Svetlana's Reads and Views

Name of Book: The Autobiography of Henry VIII, with notes by his fool, Will Somers Author: Margaret George ISBN: 978-0-312-19439-0 Publisher: St Martin's Griffin Type of book: Henry VIII, Tudors, 1494-1557, England, France, wars, wives, heirs, children, family, companions, Catholicism, breaking away from church, Protestant, Oliver Cromwell, Katherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard, Katherine Parr, surviving, adoration Year it was published: 1986 Summary: This is the story of England's most famous, and notorious, king. Henry was a charismatic, ardent - and brash - young lover who married six times; a scholar with a deep love of poetry and music; an energetic hunter who loved the outdoors; a monarch whose lack of a male heir haunted him incessantly; and a ruthless leader who would stop at nothing to achieve his desires. His monumental decision to split from Rome and the Catholic Church was one that would forever shap...

Name of Book: The Tachyon Web Author: Christopher Pike ISBN: 0-671-69060-4 Publisher: Archway Paperback Type of book: future, aliens, relationships, nova, collapsing world, conspiracies. Year it was published: 1986 (version I have 1996) Summary: They did it for kicks. Five young thrill seekers in a stolen spaceship on a joyride to the stars. But one of them had a more dangerous plan- to blast beyond the Tachyon Web, the iron boundary that barred mankind from the worlds beyond. There they found danger, excitement and heart stopping adventure. And, on a strange alien world, one of them would also find love. Characters: The only characters I enjoyed are Rark and General Griffin who are minor characters but yet they have quite an impact and livened the story up. The characters of Erik, who has a knack of becoming the leader, his friends and friends' girlfriends as well as Vani, I didn't enjoy the characters, I'm sad enough to admit. Even though Pike a...

Name of Book: Weekend Author: Christopher Pike ISBN: 0-590-44256-2 Publisher: Scholastic Type of book: who did it? Mystery, supernatural, illness, betrayal 1986, young adult Year it was published: 1986 Summary:  The weekend in Mexico sounded like a dream vacation. Four guys, five girls- and a gorgeous oceanside mansion all to themselves. It should have been perfect. Except nothing was going the way they'd planned. There was the girl upstairs who was fighting for her life. The phone lines that went dead. And the explosion in the garage that could have killed them all. But not even that prepared them for what happened next. Because while they were getting some sun, someone else was getting revenge- and the terror wouldn't stop until the weekend was over. Characters: I had a hard time relating and caring about the characters in the book. I honestly don't know why. They seemed kind of predictable and a lot was tell and not show. Theme: You never kno...