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« Reply #15 on: February 22, 2016, 03:48:25 PM »
Finished reading:

Zeroes by Chuck Wendig.  I didn't think it was any good.  Had potential but there was just too much going on that didn't make sense.

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah.  Great story.  Cried until my eyes turned red and puffy.

Zombie Dog by Clare Hutton.  It was a fun read with my 8 year old.




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Re: Moonangel's Book Review 2016
« Reply #16 on: March 01, 2016, 08:11:14 PM »
Sounds like "The Nightingale" was a good book.  Would you mind expanding on it?



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« Reply #17 on: March 02, 2016, 01:31:41 PM »
Finished, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?," by Philip K. D..i..c..k.

This was a pretty good read.  It was written in 1966 about the year January 3, 2021.  The world had gone through a world war three which destroyed the earth's surface leaving the atmosphere full of radioactive chemicals.  The story wraps around a bounty hunter who's job is to locate human androids and destroy them.  For each android he destroys, he earns a large sum of money, in which he could then buy himself a real animal, a real sheep is what he aims for.  Just about all animals have been extinct except for the rare occasion that one can be purchased for a heavy price but the selection is very limited to such things as horses and goats and sheep and cats and dogs.  The bounty hunter eventually gets his real animal but in the process he questions his morals.

There is a movie made in the early 80's based on this book called, "Blade Runner."  I'm going to watch the movie soon.  It stars a young Harrison Ford and the talented Sean Young.



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« Reply #18 on: March 02, 2016, 02:02:13 PM »
Sounds like "The Nightingale" was a good book.  Would you mind expanding on it?

It's about two sisters during the Nazi invasion of France.  The French leader surrendered and thus allowed the Nazi to infiltrate its country.  One sister believed that it was the right thing that France surrendered.  WWI had done damage to it's people and economy and she believed they could rebuild now that they've surrendered.  The other sister was extremely feisty and refused to surrender.  She fought against the Nazi all the way and she did it secretly for awhile.  Eventually she was captured and put in a concentration camp.  She was so close to going into the showers but the Americans came and took out the Nazis who then surrendered, freeing France. 

The whole book is so amazingly written.  There is a part in the book when the Nazi captain who was billeting at the sister's home asked her to list all the people she knew who were Jewish.  The sister's were Catholic but they had friends who were Jewish.  Anyway, the captain said it was just for listing purposes and none other.  So the sister hesitantly writes down the names of people she knew and one of them was her best friend.  Her best friend eventually gets taken to a concentration camp.  This part really got to me because the sister who wrote the names had no idea what was going on.  At the time, no one knew exactly what the Nazis were doing.  After the sister saw her friend being taken away she realized her mistake.  Imagine doing something not knowing the consequences until later.  It was tense.  There were lots of twists and turns and heartbreaks.



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« Reply #19 on: March 02, 2016, 07:15:55 PM »
MA, I looked it up and saw that it was a historical fiction.  Sounds pretty interesting.  Thanks for the summarization.   O0



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« Reply #20 on: March 02, 2016, 08:31:04 PM »
tRouBle, yes, that is the genre.

You bet!  I'd love to share more details but I'd be giving the full story away.  If you do get a chance to read it, let me know and we can go into details over coffee (or tea) on PH.  ;D



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« Reply #21 on: March 03, 2016, 12:10:56 PM »
Yes, I'll definitely let you know.   O0



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« Reply #22 on: March 10, 2016, 10:23:20 AM »
Tried to read a book titled, The Gargoyle.  Picked it 'cause I love anything with gargoyles but this story just didn't work for me.  "Gargoyle" is used figuratively. I may or may not continue but I'm currently pretty irritated by the first person's POV trying to rub his "beliefs" on the reader.  Maybe if I had to read it for an English or a writing course I'd do it but for leisure, I just can't.  Nothing is wrong with the book.  It's got great prose and a pretty clean and clear storyline.  It's just not for me at the moment.

If anyone reads it, let me know what you think.



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« Reply #23 on: March 16, 2016, 03:47:32 PM »
Finished, Charlotte's Web, by E. B. White.

Read with my 9 year old.  Always such a good book.  I also read it to/with my 14-year-old when she was younger.



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« Reply #24 on: March 23, 2016, 04:12:47 PM »
Finished, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History, by Chris Kyle.

Such courageous men.

Short review update: This books is a memoir on Chris Kylie on how he became a SEAL and then a SEAL sniper and the four tours he fought in during the middle eastern war in the mid 2000's.  He goes into some pretty good details about the weapons he used and what he did as a sniper.  He also talks about the friends he made and the soldiers, his "brothers", whom he saved or tried to.  There's some humor.  Most of the humor wasn't my kind but I understand their necessities.  Chris came across to me somewhat c0cky but he is also quite humble.  He was definitely made to be a sniper and to fight in war just by his characteristic .  He's very proud of his country and would do whatever it took to take down the enemy for it.  I was very heartbroken over the other SEALs, marines, and army men who died.  The language/prose was very simple like someone speaking to you about their life.  Not for the faint of heart.


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« Reply #25 on: March 24, 2016, 12:37:46 PM »
Actually finished these two books before I started on American Sniper.

In Order to Live, by Yeonmi Park - a memoir on Yeonmi's escape from North Korea through China, Mongolia, to South Korea, and eventually the U.S.


Shatter Me, by Tahereh Mafi - a YA post-apocalyptic sci-fi about a girl with who has the superpower of absorbing strength from others...just like the X-men girl, Rogue.  She also has super strength.  She can break down metal doors and such.  She likes one of the soldier boys who she remembers growing up with.  There is another guy, the antagonist, who either really likes her or pretends to like her so he could have access to her powers.  In the end she ends up with others who have their own super powers too.  Not sure if I'll read the 2nd book.  I'm not a big fan of love triangles and wasn't interested in the coddling or almost porn-like touching and kissing.  It wasn't realistic especially when the goal was to escape.




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« Reply #26 on: April 27, 2016, 01:19:35 PM »
Finished, The Selection, by Kiera Cass.  It's a young adult post-apocolyptic sci-fi about a girl who gets selected in a "Bachelor's" process to live in the castle with the prince and the prince marrying the girl who wins his heart.  It is a cross between Hunger Games, Cinderella, and as mentioned, The Bachelor reality show.



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« Reply #27 on: May 24, 2016, 04:54:54 PM »
Finished, Dune, by Frank Herbert.  Saw the movie when I was a kid and enjoyed it.  The book is a bit different.  I thought it was okay.  The writing and voice was great but the storyline just wasn't that great.



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« Reply #28 on: May 24, 2016, 05:09:48 PM »
Finished, Charlotte's Web, by E. B. White.

Read with my 9 year old.  Always such a good book.  I also read it to/with my 14-year-old when she was younger.

I loved this as a child and I still think it's a great book, very touching.

Finished, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History, by Chris Kyle.

Such courageous men.

Short review update: This books is a memoir on Chris Kylie on how he became a SEAL and then a SEAL sniper and the four tours he fought in during the middle eastern war in the mid 2000's.  He goes into some pretty good details about the weapons he used and what he did as a sniper.  He also talks about the friends he made and the soldiers, his "brothers", whom he saved or tried to.  There's some humor.  Most of the humor wasn't my kind but I understand their necessities.  Chris came across to me somewhat c0cky but he is also quite humble.  He was definitely made to be a sniper and to fight in war just by his characteristic .  He's very proud of his country and would do whatever it took to take down the enemy for it.  I was very heartbroken over the other SEALs, marines, and army men who died.  The language/prose was very simple like someone speaking to you about their life.  Not for the faint of heart.

Did you see the movie and if you did, how does it compare?



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« Reply #29 on: May 24, 2016, 06:14:51 PM »
I loved this as a child and I still think it's a great book, very touching.

Did you see the movie and if you did, how does it compare?

It's a great book (Charlotte's Web).  Luckily, I have a copy of it 'cause I heard the book was banned.  Not sure if it's true but my 8th grader said this.  She was reading controversial books for her English class and was told this one wasn't included because it was banned.  Not sure why.

You know, I thought I watched it (American Sniper) but all I could remember of the "movie" are clips and I think the clips I see in my head are from the movie trailer.  I may have forgotten to rent it (or rented it but never watched it and returned it thinking I did) because I thought I saw it....LOL!  I guess, it's no, I haven't seen it...I think.  I'll see if I can rent it and watch it.  Seriously, this is the strangest experience.  Last week I tried to explain the movie to my sister and realized I couldn't and couldn't figure out why and then realized maybe I just didn't see it yet.  So, I'm leaning toward not having seen it.  I know, this is really crazy sounding, but I'll rent it and watch it and if I have or haven't seen it.  Will update.



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