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"Early love is exciting and exhilarating. It's light and bubbly. Anyone can love like that. But after three children, after a separation and a near-divorce, after you've hurt each other and forgiven each other, bored each other and surprised each other, after you've seen the worst and the best-- well, that sort of love is ineffable. It deserves its own word." A novel about the pains of growing up and the strength of the little decisions that build up a future that could become inoxerable if allowed to. An almost perfect work that could have declared a stronger statement if the ending had not been so predictable and conservative. PLOT Alice Love (Ok, I disliked the last name) wakes up at the gym, she is confused not because she has fainted but because she is in a gym! She has never been a fan of these places. She is surrounded by a bunch of people that she does not recognize in a life that does not appear to be her own. Quickly, it's revealed why she is...

PRESENT PERFECT: It is used to speak about events that finished or were accomplished in the past but whose consequences are still relevant in the present. already, yet, always, just, ever, never, so far, today, this week/month etc, how long, lately, recently, still (in negatives), etc. PAST PERFECT: It is used to speak about events that happened before another action in the past. before, after, already, just, for, since, till/ until, when, by the time, never, etc. FUTURE PERFECT: We use it to speak about a future event that will happen before another future event. by the end of this year, by the year 2040, in five years, ten years from now

"It was miserable, wet-bone March and I was lying in bed thinking about killing myself, a hobby of mine. Indulgent afternoon daydreaming: A shotgun, my mouth, a bang and my head jerking once, twice, blood on the wall." A slow and effective burn, Dark Places was the second novel I read from Flynn. It is not my favorite but that does not mean it's not good. It may not be as shocking as Gone Girl or as twisted as Sharp Objects , however, its structure and final act are worth of attention and praise. PLOT Libby Day recounts her everyday life, struggling to keep going. She is the survivor of an infamous massacre perpetrated by her brother, Ben Day, where her family was violently murdered. She barely escaped alive and the tragedy still haunts her, and she believes that this excuses her to become a parasite of society. We quickly realize that even though a victim in essence, she is no innocent woman and has been spoiled by pity and conmiseration. She wants people to ...

PAST PERFECT: It is used to speak about events that happened before another action in the past. before, after, already, just, for, since, till/ until, when, by the time, never, etc. PRESENT PERFECT: It is used to speak about events that finished or were accomplished in the past but whose consequences are still relevant in the present. already, yet, always, just, ever, never, so far, today, this week/month etc, how long, lately, recently, still (in negatives), etc. FUTURE PERFECT: We use it to speak about a future event that will happen before another future event. by the end of this year, by the year 2040, in five years, ten years from now.

Si les gustan las novelas que los mantienen intrigado hasta la última página, les sugiero leer mi novela Una Novia Solitaria. Es una corta novela de suspenso acerca de la desaparición de un esposo el día de la boda. Es un relato austero y conciso sobre secretos y relaciones tóxicas. *** Yvonne de Winter es una novia en el altar ansiosa por decir «acepto» en la boda que espera resuelva muchos conflictos de su relación; pero, además de las campanadas de la iglesia, también escuchará las sirenas de patrullas policiales. Todo se complica por la ausencia del novio y muchas preguntas surgen a causa de su desaparición. Naomi Kessler es la encargada de descubrir la verdad entre secretos incómodos y esqueletos de una relación tóxica. Disponible en Amazon en tapa blanda: https://amzn.to/2yIv9mc Amazon Kindle: https://amzn.to/2OrhZk6 Google Play Books: https://goo.gl/fUU4Ry Google Books: https://bit.ly/2NbGTjs Puedes dejar tu reseña en Goodreads: https://bit.ly/2L7ar5s

SIMPLE PAST: To speak about events that started and finished in the past, it is also used to speak about habits in the past. ago, yesterday, then, when, ... days/ hours/ minutes ago, last night/ week/ month/ year/ Sunday, June etc, in 1999, etc. SIMPLE PRESENT: We use it to talk about routines, and scientific facts. Also to speak about things that happen in the present, but that are not happening at the exact moment of speaking. usually, often, always, every day/ week/ month/ year etc, in the morning/ afternoon/ evening, at night/ the weekend, on Fridays/ Mondays, etc. FUTURE FORMS The auxiliary will is used to speak about events that might happen in the future, but that we are not certain about. Most of the time, we speak about long-term events. Also, we use it to make promises, threatens, and to take decisions at the moment. We make predictions based on what we imagine, think or believe. Going to is used to speak about events that are arranged to happen, th...

"It had been twelve years since a police officer last asked me a direct question, but my first instinct was still to lie." Gripping, manipulative and shocking, The Wife is an amazing psychological thriller + legal drama that doesn't let go and keeps you wondering from beginning to end on what is true and what is a lie. Once you have all the answers, you will be left speechless. PLOT The name of the book reminded me of the TV Series The Good Wife , and as I began reading the first pages, I could actually mark some similarities. Legal drama, check. Husband facing scandal, check. Devoted wife, check. Wife having to deal with her personal life + husband's scandal, check. Apparently submissive wife willing to believe her husband and support him through everything, check, check, check. The novel begins with a flashforward, with statements that later resonate in our minds not as a gong but as a gunshot, In an instant, I became the woman they assumed I’d been a...

Yvonne de Winter no quiere revisar el reloj porque no es la hora lo que quiere ver, sino a su prometido, Stuart Campbell. El tiempo no ha pasado tan rápido como ella cree, descubre la hora, son las dos y cuarenta y ocho de la tarde. El único consuelo que le queda es que ni siquiera sus padres han llegado y la ceremonia debía de haber comenzado a las dos treinta. Sin embargo, no siente ningún alivio, tampoco los invitados, quienes demuestran su descontento de diversas formas. Algunos hombres han salido a fumar, a hacer llamadas telefónicas de negocios o caminan de un lado a otro, desesperados. Las mujeres han ido al baño a retocarse el maquillaje o, simplemente, se quedan en las bancas de la iglesia, descansando y discutiendo sobre algunos temas interesantes. Todos saben lo mal que Yvonne debe sentirse, y la terrible idea de una novia abandonada aparece en la mente de los presentes. También en la de Yvonne, quien lucha contra el deseo de llorar, pero lo primordial es sacar ese negati...

"But the old wound has split open, the invisible blood pours forth. Soon I'll be emptied." An ambitious novel with two different stories that are not truly independent as one is misled to believe. The Blind Assassin is proof of Margaret Atwood's talent. It's a book about family and the life of a woman that has been marked by the decisions of those around her and obligations, responsibilities, burdens... PLOT Margaret Atwood loves creating novels with complex structures that include flashbacks and flashforwards that explain why characters act the way they do. The Blind Assassin is no exception. The Blind Assassin appears to host two independent novels. The first is about Iris Griffen Chase's life story, and another one where The Blind Assassin  tale is narrated. TBA is supposed to be a book that Iris' sister, Laura Chase, wrote before killing herself by driving her car off a bridge. The first novel narrates Iris' life through her own po...