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August 28
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Kat
read and liked
Denys L.H.'s
review of Twilight (Twilight Series, Book 1):
"When you're looking for a novel that has no plot, no common sense, jibber-jabber about pointless love, how hot someone is, and the climax thrown together three-thirds of the book, Twilight takes the cake! I don't even know what made me "uncondit...more
When you're looking for a novel that has no plot, no common sense, jibber-jabber about pointless love, how hot someone is, and the climax thrown together three-thirds of the book, Twilight takes the cake! I don't even know what made me "unconditionally and irrevocably in love" with it in the first place! But then again, I was a hopeless romantic trying to find love, and I thought Twilight would cheer me up for my lovesick... ness...
Unfortunately, I was WRONG. When I first read the book, I was addicted to it. I finished reading it for one day because it was "so good." Time passed by, and I was hoping that my tasteless friend would give me the second volume of the series because I wanted more... MORE TELL I YA!
As the time passed by, I realized the book was just stupid-fluff and very sexually frustrating.
First off, we meet with the main character, the female "heroine," Isabella Marie Swan. Or Bella for short. I realized now, she's nothing more than a Mary Sue. Her name is even like one as well! Bella is Italian for beautiful. Throw it with Swan. Beautiful Swan. What's even worse is that EVERY guy falls in love with her when she moves in with her lazy ass daddy who needs Bella to cook and clean for him. Typical anti-feminist, no? Her appearance is somewhat similar to the author, and her story when moving into a new place (see twilight FAQ's in her website). Oh yeah, and she gets the guy to top it all off. Typical Mary Sue.
Edward Cullen... is just too HAWT for this world! He's perfect, he's got perfect hair, perfect body, perfect face... hell, I wouldn't be surprised if he even has a perfect penis! D; Anyways, as the typical teenage fangirl I am, I fell in love with him too... I still am... but not as much. What made me head-over-heels for this guy is that he's charming and witty... but being about 100 years old is such a turn off. Not to mention, stalking Bella almost every night... and she doesn't care when she finds this out! That's just a weird/sick/creepy relationship.
What I don't get is the reason for those two loving each other. Stephanie Meyer makes it destined for them to be together... but exaclty what is the reason again...? Oh yeah! Cause Bella has sweet-smelling blood and Edward's HAWT. Duh. That's why they were made for each other! Except for the whole "no sex" thing... well from what I heard, they're gonna do it later on in some other volume of Twilight. It'll be just like another erotic Anita Blake failure.
Who I really hated second to Bella was Jacob Black. He was too annoying and pestered too much. Maybe he'll get better later on... I heard he and Bella hooked up. I had a feeling Bella was gonna do that anyways.
The almost 500 pages Bella narrates about in Twilight is how HAWT Edward is. She's obsessing way too much and then she declares that she would even risk her life to be with him! Dude, you knew him for like, a week. Now you decide to be emo for him? Two words: Get. Help.
All of a sudden, a group of villianous vampires come out of nowhere and terrorize the Cullens and Bella. The whole five chapters of that was a big blur. Was it even five chapters? I don't know anymore! x.x
Do not read this!!!! This is a warning to all bookworms out there! Don't say I never told you so!!!!...less
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Kat
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Twilight (Twilight Series, Book 1)
by Stephenie Meyer
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read in August, 2008
Kat said:
"It's terrible of course. Absolute balls.
One star because I finished it, and one more for vampire baseball.
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August 26
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Kat
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Hardcover)
by Junot Díaz
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read in August, 2008
Kat said:
"Outer Azua was the Outland, the Badlands, the Cursed Earth, the Forbidden Zone, the Great Wastes, the Desert of Glass, the Burning Lands, the Doben-al, it was the Salusa Secundus, it was Ceti Alpha Six, it was Tatooine. Even the residents could have...more
Outer Azua was the Outland, the Badlands, the Cursed Earth, the Forbidden Zone, the Great Wastes, the Desert of Glass, the Burning Lands, the Doben-al, it was the Salusa Secundus, it was Ceti Alpha Six, it was Tatooine. Even the residents could have passed for survivors of some not-so-distant holocaust. The poor ones--and it was with these infelices that Beli had lived--often wore rags, walked around barefoot, and lived in homes that looked like they'd been constructed from the detritus of the former world. If you would have dropped Astronaut Taylor among these folks he would have fallen to the ground and bellowed, You finally did it! (No, Charlton, it's not the end of the world, it's just Outer Azua.) The only non-thorn non-insecct non-lizard life-forms that thrived at these latitudes were the Alcoa mining operations and the region's famous goats (los que brincan las Himalayas y cagan en la bandera de España)....less
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August 17
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Kat
gave
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The Sheep Look Up (Hardcover)
by John Brunner
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read in August, 2008
Kat said:
"This! This is the near-future apocalyptic scifi I have been looking for. The one in which America gets what's coming to it.
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Stop, you're killing me!
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Kat
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Make Room! Make Room! (Paperback)
by Harry Harrison
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read in August, 2008
Kat said:
"Soylent green is soy and lentils! SOY AND LENTILS!
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Kat
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Roots (Paperback)
by Alex Haley
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read in August, 2008
Kat said:
"Not nearly as good as the miniseries. Also, the 30th anniversary edition has the worst copyediting I have seen outside of a student newspaper.
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July 02
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Kat
took the never-ending book quiz.
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Kat
gave
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The Works of A. Conan Doyle
by Arthur Conan Doyle
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read in January, 2006
Kat said:
"The Ghost of Goresthorpe Grange is the best story in this collection.
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Kat
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 4 Novels and 56 Short Stories (Paperback)
by Arthur Conan Doyle
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read in January, 2005
Kat said:
"Come at once if convenient. If inconvenient, come all the same. SH
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June 15
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Kat
gave
to:
A Case of Two Cities: An Inspector Chen Novel (Inspector Chen Novels)
by Qiu Xiaolong
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read in June, 2008
Kat said:
"Passage One:
"Sure, I'll read it for you," Chen responded with an air of utter confidence. "When Chuangjie first created the system of Chinese written characters, every archetypal stroke of a character came out of the cosmos in mirac...more
Passage One:
"Sure, I'll read it for you," Chen responded with an air of utter confidence. "When Chuangjie first created the system of Chinese written characters, every archetypal stroke of a character came out of the cosmos in miraculous correspondence to the omnipresent qi, and that in turn, in correspondence to the microcosmos of an individual human being. So that's called tianren heyi-- heaven and human in one. For a virtuous woman like you, whatever character you may write in a moment of faith, there will be elements recognizable from the mysterious correspondence."
It was too fabulous an opportunity to miss, Chen thought excitedly.
Passage Two:
"I don't read much, you know, but I remember the saying in the Romance of Three Kingdoms: 'Not born on the same day, we want to die on the same day.' The three sworn brothers-- Liu, Guan, Zhang. So how can I stay outside alone? Let's have some wine."...less
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