Posts tagged books

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov What is it about Russian novels that make them such a chore to read? But then again, gun-toting cats for the win!

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

What is it about Russian novels that make them such a chore to read? But then again, gun-toting cats for the win!

The Map of the Sky by Felix J. Palma Another enjoyable read.

The Map of the Sky by Felix J. Palma

Another enjoyable read.

The Map of Time by Felix J. Palma This is a lovely book with a twisty plot and beautiful writing.

The Map of Time by Felix J. Palma

This is a lovely book with a twisty plot and beautiful writing.

Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor This is the sequel to the darkly beautiful “Daughter of Smoke and Bone”, and it’s every bit as lyrical as the first book. In my head, it would play out perfectly as an animated film by Hayao Miyazaki.

Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor

This is the sequel to the darkly beautiful “Daughter of Smoke and Bone”, and it’s every bit as lyrical as the first book. In my head, it would play out perfectly as an animated film by Hayao Miyazaki.

Cold Days by Jim Butcher So I finished reading this book. Two word review: Holy. Sheeetttttt!

Cold Days by Jim Butcher

So I finished reading this book. Two word review: Holy. Sheeetttttt!

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry “Goodbye,” he said to the flower. But she made no answer. “Goodbye,” he said again. The flower coughed. But it was not because she had a cold. “I have been silly,” she said to him, at last. “I ask your forgiveness. Try to be happy…” He was surprised by this absence of reproaches. He stood there all bewildered, the glass globe held arrested in mid-air. He did not understand this quiet sweetness. “Of course I love you,” the flower said to him. “It is my fault that you have not known it all the while. That is of no importance. But you— you have been just as foolish as I. Try to be happy… let the glass globe be. I don’t want it any more.” “But the wind—” “My cold is not so bad as all that… the cool night air will do me good. I am a flower.” “But the animals—” “Well, I must endure the presence of two or three caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies. It seems that they are very beautiful. And if not the butterflies— and the caterpillars— who will call upon me? You will be far away… as for the large animals— I am not at all afraid of any of them. I have my claws.” And, naively, she showed her four thorns. Then she added: “Don’t linger like this. You have decided to go away. Now go!” For she did not want him to see her crying. She was such a proud flower…

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“Goodbye,” he said to the flower.

But she made no answer.

“Goodbye,” he said again.

The flower coughed. But it was not because she had a cold.

“I have been silly,” she said to him, at last. “I ask your forgiveness. Try to be happy…”

He was surprised by this absence of reproaches. He stood there all bewildered, the glass globe held arrested in mid-air. He did not understand this quiet sweetness.

“Of course I love you,” the flower said to him. “It is my fault that you have not known it all the while. That is of no importance. But you— you have been just as foolish as I. Try to be happy… let the glass globe be. I don’t want it any more.”

“But the wind—”

“My cold is not so bad as all that… the cool night air will do me good. I am a flower.”

“But the animals—”

“Well, I must endure the presence of two or three caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies. It seems that they are very beautiful. And if not the butterflies— and the caterpillars— who will call upon me? You will be far away… as for the large animals— I am not at all afraid of any of them. I have my claws.”

And, naively, she showed her four thorns. Then she added:

“Don’t linger like this. You have decided to go away. Now go!”

For she did not want him to see her crying. She was such a proud flower…

The Literature of Comedy by Theodore Stroud and Edward Gordon An old book that I just loved. I found the picture on Amazon. It is a small world indeed.

The Literature of Comedy by Theodore Stroud and Edward Gordon

An old book that I just loved. I found the picture on Amazon. It is a small world indeed.

The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jess Rothenberg This is an enjoyable young adult novel about a girl who has to deal with her death as well as the life she left behind. The love story tried to be epic but was just okay. Far more interesting was how the main character learned a few truths about life that helped her grow up even though she was already dead. Still, an entertaining way to kill a few hours.

The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jess Rothenberg

This is an enjoyable young adult novel about a girl who has to deal with her death as well as the life she left behind. The love story tried to be epic but was just okay. Far more interesting was how the main character learned a few truths about life that helped her grow up even though she was already dead. Still, an entertaining way to kill a few hours.