tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657896009871191392024-03-05T03:56:18.404-06:00A Whole Book WorldCaRiiToOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235918193299700180noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165789600987119139.post-42119963640376410542013-04-14T02:47:00.002-05:002013-04-14T02:49:35.507-05:00April 10, 2013That day, I lost my mom. Figuratively. My parents signed the divorce,
something that we saw coming ages ago yet it didn’t happen until now.<br />
<br />
She went away with another man last July. I asked her about him in
September and she shouted at me horrible things I can still listen to in
my head (“you are nuts, a liar… reading so many books is making you
crazy…”). I stopped talking to her.<br />
<br />
On January, she “apologized” but I didn’t think she was being honest.
I ignored her. I was trying to heal myself from thousands of scars and
wounds she left me through my entire life.<br />
<br />
On February 21, I received her <span class="short_text" id="result_box"><span class="hps alt-edited">suit for divorce against my dad. She said horrible things and lies. Some of them </span></span><span id="result_box"><span class="hps">were</span> <span class="hps">about her,</span> <span class="hps">but</span> <span class="hps">attributed to</span> <span class="hps">my dad …</span> <span class="hps">I said</span> <span class="hps">many things</span> <span class="hps">in January. Even my second brother, who is younger than me for two years, was involved, illegally, in the lies.</span></span><br />
<span id="result_box"><span class="hps"><br /></span></span>
<span class="hps">The next day, February 22, she took away my
youngest brother. He is 15, I haven’t seen him since, even though I’ve
chatted a couple time with him. It seems as if they are controlling each
and every of his moves. I should know, been there, done that, and all
that jazz. Still, she kept sending my and my older brother text messages
saying that she loved us… we couldn’t believe them. </span>I told myself that I would talk to her again if she showed she cared about us, but she didn’t.<br />
<br />
<span class="hps">So, yeah… on Wednesday April 10, 2013, my
parents signed the divorce. I wanted… wished… for her to show she really
cared about me and my brother. We wanted for her to accept my dad’s
agreement (leaving us the house until my brother finished college or I
was 25, meaning 3 more years), She didn’t. </span><br />
<br />
<span class="hps">She wanted to sell the house as soon as
possible because I could work and help pay bills, and my brother was too
behind in school and he should start to see for himself… In other
words, she didn’t care about our well being. In the end, we have to sell
the house in a year and a half. </span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="hps">When she went out of the offices, we saw her and she saw us… and she smiled delighted. It hurt… </span><span class="hps alt-edited">Practically,</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">she</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">pushed us aside</span>, she <span class="hps">denied us</span> <span class="hps">as her children</span>. On Friday, she sent us a text message that said that she loved us. But she already lost us.<br />
<br />
She may earn her money and lived happily ever after with
this man. I really hope she ends up being happy and I will forgive her
once I stop feeling so sad and mad… but she lost her only daughter and
her older son, who is so full of resentment and hatred it hurts… I don’t
know when I will talk to her again, but in the main time, she isn’t a
“mom” or a “mother” anymore, she’s only the person who brought me to
life.<br />
<br />
I want her and her boyfriend the best. I wish my
soon-to-be 20 year old brother the best. I hope I can see really soon my
15 year old brother. I pray my older brother heals from his hurt and
hatred and resentment. I want my dad to be happy… and I want myself to
be okay… I don’t know how long it will take, but I know I will.<br />
<br />
I will be free from the labyrinth of suffering. CaRiiToOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235918193299700180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165789600987119139.post-25997544005646608792011-02-19T22:06:00.009-06:002011-02-19T22:58:55.406-06:00Y tú... ¿eres elegante cual erizo?<div align="justify"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575619604319770754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 120px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ6laLL3_gvpYAVst0wclImArKYExAIdejhYVEW9rcjd8IyIJFznn1QDZm2R0I-mDrvlRM41t30eRy1OJtDqNbzDm4lzLm5wuOWwTkwVi-NiuMh5lvicMgzvTm7RpcVfP_jl_CjTNPPrk/s200/La%252520elegancia%252520del%252520erizo%252C%252520de%252520Muriel%252520Barbery.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em>La Elegancia del Erizo</em> de Muriel Barbery</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Este hermoso libro nos relata las historias de Renée Michel, la portera de un edificio de ricos en Paris, y Paloma Josse, una niña súper inteligente de 12 años que vive junto con su familia en dicho edificio, donde Renée debe mantener un "bajo perfil" para estar al "nivel de su profesión. Dichas historias cambian radicalmente con la llegada de Kakuro Ozu, quien tiene un interés que roza el afecto por ambas mujeres... especialmente por Renée.</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Las voces de Renée y Paloma narran sus propias historias, lo que les da una sensación de realidad impresionante. Personalmente, encontré la voz de Renée un tanto complicada, e incluso en algunas ocaciones rebuscada, lo que ocasionaba que mi lectura se volviera lenta. En cambio, la voz de Paloma me impactó... me recordó la forma en la que yo pensaba a los 12 años, por lo que al leer sus partes era como leerme a mi misma.</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Todos los personajes resultan entrañables y mágicos, a su manera. Por ejemplo, Ozu cambia "descongela" el corazón de Renée y alegra la monótona vida de Paloma.</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">El libro es, en palabras de la amiga que me lo prestó, <strong>subrayable de cabo a rabo</strong>, y vaya que concuerdo con ello. Creo que no tardaré en comprarme mi propia copia, para conservar mis pasajes favoritos; y, quizás, cuando aprenda francés, esperemos que sea en un futuro no muy lejano, lo lea en su idioma original. Además, hay tantas alusiones y menciones de <em>Ana Karenina</em> que mis ganas de leer dicho libro han aumentado.</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Deseo ver con todo mi corazón la adaptación cinematográfica, <em>Le Hérisson</em>... veremos si la consigo pronto.</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/b9YUqkbLAko" frameborder="0" width="450" height="250"></iframe><br /><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Les comparto uno de mis pasajes favoritos:</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">"La señora Michel tiene la elegancia del erizo: por fuera está cubierta de púas, una verdadera fortaleza, pero intuyo que, por dentro, tiene el mismo refinamiento sencillo de los erizos, que son animalillos falsamente indolentes, tremendamente solitarios y terriblemente elegantes."</span></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Entrada <span style="color:#000000;">dedicada a </span><a href="http://librosyte.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#000000;">María</span></a><span style="color:#000000;">, cuyo blog</span> amo, y a Elliot, mi guía a esta preciosa joya literaria.</span></div>CaRiiToOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235918193299700180noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165789600987119139.post-26321054875622507532011-01-13T18:38:00.003-06:002011-01-13T19:01:46.139-06:00More than a Literary Society... A Family!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6fFVT2ZYBlccE4soGRbelVYBf0pK9T6MwmgFXIw5cIGAuoyBqBm_lUhh6EA3PE3y-XxMsKTP2KOcu7bLZYOl1JtuyILCA0rISh4qvX5wrXfcbbkK43aRbV1_aGG3fhcYuIArT4tU9rs/s1600/4666058.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561840263019226706" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 177px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6fFVT2ZYBlccE4soGRbelVYBf0pK9T6MwmgFXIw5cIGAuoyBqBm_lUhh6EA3PE3y-XxMsKTP2KOcu7bLZYOl1JtuyILCA0rISh4qvX5wrXfcbbkK43aRbV1_aGG3fhcYuIArT4tU9rs/s320/4666058.jpg" border="0" /></a><em>The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society</em> by Mary Anne Shaffer & Annie Barrows <div align="justify"><br /><blockquote>“I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some sort of secret<br />homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers.” </blockquote></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">I have always thought that a book can save you, from anything! I have read lots of amazing books in my almost 20 years of life, they have been my back-up plan, my accomplices, my entertainment... </div><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify">But there are some books that are more than that... that become your friends, and give you a heart-warming sensation, and <em>The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society</em> by Mary Anne Shaffer & Annie Barrows is one of those.</div><br /><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Written as letters, <em>The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society</em> tells us the story of Juliet Ashton and the people of one of the Channel Islands, Guernsey, just after the WWII is over.</div><br /><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">I must confess that I was on the verge of tears when I finished it. You get to love each one of the characters as if they were part of your family: Juliet, Dawsey, Elizabeth, Kit, Isola, Sidney, Eben, Eli... all of them are real people in my mind!</div><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify">I hope everybody manage to read this book sometime in their life, because I cannot praise it enough. Now, I really want to do three things: first of all, do my own Literary Society (or join one); secondly, have a penpal (I really want to receive and send letter to someone abroad!); and, last but not least, go to Guernsey in a near future!</div>CaRiiToOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235918193299700180noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165789600987119139.post-23768129069844600892011-01-03T22:15:00.002-06:002011-01-03T22:22:23.887-06:00It is just about fairy-tales!<div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">I have decided to join another challenge this year! It is the </span><a href="http://www.tiftalksbooks.com/2010/12/2011-fairy-tale-challenge.html"><span style="color:#333333;">Fairy-tale Challenge</span></a><span style="color:#333333;"> that is held by </span><a href="http://www.tiftalksbooks.com/"><span style="color:#333333;">Tiff</span></a><span style="color:#333333;">. The reason? I really love a good fairy-tale! They are one of the reasons why I am a book lover.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">So, I'll be in the Happily Ever After level, which means I will "read/watch any combination of original tales, modern tales, or films, resulting in 12 total selections."</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">I am so excited for this challenge! </span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;"></span></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558181002002199570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 317px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfVInauQZRwSPpPB5JHgIe0c5dvm_pCbLn8th8PtdmS78IWjLzNuAvlAGR6sxArg4dxNiRqJbIEqAwO83der4qXVFiBYioatCpQMOCJdJKkww22E4Yu67rvaB8o9L6fe9d269_E5Kyw5c/s400/2011_Fairy_Tale_Challenge_Button.jpg" border="0" />CaRiiToOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235918193299700180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165789600987119139.post-23846337286635639792011-01-02T15:24:00.006-06:002011-01-02T15:51:32.451-06:002010... is over! 2011... let's do it!<div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">2010 was a little intense for me: I finished High School, started college, started to collaborate for two magazines, read as much as I could, got to know amazing persons, discovered more of myself... Now, this year is over!</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">I managed to complete some of the reading challenges, but as I started to read more English books (I can read really fast, in Spanish... in English I still need practice because of some of the words I still do not understand...), my reading pace was quite slow... I managed to read 82 books out of 100... but I got to know some new (for me) authors:</span></div><ol><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">A la Sombra del Ángel de Kathryn S. Blair </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Alas de Aprilynne Pike </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Arráncame la Vida de Ángeles Mastretta </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Azul de Rubén Dario </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><a href="http://caroexlibris.blogspot.com/2010/01/de-vuelta-casa.html" target="_new"><span style="color:#333333;">Back Home by Michelle Magorian</span></a><span style="color:#333333;"> </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Cannery Row by John Steinbeck </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Carolina en el País de las Estaciones de Luis Ramoneda </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Crepúsculo de Stephenie Meyer </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Diez (Posibles) Razones para la Tristeza del Pensamiento de George Steiner </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">El Arco y la Lira de Octavio Paz </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">El Club de los Muertos de Charlaine Harris </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><a href="http://caroexlibris.blogspot.com/2009/12/de-cuentos-y-verdades.html" target="_new"><span style="color:#333333;">El Cuento Número Trece de Diane Setterfield</span></a><span style="color:#333333;"> (re-lectura) </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">El Círculo Mágico de Katherine Neville </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">El Diario de Lucía de Kathryn S. Blair </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">El Mago de OZ de Lyman Frank Baum </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><a href="http://caroexlibris.blogspot.com/2010/02/de-palabras-y-nombres.html" target="_new"><span style="color:#333333;">El Nombre del Viento de Patrick Rothfuss</span></a><span style="color:#333333;"> </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">El Sexto Sol de J. L. Murra </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><a href="http://caroexlibris.blogspot.com/2010/01/pequenos-ladrones.html" target="_new"><span style="color:#333333;">El Señor de los Ladrones de Cornelia Funke</span></a><span style="color:#333333;"> </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">El Vuelo del Dragón de AnneMcCaffrey </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><a href="http://caroexlibris.blogspot.com/2010/05/about-first-impressions.html" target="_new"><span style="color:#333333;">First Impressions: A Tale of Less Pride & Prejudice by Alexa Adams</span></a><span style="color:#333333;"> </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><a href="http://caroexlibris.blogspot.com/2010/05/another-read-along.html" target="_new"><span style="color:#333333;">Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift</span></a><span style="color:#333333;"> </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Harry Potter y el Prisionero de Azkaban de J. K. Rowling </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Harry Potter y la Cámara de los Secretos de J. K. Rowling </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Harry Potter y la Piedra Filosofal de J. K. Rowling </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Inés del Alma Mía de Isabel Allende </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">La Idea de Europa de George Steiner </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">La Ilíada de Homero </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">La Odisea de Homero </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">La Orestiada de Esquilo </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">La Pianista de Varsovia de Walter Zacharias </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">La Segunda Vida de Bree Tanner de Stephenie Meyer </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">La Vela de Navidad (The Christmas Candle) by Max Lucado </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><a href="http://caroexlibris.blogspot.com/2010/03/lamento-decirte-que-las-hadas-nos.html" target="_new"><span style="color:#333333;">Lamento de Maggie Stiefvater</span></a><span style="color:#333333;"> </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Las Batallas en el Desierto de José Emilio Pacheco </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Las Brujas de Mayfair I: La Hora de las Brujas de Anne Rice </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><a href="http://caroexlibris.blogspot.com/2010/03/contando-las-horas.html" target="_new"><span style="color:#333333;">Las Horas de Michael Cunningham</span></a><span style="color:#333333;"> </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Leah by J. M. Reep </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><a href="http://caroexlibris.blogspot.com/2010/04/solo-un-juego.html" target="_new"><span style="color:#333333;">Literati de Barry McCrea</span></a><span style="color:#333333;"> </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Los Filósofos Griegos de W. K. Guthrie </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Los Guardianes del Libro de Geraldine Brooks </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Los Trabajos y los Días de Hesiodo </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Los Trenes del Verano de José María Merino </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Love Story by Erich Segal </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><a href="http://caroexlibris.blogspot.com/2010/04/14-weeks-excellent-lesson.html" target="_new"><span style="color:#333333;">Martes con mi Viejo Profesor de Mitch Albom</span></a><span style="color:#333333;"> </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Miracle on the 34th Street by Valentine Davies </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><a href="http://caroexlibris.blogspot.com/2010/06/corazon-sangre-muerte.html" target="_new"><span style="color:#333333;">Muerte de Tinta de Cornelia Funke</span></a><span style="color:#333333;"> </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Muerto Hasta el Anochecer de Charlaine Harris </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Muerto para el Mundo de Charlaine Harris </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">My Ántonia by Willa Cather </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><a href="http://caroexlibris.blogspot.com/2010/02/en-corto.html" target="_new"><span style="color:#333333;">No Vuelvas a Leer Jane Eyre de Carmen Gómez Ojeda</span></a><span style="color:#333333;"> </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><a href="http://caroexlibris.blogspot.com/2010/01/de-amores-y-perdones.html" target="_new"><span style="color:#333333;">Perdona si te llamo amor de Federico Moccia</span></a><span style="color:#333333;"> </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Pirática de Tanith Lee </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Poética de Aristóteles </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Protréptico de Aristóteles </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Songs of Innocence & Songs of Experience by William Blake </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Sonnets by William Shakespeare </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Teogonía de Hesiodo </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><a href="http://caroexlibris.blogspot.com/2010/04/last-song.html" target="_new"><span style="color:#333333;">The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks</span></a><span style="color:#333333;"> </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">This Year It Will Be Different by Maeve Binchy </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Titán A.E. de Steve y Dal Perry </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Travesuras de la Niña Mala de Mario Vargas Llosa </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Tres Metros sobre el CIelo de Federico Moccia </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><a href="http://caroexlibris.blogspot.com/2010/06/histories-of-england.html" target="_new"><span style="color:#333333;">Two Histories of England by Jane Austen & Charles Dickens</span></a><span style="color:#333333;"> </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Una Habitación con Vistas de E. M. Forster </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Vampire Academy de Richelle Mead </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Vivir y Morir en Dallas de Charlaine Harris </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson </span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Ética Nicomaquea de Aristóteles</span></div></li></ol><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Some of them were amazingly great, others were not... but I enjoyed reading them all! Also, I got to know lots of great bloggers, went through the Read-A-Thon for first time, watched some awesome films... </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Yes, 2010 was awesomely great, and I hope 2011 being great too!</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Now, I have some new resolutions for this New Year:</span></div><ul><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Learn a new language (Italian or German... I can understand a little of Ancient & Modern Greek and Latin, French, Italian and Portuguese... but I really want to learn how to speak, read and write German, Italian, French, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, and Russian... so, I'll start studying).</span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Read 100 books (yeah, I'll be into the </span><a href="http://j-kaye-book-blog.blogspot.com/2010/12/100-challenge.html"><span style="color:#333333;">100+ Reading Challenge</span></a><span style="color:#333333;"> again).</span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Work-out twice a week (I walk a lot... but I think I need to do more!).</span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Go back to dance classes (I have studied classic ballet and modern dance... I want to go back to either of them).</span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Drink less soda.</span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Post more book reviews.</span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Enter more read-alongs.</span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Enter the Read-A-Thon.</span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">Go to the movie theater more often, at least twice a month.</span></div></li></ul><p align="justify"><span style="color:#333333;">So, let's get started!</span></p>CaRiiToOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235918193299700180noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165789600987119139.post-13055896664838085382010-12-20T23:43:00.006-06:002010-12-20T23:57:40.986-06:00Wrap-Up... Kind of...<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#333333;">So, my last weeks have been chaotic... it was end of term (it was my first term at college, and I am glad to say that I did well) and I have been quite sick (I have been coughing for a week now... I hate it!), but I have managed to read quite a lot (I have read 2 of the books for the Holiday Reading Challenge and a couple of books for my next school term (which will start on January... I am so excited!). </span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#333333;">In conclusion... get ready for some reviews throughout the next weeks!</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#333333;">Also, I have a challenge with one of my BFFs... we will read <em>Ulysses</em> by James Joyce... we will read a chapter per week or so until we finish it, and we will do comments about it... I know it will take us some time as it is a quite complicated book, but I am looking forward to read and finish it!</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#333333;">Finally, this week is Christmas, so (hopefully) I will receive some awesome books!!</span></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:#333333;">:D</span></div>CaRiiToOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235918193299700180noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165789600987119139.post-37624614872127391582010-11-01T21:08:00.005-06:002010-11-01T21:28:39.989-06:00HOLIDAY READING CHALLENGE<div align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;">I have decided to join to a new Challenge. This time is a </span><a href="http://bookwormygirl.blogspot.com/2010/11/2010-holiday-reading-challenge.html"><span style="color:#000000;">Holiday themed challenge </span></a><span style="color:#000000;">hosted by </span><a href="http://bookwormygirl.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#000000;">All About {n}</span></a><span style="color:#000000;">, in which I'll read some holiday related books (it doesn't matter if it's about Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa... as long as it's about this season holiday).</span></div><p align="center"><a href="http://bookwormygirl.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#000000;"><img title="All About {n}" alt="All About {n}" src="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/nelycowleysanchez/holidayreadingchallenge-large.png" border="0" /></span></a></p><div align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;">I am really excited for this challenge because this is my favourite season of the year. I'll read 1 to 5 books (although, I'll try to read more!). So, here is my sample book-list (perhaps I'll change them a little... but I'll try not to):</span></div><ol><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;"><em>Little Women</em> by Louisa May Alcott (it has been a Christmas classic for me since my dad gave it to me in this season 10 years ago... and the book starts on Christms).</span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;"><em>A Christmas Carol</em> by Charles Dickens.</span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;"><em>This Year It Will Be Different</em> by Maeve Binchy.</span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;"><em>Miracle on the 34th Street</em> by Todd Strasser.</span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;"><em>La Vela de Navidad</em> (<em>The Christmas Candle</em>) by Max Lucado.</span></div></li></ol><p align="right"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">LET'S HAVE THIS HOLIDAY STARTED!</span></strong></p>CaRiiToOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235918193299700180noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165789600987119139.post-4324307436253642782010-10-10T13:40:00.002-05:002010-10-10T13:53:39.358-05:00Read-A-Thon Wrap Up<div align="justify">1. Which hour was most daunting for you? Since 8 am to 1:30 pm, as I was at school...</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year? It depends on the reader, the books I read were awesome!</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year? I think it was awesome, but a couple times the links to the Mini-Challenges were broken :S so, checking on that could be great!</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon? The enthusiasm of all the participants :D</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">5. How many books did you read? 3 books, 5 short stories and 3 essays</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">6. What were the names of the books you read? </div><ul><li><div align="justify">Books: <em>Travesuras de la Niña Mala </em>by Mario Vargas Llosa, <em>Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone</em> by J. K. Rowling and <em>The Little Prince</em> by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.</div></li><li><div align="justify">Short stories: "The Kiss" by Angela Carter, "A Visit to Grandpa's" by Dylan Thomas, "In Love With Raymond Chandler" and "Happy Endings" by Margaret Atwood, and "The Whore of Mensa" by Woody Allen.</div></li><li><div align="justify">Essays: "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell and "The Language Mavens" by Steven Pinker.</div></li></ul><div align="justify">7. Which book did you enjoy most? It is difficult to chose :S I loved them all, but it was great to read <em>Travesuras de la Niña Mala</em>, a new kind of story for me :D (highly recommended, too... I thinks its title in English is <em>Bad Girl</em>, but I am not sure XD)</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">8. Which did you enjoy least? Everything I read was great!</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">9. If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders? Well, I tried to cheer as much as I could, but some pages were blocked by my computer... so it made it quite difficult to comment... but, it was great, because I visited more blogs than the usual ones ;)</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">10. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time? Yes, I would love to participate again. Mainly as a reader and an sporadic cheerleader.</div>CaRiiToOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235918193299700180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165789600987119139.post-17920796432703603052010-10-10T03:06:00.004-05:002010-10-10T03:29:56.854-05:00Hour 21<div align="justify">We are at Hour 21 of the Read-A-Thon. It is 3 am in Mexico and I am tired. So, I think I am just going to leave it here, as I will not wake up before 11 am and I will celebrate my brother's birthday.<br /><br /></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><a href="http://www.decitre.fr/gi/35/9788466319935FS.gif"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 117px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 185px" alt="" src="http://www.decitre.fr/gi/35/9788466319935FS.gif" border="0" /></a>Even though, I managed to finish 3 books, some essays and short stories, made some Mini Challenges, tried to cheer a little (I am having technical problems with my lovely computer) and went through the first half of <em>Eat, Pray, Love</em> by Elizabeth Gilbert.</div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify">So, my stadistics are:</div><ul><li><div align="right">Hours spent reading: 13 hours.<br /></div></li><li><div align="right">Pages read: 968.</div></li><li><div align="right">Books read: 3 (<em>Travesuras de la Niña Mala</em> by Mario Vargas Llosa, <em>Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone</em> by J. K. Rowling and <em>The Little Prince</em> by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry).<br /></div></li><li><div align="right">Other readings: short stories ("The Kiss" by Angela Carter, "A Visit to Grandpa's" by Dylan Thomas, "In Love With Raymond Chandler" and "Happy Endings" by Margaret Atwood, and "The Whore of Mensa" by Woody Allen) and essays ("Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell and "The Language Mavens" by Steven Pinker).</div></li></ul><br /><br /><p align="justify">Hopefully, I'll manage to post some reviews soon and to finish <em>Eat, Pray</em><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JQNYJH6LSeY/TBlx2iF2NhI/AAAAAAAAARs/eIU42Je3mZE/s1600/harry-potter-y-la-piedra-filosofal-1.jpg"><em><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 178px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 245px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JQNYJH6LSeY/TBlx2iF2NhI/AAAAAAAAARs/eIU42Je3mZE/s1600/harry-potter-y-la-piedra-filosofal-1.jpg" border="0" /></em></a><em>, Love</em> through Sunday.</p><p align="justify">Wishing all of you to enjoy the remains of the Read-A-Thon, I am off!</p>CaRiiToOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235918193299700180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165789600987119139.post-752616242476290332010-10-10T00:30:00.006-05:002010-10-10T01:09:29.452-05:00Hour 18<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I have been reading for 10 hours now. I have finished <em>Travesuras de la Niña Mala</em> by Mario Vargas Llosa (he is awesome!), <em>Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone</em> by J. K. Rowling (for the 4th time I have loved it!), some short stories ("The Kiss" by Angela Carter, "A Visit to Grandpa's" by Dylan Thomas, "In Love With Raymond Chandler" and "Happy Endings" by Margaret Atwood (she is one of the greatest writers I have ever read, seriously!), and "The Whore of Mensa" by Woody Allen) and a couple of essays ("Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell, and "The Language Mavens" by Steven Pinker), and am through the half of <em>Eat, Pray, Love</em> by Elizabeth Gilbert. I am quite tired of it, so I'll read a childhood favourite: <em>The Little Prince</em> by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I conclusion, I have read 868 pages so far, which is awesome!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">And, as a footnote, today, October 10th, is my little brother 13th birthday. He is an awesomely intelligent kid and I am glad of being his sister. I wish him the best!</span></div>CaRiiToOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235918193299700180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165789600987119139.post-7221873992118042242010-10-09T19:50:00.001-05:002010-10-09T19:52:22.630-05:00Title Word Scramble<span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">This Mini-Challenge is hosted by <a href="http://sheeryhall.blogspot.com/2010/10/read-thon-mini-challenge-title-word.html">Sheery's Place</a>:</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">1.Firefly Lane</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">2.East of Eden</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">3. Water for Elephants</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">4.To Kill a Mockingbird</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">5. The Great Gatsby</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">6. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">7. The Art of Caring in the Rain</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">8.The Time Travelers Wife</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">9. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">10.Diary of a Wimpy Kid</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">11.A Wrinkle in Time</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">12. The Polar Express</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">13.Love Walked In</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">14.Where the Wild Things Are<br />15.The Shinning</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">16.Goodnight Moon</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">17. Interview with a Vampire</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">18. The Secret Life of Bees</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">19. The Search</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">20. The Help</span></span>CaRiiToOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235918193299700180noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165789600987119139.post-67310964294533212252010-10-09T19:05:00.003-05:002010-10-09T19:23:01.365-05:00Mid-Event Survey<span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:85%;">1. What are you reading right now? <span style="color:#006600;"><em>Eat, Pray, Love</em> by Elizabeth Gilbert</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">2. How many books have you read so far? </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#006600;">Two (<em>Travesuras de la Niña Mala</em> and <em>Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone</em>)<br /></span>3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon? <span style="color:#006600;">Finish <em>Eat, Pray, Love</em> <br /></span>4. Did you have to make any special arrangements to free up your whole day? <span style="color:#006600;">No, I really had to go to classes<br /></span>5. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those? <span style="color:#006600;">Yes, I have brought the books withme everywhere (that is annoying my brother, but I don't care!)<br /></span>6. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far? <span style="color:#006600;">How many people is participating!</span><br />7. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year? <span style="color:#006600;">I think it is awesome the way it is!<br /><span style="color:#000000;">8. What would you</span> </span>do differently, as a Reader or a Cheerleader, if you were to do this again next year? <span style="color:#006600;">Cross my fingers, so I don't have to go to school that day</span><br />9. Are you getting tired yet? <span style="color:#006600;">No</span><br />10. Do you have any tips for other Readers or Cheerleaders, something you think is working well for you that others may not have discovered? <span style="color:#006600;">Just enjoy the books you're reading and don't stress over time!</span></span></span>CaRiiToOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235918193299700180noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165789600987119139.post-77466168473609302142010-10-09T16:17:00.004-05:002010-10-09T17:13:43.888-05:00Six Word Celebration<a href="http://estellasrevenge.blogspot.com/2010/10/mini-challenge-six-word-celebration.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">Estella's Revenge</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"> is hosting this mini-challenge where you must create a six-word celebration of the 24 hour Read-A-Thon.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">So, here is mine:</span><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">Books, chocolates, blogs... this is fun!</span></strong></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">Still with Vargas Llosa's book... he is an amazing writer, no wonder why he is the new Nobel Prize.</span></div>CaRiiToOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235918193299700180noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165789600987119139.post-40516995762279641002010-10-09T15:25:00.003-05:002010-10-09T15:37:28.145-05:00Book Puzzle<span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">This Mini Challenge is from </span><a href="http://librariansbookreviews.blogspot.com/2010/10/read-thon-mini-challenge-book-puzzle.html"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">One Librarian's Book Reviews</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000000;">. We have to post an image or group or images illustrating a book, so that people can guess it.<br /><br /></span></span><div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000000;">So, I am doing 3 Book Puzzles... try to guess them!<br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">Puzzle 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000000;"></span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuNu0wKFdG768IkPSMD3_Nvu_Q90j6qNCuOx4Y6ibD2zv3HL94eiKRDxDT41zDSZ7W-vKBwDrEnG2Zj913xZBMc5TGBUuwQdzURdVIDT2M05JQ6ztZZQqWHQGTJCcftLiYmAF-ELQ64r9T/s400/raton+de+biblioteca.gif"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 191px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuNu0wKFdG768IkPSMD3_Nvu_Q90j6qNCuOx4Y6ibD2zv3HL94eiKRDxDT41zDSZ7W-vKBwDrEnG2Zj913xZBMc5TGBUuwQdzURdVIDT2M05JQ6ztZZQqWHQGTJCcftLiYmAF-ELQ64r9T/s400/raton+de+biblioteca.gif" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000000;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000000;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000000;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000000;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000000;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000000;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000000;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000000;"></span></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">Puzzle 2</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEWaWBCFhtq2mn8b34Ys9OBV6Dz6epdnNmNgxFdftw6vARGWak0GJVqjfDXpWcRub0JHX21fPe3XUW2W3azC0481boOQvj6SUW0lqmNcD3H58IpKe4A09B3St3Qy7It4klXo3k4Z9309-/s320/libro+viejo.jpg"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 181px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 144px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEWaWBCFhtq2mn8b34Ys9OBV6Dz6epdnNmNgxFdftw6vARGWak0GJVqjfDXpWcRub0JHX21fPe3XUW2W3azC0481boOQvj6SUW0lqmNcD3H58IpKe4A09B3St3Qy7It4klXo3k4Z9309-/s320/libro+viejo.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Number13.png"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 105px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 128px" alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Number13.png" border="0" /></span></a><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000000;"></span></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000000;"></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000000;"></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><br /><br />Puzzle 3</span></div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 142px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 168px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://chalk.richmond.edu/education/projects/webquests/wuthering/images/intro.jpg" border="0" /></span></div>CaRiiToOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235918193299700180noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165789600987119139.post-18891847711950947652010-10-09T15:01:00.004-05:002010-10-09T15:18:35.920-05:00Arm Chair Travelling<a href="http://www.sacredsites.com/europe/england/images/bath-500.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 333px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 500px" alt="" src="http://www.sacredsites.com/europe/england/images/bath-500.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">This Mini Challenge is hosted by </span><a href="http://readingadventures.blogspot.com/2010/10/deweys-readathon-mini-challenge.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader</span></a><span style="color:#000000;">.<br /></span><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">The single time I have gone abroad was when I was 5 years old and I went to DisneyWorld with my family (that's 14 years ago, people!), but I have travelled a lot by my reading. And while I'd love to visit Neverland and Lyra's Oxford, my biggest dream since I am a child is to visit the United Kingdom, and I have read a lot of stories settled there, that I</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">'d love to see each place!</span></span></div><br /><div align="right"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">But, definately, I want to visit Bath and all those places where Jane Austen's books are located, because, let's face it: her descriptions are amazing!</span></div><br /> <a href="http://englisheso.wikispaces.com/file/view/big-ben2.jpg/48385051/big-ben2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 273px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 423px" alt="" src="http://englisheso.wikispaces.com/file/view/big-ben2.jpg/48385051/big-ben2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://englisheso.wikispaces.com/file/view/big-ben2.jpg/48385051/big-ben2.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://englisheso.wikispaces.com/file/view/big-ben2.jpg/48385051/big-ben2.jpg"></a></div>CaRiiToOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235918193299700180noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165789600987119139.post-19701112836388515652010-10-09T14:20:00.003-05:002010-10-09T14:54:49.198-05:00Let's Get the Party Started<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I've just arrived from my English classes and have read 50 pages of Mario Vargas Llosa's book.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I don't know how far I'll get from my reading, but I'll do my best!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Also, I am answering Hour 1 questions, even though we're at Hour 8:</span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Where are you reading from today? </span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Mexico City, Mexico</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">3 facts about me … </span></p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><ul><li>I am a chocolate addict.</li><li>I am studying English Literature</li><li>I have 3 brothers</li></ul><p>How many books do you have in your TBR pile for the next 24 hours?</p><ul><li>3</li></ul><p>Do you have any goals for the read-a-thon (i.e. number of books, number of pages, number of hours, or number of comments on blogs)?</p><ul><li>Finish <em>Travesuras de la Niña Mala</em> by Mario Vargas Llosa and <em>Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone</em> by J. K. Rowling</li><li>Start <em>Eat, Pray, Love</em> by Elizabeth Gilbert</li><li>Have fun!</span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></li></ul></blockquote></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Keep tuned, because I'm going to update as much as I can!</span>CaRiiToOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235918193299700180noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165789600987119139.post-25547359813849922582010-10-08T23:17:00.004-05:002010-10-08T23:27:29.031-05:00Read-A-Thon Time!<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcABMbaH8BqLZNKWYJIL-qaJwhAqYlwEW7jR5anNcoi2Pu_FLkB5c30ZESNe1QV0euJnDx06ZnxFAbOu5wBp3YBk0BzdmK3LlM6PfKvnX8RU-WNLfts-Y6W7cSDHAKs3-O7ZLChoZOWos/s320/read-a-thon5.png"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 202px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 202px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcABMbaH8BqLZNKWYJIL-qaJwhAqYlwEW7jR5anNcoi2Pu_FLkB5c30ZESNe1QV0euJnDx06ZnxFAbOu5wBp3YBk0BzdmK3LlM6PfKvnX8RU-WNLfts-Y6W7cSDHAKs3-O7ZLChoZOWos/s320/read-a-thon5.png" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">I have decided to join to the </span><a href="http://24hourreadathon.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">24 hour Read-A-Thon</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#000000;"> for the first time, which will happen tomorrow. I am not going to read the 24 hours as I have had a difficult week at school and have English classes in the morning (even though, I'll try to read in my breaks), but for the remains of the day I'll read as much as I can.<br /></span></div></span><div align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">I am planning to finish <em>Travesuras de la Niña Mala</em> (<em>Bad Girl</em>) by Mario Vargas Llosa, and read <em>Harry Potter and the Sorcerer Stone</em> by J. K. Rowling and <em>Eat, Pray, Love</em> by Elizabeth Gilbert. I hope I can finish them all!</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">I am also being a cheerleader for 6 hours, so I'll be paying attention to all the participants I can besides the ones I was assigned.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">It is going to be lots of fun!</span></div>CaRiiToOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235918193299700180noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165789600987119139.post-86002123612097083912010-06-30T18:19:00.004-05:002010-06-30T18:50:40.706-05:00Read-Along: Everything Comes to An End<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xEORqEfWldZgioqswzZnHCul2D9ovOOWcfsZPX0UYUHFN3aPfzM_6GR-plOBFSfq3R1EaIkiA6o4Mmj2hCo-7BSY-pEwqhKv49voiBg3fuixI7o5FuEU_PnPSm8xTwd1IrTt8LO1tH8/s320/GulliversTravels.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 207px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xEORqEfWldZgioqswzZnHCul2D9ovOOWcfsZPX0UYUHFN3aPfzM_6GR-plOBFSfq3R1EaIkiA6o4Mmj2hCo-7BSY-pEwqhKv49voiBg3fuixI7o5FuEU_PnPSm8xTwd1IrTt8LO1tH8/s320/GulliversTravels.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color:#666666;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"> This is my final post for the </span></span><a href="http://caroexlibris.blogspot.com/2010/05/another-read-along.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">read-along</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"> of one of the greatest books I have ever read! </span></div><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"><em>Gulliver's Travels</em> by Jonathan Swift was an awesome books full of adventures, ironies, wit and incredible things, sadly, it has come to an end.</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">This book has shown me lots of human aspects, as I said the </span><a href="http://caroexlibris.blogspot.com/2010/06/read-along-travelling-more-more.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">past</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"> post: </span><a href="http://caroexlibris.blogspot.com/2010/06/read-along-travelling-to-lilliput.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">satirical</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">, </span><a href="http://caroexlibris.blogspot.com/2010/06/read-along-brobdingnag-or-how-to-be.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">political</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">, </span><a href="http://caroexlibris.blogspot.com/2010/06/read-along-travelling-more-more.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">humanistic</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">... and now the utopian one is showed with the Houyhnhnms (again, a funny weird name), which are clever & sweet smelling horses, they live a clean life without lies, their society is uncorrupted, innocent & polite, and that's why Gulliver likes them and doesn't wants to leave that place.</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">Also, there lives the Yahoo's, which are human, filthy, vulgar creatures, slaves for the Houyhnhnms. Gulliver compares them with the Houyhnhnms and places himself in the middle, also he is considered over the Yahoo's because of his clothes, meaning that the Houyhnhnms accept him as somthing different, so Gulliver tries to immitate the Houyhnhnms over the Yahoo's.</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">Then Gulliver explained how are lawyers and goverment, the corruption, the injustice. He lives there for 3 years, although, after an assembly which is hold each 4 years he is asked to leave.</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">That's how he goes home at last, but nobody believes anything of his trips, his pride is fading and his family is happy to have him with them again.</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="color:#666666;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">This book is an ode for the whole humanity, it shows human behavior and some of human's faults and virtues. This book makes you think of everything in the world, no matter if it is a moral, political or social issue. Definitively, a must read for everybody! </span></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">I want to say thank you to Allie from </span><a href="http://aliteraryodyssey.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">A Literary Odyssey</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"> for holding this read-along, it was awesome!</span></p>CaRiiToOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235918193299700180noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165789600987119139.post-42422942283095031322010-06-28T19:27:00.005-05:002010-06-28T19:37:36.471-05:00A New Read-Along!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRN90SghlrJ-enPe5ainaXA6UzWp7mAL204F7yq-caoAbkRJ8S2sou2RnRKCg7ga3WRjLMkLs3_ZrDtnxKyeMM-f8v46Rz9VXFkbXGZQYRMMK3gi3OkIfTOINaCC1EQ1B25InFOLIdhjU/s1600/Solitude+read-along+image.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 164px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 241px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487987747253365122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRN90SghlrJ-enPe5ainaXA6UzWp7mAL204F7yq-caoAbkRJ8S2sou2RnRKCg7ga3WRjLMkLs3_ZrDtnxKyeMM-f8v46Rz9VXFkbXGZQYRMMK3gi3OkIfTOINaCC1EQ1B25InFOLIdhjU/s200/Solitude+read-along+image.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">Ok, I am going to join a new </span><a href="http://aliteraryodyssey.blogspot.com/2010/06/one-hundred-years-of-solitude-read.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">read-along</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"> with Allie from </span><a href="http://aliteraryodyssey.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">A Literary Odyssey</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">. This time I am going to read the book in Spanish, because it is its original language, but I'll do my posts in English.</span><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">Do you want to know the book's name? Cien Años de Soledad by Gabriel García Márquez. This is a well known book here in Mexico and once I promissed to a friend that I'd read it in Spanish, no matter what!</span></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">There will be two post days: July 17 and July 31.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"></span></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">Now, free feel to <a href="http://aliteraryodyssey.blogspot.com/2010/06/one-hundred-years-of-solitude-read.html">join in</a>. Thank you, Allie, for hosting it!</span></div>CaRiiToOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235918193299700180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165789600987119139.post-70244408818356789702010-06-24T22:58:00.005-05:002010-06-25T00:01:46.126-05:00Corazón, Sangre... Muerte<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#666666;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Muerte de Tinta</em> de Cornela Funke<br /><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9NRQLID9zNQsvCcvZoMUlkrmIduvJSHL3Fnz8lutHpZo3Zi7UofWZgXQBDzHVF7PWzx6xWqQ6QIPby59zzI__XHg2MOuSI0lbZRKE71x4NzERYUfqs02ZSnjz3EDu58MrocVzJu616EI/s1600/FG9038.jpg"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 126px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486571543279901858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9NRQLID9zNQsvCcvZoMUlkrmIduvJSHL3Fnz8lutHpZo3Zi7UofWZgXQBDzHVF7PWzx6xWqQ6QIPby59zzI__XHg2MOuSI0lbZRKE71x4NzERYUfqs02ZSnjz3EDu58MrocVzJu616EI/s200/FG9038.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;">La trilogía del <em>Mundo de Tinta </em>comenzó a ser editada conjuntamente en Méxicopor el Fondo de Cultura Económica y Editorial Siruela a finales del 2008, y por fin este año logré leer el último libro.<br /><br /></span></div></span><blockquote><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">Meggie vive en el Mundo de Tinta a lado de sus padres, Mo y Resa, y, aunque le gusta dicho mundo, siente nostalgia de su mundo. Además, Mo/Arrendajo debe cumplir con su promesa de acabar con el Príncipe de Plata a lado de los Titiriteros. Mientras tanto, Meggie siente impotencia al no poder serle de mayor utilidad a su padre y tener sus propios problemas sentimentales, en los que se incluyen Farid, el joven ladrón extraído de las páginas de <em>Las Mil y Una Noches</em> quien está haciendo todo lo posible por regresar a Dedo Polvoriento de la Muerte, y Doria, uno de los Titiriteros. </span></p></blockquote><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">Amé toda la trilogía, y he de decir que éste libro me encantó. <em>Sangre de Tinta</em> se me hizo muy triste, pero llegó a una final perfecto. Todos los personajes de la Trilogía resultan impresionantes por lo humano de sus características. Recomiendo ésta Trilogía a todo aquel amante de los libros. </span></div><br /><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">Una de mis cosas favoritas de todo el libro es que al principio de cada capítulo viene una cita de algún otro libro escogida explícitamente por el contexto de cada capítulo.</span></p>CaRiiToOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235918193299700180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165789600987119139.post-16761178229507799622010-06-24T09:13:00.003-05:002010-06-24T09:53:25.372-05:00Read-Along: Travelling More & More<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj25hpaJN0YdW2XX6sqJq7QyVYka_HZB5-PcNP7eRFXrSt0PZHfAxIU_61vokKS7DcWISIUIJuECzaBC-ICCxvLXmddt00r2NiY2yuxKLHtbAdcQ-WxbXNEW4QjvoJUQRQdKwCjAYkWIz0/s320/Gullivers.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 211px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj25hpaJN0YdW2XX6sqJq7QyVYka_HZB5-PcNP7eRFXrSt0PZHfAxIU_61vokKS7DcWISIUIJuECzaBC-ICCxvLXmddt00r2NiY2yuxKLHtbAdcQ-WxbXNEW4QjvoJUQRQdKwCjAYkWIz0/s320/Gullivers.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">I've got some technical issues and that's why I didn't post it, I am sorry! But, here we are!</span><br /></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"></span></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;">This is the third part of <em>Gulliver's Travels</em>, it was really good and interessting but I didn't love it as I did with the </span><a href="http://caroexlibris.blogspot.com/2010/06/read-along-travelling-to-lilliput.html"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;">first one</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;">, but I liked it more than the </span><a href="http://caroexlibris.blogspot.com/2010/06/read-along-brobdingnag-or-how-to-be.html"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;">second one</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;">.</span></span></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">My favourite part was the one when he's at Laputa (a pretty funny name!), the flying island, and he gives us details of how does it moves (this was really awesome to me!). Also, their people are short of attention and they do not realize their women affairs with the people of Balnibarbi (another funny name!) as they are mainly concerned about math and music (it reminds me a little to the whole World Cup Thing -no offense-... my dad and brothers and some friends tend to ignore me while they watch it!). It seems like the whole story is kind of a representation to some excerpts of England's History, and that's good for me, as Swift represents the idea of a possible destruction to Balnibarbi by Laputa, as if it was showing the domain of England over another country. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"></span></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">Even though, he moves along to other countries: Luggnagg and Glubbdibdud (this names are the funnier of the whole book! and they are pretty difficult to write, too!). where he is allowed to see (and talk) with the <em>ghosts</em> of the dead leaders (that's awesome and kind of scary for me! I don't know tho who I'd talk, perhaps Maximiliano de Habsburgo, Porfirio Diíaz, Benito Juárez, Miguel Hidalgo, Mrtin Luther, King Henry VIII, Elizabeth I of England, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Parr) and he can select to whom he's talking to... I liked this part a lot! Then, Gulliver goes to Japan (this is a real country, but I think it is represented as a fantastic and exotic country because of its distance to England) in his way home.</span></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;">I think it shows more of the human side of wanting and desiring, and how harmful somethings we want or desire can be to our society. I liked it, because in this way Swift is showing some side of humanity (</span><a href="http://caroexlibris.blogspot.com/2010/06/read-along-travelling-to-lilliput.html"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;">satirical</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;">, </span><a href="http://caroexlibris.blogspot.com/2010/06/read-along-brobdingnag-or-how-to-be.html"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;">political</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;">, humanistic... let's see what side shows us the fourth part!).</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"></span></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">So, now we have one part left... see you then!</span> </div>CaRiiToOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235918193299700180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165789600987119139.post-62820366125464889752010-06-22T03:06:00.004-05:002010-06-22T03:32:01.286-05:00Histories of England<span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#666666;"><em>Two Histories of England</em> by Jane Austen & Charles Dickens</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"></span><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">On 12th June was my 19th birthday and my mum gave me this pretty little book with a double-side cover (pink + blue). it included Jane Austen's <em>The History of England from the Reign of Henry the 4th to the Death of Charles the 1st</em> (which originally was part of her <em>Juvenilia</em>) and Charles Dickens' <em>A Childs History of England</em> (which, in fact, was just an excerpt from the whole book), each had a satiric tone and for me was awesome to read it!</span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 322px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 188px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186487870l/1658584.jpg" /></span><br /><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">Jane Austen's part were critique spans from some of England's rulers (Henry IV, Charles I, Richard III, Mary Queen of Scots, and may others) I loved it because it shows Austen's wit and a great writing abbility (even though she was 16 when she wrote it). Charles Dickens' book was part of the British school curriculum, and was full of irony and Dickens' passionating words. </span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">So, I must say I loved the whole book (including the Introduction!) and that I recommend it to every Austen or Dickens fan and to every person who wants to read a little of History. Also, it is a funny and excellent reading for all those who like History!</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">I am glad that my mum gave it to me because of my love for both, Austen & England... it has been one of the best gifts ever! Thank you mum!</span></p>CaRiiToOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235918193299700180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165789600987119139.post-30636235051887434272010-06-16T14:58:00.004-05:002010-06-16T15:32:32.763-05:00Read-Along: Brobdingnag or, How to Be Their Pet<div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicL_XUfh6-NT97tRmju40PQ-W_IWGF_YWt_m_KqTOd6Z6rq-e3_-R4Y2BUt-aGRZUDiRvm-Kf4hEErXP1BTZRxu8hy3xkmL0yO60xfCp7rB1vo0Dk0FE92k0AJ0s3zaz0Y4hhx1oP3Xes/s320/Gullivers-travels.JPG"><span style="color:#333333;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 174px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 280px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicL_XUfh6-NT97tRmju40PQ-W_IWGF_YWt_m_KqTOd6Z6rq-e3_-R4Y2BUt-aGRZUDiRvm-Kf4hEErXP1BTZRxu8hy3xkmL0yO60xfCp7rB1vo0Dk0FE92k0AJ0s3zaz0Y4hhx1oP3Xes/s320/Gullivers-travels.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#666666;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Ok, so, here it is the second post of this Read-Along!</span><br /></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#666666;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I loved this part... it was like the biggest irony in the whole world to see Gulliver like the little one (they are 12 times his height!)! T</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">he only thing thing that I hated was that he was like THEIR pet... they treated Gulliver like if he was nothing!</span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"></span></div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"><div align="left"><br /><span style="color:#666666;">But then, Gulliver considers the society as mostly a moral people with just some that are jealous or corrupt, the King’s jester, with a little malice at times. Just as others Governments and Kings have been!<br /><br />One of my favourite parts was when Gulliver discusses the English society and government with the King and he gives Gulliver his view and judgment, comparing them to Brobdingnag. This causes Gulliver to take a different look and view point at the English. This is a more political part than the first one!</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#666666;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="color:#666666;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#666666;">I liked this part a lot, but I LOVE the first one the most! </span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#666666;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="color:#666666;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#333333;"><span style="color:#666666;">See you on the next post!</span></span></div></span>CaRiiToOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235918193299700180noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165789600987119139.post-21252838430101283262010-06-12T22:31:00.003-05:002010-06-12T22:44:05.155-05:00Jane In June + Happy Birthday To Me<div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#666666;">Ok, so, I am into this AWESOME blog activity called Jane In June at Misty's blog, </span><a href="http://bookrat-misty.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#666666;">Book Rat</span></a><span style="color:#666666;"> (check it out asap!), and I've got my </span><a href="http://bookrat-misty.blogspot.com/2010/06/my-own-first-impressions-or-this-is-how.html"><span style="color:#666666;">guest post</span></a><span style="color:#666666;"> posted today! Also, today is my 19th birthday!</span></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">Jane Austen + Birthday in one day, how good is that?!</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">I will be posting a couple of reviews of Austen's books somewhere in the next couple of weeks (as soon as I can)... for now... Thank you Misty!</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">And... <span style="color:#cc33cc;">H</span><span style="color:#6666cc;">A</span><span style="color:#33ccff;">P</span><span style="color:#66cccc;">P</span><span style="color:#33ff33;">Y</span> <span style="color:#ffff00;">B</span><span style="color:#ffcc66;">I</span><span style="color:#ff9900;">R</span><span style="color:#ff0000;">T</span><span style="color:#cc0000;">H</span><span style="color:#ff6600;">D</span><span style="color:#ffcc33;">A</span><span style="color:#ffff00;">Y</span> <span style="color:#00cccc;">T</span><span style="color:#3366ff;">O</span> <span style="color:#6633ff;">M</span><span style="color:#cc33cc;">E</span>!!!!!</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"></span></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 350px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 350px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.apoview.com/images/Packages/HappyBirthday44.gif" /> <div> </div>CaRiiToOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235918193299700180noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165789600987119139.post-1853325576705438952010-06-09T15:02:00.005-05:002010-06-09T21:02:30.766-05:00Read-Along: Travelling to Lilliput<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4XBZjjwkL5PMbr4nlqYAQpWebC4p8q1qOboGgtrxTCFIKVKOlpANTB4vqTjRdLUgXFIJiDdz4h3HKqJdi67sHE9v5qcArs5x-t89Rc0JgaAn6vdCjAKUKP_ViRu7Ph3jTzfZnVj3pju0/s320/Gulliver.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 144px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 187px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4XBZjjwkL5PMbr4nlqYAQpWebC4p8q1qOboGgtrxTCFIKVKOlpANTB4vqTjRdLUgXFIJiDdz4h3HKqJdi67sHE9v5qcArs5x-t89Rc0JgaAn6vdCjAKUKP_ViRu7Ph3jTzfZnVj3pju0/s320/Gulliver.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#333333;">So, way back into May I signed up for two read-alongs at Allie's </span><a href="http://aliteraryodyssey.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#333333;">blog</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#333333;">. This one is <em>Gulliver's Travels</em> by Jonathan Swift, and today I am posting my thoughts of <em>Part I: A Voyage to Lilliput</em>.</span><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#333333;">The whole book is in Gulliver's point-of-view, and in this first part he is telling his adventures & disventures at the little country of Lilliput; the way he has to live in a country where everybody is way-too small for you (barely 6 inches, if I am not wrong).</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#333333;">One of my favorite parts is when the queen's rooms were in fire and Gulliver saves it in a very, errr... inapropiate way, but, well... he saved the palace!</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#333333;">I love the irony & satire that Swift manage at the whole part, is like if he was making fun of England's goverment! That's what I love the most of Literture: the way it reflects the society in its author's words.</span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#333333;">So, that's all for this first part, I am looking forward the next!</span></div>CaRiiToOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235918193299700180noreply@blogger.com2