Sanz Deweing It Again!

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Sanz Deweing It Again!

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1sanz57
Abr 26, 2013, 2:59 am

My first try wasn't so great. So I'm attempting to start from scratch and get the Dewey conquered!

2sanz57
Abr 26, 2013, 2:59 am

000

3sanz57
Abr 26, 2013, 2:59 am

100

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Abr 26, 2013, 2:59 am

200

5sanz57
Abr 26, 2013, 2:59 am

300

6sanz57
Abr 26, 2013, 2:59 am

400

7sanz57
Abr 26, 2013, 3:00 am

500

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Abr 26, 2013, 3:00 am

600

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Abr 26, 2013, 3:00 am

700

10sanz57
Editado: Feb 20, 2014, 6:22 am

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813.54: Literature> American Literature> American Fiction> 20th Century> Later 20th Century (1945-)
Falling Man by Don Delillo (1 star, 03 Mar '13)

813.6: Literature> American Literature> American Fiction> 21st Century
The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks (3 stars, 10 Feb '13)
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11sanz57
Abr 26, 2013, 3:00 am

900

12fundevogel
Abr 27, 2013, 2:33 pm

Bold move. Welcome back.

13fdholt
Abr 27, 2013, 7:52 pm

And remember that this is a lifetime project so take your time and enjoy!

14sanz57
Ago 8, 2013, 5:08 am

813: Literature - American Literature - American Fiction

The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks (★★★, 10 Feb '13)

Azoth is a guild rat, something akin to a homeless, street urchin. His life is marked by hopelessness and thievery. Like most of the others in the guild, Azoth lives under the foot of the Rat, guild leader, more of a bully than anything else.
But Azoth has dreams of a life different from the one he lives with his friends, Jarl and Doll-Girl. He wants to lead a life without fear, a life in which he isn't beaten into submission by the Rat, a life in which he has more than a stale piece of bread to share with the mute Doll-Girl.
It is this dream of a life that makes him yearn to be an apprentice of Durzo Blint. But Blint is no ordinary man. He isn't an ordinary assassin either. He is a wetboy, an assassin of the highest order. Being his apprentice would certainly mean a future for Azoth, a future he wouldn't have a shot at being a part of the guild. But it would also means giving up whatever little he has, becoming a hardened criminal, burying his emotions and sentiments forever, but most of all changing his identity and becoming an entirely new person.
As Azoth struggles to become someone else entirely there are many truths, many a magical elements for him to discover but most of all he has to choose between forging a future for himself and forgoing his past.
An interesting start to a series that I'm sure holds more intrigue in the succeeding books. While not entirely full of unexpected twists, it is quite a nice read. The author could have made use of better vocabulary, read wetboy to mean a dangerous assassin, well... that doesn't quite convey the tone the character is supposed to convey. On the contrary, every time you read the word it makes you giggle just a bit. Well, as a girl, I'm allowed to have that reaction.
Still, despite a couple of hiccups, a recommended read for all those fantasy and series lovers.

15sanz57
Feb 20, 2014, 6:24 am

813.54: Literature> American Literature> American Fiction> 20th Century> Later 20th Century (1945-)
Falling Man by Don Delillo (1 star, 03 Mar '13)

Not a read I particularly liked. Not a read I particularly remember in retrospect. Surely, a disappontment. While the elements may have been a strong premise for a great story, together they didn't tell a story of grief, despair or desolation that I associate with the aftermath of 9/11. Surely there are better books out there which do justice to this theme.