Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Books


I finished in a couple of days The Stonecutter – The 3rd book of Fjällbacka series by Camilla Lackberg. I’m getting used to reading these books of the series so quickly and to discover the murderer at the end. I blame it all on Agatha and her countless books I read and enjoyed when I was in high schoolJ) I love Patrik and Erika – they now have a baby girl Maia and I like their family as much as I like Alison and Joe Dubois from the Tv series Medium. In this book a young girl is found murdered in a fishing net and Patrik has to solve the mystery. Evil lies in ordinary people, I find it difficult to believe, although I know it’s true. 



Am două cărţi de Kate Morton în bibliotecă şi  am în plan să o cumpăr şi pe a treia. Am citit-o pe prima - Casa de la Riverton şi mi-a plăcut. Va fi un Kate Morton maraton :) când o să am şi Grădina uitată. The Distant Hours o am in engleză, cred că am luat-o din Munchen. Este totuşi ceva ce nu mi-a plăcut la Casa de la Riverton, dar nu pot pune punctul pe i. Poate că mă aşteptam ca secretul să fie unul mai lugubru, poate că m-a dezamăgit Teddy, soţul lui Hannah, un Teddy atât de carismatic in primele apariţii şi din ce in ce mai antipatic şi mai rigid pe măsură ce înaintam în carte. Oricum, Grace este o fire puternică, self made woman, servitoare, cameristă, chelneriţă şi prin muncă şi ambiţie doctor în arheologie. Loială Hannei şi familiei Hartford, Grace alege să îi povestească doar nepotului ei (scriitor de succes) secretul pe care l-a ţinut atâţia ani (peste 50 de ani). O apariţie dragă mie este cea a Agathei Christie în această carte alături de soţul ei care a fost arheolog, îi găsim în anturajul lui Teddy (participă la un dineu).



Friday, September 2, 2011

House of Earth (trilogy)


This year I’m discovering Pearl S Buck. I found in a second-hand bookshop all 3 volumes of The House of Earth for 20 RON (~ 5 EUR) so I took them and read them all in a few days. I was in China following the Wangs, being happy, struggling, suffering and prevailing with them. Favorite characters ? O-Lan, Wang The Tigre (to some extent) and his son - Yuan and his step mom. First volume – The Good Earth is rapid, strong, babies are being born one after another, Wang Lung is working hard and gathers a great deal of land, ensuring the future and wealth of his family. Sons (the second volume) is more difficult to read, things happen a little bit slower and Wang The Tigre is far away from his father’s land. He is a warier. The third volume is about the 3rd generation of Wangs being as far away as possible from their roots. I loved the trilogy, I loved the writing, it felt different from one volume to the next. In the Romanian literature we have realistic novels (high school lit) about the relationship between a men and his piece of land and this relation trespasses culture and language and time. I cannot put my finger on it, but the Chinese description was more romantic in a way, or maybe I was too young and not interested in anything that had to do with Romanian peasants and their struggle to survive solely on the fruits of their land. I liked that characters are what they seem to be and with few surprises, what you think they will become. The women of the trilogy are not many, but different and their status changes – from slave (O-Lan) to well read woman (one of Tigre’s wives) to “modern” woman (Ai-lan) as the time passes by.
I’m fan of sagas and this one in particular.
The Good Earth - the first volume was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1932.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Sophie's Choice

"Il adoram pe Jack Brown. Exista prieteni dobanditi la o varsta frageda care-ti provoaca pur si simplu bucurie, pentru care nutresti o iubire si un devotament ce lipsesc, misterios, din prieteniile incheiate ulterior, indiferent cat de autentice ar fi ele. Jack era un astfel de prieten" - Stingo - Alegerea Sofiei (de William Styron)

ROOM

"I remember manners, that's when persons are scared to make other persons mad. I say <Please may you have me more pancakes?>" Jack - Room, by Emma Donoghue

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Filme

Cum n-am mai scris de ceva vreme...incerc sa-mi amintesc ce filme am mai vazut la cinematograf...asadar intr-o ordine oarecare :

Horrible Bosses - nimic mai mult decat ce spune titlul, very funny movie
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 - final foarte frumos, partea 1 ma adormise si ma plictisise si ma enervase. dar partea 2 a spalat tot.
The Hangover Part II
Captain America 
RIO
Fast Five
Tangled 
Chronicles of Narnia
Little Fockers



Caciulata baby

da, been there, done that! tablou frumos cu flori in glastra, mure (o, yami yami MURE), nuci tinere si La Familia. Totul fain :)


Friday, August 12, 2011

lene si inconsecventa

da...intre timp iulie si aproape jumatate din august s-au dus. ce am facut ? hm... am citit, am fost la Mahmudia, la Ghergheasa, la Eforie Nord, Budapesta (nunta Ami), Munchen (la AndyS). Concert - Jon Bon Jovi si concert Take That.







Ce am citit ? Am terminat trilogia Casa de lut - de Pearl S Buck,  ROOM (in eng) de Emma Donoghue  si Perla Chinei. Mi-am cumparat carti in eng de pe unde am fost :) imi tot propun sa tin o evidenta a cartilor pe care le am, pe care le-am citit, dar nu le dau de capat...o voi face intr-o buna zi. Sigur am mai citit si altceva inainte de Perla Chinei, dar trebuie sa ma strofoc... am inceput Sa ucizi o pasare cantatoare (asta citeam cand am fost in Eforie) dar am lasat-o la o parte...cred ca pentru Casa de lut. Acum am inceput Atonement pentru ca o am in biblioteca de catva timp, dar cred ca voi relua Harper Lee... haos in lecturile mele nu alta.
Lista de cumparaturi :
ROOM - gata citita - LOVED IT- notiunea de book trailer mi-a fost straina pana ieri , iata : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8rj2otXNfM , Doamne cat de mult mi-a placut cartea asta!
The Distant Hours - de Kate Morton - nu stiu de ce ma incapatanez sa iau cartile scrise de Kate Morton, nu am citit nici una - dar am Casa de la Riverton si la Gaudeamus (2011) voi lua Gradina Uitata si le voi citi in ordinea aparitiei lor - casa, gradina, orele. 
I Shall Wear Midnight: Discworld Novel 38 - da, mi-am luat prima carte ever de Terry Pratchett , spre rusinea mea nu am auzit de el pana anul acesta, da...sunt o loaza. evident ca am nimerit un volum pentru young readers, desi nu mai fac parte din categorie :) am luat-o in eng, la recomandarea dlui B. Sa vedem daca are farmec pentru o baba ca mine.
One Day - de David Nicholls - vad ca s-a facut film dupa aceasta carte, cred ca am citit despre ea pe vreun blog de aceea mi-a atras atentia si pac, am luat-o!
si am mai luat, si cu asta termin - The Hidden Child de Camilla Lackberg, de fapt volumul 5 al seriei de 7 . nr 4 imi lipseste (The Gallows Bird), dar am 1(citit),2(citit) si 3(inca nu)
si am primit cado' de la Cris - PD James - The Private Patient - tot in eng. Cum trag cartile la mine, ceva de speriat!