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What a unique book! It portrays stunning photographs of 42 breeds of sheep, explaining their features, use, related breed, size, origin and distribution. The sheep look very healthy and it's quite funny to try to imagine their personality! :)
The first part of the book includes a history of the sheep, the development of breeds and how to best prepare for a show.
The last part of the book is supposed to be a reportage, but it was just a low-quality collage in sepia and black and white of photos from a sheep show. I was expecting some description, some interview or some funny anecdote. In this form, it didn't seem necessary or useful.
Overall, I really enjoyed seeing all those beautiful breeds of sheep and I would recommend this book to any sheep-lover :)
Thank you NetGalley and Ivy Press for providing me with a free digital copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.
Read and reviewed: 2019-12-30
Ce recueil de poèmes parle d'amour, d'espoirs déchus et de perte d'innocence. La première partie retrace des poèmes écrits durant les annees 1980 et 1990 et transpercent l'innocence d'une jeune poète. La seconde partie, après “A l'ombre de Paris en fleurs”, sonne comme un melange de ska/electro swing, et la qualité des poèmes se détériore rapidement.
De mon point de vue, les meilleurs poèmes sont : “Vois ce soleil...”, “Au bord de l'eau...”, “Petite...”, “Couronne”.
Thank you NetGalley and Librinova for providing me with a free digital copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.
Read and reviewed: 2019-12-14
The book portrays 42 breeds of pigs, separated in 3 categories: historic breeds, champion breeds, and exotic breeds. Each portray is paired with a description explaining their features, use, related breed, size, origin and distribution. Unlike [b:Beautiful Sheep: Portraits of champion breeds 48614662 Beautiful Sheep Portraits of champion breeds (Beautiful Animals) Kathryn Dun https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1582790316l/48614662.SX50.jpg 73950968] from the same collection, the pigs do not look as healthy and well taken care of, especially the “exotic” breeds. The Blonde Mangalista has some horrible matted hair around her face all the way to her ear, which must be so painful to live with. The Red Mangalista has some ingrown tooth coming from her mouth that have not been shorten, and her coat look dry and skin unhealthy. The White Vietnamese Potbellied looks even more miserable, with short and sparse air, dry skin and a very long ingrown tooth. Poor pigs!I don't understand how those pigs with obvious sign of lack of care from their owner where photographed and showed in this book without anyone blinking an eye. The first part of the book includes a history of pigs, the development of breeds, how to best prepare for a show and how to care for pigs. The last part of the book is supposed to be a reportage, but it was just a low-quality collage in sepia and black and white of photos from a pig show. I was expecting some description, some interview or some funny anecdote. In this form, it didn't seem necessary or useful.Overall, I was very disappointed in this book and would not recommend it. Thank you NetGalley and Ivy Press for providing me with a free digital copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.Read and reviewed: 2019-12-30
Omg this was so good! I want to read more of her short stories. A disease made humans unable to speak and/or hear. With the two children at the end, it could be turned into a novel.
Read and reviewed: 2022-05-14
It took me over a week to finish it as I was reading during my breaks and a little bit in the evening, and I loved it! A steamy romance set in pre-Civil War Louisiana. I decided to try a romance paperback from the Little Free Library, to see why so many people love them, and I understand why. It was so good huhuhu. 4.5 stars
Read and reviewed: 2022-06-22
I listened to this audiobook one night I couldn't sleep, but the narrator was soooo bad I didn't really get anything from this story. I would need to re-read.
Read and reviewed: 2022-05-09
I listened to most of this audiobook a night I couldn't sleep. Excellent narrator. About this person on the train who sleeps and doesn't understand why he should be woken up for his ticket to be verified, and the escalation from there. It's only a few minutes long, I need to get back to it.
From: In the Ravine and other Stories by Anton Chekhov, Read by Keneth Branagh, Naxos edition
Started and reviewed: 2022-05-09
Omg I felt all the emotions. Haaaa so much that I held the book against my chest <3 it's too good
Read and reviewed: 2022-06-20
about using your youth and energy to find love before you're too old haha
Read and reviewed: 2022-05-27
2,5 stars
At first, I was not very interested, the writing was not that good, but then I laughed at the end of the story, so it is still a success. It's interesting that he would believe that God is faultless and immediately assumes his fellow humans are crooks. Also, did it actually rain silver coins? I was not sure if it was a metaphor or some fantastical element. A field covered in them would have been a great fortune!
Read and reviewed: 2022-05-29
A very pleasant collection of poems. A complete discovery.
My favorites:
- What we don't know about each other
- A Crow
- What the dead know
- Beauty
- Learning how to write
- Minor Painter, Paris, 1954
- The Bad Muse
- What he thought about the party
- The house on the borderland
- The uses of nostalgia
- The other world
- Happiness
- Since you asked
- Old Times
- The weeping willows at home
- What I forgot to mention
- The Secret Life
Let's state some facts here, omitted from the book:
- Hera refused to be with Zeus, so he raped her and forced her to marry him.
- Zeus' first wife didn't just disappeared, he ate her.
- Hera did choose to live a life of revenge, killing, poisoning and cursing Zeus' mistress and offsprings.
- Hera threw a curse on Hercules that made him go insane and kill his wife and children.
- To ‘repent' from killing his family, Hera forced Heracles to achieve the 12 works.
- ... ... ...
I opened this graphic novel to learn more about the greek mythology. I would have given it 4 stars, but after talking about it with P, I realised that the book was full of omissions and lies, which completely plummeted its rating. I understand that the author wanted to make the myth “accessible”, but distorting that much the truth is serving no one. No need either to make Hera or Heracles “look good” by removing key points of their stories. They are nor absolutely good, nor absolutely bad. They are very complex and often crazy gods and humans. And that's it.
I received a copy of the audiobook by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Even if the quality of the recording is far from professional, there is a rawness and intimacy in hearing the author narrate her own book, hearing hesitations in words, objects falling on the desk, and pauses after particularly emotional moments.
This is a rare kind of book. A book where someone decides to share the reality of living with an addiction, just like a shadow following you everywhere and taking control of your brain. She calls the sex addition a fantasy addition, and explains how often it is paired with eating disorder. Her mindset coach, who helped her find new ways to cope with her life and heal from her addictions, wrote the preface and the final conclusion of the book.
There is something about finding mirrors, something about finding raw self-published testimonies that reveal parts of yourself and help you heal. This is one of these books. I recommend it highly.
I really enjoyed this one. I loved that there were more adventures and it felt more ‘dangerous'. There were some very funny parts like the theater moment. We discover a different face of Nightmare Knight, who slightly starts to help the heroes' team. The art work is still remarkable. But omg the music monster's scenes were soooooo visually oversaturated and painful! I know it was part of its power but wow, I was relieved that it didn't last for too long. Also enjoyed having a glimpse of the Nightmare Knight's superpowers. Excited about #4
Turgenev, during his final years, reflects on the themes of love and immortality.
- Les Nymphes 1878
- Ô fraîcheur, ô beauté des roses d'autrefois, 1879
- Reste, arrête-toi, 1879
4.5 stars. I read it in one sitting. She writes about growing up as the only Japanese-American in Pasadena, the clash between East side and Westside LA, her grandmother deported to Manzanar in 1942, the plant nursery of her father, her son and today's racism, family celebration at a J-town restaurant, being bullied, rice recipes, and her love for stones.
I want to check more of her books. Highly recommend.
I only read “Enragée ? / Rabies?”. What a unique short story! A recently wed woman on her honeymoon, and her relationship with her dog and her husband. This story feels very modern and unconventional and I've never read a plot like this one.