Pirmdienas teikums ir mana versija par Bonespark~ “Sunday Sentence”, kurā tiek izcelts teikums no tā, kas iepriekš izlasīts.
I shifted my gaze from the black dirt to the pit itself, watching for signs that we were nearing a burial.
Kathy Reichs – Death Du Jour (Temperance Brennan #2)
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.
Izlasīju:
Kathy Reichs – Déjà Dead (Temperance Brennan #1). Ilgāk lasīt šo grāmatu nebūtu bijis pieklājīgi.
Noklausījos:
Arthur C. Clarke – Childhood’s End
Lasu:
Kathy Reichs – Death du Jour (Temperance Brennan #2). Pagaidām labāk kā pirmā :)
Klausos:
Arthur C. Clarke – Rendezvous with Rama (Rama #1).
Lasīšu:
Annelie Wendeberg – The Lion’s Courtship (Anna Kronberg Thriller #0.5)
Klausīšos:
William Gibson – Neuromancer (Sprawl #1)
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.
Emma Trevayne – The Accidental After Life of Thomas Marsden
Philip Reeve, Sarah McIntyre – Oliver and the Seawigs
A. D. Harrold, Emily Gravett – The Imaginary
Grāmatas apraksts no Goodreads/Synopsis from Goodreads:
Without warning, giant silver ships from deep space appear in the skies above every major city on Earth. Manned by the Overlords, in fifty years, they eliminate ignorance, disease, and poverty. Then this golden age ends–and then the age of Mankind begins….
Izdevniecība/Publisher: Audible Frontiers
Kā tiku pie šīs grāmatas?/How I got this book?
Lejuplādēju no www. Izvēlējos no Top 100 Sci-Fi Books grāmatu listes.
Vērtējums/Rating: 3.5/5
Mana recenzija/My review
Citplanētiešu ierašanās, par laimi, ar mieru, cilvēcei nāk par labu. Protams, visus apmierināt nevar, bet nekad jau tā arī nemaz nevarētu notikt. Bet, par ko gan bēdāties, ja noziegumi kā tādi gandrīz izzūd, tehnoloģijas uzlabojas, bezdarbs samazinās u.c. Drusku paskumt varētu vien nākties kultūras mīļotājiem un Visuma pētniekiem.
Varētu šķist, ka Pavēlnieku (Overlords) atnākšana nevarētu būt nekas labāks, bet, kurš gan ir teicis, ka obligāti, citplanētiešiem jāierodas un jānolīdzina viss gar zemi. Pietiek vien ierobežot un neļaut pilnībā attīstīties, lai tas būtu beigu sākums.
Pamatā zinām tikai par vienu Pavēlnieku – Karellen. Viņš pats loģiski apgalvo, ka viss tiek darīts cilvēces labā, citādi tā pati ar laiku sevi iznīcinātu. Šis tas liek šaubīties, vai viņi tiešām ir tik spēcīgi un vareni, ka grib, lai domā, ņemot vērā arī ilūziju par kosmosa kuģiem.
Vienkāršajam un parastajam cilvēkam, pateicoties Pavēlniekiem, par neko nav jādomā, un, ja nevajadzētu gulēt, vispār būtu ideāli, jo pa TV un cita veida (izklaidējošas) informācijas ir tik daudz, ka viens cilvēks vienkārši nevar paspēt visu noskatīt, kas pasniegts negatīvi. Prātā ienāca doma, ka tagad tā arī ir :D Noslēgums atkal drīzāk saucams par dīvaini neparastu.
Arrival of aliens, luckily they come in peace, is a benefit for mankind. Of course you can’t please everyone but that might be impossible. But there is to be sad about when the crime is almost forgotten, technologies are getting better and better, unemployment is improving etc. The only ones might be people exploring Universe and those whose job is connected with culture.
It might seem that the arrival of Overlords couldn’t be anything better, but who has said that aliens have to come with guns blazing and destroy everything in their way. You just need to restrict and limit few things so it would be the beginning of the end.
Mostly we know just about one Overlord named Karellen. Logically he himself claims that everything they do is in human interest otherwise it would have destroyed itself. Some things are creating doubts about how many Overlords there are and how strong want you to think they are. Considering the illusion of the space ships.
For the average person thanks to Overlords doesn’t have to think about anything serious, and if you didn’t have sleep it would be perfect because there is so much on TV and other information/ entertainment that one person can’t see it all, which was shown in the negative light. Just like it is now! :D. The ending again was a little bit weirdly strange.
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Grāmatas apraksts no Goodreads/Synopsis from Goodreads:
Her life is devoted to justice; for those she never even knew. In the year since Temperance Brennan left behind a shaky marriage in North Carolina, work has often preempted her weekend plans to explore Quebec. When a female corpse is discovered meticulously dismembered and stashed in trash bags, Temperance detects an alarming pattern and she plunges into a harrowing search for a killer. But her investigation is about to place those closest to her, her best friend and her own daughter in mortal danger…
Izdevniecība/Publisher: Scribner
Kā tiku pie šīs grāmatas?/How I got this book?
Lejuplādēju no www.
Vērtējums/Rating: 2.75/5
Mana recenzija/My review
Temperansas Brenanas brīvdienu plāni apskatīt Kvebekas provinci tiek kārtējo reizi izjaukti, kad atrod nežēlīgi noslepkavotas sievietes līķi. Šī jaunā lieta atsauc Brenanai atmiņā izmeklēšanu pirms gada ar līdzīgiem notikumu apstākļiem un upurim nodarīto.
Viņa sākotnēji ir vienīgā, kas saskata saistību un pat piesauc sērijveida slepkavu. Dažiem kolēģiem, īpaši detektīvam Klaudelam šāda iejaukšanās viņa darbā nemazām nepatīk un nekautrējas norādīt, lai Brenana paliek pie sava darba specialitātes. Tomēr ne visi izjūt tādu attieksmi. Jau tagad bija neliela ievirze uz iespējamu romantisko stāsta līniju un prognozēju, ka tā tiks arī attīstīta.
Daļēji varētu arī saprast Klaudela viedokli. Tomēr pateicoties tieši viņas iniciatīvai un arī pārgalvībai izmeklēšanā ir kaut kāda virzība, bet pārgalvības un brīžiem neapdomības dēļ viņa apdraud arī sev tuvos un tā padarot visu daudz personīgāku.
Pie mīnusiem, kas nedaudz traucēja un samazināja kopējo vērtējumu, varētu pieskaitīt lielu uzmanības veltīšanu upuru un viņu kaulu u.c. aprakstiem, kas padarīja tekstu sausāku un sižeta virzību piebremzēja. Tas, protams, ir saprotams autores specialitātes dēļ, un varbūt arī, ka šī ir viņas debijas grāmata.
Patika, ka darbība nenorisinās ASV (konkrētāk Bostona), citādi pēdējie lasītie detektīvi/kriminālromāni vien no tās puses :D. Bija jāizlasa pārdesmit lapaspušu līdz pieradu pie franču valodas iestarpinājumiem.
Grāmatā Brenana ir šķīrusies, meita štatos, bet pati pārcēlusies strādāt uz Kanādu. Par norises vietu dažādību tā kā būtu skaidrs, bet pēc manas atmiņas Brenanai meita piedzimst vien vēlākajās sezonās un arī šķīrusies seriāla sākumā nav. Skatos vien, ja sanāk noķert, kad rāda pa TV.
Temperance Brennan’s holiday plans are ruined once again when a brutally murdered woman is found. This new case remind Brennan about an investigation a year ago with similar MO.
At the beginning no one takes her seriously and she is the only one that even dares to mention a possibility of a serial killer. Some of her cop colleagues aren’t happy about she is doing, especially detective Luc Claudel and he’s not afraid to show Brennan her place. However not everyone feels like that. There some hints already in this book and my guess is that the romantic story line will be more visible in the next books.
Partially I can understand Claudel’s opinion. But thanks to Brennan’s initiative and also some reckless action the case has some movement. Unfortunately this recklessness endangers her friends making this case a bit more personal than others.
Some minuses in this book for me was the sometimes long and detailed descriptions of bones and victims but that I guess is understandable because of the author’s professional degree, and maybe because this is her debut novel.
But what I liked that finally I changed the location because the last few detectives/crime novels were set in USA (specifically Boston). Only after quite some page count I was used to frequent French words.
There are many differences from the TV show and what I noticed the most was that Temperance Brennan in the books is divorced, (already) has a daughter and of course works in Canada.
Author Biography:
Breigh Forstner currently resides in Southeast Michigan with her two daughter. While she works full-time during the week, at night she spends time with her girls dancing and coming up with her next book idea. Her goal is to make it onto a best sellers list at some point in her career, and writes any chance she can get. She is a music lover and is a sucker for going to concerts, rock bands, and tattooed bad boys.
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Book Synopsis:
Cale Pelton didn’t want to fall in love.
Fresh off a breakup, he was scrambling to find a new lead guitarist for his band, Everlasting, before they went on tour. He wanted to enjoy being single, singing his heart out nightly to fans.
Never did he expect to meet Bryn Schaefler, the sassy rich girl that would change his life.
Bryn left her parents’ house with only her suitcase and guitar, leaving her old life behind her. She nails the band audition and becomes Everlasting’s new lead guitarist. Bryn didn’t want to find Cale attractive, let alone develop a crush on a bandmate. But when trouble starts to find the band, Bryn starts to believe her family will do whatever it takes to get her home.
Will Cale and Bryn listen to their heads and stay strictly professional? Or will they follow their hearts and admit their feelings towards eachother?
Guest Post:
My Journey As a Writer:
Like any journey in life, there’s going to be bumps and turns you don’t expect to face. That sums up my journey as a writer. I started writing when I was a kid, and wrote short horror stories. When I graduated High School, it wasn’t that I wanted to write books, but my love for music bloomed and I wanted to be a music journalist. That dream was put on hold after I changed my major in college and I had stopped writing after I changed majors.
I wrote here and there, never considering publishing what I wrote. It was mainly real life situations that I’ve been through, but just writing them out helped me, kind of like therapy. I started writing fully again back in 2012 after my 2nd daughter was born. I had wrote a 100,000 book and published it on Amazon. I had no idea about formatting, editing at the time, and not knowing ANYONE in the business, I did everything myself. Needless to say, the book was a hot mess! The storyline was actually good, and something I would go back to someday, but when I released “Straight from the Heart” in July 2014, I wanted to establish myself as a credible author, and so I took down the first book from Amazon (You can still see it on Goodreads..haha).
I’ve had lots of bumps in the recent years. There’s been days where I don’t write, there’s been weeks! But when the story isn’t coming to me, I won’t write it. The process in writing my first 3 books in the Straight from the Heart series went smoother then I had planned. The authors in this community, indie and published, have been very nice to me and I’ve made friends with quite a few.
Now, I know I’m not a bestseller. A lot of readers out there still don’t know who I am. But when I go to events and people say “Oh, I recognize your cover I have it on my Kindle!” It makes me feel amazing to know that there’s people that do read my books!
And that’s what fuels me to keep going.
Author Social Media Links:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/breighforstnerauthor
Twitter: @BreighForstner
Instagram: https://instagram.com/breighforstner/
Blog Page: http://breighforstnerauthor.weebly.com
Pirmdienas teikums ir mana versija par Bonespark~ “Sunday Sentence”, kurā tiek izcelts teikums no tā, kas iepriekš izlasīts.
Evil men could be destroyed, but nothing could be done with good men who were deluded.
Arthur C. Clarke – Childhood’s End
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. Tad arī izpaliks vajadzība pēc lielā mēneša kopsavilkuma un Mēneša grāmatai atkal būs savs raksts : )
Izlasīju:
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Noklausījos:
Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle – The Mote in God’s Eye (Moties #1)
Kurt Vonnegut – Slaughterhouse-Five
Lasu:
Joprojām Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs. Patīk, ka nomainīju vidi no ASV uz Kanādu, vienīgais pie tiem franču nosaukumiem un vārdiem jāpierod.
Klausos:
Šodien sāku Arthur C. Clarke – Childhood’s End. Pats sākums nešķiet daudzsološs.
Lasīšu:
Otro grāmata Temperance Brennan sērijā – Death du Jour
Klausīšos:
Pēc Childhood’s End plānojās cits Klārka gabals – Rendezvous With Rama
Grāmatas apraksts no Goodreads/Synopsis from Goodreads:
Kurt Vonnegut’s absurdist classic Slaughterhouse-Five introduces us to Billy Pilgrim, a man who becomes unstuck in time after he is abducted by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore. In a plot-scrambling display of virtuosity, we follow Pilgrim simultaneously through all phases of his life, concentrating on his (and Vonnegut’s) shattering experience as an American prisoner of war who witnesses the firebombing of Dresden.
Don’t let the ease of reading fool you – Vonnegut’s isn’t a conventional, or simple, novel. He writes, “There are almost no characters in this story, and almost no dramatic confrontations, because most of the people in it are so sick, and so much the listless playthings of enormous forces. One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters.”
Slaughterhouse-Five is not only Vonnegut’s most powerful book, it is also as important as any written since 1945. Like Catch- 22, it fashions the author’s experiences in the Second World War into an eloquent and deeply funny plea against butchery in the service of authority. Slaughterhouse-Five boasts the same imagination, humanity, and gleeful appreciation of the absurd found in Vonnegut’s other works, but the book’s basis in rock-hard, tragic fact gives it a unique poignancy – and humor.
Izdevniecība/Publisher: Harper Audio
Kā tiku pie šīs grāmatas?/How I got this book?
Lejuplādēju no www. Izvēlējos no Top 100 Sci-Fi Books grāmatu listes.
Vērtējums/Rating: 3.75/5
Mana recenzija/My review
Galvenais varonis Billijs Pilgrims piedzīvojis kara šausmas, redzējis kā mirst viņa biedri, bet īsti par to nebēdā. Kāpēc? Jo pateicoties citplanētiešiem no Tralfamadore planētas, kur būtnes spēj redzēt ne vien telpā, bet arī laikā, tādējādi varētu teikt, ka katrs eksistē mūžīgi, bet tas nenozīmē nemirstību. Stāstā Tralfamadoras būtnes pavīd pavisam maz; ir pāris ainu, bet gribētos uzzināt par viņiem vairāk un plašāk. Billijs varētu ‘’pateikties’’ viņiem par atbrīvošanu no laika ķetnas, kamēr mēs pārējie kustamies tikai telpā.
Pats Billijis nespēj kontrolēt, kad un kur viņš laika ‘’lēcienos’’ nokļūst (būtu vēl jāpadomā, vai tikt tas galu galā nav drīzāk lāsts; vismaz tas notiek savas dzīves ietvaros), arī stāsta sižets nav laika līnijas ziņā vienmērīgs; ar lēcieniem šurpu turpu.
Lai gan aprakstā apgalvots, ka tēlu gandrīz vai nav (vien daži) un konfrontāciju arī pamaz, tad negribētos tam piekrist. Kaut vai grāmatas sākums, kas uzreiz nogādā lasītāju brīdī, kad Drēzdene tiek bombardēta. Bez Billija pieminēšanas vērts ir arī Roland Weary tēls, viņu karš ietekmē daudz smagāk.
Cik saprotu, dzirdēto var uzskatīt daļēji par autora reāli piedzīvoto Otrajā pasaules karā. Neiztrūkst arī filozofiska rakstura pārdomas. Patika neraksturīgā pieeja stāsta formai; šur tur pavīd arī optometristi :D. Sci-fi aspekts laikam piedēvējams (vien) citplanētiešu un Billija jauno ~spēju dēļ, citādi tiešām vairāk atskats uz kara atmiņām.
Our main character Billy Pilgrim has seen how horrible the war can be and how his colleagues have died but that doesn’t trouble that much. Why? Because thanks to aliens from planet Tralfamadore he now knows that death isn’t the end, everyone exists forever but that doesn’t mean that they or others are immortal. Creatures from that planet can also see back and forward in time, not just only in space. In the story those creatures are shown very little; I would have liked to know a bit more about them. Billy could ‘’thank’’ them about making him unstuck in time while we forced to moved around just in three dimensions.
Billy himself can’t control where and when he will show up when the time jump occurs (you would have to think hard – if in the end that’s not a curse, at least that happens within his own life), because of that also the story jumps back and forth.
Although in the synopsis it’s mentioned that there are almost no characters or dramatic confrontations, I wouldn’t like to agree to that. As for example the beginning of the book is when the reader is already at the bombing of Dresden. Besides Billy’s character I would like to mention Roland Weary, it seemed that the war affected him harsher.
If I understood correctly this can be partially considered as Vonnegut’s memories of what he experienced in the World War II. Inevitably there are some philosophical thoughts. I liked the unusual and quirky approach to the story; here and there you might see some optometrists :D. I guess the only reason this could be considered as a sci-fi is because of aliens and what they did to Billy (his new capabilities), otherwise more likely a retrospect of war memories.
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