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July 13, 2017
REVIEW: Scratch: Writers, Money, and the Art of Making a Living
Manjula Martin did a great job editing this collection of essays and interviews on what the title says: writers, their lives, money, finance and advertising, among other topics.
This collection allowed me to discover new authors, make up my mind on others I had been curious about and also rediscovered a few.
Because I usually do mini reviews of each component in collections and anthologies and there are so many essays compiled in this book, I am going to "pull an Aesop" and provide morals I got from some of them or quotes that I feel summarize the main idea of the essay. Please do bare in mind that some concepts may sound or even be similar and not all of the essays will have a summary. Here we go:
The book is divided into three sections:
1) EARLY DAYS, which delves into the making of a writer and the process to being published.
In Owning This, Julia Fierro talks of herself as a bookaholic, comparing books to people (as if they were living beings) and even considering books as her family. They will always be what she turns to when in need of comfort and company.
Moral: Stay true to yourself.
With Compliments: Nina MacLaughlin took the plunge and left her journalist job, but then her new way of making a living ceased to exist. What could she do next? Keep writing for free as a means of keeping herself occupied and trained.
Moral: Never stop doing what you love.
Faith, Hope and Credit: Cheryl Strayed gives a realistic view of income and success as a writer.
Moral: Some things are not as they seem.
On Staying Hungry by Rachael Maddox.
Moral: Keep the balance.
Porochista Khakpour did an amazing job at giving Joyce's famous work in Portrait of the Artist as A Debut Novelist. Here she describer what vould be called 'writer's stages'.
Morals: What you've been wishing for can happen -and probably will- when you least expect it.
Believe in -and don't be so hard on- yourself.
Colin Dickey's The Mercenary Muse could be described as a short history of the writing business from the Greeks to today.
Quote: "Wrtie from the heart, not from the pocket."
Running the Widget Factory by Susan Orlean.
Moral: It is always good to try things out, because practice makes -almost- perfect.
The Wizard by Alexander Chee.
Moral: Money doesn't necessarily mean success, because what you get paid isn't always what you're worth.
You Are the Second Person by Kiese Laymon.
Moral: Don't compromise your ideals for "success," and never stop doing whatever makes you happy.
Five Years in the Wilderness by Cari Luna.
Morals: Sometimes you don't need others to conquer your dreams.
One must know when to step aside.
Freedom by Richard Rodríguez.
Moral: The image you project is how you are seen.
Luck generally plays an important part.
Work Hard, Read Dead by Yiyun Li.
Moral: Perspective is key to creating a realistic story.
Quote: "If you get there first, it doesn't mean you're the best."
Let's Suffer, Let's Starve by J. Robert Lennon.
Moral: Art for Art's sake osn't possible because money gets in the way..
2) THE DAILY GRIND, which tackles the struggles of working writers.
The Best Work in Literature by Manjula Martin centres around going up in the professional ladder.
Moral: Don't underestimate your day job or overstimate your freelance one.
Quote: "The best work in literature is walys done by those who do not depend on it for their daily bread." - Oscar Wilde.
Quote: "Work is work, even when we call it art or love, or culture and even when it's not. I want ro be valued, as much as often as possible, regardless of which clock I'm punching."
The Insider by Kate McKean.
Morals: If you pay attention you'll have something to learn from every experience.
Take advantage of the knowledge you've gained from life itself."
Play with the cards you are dealt.
Against "Vs." by Leslie Jamison.
Moral: That which influences a writer's work isn't only literary.
Love for Sale by Harmony Holiday depicts the perspective of people of color.
Moral: Celebrate people who add to the country's culture.
Unlikeable by Emily Gould is the most feminist of the bunch.
Moral: Don't try to please others and be liked if that means acting like a person you are not.
Sad Birthday Lady™ by Meaghan O'Connell is the only one that bothered me immensely and inspired the rant that follows.
Moral:
Freedom by Richard Rodríguez.
Moral: The image you project is how you are seen.
Freedom by Richard Rodríguez.
Moral: The image you project is how you are seen.
Freedom by Richard Rodríguez.
Moral: The image you project is how you are seen.
Freedom by Richard Rodríguez.
Moral: The image you project is how you are seen.
Freedom by Richard Rodríguez.
Moral: The image you project is how you are seen.
Freedom by Richard Rodríguez.
Moral: The image you project is how you are seen.
3) SOMEDAY, which comprises hopes, dreams and advice.
MY FAVORITES
4.5 stars:
- Worth by Jennifer Weiner
- Unlikeable by Emily Gould
- The Jump by Sarah Smarsh
- Not A Complaint by Nell Boeschenstein
4 stars
- The Wizard by Alexander Chee
- A Sort of Fairy Tale by Malinda Lo
- Like a Fish in A Tweet Suit by Jonathan Franzen
- Portrait of the Artist as a Young Novelist by Porochista Khakpour
- The Best Work in Literature by Manjula Martin
Rating: 3 out of 5 starsOriginal language: EnglishLanguage read: English Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Edition: ebook (provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review)Expected Publication; 01/03/2017
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29430716-scratch
May 3, 2017
Los primeros cuentos - Truman Capote
RESEÑA EN ESPAÑOL (Scroll up to see the review in English // Reseña en inglés arriba)
Descubrí este libro por casualidad mientras hacía tiempo a la salida del cine (en una librería, por supuesto). Cuando vi que había algo "nuevo" de Capote casi me muero de la alegría porque es uno de mis escritores preferidos.
Las historias son de distintos géneros pero todas conservan la atmósfera sureña latente. Disfruté mucho algunas, otras menos y una no me gustó. Al tratarse de escritos tempranos en la carrera de Capote, es evidente que le faltaba bastante para terminar de moldear ese estilo tan particular suyo. De todos modos, hay vestigios del Truman que todos conocemos en las temáticas abordadas y en las descripciones.
5 estrellas:
- La señorita Belle Rankin
4,5 estrellas:
- Si te olvido
- De parte de Jamie
- Lucy
4 estrellas:
- La polilla en la llama
- El extraño familiar
3,5 estrellas:
- El pantano del terror
- La tienda Mill
2,5 estrellas:
- Louise
- Rumbo al Oeste
- Almas gemelas
- Donde comienza el mundo
1,5 estrellas:
- Hilda
Estrellas: 3,5 de 5 Idioma original: inglés Idioma de lectura: español
Editorial: LumenEdición: tapa blanda
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1987413650
January 3, 2017
The Complete Masters of the Poster
ENGLISH REVIEW
(scroll down to see the review in Spanish // Reseña en español debajo)
I have always loved Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's work ever since we studied him in Elementary -primary- School. However, I have to confess I had no idea that there was such a thing as 'Masters of the Poster' until I came across this book. I immediately applied in the hope I would get the opportunity to review it and here I am.
Surprisingly, Toulouse-Lautrec is my favorite artist from that period and style no more, because thanks to this publication I was able to discover some of my new favorite 'Masters', such as Chéret, Grasset, de Feure, Mucha, Steinlen, The Beggarstaffs, Roedel and Berthon (in that order.)
This book is essential for everyone; from the lay person like me that likes -or is interested in- the period and style to the collector, because this publication's design allows for the works to be fully appreciated in their entirety.
Rating: 5 out of 5 starsOriginal language: EnglishLanguage read: English Publisher: Dover Publications
Edition: ebook (provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review)Expected Publication; 01/12/2017
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1099814.The_Complete_Masters_of_the_Poster_?ac=1&from_search=true
RESEÑA EN ESPAÑOL (Scroll up to see the review in English // Reseña en inglés arriba)
Admiro el trabajo de Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec desde que lo estudiamos en la primaria. Sin embargo, debo confesar que no tenía la menor idea de la existencia de "Los maestros del Cartel" hasta que me crucé con este libro. Inmediatamente envíe la solicitud con la esperanza de que me permitieran leerlo para reseña y, por suerte, acá estoy.
Es increíble, pero Tousolouse-Lautrec ya no es mi artista preferido de ese período y estilo, porque gracias a esta publicación descubrí nuevos "Maestros" preferidos como lo son Chéret, Grasset, de Feure, Mucha, Steinlen, The Beggarstaffs, Roedel y Berthon (en ese orden).
Este libro es esencial para cualquier persona: desde los legos, como yo, a quienes les gusta o interesa ese período o estilo hasta los coleccionistas, porque el estilo en el que están publicados los carteles permite disfrutar completamente de las obras en su plenitud, ya que se pueden apreciar los detalles.
Estrellas: 5 de 5 Idioma original: inglés Idioma de lectura: inglés
Editorial: Dover PublicationsEdición: ebook (proporcionado por Netgalley a cambio de una reseña honesta)
Fecha de publicación: 12/01/2017
Por el momento solo disponible en inglés (en este caso no dificulta la lectura porque se trata de carteles y nombres de autores; lo único que no se pdoría disfrutar sería la introducción).
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1099814.The_Complete_Masters_of_the_Poster_?ac=1&from_search=true
December 31, 2016
2016 Top 16 Non-Review Books
15 stars
The story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal world. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver does he begin to understand the dark secrets behind his fragile community. The Giver is the first in a quartet of books that includes Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son.
25 stars
A mission to Mars.
A freak accident.
One man's struggle to survive.
35 stars
Sussex, England. A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long gone, he is drawn to the farm at the end of the road, where, when he was seven, he encountered a most remarkable girl, Lettie Hempstock, and her mother and grandmother. He hasn't thought of Lettie in decades, and yet as he sits by the pond (a pond that she'd claimed was an ocean) behind the ramshackle old farmhouse, the unremembered past comes flooding back. And it is a past too strange, too frightening, too dangerous to have happened to anyone, let alone a small boy.
45 stars
Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.
5
4,5 estrellas
La primera regla del club de la pelea es no hablar del club de la pelea. Cada fin de semana, un puñado de jóvenes oficinistas se quitan los zapatos y las camisas y pelean entre sí hasta la extenuación. Los lunes vuelven a sus despachos con los ojos amoratados y un embriagador sentimiento de omnipotencia.
6
4.5 stars
"Ah, life- the thing that happens to us while we're off somewhere else blowing on dandelions & wishing ourselves into the pages of our favorite fairy tales."
A poetry collection divided into four different parts: the princess, the damsel, the queen, & you. the princess, the damsel, & the queen piece together the life of the author in three stages, while you serves as a note to the reader & all of humankind. Explores life & all of its love, loss, grief, healing, empowerment, & inspirations.
7
4.5 stars
Amanda Hardy is the new girl in school in Lambertville, Tennessee. Like any other girl, all she wants is to make friends and fit in. But Amanda is keeping a secret. There’s a reason why she transferred schools for her senior year, and why she’s determined not to get too close to anyone. Because the secret that Amanda’s been keeping? It’s that she used to be Andrew.
84 stars
Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace: he has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance. You'd like to get to know Grace better. But it's difficult, because you realize Jack and Grace are never apart. Some might call this true love.
Picture this: a dinner party at their perfect home, the conversation and wine flowing. They appear to be in their element while entertaining. And Grace's friends are eager to reciprocate with lunch the following week. Grace wants to go, but knows she never will. Her friends call—so why doesn't Grace ever answer the phone? And how can she cook such elaborate meals but remain so slim?
And why are there bars on one of the bedroom windows?
The perfect marriage? Or the perfect lie?94 stars
The Socs' idea of having a good time of beating up Greasers like Ponyboy. Ponyboy knows what to expect and knows he can count on his brothers and friends - until the night someone takes things too far.
104 stars
March is a vivid first-hand account of John Lewis’ lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. Rooted in Lewis’ personal story, it also reflects on the highs and lows of the broader civil rights movement.
114 estrellas
Los cuentos de Silvina Ocampo configuran un universo complejo y personalísimo. La no inocencia, la transgresión, las relaciones humanas y sus misterios -los misteriosos resortes que las movilizan-, lo onírico metafísico, las ambigüedades, las metamorfosis, aparecen como elementos absolutamente integrados al mundo real, lo cual se traduce en una "falta de asombro" del narrador ante lo que llamaríamos la aparición de lo insólito, irreal, sobrenatural.
124 estrellas
Todo el mundo sabe que en Omnia, la gran tienda virtual, puedes comprar cualquier cosa. En su catálogo encontrarás todo lo que puedas imaginar, e incluso objetos que ni siquiera sabías que existían. Por eso, cuando Nico tira a la basura por accidente el peluche favorito de su hermana pequeña, no duda en buscar en su web uno igual para reemplazarlo. Pero un error informático inesperado lo conducirá hasta el mismo corazón de Omnia, un inmenso y extraordinario almacén en el que la búsqueda del peluche será solo el comienzo de una emocionante aventura.
134 stars
Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality their lives are changed profoundly and for ever.
144 stars
Pop Art, an abbreviation of Popular Art, is a movement that found its origins in England in the 1950s but realised its full potential in New York in the 60s. The name referred to the interest of a number of artists, such as Robert Rauschenberg (born 1925) and Jasper Johns (born 1930), in the imagery and techniques of consumerism and popular culture. Pop Art, led by the cult figure of Andy Warhol, was probably the most extraordinary innovation of 20th century art. It put art into everyday terms and so helped close the gap between "high art" and "low art." The British artist Richard Hamilton defined Pop Art as: "popular, transient, expendable, low-cost, mass-produced, young, witty, sexy, glamorous, and Big Business." Richly documented and clearly structured, this book provides an overall view as well as a new and insightful perspective on Pop Art and the works of the artists who were at the forefront of this movement.
154 estrellas
Matar a Borges es una novela de parodia donde el personaje de El Aleph, Carlos Argentino Daneri, se traslada de la ficción para vengarse de su creador por robarle la esencia de ese punto mágico, donde convergen todas las cosas del universo.
164 stars
In Carter Beats the Devil, Glen David Gold subjects the past to the same wondrous transformations as the rabbit in a skilled illusionist's hat. Gold's debut novel opens with real-life magician Charles Carter executing a particularly grisly trick, using President Warren G. Harding as a volunteer. Shortly afterwards, Harding dies mysteriously in his San Francisco hotel room, and Carter is forced to flee the country. Or does he? It's only the first of many misdirections in a magical performance by Gold. In the course of subsequent pages, Carter finds himself pursued by the most hapless of FBI agents; falls in love with a beautiful, outspoken blind woman; and confronts an old nemesis bent on destroying him. Throw in countless stunning (and historically accurate) illusions, some beautifully rendered period detail, and historical figures like young inventor Philo T. Farnsworth and self-made millionaire Francis "Borax" Smith, and you have old-fashioned entertainment executed with a decidedly modern sensibility.
The story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal world. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver does he begin to understand the dark secrets behind his fragile community. The Giver is the first in a quartet of books that includes Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son.
25 stars
A mission to Mars.
A freak accident.
One man's struggle to survive.
35 stars
Sussex, England. A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long gone, he is drawn to the farm at the end of the road, where, when he was seven, he encountered a most remarkable girl, Lettie Hempstock, and her mother and grandmother. He hasn't thought of Lettie in decades, and yet as he sits by the pond (a pond that she'd claimed was an ocean) behind the ramshackle old farmhouse, the unremembered past comes flooding back. And it is a past too strange, too frightening, too dangerous to have happened to anyone, let alone a small boy.
45 stars
Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.
5
4,5 estrellas
La primera regla del club de la pelea es no hablar del club de la pelea. Cada fin de semana, un puñado de jóvenes oficinistas se quitan los zapatos y las camisas y pelean entre sí hasta la extenuación. Los lunes vuelven a sus despachos con los ojos amoratados y un embriagador sentimiento de omnipotencia.
6
4.5 stars
"Ah, life- the thing that happens to us while we're off somewhere else blowing on dandelions & wishing ourselves into the pages of our favorite fairy tales."A poetry collection divided into four different parts: the princess, the damsel, the queen, & you. the princess, the damsel, & the queen piece together the life of the author in three stages, while you serves as a note to the reader & all of humankind. Explores life & all of its love, loss, grief, healing, empowerment, & inspirations.
7
4.5 stars
Amanda Hardy is the new girl in school in Lambertville, Tennessee. Like any other girl, all she wants is to make friends and fit in. But Amanda is keeping a secret. There’s a reason why she transferred schools for her senior year, and why she’s determined not to get too close to anyone. Because the secret that Amanda’s been keeping? It’s that she used to be Andrew.
84 stars
Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace: he has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance. You'd like to get to know Grace better. But it's difficult, because you realize Jack and Grace are never apart. Some might call this true love.
Picture this: a dinner party at their perfect home, the conversation and wine flowing. They appear to be in their element while entertaining. And Grace's friends are eager to reciprocate with lunch the following week. Grace wants to go, but knows she never will. Her friends call—so why doesn't Grace ever answer the phone? And how can she cook such elaborate meals but remain so slim?
And why are there bars on one of the bedroom windows?
The perfect marriage? Or the perfect lie?94 stars
The Socs' idea of having a good time of beating up Greasers like Ponyboy. Ponyboy knows what to expect and knows he can count on his brothers and friends - until the night someone takes things too far.
104 stars
March is a vivid first-hand account of John Lewis’ lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. Rooted in Lewis’ personal story, it also reflects on the highs and lows of the broader civil rights movement.
114 estrellas
Los cuentos de Silvina Ocampo configuran un universo complejo y personalísimo. La no inocencia, la transgresión, las relaciones humanas y sus misterios -los misteriosos resortes que las movilizan-, lo onírico metafísico, las ambigüedades, las metamorfosis, aparecen como elementos absolutamente integrados al mundo real, lo cual se traduce en una "falta de asombro" del narrador ante lo que llamaríamos la aparición de lo insólito, irreal, sobrenatural.
124 estrellas
Todo el mundo sabe que en Omnia, la gran tienda virtual, puedes comprar cualquier cosa. En su catálogo encontrarás todo lo que puedas imaginar, e incluso objetos que ni siquiera sabías que existían. Por eso, cuando Nico tira a la basura por accidente el peluche favorito de su hermana pequeña, no duda en buscar en su web uno igual para reemplazarlo. Pero un error informático inesperado lo conducirá hasta el mismo corazón de Omnia, un inmenso y extraordinario almacén en el que la búsqueda del peluche será solo el comienzo de una emocionante aventura.
134 stars
Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality their lives are changed profoundly and for ever.
144 stars
Pop Art, an abbreviation of Popular Art, is a movement that found its origins in England in the 1950s but realised its full potential in New York in the 60s. The name referred to the interest of a number of artists, such as Robert Rauschenberg (born 1925) and Jasper Johns (born 1930), in the imagery and techniques of consumerism and popular culture. Pop Art, led by the cult figure of Andy Warhol, was probably the most extraordinary innovation of 20th century art. It put art into everyday terms and so helped close the gap between "high art" and "low art." The British artist Richard Hamilton defined Pop Art as: "popular, transient, expendable, low-cost, mass-produced, young, witty, sexy, glamorous, and Big Business." Richly documented and clearly structured, this book provides an overall view as well as a new and insightful perspective on Pop Art and the works of the artists who were at the forefront of this movement.
154 estrellas
Matar a Borges es una novela de parodia donde el personaje de El Aleph, Carlos Argentino Daneri, se traslada de la ficción para vengarse de su creador por robarle la esencia de ese punto mágico, donde convergen todas las cosas del universo.164 stars
In Carter Beats the Devil, Glen David Gold subjects the past to the same wondrous transformations as the rabbit in a skilled illusionist's hat. Gold's debut novel opens with real-life magician Charles Carter executing a particularly grisly trick, using President Warren G. Harding as a volunteer. Shortly afterwards, Harding dies mysteriously in his San Francisco hotel room, and Carter is forced to flee the country. Or does he? It's only the first of many misdirections in a magical performance by Gold. In the course of subsequent pages, Carter finds himself pursued by the most hapless of FBI agents; falls in love with a beautiful, outspoken blind woman; and confronts an old nemesis bent on destroying him. Throw in countless stunning (and historically accurate) illusions, some beautifully rendered period detail, and historical figures like young inventor Philo T. Farnsworth and self-made millionaire Francis "Borax" Smith, and you have old-fashioned entertainment executed with a decidedly modern sensibility.
2016 Top 12 Review Books
15 stars
Set in an alternate matriarchal 1900's Asia, in a richly imagined world of art deco-inflected steam punk, MONSTRESS tells the story of a teenage girl who is struggling to survive the trauma of war, and who shares a mysterious psychic link with a monster of tremendous power, a connection that will transform them both and make them the target of both human and otherworldly powers.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/29396738-monstress-volume-1
25 stars
This exciting publication familiarizes readers of all ages with the many fascinating facets of Vincent van Gogh (1853--1890)—artist, correspondent, traveler, and modern explorer of Europe’s cities and countryside. Authors Nienke Denekamp and René van Blerk trace the artist’s route across Europe “from Z to A,” beginning in his birthplace of Zundert in the southern Netherlands and ending where he died, in Auvers-sur-Oise near Paris. Each location is described with lively and accessible texts, comprehensive timelines, city and country maps, contemporary photographs, and related artworks by Van Gogh.
Review: http://aleph1984.blogspot.com.ar/2016/11/the-vincent-van-gogh-atlas-nienke.html
35 stars
After Elizabeth Bennet rejects his marriage proposal, Fitzwilliam Darcy finds himself in the most unusual of circumstances. At first believing the extraordinary turn of events has granted him an inexplicable boon, he is eager to put the humiliating proposal behind him.
He soon discovers that he is trapped in the same waking dream with no end in sight and no possible escape. All that he holds dear—his name, his home, his love—remains ever out of reach. How will he find his way back to his normal life? Will one mistake haunt the rest of his days? It will take all of his fortitude to weather the storms of his strange new fate, and all of his courage to grasp the promise of his future.
Review: http://aleph1984.blogspot.com.ar/2016/10/the-many-lives-of-fitzwilliam-darcy.html
44.5 stars
Brainwalker is a young adult sci-fi fantasy novel that turns the world of neuroscience on its head. If you like incredible fantasy worlds, fast-paced entertainment, and the human mind, then you’ll love Robyn Mundell and Stephan Lacast’s amazing journey inside the brain.
Review: http://aleph1984.blogspot.com.ar/2016/09/brainwalker-robyn-mundell-stephan-lacast.html5
4.5 stars
Light is a silent graphic novel that follows a pair of adventurers on an epic quest to collect five magic gems from deep inside the earth and bring them to the surface to return color to the world. On the way they carry fire-lit torches through secret places and endless passages, swim in crystal-clear waters, encounter strange beasts and creatures, and meet strange mysterious hermits!
Review: http://aleph1984.blogspot.com.ar/2016/10/light-by-rob-cham.html
6
4,5 stars
May, a young teenage girl, traverses the city streets, finding keepsakes in different places along her journey. When May and her kookum make these keepsakes into a necklace, it opens a world of danger and fantasy. While May fights against a terrible reality, she learns that there is strength in the spirit of those who have passed. But will that strength be able to save her? A story of tragedy and beauty, Will I See? illuminates the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women.
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1830642521?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1
7
4 stars
Hollywood star, wife of Roman Polanski, victim of Charles Manson, and symbol of the death of the 1960s.In addition to providing the first full-fledged biography of Sharon Tate, author Greg King finally gives a voice to the families of the slain, notably Tate’s mother, Doris. Her advocacy for victims’ rights was recognized during President George H. W. Bush’s 1992 “A Thousand Points of Light” ceremony. This is the true story of a star who is being rediscovered by a new generation of fans, a woman who achieved in death the fame she yearned for in life.
Review: http://aleph1984.blogspot.com.ar/2016/10/sharon-tate-and-manson-murders-greg-king.html84 stars
The struggles and injustices faced by workers during the Great Depression spring to graphic life in this powerful wordless novel, which traces a middle-class family's downward spiral. Recounted in 128 striking black-and-white linocuts by artist Giacomo Patri, the story takes place between 1929 and 1933, from just before the stock market crash to the devastating years immediately afterward. The protagonist, an earnest young man with a promising career in advertising, descends into unemployment, debt, and homelessness. Desperate to provide for his family, he discovers common ground with blue-collar workers and the benefits of union organizing.Because of its controversial depictions of class struggle, unionization, and abortion, White Collar was shunned by publishers, and the author was forced to print his own editions.
Review: http://aleph1984.blogspot.com.ar/2016/09/white-collar-giacomo-patri.html
94 stars
In an alternate Victorian world controlled by clock towers, a damaged clock can fracture time—and a destroyed one can stop it completely. It’s a truth that seventeen-year-old clock mechanic Danny Hart knows all too well; his father has been trapped in a Stopped town east of London for three years. Though Danny is a prodigy who can repair not only clockwork, but the very fabric of time, his fixation with staging a rescue is quickly becoming a concern to his superiors.And so they assign him to Enfield, a town where the tower seems to be forever plagued with problems. Danny’s new apprentice both annoys and intrigues him, and though the boy is eager to work, he maintains a secretive distance. Danny soon discovers why: he is the tower’s clock spirit, a mythical being that oversees Enfield’s time. Though the boys are drawn together by their loneliness, Danny knows falling in love with a clock spirit is forbidden, and means risking everything he’s fought to achieve.
Review: http://aleph1984.blogspot.com.ar/2016/11/timekeeper-tara-sim.html
104 stars
Ever noticed that women don't feature much in history books, and wondered why? Then this is the book for you. In The Trouble with Women, feminist artist Jacky Fleming illustrates how the opinions of supposed male geniuses, such as Charles Darwin (who believed that women have smaller brains than men) and John Ruskin (who believed that women's main function was to praise men), have shaped the fate of women through history, confining them to a life of domesticity and very little else.
Review: http://aleph1984.blogspot.com.ar/2016/09/the-trouble-with-women-el-problema-con.html
114 stars
Maire is a baker with an extraordinary gift: she can infuse her treats with emotions and abilities, which are then passed on to those who eat them. She doesn’t know why she can do this and remembers nothing of who she is or where she came from.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1696613534
124 stars
Evie Boyd is desperate to be noticed. It is the summer of 1969 and the smell of honeysuckle thickens the air and the sidewalks radiate heat. Until she sees them. The girls. And at the centre, Russell. Russell and the ranch, down a long dirt track and deep in the hills. Incense and clumsily strummed chords. Rumours of sex, frenzied gatherings, teen runaways.Was there a warning, a sign of things to come?
Review: http://aleph1984.blogspot.com.ar/2016/11/the-girls-las-chicas-emma-cline.html
Set in an alternate matriarchal 1900's Asia, in a richly imagined world of art deco-inflected steam punk, MONSTRESS tells the story of a teenage girl who is struggling to survive the trauma of war, and who shares a mysterious psychic link with a monster of tremendous power, a connection that will transform them both and make them the target of both human and otherworldly powers.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/29396738-monstress-volume-1
25 stars
This exciting publication familiarizes readers of all ages with the many fascinating facets of Vincent van Gogh (1853--1890)—artist, correspondent, traveler, and modern explorer of Europe’s cities and countryside. Authors Nienke Denekamp and René van Blerk trace the artist’s route across Europe “from Z to A,” beginning in his birthplace of Zundert in the southern Netherlands and ending where he died, in Auvers-sur-Oise near Paris. Each location is described with lively and accessible texts, comprehensive timelines, city and country maps, contemporary photographs, and related artworks by Van Gogh.
Review: http://aleph1984.blogspot.com.ar/2016/11/the-vincent-van-gogh-atlas-nienke.html
35 stars
After Elizabeth Bennet rejects his marriage proposal, Fitzwilliam Darcy finds himself in the most unusual of circumstances. At first believing the extraordinary turn of events has granted him an inexplicable boon, he is eager to put the humiliating proposal behind him.
He soon discovers that he is trapped in the same waking dream with no end in sight and no possible escape. All that he holds dear—his name, his home, his love—remains ever out of reach. How will he find his way back to his normal life? Will one mistake haunt the rest of his days? It will take all of his fortitude to weather the storms of his strange new fate, and all of his courage to grasp the promise of his future.
Review: http://aleph1984.blogspot.com.ar/2016/10/the-many-lives-of-fitzwilliam-darcy.html
44.5 stars
Brainwalker is a young adult sci-fi fantasy novel that turns the world of neuroscience on its head. If you like incredible fantasy worlds, fast-paced entertainment, and the human mind, then you’ll love Robyn Mundell and Stephan Lacast’s amazing journey inside the brain.
Review: http://aleph1984.blogspot.com.ar/2016/09/brainwalker-robyn-mundell-stephan-lacast.html5
4.5 stars
Light is a silent graphic novel that follows a pair of adventurers on an epic quest to collect five magic gems from deep inside the earth and bring them to the surface to return color to the world. On the way they carry fire-lit torches through secret places and endless passages, swim in crystal-clear waters, encounter strange beasts and creatures, and meet strange mysterious hermits!
Review: http://aleph1984.blogspot.com.ar/2016/10/light-by-rob-cham.html
6
4,5 stars
May, a young teenage girl, traverses the city streets, finding keepsakes in different places along her journey. When May and her kookum make these keepsakes into a necklace, it opens a world of danger and fantasy. While May fights against a terrible reality, she learns that there is strength in the spirit of those who have passed. But will that strength be able to save her? A story of tragedy and beauty, Will I See? illuminates the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women.
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1830642521?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1
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4 stars
Hollywood star, wife of Roman Polanski, victim of Charles Manson, and symbol of the death of the 1960s.In addition to providing the first full-fledged biography of Sharon Tate, author Greg King finally gives a voice to the families of the slain, notably Tate’s mother, Doris. Her advocacy for victims’ rights was recognized during President George H. W. Bush’s 1992 “A Thousand Points of Light” ceremony. This is the true story of a star who is being rediscovered by a new generation of fans, a woman who achieved in death the fame she yearned for in life.
Review: http://aleph1984.blogspot.com.ar/2016/10/sharon-tate-and-manson-murders-greg-king.html84 stars
The struggles and injustices faced by workers during the Great Depression spring to graphic life in this powerful wordless novel, which traces a middle-class family's downward spiral. Recounted in 128 striking black-and-white linocuts by artist Giacomo Patri, the story takes place between 1929 and 1933, from just before the stock market crash to the devastating years immediately afterward. The protagonist, an earnest young man with a promising career in advertising, descends into unemployment, debt, and homelessness. Desperate to provide for his family, he discovers common ground with blue-collar workers and the benefits of union organizing.Because of its controversial depictions of class struggle, unionization, and abortion, White Collar was shunned by publishers, and the author was forced to print his own editions.
Review: http://aleph1984.blogspot.com.ar/2016/09/white-collar-giacomo-patri.html
94 stars
In an alternate Victorian world controlled by clock towers, a damaged clock can fracture time—and a destroyed one can stop it completely. It’s a truth that seventeen-year-old clock mechanic Danny Hart knows all too well; his father has been trapped in a Stopped town east of London for three years. Though Danny is a prodigy who can repair not only clockwork, but the very fabric of time, his fixation with staging a rescue is quickly becoming a concern to his superiors.And so they assign him to Enfield, a town where the tower seems to be forever plagued with problems. Danny’s new apprentice both annoys and intrigues him, and though the boy is eager to work, he maintains a secretive distance. Danny soon discovers why: he is the tower’s clock spirit, a mythical being that oversees Enfield’s time. Though the boys are drawn together by their loneliness, Danny knows falling in love with a clock spirit is forbidden, and means risking everything he’s fought to achieve.
Review: http://aleph1984.blogspot.com.ar/2016/11/timekeeper-tara-sim.html
104 stars
Ever noticed that women don't feature much in history books, and wondered why? Then this is the book for you. In The Trouble with Women, feminist artist Jacky Fleming illustrates how the opinions of supposed male geniuses, such as Charles Darwin (who believed that women have smaller brains than men) and John Ruskin (who believed that women's main function was to praise men), have shaped the fate of women through history, confining them to a life of domesticity and very little else.
Review: http://aleph1984.blogspot.com.ar/2016/09/the-trouble-with-women-el-problema-con.html
114 stars
Maire is a baker with an extraordinary gift: she can infuse her treats with emotions and abilities, which are then passed on to those who eat them. She doesn’t know why she can do this and remembers nothing of who she is or where she came from.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1696613534
124 stars
Evie Boyd is desperate to be noticed. It is the summer of 1969 and the smell of honeysuckle thickens the air and the sidewalks radiate heat. Until she sees them. The girls. And at the centre, Russell. Russell and the ranch, down a long dirt track and deep in the hills. Incense and clumsily strummed chords. Rumours of sex, frenzied gatherings, teen runaways.Was there a warning, a sign of things to come?
Review: http://aleph1984.blogspot.com.ar/2016/11/the-girls-las-chicas-emma-cline.html
Will I See? - David Alexander Robertson
ENGLISH REVIEW
(scroll down to see the review in Spanish // Reseña en español debajo)
Coupled with magical realism elements, this beautifully illustrated graphic novel portrays in a heart-wrenching yet encouraging tone the empowerment of women that arises from overcoming gender and race violence and making their voice heard.
I don't want to reveal anything else because I want you to experience the same emotional ride I went through while reading this important story.
Dear women: we can do anything and united we are stronger.
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 starsOriginal language: EnglishLanguage read: English Publisher: Portage & Main Press
Illustrations: GMB Chomichuk
Edition: ebook (provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review)Expected Publication; 12/31/2016
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31258104-will-i-see
RESEÑA EN ESPAÑOL (Scroll up to see the review in English // Reseña en inglés arriba)
A través de un tono desgarrador y alentador al mismo tiempo, esta novela gráfica con ilustraciones hermosas y elementos de realismo mágico retrata el fortalecimiento que surge tras haber superado episodios de violencia de género y de raza y haber logrado hacer escuchar su voz.No quiero develar nada más porque quiero que experimenten el mismo remolino emocional por el que pasé yo mientras leía esta historia tan importante.Mujeres: podemos lograr lo que sea y unidas somos más fuertes.
Estrellas: 4,5 de 5 Idioma original: inglés Idioma de lectura: inglés
Editorial: Portage & Main Press
Ilustraciones: GMB ChomichukEdición: ebook (proporcionado por Netgalley a cambio de una reseña honesta)
Fecha de publicación: 31/12/2016
Por el momento solo disponible en inglés.
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31258104-will-i-see
December 12, 2016
Monet: The Early Years
I'd like to start this review why saying that I believe this is the most comprehensive book on Monet's life and work.
Although I'm nothing close to a Monet expert, I have read a fair share about him and his art. However, this book includes many facts that throw light on some aspects, and even information I did not know.
This is ideal for any person interested in Monet —from first-timers to scholars— because of the complete and diverse information regarding his life and times.
On a different yet similar note, should you happen to have the opportunity to experience the exhibition in person, I would highly recommend you do so. If not because you like Monet, at least for the historical relevance of the event itself.
Rating: 4 out of 5 starsOriginal language: EnglishLanguage read: English Publisher: Yale University Press
Edition: ebook (provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review)Expected Publication; 12/12/2016
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29771607-monet#
December 10, 2016
Wildwitch: Oblivion (Book 2) - Lene Kaaberbøl
ENGLISH REVIEW
(scroll down to see the review in Spanish // Reseña en español debajo)
When I requested this book for review I didn't realize it was part of a series. Therefore, I made sure I found a copy of the first one (Wildfire). This series is being compared to Harry Potter, which is an not quite right. While there is magic involved, the protagonist has nothing in common with Harry: she has a loving family in spite of her parents being divorced, her magical teaching comes from an aunt and her acquaintances from this magical world. The only two elements similar to Rowling's series are magical -or should I say mythological- beings and her apparently being 'the chosen one' - but in a different fashion.
I liked this second installment better than the first one because here we see Clara grow -both as a young woman and as a witch- and we get more worldbuilding, which was what I would have liked to have seen more in the previous one.
Having that said, I believe this is a great series for younger children to read before diving into the Harry Potter world, mainly because the language, writing style and concept are more approachable for that age range. On a different note, I also think there should be more children books originally written in languages other than English, Spanish or French in the market, because there are some gems that hadn't been made available to readers of said languages, and variety is always welcome.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 starsOriginal language: EnglishLanguage read: English Publisher: Pushkin Children's Books (Steerforth Press)
Edition: ebook (provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review)
Translated by: Charlotte Barslund
Illustrations: Rohan EasonExpected Publication; 12/06/2016
Goodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29496171-wildwitch
RESEÑA EN ESPAÑOL (Scroll up to see the review in English // Reseña en español arriba)
Cuando solicité este libro para hacer una reseña no me di cuenta de que era parte de una serie. Por ende, me aseguré de conseguir el primer libro (Wildfire) para leerlo primero. Se compara erróneamente a esta serie con Harry Potter porque, si bien hay magia, la protagonista no tiene nada en común con Harry: sus padres están separados pero tiene una familia que la ama, su fuente de aprendizaje mágico viene de su tía y de sus conocidos del mundo mágico. Los únicos dos elementos similares a los de la serie de Rowling son los seres mágicos (o mejor dicho mitológicos), y que ella parecería ser una especie de "elegida", pero por un motivo muy diferente.Me gustó más esta segunda entrega de la serie que la primera porque vemos a Clara crecer como joven adulta y como bruja, y también hay mucho más desarrollo del mundo en sí; cosa que me hubiera gustado ver más en el anterior.Espero que alguna editorial traiga la traducción al español para estos lares porque creo que esta es una muy buena serie para que los chicos más jóvenes lean antes de sumergirse en el mundo de Harry Potter. El lenguaje, el estilo y el contenido es más accesible para esa rango etario. Además me parece que debería haber un mercado más grande de libro para niños originalmente escritos en idiomas que no sean inglés, español o francés, porque la variedad de estilos siempre viene bien y estoy segura de que hay algunos tesoros escondidos a los que ese público no ha tenido alcance.
Estrellas: 3,5 de 5 Idioma original: inglés Idioma de lectura: inglés
Editorial: Pushkin Children's Books (Steerforth Press)Edición: ebook (proporcionado por Netgalley a cambio de una reseña honesta)
Traducción: Charlotte Barslund
Ilustraciones: Rohan Eason
Fecha de publicación: 06/12/2016
Por el momento solo disponible en inglés.
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29496171-wildwitch
The Language of Dying - Sarah Pinborough
ENGLISH REVIEW
(Scroll down to see the review in Spanish // Reseña en español debajo)
This beautifully written story has a magical realism element, but that doesn't affect the realist sadness the reader experiences throughout the whole book, mainly thanks to the heart-wrenching truthfulness in Sarah Pinborough's impeccable narrative style.Prepare yourselves for an emotional ride that will take you places in your memory you hadn't revisited in a while and even experience feelings, decisions and reactions you have never had to go through, but living them first hand while reading this captivating story.Without leaving the house where the story starts with a woman next to her father in his deathbed, the narrative moves constantly backwards and forward filling in the gaps presented in the first chapters. This is the best true-to-life family drama I have read this year, in spite of it having a significantly strange magical element.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 starsOriginal language: EnglishLanguage read: English Publisher: Quercus Books (Jo Fletcher Books)
Edition: ebook (provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review)Expected Publication; 12/01/2016
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6691674-the-language-of-dying
RESEÑA EN ESPAÑOL (Scroll up to see the review in English // Reseña en español arriba)
En esta historia escrita de manera hermosa hay un elemento de realismo mágico, pero eso no afecta la tristeza realista que el lector experimenta a lo largo del libro, principalmente gracias a la veracidad desgarradora del estilo narrativo impecable de Sarah Pinborough.
Prepárense para una montaña rusa emocional que los llevará a lugares de sus recuerdos que hacía mucho no visitaban, e incluso a experimentar sentimientos, decisiones, y reacciones por las que nunca les tocó pasar, pero sintiéndolas en primera persona mientras van leyendo esta historia cautivante.
La historia comienza con una mujer sentada junto a su padre en su lecho de muerte. Sin moverse de ese lugar, la historia va constantemente hacia atrás y hacia adelante para llenar los vacíos que se presentan en la primera parte del libro.
Este es el mejor drama familiar que sentí verdadero este año, a pesar de que contiene un elemento mágico extraño.
Estrellas: 3,5 de 5 Idioma original: inglés Idioma de lectura: inglés
Editorial: Quercus Books (Jo Fletcher Books)Edición: ebook (proporcionado por Netgalley a cambio de una reseña honesta)
Fecha de publicación: 01/12/2016
Por el momento solo disponible en inglés.
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6691674-the-language-of-dying
November 21, 2016
The Girls (Las chicas) - Emma Cline
RESEÑAREVIEWEste libro cuenta la interna de la Familia Manson con otros nombres y algunos cambios en los detalles de la historia. La lectura es rápida, fluida y atrapante, y eso genera la necesidad de seguir leyendo hasta el final.
Para los que no saben nada acerca de Charles Manson, fue el líder de un culto que atraía principalmente a mujeres y le "lavó el cebero" a sus seguidores para convencerlos de cometer una de las matanzas más sangrientas y brutales de la historia.
Las mentes de los asesinos es un tema que interesó siempre en el sentido de querer intentar comprender por qué y cómo pasaron a convertirse en los monstruos que luego pasaron a ser, y Manson es uno de los personajes de los que más me gusta leer.
En cuanto a la novela, la narrativa alterna entre Evie en el presente recordando lo que pasó, e Evie como adolescente en 1969 desde el pasado inmediato anterior a que ella se involucrara con el culto.
La protagonista es una chica de catorce años cuyos padres están divorciados y no le prestan mucha atención, en especial su madre, con quien vive pero está más preocupada por conseguir una nueva pareja. Su padre vive lejos por lo que no tiene mucho contacto con él.
Evie también termina aburriéndose de su única amiga tras haberse obsesionado con un grupo de chicas (del culto), particularmente centrada en una de aspecto "oscuro". No deja de pensar en ella y, un día, la vuelve a ver y la terminan invitando a ir con ellas a su "casa". Ahí conoce a Russell (Manson) y empieza a querer escaparse de su casa, motivo pro el cual termina enredada en las redes del culto a pesar de haber presenciado y vivido situaciones muy extrañas.
Cline retrató muy bien la persona del líder, sobre todo las téncnicas de persuasión mediante las hcuales logra manipular de forma encubierta a los miembros de su grupo para lograr que hagan lo que él quiere. Me imagino a Manson manejándose de la misma forma. Asimismo, la atmósfera de la vida de la del culto me pareció muy real también, A veces hasta sentía que estaba junto a ellos mientras leía,
Lamentablemente, sentí que a la historia le faltaba algo, pero no llego a discernir qué. La sentí incompleta en parte. Probablemente se deba a que el final no me convenció, seguramente porque no le vi sentido al uso de esa doble narrativa de tiempo para el final que eligió.
Además, si bien disfruté mucho del ritmo, el estilo de escritura, la atmósfera y los personajes (salvo Evie), el hecho deque se trate de algo que la vida misma "escribió" y no fue realmente una idea de Cline. Tendiendo todo eso en cuenta me gustaría leer algo de su propia creación.
Creo que aquellos que no hayan leído o visto tanto contenido sobre el tema como yo van a disfrutar mucho más este libro. Si te interesan los cultos y los asesinos, o incluso si esta clase de historias verdaderas te resultan demasiado fuertes, este libro es un buen primer paso hacia el tema. Solamente tenés que olvidarte de que está basado en un caso real. Y tampoco esperes que sea Retrato de una familia o algo parecido porque no hay que olvidarse de que es una novela. También tienen que tener en cuenta que hay algunas escenas gráficas y desagradables, particularmente sexuales, si bien aportan a la creación de la atmósfera y de los personajes.
Voy a incluir algunas lecturas relacionadas debajo.
Estrellas: 3 de 5 Idioma original: inglés Idioma de lectura: inglés
Editorial: Random House UK (Vintage Publishing)Edición: ebook (proporcionado por Netgalley a cambio de una reseña honesta)This is a retelling of the Manson Family murders with different names, and some changes in the details of the story. It is a quick and engrossing read that you don't want to put down.
For those of you who don't know anything about Charles Manson, he was the cult leader who lured mostly women and brainwashed their minds to convince them go on one of the bloodiest and most disturbing and brutal killing sprees in history.
The mind of a killer has always fascinated me in the sense that I want to try and understand what went wrong with them to turn into the person they became, and Manson is my favorite subject to read about.
Now as for the novel, it alternates between Evie in the present day, remembering and recounting the events she went through as a teenager and her in 1969 from the immediate past before she got involved with the cult.
The protagonist is a fourteen-year-old girl whose parents are divorced and don't pay much attention to her, particularly her mother who is more concerned with getting a new partner. Her father lives far from them, so she sees him very little.
Evie also gets bored of her only friend after seeing a weird group of young women girls -particularly a gloomy one. She can't get her out of her own head. Then, one day she sees her again and is invited to come with them to their "house". There she meets Russell (a.k.a. Manson) and she longs escaping home and thus ends up wrapped up in the cult in spite of having gone through strange experiences there.
Cline did a great job at portraying
the leader, mainly because of the persuasive techniques through which he covertly manipulates people in order to get what he wants from them. I could see Manson acting the same way Russell did. On a similar note, the atmosphere of the life within the Manson cult seemed realistic as well, At times I could even feel like I was there with them,
Sadly, I found the story a bit lacking, although I can't put my finger on what was it that was missing. It felt incomplete in a way. That is probably because the ending didn't work for me, mainly because the dual-time narrative didn't serve any purpose in the end.
Also, although I thoroughly enjoyed the pace, atmosphere and characters -except for Evie- and the writing was great, the story is based on true events and people. Therefore, the story had already been "written" by life itself and it wasn't Cline's own creation. Taking that into account, I am looking forward to reading another book by her on an original idea of hers.
I think that people who haven't read and watched as much content on the subject as I have will enjoy it even more. If you find cults and murderers interesting or even if you find real accounts on murders too much to handle, this book is a great first step into the subject. Just try to forget it was based on a true story. Also, don't expect it to be anything like Helter Skelter or any other biographical account, because this is a novel after all. Also, be aware that there are some graphic and grotesque scenes -particularly on the sexual aspect, but they do contribute to the atmosphere and portrayal of the characters.
I will be including some further on Mason and his family or similar people below.
Rating: 3 out of 5 starsOriginal language: EnglishLanguage read: English Publisher: Random House UK (Vintage Publishing)
Edition: ebook (provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review)
Original book in English: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28943267-the-girls
Edición en español: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30088893-las-chicas
Further reading:
- Helter Skelter>>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/105992.Helter_Skelter?ac=1&from_search=true
*Sharon Tate>>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32706796-sharon-tate-and-the-manson-murders
Review: http://aleph1984.blogspot.com.ar/2016/10/sharon-tate-and-manson-murders-greg-king.html
*The Red Ripper>>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32019427-the-red-ripper
Review: http://aleph1984.blogspot.com.ar/2016/09/the-red-ripper-peter-conradi.html
Vile>>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27507455-vile
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1740081935?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1
Libros relacionados:
- Manson>>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31114547-manson-retrato-de-una-familia
- Historias de asesinos>>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31375449-historias-de-asesinos?ac=1&from_search=true
*Los que están marcados con un asterisco en los enlaces en inglés solamente están disponibles en ese idioma por el momento.
