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July 04, 2008
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Zakelro
gave  to:
The Road (Hardcover)
by
Cormac McCarthy
bookshelves:
library-loan,
rachel-read
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read in August, 2008
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June 17, 2008
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Zakelro
added:
The celebrity vegetarian cookbook (Unknown Binding)
by
Jan Yager
bookshelves:
rachel-read
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Zakelro
gave  to:
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Paperback)
by
Max Brooks
bookshelves:
library-loan,
rachel-read,
sci-fi,
zombies
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read in July, 2008
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June 09, 2008
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Zakelro
is currently reading:
Smartbomb: The Quest for Art, Entertainment, and Big Bucks in the Videogame Revolution (Hardcover)
by
Heather Chaplin
bookshelves:
currently-reading,
library-loan
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Zakelro
is currently reading:
If On a Winter's Night a Traveler (Paperback)
by
Italo Calvino
bookshelves:
currently-reading,
library-loan
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Zakelro
gave to:
Moosey Moose (Thingy Things)
by
Chris Raschka
bookshelves:
picture-books,
rachel-read
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Zakelro said:
"Posted by: Rachel Z.
The first time I went to see Lemony Snicket speak, he was unable to make it, due to an unfortunate incident involving early bedtimes, open windows, and unexpected meteors. This meant his representative, Daniel Handler, had t...more
Posted by: Rachel Z.
The first time I went to see Lemony Snicket speak, he was unable to make it, due to an unfortunate incident involving early bedtimes, open windows, and unexpected meteors. This meant his representative, Daniel Handler, had to come in his stead. Mr. Handler did a fabulous job trying to convince us that there were much, much, much better books out there to spend our time reading. Books that would uplift and encourage. For instance, Moosey Moose, which he read to us in its entirety. I, of course, had to buy it. Make no mistake about it, this book is an intense and powerful experience. Moosey Moose is mad, people! He wants his pants! Not his short pants, mind you, but his long pants! Will Moosey Moose get his pants? You'll have to pick it up and read it to find out...(less)
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Zakelro
gave to:
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Wicked Years, #1)
by
Gregory Maguire
bookshelves:
rachel-read
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Zakelro
gave  to:
Twilight (Twilight, #1)
by
Stephenie Meyer
bookshelves:
rachel-read
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read in June, 2008, has a copy to sell/swap
Zakelro said:
"Posted by: Rachel Z.
I wrote about my experience reading this book in a post at the Bookish Dark, a blog I co-author with the lovely Kaizerin. Link to the review: http://www.bookishdark.com/2008/06/twili...
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June 03, 2008
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Zakelro
gave to:
I Am Legend (Paperback)
by
Richard Matheson
bookshelves:
library-loan,
rachel-read,
sci-fi
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my rating:
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read in March, 2008
Zakelro said:
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.
The first 57 pages of the book were so tedious that I almost stopped reading. I have a general rule about books that use the words "burning" and "loins" in the same sentence, and it was a long grueling ordeal as we learned how alone, oh, how so alone, our protagonist was. Hint: he was very alone. And guess what he missed most? Yep. The sex. Apparently the male of our species is a very simple creature, and his poor, poor burning loins had nothing to satisfy them. I would think with all that burning at least a little masturbation would have entered into the picture, but no such luck. Just a lot of alcohol, depression, self-loathing, and anger. It was a regular romp of fun. Then, finally, at page 57 he and the book turn a corner. Neville starts trying to figure out what caused the disease and begins doing research to see if he can perhaps find a cure. And that's when the book gets interesting.
I think it is important to note that the book's protagonist is not a scientist (interesting that in both the Charlton Heston and Will Smith film versions of the book he is). Neville is just your average, hard working Joe. A blue collar factory worker who decides to use logic to figure out what took everything he knew and loved away from him. The idea of a cure is loosely in his head, but he is plagued by self-doubt and his own limitations of knowledge. Yet he perseveres. I will say that there is a dog in the book, and while the story was vastly different from the Will Smith movie, that aspect was equally poignant and I feel they captured the spirit of what the book was trying to do by introducing the dog.
The ending was much, much, much, much better than either of the film versions I watched and I simply cannot understand why they made the changes they did. It didn't make the movies better or appropriately convey the idea behind the original story, which alone made this book worth reading.
Reviewed by: Rachel Z.(less)
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