Good morning dear cat readers!
Today is Thursday, the day dedicated to books.
Again i am going to post about the new set of Goosebumps that i borrowed. Don't worry, this kind of post will continue for a little more (until i finish my Goosebumps borrowing "programme") and then a different variety of book posts will follow. Book reviews, book recommendations, tributes to authors.
This time, these were the books that i borrowed.
Books from left to right are:
Goosebumps N29 : My Hairiest Adventure (N26 in the original american edition)
Goosebumps N34 : Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes
Goosebumps N24 : Attack of the Mutant (N25 in the original american edition)
I think my local lending library has still around 10 Goosebumps that i haven't read. I can't wait to succesfully complete this project of mine. To read all the Goosebumps that i can find.
I have to admit, something that all of you i think already know, that they are not waaaaay close as scary as they were when i was reading them as a kid. But still what i have to acknowledge is that they still surprise me!
Most of the times, the ending that is the most obvious isn't the right one. Always the ending is subversive, is something that you had never saw it coming and adds the last ''goosebump'' to your spine before closing the book.......... Ahhh nice days. Wish i was a kid again so i could feel this thrill as back then.
Moving on, i fell in love with the author Melvin Burgess. First book of his that i read was ''Billy Elliot" (as you can see at this previous Book Corner post).
His writing was so vibrant, so emotional, so ''raw'' and so pure that i knew from that first moment that i wanted to read more books of his.
Again, i researched what books were available that i could borrow and found myself with 3 choices. Books, Junk (1996) , The Cry of the Wolf (1990) and Lady:My Life as a Bitch(2001).
I picked up The Cry of the Wolf.
Front
Back
Today is Thursday, the day dedicated to books.
Again i am going to post about the new set of Goosebumps that i borrowed. Don't worry, this kind of post will continue for a little more (until i finish my Goosebumps borrowing "programme") and then a different variety of book posts will follow. Book reviews, book recommendations, tributes to authors.
This time, these were the books that i borrowed.
A closer look at the Goosebumps
And from behind
Books from left to right are:
Goosebumps N29 : My Hairiest Adventure (N26 in the original american edition)
Goosebumps N34 : Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes
Goosebumps N24 : Attack of the Mutant (N25 in the original american edition)
I think my local lending library has still around 10 Goosebumps that i haven't read. I can't wait to succesfully complete this project of mine. To read all the Goosebumps that i can find.
I have to admit, something that all of you i think already know, that they are not waaaaay close as scary as they were when i was reading them as a kid. But still what i have to acknowledge is that they still surprise me!
Most of the times, the ending that is the most obvious isn't the right one. Always the ending is subversive, is something that you had never saw it coming and adds the last ''goosebump'' to your spine before closing the book.......... Ahhh nice days. Wish i was a kid again so i could feel this thrill as back then.
Moving on, i fell in love with the author Melvin Burgess. First book of his that i read was ''Billy Elliot" (as you can see at this previous Book Corner post).
His writing was so vibrant, so emotional, so ''raw'' and so pure that i knew from that first moment that i wanted to read more books of his.
Again, i researched what books were available that i could borrow and found myself with 3 choices. Books, Junk (1996) , The Cry of the Wolf (1990) and Lady:My Life as a Bitch(2001).
I picked up The Cry of the Wolf.
Front
Back
Side 
As you can see from its side it's not a big book. Basically, if i am not mistaken, most of his books are mented for younger - teenage audiences and so is this one. But don't rush so as to reject this book because of that. Again the writing is raw, vigorous and emotional. But first things first.
The book deals with the life a wolf. A real wolf.
In England wolves have vanished for some time now and everybody has forgotten their existence. There is however a hunter that is obsessed with killing rare species of animals. His favorite species is wolves and wants to kill them all until the last one. He as well believes that wolves have disappeared but is mistaken. Some few packs are still alive, hiding from humans. When he finds out about them, killing them all until the last one is his goal.
The book shows us how he decimates these last wolves and how the laaaaaaast of them try to survive.
Really an emotional book. It makes you think about life, the choices of people and respect of the wildlife without trying. The book doesn't try to impose on you to think "Oh, the hunter is such a bad person. Oh, why the heck does he want to kill those poor, unprotected animals. Oh, the hunter is an asshole. Oh, those cutie pie wolves". NO! The book just states facts. Just tells you what happened without taking parts who is wrong and who is right. That is why i say the writing is raw, meaning is impartial.
Melvin Burgess has this gift with his raw, pure, impartial writing, that just states facts without whitewashing, that makes you feel emotional. That makes you think about was happened, makes you become the hero, all of the heros. The good and the bad ones. And after this ''lifechanging experience'' of getting into the mind and lifes of the heroes, you can decide BY YOUR OWN which part you want to take.
After undergoing this experience you know from your own WHO and WHY is right or wrong without having the author to tell you through the sentences in his book. And this is pure magic............... The magic of seeing through things and situations and by that becoming a better person yourself.
That was all my loves. I hoped you liked my review and even more i hope that you'll like this book as much as i did, after you read it.
Till the next time,
many many kisses
