Judul : Doggy Style – Anjing Punya Gaya
Penulis : Jane May
Penerbit : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama
Tebal : 336 Halaman

Sinopsis:

Namaku Miles. Bukan, bukan Miles Davis, Miles saja. Walaupun aku suka ikut bernyanyi sih kalau Bob menyetel lagunya. Melolong, tepatnya, bukan bernyanyi.

Tapi apakah aku, keturunan campuran chihuahua dan dachshund, hanya bisa terus berpangku tangan? Seekor anjing harus melakukan apa yang seekor anjing harus lakukan. Lihat saja gayaku!

Sinopsisnya benar-benar menarik! Aku tertarik setelah membaca sinopsisnya, karena novel ini menawarkan sudut pandang yang berbeda, yaitu sudut pandang anjing! Penasaran banget, maka aku pun mencari dan membeli novel ini.

Tapi.. novelnya ngga sebagus sinopsisnya! Ceritanya biasa, dan terkadang terkesan menjijikan karena penulisannya terlalu vulgar, mungkin karena diusahakan dari sudut pandang anjing.

Berkisah tentang Jane dan Bob yang mengadopsi seekor anjing di tempat penampungan, hingga Jane dan Bob yang berpisah karena kesalahpahaman, dan bagaimana si anjing marah dan berusaha menggangu ketika Jane dekat dengan seorang cowok, katanya sih untuk berusaha mempersatukan mereka. Tapi ketika Bob sedang berada di rumah seorang cewek (nah lo), dan mereka sampai “beraksi” di atas ranjang, eh si anjing kok malah diam dan menyaksikan??? Kurasa ada yang tidak beres di sini, maksudku integrasi dan ketegasan penulis terhadap sifat salah satu tokohnya.

Kalau ingin membaca sesuatu yang berbeda bolehlah baca novel ini (karena jarang ada yang menulis novel dengan sudt pandang hewan peliharaan), tapi saya tidak menaruhnya sebagai rekomendasi, hanya kalau Anda benar-benar sangat memiliki banyak waktu, boleh juga dihabiskan dengan membaca novel ini.

Det här är berättelsen om de två vännerna Darcy och Nieve, bästisarna som alltid ställde upp för varandra ända fram till den dagen Nieve förförde Darcys pojkvän.

Tio år går utan att de har någon som helst kontakt, men så en dag dyker en bröllopsinbjudan upp hemma hos Darcy. Nieve ska gifta sig och vill gräva ner stridsyxan.

Men Darcy har något annat i sikte, vad hon egentligen längtar efter mest av allt är att få hämnas vad som i hennes ögon var ett oförlåtligt svek. Hon kan inte släppa drömmen om det liv hon kunde ha haft…

En roman om vänskap, svek och om att lära sig inse vad man egentligen vill med sitt liv. Det handlar om de stunder i livet vi ibland kan se tillbaka på och tänka “om bara”, eller “om inte” tillfällen som vi gärna vill tro att de kunde ha förändrat våra liv om vi då gjort ett annat val.

En bok som tillhör genren “chicklit”, en genre som ibland lite nedlåtande kallas för beskrivningar av kvinnors i-lands-problem (alltså, inga “riktiga” problem). Jag som har läst flera böcker i denna genre, dit för övrigt även Marian Keyes räknas, tycker att det är böcker som behandlar djupa och tuffa problem (som t ex missbruk, kvinnomisshandel, svek, svartsjuka etc) på ett sätt som får en att både gråta och skratta samtidigt.

Signerat,

O último update de livros que irei fazer por enquanto, até porque os exames da faculdade estão a bater ai na porta e não vou ter muito tempo para literatura que não envolva células e proteínas, lol! Remember me? escrito por Sophia Kinsella a mesma autora que Louca por compras, êxito de vendas e que virou até filme recentemente, conta a história de Lexie que em um acidente de automóvel perde a memória dos seus últimos três anos e tenta aprender tudo de novo, tendo ainda de lidar com uma vida nova: agora ela é chefe do departamento, casado e …bem com um suposto amante! A vida nos pode mesmo surpreender.

Mostra-nos a o quanto nos podemos mudar em tão pouco tempo de nossas vidas sem nem mesmo apercerbermos disso, será que estaremos seguindo o caminho mais correcto pra nós? E se tivesses a oportunidade de alterares isso?

Sophia mostra-nos isso de um jeito super gostoso, me deliciei completamente durante todo o livro, que pelo menos em Portugal aina não existe em português, mas a leitura em inglês é bem fácil devido a leveza do texto bastante actual. Espero que gostem pois eu super recomendo!

Bissous,

L

Ik ben gek op het lezen van boeken maar ik vind ‘t ook ontzettend leuk om leuke ‘bladerboeken’ te verzamelen. Vanmiddag heb ik op school in de boekhandel in verschillende boeken staan bladeren die ik toch wel graag aan mijn boeken collectie wil toevoegen.

Het boek van de zelfmoord konijntjes – €8.95

Donzige langoren die het leven echt niet meer aankunnen. De ondertitel van dit boekje geeft de inhoud perfect weer. Ruim tachtig grappen van meestal één pagina over bunny’s die op de meest ludieke wijze een eind willen maken aan hun konijnenbestaan. Er is rekening gehouden met tere lezerszieltjes, want de cartoons zijn in zwart-wit verschenen. Wat valt er te schrijven over konijntjes die onder de startmotoren van de spaceshuttle gaan zitten? Of op de rug kruipen van een Japanse soldaat die harakiri pleegt? Eigenlijk is de titel het leukste van het hele boekje. Dit soort cartoons in boekvorm zijn onleesbaar door de overkill aan humor, letterlijk in dit geval. Een recensent schrijft: ‘Het meest ontroerende verslag van een aan depressies lijdend konijntje dat ik ooit heb gezien. Dit zal heel lang op mijn toilet blijven liggen.’ Dit is precies de plek waar dit soort boekjes thuishoort.
(Recencie van Cosmox.nl)

De terugkeer van de zelfmoord konijntjes – €8.95

Wat kun je allemaal doen met konijntjes? Hoe maken de donzige langoortjes zelf een eind aan hun leven? De Engelse tekenaar Andy Riley laat het in ruim honderd zwartwittekeningen en korte stripjes (vrijwel zonder tekst) zien. Een zieke geest, een sadist of een grote fantast? Een konijnenliefhebber of -hater? Een getraumatiseerde Waterschapsheuvel-lezer wellicht? Het boekje geeft er geen duidelijk antwoord op. Hoe maken konijnen een einde aan hun leven volgens Riley? Ze slaan tegen een handgranaat, leggen zich neer onder een strijkbout, tussen kegels, onder een pak spijkers, springen in een bajonet, vermommen zich als vis, gaan in zee als er haaien zijn, in een vleesetende plant, in een kanonskogel, tussen een bankschroef, in de messenbak. Lief en dom allemaal. Humoristisch, shockerend, met soms onduidelijke boodschappen, maar ook wel erg om te lachen eigenlijk. In 2003 verscheen een eerste bundel, ‘Het boek van de zelfmoordkonijntjes’.(Recencie van Cosmox.nl)

Blond Amsterdam – Leuk Blond €17.95

Leuke dingen doen met Blond AmsterdamBlond Amsterdam kennen we van het veelkleurige servies. Inmiddels is er ook een succesvol kookboek. Maar Blond is meer!Blond is ook leuke dingen doen met vriendinnen. Lekker tutten, shoppen, sportief en spannend eropuit. Met z’n allen in de keuken staan of gezellig om de tafel zitten om zelf leuke dingen te maken. Met Femque en Janneke van Blond Amsterdam weet je zeker dat het leuk wordt!•Originele, gekke, gewaagde en serieuze ideeën om samen met vriendinnen te doen•Thema’s: durven en doen, fröbelen en friemelen, shoppen en slapen, verwennen en zennen, smikkelen en smullen•Heerlijk cadeauboek voor vrolijke, brutale en gezellige vrouwen. (beschrijving van bol.com)

Het grote kliekjesboek – €17.50

Kliekjesdag is altijd een begrip geweest in de Nederlandse keuken! Een kliekje is een restje eten dat van een vorige dag is overgebleven. Helaas verdwijnt dit gebruik steeds meer. In dit kookboek laat Culinair journaliste Puck Kerkhoven zien dat er heel wat meer mogelijk is met alles wat de meeste mensen beschouwen als voer voor de afvalbak.

Waarom gooien we die smakelijke overblijfselen eigenlijk zomaar weg? Wat kan je bijvoorbeeld nog doen met oud brood, behalve wentelteefjes bakken? Gooi je restjes drank weg of gebruik je ze voor een saus? Moeten die overgebleven eiwitten echt door de gootsteen? En wat doe je met teveel gekookte rijst en pasta?

Het grote kliekjesboek is een overzicht van ideeën, tips en recepten om met kliekjes smakelijke gerechten op tafel te zetten waar je zelf misschien nooit op was gekomen. Puck Kerkhoven heeft ook aan bekende Nederlandse koks gevraagd wat zij met de overblijfselen in de keuken doen. Topkoks Jonnie Boer, Alain Caron, Eric van Veluwen en Louise Leenaers leveren een bijdrage in de strijd tegen de nodeloze voedselverspilling. (beschrijving van bol.com)

Simon Tofield – Simon’s Cat

Simon Tofield’s animations have taken YouTube by storm. Now, the feline Internet phenomenon makes his way onto the page in this first-ever book based on the popular animated series. SIMON’S CAT depicts and exaggerates the hilarious relationship between a man and his cat. The daily escapades of this adorable pet, which always involve demanding more food, and his exasperated but doting owner come to life through Tofield’s charming and hilarious illustrations. (beschrijving van bol.com)

Swati Kaushal’s debut chicklit novel is quite a breezy read.With things getting a little high-strung at work, this book provided much-needed comic relief for me .The protagonist 29-year-old,Minal Sharma has a hyperactive conscience, and a vivid imagination. Armed with an MBA and a career as a product manager with a FMCG, Minal has a lot going for her. She also has to grapple with her mother’s overenthusiastic attempts at settling her down.. The author manages to infuse just the right dose of humour and weaves an interesting tale around the cakes that Minal’s company makes a foray into.. Pushy mom who dreams of the perfect arranged marriage for her daughters,suitors : a wild radio jockey and staid, boring oncologist,single small town single woman in the corporate world eager to make it big,is ambitious, works hard and unwinds by partying equally hard : this book has all the essential ingredients of a chicklit.The ironic tone, the wry self-mocking humour of the author is present in every episode, whether personal or professional. This is what sets the book apart from the run-of-the-mill novels.I’d give it a thumbs up.

Movies:

The forbidden kingdom

(all movies are on dvd unless otherwise noted)

Books:

Bears in the night / Stan Berenstain; Jan Berenstain
Seven bears sneak out of bed, through the window, and across the dark countryside to investigate the source of a noise. (Age Range: 3 to 6)

The monster in the box / Ruth Rendell
Outside the house where Wexford investigated his first case – a woman found strangled in her bedroom – he noticed a short, muscular man wearing a scarf and walking a dog. He gave Wexford an unnerving stare. Without any solid evidence, Wexford began to suspect that this man – Eric Targo – was the killer. Over the years there are more unsolved, apparently motiveless murders in the town of Kingsmarkham and Wexford continues to quietly suspect that the increasingly prosperous Targo – van driver, property developer, kennel owner and animal lover – is behind them.

Now, half a lifetime later, Wexford spots Targo back in Kingsmarkham after a long absence. Wexford tells his long time partner, Mike Burden, about his suspicions, but Burden dismisses them as fantasy. Meanwhile, Burden’s wife, Jenny, has suspicions of her own. She believes that the Rahmans, a highly respectable immigrant family from Pakistan, may be forcing their daughter, Tamima, into an arranged marriage – or worse. (Chief Inspector Wexford Series #22; read an exerpt)

No less than victory / Jeff Shaara
After the success of the Normandy invasion, the Allied commanders are buoyantly confident that the war in Europe will be over in a matter of weeks, that Hitler and his battered army have no other option than surrender. But despite the advice of his best military minds, Hitler will hear no talk of defeat. In mid-December 1944, the Germans launch a desperate and ruthless counteroffensive in the Ardennes forest, utterly surprising the unprepared Americans who stand in their way. Through the frigid snows of the mountainous terrain, German tanks and infantry struggle to realize Hitler’s goal: divide the Allied armies and capture the vital port at Antwerp. The attack succeeds in opening up a wide gap in the American lines, and for days chaos reigns in the Allied command. Thus begins the Battle… (read an exerpt)

Murder in Montmartre / Cara Black
Aimée’s childhood friend, Laure, is a policewoman. Her partner, Jacques, has set up a meeting in Montmartre with an informer. When Laure reluctantly goes along as backup, Jacques is lured to an icy rooftop, where he is shot to death. Laure’s gun has been fired, gunpowder residue is found on her hands, and she is charged with her partner’s murder.

The police close ranks against the alleged cop killer. Aimée is determined to clear Laure. In doing so, she encounters separatist terrorists, Montmartre prostitutes, a surrealist painter’s stepdaughter, a crooked Corsican bar owner, and learns of “Big Ears”—the French “ear in the sky” that records telephonic and electronic communications—which the Security Servicesmonitor. Identifying Jacques’ murderer brings her closer to solving her own father’s death in an explosion in the Place Vendôme years earlier. It still haunts her. She cannot rest until she finds out who was responsible.(Aimee Leduc Series #6; read a sample chapter)

In the Lake of the Woods / Tim O’Brien
When long-hidden secrets about the atrocities he committed in Vietnam come to light, a candidate for the U.S. Senate retreats with his wife to a lakeside cabin in northern Minnesota. Within days of their arrival, his wife mysteriously vanishes into the watery wilderness.

A face at the window / Sarah Graves
It starts with a phone call that reopens a painful chapter in Jake Tiptree’s past. After years of delay, the man who murdered Jake’s mother is finally scheduled to stand trial—until he vanishes into thin air. Maybe the only thing worse about Ozzie Campbell’s disappearing is that Jake has a terrible foreboding of just where he’ll turn up next. With her family away, Jake had hoped to savor a few days of unaccustomed solitude. Now, without warning, her cozy, well-loved home in Eastport, Maine, seems more like a death trap ready to snap shut. Suddenly Jake feels that her house—and her life—has far too many windows. And in any one of them she might see the face of her killer. (Home Repair Is Homicide Series #12; read an exerpt)

Rough country / John Sandford
Virgil’s always been known for having a somewhat active, er, social life, but he’s probably not going to be getting too many opportunities for that during his new case. While competing in a fishing tournament in a remote area of northern Minnesota, he gets a call from Lucas Davenport to investigate a murder at a nearby resort, where a woman has been shot while kayaking. The resort is for women only, a place to relax, get fit, recover from plastic surgery, commune with nature, and while it didn’t start out to be a place mostly for those with Sapphic inclinations, that’s pretty much what it is today.
Which makes things all the more complicated for Virgil, because as he begins investigating, he finds a web of connections between the people at the resort, the victim, and some local women, notably a talented country singer, and the more he digs, the move he discovers the arrows of suspicion that point in many directions, encompassing a multitude of motivations: jealousy, blackmail, greed, anger, fear. And then he discovers that this is not the first murder, that there was a second, seemingly unrelated one, the year before. And that there’s about to be a third, definitely related one, any time now. And as for the fourth… well, Virgil better hope he can catch the killer before that happens.
Because it could be his own. (Virgil Flowers Series #3)

The audacity to win: the inside story and lessons of Barack Obama’s historic victory / David Plouffe
For two years Plouffe worked side by side with Obama, charting the course of the campaign. His is the ultimate insider’s tale, revealing both the strategies that delivered Obama to office and how the candidate and campaign handled moments of great challenge and opportunity. Moving from the deliberations about whether to run at all, through the epic primary battle with Hillary Clinton and the general election against John McCain, Plouffe showcases the high-wire gamesmanship that fascinated pundits and the drama and intrigue that captivated a nation.

New York / Edward Rutherfurd
Rutherfurd celebrates America’s greatest city in a rich, engrossing saga that showcases his extraordinary ability to combine impeccable historical research and storytelling flair. As in his earlier, bestselling novels, he illuminates cultural, social, and political upheavals through the lives of a remarkably diverse set of families.

As he recounts the intertwining fates of characters rich and poor, black and white, native born and immigrant, Rutherfurd brings to life the momentous events that shaped New York and America: the Revolutionary War, the emergence of the city as a great trading and financial center, the excesses of the Gilded Age, the explosion of immigration in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the trials of World War II, the near-demise of New York in the 1970s and its roaring rebirth in the ’90s, and the attacks on the World Trade Center. Sprinkled throughout are captivating cameo appearances by historical figures ranging from George Washington to Abraham Lincoln to Babe Ruth. (read an exerpt)

Love walked in / Marisa De los Santos
For thirty-one-year old Cornelia Brown, life is a series of movie moments, and “Jimmy Stewart is always and indisputably the best man in the world, unless Cary Grant should happen to show up.” So imagine Cornelia’s delight when her very own Cary Grant walks through the door of the hip Philadelphia café she manages. Handsome and debonair, Martin Grace sweeps Cornelia off her feet, becoming Cary Grant to Cornelia’s Katharine Hepburn, Clark Gable to her Joan Crawford. Meanwhile, on the other side of town, eleven-year-old Clare Hobbes must learn to fend for herself after her increasingly unstable mother has a breakdown and disappears. With no one to turn to, Clare seeks out her estranged father, and when the two of them show up at Cornelia’s café, the lives of Cornelia and Clare are changed in drastic and unexpected ways. (read a sample chapter)

Wish you well / David Baldacci
Precocious twelve-year-old Louisa Mae Cardinal lives in the hectic New York City of 1940 with her family. Then tragedy strikes–and Lou and her younger brother, Oz, must go with their invalid mother to live on their great-grandmother’s farm in the Virginia mountains. Suddenly Lou finds herself coming of age in a new landscape, making her first true friend, and experiencing adventures tragic, comic, and audacious. But the forces of greed and justice are about to clash over her new home…and as their struggle is played out in a crowded Virginia courtroom, it will determine the future of two children, an entire town, and the mountains they love. (read a sample chapter)

Cape Perdido / Marcia Muller
Amid ancient redwoods and sun-dappled reeds, the Perdido River runs clear and cold from the mountains of Soledad County to the blue Pacific. A wildlife refuge and a pristine recreational area, the river brings tourists to the old lumber town of Cape Perdido…and flows through the memories and hearts of the rugged people who have settled there since the Gold Rush days.

Now that is about to change. An out-of-state corporation wants to pump the river nearly dry and float the water to southern California’s thirsty cities in huge rubber rafts. With lobbyists, lawyers, and dirty tricks, the company intends to get what it wants-any way it can.

Against this corporate Goliath, a community protest group and four unusual individuals are drawing a line in the sand. Flying in from New York City, ecologist Jessie Domingo hopes to grab headlines for her cause. Environmentalist Joseph Openshaw has come back to the home, and the secrets, he left behind decades ago. His former lover, local restaurateur Steph Pace, fears both the emotions and the ghosts arriving to haunt her. And old man Timothy McNear, owner of the defunct mill that once employed most of the town, silently broods about the sins he has hidden for too long. (Sharon McCone series #26; read an exerpt)

By the rivers of Babylon / Nelson DeMille
Two Concorde jets take off from Lod Airport in Israel for a U.N. conference that will finally bring peace to the Middle East. Covered by F-14 fighters and accompanied by security men, the planes carry warriors, pacifist, enemies, dignitaries – and a bomb! Forced to crash-land, the men and women of the peace mission make a desperate life or death stand against Palestinian commandos.

Nine / Jan Burke
Los Angeles County Homicide Detective Alex Brandon lives to bring killers to justice — but when unknown assailants begin systematically killing off the FBI’s Most Wanted suspects, Alex sees no cause for celebration. The vigilante slayings eerily echo the work of a serial killer from a decade ago, and convince Alex that “the Exterminators,” as a grateful public has dubbed them, are more ruthless and sadistic than their victims. As the attacks mount, it is the ninth target that pulls Alex into a case that is quickly spiraling into deadly territory — where justice is no longer enough. (read a sample chapter)

Set sail for murder / Carolyn G. Hart
Though retired newspaper reporter Henrietta O’Dwyer Collins, Henrie O to her friends, once turned down a marriage proposal from Jimmy Lennox, he’s still one of her most cherished friends. So when he asks for her help on behalf of his wife, world-famous documentary filmmaker Sophia Montgomery, Henrie O reluctantly agrees to join them on a Baltic cruise. Sophia is the stepmother to the now-grown heirs of a great fortune, who are none too happy that she controls their inheritance. But do they really want her dead? Jimmy thinks so, and he wants Henrie O to prove it.

On the cruise, Henrie O soon realizes that this dysfunctional family is plunging toward destruction. As the ports of call pass—Copenhagen, Gdynia, Tallinn, St. Petersburg—death inexorably approaches. But Henrie O discovers that love, once kindled, never dies. When Jimmy is accused of murder and time is running out, she pursues a clever killer who won’t hesitate to strike again. (Henrie O Series #7; read a sample chapter)

The archbishop in Andalusia / Andrew M. Greeley
Blackie goes abroad–to prevent a murder! (Blackie Ryan Series)

Evidence / Jonathan Kellerman
In the half-built skeleton of a monstrously vulgar mansion in one of L.A.’s toniest neighborhoods, a watchman stumbles on the bodies of a young couple–murdered in flagrante and left in a gruesome postmortem embrace. Though he’s cracked some of the city’s worst slayings, veteran homicide cop Milo Sturgis is still shocked at the grisly sight: a twisted crime that only Milo’s killer instincts–and psychologist Alex Delaware’s keen insights–can hope to solve.

While the female victim’s identity remains a question mark, her companion is ID’d as eco-friendly architect… (Alex Delaware Series #24; read an exerpt)

Loitering with intent / Stuart Woods
Dumped by his glamorous Russian girlfriend during dinner at Elaine’s, and running low on cash, Stone Barrington is having a bad week. So his luck seems to be improving when he’s hired to locate the missing son of a very wealthy man—lucky because the job pays well, and because the son is hiding in the tropical paradise of Key West. But when Stone and his sometime running buddy Dino Bacchetti arrive in the sunny Keys, it appears that someone has been lying in wait. When Stone very nearly loses his life after being blindsided at a local bar, he realizes that the young man he’s been hired to track may have good reason for not wanting to be found. Suddenly Key West is looking less like Margaritaville and more like the mean streets of New York… (Stone Barrington Series #16)

Hothouse orchid / Stuart Woods
After Special Agent Holly Barker lets international terrorist Teddy Fay slip through her fingers for a second time, the CIA thinks she might want a long vacation, at least until Teddy is captured and the bad publicity has blown over. So Holly returns to her hometown of Orchid Beach, Florida, where she had been police chief for many years. But a very unpleasant surprise awaits her. Many years earlier, Holly and another female army officer had brought charges against their commanding officer for sexual harassment, attempted rape, and rape. Holly had managed to fight him off, but the other woman, a young lieutenant, had not. The officer in question was acquitted of all charges, and has also left the army-for a job as Orchid Beach’s new police chief.

Will Holly return to the CIA? Or will she challenge her old nemesis for control of the Orchid… (Holly Barker Series #5)

Hardball / Sara Paretsky
Chicago’s unique brand of ball is sixteen-inch slow pitch, played in leagues all over the city for more than a century. But in politics, in business, and in law enforcement, the game is hardball.

When V. I. Warshawski is asked to find a man who’s been missing for four decades, a search that she figured would be futile becomes lethal. Old skeletons from the city’s racially charged history, as well as haunting family secrets-her own and those of the elderly sisters who hired her-rise up to brush her back from the plate with a vengeance. A young cousin whom she’s never met arrives from Kansas City to work on a political campaign; a nun who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. dies without revealing crucial evidence; and on the city’s South Side, people spit when she shows up. Afraid to learn that her adored father might have been a bent cop, V. I. still takes the investigation all the way to its frightening end. (V.I. Warshawski Series #13)

Knitting Fair Isle mittens & gloves: 40 great-looking designs / Carol R. Noble
Make beautiful mittens and gloves featuring classic Fair Isle patterns, with classic snowflake, star, flower, and butterfly motifs. Some of the 45 distinctive designs stay close to tradition; others go modern and feature a contemporary color palette. You’ll find a style for everyone: gloves and mittens made especially for women, styles for toddlers, and the fingerless variations that men especially like. Every project has fantastic full-color graphs of both sides–so knitting is easier then ever.

The everything parents guide to children with autism: know what to expect, find the help you need, and get through the day / Adelle Jameson Tilton
Approximately 1 in every 1,000 children has autism, and about 70 to 75 percent of these children suffer from mental retardation. For parents of children with autism, daily activities such as grocery shopping or getting dressed can become extremely challenging. Autistic children require special attention-not necessarily special treatment-but careful strategy must be applied when learning how to think with your child instead of against him. The Everything® Parent’s Guide to Children with Autism offers practical advice, gentle reassurance, and real-life scenarios to help your family get through each day. Written by Adelle Jameson Tilton, the About.com Guide to Autism, this sensitive work helps you:

• Communicate effectively with your child
• Deal with meltdowns-public or private
• Keep your family together as one unit
• Find a school that suits your child’s needs – integration vs. special education
• Learn about assistive devices, such as computers and picture boards
• Find intervention and support groups

[Note: All synopses are provided by the publisher unless otherwise noted and do not constitute reviews by the Seldovia Public Library.]

Una ragazza alla notte degli Oscar di Rachel Pine

Sono Karen Jacobs e sono Junior Assistant alla Glorious Pictures di Manhattan. Ho fatto carte false per entrarci e costi quel che costi da questo posto non me ne vado neppure morta. Lavoro nel cinema, ci credete? Posso dire che Brad Pitt è un mio collega anche se non l’ho mai incrociato alla macchinetta del caffè, ho un party ogni sera, cosa importa se sono all’ingresso a controllare la lista degli invitati (l’importante è non rimanere a casa sul divano a mangiare chili di gelato in solitudine) e tra cinque o sei anni avrò un posto garantito in seconda o terza fila al galà della notte degli Oscar, nella saletta a lato, quella riservata agli operatori (la cerimonia si guarda nei video al plasma!). Certo tutto questo ha il suo prezzo da pagare…

E’ stato anche detto:

“E’ una ripresa assolutamente esilarante del mondo di pubblicitari, attrici, magnati del cinema visto dall’interno.” da Plum Sykes

“Un resoconto irresistibile degli intrighi dello show business.” da Los Angeles Times

“Un romanzo sarcastico e divertente. Questa ragazza avrà successo.” da Glamour

“La Pine ha costruito una storia avincente… i lettori si divertiranno a riconoscere le personalità di Hollywood, fonte di ispirazione dei suoi terribili personaggi.” da Marie Clare

Fallen by Lauren Kate

Book 1 of the Fallen series.

About This Book:

Seventeen year old Luce is sent to a reform school, Sword & Cross, following a terrible tragedy involving her ex-boyfriend Trevor. The details of what happened that night are hazy and Luce is struggling to come to terms with the idea that she might have been responsible.

On her first day at Sword & Cross Luce meets Cam, a good-looking, edgy guy with piercing green eyes and dark hair and she feels strangely attracted to him despite the fact he is not usually her type. However Cam is not the only guy to have attracted her attention. Daniel is captivatingly handsome, almost too perfect, Luce feels instantly drawn to him, as if she already knows him, but she would never forget someone who looked like that, would she?

An epic battle between Heaven and Hell, with echoes of Paradise Lost, Fallen is a story of a love doomed to fail over and over again.

Source:

Cherry’s Rating:

3 out of 5 cherries

Genre:

YA, urban fantasy, chicklit

My Take On This Book:

The story telling quality is good but not that compelling. I give it a 4 out of 5. The story itself is quite insubstantial in my opinion. A young girl running around in school with her guilt, insecurity and boys. And that’s it! I think that earned a 2 out of 5. The book ends with a cliffhanger which is never good in my book. Though it kind of closes the story, it is also a beginning of the next book. I give it another 2 out of 5. However it made the second book in the series look like a very good read indeed. And I wouldn’t presume to judge the entire series by this book alone. In my experience, the first book in a series is usually not the best one. Take the Black Dagger Brotherhood (BDB) and the Dark Hunter (DH) series(es) for example, both Dark Lover (BDB) and Fantasy Lover (DH) are mediocre books. The best aspect of both books is that they are the start of a very good series. So hopefully this series would be one of them good ones. I look forward to the next book, Torment. Overall, I rate this book a 3 out of 5.

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Fallen

L’ho detto che sono libri leggeri!!

Felicemente irresponsabile

Dopo un’infanzia turbolenta, agitata tra tradizione e desiderio di emancipazione, e dopo due quasi fidanzati e mezzo, Voula Pavlopolous si può finalmente godere un po’ di tempo per sé, tra chiacchiere e drink con la migliore amica Jamie, l’unica nel suo giro che, nonostante sia sposata, si comporti in tutto e per tutto come una single allegra e spensierata. Ma quando proprio Jamie decide di “provarci” e dopo qualche tempo annuncia di essere incinta, Voula non crede ai propri occhi. Che ne è stato della Jamie selvaggia di un tempo? Chi è questo mostro che fa esercizi yoga per la respirazione e mangia solo cibi organici per il bene del nascituro? E perché, tra tutti gli uomini sulla faccia della terra, Voula deve incontrare proprio Paul?

Schijfster: Helen Vreeswijk
Uitgeverij: Manteau
Jaar van uitgave: 2006
Aantal pagina’s: 317
ISBN: 978 90 223 2443 1

Mo is knap, spannend en een beetje mysterieus. Mo is een loverboy, hij is doelbewust op zoek naar jonge meisjes die zich niet goed in hun vel voelen en niet al te stevig in de schoenen staan. Mo overlaadt hen met cadeaus en doet alles om de meisjes naar de zin te maken. Ze worden allebei smoorverliefd op hem en dat is precies wat hij wil. Hij speelt de twee vriendinnen tegen elkaar uit, maar de meiden willen hem niet teleurstellen en zeker niet verliezen. Om te bewijzen dat ze van hem houden, gaan ze ver. Veel te ver. Door toedoen van Mo komen ze in de prostitutie terecht. Dan volgt een barre strijd om te ontsnappen aan zijn terreur.

Ik zag dit boek liggen voor 3.95 bij de Bruna en besloot hem een kans te geven. Toen ik later even bol.com checkte zag ik dat ‘t boek daar 16.95 kostte dat was dus al een kleine meevaller. Ik ben gisteravond begonnen in het boek en heb hem in een keer uitgelezen. Het boek had een zeer herkenbaar verhaal maar dat maakte het boek zeker niet minder spannend. ´t Idee dat de twee hoofdpersonen gingen vluchten van hun Loverboy gaf het verhaal een andere wending, wat ik zelf erg leuk vond. Dit boek wekte verder weinig emotie bij me op, waarschijnlijk opdat het verhaal van Loverboys een bekend verhaal is en dit boek gewoon in verhaalvorm (vertellersvorm) is geschreven en niet in de ik-vorm is geschreven. Het boek was een ‘eind goed, al goed’ verhaal wat ik stiekem een klein beetje jammer vond omdat het boek daardoor een stuk voorspelbaarder werd. Al met al vind ik dit zeker een leuk, spannend en boeiend boek. Ik heb hem niet voor niets in 1x uitgelezen. Of ik hem kan aanraden? Ja! Zeker als je hem voor 3.95 op de kop kan tikken, net als ik.

After reading the Laskar Pelangi series, this book feels like an itch on the corner of my eyes. I shut it down after 55 pages and refused to go on further. This is the second book authored by young Indonesians that I have dumped unceremoniously so early in the beginning. I promise I will write about the first later.

The theme is from yore and the writing is a bore. What else left to make me keep reading? Zero. Nada. Nul. You could practically gulp the essence of the book by reading the back cover and that’s about the end of the history for this one.

Other authors are simply geniuses that could twist the plots in so many ways that you could not play as an oracle and predict the ending of the story while some other authors excel in their storytelling techniques that no matter how simple the plot is, the book is still highly entertaining.

This book and the author got none, unfortunately.

I painfully declare that this young author – who happened to be a young banker in her “real life” – had no imagination whatsoever and only used pieces and fragments she saw from Sex and the City like chick lit to prop into her so-called literary product.

I am thoroughly sick with Indonesian authors who drop famous designer names here and there in their book to make it look “sophisticated”. This, unfortunately, happens a great deal in this book.

The female banker Andrea – who dated another male banker Adjie – was reported to shop (or imagining to shop) Jimmy Choo, Manolo Blahnik, Zegna, Chloe and other famous names while at the same time mixing her soaring high purchasing level to those high street names such as Zara, Mango and the likes.

Make up your mind Natassa, if you want to make your character so imaginally impossible in the country plagued with poverty, at least do it right. Those who buy Blahnik simply don’t buy Zara – and those who buy Zara, could not or would not want to buy Blahnik.

I am just sick of the pretentious little world that young Indonesian authors now create to level up the Jakarta metropolitan world to those in New York or Paris, for example. Why not take the very essence of the unique Indonesian life and use it instead of writing the same old bore over and over again.

Yeah yeah..successfull young woman who can buy Jimmy Choo but having hard time deciding to get married. Yawn.

Shall we move on? I don’t even want to talk about this book anymore. It disgusts me to the marrow of my bones

Ik ben Fiebie Koolveld, ik ben dertien, ik ben voor niemand bang. Ik heb mijn nieuwe H&M topje aan. Ik heb twee mobieltjes, een laptop, een TomTom en een Xbox. Allemaal van Johnny gekregen.’ Beklad met graffiti, behangen met posters van nul-zes-sekslijnen en bevolkt met minderjarige dealers, pimp-units en gangsta’s: zo ziet het universum van de Amsterdamse brugklasser Fiebie eruit. Vaak heeft ze het gevoel dat zij de enige is die terugverlangt naar de tijd dat de wereld nog minder gemeen was. En zeker de enige die het iets kan schelen dat er de hele tijd meisjes verdwijnen, spoorloos, en zonder dat er een haan naar kraait. Als op een dag ook haar beste vriendinnetje Sacha wordt vermist, begint Fiebie aan een lange zwerftocht door de stad. Opgejaagd door de duistere Klimwand, die er op uit is háár te laten verdwijnen, dromend over haar moeder in Oezbekistan, en hunkerend naar Johnny, haar moeders vriend bij wie zij in huis woont, belandt ze ten slotte bij Van Hamelen, expert in het opsporen van vermiste meisjes. Met Echt sexy begeeft Renate Dorrestein zich ver buiten de gebaande paden van de Nederlandse literatuur. Ze laat zien wat er gebeurt als de volwassenen het laten afweten en kinderen daardoor geen kind meer kunnen zijn.

De achterkant van dit boek beschrijft de inhoud van het boek ‘echt sexy’ alsof het een superspannend en ontzettend leuk en hilarisch boek is maar toen ik een paar hoofdstukken had gelezen viel dit me toch vies tegen. Opzich zit er een kern van waarheid in het boek en zou je je prima moeten kunnen identificeren met de hoofdpersoon maar doordat het verhaal nogal moeilijk en onrealistisch is geschreven lukt ‘t me niet om me in te leven in de hoofdpersoon. Het boek is heel complex en ongeloofwaardig wat ‘t voor mij erg moeizaam maakte om hem te lezen. Best jammer, want de achterkant leek zo leuk. Ik vind dit boek geen aanrader. ‘t Is niet zo dat ik alleen maar hoogstaande literatuur wil lezen maar een boek moet me wel kunnen boeien. Ik wil zo’n feeling hebben dat ik ‘t boek in 1 keer uit wil lezen en niet dat ik met moeite de hoofdstukken doorkom.

#livros

Segredinhos a parte,#literatura chicklit.Bridget Jones,Becky Bloom,Claire,Lucy,Rachel,Anna e etc.A parte da bebida é só uma ênfase mal colocada numa parte chata da vida de Marian. A escritora irlandesa, graduada em direito e alcolista é responsável por idealizar homens ideais para vida fitícia de mulheres de todos os planetas.E não tem nada a ver com vampiros ou sugadores de qualquer tipo.

Ela têm um jeito peculiar de transformar qualquer mulher em heroína.Em ordem de lançamento no Brasil:Melância,Férias,Sushi!,Casório?!,É agora… ou nunca,Los Angeles,Um Bestseller para chamar de meu e o último em pré-venda no Brasil,Tem alguém aí?

Não aguento.Já estou lendo “This charming man”.

Enjoy.*rs

So it’s November 15, the halfway point through NaNoWriMo. For those of you unaware of what this is, refer to a brief description from the official website:

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) challenges you to write a 50,000-word novel, from scratch, in the month of November. It’s a global, uproariously fun endeavor, where participants exchange advice and writing tips on the NaNoWriMo website and in real life, with group write-ins held in coffeeshops, living rooms, and libraries all around the world.

I make note of this because last night my wife completed the 50,000 word requirement for her latest NaNovel, just before the middle of the month. Each year she’s proud of the accomplishment and I’m proud of her for completing such a challenge, which ultimately is self-imposed. She takes the writing of novels seriously, has spent years developing her style and craft and produces quality writing. I imagine thousands of others around the world (last year 120,000 people took part) were equally satisfied with their efforts and the product of their hard work. My wife’s reached the word count limit, but she’s far from finishing the work of writing the novel.

Earlier today I stumbled, completely by accident, upon a blog post by CanLit critic Steven W. Beattie assessing the value of such writing exercises. In his post Beattie aims some discouraging criticism at both Chris Baty, the creator of NaNoWriMo, and the people who take part:

…it is perhaps churlish of me to complain that the whole premise behind the project (in both its adult and youth forms) is based on an erroneous perception of how novels are written, and why….

…writers are encouraged to write without paying heed to the nasty editor in their heads, the one that tells them to refine, delete, excise, rework. The vocabulary of the NaNoWriMo site testifies to the way in which it has bought in to the tyranny of diminished expectations where writing is concerned. Instead of deliberation and focus, writers are encouraged to let loose and be free, and pay no heed to trifling matters such as talent or technique.

Beattie’s argument stems from two flaws in thinking: first, that the people taking part imagine themselves to be in the same way professional novelists and, second, that the writing of a NaNovel ends with Nov. 31. For many of these writers, “noveling” is merely a hobby they attempt once a year as away of expressing themselves or realizing an interesting story they’ve created in their minds. Most of these writers don’t intend to show their work to others outside a small group of family and friends, making it a personal accomplishment for their own entertainment. For those who do hope to make something of quality that others might wish to read, the editing and revising processes are still a part of the writing. There are those who spend months preparing for the event: working out plot details, characters, tropes, scene descriptions, etc. and will later work towards the end result. The competition ending on Nov. 31 does not imply the writing ends; this would be an erroneous assumption.

Novels – at least the ones that endure – take time, commitment, and patience, all things that are in short supply in today’s jacked-up, Internet-driven society, and all things that are antithetical to the very idea of NaNoWriMo.

 To say that writers taking part in NaNoWriMo lack such qualities as commitment and patience is a sweeping generalization that, if nothing else, is insulting. What is so appalling about someone on his/her own time writing a novel for their own enjoyment? Beattie claims it is a serious offense, stating that “…’noveling’ has been reduced to the literary equivalent of knitting.” I imagine professional novelists everywhere running around with their arms flailing above their heads in fear that their efforts have been belittled by NaNoWriMo participants. This stance is somewhat ironic when one considers the statements quoted above. The author of the blog post in question should also be aware that the members of  ”today’s jacked-up, Internet-driven society” are no small part of his own readership at That Shakespearean Rag.

The NaNoWriMo website offers the promise of recognition and sense of accomplishment, but says nothing about how this devalues the work of countless underpaid, underappreciated professional writers who have spent the better part of their lives honing their craft. Instead, it buys into the cult of celebrity that is inescapable in what passes for North American culture these days.

I find it hard to believe the NaNovelist sitting at home this month, quite possibly as I write this, is attempting to devalue the writing of serious “underappreciated, professional writers”. To be frank, I doubt people participating in this month’s writing endeavour are even considering the professional writer whose talent and commitment are, as Beattie has assured us, of greater value than theirs. There is a self-important pretension placed on the professional writer in this argument that belittles the amateur’s desire and right to produce work of whatever quality for themselves. In many cases these are people who have never written anything of novel length and to suggest that their aspirations of completing such should in some way preclude them from the ranks of those who take part in the “inherently elitist activity” of novel-writing is absurd. Should writing be limited to professionals? In response to this argument my wife says, “If so, one better hope he/she has the ability of Lance Armstrong when getting on a bike, or the talent of Eric Lamaze when mounting a horse”.

A similarly ridiculous argument against writing has been ongoing for years as it relates to genre fiction such as Sci-fi, Fantasy, and ChickLit. These genres are popular because people want to read them and most criticisms I’ve heard or read about them come from readers/writers of “serious” literary fiction and come across as embittered and juvenile. These realms of writing should be taken for what they are: differing and appealing to alternate audiences and sensibilities (this is not to say that readers of literary fiction do not enjoy genre fiction or vice versa).

Such audacity of authorship is to be acknowledged as worthwhile, if not praised for spreading the love of writing and creative expression among a wider demographic. Elitist authors need not worry about the devaluing of their own works, which should speak for themselves. In a phrase: it’s not about you.

Een meisje met rode konen had een boekpresentatie. Iedereen nam sinaasappelsap van het dienblad waar ook wijn op stond. Ze bedankte haar juf van groep 3 en bood haar het eerste exemplaar aan. Het was oprecht hartverwarmend. Onbereikbaar. Ik bedoel, dit lukt mij niet meer.

Ik sloeg drie glazen wijn weg en werd steeds luidruchtiger vrolijk met mijn vriendin. We praatten met een vriendin van de schrijfster. Dito oprecht. Jong, onzeker, maar zo open. Kristalhelder. Soms verlang ik daarnaar. Dat ik het niet kan verhullen of overschreeuwen. Zie hoe ik mij echt voel. Wel eng hoor, hoe doet zij dat? Misschien kent ze geen verhultechnieken en heeft ze geen keus.

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È possibile trovare l’amore tra gli annunci di stanze in affitto? Jacquie è pronta a scommetterci!Jacquie ha appena compiuto 32 anni ma è già delusa dalla vita. Il suo stipendio come giornalista a New York per una rivista di cinema copre a stento la rata del mutuo e, come se non bastasse, sua sorella Alicia è piombata in casa sua da un mese e mezzo e non sembra volersene andare. Mentre la sua migliore amica Courtney ha un matrimonio disgustosamente felice, Jacquie scopre che l’unico uomo in grado di capirla veramente… è gay. Ma proprio quando sta rinunciando alla speranza di trovare l’uomo giusto, un incarico per una rivista glamour si trasforma in un’avventura romantica. Convinta che si possa  capire molto di più di un uomo visitando il suo appartamento piuttosto che uscendo con lui, Jacquie abbandona i tradizionali appuntamenti e sfrutta appieno la sua “brillante” intuizione: rispondere agli annunci di ragazzi alla ricerca di una coinquilina per dare un’occhiata alle loro case e vedere se vale la pena conoscerli meglio.
Dopo fiaschi clamorosi che la portano dagli appartamenti disastrati di Brooklyn fino agli eleganti loft di Manhattan, Jacquie pensa di aver trovato finalmente l’uomo che cercava e sbalordisce i suoi amici trasferendosi da lui. L’idea di Jacquie si rivela però meno brillante del previsto: un uomo in carne e ossa è sempre diverso dall’uomo dei sogni!

Aimee, Margot, Brooke e Lux lavorano nello studio legale Warwick & Warwick di New York. Una è una moglie incinta trascurata dal marito, l’altra è una cinquantenne in carriera senza amici, la terza appartiene a una famiglia ricca, infine Lux è la segretaria giovane e bella e perciò oggetto di mille cattiverie: donne diversissime tra loro per stile di vita ed estrazione sociale, hanno in comune la passione per la letteratura e si ritrovano nella pausa pranzo per leggere insieme i loro nuovi componimenti, inevitabilmente di argomento sentimentale ed erotico. Ma questa piccante consuetudine non è che la scintilla che porterà quattro caratteri forti a un confronto con i problemi e le esperienze di vita altrui, fino a che scopriranno, dopo qualche scontro anche molto aspro, l’importanza e la profondità del loro legame. Una storia frizzante, raccontata con pungente ironia, sui contrasti e i punti di contatto che caratterizzano la nascita, sempre delicata e difficile, di un’amicizia femminile.

La madre di Ginger, Coco, è stata una ballerina un po’ particolare. Ora, da poco ha passato i quarant’anni, dà lezioni di spogliarello a classi intere di donne di tutte le età. Coco è appariscente, aggressiva, sicura di sé, conosce il gioco della seduzione e lo insegna dall’alto dei suoi tacchi a spillo. Di una simile figura materna Ginger non vuole assolutamente seguire l’esempio: lei, che aspira a una vita “normale” e vuol diventare pasticcera, è una ragazza acqua e sapone e crede che serva ben altro che una minigonna per far innamorare gli uomini. Eppure poco alla volta Coco conquisterà la sua fiducia, fino a diventare una preziosa alleata per conquistare l’uomo della sua vita, l’unico per amore del quale Ginger accetterebbe di spogliarsi secondo gli insegnamenti materni… Sotto il segno di un’ironia pungente che non risparmia niente e nessuno, Ginger racconta in prima persona la burrasca del legame con la madre e delle relazioni con l’altro sesso, in una irresistibile, dissacrante parata di luoghi comuni (saranno da smentire o da confermare?) sul rapporto madre-figlia, sugli uomini, le donne e il sesso.

The media has decided. I’m not a writer. No such luck. No, I’m a ‘woman’ writer. The word ‘woman’ is a noun, according to all grammar books. When did it become an adjective? When did someone become a ‘woman’ pilot, a ‘woman’ executive, a ‘woman’ photographer? When a ‘woman’ journo in a newspaper, unmindful of the irony, decided to do a story on ‘woman’ something-or-other. When she decided that a story had to be written, not on flying a 3000 ton monster, but on the dainty soul behind the wheel of the said monster.

Well, whoever said life was simple! I’m now confronted with the tag of ‘woman’ writer, for no greater sin than that I’m a female. When male writers embed sappy love stories into their Alpha thrillers, nobody calls them ‘male’ writers. But the minute I do it, I’m asked why women can only think of writing about relationships? Don’t they have anything else to talk about? The journo wants to know, essentially, if all ‘women’ writers in India are only capable of writing about thirty something, hormonally charged independent women in search of perfect sex combined with perfect romance, a hard combo at any time. Why can’t they come up with something different? Why is there so much ‘chicklit’ flooding the market?

My answer: First, all books about urban, successful women are not ‘chicklit’. Second, what’s wrong with chicklit? I can’t think of a funnier book that I’ve read in a long time than Bridget Jones Diary. Third, why would anyone want to rain on the parade of Indian writers, even ‘women’ writers? Why this desperate quest for ‘meaningful’ solemnity in a time of bubbling optimism? Meaningful solemnity at a time of hopeless irrationality and pessimism, at the time of our ‘woman’ Prime Minister, Smt. Indira Gandhi, was fine. But today’s woman, thank God, has forgotten that time, left it behind her, hopefully for good, and can actually drink Absolut vodka with Schweppes tonic without being sent to jail for it. And hurrah for it!

Of course, when there are a million ‘women’ writers, and they’re all writing the same thing, the discriminating eye of that ultimate auditor, the customer, will decide what stays and what goes. Till then, allow all us ‘women’ to crawl out of our monasteries of silence and do what we love to do, that is, write what we love, love.

È possibile trovare l’amore tra gli annunci di stanze in affitto? Jacquie è pronta a scommetterci!

Jacquie ha appena compiuto 32 anni ma è già delusa dalla vita. Il suo stipendio come giornalista a New York per una rivista di cinema copre a stento la rata del mutuo e, come se non bastasse, sua sorella Alicia è piombata in casa sua da un mese e mezzo e non sembra volersene andare. Mentre la sua migliore amica Courtney ha un matrimonio disgustosamente felice, Jacquie scopre che l’unico uomo in grado di capirla veramente… è gay. Ma proprio quando sta rinunciando alla speranza di trovare l’uomo giusto, un incarico per una rivista glamour si trasforma in un’avventura romantica. Convinta che si possa  capire molto di più di un uomo visitando il suo appartamento piuttosto che uscendo con lui, Jacquie abbandona i tradizionali appuntamenti e sfrutta appieno la sua “brillante” intuizione: rispondere agli annunci di ragazzi alla ricerca di una coinquilina per dare un’occhiata alle loro case e vedere se vale la pena conoscerli meglio.
Dopo fiaschi clamorosi che la portano dagli appartamenti disastrati di Brooklyn fino agli eleganti loft di Manhattan, Jacquie pensa di aver trovato finalmente l’uomo che cercava e sbalordisce i suoi amici trasferendosi da lui. L’idea di Jacquie si rivela però meno brillante del previsto: un uomo in carne e ossa è sempre diverso dall’uomo dei sogni!

Aimee, Margot, Brooke e Lux lavorano nello studio legale Warwick & Warwick di New York. Una è una moglie incinta trascurata dal marito, l’altra è una cinquantenne in carriera senza amici, la terza appartiene a una famiglia ricca, infine Lux è la segretaria giovane e bella e perciò oggetto di mille cattiverie: donne diversissime tra loro per stile di vita ed estrazione sociale, hanno in comune la passione per la letteratura e si ritrovano nella pausa pranzo per leggere insieme i loro nuovi componimenti, inevitabilmente di argomento sentimentale ed erotico. Ma questa piccante consuetudine non è che la scintilla che porterà quattro caratteri forti a un confronto con i problemi e le esperienze di vita altrui, fino a che scopriranno, dopo qualche scontro anche molto aspro, l’importanza e la profondità del loro legame. Una storia frizzante, raccontata con pungente ironia, sui contrasti e i punti di contatto che caratterizzano la nascita, sempre delicata e difficile, di un’amicizia femminile.