Lynn Austin - Song of Redemption

Song of Redemption by Lynn Austin
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I read this volume easier than the first one, the plot attracted me more, but I still don't like the writing style.

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Milan Kundera- The book of Laughter and Forgetting

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

I bought this book to give to my grandmother. Thank God that He gave me the inspiration to read it first. I don't understand the obsession of modern and contemporary writers to not only use but abuse of pornographic and deranged sexual activities images in their writings. Why does it have to be so explicit? It's like these tv shows that only want ratings and using sex is the best way to do it. They don't care about developing the human society, they only care about them getting as much money as possible, no higher goals. I read books expecting to find out more, to enrich myself, to get away from this self destroying world. And I stumble on books like this. If I want pornographic images I will read Sandra Brown. I don't expect to read the same thing from a high=rated author. I think Kundera had some interesting ideas in his book but I just couldn't pass over those images that got stuck to my brain. What is he trying to teach the public ??? Does a good author need to make use of shocking sexual images to attract the public like a bad television ? It's this the public he wants? I would like to give him another chance and read something else written by him but I don't have the courage right now. I don't want to buy another book like this that I will probably burn it. I want to have in my house books that I can recommend to my future kids to read and this I cannot.

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To kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This I really liked. I read in English cause I like lately to read my books in original as much as I can to capture the whole meaning of its written words. I must read it again cause the first time I was conquered also about the plot and wanted to see how everything ended. I recommend reading it.

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Of Kings and Gods - Lynn Austin

Gods and Kings by Lynn Austin
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Hm , well, I was not overwhelmed. I think the idea behind it is great and it helps you remember the kings of Iuda and Israel, but I just didn't like the way it was written. Maybe it had to do with the romanian translation or maybe because I'm found of russian writings, I don't know. Though it's easy to read and it has a plot I kept putting it aside and had no desire to see what was next. Maybe I found it too easy to read, too many dialogues as if I was reading a movie script or a book made after a movie.

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Reading and...

Do you read ?
Well, I do. I used to read for hours, for days. In the summer vacation it was almost all I did. Read and read. Even now when we go in vacations my husband's pictures of me are like these:

I can do this anywhere :)

Freezing to death next to a stove...

And my favorite place, the beach... (well, it's a little bit rocky here)  :)