It should not be so hard to write both poetry and fiction. Both arts, after all, make use of the same materials, words and punctuation. Poems...
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I am a HUGE fan of Microcosm Publishing to begin with and regularly order from them several times a year. Having already owned Making Stuff and Doing Things by them, I was excited to order another DIY book, especially from Matte Resist, of Resist Zine and Resist Instrument Works. This book did not disappoint...with sections titled Bicycles, Home and Garage, Gardening, Educating Your Children, Musical Instruments, and Everything Else, it covers a lot of subjects that interest me. I really liked the section about buying a house...it follows Matte and his wife Rachael's experience buying their house. Easy to read, very interesting, and incredibly helpful....I highly recommend it.
I finished this book just two minutes before sitting down to type this. I agree with the other reviewer; this is the type of book where you genuinely miss the characters after reading the last page. I had no idea what to expect from this story, but it took me on a much grander adventure than anticipated. It's a story about loss, about courage, about family, about imagination, and about being true to oneself. But it's so much more.
Inspiring, gripping, adventurous story about gamers all over the world banding together as the Webblys to fight for workers rights and fair compensation. I didn't always understand the gamer-ese, but that didn't matter or detract from the story at all...I had a hard time putting the book down, cried toward the end, and cheered when I finally reached the last page. Absolutely on par with Little Brother as one of my favorite books by Doctorow.
EXCELLENT book with simple reason for eating healthier along with very good recipes. For those who don't want to be preached at, but who simply want a resource, I highly recommend this book. She even provides a pantry list to get you started!
As much as I yearned to love these books and add them to my bookshelves at home, I just couldn’t. While the storyline was intriguing enough and the characters likeable (especially Lina), what bothered me the most was the lack of a climax in all three of the stories. And when the story line began driving toward a climax, the author chose instead to veer away from it and let our imaginations do the work (which I normally wouldn't be opposed to, but there were a number of chances to make the plot exciting which the author skipped over).
All in all, I wanted this story to have more punch than it ever did. I found myself skimming through The Prophet of Yonwood pages at a time in the hope that I’d come across a more interesting passage. And although I agree with the author when it comes to the dangers of religious intolerance and fanaticism, I felt dragged down by the constant harping on how these two things make the world bad. The not-so-underlying message throughout The Prophet of Yonwood that the Disaster that led to Ember being built underground was caused by religious wars was its own character and I wish she hadn’t been so heavy-handed with it.
Okay, what did I like?
The storyline (Honestly! Aside from my aforementioned disappointments with it, the story arc was fantastic)….I love dystopic literature and this one sucked me in: underground city, adventure, demolished cities above ground, people living off the land and creating civilization again, etc.
The characters…Lina, a strong female who really carried the story, is 12 years old, a newly christened Messenger in Ember, and incredibly devoted to her baby sister, Poppy. Doon, a 12 year old radical who stands up to authority and joins with Lina to save his city, is incredibly inspiring, even as he struggles with what is right and what is wrong.
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How and Why: A Do-It-Yourself Guide by Matte Resist
halofriendly, January 1, 2012
I am a HUGE fan of Microcosm Publishing to begin with and regularly order from them several times a year. Having already owned Making Stuff and Doing Things by them, I was excited to order another DIY book, especially from Matte Resist, of Resist Zine and Resist Instrument Works. This book did not disappoint...with sections titled Bicycles, Home and Garage, Gardening, Educating Your Children, Musical Instruments, and Everything Else, it covers a lot of subjects that interest me. I really liked the section about buying a house...it follows Matte and his wife Rachael's experience buying their house. Easy to read, very interesting, and incredibly helpful....I highly recommend it.Brave Story by Miyuki Miyabe
halofriendly, February 8, 2011
I finished this book just two minutes before sitting down to type this. I agree with the other reviewer; this is the type of book where you genuinely miss the characters after reading the last page. I had no idea what to expect from this story, but it took me on a much grander adventure than anticipated. It's a story about loss, about courage, about family, about imagination, and about being true to oneself. But it's so much more.For the Win by Cory Doctorow
halofriendly, January 1, 2011
Inspiring, gripping, adventurous story about gamers all over the world banding together as the Webblys to fight for workers rights and fair compensation. I didn't always understand the gamer-ese, but that didn't matter or detract from the story at all...I had a hard time putting the book down, cried toward the end, and cheered when I finally reached the last page. Absolutely on par with Little Brother as one of my favorite books by Doctorow.Cook Food: A Manualfesto for Easy, Healthy, Local Eating by Lisa Jervis
halofriendly, November 5, 2010
EXCELLENT book with simple reason for eating healthier along with very good recipes. For those who don't want to be preached at, but who simply want a resource, I highly recommend this book. She even provides a pantry list to get you started!halofriendly, March 14, 2010
As much as I yearned to love these books and add them to my bookshelves at home, I just couldn’t. While the storyline was intriguing enough and the characters likeable (especially Lina), what bothered me the most was the lack of a climax in all three of the stories. And when the story line began driving toward a climax, the author chose instead to veer away from it and let our imaginations do the work (which I normally wouldn't be opposed to, but there were a number of chances to make the plot exciting which the author skipped over).All in all, I wanted this story to have more punch than it ever did. I found myself skimming through The Prophet of Yonwood pages at a time in the hope that I’d come across a more interesting passage. And although I agree with the author when it comes to the dangers of religious intolerance and fanaticism, I felt dragged down by the constant harping on how these two things make the world bad. The not-so-underlying message throughout The Prophet of Yonwood that the Disaster that led to Ember being built underground was caused by religious wars was its own character and I wish she hadn’t been so heavy-handed with it.
Okay, what did I like?
The storyline (Honestly! Aside from my aforementioned disappointments with it, the story arc was fantastic)….I love dystopic literature and this one sucked me in: underground city, adventure, demolished cities above ground, people living off the land and creating civilization again, etc.
The characters…Lina, a strong female who really carried the story, is 12 years old, a newly christened Messenger in Ember, and incredibly devoted to her baby sister, Poppy. Doon, a 12 year old radical who stands up to authority and joins with Lina to save his city, is incredibly inspiring, even as he struggles with what is right and what is wrong.
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