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and love in Los Angeles, Karen Mack and Jennifer Kaufman

I was in a moment. I passed in front of a feast of books, all for 4 euro. I saw the cover. I read the back cover. The main character is a young divorced woman, passionate reader, when something in her life does not go to stay at home and read, read, read, read. Basically my dream (if only there was a "little problem" of labor). When I read "I collect new books in the same way in which my friend bought bags signed. Sometimes I just know of them and I ask myself the question if I to read them. Not that the end does not read them all, one by one. I do. But the mere act of buying them makes me happy: life is more promising, more rewarding. It 'hard to explain, but I feel, in a sense, more optimistic. The whole rigmarole of purchase makes me happy. "I decided I had to buy it. I just started back home.

The first pages are nice. But then he started on my nerves. Meanwhile, the protagonist does not nothing from morning to evening, but laurels. It complains as well. Then puts a citation every two or three sentences, as if to show what has been taken. Most of the books mentioned, however, are by U.S. authors.
Then there the difficult choice between two handsome men, says the back cover. The first is in my humble opinion, a poor loser selfish, snobbish and presuppositional and the second does not inspire me at all. It seems as if it must be nice from a certain point in the book just need to plot.
In general there is an irritating superficiality in all the events and characters in the book. Some ideas are interesting, but held in a surface so as to be almost commonplace.

Mainly I can not stand this book for one simple reason. The protagonist is not a lover of books, but a person with a defect in obsessive-compulsive disorder in relation to reading. Deviated from the point of view love for reading, as if those who read it did only to escape to the surrounding reality, and to return to "normal" should reduce the frequency of his readings. A final assessment of that seemed very partial, misleading and inappropriate. Present the main character as a lover of reading is equivalent to present Hitler as "obnoxious."

This book seems to me an American idiot and superficial. Horrible.

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Otto Little Pigs, by Stephen Jay Gould

Like a good paleontologist almost can not not like Gould. His way of telling the nature and evolution is very exciting. I have read several collections of his essays, but still pretty old. It 's the first time I read a collection among the most recent, and hit me in many ways, some even negative.
Firstly it is clear that Gould is more mature. His legendary style acquires more depth, appear the most current issues and "committed" (including the relationship between man and environment in our society), and increasing incursions into unexpected areas (a beautiful essay on the mechanisms of memory). There is also a fairly detailed discussion of his theory of punctuated equilibrium.
The book is very long, there are 31 essays, more than 500 pages. From my point of view I would have preferred rather two books, would have been much lighter and more enjoyable. The text is
divided into several sections. The first analyzes the relationship between man and environment effects of human activities on some ecosystems. The theme is very interesting and treated with great skill, but I have not read it with pleasure, made me reflect and saddened (as indeed it is right that is).
The second part deals with four themes that anyone who has studied vertebrate paleontology is very familiar: the convergence of marine reptiles and fish, in particular ichthyosaur and shark, and the evolution of the auditory ossicles in the transition between reptiles and amphibians and then between reptiles and mammals, the evolutionary relationship between lung and bladder and the history of the arts in five fingers. E 'section that I liked more, I recalled the wonderful lessons of vertebrate paleontology. To my knowledge, Gould has written a textbook on this subject, and if so I find it a shame, his prose enthralling and interesting topic it would have done a very nice book.

The third speaks of the influence of historical, philosophical and social scientific theories and their understanding. Allows for reflection on some errors that often appears when we study the theories developed in the past. In these cases it is tempting to read with our eyes, not with those who wrote them, with the risk of misunderstanding sensational. I especially loved the story of famous biblical chronology proposed by Ussher fixing the date of the creation in 4004 BC: I did not know much and I really enjoyed finding out about what basis has been established and because of his fame.
The fourth section is entitled "Meditations" and submit that Gould might call a philosopher who asked about the relationship we have with the past. Our point of view of the past is conditioned by a number of assumptions inherent in our nature, in part, partly induced by the historical context in which we live. It 's always important to know our limits and those trying to take them into account when possible.
The fifth part is a pleasant surprise, is the condition of human evolution. Very interesting the essay on Mozart, which demonstrates once more the great ability of Gould in interdisciplinary work.

From here on, the book becomes quite technical. If these chapters were placed in a paper shorter than I would have appreciated much more, but I must admit that I have read with difficulty and I was a bit 'bored. The last part I read it really forced to finishing the book, maybe I should take up more calmly. Duty except the essay on ' Hallucigenia , which I found very interesting.

In short it is a very interesting book for fans and for those who know something, quite confusing for those not familiar with the subject. Most of the essays, taken alone, are very affordable, but not share the decision to bring together so many and varied in a book so long.

10 and praise to Gould, a 6 - publisher

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Mansfield Park, Jane Austen

As I already told are a huge fan of Jane Austen from the age of 14 years, when I found out at school Pride and Prejudice and I finished in two days.
I read his major novels (plus Lady Susan) several times, and as always in great novels are "grown up with me." If the first time I was more attention to history, now are the choices of the characters and their attitudes to hit more.
Mansfield Park is a novel that I have heard in many ways. There are those who particularly loves the sweet and submissive Fanny, but whoever is a bit 'nasty, bigoted and not very lively.
Until a few years ago I was incredibly nice. Her sweetness, her shyness I touched.
Strangely this reading (which is more than one year from the previous year) made me change my mind. Fanny certainly I am not unsympathetic, but there were times when I wanted to take her by the shoulders, shake and say "Come on, wake up! spin 'Aunt Norris, for' your stuff and take Edward to Miss Crawford! Well, you waiting for?". A very unexpected reaction from me.
Maybe Fanny is a part of me that some years ago was more important, and that in recent times has changed. But I'm very curious to know what I will bring the next readings.