Za nekoga ko nije upoznat sa slovenskom mitologijom ovo je super uvod, što zači bio je pun pogodak za mene. Međutim imala sam mali problem sa i�4-
Za nekoga ko nije upoznat sa slovenskom mitologijom ovo je super uvod, što zači bio je pun pogodak za mene. Međutim imala sam mali problem sa ilustracijama, iako su dobre veći deo njih ne izgleda kao da bi trebalo da bude u ovoj knjizi....more
I have to say that I didn’t know who Gabrielle Union was before picking her autobiography although I had watched a few of her movies.
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I have to say that I didn’t know who Gabrielle Union was before picking her autobiography although I had watched a few of her movies.
Autobiographies can be a hit or miss for me. In the beginning, it was leaning towards me not enjoying it, however, things changed, I started laughing at Gabrielle’s stories and enjoying her bluntness which shocked me in the beginning. When picking it up I was looking for something fun, and while it was still fun, it was much more than that as Union talked about her experiences and struggles growing up. It certainly was interesting to see how living in a predominately white neighborhood affected her.
As someone that doesn’t know anything about psychology, I can’t say if the given information is good, but it looks like a good start if you are into lAs someone that doesn’t know anything about psychology, I can’t say if the given information is good, but it looks like a good start if you are into learning more about it. I haven’t read the whole book, just some parts that interested me, which may explain why I didn’t find it very interesting....more
I’ve encountered the I Love Lucy show somewhere around 2014 and I absolutely loved it. It’s interesting that, besides knowing Lucy and Desi are marrieI’ve encountered the I Love Lucy show somewhere around 2014 and I absolutely loved it. It’s interesting that, besides knowing Lucy and Desi are married, I knew nothing about them and if I hadn’t read Lucy’s autobiography it would’ve stayed that way. I’m glad I read it to find out more (anything) about them and now excuse me while I go and press play for the first episode of the show....more
This started so good until it wasn’t anymore, which is a disappointment. I really liked how it started, with a question of what would happen if�3-
This started so good until it wasn’t anymore, which is a disappointment. I really liked how it started, with a question of what would happen if the Earth and all terrestrial objects suddenly stopped spinning, but the atmosphere retained its velocity. Maybe the reason I liked the question/answer was because I like those apocalyptical scenarios and if it had continued like that I would’ve been content, however it didn’t. Somewhere around the 40% mark things got too sciency—yes I know this is a book with scientific answers, I can read it in the title—and since my knowledge of physics is lower than a middle graders (do they even have physics? Either way they probably know more than I) things started to get over my head� and from there things went downhill my mind started wandering while listening to it, I almost fell asleep and I just couldn’t wait to finish it....more
This was an adorable audiobook; I really loved the sound effects and I had no complaints about the way the story was told—stream of consciousness way This was an adorable audiobook; I really loved the sound effects and I had no complaints about the way the story was told—stream of consciousness way which I would usually dislike. It was interesting to see how someone that’s so famous became to be; to be honest I didn’t know what exactly he did for Marvel but I thought it was more than give an idea to the illustrators. All in all I liked this one even though it was too short. ...more
I love how music was such a big part of Rob’s life; it feels like music had a greater meaning back then. Music nowadays is still important—I can’t imaI love how music was such a big part of Rob’s life; it feels like music had a greater meaning back then. Music nowadays is still important—I can’t imagine my day without music, the thought itself is depressing—but I don’t get the same vibe as when I read this memoir, it’s like people instead of air breathed music which is awesome.
I pretty much knew nothing about her before starting this. Also I wasn’t planning on reading it, but as it was so popular here it made me so cu�5-
I pretty much knew nothing about her before starting this. Also I wasn’t planning on reading it, but as it was so popular here it made me so curious that I decided to give it a try. I’m so glad I did.
The whole autobiography is great, I especially loved the first two parts; I liked hearing about her childhood, her education and how she met Barack—not liking him when everyone was impressed with him was very amusing to me. The whole presidency part was the least interesting to me, but it was eye opening, I mean I never thought how the lives of very important people were, what struggles and sacrifices they had to make� so hearing Michelle’s experience did put things into perspective.
While reading I also listened to the audio book which is narrated by the author herself and I think that’s the best way to consume this story. ...more
Već sam viđala neke knjige koje su govorile o važnim ženama sveta što me je zainteresovalo i rekla sam da ću ih u nekoj budućnosSerbian/English review
Već sam viđala neke knjige koje su govorile o važnim ženama sveta što me je zainteresovalo i rekla sam da ću ih u nekoj budućnosti naći i započeti, međutim kada sam videla da postoji zbirka biografija o značajnim ženama Srbije pa... jednostavno sam morala da je uzmem iz biblioteke. Moj entuzijazam je splasnuo nakon što sam pročitala drugu biografiju. Način pisanja je kitnjast i, barem na početku, sa dosta metafora koje su imale veze sa profesijom dame o kojoj je pisano.
„Šahovske figure su bile njene lutke. Konjići, u svakojakom kasu. Pešaci, planinari. Kralj i kraljica u igri devojčice koji će joj, kasnije, predati krune.� –Alisa Marić, prva dama svetskog šaha.
Možda je to samo meni smetalo jer sam očekivala „ozbiljniji� i suviji način pisanja za ovaj tip knjige. Međutim, to nije bilo jedino što mi je zasmetalo oko pisanja, tu su bile i naglo prekinute rečenice koje ne volim preterano.
Neke od biografija su mi bile interesantne, dok sam neke jedva čekala da završim. To što su biografije baš kratke (dve stranice) je bilo i dobro a i ne, kao što sam rekla neke od njih su mi bile interesantne i želela sam da pročitam više o njima. Nakon 70ak stranica rešila sam da preskačem one biografije koje me ne interesuju preterano. Ako ništa drugo ovo je dobro da se zagrebe površina o nekim modernim herojinama. Takođe sam otkrila da me biografije bivših vladarki više privlače od ostalih.
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I saw some books that were about important women of the world and, naturally, I was interested and I said I’ll find them and read them in some near future, but then I saw that there’s a collection of biographies about important women from Serbia and I had to borrow it from the library. However, my enthusiasm dropped after the second biography. The writing is too flowery and in the beginning full with metaphors that had some connection with the profession of the lady it was written about.
Now I would insert the first paragraph of the very first biography as I did in the Serbian part of the review, but the original is in Serbian and I don’t know how to translate it to English and also I don’t want to butcher it.
Maybe it’s just me but I expected a more serious and dry way of writing for this type of book, besides that writing I didn’t like that the sentences were abruptly interrupted—I don’t see the reason for them to be shortened.
Some of the biographies were interesting, others I couldn’t wait to finish and it’s good that they were short (two pages plus an illustration) on one hand, on the other I would’ve wished for some of them to be longer because I found them interesting. After about seventy pages I decided to skip the ones I wasn’t that interested in, which turned out to be a good thing for me because I didn’t grew bored. If nothing else it’s a good start to get interested in the heroes of our time. ...more
I expected� well, I don’t know what I exactly expected. I saw the cover and found it interesting and fun, naturally I picked it up. I hoped to find moI expected� well, I don’t know what I exactly expected. I saw the cover and found it interesting and fun, naturally I picked it up. I hoped to find more about Lagom since the only thing I knew about it was it means not too much, not too little. However I’m not so sure I learned something new, it was too facty and it had parts were it was repetitive. The usage of the word lagom is not very lagom, at least for me....more
The illustrations are amazing. It's a great start to learning about Japan and its history. It definitely piqued my curiosity.The illustrations are amazing. It's a great start to learning about Japan and its history. It definitely piqued my curiosity....more
As I’m currently interested in Vikings this seemed as a good place to start. Don’t expect it to go in depth about Viking history as it is too short foAs I’m currently interested in Vikings this seemed as a good place to start. Don’t expect it to go in depth about Viking history as it is too short for that; it’s solely a beginner’s guide, enough to spark an interest for further expedition in these waters....more
I may have to rethink the I-don’t-like-nonfiction thing, because I really enjoyed this. Although all that may be thanks to Roger Wayne’s voice (I listI may have to rethink the I-don’t-like-nonfiction thing, because I really enjoyed this. Although all that may be thanks to Roger Wayne’s voice (I listened to the audio book) that I liked and therefore continued to listen; I would’ve probably read the book even if I didn’t like the voice because I laughed few times through the first chapter, but a nice voice makes things better.
The thing that I liked the most in this book was the use of other people’s stories to tell a point. ...more
Five, four years ago I started reading this interesting book, but I didn’t move past 60 pages because I had I can’t believe I finally read it. Woohoo!
Five, four years ago I started reading this interesting book, but I didn’t move past 60 pages because I had this genius idea to copy the myths� by hand. Seeing this is the second time I try reading this we all know how the first attempt ended.
This book covers myths and legends from all around the world which is amazing. However in a book containing 512 pages 200 of those pages are just Greek myths, don’t get me wrong I like Greek mythology but it’s also the most known mythology in the world and I expected more of the unknown (to me at least) stories; some mythologies were only 6 pages long (Finish myth.), comparing it to the number of pages used for Greek mythology seems unfair.
The mythologies I was a tad more interested in (Norse, Slovenian, African) didn’t satisfy my hunger. Norse and Slovenian mythology were too short for my liking, and the African myths were not well organized, concentrating more on themes than tribes which confused the heck out of me. The most surprising of all were the myths of North America which are beautiful. ...more
From all the books I read this year and even enjoyed, this one is the one I would want to own. And that says a lot, because there’s a smalI loved it.
From all the books I read this year and even enjoyed, this one is the one I would want to own. And that says a lot, because there’s a small number of books that I loved enough to want to own them. ...more
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