<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26495487</id><updated>2011-04-21T20:20:25.541+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Clara Oscura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05468595930338528438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3591/807/1600/MagrittePipe.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>20</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26495487.post-5429095021571674797</id><published>2007-02-23T15:05:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-02-23T15:06:56.719+01:00</updated><title type='text'>The Dogs of Riga - Henning Mankell - ****</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26495487-5429095021571674797?l=sundiuv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/feeds/5429095021571674797/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26495487&amp;postID=5429095021571674797' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/5429095021571674797'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/5429095021571674797'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/2007/02/dogs-of-riga-henning-mankell.html' title='The Dogs of Riga - Henning Mankell - ****'/><author><name>Clara Oscura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05468595930338528438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3591/807/1600/MagrittePipe.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26495487.post-2279051068674601247</id><published>2007-02-23T15:04:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2007-02-23T15:07:55.083+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Mort d'un parfait bilingue - Thomas Gunzig - ***</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26495487-2279051068674601247?l=sundiuv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/feeds/2279051068674601247/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26495487&amp;postID=2279051068674601247' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/2279051068674601247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/2279051068674601247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/2007/02/mort-dun-parfait-bilingue-thomas-gunzig.html' title='Mort d&apos;un parfait bilingue - Thomas Gunzig - ***'/><author><name>Clara Oscura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05468595930338528438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3591/807/1600/MagrittePipe.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26495487.post-4493617746580739803</id><published>2007-02-23T15:00:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-02-23T15:04:32.870+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Marie Antoinette - Antonia Fraser - ****</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26495487-4493617746580739803?l=sundiuv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/feeds/4493617746580739803/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26495487&amp;postID=4493617746580739803' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/4493617746580739803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/4493617746580739803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/2007/02/marie-antoinette-antonia-fraser.html' title='Marie Antoinette - Antonia Fraser - ****'/><author><name>Clara Oscura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05468595930338528438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3591/807/1600/MagrittePipe.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26495487.post-116819137498946411</id><published>2007-01-07T18:35:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-01-23T09:11:07.276+01:00</updated><title type='text'>The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova - **</title><content type='html'>I was disappointed. Very long investigation which finally doesn't quite deliver the good. The subject is good, though. Scary :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26495487-116819137498946411?l=sundiuv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/feeds/116819137498946411/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26495487&amp;postID=116819137498946411' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/116819137498946411'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/116819137498946411'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/2007/01/historian-elizabeth-kostova.html' title='The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova - **'/><author><name>Clara Oscura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05468595930338528438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3591/807/1600/MagrittePipe.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26495487.post-116819134937359279</id><published>2007-01-07T18:32:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-01-23T09:09:08.723+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden - **(*)</title><content type='html'>Entertaining but very forgettable. Extra star given because it is very readable and entertaining. Underlayers of historical research, apparent beauty and glamour, the story is just sounded a bit stupid to me and bascially about women bodies being sold for money.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26495487-116819134937359279?l=sundiuv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/feeds/116819134937359279/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26495487&amp;postID=116819134937359279' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/116819134937359279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/116819134937359279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/2007/01/memoirs-of-geisha-arthur-golden.html' title='Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden - **(*)'/><author><name>Clara Oscura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05468595930338528438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3591/807/1600/MagrittePipe.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26495487.post-116819112268026640</id><published>2007-01-07T18:31:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-01-07T18:32:12.896+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Empire of the Sun - J.G.Ballard - ***</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26495487-116819112268026640?l=sundiuv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/feeds/116819112268026640/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26495487&amp;postID=116819112268026640' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/116819112268026640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/116819112268026640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/2007/01/empire-of-sun-jgballard.html' title='Empire of the Sun - J.G.Ballard - ***'/><author><name>Clara Oscura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05468595930338528438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3591/807/1600/MagrittePipe.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26495487.post-116819108889116072</id><published>2007-01-07T18:29:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-01-08T16:59:29.626+01:00</updated><title type='text'>The Sea - John Banville - **</title><content type='html'>Good writing but I didn't really like it. It's a bit bland.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I feel bad about givin only two stars to a Booker Prize, but the truth is I didn't enojoyed the book. The purpose of this blog is to keep a record of the books I read and how much I enjoyed them. If the book did not touch me in any way, there is not point in giving it a good review because it received some prize. (As an aside, I generally consider the Booker Prize as a reliable good reference. Most of the winning books I have read were excellent.)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26495487-116819108889116072?l=sundiuv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/feeds/116819108889116072/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26495487&amp;postID=116819108889116072' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/116819108889116072'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/116819108889116072'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/2007/01/sea-john-banville.html' title='The Sea - John Banville - **'/><author><name>Clara Oscura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05468595930338528438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3591/807/1600/MagrittePipe.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26495487.post-116586768167497831</id><published>2006-12-11T21:07:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-12-11T21:08:07.336+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Life of Pi - Yann Martel - ****</title><content type='html'>Definetly fours stars! Very good book. Entertaining, deep and with a touch of humour.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26495487-116586768167497831?l=sundiuv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/feeds/116586768167497831/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26495487&amp;postID=116586768167497831' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/116586768167497831'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/116586768167497831'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/2006/12/life-of-pi-yann-martel.html' title='Life of Pi - Yann Martel - ****'/><author><name>Clara Oscura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05468595930338528438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3591/807/1600/MagrittePipe.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26495487.post-116586740148101479</id><published>2006-12-11T21:02:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-12-11T21:06:48.523+01:00</updated><title type='text'>The Adventure of Augie March - Saul Bellow - ***</title><content type='html'>I have realised I have a tendency to give three stars to many books. The reason is that I find most books "good" but not spectacular. I also give three stars to book I consider "ok" but which have a little plus, such as particular historical importance or highly entertaining.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26495487-116586740148101479?l=sundiuv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/feeds/116586740148101479/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26495487&amp;postID=116586740148101479' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/116586740148101479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/116586740148101479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/2006/12/adventure-of-augie-march-saul-bellow.html' title='The Adventure of Augie March - Saul Bellow - ***'/><author><name>Clara Oscura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05468595930338528438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3591/807/1600/MagrittePipe.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26495487.post-116004634849942336</id><published>2006-10-05T13:05:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-05T13:05:48.500+02:00</updated><title type='text'>S is for Silence - Sue Grafton - **(*)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26495487-116004634849942336?l=sundiuv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/feeds/116004634849942336/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26495487&amp;postID=116004634849942336' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/116004634849942336'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/116004634849942336'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/2006/10/s-is-for-silence-sue-grafton.html' title='S is for Silence - Sue Grafton - **(*)'/><author><name>Clara Oscura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05468595930338528438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3591/807/1600/MagrittePipe.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26495487.post-116004630649369752</id><published>2006-10-05T13:04:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-05T13:05:06.506+02:00</updated><title type='text'>El Viaje Vertical - Enrique Vila-Matas - ***</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26495487-116004630649369752?l=sundiuv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/feeds/116004630649369752/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26495487&amp;postID=116004630649369752' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/116004630649369752'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/116004630649369752'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/2006/10/el-viaje-vertical-enrique-vila-matas.html' title='El Viaje Vertical - Enrique Vila-Matas - ***'/><author><name>Clara Oscura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05468595930338528438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3591/807/1600/MagrittePipe.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26495487.post-115745591564419281</id><published>2006-09-05T13:31:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T13:31:55.646+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part - Anna Gavalda - ***</title><content type='html'>... to do ...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26495487-115745591564419281?l=sundiuv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/feeds/115745591564419281/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26495487&amp;postID=115745591564419281' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/115745591564419281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/115745591564419281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/2006/09/je-voudrais-que-quelquun-mattende.html' title='Je voudrais que quelqu&apos;un m&apos;attende quelque part - Anna Gavalda - ***'/><author><name>Clara Oscura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05468595930338528438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3591/807/1600/MagrittePipe.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26495487.post-115745585706516259</id><published>2006-09-05T13:30:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T13:30:57.066+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Middlemarch - George Elliot - ***</title><content type='html'>... to do ...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26495487-115745585706516259?l=sundiuv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/feeds/115745585706516259/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26495487&amp;postID=115745585706516259' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/115745585706516259'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/115745585706516259'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/2006/09/middlemarch-george-elliot.html' title='Middlemarch - George Elliot - ***'/><author><name>Clara Oscura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05468595930338528438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3591/807/1600/MagrittePipe.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26495487.post-115745583804806446</id><published>2006-09-05T13:30:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T13:33:54.413+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Harry Potter &amp; Half-Blood Prince - JK Rowling - ***</title><content type='html'>... to do ...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26495487-115745583804806446?l=sundiuv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/feeds/115745583804806446/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26495487&amp;postID=115745583804806446' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/115745583804806446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/115745583804806446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/2006/09/harry-potter-half-blood-prince-jk.html' title='Harry Potter &amp; Half-Blood Prince - JK Rowling - ***'/><author><name>Clara Oscura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05468595930338528438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3591/807/1600/MagrittePipe.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26495487.post-115745580308866053</id><published>2006-09-05T13:29:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-09-11T11:37:55.066+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Pandora al Congo - Albert Pinyol - ***</title><content type='html'>Quan passo per Catalunya intento comprar-me algun llibre en català perquè, com podeu suposar, per aquí dalt és bastant difícil trobar-ne. Normalment, no m'agrada gaire comprar llibres. Deu semblar una mica estrany dir això. Tinc l'impressió que a la majoria de gent li agrada molt comprar llibres. Crec, fins i tot, que a molta gent li agrada més comprar llibres que llegir-los, però no diré noms :) Jo prefereixo agafar-los de la biblioteca o que me'ls deixi algú, així no se m'acumulen a casa. Però amb els llibres en català faig una excepció perquè, com he dit al principi, a la biblioteca de la meva ciutat quasi no entenen (norma, ja que estem a bastants quilómetres de distància de Catalunya) i tampoc conec gaires catalans que me'n puguin deixar. Tot això per dir que al juliol em vaig comprar l'últim de l'Albert Pinyol ja que el primer llibre (La pell freda) em va agradar molt, molt, molt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Albert Pinyol segueix fidel al seu estil tan refrescant: llibres d'aventures com els d'abans. Pandora al Congo primer em va agradar, després decepcionar, per finalment agradar-me encara més que al principi (tot i que, globalment, tinc millor record de La pell freda, potser per el factor novetat).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26495487-115745580308866053?l=sundiuv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/feeds/115745580308866053/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26495487&amp;postID=115745580308866053' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/115745580308866053'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/115745580308866053'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/2006/09/pandora-al-congo-albert-pinyol.html' title='Pandora al Congo - Albert Pinyol - ***'/><author><name>Clara Oscura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05468595930338528438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3591/807/1600/MagrittePipe.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26495487.post-115745576662734316</id><published>2006-09-05T13:28:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T13:29:40.963+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Life After God - Doublas Coupland - ***</title><content type='html'>... to do ...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26495487-115745576662734316?l=sundiuv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/feeds/115745576662734316/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26495487&amp;postID=115745576662734316' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/115745576662734316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/115745576662734316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/2006/09/life-after-god-doublas-coupland.html' title='Life After God - Doublas Coupland - ***'/><author><name>Clara Oscura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05468595930338528438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3591/807/1600/MagrittePipe.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26495487.post-114682121095491108</id><published>2006-05-05T11:19:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-05-05T11:26:50.956+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Peerless Flats - Esther Freud - *****</title><content type='html'>My first five stars!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is an amazing book. Short, clear, almost naked sentences so touching and meaningfull. It's one of those books where less is more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The very first sentences draw us into the environment surrounding Lisa and into her personality. The reader is positioned just next to her while she tries to find her way in London (and life) between her estranged family, not-so-friendly friends and college. A very touching novel on how painful it can be to enter adult life.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26495487-114682121095491108?l=sundiuv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/feeds/114682121095491108/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26495487&amp;postID=114682121095491108' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/114682121095491108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/114682121095491108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/2006/05/peerless-flats-esther-freud.html' title='Peerless Flats - Esther Freud - *****'/><author><name>Clara Oscura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05468595930338528438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3591/807/1600/MagrittePipe.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26495487.post-114682077379380176</id><published>2006-05-05T10:53:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-05-05T11:19:33.800+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Mientras vivimos - Maruja Torres - **</title><content type='html'>No suelo tener en gran consideración los premios Planeta y este libro ha confirmado esta opinión (se trata del libro ganador del 2000). Me parece claro que la etiqueta "Premio Planeta" significa "libro simplón" (que no simple) y "vamos-a-explicitarlo-todo-para-aquellos-que-no-pillan-las-metáforas".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Efectivamente, los primeros capítulos no me gustaron mucho y la impresión global ha sido la de una novela poco profunda. Los personajes están muy estereotipados y tienen pocos recovecos, con lo cual es dificil acercarse a ellos. El personaje de Judit me parece muy falso: su personalidad es poco verosímil y el ambiente del que procede es de lo más artificial. No voy a erguirme en defensora de las clases populares, pero el retrato que hace Maruja Torres del entorno familiar y del barrio (periferia de Barcelona) de Judit parece sacado de una versión moderna de &lt;em&gt;Germinal&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hay que reconocer, sin embargo, que el personaje de Regina (el nombre no podía delatar más: Regina = Reina) ofrece más interés, quizá porque más cercano a la autora. Regina tiene más entidad que Judit porque sus sentimientos son más complejos y porque la vamos conociendo a medida que avanza la novela, mientras que Judit sigue plana como un papel de fumar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La trama no es un desastre pero defrauda bastante. Hacia el final tuve la esperanza de un resolución espectacular. No fue así. Aunque las escenas finales están bien resueltas, esperaba algo más después de la tensión creciente en la segunda mitad de la novela.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No es un libro aburrido. Es un libro que no deja marca. Lo más interesante es entrever el deseo de escribir sobre el oficio de escribir ejercido por autoras maduras.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26495487-114682077379380176?l=sundiuv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/feeds/114682077379380176/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26495487&amp;postID=114682077379380176' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/114682077379380176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/114682077379380176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/2006/05/mientras-vivimos-maruja-torres.html' title='Mientras vivimos - Maruja Torres - **'/><author><name>Clara Oscura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05468595930338528438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3591/807/1600/MagrittePipe.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26495487.post-114589175645828346</id><published>2006-04-24T17:11:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2006-04-25T13:18:56.356+02:00</updated><title type='text'>L'écume des jours - Boris Vian - ****</title><content type='html'>Un livre surprenant. Je ne connaissais pas l'auteur ni l'argument, mais le nom "Boris Vian" me disait "auteur français célèbre" et j'ai voulu en savoir plus. Le livre reposait dans un étagère chez Sergio depuis qui sait combien d'années ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C'est un livre court, avec un histoire vivante et des personnages très attachants. Le langage est extrêmement poétique et surréaliste, sans que l'argument perde de l'importance pour autant. Je préfère ne rien dire sur le contenu parce qu'il sera encore plus plaisant à lire si on ne connait rien, comme c'était mon cas. Une vraie gorgée d'eau fraiche!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'aurais adoré étudier un livre comme ça à l'école. Il est facile à lire, très touchant et plein de possibilités de discussion tant sur le fonds que sur la forme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Définitivement il mérite quatre étoiles!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26495487-114589175645828346?l=sundiuv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/feeds/114589175645828346/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26495487&amp;postID=114589175645828346' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/114589175645828346'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/114589175645828346'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/2006/04/lcume-des-jours-boris-vian_114589175645828346.html' title='L&apos;écume des jours - Boris Vian - ****'/><author><name>Clara Oscura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05468595930338528438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3591/807/1600/MagrittePipe.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26495487.post-114546027512851836</id><published>2006-04-19T17:18:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-04-19T17:24:35.136+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne - ***</title><content type='html'>Lately I seem to stumble upon not very satisfactory reads, so I thought: A good classic is what I need, you can't go astray with that. Since I have read very few American classics, &lt;em&gt;The Scarlet Letter&lt;/em&gt; seemed a  good choice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The book is nothing spectacular. The English is quite difficult to read (I guess it is normal since it was written in 1850, but still a pain) and the characters are interesting but distant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I didn't totally dislike the book. The subject is quite appealing and the evolution of the characters is very touching. However, I never felt close to them in any way, they seem a bit artificial. Maybe this due to the fact that I am a woman of the 21st century and therefore have difficulties understanding a woman in 17th century Puritan New England, specially when the story is told by a 19th century writer. Maybe ... To me, the characters (Hester Prynne, Mr. Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth) just seemed a bit flat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I said earlier, what I liked about the book is the evolution of the characters. The book is basically about how a same deed (the adultery) affects three people differently; more precisely, how those who seem at fault first are maybe those who have behaved better in the end.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26495487-114546027512851836?l=sundiuv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/feeds/114546027512851836/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26495487&amp;postID=114546027512851836' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/114546027512851836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26495487/posts/default/114546027512851836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sundiuv.blogspot.com/2006/04/scarlet-letter-nathaniel-hawthorne.html' title='The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne - ***'/><author><name>Clara Oscura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05468595930338528438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3591/807/1600/MagrittePipe.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
