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I liked the structure and the concept of the story, but did not care much for the style of writing (might be due to the translation) or the characters, they were all archetypes.

Supposedly this could be read as a stand alone book from the Tensorate series, but it felt like a book written around the action. There was not much backstory, no foreshadowing and no building up to the action. It was fine, not a bad read, but it just felt rushed and unfinished.

Apparently [i]The Red Threads of Fortune[/i] which actions happen after this one, was written before it, yet both books were released together, and that might be the reason why this one felt off to me?

A poignant, intelligent and beautiful book, from a militant and a poet. Collection of essays and thoughts by Darwish, as a refugee in his own land (and not metaphorically) and some others. Every page of it was thought provoking.

It's a really interesting concept of “Time” and the morality surrounding the subject. I loved the story, though it ended too abruptly for me, after raising a lot more questions.

I love these children books that look like a nonsensical adventure book but are filled with puns and a lot of sense really.

Very sweet small collection of poems. It doesn't include the better known works of Abu Chabke, but still a nice intro.

I always have a problem with translated poems, which made this edition the perfect introduction to Rumi's work. It's a collection of his poems written originally in Arabic, accompanied by an English translation. Wasn't a fan of the style of the translation, but needed the extra help understanding the more difficult Arabic words. I absolutely loved the poems, no surprise there.

Fantasy is not my favourite genre, but that was really nice. It's slower than what I expected, yet dense. There's a certain feeling I get reading LeGuin's books, some kind of nostalgia to something I never knew, and a light sadness. I guess the worlds she creates are not the kind you want to live in, yet you are sad you left them.

I don't know how much I understood it but I loved it.

I picked up the book because I really loved the series. Both are kinda different but the same, different experiences though.
What I love in Flynn's books, and this one in particular, is that it's a study of small town politics, female dynamics, and the psychology of an abusive home. Even though most thrillers go with the easy “the killer was crazy!”, in this book you have an actual in depth research of mental illness and abuse, while the crimes and investigations become the background of the story.

It's the kind of book that reveals how much of a fun exercise fiction could be, especially sci-fi/fantasy. The premise is intriguing right off the bat, but also it deals with so many ethical blurred lines, and that's when fiction becomes interesting. This is not something that is happening in real life, for people to act all offended and snooty, this happens in this virtual reality with different laws of physics, which makes us question and analyse our own (what i look for in fiction myself). Also everything that deals with time travel, fate and self-fulfilled prophecies are always interesting to me. Would Clare fall for Henry if he hadn't been visiting her since she was a kid, and somehow grooming her? And didn't Clare change Henry to become his future self that she had already fallen in love with. Haven't they changed their future by knowing it beforehand and acting towards it, fulfilling their own fate all knowingly? And where does free will come in? That is why I love time travel stories, and why I really enjoyed this impressive complicatedly built one. A really bittersweet love story.
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I just don't care about people going off on the need for fiction to be pure and devoid of “problematic” characters, cause these people are worse than puritans, as they're masquerading as progressives. I can imagine people who will never read this book cause “it's creepy”. Just read the books yourselves damn it, and stop acting all edgy borrowing other people's opinions.

This is so good!
A very accurate depiction of the horror and the cuteness of living with a cat.

It's typical nonsensical funny Dahl.

The title really says it all, and in this context “Bread” is not money, just the basic need for food. It obviously should be a priority, yet in the capitalist system and in many “revolutions”, bread (or food) doesn't seem to take part of the plan. Definitely necessary reading.

Reading it I just felt “I love you Anne, but you're so tiring... also you're probably in love with your best friend”.

If you're into journey books and road trips this one's for you, which is something I discovered I don't care much about. Che is 23 in this book, and is not the revolutionary Che yet. This journey through the countries of South America definitely was a starting point for him, with all the CIA backed coups happening around him, the criminalization of Communism, the poverty, famine, racism towards Natives etc... but not as much social commentary in the book as I would've preferred.

However, included in the book is a speech given to young Cuban doctors in 1960, “A child of my environment”, that I would totally recommend reading, and which I loved enough to want to read Che's later on books.

I loved his style and that's the only reason I kept reading. Sologub is a surrealist poet, and that does not make for the most consistent plot it seems, or really even the existence of a plot. I read some analysis about the book, and it's supposed to be read as a dream? Like a series of events that are not connected yet do have a chronology to them? Also seems like it should be read as the antithesis of Sologub's The Petty Demon? I don't know, I just know that I would definitely read more by Sologub, I am definitely intrigued, but maybe not a novel next time.

The missing link between Ulysses and Alice in Wonderland. Would definitely recommend if you're a fan of over the top absurd journeys.

It's less of a memoire, and more a collection of anecdotes from living on an Indian reserve. It's like hanging out with friends and sharing your stupidest childhood moments, and I really enjoyed it.

I feel everyone needs to read it, cause unlike what i expected (some set of rule book for Princes à la Art of War) it's more of a History analysis on how powers came to be, and why they succeeded or failed. It's eye opening, realizing that the political strategies are still the same, and how we're all still being played in the Machiavellian machinations of nations.

It's fine. Like fun book, for the oppressed women to dream of this Ladyland, but it's not much of a rethinking of society.

The Poems are hilarious and the illustrations are beautiful. It's the perfect book for a cat lover. Great to read and re-read.

Very different from the Disney adaptation, you can feel the on going darkness throughout the story. I would recommend this edition for Lisbeth Zwerger's illustrations.

Very important book. A must about the History of the Resistance in Lebanon. Looks like people have forgotten what Israel has done to the country, and the price many has paid, now that she was kicked out. It follows the life of Bechara as a kid, growing up in a Christian village in the South of Lebanon before the beginning of the civil war, how Israel occupied the country, and how the Communists and others organized for the Resistance. The planning of her “Zahrat al Janoub” mission, her decade long arrest in Khiam, and the freeing of the South.

Salute to Souha Bechara and to all the Resitants who have fought against Israel.

This is a beautiful book. It's cute, the illustrations are poetic, and the poem describing the science behind flowers is lovely.