6/29/2023 0 Comments The night watch waters![]() There are ghosts and robbers and shocking twists! The Night Watch, on the other hand, is more realistic. Both The Little Stranger and Fingersmith are more firmly in the tradition of the sensation novel. The Night Watch does feel like a departure from her other books that I’ve read. As far as I’m concerned, Sarah Waters is the complete package. She has all the things I look for: complex, well-constructed plots well-developed characters thought-provoking ideas. This was the third of Sarah Waters’s books that I’ve read (the others being The Little Stranger and Fingersmith), and I continue to be thoroughly impressed with her work. ![]() I’m just going to briefly share some of my impressions here. Jenny reviewed this book just last week, so go take a look at her review to get the details about the plot, characters, and structure of the book. ![]() We only gradually learn how these marvelously drawn characters arrived at their present state, and as we learn, we find that our impressions were not always correct, that these people’s stories are not always what they appear. And as the novel unfolds, we’re carried back in time, with one section taking place in 1944, and the final section taking place in 1941. ![]() Waters fills this novel with a variety of characters, each of whom has his or her own struggles. ![]() The men and women who lived through the war are haunted, but by what? That’s the question that we as readers have as Sarah Waters’s novel The Night Watch opens. It’s 1947, and London is recovering from World War II. ![]()
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6/29/2023 0 Comments The Wicker King by K. Ancrum![]() “A quiet, generous and sweet lesbian love story about girls who dream bigger than their own universe … Fans of romance and Sarah Dessen will love this book.” ― VOYA “ The Weight of the Stars is one of the most gentle, gracious, and, overall, kind books that I’ve read all year … It’s starlight on broken concrete, it’s flowers on a broken rooftop, and it’s a masterpiece.” ―Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of Every Heart a Doorway “A haunting story that bravely explores friendship and mental illness.” ― Kirkus Reviews A haunting and provocative read that will keep teens riveted.” ― School Library Journal Like Libba Bray’s Going Bovine, Ancrum delves into the blurry space between reality and madness. “Reluctant reader―friendly flash fiction and packs a punch despite its brevity. ![]() “Teen fans of moody psychological horror will be entranced.” ―Booklist ![]() A haunting story that bravely explores friendship and mental illness.” ― Kirkus Reviews ![]() ![]() “An eerie piece of realistic fiction whose characters revel in intense emotions. “Give this to readers who like complex, experimental fictions about intense relationships that acquire mythic resonance.” ―The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books “An eerie and mesmerizing thriller that questions the space where reality and perception overlap, The Wicker King is a spine-tingling read that will have you riveted.” ―Caleb Roerhrig, author of Last Seen Leaving and White Rabbit ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Venom lethal protector 1 2022![]() Carnage has been building his powers up, extracting unique abilities from many villains throughout the Marvel Universe and now traverses the Multiverse with a singular goal: KILL ANY AND ALL VENOMS! Launching in August, DEATH OF THE VENOMVERSE will be a five-issue limited series that unleashes Carnage on a quest to become the new KING IN BLACK. Announced last month at C2E2, this all new epic will see the return of Venom visionary Cullen Bunn as he teams up with fellow symbiote superstar Gerardo Sandoval to bring the symbiotic ax down on the VENOMVERSE! The overarching storylines all pave the way for what is to be the crown jewel of SUMMER OF SYMBIOTES: DEATH OF THE VENOMVERSE. Marvel’s SUMMER OF SYMBIOTES is underway! An entire season of symbiote insanity, SUMMER OF SYMBIOTES sees launch of new titles like EXTREME VENOMVERSE (on sale now!) and CULT OF CARNAGE: MISERY, as well as wild new sagas in your favorite ongoing symbiote titles, CARNAGE and VENOM. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Wishful drinking documentary![]() The movie starred well-known Actresses and Actors like Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, and Dennis Quaid. Carrie Fisher turned her best-selling novel into a movie in 1990 with Columbia Pictures. In 1987, Carrier Fisher published her first full-length novel called “Postcards from the Edge.“ Her novel became a bestseller, and she received the LA Pen Award for the Best First Novel. In 1980, Fisher along with a few other Co-stars from the Star Wars earned a spot on the cover of Rolling Stone p romoting the episode “The Empire Strike Back.” Three years later she earned a solo spot back on the cover of Rolling Stone to promote the Return of the Jedi. Named the Mystery Women from the film “The Blues Brothers” in 1980. Born of Award-winning Actress Debbie Reynolds (mother) , Carrier Fisher was known for her amazing role in the “Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.“ Before landing her big debut, Fisher’s first performance was in a small movie named Shampoo in 1975. She was born in Beverly Hills, California, her parents were well-known in the entertainment industry. Carrie Fisher was an amazing American Actress. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments The stars within you book![]() ![]() ![]() Providing readers with an introduction to reading their birth charts, the book then offers fresh perspectives on interpreting the signs and symbols to deepen self-awareness. This book weaves together the whole tapestry, showing readers that reading and understanding astrology charts is within reach. "This lovely illustrated astrology guide is a perfect beginner’s guide to astrology, but it doesn’t stop with the basics. This book is a starting point, providing a modern, accessible guide to the basic tenets of birth chart readingthe signs, planets, aspects, and houses. Its birth charts identify personality traits alongside explanations for rising, moon, sun, and planet positions, too."- MyDomaine ![]() "If you're more interested in what the stars have to say about your personal experiences rather than how you relate to others, then this beautifully illustrated title can share a more detailed look. Juliana McCarthy guides you through how to use astrology to explore where you've been and where you're going, with the goal of ultimately becoming more self-aware and mindful of your place in the universe.”- Bustle “ offers a fresh perspective on the fundamentals of astrology. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Phyllis chesler women and madness![]() ![]() This ensures that gender is incorporated into both the construction of normal cases and case identification. In contrast, at the levels of normal cases and case identification, the central mechanism linking gender to constructs and attributions of disorder is the particularism that is an inherent feature of clinical practice. ![]() I further argue that this differential relation stems from the linkage between gender and attributions of agency and rationality which are tied to issues of power. Feminist icon Cheslers pioneering work-2.5 million copies sold-revised and updated for the first time in 30 years. I argue that at the level of official constructions the relation between gender and categories of mental disorder is indirect rather than direct, and stems from the differential relation of constructs of disorder to gendered behaviour. Employing a framework in which I distinguish official constructions of mental disorder, the delineation of normal cases and the process of case identification, I contend that gender is embedded in constructs of mental disorder. I then use her argument as the foundation for a detailed consideration of whether, and the mechanisms through which, gender is embedded in constructs of mental disorder. In order to explore these claims further, I want to begin by outlining Chesler’s analysis of the way the concept of mental disorder is constituted in relation to gender. A range of feminist writers of different theoretical persuasions have followed Phyllis Chesler’s influential study Women and Madness (1972) in suggesting that gender is embedded in the very construction of concepts of madness and mental disorder. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments The okay witch book 3![]() She meets a talking cat, falls into an enchanted diary, and unlocks a hidden witch world. And, surprise: Moth’s family is at the center of it all! When Moth’s new powers show up, things get totally out-of-control. It turns out that Founder’s Bluff, Massachusetts, has a centuries-old history of witch drama. When some eighth-grade bullies try to ruin her Halloween, something really strange happens. But she’s about to discover that witches aren’t just the stuff of movies, books, and spooky stories. ![]() Thirteen-year-old Moth Hush loves all things witchy. ![]() A School Library Journal Best Graphic Novel of 2019 A YALSA 2020 Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers A YALSA 2020 Great Graphic Novel for Teens Sabrina the Teenage Witch meets Roller Girl in this hilarious, one-of-a-kind graphic novel about a half-witch who has just discovered the truth about herself, her family, and her town and is doing her best to survive middle school now that she knows everything! Magic is harder than it looks. ![]() ![]() ![]() Tolkien." The recipients, the Livesleys and their son Edgar, ran the Kennaway House, a Regency town house in the village of Sidmouth, East Devon which Tolkien used as a summer holiday home and the surrounds of which inspired the landscapes, flora, and fauna of The Shire", the region of Middle-earth inhabited hobbits first introduced in The Hobbit. Livesley & Edgar with best wishes from J.R.R. Presentation copy, inscribed by Tolkien on the flyleaf, "Mr. ![]() Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece and 9 full-page uncolored illustrations after drawings by Tolkien. First edition, first issue of Tolkien's classic tale, "among the very highest achievements of childrenâ s authors during the 20th centuryâ (Carpenter & Pritchard, 530), one of only a handful of presentation copies reserved for Tolkien to give to family members, colleagues and close friends. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If I could get one wish from the ghost of Sylvia Beach, it's that she, or someone who cares about the inherent value of books, gets a seat in those boardrooms to advocate for readers not consumers, for books as a pillar of culture not as a unit of sales, and for bookstores as community centers not retail outlets and merchandise showrooms. We get on social media, we try different kinds of events, we create interesting displays, we sell the hell out of the books we love, but none of that reaches the boardrooms where the big decisions are made. We sell e-books, we carry more gift items because they have a better profit margin, we organize buy local campaigns in our communities and fight for sales tax fairness in our legislatures. ![]() There's nothing we can do about Amazon's business practices, or the Department of Justice's insane lawsuit, or the consolidation of the industry or the changes in reading technology. "The biggest and most frustrating challenge with bookselling right now is that nearly everything that affects us is out of our control. ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments Bunnies wolfie![]() ![]() The day I wrote WOLFIE THE BUNNY, I was expecting to go to jail. A new brother takes getting used to, and when (in a twist of fate) it’s Wolfie who’s threatened, can Dot save the day? The Bunny family has adopted a wolf son, and daughter Dot is the only one who realizes Wolfie can–and might–eat them all up! Dot tries to get through to her parents, but they are too smitten to listen. Check back to discover the winner.įamilies of all kinds will delight in this sweet tale of new babies, sibling rivalry, bravery, unconditional love…and veggies! Just let me know the other things you did to share the good news, so I can put in the right amount of tickets in my basket for you. Reblog, tweet, or talk about it on Facebook with a link and you will get additional chances to win. The talented Ame Dyckman has agreed to participate in our Holiday Book Giveaway Extravaganza with her award winning book WOLFIE THE BUNNY.Īll you have to do to get in the running is to leave a comment. ![]() |