Karenschoice books

  book info: on sale: now copy from: library pages: 123 review written: February 22- Through the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd." First published in English in 1946; now in a new translation by Matthew Ward. Mersault is an average French Algerian who learns that his Maman has died. From this event spurs a chain of events that leaders the reader into the  most unexpected ending. my thoughts: I first heard about this book from a friend who read it for school, and then I found it on a list of cancelled readings that were supposed to be for my literature class (my teacher told me to cross out several titles that we definitely wouldn't be reading, and this was one of them). Intrigued, I checked it out at the library and had  just a tiny idea of what it's about (just that summary up above) and to be honest: I thought it'd be a disappointing...

Welcome to Pages, guests and readers! I just posted the picture above to see how many avid book readers would cry out in anger. don't be mad, I disagree with this too! Maybe we're getting off on the right foot, but I've been searching for a good part of half an hour trying to find a photograph to start off with. So there. I haven't done a Feature and Follow is so long. Plus, it's about 20 minutes to midnight right now and I should hurry up before Friday ends! My old followers will know that I changed the rules up a bit soo here you are: Here on Pages, I kind of tweaked the rules of Feature and Follow to fit my morals about blogging. Here are the "tweaked" rules :D If I followed you, you are NOT required to follow me back: only if you want to :) If you follow me, I'll seriously consider following you back, but it's not guaranteed I don't like how people are required to follow other blogs in this hop. I think one should follow a blog because he o...

Hello friends :)    I tried desperately to find some quote, some passage, some words of encouragement for today: and I failed miserably. What I stumbled upon were steamy love scene descriptions, love-hate angst and just odd romantic quotes that would not be fitting for today. Valentine's Day    I personally think that today is both good and bad. It's an excuse for me, shy-in-the-matters-of-love, to make a move and have it not seem abnormal. Yet it's also a highly commercialised, shallow "holiday" where people are encouraged to "show their love" for each other. Isn't that supposed to be every day? Or at least, is giving a box of chocolates or a bouquet of roses a sign of love, or is it the actions that one does every day that defines love ? Whatever it is, I think today is a fun day, like all other "holiday"s. In elementary school, I had the greatest time crafting boxes with construction paper and shoe boxes. Going to school with a plastic...

book  info on sale: now copy  from: school library pages: 258 review written: February 7th and 8th 2013 During the Nazis’ brutal siege of Leningrad, Lev Beniov is arrested for looting and thrown into the same cell as a handsome deserted name Kolya. Instead of being executed, Lev and Kolya are given a shot at saving their own lives by complying with an outrageous directive: secure a dozen eggs for a powerful Soviet colonel to use in his daughter’s wedding cake. In a city cut off from all supplies and suffering unbelievable deprivation, Lev and Kolya embark on a hunt through the dire lawlessness of Leningrad and behind enemy lines to find the impossible. By turns insightful and funny, thrilling and terrifying, City of Thieves is a gripping, cinematic World War II adventure and an intimate coming-of-age story with an utterly contemporary feel for how boys become men. My thoughts: David Benioff is a name that sounds like any other author’s name, and I thought little of it as I pi...

Hello readers! (the picture above is not related to this at all, just thought it was hilarious :D)   I have been trying for over half a year to get a new blog design. I swam through many designers' websites, got together with the one that made my Voyage design for me and attempted to make one for Pages. She ended up taking quite a long time, and then decided to take a break from designing, leaving my blog unattended. Grace Anna is really nice and friendly, so I don't really mind. She was really patient and attended to loads of designing requests from me! But alas, the design was never done so I finally took the move into buying a pre-made design from one of my all-time favourite designers, Ana from Blog Milk . And so, wah-lah! I'm so ridiculously relieved/happy that I can finally stop worrying about my design problems for the next few years at least!   I would love some feedback on what you like and what you don't. My sidebar's a bit bare now because some of the g...

book info: on sale: now copy from: library pages: 359 title: Dracula author: Bram Stoker Bram Stoker, an Irish-born master horror fiction writer, is most well-known for writing the most popular vampire story ever: Dracula. He spent years researching for it, learning of European and vampire folklore. His research paid off in this absolutely enriching, on-edge, timeless thriller that introduced a modern take on novel writing. Dracula starts off with a young English lawyer called Jonathan Harker, who is visiting Transylvania to help his foreign client purchase a home in London: Count Dracula. In his journal, Jonathan describes his journey to Castle Dracula, which is full of odd occurrences and frightful encounters. He arrives at his destination and meets the strange, eccentric and polite Count Dracula . What follows thereafter is an intense recounting of events that prove to be the most effective introduction, as the momentum follows forward through the middle of the story, until the las...