By Shai Stern
A very enjoyable book about a guy who almost goes crazy as he tries to find himself while helping his two best friends, while they're going through some serious stuff. Wasn't easy to put that book away... [335 pp.]
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Friday, June 21, 2013
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Other People's Money
By Justin Cartwright
A very interesting story about an old and respectable family-owned bank in England. When the owner falls sick in old age, his son is tempted to play with hedgefunds, and the consequences are not good. This leads to the reluctant involvement of a very young journalist and her eager leftist editor. The story is very complex and involves many characters, whom we get to know and care about through the beautiful writing of the author. It's hard to tell what we would like the result to be, as someone will inevitably get hurt. [272 pp.]
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A very interesting story about an old and respectable family-owned bank in England. When the owner falls sick in old age, his son is tempted to play with hedgefunds, and the consequences are not good. This leads to the reluctant involvement of a very young journalist and her eager leftist editor. The story is very complex and involves many characters, whom we get to know and care about through the beautiful writing of the author. It's hard to tell what we would like the result to be, as someone will inevitably get hurt. [272 pp.]
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Goats
By Mark Poirier
First I saw the movie, which I ordered from Netflix because of the title and the fact that it was set partly in Tucson. Then I found the book in the library, and had to see how it matches with the movie (or vice versa). I concluded that in general the movie does a good job capturing the spirit of the book, with some scenes more loyal to the book than others, and many missing from the movie altogether. Which, for some scenes, I am thankful for not seeing them in the movie. The book is a fairly fun read, and especially good for descriptions of some parts of Tucson from over a decade ago. Not sure which one I would recommend more - the book or the movie.
(Finished reading over 5 weeks ago) [355 pp.]
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First I saw the movie, which I ordered from Netflix because of the title and the fact that it was set partly in Tucson. Then I found the book in the library, and had to see how it matches with the movie (or vice versa). I concluded that in general the movie does a good job capturing the spirit of the book, with some scenes more loyal to the book than others, and many missing from the movie altogether. Which, for some scenes, I am thankful for not seeing them in the movie. The book is a fairly fun read, and especially good for descriptions of some parts of Tucson from over a decade ago. Not sure which one I would recommend more - the book or the movie.
(Finished reading over 5 weeks ago) [355 pp.]
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Sunday, April 14, 2013
Quarantine
By Jim Crace
You can tell it's going to be a great book when after a few pages you're already mad at Jesus... This is a book with an original plot that is written beautifully in an amusing style that does not reduce its seriuosness one bit. It is highly recommended. Although containing some disturbing descriptions, it is nothing compared to ones found in this author's other book "Being Dead". [242 pp.]
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You can tell it's going to be a great book when after a few pages you're already mad at Jesus... This is a book with an original plot that is written beautifully in an amusing style that does not reduce its seriuosness one bit. It is highly recommended. Although containing some disturbing descriptions, it is nothing compared to ones found in this author's other book "Being Dead". [242 pp.]
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Ragnarok
By A.S. Byatt
After enjoying A.S. Byatt's Children's Book so much, I was excited to find a much smaller book by her in the library. Obviously, I took it. It was quite different. It told the story of the end of the gods according to nord myths. As experienced by a "thin girl" during the war (WWII). It took me a while to get into it, but I eventually did. [192 pp.]
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After enjoying A.S. Byatt's Children's Book so much, I was excited to find a much smaller book by her in the library. Obviously, I took it. It was quite different. It told the story of the end of the gods according to nord myths. As experienced by a "thin girl" during the war (WWII). It took me a while to get into it, but I eventually did. [192 pp.]
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The Children's Book
By A.S. Byatt
A very interesting story about a couple of generations in the turn of the century (19th to 20th) in England. From the time they were very young, or just born, till realizing their dreams, or not surviving WWI. The story is intertwined with historical reports, some are more interesting than others, and a detailed account of the pottery making methods and procedures. This book took me a while to finish (which I finally did 3.5 weeks ago), but by the end I wished I had not finished reading it -- I enjoyed reading it, even though there were some pretty harsh descriptions of scenes and events. Highly recommended, and if you're interested in pottery consider it a must read. [896 pp.]
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A very interesting story about a couple of generations in the turn of the century (19th to 20th) in England. From the time they were very young, or just born, till realizing their dreams, or not surviving WWI. The story is intertwined with historical reports, some are more interesting than others, and a detailed account of the pottery making methods and procedures. This book took me a while to finish (which I finally did 3.5 weeks ago), but by the end I wished I had not finished reading it -- I enjoyed reading it, even though there were some pretty harsh descriptions of scenes and events. Highly recommended, and if you're interested in pottery consider it a must read. [896 pp.]
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Sunday, January 13, 2013
The Portrait of a Lady
By Henry James
Story of a young "independent" woman who travels to Europe to "find herself", and in the midst of her search loses herself to a conniving woman. But not all hope is lost.
Quite interesting. [640 pp. including an introduction (which should really be read afterwards) and an afterword.]
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Story of a young "independent" woman who travels to Europe to "find herself", and in the midst of her search loses herself to a conniving woman. But not all hope is lost.
Quite interesting. [640 pp. including an introduction (which should really be read afterwards) and an afterword.]
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