5/13/2023 0 Comments Death in venice novelAschenbach crosses the lagoon to visit the city. His first impressions of the Polish boy – Tadzio – are confirmed. He buys some strawberries and observes a group of children playing on the beach. He is struck by the boy’s appearance and muses on the nature of beauty and its implications for the artist.Īschenbach is anxious that the sultry weather might force him to leave. Watching the hotel guests assemble for dinner, Aschenbach catches his first sight of a Polish boy and his family. Aschenbach is greeted by the Hotel Manager and shown to his room. On arrival at the hotel, the Old Gondolier disappears without waiting for payment. Aschenbach is rowed by an Old Gondolier who insists, despite Aschenbach’s protests, on taking his passenger direct to the hotel on the Lido. On the boat to Venice, Aschenbach is shocked by the behaviour and appearance of an Elderly Fop and some rowdy youths. By the entrance to a cemetery in Munich, he encounters a Traveller and is filled with a longing for the sun and the south. The celebrated author Gustav von Aschenbach struggles with his incapacity to write.
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5/13/2023 0 Comments Finding kyle sawyer bennettHe wants to avoid people for this reason also – so that no one else gets pulled into his shit. And if that isn’t enough to make sure he keeps her at arm’s length, they have busted the case and he’s in hiding until the trial, since he’s a principal witness. The last thing he wants to do is get involved with a beautiful, young woman offering him friendship. He has nightmares and feels that he is not worthy now of anything. He’s had to do some horrific things in order not to blow his cover and it’s deeply affected him. He has been working undercover for the ATF as a motorcycle gang member. Right from the beginning, Kyle is a Most Excellent Hero – and I do say Hero with a capital H. It isn’t long before she brings him a “welcome to the neighborhood” basket of unintentionally badly baked muffins.īut Kyle Sommerville wants nothing to do with her or her muffins. So when she notices a hot new neighbor who is tending to the lighthouse near her home, she sits up and takes notice. The heroine of Finding Kyle, Jane Cresson, lives in a small town where there isn’t an abundance of young, single men. This book turned out to be a positive reading experience. So it’s almost with a sense of adventure when I start a new Sawyer Bennett book. Much of the time it’s because I have issues with the heroine. But then on occasion I read one to which I have a very negative reaction. Kristie J’s review of Finding Kyleby Sawyer BennettĬontemporary Romance published by Big Dog Books 14 Jan 17 5/13/2023 0 Comments The family addams comicThey live in a gloomy mansion adjacent to a cemetery and a swamp at 0001 Cemetery Lane. Charles Addams was first inspired by his home town of Westfield, New Jersey, an area full of ornate Victorian mansions and archaic graveyards. According to the film version, the family credo is, Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc (pseudo-Latin: "We gladly feast on those who would subdue us"). Many other "Addams families" exist all over the world. The family appears to be a single surviving branch of the Addams clan. The house is a wreck, of course, but this is a house-proud family just the same and every trap door is in good repair. Many of the troubles they have as a family are due to Grandma’s fumbling, weak character. A closely knit family, the real head being Morticia-although each of the others is a definite character - except for Grandma, who is easily led. Morticia is even in disposition, muted, witty, sometimes deadly. The characters were undeveloped and unnamed until later versions. Addams's original cartoons were one-panel gags. 5/13/2023 0 Comments Gods and Generals by Jeff ShaaraWe follow Winfield Scott Hancock, a Captain of Quartermasters who is assigned command of a brigade of infantry, quickly establishing himself as one of the finest leaders in the Union army. His fierce exterior hides a compassionate soul that few - students and soldiers alike - will ever see, and he becomes the greatest commander of the Civil War. Profound in its insights into the minds and hearts of those who fought in the war, Gods and Generals creates a vivid portrait of the soldiers, the battlefields, and the tumultuous times that forever shaped the nation.įrom the Back Cover Here is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, a hopelessly by-the-book military instructor and devout Christian. Lee, never believing until too late that a civil war would ever truly come to pass. Here is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, a hopelessly by-the-book military instructor and devout Christian who becomes the greatest commander of the Civil War Winfield Scott Hancock, a captain of quartermasters who quickly establishes himself as one of the finest leaders of the Union army Joshua Chamberlain, who gives up his promising academic career and goes on to become one of the most heroic soldiers in American history and Robert E. Book Synopsis The New York Times bestselling prequel to the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic The Killer Angels In this brilliantly written epic novel, Jeff Shaara traces the lives, passions, and careers of the great military leaders from the first gathering clouds of the Civil War. 5/13/2023 0 Comments Rachel vincent stray seriesAnd since Inns are neutral zones, no one can stop her from housing this Aristocrat.īut this is not unproblematic. The inn need some inhabitants to survive, it does not care who. To solve this Dina has let a retired aristocrat responsible for millions of deaths permanently hide out in her inn. It also has the capability ti shaped to whatever form Dina or her guest needs.īut Dina's inn is not in top shape, it's on the verge of starvation. The inn is also not a regular house, its a living thinking magical construct that requires inhabitants to survive. It's an inn for otherworldly travelers who need a place to stay. She also owns a small Shih Tzu named Beast.īy all counts, she should be a perfect neighbor, whose biggest problem is what to serve her guests for breakfast.īut Dina does not have a regular bed and breakfast. Dina Demille is by all appearances a fine young woman who runs a quiescent Victorian Bed and Breakfast in a small Texas town. 5/13/2023 0 Comments On chesil beach by ian mcewanGiven the critics' passion for rubbishing a popular intellectual, had this flopped, there would have been the usual British celebration of failure after triumph. 'On Chesil Beach' is an extraordinarily risky undertaking for a novellist at what some mistakenly believe is at his best (they're wrong, of course: there's better to come). All these are great writers, but McEwan is head and shoulders above them. He is sharper than Julian Barnes, more aware of life's strangeness than Sarah Waters and he tackles deeper themes than Joanne Harris. A natural successor to Greene and GoldingĪs if there was ever any serious doubt, Ian McEwan's 'On Chesil Beach' clearly establishes his reputation once and for all as the greatest English novelilst since the deaths of Graham Greene and William Golding. 5/13/2023 0 Comments The marvelous land of oz bookNeill, revealing his first visions of Oz. The Marvelous Land of Oz was the first books published by Reilly & Britton and the first of thirty-five Oz books illustrated by John R. Wogglebug, T.E., and the wooden Sawhorse as they strive to stop the evil witch Mombi and the revolt of the women of Oz. T he boy Tip is befriended by the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, Jack Pumpkinhead, H.M. Frank Baum’s beloved and best-selling Oz books, issued one year after “The Wizard of Oz” had become a smash hit on Broadway. A remarkably clean, tight copy, with spine ends and corners lightly rubbed, faint damp-staining to rear board, front hinge starting, a few pages soiled in margins.įirst edition, second state, binding state B, bearing “Published, July, 1904” on copyright and the plate on pp 23 bearing the caption “Old Mombi puts Jack in the stable.” The second of L. Pictorial endpapers 16 full-color plates and 118 b&w illustrations. Dark red cloth pictorially stamped in dark navy blue, silver and green. The end-papers from life poses by the famous comedians, Montgomery and Stone. Buck’s story, which was engrossing in every way. ” as I read, I re-grounded myself in his purpose and in my purpose, and then went back to Mr. I, on the other hand, have been limited to writing about the trail as it existed in 1847-the year my fictional wagon train heads to Oregon. He includes accounts of the Mormon migration and influence, the Gold Rush years, and the Pony Express. Buck could recount the entire history of the Oregon Trail, from Lewis and Clark through the 1890s. I had to remind myself as I read that Mr. It was a good counterpoint for me as I worked my way through my novel, giving me a foil against which either to confirm what I wrote about my emigrants or to understand why my account differed from what the Bucks experienced. Rinker Buck’s book is part memoir, part history, part travelogue, and part social commentary. As an adult, Nick was a master mechanic and muleskinner. Their family background gave them unique skills to tackle this endeavor-their father had taken them on many covered wagon rides in the East when they were growing up. Buck and his brother Nick drove a covered wagon powered by three mules from Kansas to Oregon in 2011. While I was spending hours each day deep in my novel, I read each evening from The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey, by Rinker Buck. It still needs some tweaking, but the book is essentially done. I have immersed myself in the nineteenth century over the last few weeks, editing my Oregon Trail novel for what I hope has been the final big push. However, I didn’t feel that was the message at all. I was expecting duel narration, it seemed like he should get more time to fully understand his perspective.Ī lot of people seemed to think the book had a message of “be yourself, but still change to make yourself more desirable to other people”. I thought Abelard was not as fully fleshed out as he could have been, he felt like more of a secondary character than I was expecting, which disappointed me. The flirting between Lily and Abelard is so cute and relatable. I also loved the use of seemingly gibberish words to represent Lily’s comprehension issues, I thought that was a very creative way of showing that without being overly obvious as to what was happening. I thought the use of quotes in the book was really well done and showed a lot about the characters without being overbearing. This is made better by the fact that the author herself is a woman with ADHD, so it’s even Own Voices! I personally do not have ADHD, but some people in my family have inattentive ADHD, so I do have some experience with it. I think it’s unusual to see a book with a protagonist with ADHD at all, but specifically a female protagonist.) and a boy with Asperger’s. I love that this book features both a girl with ADHD (which is so rarely shown in books. This is possibly the first time I've read a book cowritten by two authors who are each well-known and have distinctive styles in their own right, so I was interested to see how much it feels like a Pratchett book and how much like a Gaiman book. Written by comedic writers Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, its primary function is indeed to amuse: the writing style owes much to other great British humorists such as P.G. Posted in: Amazon Studios, Good Omens, Preview, streaming, TV | Tagged: amazon, good omens, neil gaiman, prime video, terry pratchett About Ray FlookServing as Television Editor since 2018, Ray began five years earlier as a contributing writer/photographer before being brought onto the core BC team in 2017. I've recently started reading Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. Amazon Studios, BBC Studios Productions, The Blank Corporation, and Narrativia are set to produce Good Omens 2. Rob Wilkins, John Finnemore, and BBC Studios Productions' Head of Comedy Josh Cole also executive produce, with Finnemore co-writing alongside Gaiman. Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett Good Omens (TV) Relationship: Aziraphale & Crowley (Good Omens) Characters. Gaiman will executive produce and serve as co-showrunner with director Douglas Mackinnon. Benedict Cumberbatch and Frances McDormand will not be returning as Satan and God, respectively. Tennant and Sheen are joined by Jon Hamm, Miranda Richardson, Maggie Service, Nina Sosanya, Doon Mackichan, Gloria Obianyo, Liz Carr, Quelin Sepulveda, Shelley Conn, Derek Jacobi, Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Niamh Walsh, Dame Siân Phillips, Tim Downie, Pete Firman, Andi Osho, Alex Norton, Ty Tennant, and Peter Davison. |