![]() ![]() ![]() In my excitement, I never paused for a moment to consider that a copy of the book wasn’t guaranteed to be there. The only book store in town was a used book store, and it wasn’t a certainty they’d even have a copy of the book I so desperately wanted to read. That, since Dragonfly in Amber was already long-published by then, all I had to was go back to the book store, buy a copy, and immediately start reading it. (The review for one of those books can be found here.) The events in Dragonfly were never far from my mind, however, and I was able to get back into the story easily, despite the interruption.Īt the end of my review for Outlander, I mentioned how delighted I was-when I first read the book years ago-to realize the book was the beginning of a series. It took me nearly three full weeks to finish this, because I set it aside twice in order to read a couple of review copies. ![]() My Outlander series re-read continued with the second book in the series, Dragonfly in Amber. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The mother-daughter-sister themes are explored further in the second and third books, with the introduction of more intriguing female characters: Kyla-as-Lucy’s mother and grandmother, and a number of potential sister-friends at their boarding house. But when Kyla discovers that innocent children are being Slated her resolve to stop the government is cemented. ![]() She embraces each identity in turn, and the friends and family who go with it, only to find layers of betrayal and lies behind it all and new twists to her history. Books 2 and 3 in the Slated Trilogy, Fractured and Shattered, continue the gradually unravelling mystery of the six identities of Kyla as she tries to discover who she really is, why she was Slated, and why she was so thoroughly prepared for Slating if her capture was as accidental as was made out. ![]() ![]() ![]() She will face an impossible challenge and, along with two unlikely allies, uncover a secret that threatens to consume the lands of humans and Staryk alike. When an ill-advised boast draws the attention of the king of the Staryk-grim fey creatures who seem more ice than flesh-Miryem’s fate, and that of two kingdoms, will be forever altered. Hardening her heart, the young woman sets out to claim what is owed and soon gains a reputation for being able to turn silver into gold. Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, but her father’s inability to collect his debts has left his family on the edge of poverty-until Miryem takes matters into her own hands. Spinning Silver draws readers deeper into this glittering realm of fantasy, where the boundary between wonder and terror is thinner than a breath, and safety can be stolen as quickly as a kiss. With the Nebula Award–winning Uprooted, Naomi Novik opened a brilliant new chapter in an already acclaimed career, delving into the magic of fairy tales to craft a love story that was both timeless and utterly of the now. ![]()
![]() ![]() Injecting calm and rationality into debates that are notorious for ax-grinding and mud-slinging, Pinker shows the importance of an honest acknowledgment of human nature based on science and common sense. With characteristic wit, lucidity, and insight, Pinker argues that the dogma that the mind has no innate traits-a doctrine held by many intellectuals during the past century-denies our common humanity and our individual preferences, replaces objective analyses of social problems with feel-good slogans, and distorts our understanding of politics, violence, parenting, and the arts. Steven Pinker is introduced by Samuel Jay Keyser, Peter de Florez Emeritus Professor at MIT, Linguistics and Philosophy faculty. ![]() One of the world's leading experts on language and the mind explores the idea of human nature and its moral, emotional, and political colorings. In The Blank Slate Pinker retraces the history that led people to view human nature as dangerous, and unsnarls the moral and political debates that have entangled the idea along the way. ![]() also highly persuasive." -Michael Lemonick, TimeĪ brilliant inquiry into the origins of human nature. "Sweeping, erudite, sharply argued, and fun to read. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Heather Clark, Professor of Contemporary Poetry at the University of Huddersfield, and author of The Grief of Influence: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes (2011), announces in a prologue her intention to “debunk the sensational and melodramatic rhetoric that surrounds” Plath and “finally, to examine her life through her commitment not to death, but to art.” Certainly, the work of previous biographers can be mined for instances of purple prose that suggests a deterministic view of a suicidal Plath, who first tried to take her life in 1953 and then succeeded ten years later. ![]() ![]() ![]() Klune has mastered quirky language, unexpected love stories, endearing characters and sappy, hopeful storytelling. ![]() ![]() This book came to my attention during the spring of 2020, and it was one of the first things to genuinely make me smile and feel like the world might eventually be all right. Despite the unusual nature of his work, Linus lives the life of a drudge, with strict regimentation at work and constant rain outside of it – until he’s sent to a remote island to investigate an orphanage filled with delightful, but potentially dangerous children. Linus, our protagonist, works as a case manager, overseeing sprites, shapeshifters, gnomes and even an antichrist. Never have I read a book that made me wish to be there quite like Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea, set in an unnamed fantasy world not too unlike our own, but where some children fall under the bureaucratic “care” of the Department in Charge of Magical Youth. “Don’t you wish you were here?” reads the caption of a seascape mouse pad sitting on Linus Baker’s office desk. ![]() ![]() ![]() She takes pleasure in the long and magnificent sentences of Philip Roth and the breath-taking paragraphs of Isaac Babel she is deeply moved by the brilliant characterization in George Eliot's "Middlemarch". ![]() She reads the work of the very best writers, Dostoyevsky, Flaubert, Kafka, Austen, Dickens, Woolf, Chekhov, and discovers why these writers endure. In "Reading Like a Writer", Prose invites you to sit by her side and take a guided tour of the tools and the tricks of the masters. Long before there were creative writing workshops and degrees, how did aspiring writers learn to write? By reading the work of their predecessors and contemporaries, says the author. This book presents an inside look at how the professionals read and write. ![]() ![]() (éd.), 1996, Pacific Passage : The Study of American-East Asian Relations on the Eve of the Twenty-First Century, New York, Columbia University Press.Ĭohen, Warren I., 2010, America’s Response to China : A History of Sino-American Relations, New York, Columbia University Press, 5 e éd.Įtzold, Thomas H. 1949, 1989, 1999 : des révolutions en marche, Paris, Éditions Autrement.īergère, Marie-Claire, 2000, La Chine de 1949 à nos jours, Paris, Armand Colin.īergère, Marie-Claire, Bianco, Lucien, Domes, Jürgen (éds), 1989-1990, La Chine au XX e siècle, tome 1 : D’une révolution à l’autre, 1895-1949, tome 2 : De 1949 à aujourd’hui, Paris, Fayard.Ĭlyde, Paul Hibbert (éd.), 1940, United States Policy toward China : Diplomatic and Public Documents, 1839-1939, Durham, Duke University Press.Ĭohen, Warren I. ![]() Benewick, Robert, Donald, Stéphanie, 1999, Atlas de la Chine contemporaine. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() No disturbing the other residents, all of whom are rich or famous or both. The tall, ornate kind – all thin bars and gilded exterior. ![]() ![]() This book was amazing and I highly recommend! I cannot wait to read more from Riley Sager! Sager put a lot of thought into Lock Every Door-from the characters to the gothic nightmarish setting of the Bartholomew. Riley Sager draws you in with his writing and provides an intense atmosphere. Why are these crazy rules put into place? They’ve got to be hiding something, right? I really loved this book. Chloe tries to talk Jules out of this ridiculous arrangement, but Jules is not having it and takes the job! She is so enticed by the money that she overlooks the requirements that are put into place over the apartment sitters. Jules cannot believe that she is offered the position. It is a three month gig that pays $12,000. Then Jules stumbles across an opportunity to be an apartment sitter at the Bartholomew, a prestigious apartment building in New York City. Crashing on her best friend Chloe’s couch, she is desperate for change and ready to get her life back on track. Lock Every Door follows Jules, a New Yorker, who has just lost her job, her boyfriend, and her home all in one day. This is my first read from Riley Sager and I am looking forward to reading more of his books-with all the hope they wow as much as this book has. All the feels while reading Lock Every Door by Riley Sager. ![]() ![]() ![]() It promises to grant every desire the girls have kept locked away in their insecure hearts-beauty, power, adoration-in exchange for a price: human body parts. One night Finch, Selena, and her friends accidentally summon a carnivorous creature of immense power in the depths of the school. But despite Selena's suspicion, she feels drawn to Finch and has a sinking feeling that from now on the two will be inexplicably linked to one another. Clair sees right through Finch, and she knows something is seriously wrong with her. Finch doesn't know why she woke up after her heart stopped, but since dying she's felt a constant pull from the school and the surrounding town of Rainwater, like something on the island is calling to her. But something monstrous, and ancient, and terrifying, wouldn't let her drown. Months before school started, Finch and her parents got into an accident that should have left her dead at the bottom of the river. Finch Chamberlin is the newest transfer student to the ultra-competitive Ulalume Academy. ![]() |