How is it the worlds greatest writer by some critics is throwing very short one word sentences or phrases like dringring, dringaring, dringring. I suppose this could be sound he is hearing or just for the heck of it. I finally figured out what the bold typing was trying to emulate on pages 116 to 150, as they were in a publishers office we were seeing headlines for each section of the story. Ingenious but it keeps making me think what is next. This book was deemed smutty in the 1920's, not sure where that fits in, so far, but I am only on page 185. My big problem is that I cannot set the book down and remember who is speaking when I pick it back up. I have to keep going back to see whose thoughts we were following in order to continue. More when I finish, I promised by the end of the month and that is still my goal. It will be better as soon as recognize the style changes for each character.
Summer is almost over, have a pleasant time and read what you like.
Thursday, August 18, 2016
Thursday, August 11, 2016
Cinder review
CINDER by Marissa Meyer, published by First Square Fish in 2013, copyright 2012.
This is an interesting concept for Cinderella. Each chapter has a quote from the original Cinderella story and fits the current story beautifully. I love the characters, the setting and the plot. Of course the ending is a cliff hanger so, I have to finish the rest of the books. They will be my in between the rest of the 100 books.
The story occurs after the WW IV, the world has united but is separated into commonwealths. Our characters are from the Eastern Commonwealth, with the Empire being in New Beijing. Cinder is a cyborg who has no idea where she came from but has certain nightmares of burning. She has a stepmother who treats her as a servant, a stepsister who hates her and a twist, she has a stepsister who loves her. She also has a robot, Iko. She is a mechanic and meets Prince Kai at the New Bejing market. Prince Kai whose father, the Emperor, is suffering from a plague called letumosis. This plague has been affecting the population of the world and has no known cure. He is trying to do two main things, find the cure for letumosis before his father dies and find the true heir to Lunar who some people have believe was murdered Queen Levana and others believe she is still alive but in hiding. Enter the bad guy or should I say woman, Queen Levana from Lunar. She desperately wants to get her hands on Prince Kai, so that she can rule the world. She has the ability to glamour people, except Lunar shells. If she finds a lunar shell or someone who can oppose her, she kills them, sometimes by using glamour to kill themselves.
I love the retelling of this story. It was an enjoyable and pretty quick read, especially if you are stuck in an airport. The next book in this series is Scarlet, which I will be reading as soon as I finish Ulysses or as a break from Ulysses. PLEASANT SUMMER READING
This is an interesting concept for Cinderella. Each chapter has a quote from the original Cinderella story and fits the current story beautifully. I love the characters, the setting and the plot. Of course the ending is a cliff hanger so, I have to finish the rest of the books. They will be my in between the rest of the 100 books.
The story occurs after the WW IV, the world has united but is separated into commonwealths. Our characters are from the Eastern Commonwealth, with the Empire being in New Beijing. Cinder is a cyborg who has no idea where she came from but has certain nightmares of burning. She has a stepmother who treats her as a servant, a stepsister who hates her and a twist, she has a stepsister who loves her. She also has a robot, Iko. She is a mechanic and meets Prince Kai at the New Bejing market. Prince Kai whose father, the Emperor, is suffering from a plague called letumosis. This plague has been affecting the population of the world and has no known cure. He is trying to do two main things, find the cure for letumosis before his father dies and find the true heir to Lunar who some people have believe was murdered Queen Levana and others believe she is still alive but in hiding. Enter the bad guy or should I say woman, Queen Levana from Lunar. She desperately wants to get her hands on Prince Kai, so that she can rule the world. She has the ability to glamour people, except Lunar shells. If she finds a lunar shell or someone who can oppose her, she kills them, sometimes by using glamour to kill themselves.
I love the retelling of this story. It was an enjoyable and pretty quick read, especially if you are stuck in an airport. The next book in this series is Scarlet, which I will be reading as soon as I finish Ulysses or as a break from Ulysses. PLEASANT SUMMER READING
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
What's up for August
I have two books listed for August, one I am pretty sure I will finish before the end of the month, probably by the end of next week. The other one may not be done until close to the end of the month , unless of course I really cannot put it down.
My book club book is called Cinder, this book is a teen book and should be a pretty quick read. I have not started it yet, but I am told that it is an interesting read and should go fast. The second book is Ulysses with 780 pages and an interesting lay out in the book. I feel like am looking at a play by Shakespeare. The book is broken down into three parts, with the second part being the longest. There seems to be some shifts in writing through out the book, so we will see if that makes it faster or harder to read. I may have to start writing down characters so that I can keep track of them in the book without having to flip back and forth to find them. Just flipping through the pages I found at least 10 character names and nicknames.
If I finish both of these books, I may read a breather book before jumping into the next book on my 100 list, which I believe I said would be Don Quixote or Les Miserables.
I appreciate all the people reading this blog, thank you for putting up with my delays in putting reviews on this blog.
My book club book is called Cinder, this book is a teen book and should be a pretty quick read. I have not started it yet, but I am told that it is an interesting read and should go fast. The second book is Ulysses with 780 pages and an interesting lay out in the book. I feel like am looking at a play by Shakespeare. The book is broken down into three parts, with the second part being the longest. There seems to be some shifts in writing through out the book, so we will see if that makes it faster or harder to read. I may have to start writing down characters so that I can keep track of them in the book without having to flip back and forth to find them. Just flipping through the pages I found at least 10 character names and nicknames.
If I finish both of these books, I may read a breather book before jumping into the next book on my 100 list, which I believe I said would be Don Quixote or Les Miserables.
I appreciate all the people reading this blog, thank you for putting up with my delays in putting reviews on this blog.
Monday, August 1, 2016
Review: Tropic of Cancer
I have finished the book, yeah, woohoo and all those words that you would probably not find in this book. Before I review the book, I have one statement to make, there were certainly many books banned in the 1930's and 40's. The last few books I have read were banned in the United States for at least 20 to 30 years. I am about to start a new book, Ulysses that was also banned in the U. S.. So my question is did the writers have a contest to see whose book could be banned the longest? I know that there were a few writers who knew each other and some who were mentors to other writers. Just a thought. I think these writers were looking at the times and decided to jump in and change up the style. Now we have romance novels which are racier than some of the scenes in the Tropic of Cancer. Different world.
TROPIC OF CANCER, by Henry Miller published 1961 by Grove Press, Inc. Originally published in Paris, 1934. Banned in US for 27 years. Once again I did not read the introduction, but will after I finished this review. I have been pondering the fact that this book feels like it is written by two different people. Why do I say this? First when I read certain passages, especially when Miller is describing the area he is in the way that he feels, there is almost a poetry to his words. But then when he comes across a friend or is planning to visit a friend the words become crass, baser, especially when describing women. He uses the c... word to describe almost all the women. He has a wife, he obviously loves or not. I was just amazed at the transitions. In the first few chapters, I really thought I was dealing with two different characters of the book, telling their side of a story. I will have to see if he suffered from any diseases that would affect his mind.
I loved his prose, as I said they were beautifully poetic. The story is a bit biographical, I thought this was fiction, but in one section of the book he is talking to his friend on the phone, and the woman that his friend is with gets on the phone and asks "Is this Henry Miller?" In another instance he is called Enrico by a frenchman. SO, I am thinking autobiography?? He also talks about how he likes the title of a book an friend has given his book and wished he had thought of it, instead of the title he had picked for his book. I will let you know what I find out.
There is comparison's made in regards to France and America, which I found to be true even today. There is a quote that I found very appropriate for the election we are about to have for the President of the United State. This is found on page 269 of this book. He is in a room that is part of a university where he is going to work basically for room and board-" I felt free and chained at the same time-like one feels just before election, when all the crooks have been nominated and you are beseeched to vote for the right man." He also compares the way that Americans strive to always be on top and French man strive to just be. Now this might have changed, but has it?
I had to read several passages to my husband because I felt that they were on point with some of our current discussions. A book that makes me think, is always a good book. I just hate the c-word.
TROPIC OF CANCER, by Henry Miller published 1961 by Grove Press, Inc. Originally published in Paris, 1934. Banned in US for 27 years. Once again I did not read the introduction, but will after I finished this review. I have been pondering the fact that this book feels like it is written by two different people. Why do I say this? First when I read certain passages, especially when Miller is describing the area he is in the way that he feels, there is almost a poetry to his words. But then when he comes across a friend or is planning to visit a friend the words become crass, baser, especially when describing women. He uses the c... word to describe almost all the women. He has a wife, he obviously loves or not. I was just amazed at the transitions. In the first few chapters, I really thought I was dealing with two different characters of the book, telling their side of a story. I will have to see if he suffered from any diseases that would affect his mind.
I loved his prose, as I said they were beautifully poetic. The story is a bit biographical, I thought this was fiction, but in one section of the book he is talking to his friend on the phone, and the woman that his friend is with gets on the phone and asks "Is this Henry Miller?" In another instance he is called Enrico by a frenchman. SO, I am thinking autobiography?? He also talks about how he likes the title of a book an friend has given his book and wished he had thought of it, instead of the title he had picked for his book. I will let you know what I find out.
There is comparison's made in regards to France and America, which I found to be true even today. There is a quote that I found very appropriate for the election we are about to have for the President of the United State. This is found on page 269 of this book. He is in a room that is part of a university where he is going to work basically for room and board-" I felt free and chained at the same time-like one feels just before election, when all the crooks have been nominated and you are beseeched to vote for the right man." He also compares the way that Americans strive to always be on top and French man strive to just be. Now this might have changed, but has it?
I had to read several passages to my husband because I felt that they were on point with some of our current discussions. A book that makes me think, is always a good book. I just hate the c-word.
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