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The Good Times Are Killing Me
I'm a nerdy girl with too much time on her hands, and too many books on her to-read pile.
Opio en las nubes
I can't say enough about this book. An absolute classic, one that I read over and over again. The story drags you into a world where black is yellow with purple dots, and white is a cat trying to find its owner. More authors should be like Chaparro, daring to push the envelope and see how far they can take their readers, and what the limits of their imagination are.
Pero... ¿hubo alguna vez once mil vírgenes? (Letras Hispanicas (catedra))
Lei este libro cuando tenía 11 años y me encantó por su irreverencia. Ahora, 13 años después, creo que hay mucho humor negro allá afuera que se lleva a este libro por delante y le da tres vueltas. Ni siquiera los pasajes movidos por la profunda misoginia del autor lograron sorprenderme y créanme, quería ser sorprendida. Quería ofenderme, reirme, sentir parte de lo que recuerdo haber sentido de niña, escondida en el baño sin asimilar completamente que estaba leyendo una obra con tantos temas adultos. No hay un solo personaje que me haya gustado, y a pesar de las pocas risas, dejaré de pensar en este libro como una obra inolvidable.
THE COLLECTOR ( Vintage Classics )
I just finished "The Collector" and I'm still a bit shocked... amazing book. It reminded me how is not necessary to show blood and body parts to tell a story such as the one told in this book, and still manage to do a great job. I felt Miranda's claustrophobia, her desperation, and I pitied Clegg for his complete incapacity to acknowledge any feelings, rights or desires besides his own. A 5 start book in my opinion.
My Sister's Keeper
Although the idea behind it is pretty interesting, the actual story does a poor job delivering anything more than what I would expect from a soap opera or a lifetime movie. Jodi Picoult doesn't use this novel to provoque a discussion or to make an statement about the controversial subject that ties her characters together, but to get a few tears out of her readers. Every situation is written in a way designed to make you cry, sacrificing real development for the sake of drama. The characters start out great and end up being walking cliches, and the ending... man, that ending! I felt the author was laughing at me. It negates everything that I could've taken out of the book, reinforcing the feeling that I was reading some script for a soap opera directed to people too lazy to watch a deep and thought provoking story.
A Failed Empire: The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev
So far this book has been a great introduction to the URSS development after WWII. Stalin is a fascinating figure, regardless of his role (some say he was a madman, some claim that he's a hero) and I can't wait to finish it and learn more about the Soviet Union.
 - Vladislav M. Zubok)
Las mujeres mas perversas de la historia/ The Most Evil Women in History (Spanish Edition)
Mujeres Perversas de la Historia is a great book. Susana does her homework researching women from biblical times to the present day, choosing the best (¿worst?) of them to deliver a solid and interesting book. She writes like she talks, (Susana was my Greek Mythology teacher :D)making us a part of the story and encouraging us to do some research of our own as well. I recommend this book to people wanting to read about "perverse" women, who challenged their times and generations and pursued their own dreams with good (and not so good sometimes) results.
 - Susana Castellanos De Zubiria)
Abzurdah
Tuve que luchar para terminar este libro. Está mal escrito, pésimamente editado (confundir "inminencia" con "eminencia" no es sinónimo de una buena revisión) e intenta encantarnos con la historia de una adolescente narcisista que explota a las personas a su alrededor, perpetuando el estereotipo de la chica anoréxica que en el fondo sólo quiere llamar la atención y despertar la lástima del chico que quiere. Existen en el mercado muchos otros libros ("Wasted" y "Brave Girl Eating", por ejemplo) que presentan una imágen mucho más real de lo que significa vivir con esta enfermedad, sin el tono arrogante de Cielo ni sus delirios de grandeza.
Toda Mafalda
No hay palabras para describir lo que siento por este libro, y en general, por las tiras de Mafalda. Me acompaño en mi odio infantil hacia la sopa, me hizo reir con las ambiciones familiares de Susanita, y años después, compartió mi preocupación por temas mundiales que aún hoy nos abruman. Es increíble lo mucho que ha logrado Quino con esta niña, y si en algún momento los ha hecho pensar o reir, les puedo asegurar también que este libro es una de esas adquisiciones que valen la pena.
El Susurro De La Mujer Ballena / The Whisper of the Whale Woman
I'm giving it 2 stars because I expected so much more when I picked it up. I know that others had said that Cueto manages to write a women's story without resorting to stereotypes, but to me that's exactly what he does. I couldn't relate to Veronica or Rebeca (who is portrayed with so much sadness that is impossible to feel the least bit sorry for her) and at the end I just wanted the book to be over.
It
I watched the movie when I was 8 or 9, and to this day I can't see Pennywise (or any other sinister looking clown) without getting an anxiety attack. As soon as I got hold of the book I read it, and instead of making me better, it made my fear episodes worse.Pennywise, or IT, can turn into whatever you fear the most. It prefers little kids, but in my damaged mind I figured that it wouldn't pass the opportunity to visit a teenager with a hyper active imagination. The way King narrates the story drew me into the live of the seven kids that had to deal with and eventually kill the monster, painting vivid pictures (The hobo underneath the abandoned house, the voice coming out of the sink) that to this day stay with me and make me fear any little noise that comes from the bathroom at night. Anyway. I really recommend this book to any person wanting to read a horror story with well developed characters, a fantastic plot, or to anyone with a growing desire to be traumatized by a clown from hell.
The Cartoon History of the Universe, Volumes 1-7
When my dad gave me this book I didn't think much of it, but after the 2nd page I was hooked. It's fun, accurate (as far as I've been able to tell), and tells the story of the world like no other book out there. If you have kids and you want them to learn some facts about our history, this is definitely the way to go. :)
