SuperSummary: Study Guide (2019, Independently Published)
English language
Published Nov. 25, 2019 by Independently Published.
I'd give 6 stars if I could. I want to live in this book.
I'd give 6 stars if I could. I want to live in this book.
Loved this book and the characters from the very first chapter! The writing is exquisite and you really feel you get to know all of the characters so well. The Count is completely charming despite any circumstance he ends up in. Looking forward to reading more from this author in the future!
Loved this book and the characters from the very first chapter! The writing is exquisite and you really feel you get to know all of the characters so well. The Count is completely charming despite any circumstance he ends up in. Looking forward to reading more from this author in the future!
Really enjoyed this. The writing is lovely and the story never lags.
Konrad has never had much of a relationship with his father. He's always off somewhere, rarely returning home. "Mostly he and his mother lived alone, happy."
When Konrad's mother is murdered he finally learns what Father is up to. Werewolf hunting! But does Father always know best? Konrad is not sure whether he should trust Father's ability to discern werewolves from men, or who should be put to death.
This was a short read, less than 100 pages. There was nothing really remarkable about it other than "Father" never being named and only referred to as "Father" even when not with his son, which seemed odd.
I did like the ending.
I received a complimentary copy for review.
Konrad has never had much of a relationship with his father. He's always off somewhere, rarely returning home. "Mostly he and his mother lived alone, happy."
When Konrad's mother is murdered he finally learns what Father is up to. Werewolf hunting! But does Father always know best? Konrad is not sure whether he should trust Father's ability to discern werewolves from men, or who should be put to death.
This was a short read, less than 100 pages. There was nothing really remarkable about it other than "Father" never being named and only referred to as "Father" even when not with his son, which seemed odd.
I did like the ending.
I received a complimentary copy for review.
Lovely. I hope to convince my book club to read this.
A sad book about sad and lonely people who are incapable of love, and look for it in all the wrong places.
I first read it nearly 50 years ago, and found it rather depressing. Back then I was a fan of Beat Generation literature, and it was lent to me by someone who was also a fan, and thought it was of the same or similar genre, but it wasn't really.
It was listed in [b:The Modern Library|1052650|The Modern Library|Colm Tóibín|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1180541800s/1052650.jpg|1039130] as one of the 200 best novels in English written in the second half of the 20th century, so I thought it might be worth re-reading, and when I found a copy in the library I took it out.
The Modern Library description begins, "This is written with a freedom and flow and use of vernacular and voice that makes it hugely readable." After starting it, I found …
A sad book about sad and lonely people who are incapable of love, and look for it in all the wrong places.
I first read it nearly 50 years ago, and found it rather depressing. Back then I was a fan of Beat Generation literature, and it was lent to me by someone who was also a fan, and thought it was of the same or similar genre, but it wasn't really.
It was listed in [b:The Modern Library|1052650|The Modern Library|Colm Tóibín|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1180541800s/1052650.jpg|1039130] as one of the 200 best novels in English written in the second half of the 20th century, so I thought it might be worth re-reading, and when I found a copy in the library I took it out.
The Modern Library description begins, "This is written with a freedom and flow and use of vernacular and voice that makes it hugely readable." After starting it, I found that its style made it hugely unreadable, and went on to [b:Surprised by joy|121732|Surprised by Joy The Shape of My Early Life|C.S. Lewis|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1381407473s/121732.jpg|877675] instead. [a:Hubert Selby|17115977|Hubert Selby|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] clearly does not believe in the apostrophe, and used thie book in a one-man crusade for its abolition. I found that this made the book all but unreadable, and kept having to go back and reread a sentence to puzzle out its meaning.
Eventually I returned to it, thinking that if I had managed to read it once, I could manage to do so again, and perhaps one would get used to the style after a while, and stop trying to work out whether "were" in a particular context actually meant "we're".
The book is a serries of narratives about a group of people, most of whom form the clientele of an all-night diner they call the Greeks. After a while it becomes clear that there is only one Greek, called Alex, who doesn't come into the story much. One of the favourite occupations of the characters is beating up and robbing soldiers and sailors, which places the action in the period immediately after the Second World War, though the book was actually published in 1964. Another character is proud of his Cadillac with big tail fins, which places it around 1958-1960, so it's (its) never quite clear whether it is set in the 1940s or the 1960s.
Some characters, like the "hip queer" Georgette, long for love, and Georgette hopes for the love of Vinnie, whose main claim to fame is that he knows someone who was shot dead by the police. Vinnie, however, seems quite incapable of love, and it goes downhill from there.
There is Tralala the whore who tries to exploit soldiers and sailors for greed, but ends up being exploited by everyone, in a most horrific way. Her fate is one of the few things I remembered vividly from my first reading of the book. Some of her clients are looking to her for love, but, like Vinnie, she seems incapable of love, and despises them for it.
There is Harry Black, a union organiser, who hates his wife, his child, his boss, and his fellow-workers. He organises a strike, which benefits no one, but proceeds from and feeds Harry's misanthropy, though calling it misanthropy is perhaps dignifying it too much by implying that it is an organized philosophy of life. Harry's outlook and behaviour, like that of most of the other characters, is controlled by the passions.
In Orthodox ascetic theology the passions are things that Christians try to bring under control and subdue. The essence of the passions is that they are things that we passively undergo, that control us. And so the characters in the book are pathetic, in every sense of the word.
Full Disclosure: I received a copy of this book from the author on the condition I would post a honest review.
Run From The Stars is a interesting space opera centering around the protagonist Space Fleet Operative Jane. While still young, her ways of thinking get her out of situations that leave everyone else scratching her head. The language of the novel is very descriptive and the action (with rare exception) keeps rolling from the first page. The technology used is interesting, as is the methods of use, something a Sci-Fi buff will like. I found the novel a relaxing and enjoyable read.
Full Disclosure: I received a copy of this book from the author on the condition I would post a honest review.
Run From The Stars is a interesting space opera centering around the protagonist Space Fleet Operative Jane. While still young, her ways of thinking get her out of situations that leave everyone else scratching her head. The language of the novel is very descriptive and the action (with rare exception) keeps rolling from the first page. The technology used is interesting, as is the methods of use, something a Sci-Fi buff will like. I found the novel a relaxing and enjoyable read.
this was the first time I read a book by the author. it was a little different type of book for me but I enjoyed it none the less.really interesting it was. its about fairy tales, time clocks, going back in time if you could. I liked it and would read more books by the author.
this was the first time I read a book by the author. it was a little different type of book for me but I enjoyed it none the less.really interesting it was. its about fairy tales, time clocks, going back in time if you could. I liked it and would read more books by the author.
Radiant. Like a dictionary to love for Morrissey and The Smiths.
I've read several of James Scott Bell's writing advice books before (which I found were excellent) but for some reason didn't get round to reading his fiction before now. I picked up "Don't Leave Me" on a whim not really expecting a great deal. Being truthful, having read a lot I find a lot of current writing to be dull and lifeless, often filled with characters I can't sympathize with and plots that are dull and/or unbelievable. This is NOT the case with this book. Instead you are drawn in quickly and the action keeps up it's momentum from beginning to end. Definitely a "page turner" in the best sense. I look forward to trying more of the author's work very much.
I've read several of James Scott Bell's writing advice books before (which I found were excellent) but for some reason didn't get round to reading his fiction before now. I picked up "Don't Leave Me" on a whim not really expecting a great deal. Being truthful, having read a lot I find a lot of current writing to be dull and lifeless, often filled with characters I can't sympathize with and plots that are dull and/or unbelievable. This is NOT the case with this book. Instead you are drawn in quickly and the action keeps up it's momentum from beginning to end. Definitely a "page turner" in the best sense. I look forward to trying more of the author's work very much.
Trevor tells several stories in this novel and not all of them happen over the summer of the title. The reader gets to put a lot together on his or her own. It borders on boring, but it's too short not to finish, even if you're not desperate to find out how all the stories play out.
Trevor tells several stories in this novel and not all of them happen over the summer of the title. The reader gets to put a lot together on his or her own. It borders on boring, but it's too short not to finish, even if you're not desperate to find out how all the stories play out.
Impressive read - Impressive watch #bookvsmovie
Per ora non so che voto dargli. È cosi breve che sembra quasi eterea questa novella. In più di quello che racconta mi ha interessato solo la parte iniziale e finale dov'era presente anche il Darkling. La regina poteva essere bella, brutta, antipatica (e lo è) ma non mi ha per niente coinvolto.
Per ora non so che voto dargli. È cosi breve che sembra quasi eterea questa novella. In più di quello che racconta mi ha interessato solo la parte iniziale e finale dov'era presente anche il Darkling. La regina poteva essere bella, brutta, antipatica (e lo è) ma non mi ha per niente coinvolto.
My review of Get Him to the Geek can be found on BDSM Book Reviews site.
This was a good book, despite the fact that he really seemed to blur the lines between lawyers and detectives. But still, one definitely found oneself relating well with the main character. There was more to the book than expected from the start, and I'm not convinced that I liked the ending; I know that the point of the author was to leave a little bit of a question in the mind of the reader, but I'm not convinced that he was successful! Although there WAS some question in my mind, I'm not convinced that it's the right one! But overall, the book was enjoyable, but admittedly many of the twists were expected. I still gave it four stars. It was a worthwhile waste of my time :-).
This was a good book, despite the fact that he really seemed to blur the lines between lawyers and detectives. But still, one definitely found oneself relating well with the main character. There was more to the book than expected from the start, and I'm not convinced that I liked the ending; I know that the point of the author was to leave a little bit of a question in the mind of the reader, but I'm not convinced that he was successful! Although there WAS some question in my mind, I'm not convinced that it's the right one! But overall, the book was enjoyable, but admittedly many of the twists were expected. I still gave it four stars. It was a worthwhile waste of my time :-).
