Book Review: The Purity Myth

... With a doctrine that is essentially trying to shove women back to the idealized 1950's (guess what, people were having sex outside of marriage then, too). In short: though I am not the best at reviewing books, I strongly urge all the feminist women on my friendslist to pick it up. Or request it at their local library. I'm posting this as public because I want it to reach as wide an audience as ...

books to date, june 12- 25

...,faefever. I Cant wait until the next one comes out. I cleared these three books in about a day and a half.   The Hallows books 3-7   Two of the night huntress series, and then I quit, they were awful,...omega (Thanks for the recco ame_chan!)  August is gunna be a great month, two books in two diffrent series are coming out! For 11 books. I think I ...

Books! One of the other loves of my life.

... job with these, each one encompassing seven issues, each seven issues in a mini-series previously released. What I'd not realized is that they're telling more than just the story that King had already told in the books. I'm impressed with the way they're expanding the lore (at least a little). On top of all that, I've just finished Greg Bear's "City at the End of Time" . Which means I've ...

Books read in April and May

Of books

The problem with intending to do some work at home is that by the time I get home I have absolutely no enthusiasm for looking at work-related things. So instead I have made a cocktail, had some cheese and crackers, and read Stone's Fall. It seems decent enough thus far but I've been struck by the descriptions of the newspaper from which our narrator is resigning. Because Anthony Trollope ...

Recent read comment--why does a story not work?

... doesn't really care whether she finds the old hippie, why should I? In terms of her relationship or lack thereof with her parents, it's possible I'm suffering for having not read the first two books in the series, but I do not get why her parents are apparently so angry at her for existing. Their interactions stray well into the realm of "look at this poor character, unjustly oppressed for no ...

Издательские бизнес-модели в цифровую эпоху

Запись опубликована Pro-Books.Ru . Пожалуйста, оставляйте комментарии там. После выхода Kindle 2 голоса, предвещающие смерть бумажной книге, зазвучали еще громче, а некоторые футурологи наперебой начали возвещать о фантастических перспективах, открывающихся перед обществом в недалеком будущем с переходом книг в «цифру». Другие же пророчат стагнацию вследствие массового пиратства. Но ...

Shirley Meier, SM Sterling, and Karen Wehrstein

Title: Shadow's Son Authors: Shirley Meier, SM Sterling, and Karen Wehrstein Series: Fifth Millenium #4 Genre: Fantasy, alternate history, sword and sorceress Topical Arc: Read the books on my bookshelf! Pages: 442 Copyright Date: 1991 Cover: Two armored figures charge towards each other, holding lances. One is on a grey horse, the other looks to be on a large weasel-headed steed. ...

Daddy's day

..., last night, got to meet purple_revolt in person! Left to right: Kat, Tet, moi That was fun, talking about books and work and Baguio living (oh, and newsworthy episodes). :) Sa uulitin! Can't wait for the weekend, excited to read new Pullman books. Been looking for this for a long time, who knew that lj was the key? :) Thanks Kat and Jang! ...

While doing Psych 115 homework

Some of the interesting books seikochan and I came across while exploring iLib: Power and immortality: Essays on strategy, war psychology and war control by Lopez-Reyes, Ramon GILBERT WEILLSCHMIDT THE AWESOME Language of vision by Gyorgy Kepes GayOrgy Kepyas The technique of handling people, the eleven secrets of handling people by Donald A. Laird, Eleonor C. Laird Francis ...