Jean Nicole Rivers – Black Water Tales: The Secret Keepers (Black Water Tales #1)
Manu recenziju varat izlasīt šeit
Ideju šim ikmēneša rakstam aizguvu no Luna’s Little Library
Autors: poseidons99
Tess Gerritsen – Freaks (Rizzoli & Isles #8.5)
Grāmatas apraksts no Goodreads/Synopsis from Goodreads:
In this free Rizzoli & Isles short story from New York Timesbestselling author Tess Gerritsen, author of The Silent Girl, a bizarre death comes with a supernatural twist. Homicide cop Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles have seen their fair share of mortal crimes, but the death of Kimberly Rayner may qualify as inhuman in more ways than one. When corpse of the emaciated seventeen-year-old girl is discovered next to an empty coffin in an abandoned church, mysterious bruises around the throat suggest foul play. Caught fleeing the scene is the victim’s closest friend, Lucas Henry, an equally skeletal, pale teenager who claims he’s guilty only of having a taste for blood—a craving he shared with Kimberly. But the victim’s distraught father doesn’t believe in vampires, only vengeance. And now, another life may be at risk unless Rizzoli and Isles can uncover the astonishing truth.
Izdevniecība/Publisher: Ballantine Books
Kā tiku pie šīs grāmatas?/How I got this book?
Lejuplādēju no www.
Vērtējums/Rating: 4/5
Tess Gerritsen – The Silent Girl (Rizzoli & Isles #9)
Grāmatas apraksts no Goodreads/Synopsis from Goodreads:
Every crime scene tells a story. Some keep you awake at night. Others haunt your dreams. The grisly display homicide cop Jane Rizzoli finds in Boston’s Chinatown will do both.
In the murky shadows of an alley lies a female’s severed hand. On the tenement rooftop above is the corpse belonging to that hand, a red-haired woman dressed all in black, her head nearly severed. Two strands of silver hair—not human—cling to her body. They are Rizzoli’s only clues, but they’re enough for her and medical examiner Maura Isles to make the startling discovery: that this violent death had a chilling prequel.
Nineteen years earlier, a horrifying murder-suicide in a Chinatown restaurant left five people dead. But one woman connected to that massacre is still alive: a mysterious martial arts master who knows a secret she dares not tell, a secret that lives and breathes in the shadows of Chinatown. A secret that may not even be human. Now she’s the target of someone, or something, deeply and relentlessly evil.
Cracking a crime resonating with bone-chilling echoes of an ancient Chinese legend, Rizzoli and Isles must outwit an unseen enemy with centuries of cunning—and a swift, avenging blade.
Izdevniecība/Publisher: Ballantine Books
Kā tiku pie šīs grāmatas?/How I got this book?
Lejuplādēju no www.
Vērtējums/Rating: 4.5/5
Spridzīgie grāmatu vāki #86
Šajā iknedēļas rakstā iekļūst trīs grāmatu vāku bildes, kuras man šķitušas interesantas un foršas jeb spridzīgas, vai vienkārši neparastas. Ideja radās aplūkojot LE BELLE blogu.
Leigh Statham – The Perilous Journey of the not so Innocuous Girl (The Perilous Journey of the not so Innocuous Girl #1)
T. R. Williams – Journey into the Flame (Rising World Trilogy #1)
Livio Gambarini – Eternal War: Gli eserciti dei santi
Craig Thompson – Habibi
Grāmatas apraksts no Goodreads/Synopsis from Goodreads:
From the internationally acclaimed author of Blankets (“A triumph for the genre.”—Library Journal), a highly anticipated new graphic novel.
Sprawling across an epic landscape of deserts, harems, and modern industrial clutter, Habibi tells the tale of Dodola and Zam, refugee child slaves bound to each other by chance, by circumstance, and by the love that grows between them. We follow them as their lives unfold together and apart; as they struggle to make a place for themselves in a world (not unlike our own) fueled by fear, lust, and greed; and as they discover the extraordinary depth—and frailty—of their connection.
At once contemporary and timeless, Habibi gives us a love story of astounding resonance: a parable about our relationship to the natural world, the cultural divide between the first and third worlds, the common heritage of Christianity and Islam, and, most potently, the magic of storytelling.
Izdevniecība/Publisher: Pantheon Books
Kā tiku pie šīs grāmatas?/How I got this book?
Lejuplādēju no www.
Vērtējums/Rating: 3.75/5
Alfred Bester – The Stars My Destination (Audio book)
Grāmatas apraksts no Goodreads/Synopsis from Goodreads:
In this pulse-quickening novel, Alfred Bester imagines a future in which people “jaunte” a thousand miles with a single thought, where the rich barricade themselves in labyrinths and protect themselves with radioactive hit men – and where an inarticulate outcast is the most valuable and dangerous man alive. The Stars My Destination is a classic of technological prophecy and timeless narrative enchantment by an acknowledged master of science fiction.
Kā tiku pie šīs grāmatas?/How I got this book?
Lejuplādēju no torenta. Izvēlējos no Top 100 Sci-Fi Books grāmatu listes.
Vērtējums/Rating: 1.5/5
Interesantie raksti #5
Ideja par šāda veida ikmēneša rakstu radās gan pēc Daily Echo re-blogošanas raksta, gan no ZEN AND Π iknedēļas raksta The Week End’s. Tālāk linki uz postiem, kuri piesaistījuši lielāku uzmanību, vēlmi padalīties, kā arī sadalīti ir pa tēmām.
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Literatūra
Hi. My name is Gigi and I’m a bookaholic…
Saka katrs grāmattārps :D
The Daily Habits of Famous Writers: Franz Kafka, Haruki Murakami, Stephen King & More
Akmens un pilieni.Džons Viljamss “Stouners”
Apkopoju bibliotēku atmiņu rakstus
Paša atmiņas dažu rakstu komentāros. : )
Sergejs Dovlatovs “Kompromiss”
Video
This is just silly and a lot of fun…A TED Talk
Vai mēs Visumā esam vienīgie? :D
This is a REALLY good TED Talk
Grūtības un šķēršļi bieži vien nāk par labu pat ja mums tā nešķiet.
Māksla
The Illustrated Worlds of Whooli Chen
Foto/Ceļojumi
NOSLĒPUMU ARABESKA MAROKA/ MOROCCO, THE SECRET ARABESQUE
Īsts ceļojums teksta formātā + netrūkst labu bilžu!
Vēsture
What do Presidents do when their term is up?
Interesanti, ka būt par prezidentu (ASV) pastāv salīdzinoši liels letalitātes procents termiņa laikā.
Politika
Karen E. Bender: Thoughts on the 2016 Election
Īsts cirks.
Citi
How an internet mapping glitch turned a random Kansas farm into a digital hell
IP adrešu murgs.
Dirty pints and squished nads…all in a days work.
Kas tik dzīvē nenotiek :D
Police and Me and Philando Castile
Uzreiz liek atcerēties īso stāstu If They Can Learn by Wole Talabi no Futuristica: Volume 1
Sieviešu loma policijas sastāvā.
Greg Iles – The Devil’s Punchbowl (Penn Cage #3) (Audio book)
Grāmatas apraksts no Goodreads/Synopsis from Goodreads:
The shocking new thriller from the king of southern gothic.
When he was a prosecuting attorney Penn Cage sent hardened killers to death row. But it is as mayor of his hometown – Natchez, Mississippi – that Penn will face his most dangerous threat.
Urged by old friends to restore the town to its former glory, Penn has ridden into office on a tide of support for change. But in its quest for new jobs and fresh money, Natchez has turned to casino gambling. Five fantastical steamboats float on the river beside the old slave market like props from Gone With the Wind. But one boat isn’t like the others. Rumour has it that the Magnolia Queen has found a way to pull the big players from Las Vegas. And with them comes an unquenchable taste for one thing: blood sport, and the dark vices that go with it.
When a childhood friend of Penn’s who brings him evidence of these crimes is brutally murdered, the full weight of Penn’s failure to protect this city hits home. So begins his quest to find the men responsible. But it’s a hunt he begins alone, for the local authorities have been corrupted by the money and power of his hidden enemy. With his family’s life at stake, Penn realizes his only allies in his one-man war are those bound to him by blood or honour.
Izdevniecība/Publisher: ISIS Audio Books
Kā tiku pie šīs grāmatas?/How I got this book?
Noklausījos, izmantojot Audible sniegto izmēģinājuma iespēju.
Vērtējums/Rating: 4.25/5
Pirmdienas teikums #106
Pirmdienas teikums ir mana versija par Bonespark~ “Sunday Sentence”, kurā tiek izcelts teikums no tā, kas iepriekš izlasīts.
Regina was still speaking but her voice was miles away and he knew it would be better if our reality was not reality at all but just a harmless battle; a board game and we, just the pieces, our movements initiated under the tutelage of a higher intelligence in a range of complex and sometimes unexplained strategy.
Jean Nicole Rivers – Black Water Tales: The Secret Keepers (Black Water Tales #1)
Izlasīju, lasu, lasīšu #36 (18.07 – 24.07)/ #BookTubeAThon 2016 Wrap-up
Izlasīju, lasu, lasīšu jeb Read, Reading, To Read katru svētdienu būs tāds kā iknedēļas kopsavilkums, kā arī, ko lasu un klausos dotajā brīdī, un, kas plānojas tālāk. Ideja rakstam no aizņemta EMSVIEW. Šonedēļ izlasīto var ieskaitīt lasīšanas maratona BookTubeAThon listē. :)
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Izlasīju:
The Brave and the Bold » The Brave and the Bold #49 released by DC Comics on September 1963.
Jau piektais izdevums pēc kārtas ar dīvaino sportu stāstiem. Šoreiz velvienreiz uzmanības centrā ir beisbols, bet, ja iepriekšējā reizē ar pasaules labākajiem sacentās citplanētieši ar slēptiem nodomiem pārņemt Zemi savā varā, tad tagad tie ir 9 gorillas. Un otrs stāsts bija pat vēl absurdāks ar nākotnes sporta veida stratēģijas izmantošanu starpgalaktiskā karā.
Noelle Stevenson – Nimona
Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, José Marzán Jr – Y: The Last Man, Vol.6: Girl on Girl (Y: The Last Man #6)
G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona – Ms. Marvel, Vol.1: No Normal (Ms. Marvel (2014-2015) #1)
Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, José Marzán Jr – Y: The Last Man, Vol.7: Paper Dolls (Y: The Last Man #7)
Hajime Isayama, Sheldon Drzka – Attack on Titan, Volume 01 (Attack on Titan #1)
Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, José Marzán Jr – Y: The Last Man, Vol.8: Kimono Dragons (Y: The Last Man #8)
Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, José Marzán Jr – Y: The Last Man, Vol.9: Motherland (Y: The Last Man #9)
Mariko Tamaki, Jillian Tamaki – This One Summer
Brian K. Vaughan, Niko Henrichon – Pride of Baghdad
Noklausījos:
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Lasu:
Tess Gerritsen – The Silent Girl (Rizzoli & Isles #9)
Lato Lapsa – Zem Muhameda bārdas
Craig Thompson – Habibi
Klausos:
Greg Iles – The Devil’s Punchbowl (Penn Cage #3)
Lasīšu:
Tess Gerritsen – Last to Die (Rizzoli & Isles #10)
Emily Carroll – Through the Woods
Bobs Dilans – Hronikas. Pirmā grāmata
Klausīšos:
Alfred Bester – The Stars My Destiantion
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