Ahmed Taher Taher itibaren Rawdat Gradan Suudi Arabistan
I just love this book.
I'd give this 5 stars, except I'm too liberal with my 5-stars and need to hold back. But I was instantly drawn into Rob's true story of falling in love with Renee, their few years together, and her unexpected death, all tracked by music and mixes: the falling-in-love tape, the falling asleep tape, the dish-washing tape. Although the music was a wonderful lens, and just about everyone will recognize at least one song on Rob's lists, for me the depiction of the relationship was the best part. It described falling in love without any cliched angels or butterflies, even mentioning fear, as one reviewer said, "of losing oneself, of not being able to keep the other safe enough, of recognizing the other will be on hand to witness your inevitable worst." By reading the descriptions of the author's grief, I feel like I can better understand such a loss, even though I have not experienced it. "I had no voice to talk with because she was my whole language. Without her to talk to, there was nothing to say" (p. 156). And yet, when Rob has a "divine revelation" that it's time to get out of the apartment more, it's one of the funniest moments of the book. Just like in real life, you can't always separate the funny from the sad.
Title in German: Untot in Dallas This is the second very entertaining adventure of Sookie Stackhouse and her vampire boyfriend Bill. This time Sookie ends up in Dallas to find a missing vampire. Hardly arrived she is at once right in the middle of the events and meets vampires, shapeshifters, an other telepath and has to put up a fierce struggle at not being captured by the ominous "Fellowship of the Sun" an anti-vampire club. A second plot is the murder of Sookies colleague at Merlotte´s Bar the cook Lafayette. One of my favorite scenes in this book was in my opinion Sookie´s visit to a sex club because she suspects the killer to be a member of this club. And she takes Bill´s vampire boss Eric as a bodyguard with her but who will protect her from Eric? Sookie is a very likeable character, a bit naïve and she tends to feel sometimes sorry for herself and although she has no broad education she knows quite a lot about love and life and has her heart in the right place. She insists upon her opinion of law and order and not to harm humans even against the vampire boss Stan in Dallas. A wonderful exciting and funny read with love, action, sadness, humor and drama in it. Website of the author: http://www.charlaineharris.com/