Hi!
It's just to hot to read, I cannot get my brain to work, and the pages are sticking on my fingers whenever I turn a page, that's why I did not yet finish "Club Dead".
As my holidays are coming closer and closer (4 days to go), I wont write my resumees until about 20th of September.
Have a great time!
Nadine
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Living Dead in Dallas
Living Dead in Dallas is the second book of the Sookie Stackhouse series. Sookie, still in love with Vampire Bill is being sent to Dallas, in order to find the missing companion of the local Vampire leader. She gets involved with the fellowship of the sun, a religious association against Vampires and gets to know another mind reader, so she finally knows she is not unique.
In her hometown Bon Temps things are getting a sexual touch as a maenad is getting into town. Sam, Sookies boss, sort of falls in love with the maenad. When Sookie returns from Dallas she does her best to get the maenad out of town which she only manages with the help of her Vampire friends.
As I liked the first season of the series I already watched season 2 & 3 before reading the second book. The plot of the second season follows very loosely the plot of the second book (more or less, a maenad makes her appearance in Bon Temps and Sookie goes to Dallas). My personal opinion is, that the books are written really good, and the producers of the series take the best parts of the books and make an even better (if a little more controversial) story of it.
I give Living Dead in Dallas 7 out of 10 and started already reading Club Dead (Part 3 of the Sookie Stackhouse novels).
In her hometown Bon Temps things are getting a sexual touch as a maenad is getting into town. Sam, Sookies boss, sort of falls in love with the maenad. When Sookie returns from Dallas she does her best to get the maenad out of town which she only manages with the help of her Vampire friends.
As I liked the first season of the series I already watched season 2 & 3 before reading the second book. The plot of the second season follows very loosely the plot of the second book (more or less, a maenad makes her appearance in Bon Temps and Sookie goes to Dallas). My personal opinion is, that the books are written really good, and the producers of the series take the best parts of the books and make an even better (if a little more controversial) story of it.
I give Living Dead in Dallas 7 out of 10 and started already reading Club Dead (Part 3 of the Sookie Stackhouse novels).
Monday, 8 August 2011
Rufus, der Katzenphilosoph
Rufus, der kastrierte Kater des Autors, fängt am Weihnachtsabend auf einmal zum Reden an. Er erzählt dem Autor Weisheiten aus seinen 7 Leben, und der Autor schreibt mit.
Ich liebe Katzen, und hab mich daher sehr auf dieses Buch gefreut. Schade fand ich, dass Rufus zumeist doch recht überheblich rüberkommt, auch hat mir nicht so gut gefallen, dass sämtliche Gelehrten, die zitiert werden, "Katzennamen" erhalten... --> Katzmann von Fallersleben, nur ein Beispiel.
Na, jedenfalls weiß ich jetzt, wie man als Katze sein Leben verbringt, nämlich ruhig und gelassen, man lässt alles auf sich zukommen, weil man ja ohnehin nichts an der Situation ändern kann...
Ich gebe Rufus 5 von 10 möglichen, und beginne nun mit dem 2. Teil der Sookie Stackhouse Romane: Living Dead in Dallas
Ich liebe Katzen, und hab mich daher sehr auf dieses Buch gefreut. Schade fand ich, dass Rufus zumeist doch recht überheblich rüberkommt, auch hat mir nicht so gut gefallen, dass sämtliche Gelehrten, die zitiert werden, "Katzennamen" erhalten... --> Katzmann von Fallersleben, nur ein Beispiel.
Na, jedenfalls weiß ich jetzt, wie man als Katze sein Leben verbringt, nämlich ruhig und gelassen, man lässt alles auf sich zukommen, weil man ja ohnehin nichts an der Situation ändern kann...
Ich gebe Rufus 5 von 10 möglichen, und beginne nun mit dem 2. Teil der Sookie Stackhouse Romane: Living Dead in Dallas
Wednesday, 3 August 2011
The Color Purple
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker tells the story of two sisters, Celie and Nettie. The book is mostly written in Celies uneducated english and is in letter form.
They are raised lacking a loving mother, having an unloving father who fatheres Celie two times. When Albert turns up, he falls in love with Nettie, but gets to marry Celie. She moves into his house, and Nettie comes for a short visit. After she is more or less thrown out by Albert nothing is heard of Nettie.
Celie lives her live, tries to raise Alberts nasty children and tries to come through her kismet.
Albert brings home his former love, a singer, Shug Avery, she is very sick with a not more specified womens disease. Celie falls in love with her, despite of her being awfully unfriendly. When Shug recovers, she restarts singing, starts being friendly to Celie and makes sure, that Albert wont hit Celie anymore.
The years pass, and when Shug comes for a visit she and Celie find a bunch of letters from Nettie in a box of Albert. They remove the letters from the envelopes so Albert wont find out, and Celie happily finds out, that Nettie is still alive, living in Africa. And more, Nettie found out, that her father is not their father but only their stepfather.
I don't want to spoiler... the ending is heartbreaking. I really loved the book, in spite of really having problems in the beginning with the language.
I give the color purple 10 out of 10.
Coming up next (german): Rufus, der Katzenphilosoph
They are raised lacking a loving mother, having an unloving father who fatheres Celie two times. When Albert turns up, he falls in love with Nettie, but gets to marry Celie. She moves into his house, and Nettie comes for a short visit. After she is more or less thrown out by Albert nothing is heard of Nettie.
Celie lives her live, tries to raise Alberts nasty children and tries to come through her kismet.
Albert brings home his former love, a singer, Shug Avery, she is very sick with a not more specified womens disease. Celie falls in love with her, despite of her being awfully unfriendly. When Shug recovers, she restarts singing, starts being friendly to Celie and makes sure, that Albert wont hit Celie anymore.
The years pass, and when Shug comes for a visit she and Celie find a bunch of letters from Nettie in a box of Albert. They remove the letters from the envelopes so Albert wont find out, and Celie happily finds out, that Nettie is still alive, living in Africa. And more, Nettie found out, that her father is not their father but only their stepfather.
I don't want to spoiler... the ending is heartbreaking. I really loved the book, in spite of really having problems in the beginning with the language.
I give the color purple 10 out of 10.
Coming up next (german): Rufus, der Katzenphilosoph
Monday, 25 July 2011
Wesley (2)
Stacey O'Brien tells the wonderful story of Wesley the barn owl. She gets him, a few days old, takes him everywhere until he is grown enough to stay alone at home during the day. She becomes his mate (or rather her arm...) and Wesley builds nests everywhere for her. When Wesley starts showing his affection to Stacey by embracing her with his wing, my eyes filled with tears.
After many happy years, Stacey gets very ill, only surviving because she knows, that Wesley will die with her due to grieving, when she would. As Wesley gets older, he gets more or less blind, he gets nervous about having enough to eat (mice) around him, and when Wesley - a now real old barn owl - dies, my eyes got wet again.
I really like stories, where someone gets a small animal and they stay together for all of their lives. Such stories are always funny in exactly the right amount, and you always feel more attached to nature after reading them. With Wesley, it was the same. Most of these books have a sad ending, but Wesley touched me the most, I think, because Stacey can describe in a very lovely way, how Wesley "talks" about everything ("don't eat that, I have a mouse for you", "no no, not for owls"), how he reacts to everyone else but Stacey, how they cuddle together... I really loved that book, and I even think about reading it again (after those app. 50 left in my "unread books" shelf).
Wesley gets the full 10 out of 10!
NEXT ONE TO COME: Alice Walker: The Color Purple
After many happy years, Stacey gets very ill, only surviving because she knows, that Wesley will die with her due to grieving, when she would. As Wesley gets older, he gets more or less blind, he gets nervous about having enough to eat (mice) around him, and when Wesley - a now real old barn owl - dies, my eyes got wet again.
I really like stories, where someone gets a small animal and they stay together for all of their lives. Such stories are always funny in exactly the right amount, and you always feel more attached to nature after reading them. With Wesley, it was the same. Most of these books have a sad ending, but Wesley touched me the most, I think, because Stacey can describe in a very lovely way, how Wesley "talks" about everything ("don't eat that, I have a mouse for you", "no no, not for owls"), how he reacts to everyone else but Stacey, how they cuddle together... I really loved that book, and I even think about reading it again (after those app. 50 left in my "unread books" shelf).
Wesley gets the full 10 out of 10!
NEXT ONE TO COME: Alice Walker: The Color Purple
Monday, 18 July 2011
Wesley
By Stacey O'Brien
Wesley tells "the story of a remarkable owl". 5 day old Wesley, having a problem with the nervs in one wing, gets a new mom, Stacey. She rises him with all her love, watches him learning to fly (never laugh at an owl who learns to fly, it will turn away embarrased), and helps him becoming an adolescent.
Wesley tells "the story of a remarkable owl". 5 day old Wesley, having a problem with the nervs in one wing, gets a new mom, Stacey. She rises him with all her love, watches him learning to fly (never laugh at an owl who learns to fly, it will turn away embarrased), and helps him becoming an adolescent.
Vampira (Folge 6)
Wenn ich mich schon mal wieder mit Vampiren beschäftige, kann ich auch gleich den aktuellen Band von Vampira (BasteiLübbe) lesen :-)
Vampira - die Blutspur, ist mein erster Groschenroman gewesen, und hat mich einen halben Schwimmbadnachmittag begleitet. Die Handlung ist überraschend komplex, es gibt überraschend wenig Sex (nur 2 mal im ganzen Heft), und leider gibt es genau so viele Rechtschreibfehler wie erwartet.
Lilith ist halb Vampirin, halb Mensch, hat einen Symbionten, der ihr als Kleidung dient, und ist aus irgendeinem Grund auf der Suche nach Landru. Sie bringt dabei nicht nur sich selbst in Gefahr, sondern auch ihre menschlichen Freunde...
Am Ende kann Landru nach Indien entkommen...
Viel mehr Handlung habe ich ohne der Kenntnis der ersten 5 Romanhefte nicht entnehmen können, fand das Ganze aber durchaus unterhaltsam, und werde mir die nächsten Hefte auch besorgen!
Auch wenn ich mich zum Teil nicht wirklich ausgekannt hab, geb ich Vampira (Folge 6) 5 Punkte von 10 möglichen.
Vampira - die Blutspur, ist mein erster Groschenroman gewesen, und hat mich einen halben Schwimmbadnachmittag begleitet. Die Handlung ist überraschend komplex, es gibt überraschend wenig Sex (nur 2 mal im ganzen Heft), und leider gibt es genau so viele Rechtschreibfehler wie erwartet.
Lilith ist halb Vampirin, halb Mensch, hat einen Symbionten, der ihr als Kleidung dient, und ist aus irgendeinem Grund auf der Suche nach Landru. Sie bringt dabei nicht nur sich selbst in Gefahr, sondern auch ihre menschlichen Freunde...
Am Ende kann Landru nach Indien entkommen...
Viel mehr Handlung habe ich ohne der Kenntnis der ersten 5 Romanhefte nicht entnehmen können, fand das Ganze aber durchaus unterhaltsam, und werde mir die nächsten Hefte auch besorgen!
Auch wenn ich mich zum Teil nicht wirklich ausgekannt hab, geb ich Vampira (Folge 6) 5 Punkte von 10 möglichen.
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