An Untamed State by Roxane Gay5/22/2023 ![]() But Gay’s dialogue complicates rather than simplifies these issues. Gay’s characters are engineered to open up conflicts over gender, class (Mireille’s family is wealthy in a poor country) and race (Mireille is black and Michael is white). She was a target because her father heads a highly profitable construction firm, and his resistance to paying ransom baffles Mireille’s U.S.-born husband, Michael meanwhile, she’s repeatedly beaten and sexually assaulted by her captors. Gay’s remarkable debut novel is mostly narrated by Mireille, who, as the story opens, is visiting her native Haiti from Miami with her husband and infant son when she’s forcibly abducted by a gang and held for 13 days. ![]() ![]() A harrowing and emotionally cleareyed vision of one woman’s ordeal during and after her kidnapping in Haiti. ![]()
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Liddell hart sherman5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() By contrast, Holden Reid’s title, taken from Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address, is more ambivalent. Marszalek focussed on Sherman’s ‘passion for order’. For Liddell Hart, Sherman was a ‘soldier,’ a ‘realist’ and an ‘American’, this last often shorthand for patriot. ![]() Both of these hinted in their titles at their assessment of the man they were writing about. Liddell Hart and, more recently, a study by historian John F. ![]() These include an early assessment by military strategist Basil H. Holden Reid’s is the latest of several biographies of the general to have appeared over the years. Informed by the opinions of those Confederates whom he defeated at the time (and their progeny ever since) Sherman’s popular image has become emblematic of all we fear in modern war, of all we fear in ourselves as human beings with a propensity toward destruction. Sherman’s reputation, indeed, is in many ways ‘unenviable’, Brian Holden Reid notes in his introduction to this formidable biography, consisting as it does largely of exaggerated negatives: ruthlessness, heartlessness and brutality. Sherman’s approach to a conflict that, as far as public opinion is concerned, defined his career and his life, but not always in a positive way. Writing to his brother in the penultimate year of the American Civil War, the Union soldier Eb Allison observed that ‘Warfare, to be successful, is a thing that does not admit of any dilly-dallying about it.’ This comment might well serve as a summation of William T. ![]() The art of racing in the rain book pages5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() He treats Enzo as a human, and talks to him as he would with another human, sharing mundane details of his life, or sitting and watching videos together. They share a beautiful bond of love and friendship.ĭenny is a racer, and Enzo is an integral part of his racing life. ![]() The story revolves around him, and his pet parent Denny who is his best buddy too. The book starts on an emotional note as Enzo is on his death-bed, and is reliving his life by narrating it. I know it’s too many adjectives in a single sentence, but couldn’t help it! After all, is there anyone who can resist a book where the narrator is a smart and adorable dog? Yes, Enzo, the protagonist is a mixed-breed canine and named after the legend Enzo Anselmo Giuseppe Maria Ferrari. ![]() It is inspirational, heart-breaking and wonderful at the same time. The Art Of Racing In The Rain by Garth Stein is one of the most beautiful books I’ve read in a while. ![]() Always by Kindle Alexander5/21/2023 ![]() He struggles to get past the teachings of his childhood to fully accept his sexuality and rid himself of the doubts brought on by his religious upbringing. Between owning a thriving upscale Italian restaurant in the heart of downtown Minneapolis and managing his long-term boyfriend, his plate is full. Despite all the rotten tomatoes life throws his way, Kane makes something of himself. ![]() But no amount of planning prepares him for the handsome, uptight restaurateur who might derail his political future.Įasy isn't even in the top thousand words to describe Kane Dalton's life after his father, a devout southern Baptist minister, kicks him out of the family home for questioning his sexual orientation. ![]() With a strategy in place and the campaign wheels rolling, Avery is ready to jump on the legislative fast track, full steam ahead. When some of the most prominent men in politics suggest he run for senate, Avery decides the time has come to follow in his grandfather's footsteps. The gorgeous, charismatic attorney is used to getting what he wants, even the frequent one-night stands that earn him his well-deserved playboy reputation. ![]() (March 8, 2014)īorn to a prestigious political family, Avery Adams plays as hard as he works. ![]() The roundhouse erdrich5/21/2023 ![]() One of the main issues that arises early on is where the heinous crime took place. ![]() It is revealed that her attacker had attempted to murder her by setting her on fire. Later, at the hospital, Joe learns that his mother has been raped. This relief is soon eclipsed when it is revealed that Geraldine has been attacked. When Joe and Bazil go into town to find Geraldine, they are relieved to see her drive past them speedily. She had mentioned earlier that she would go to work to retrieve a file, but hours have passed since then. ![]() Her absence is noticed even more as it is a Sunday, and the supermarket, where they suspect her to be, is closed. Bazil likens her to a clock that keeps the family running. The men know that Geraldine is the glue that holds their family together. Both Bazil and Joe eventually stop work and realize that Geraldine is missing. One such event is taking place at the same time as the yardwork: the rape and attempted murder of Geraldine Coutts. The young trees are destroying the foundation of the family home, foreshadowing the events to come. The narrative begins in the spring, with a thirteen-year-old Joe and his father, Bazil, uprooting saplings from their yard. ![]() Terry pratchett the amazing maurice5/21/2023 ![]() Upon entering a town, the rats make a general nuisance of themselves - stealing food and widdling on things - until the townsfolk become desperate to get rid of them. Maurice and the rats have teamed up with a young lad named Keith to implement a clever moneymaking scheme. At the heart of this tale is a slightly twisted take on the old Pied Piper theme, a talking, thinking cat named Maurice, and a supporting cast of equally talented rats who bear such comical names as Big Savings, Nourishing, and Dangerous Beans. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Discworld #28) The Barnes & Noble Review With the debut of his first young-adult novel, science fiction writer Terry Pratchett invites readers ages 12 and up to visit Discworld - an imaginary land well known to Pratchett's adult following. ![]() Hades and persephone a touch of darkness5/21/2023 ![]() But nothing has ever intrigued him as much as the goddess offering him a bargain he can't resist.Īfter her encounter with Hades, Persephone finds herself in a contract with the God of the Dead, and his terms are impossible: Persephone must create life in the Underworld or lose her freedom forever. Hades, God of the Dead, has built a gambling empire in the mortal world and his favorite bets are rumored to be impossible. All of that changes when she sits down in a forbidden nightclub to play a hand of cards with a hypnotic and mysterious stranger. After moving to New Athens, she hoped to lead an unassuming life disguised as a mortal journalist. Since she was a little girl, flowers have only shriveled at her touch. Persephone is the Goddess of Spring in title only. ![]() ![]() "You will worship me, and I won't even have to order you." His request felt sinful and devious, and she reveled in it. She remembered the words she had whispered to him in the back of the limo after La Rose. Clair comes a dark and enthralling reimagining of the Hades and Persephone Greek myth. ![]() ![]() Where did they come from? Where did they go? And what made them come back? That’s when scientists discovered the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud. Huge balls of ice, zipping through the solar system, past the planets, around the sun and back out again. ![]() Beyond it was empty space – until astronomers started looking at comets. Pluto was then thought to be the last planet of our solar system. Differences in the calculations of the gravity of these giants set off another search and Pluto was discovered. Then the first telescopes revealed Uranus and Neptune. Book excerpt: It was once thought that our solar system ended at Saturn. This book was released on with total page 20 pages. Book Synopsis 14 Fun Facts About the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud by : Jeannie Meekinsĭownload or read book 14 Fun Facts About the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud written by Jeannie Meekins and published by Learning Island. ![]() This poison heart by kalynn bayron5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Her birth family had an apothecary, which I thought was super interesting. I also liked learning about the plants and the healing properties they have. There is also so much Greek mythology, I was loving it. I loved this book because it was about a strong Black teen who is queer, and she is proud of who she is. Unsure of what this means, she hopes this home will provide the answers she seeks. She can cultivate plants to be very healthy, and she is able to work with poison plants, too. This is a good way to help Bri get away from her friends who had not been talking to her, and she is trying to find out the deal with her gift. ![]() The family packs up and moves to the town for the summer, unsure of what they will find while they are there. Bri lives with her moms in Brooklyn, and she finds out she now owns a house in a small town that belonged to her birth mother’s sister, her aunt. However, it will make sense once you read more. I was also curious since I saw it was part of a series, and it did not feel that vibe at the start. I thought I was going to expect the book to go one way, and it completely surprised me. ![]() This is going to be a book I believe everyone will enjoy because of the rich imagery and prose! I loved learning more about the Greek mythology in the book! I cannot believe what a wild ride this book was! I fell in love with the cover immediately, and I was drawn in more and more as the story went on. ![]() A tale dark and grimm online book5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() While all three of the books intrigued me (and will be reviewed on this blog eventually) at the time, A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz with illustrations by Hugh D'Andrade piqued my interests the least. While that might have just been an excuse to buy more books, my interest in fairy tales remains and I was very excited to see the Marjorie Ingall's review in the New York Times from last year titled, When Stories Had Teeth, discussing three new books with fairy tales as pertinent plot points. In fact, I even went through a brief period of amassing books that approached fairy tales from an academic perspective with an eye to getting a masters in Advanced Fairy Tale Studies. I have always loved fairy tales, especially books that take a fairy tale and twist it a bit. ![]() |