tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21638205497825683342009-10-10T04:07:50.867-03:00HAVE YOU READ ...readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04550564030305166423noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163820549782568334.post-42550560486397177812008-03-08T12:37:00.003-02:002008-03-08T12:57:12.138-02:00Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett<div style="text-align: center;"># 1 Here Be Dragons Challenge<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061020648/ref=s9_asin_image_1_subs_c2_78_8_5_5_4-qvfp_g1-2785_g1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1RHNZS76F1TGQ4FV5AZP&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=278240301&pf_rd_i=507846"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 254px;" src="http://www.cs.princeton.edu/%7Eaahobor/Lucy-Day/Images/Covers-50/Guards-Guards.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I know it's all about the dragons. But how can you stop thinking about the guards.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 11.25pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:11;" lang="EN-US" ><o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote>"You, er, want us to attack him?" said the guard miserably. Thick though the palace guard were, they were as aware as everyone else of the conventions, and when guards are summoned to deal with one man in overheated circumstances it's not a good time for them. The bugger's bound to be heroic, he was thinking. This guard was not looking forward to a future in which he was dead.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Fantastic book, story, characters, lines, references. Utterly clever and witty. I want more. I'll get more.<br /></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 11.25pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:11;" lang="EN-US" ></span></p></blockquote></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 11.25pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:11;" lang="EN-US" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2163820549782568334-4255056048639717781?l=readerreading.blogspot.com'/></div>readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04550564030305166423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163820549782568334.post-54122900704313002602008-02-27T08:17:00.008-02:002008-02-28T21:35:42.276-02:00Liniers<div style="text-align: center;">Let me introduce you to <a href="http://www.porliniers.com/">Liniers</a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mHkcsepgZKs/R8c_Ex5po0I/AAAAAAAAABM/aWTCOqJStFE/s1600-h/647466.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mHkcsepgZKs/R8c_Ex5po0I/AAAAAAAAABM/aWTCOqJStFE/s400/647466.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172172048405472066" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">He is an Argentinean cartoonist with a knack for capturing the little moments that make up life. Very powerful, in a heartwarming, enlightening fashion.<br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Macanudo-3-Liniers/dp/9505157754/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204241353&sr=8-4">Pure genius</a>.<br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">These are my favourite characters: Enriqueta, a little girl who loves reading and has a wonderful imagination, her cat, Fellini and her teddy bear called Madariaga. Those names make me love them even more.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mHkcsepgZKs/R8U6LR5poyI/AAAAAAAAAA8/qqs9_5GHlMg/s1600-h/398801.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mHkcsepgZKs/R8U6LR5poyI/AAAAAAAAAA8/qqs9_5GHlMg/s400/398801.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171603712563061538" border="0" /></a> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The books on this side are outside my head</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">... and these ones are already inside.</span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2163820549782568334-5412290070431300260?l=readerreading.blogspot.com'/></div>readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04550564030305166423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163820549782568334.post-87541632137225499652008-02-24T16:23:00.003-02:002008-02-24T17:50:25.783-02:00Atonement by Ian McEwan<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PJ7BM9K0L._AA240_.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PJ7BM9K0L._AA240_.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-style: italic;">On a summer day in 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses the flirtation between her older sister, Cecilia, and Robbie Turner, the son of a servant. But Briony's incomplete grasp of the adult motives and her precocious imagination bring about a crime that will change all their lives, a crime whose repercussions Atonement follows through the chaos and carnage of World War II and into the close of the twentieth century.</span><br /><br /><br /><br />Someone said that you only read a book when you reread it. Calvino said that <span style="font-style: italic;">The classics are the books of which we usually hear people say, "I am rereading . . . " and never "I am reading . . . "</span><br />I say that this book can't be read just once.<br />You may be drawn by the love story and that's just fine. Maybe, it's the war description that calls your attention. Even the drama that unfolds one summer night after a little girl tries to comprehend the world beyond her little self. Each part of this book is equally compelling. The whole of it is mesmerizing. I get the feeling that it wants <span style="font-style: italic;">me</span> to come back, to revisit it and discover what lies behind the descriptions, the character's thoughts, actions.<br /><br />I will.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2163820549782568334-8754163213722549965?l=readerreading.blogspot.com'/></div>readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04550564030305166423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163820549782568334.post-81070917876847377222008-02-20T16:30:00.007-02:002008-02-24T17:49:04.062-02:00Reading ChallengesA Reading Challenge is such a wonderful idea! You get the chance of reading (which is the greatest reward you could possibly ask for) and of sharing your thoughts with so many people around the world. How could I miss this opportunity?<br /><br />So here it goes!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://thoughtsofjoyblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/sticky-post-2-of-2.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 105px; height: 115px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cki-2Q9Pov8/Rs97jWJOkDI/AAAAAAAAAeY/btIiqvV4mb8/s200/1stinaSeriesLarge.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" href="http://thoughtsofjoyblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/sticky-post-2-of-2.html">The First in a Series Challeng</a><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" href="http://thoughtsofjoyblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/sticky-post-2-of-2.html">e</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">: Hosted by <a href="http://thoughtsofjoyblog.blogspot.com/">Joy</a><br /><br />Read 12 books that are the first in any series (new authors not required)<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Janu</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">ary thru December, 2008</span><br /><br /><br />Here's my list:<br /><ol><li>Los días del venado by Liliana Bodoc</li><li>Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery</li><li>A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin</li><li>The Bad Beginning - A Series of Misfortunate Events</li><li>Outlander - Outlander series</li><li>The #1 Ladies Detective Agency</li><li>Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer</li><li>His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik </li><li>The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman</li><li>The dark is rising by Susan Cooper</li><li>Septimus Heap : Magyk by Angie Sage</li><li>The Wizard of Oz</li></ol><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mHkcsepgZKs/R7x0mB5povI/AAAAAAAAAAk/TyRYs81uu7Y/s1600-h/herebedragons.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mHkcsepgZKs/R7x0mB5povI/AAAAAAAAAAk/TyRYs81uu7Y/s200/herebedragons.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169134669008577266" border="0" /></a><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" href="http://www.straytalk.net/2007/12/25/here-be-dragons/">Here be Dragons Challenge</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">: hosted by <a href="http://www.straytalk.net/">Love</a></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /><br />Read 3-5 books featuri</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">ng dragons.</span> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong></strong>1st of January to 30th of June, 2008</p><br /><br />Here's my list:<br /><br />Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett<br />His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik<br />Eragon by Christopher Paolini<br />Dragonhaven byRobin Mckinley<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://foxywriter.com/2007/12/27/mythopoeic-award-challenge/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 101px; height: 145px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mHkcsepgZKs/R7x2IR5powI/AAAAAAAAAAs/sRL9EXGh1gE/s200/macbanner140x200_01.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169136356930724610" border="0" /></a><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" href="http://foxywriter.com/2007/12/27/mythopoeic-award-challenge/">The Mythopoeic Award Winners Challenge</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">:<br /><br />hosted by <a href="http://foxywriter.com/">Lenneth</a><br /></span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Choose 7 books from the </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" href="http://mythsoc.org/awardwinners.html" target="_blank">list of Mythopoeic Award Winners</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">between January 1st, 2008 and December 31st, 2008.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Here's my list:</span> </span><ol style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li>Little, Big by John Crowley</li><li>Briar Rose by Jane Yolen</li><li>Stardust by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess</li><li>Ombria in Shadow by Patricia A. McKillip</li><li>Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke</li><li>Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman</li><li>Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones</li></ol><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2163820549782568334-8107091787684737722?l=readerreading.blogspot.com'/></div>readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04550564030305166423noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163820549782568334.post-64639798147256667012008-02-19T20:50:00.008-02:002008-02-19T21:28:32.911-02:00Hello World!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.olafhajek.de/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mHkcsepgZKs/R7tgHh5pouI/AAAAAAAAAAc/5Po2nu96iCU/s200/olafhajek.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168830679813300962" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />Bold attempt at reading the world.<br /><br />As simple and ambitious as that.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Hope to be able to share not only my readings and ramblings but also to introduce you to my country's literary world.<br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;">Let's read together!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2163820549782568334-6463979814725666701?l=readerreading.blogspot.com'/></div>readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04550564030305166423noreply@blogger.com0