on a des coupures toutes les dix pages. Par contre les dessins n'étaient pas mal. Je suis très curieuse de lire les livres originaux pour comparer.
This was pretty mediocre to be honest. Most of what we learn about April ends up completely irrelevant, the small town vibes I think the author was goThis was pretty mediocre to be honest. Most of what we learn about April ends up completely irrelevant, the small town vibes I think the author was going for are incredibly superficial, the murder is solved almost by accident and the ending is lackluster. I still want to try this author's other books as I heard good things but this one isn't it.
In theory I understand why I was made to read Animal Farm instead of 1984 in high school, as Animal Farm is more accessible both in terms of length anIn theory I understand why I was made to read Animal Farm instead of 1984 in high school, as Animal Farm is more accessible both in terms of length and in terms of difficulty; and yet, this should be mandatory reading. Orwell was an absolute legend for this. Also the appendix was extraordinary.
"We each have one, a literary canon, and we make it ourselves, not out of what is respectable or prestigious or prominent or lasting or moral or even "We each have one, a literary canon, and we make it ourselves, not out of what is respectable or prestigious or prominent or lasting or moral or even well-made. We make it out of enthusiasm, out of what we love." Once I read a book for therapy which spoke, amongst other things, about what in French is called "Pensée arborescente" (I'm told in english it's called divergent thinking, but it doesn't seem to mean exactly the same thing); this book made me think of that concept, because with each subject came a bouquet of thoughts and you never knew where you would end up at the end of the chapter. I liked it as a series of opinions on pop culture, but as an memoir/essay collection of sorts it was a bit disorganized.
This series is such a good time. I read the first two installments last year and was looking forward to this one. I had a suspect in mind for the culpThis series is such a good time. I read the first two installments last year and was looking forward to this one. I had a suspect in mind for the culprit for most of the book but the resolution surprised me. In any case, I like these books more for the romance than for the mystery, and Juliet and Jonathan's relationship was a delight as always.
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