6/12/2023 0 Comments Lost souls poppyThe way Steve and Ghost fit into the story works incredibly well. A huge plus of the novel version is earned by the characterization and role expansion of the vampires, as well as the inclusion of Steve and Ghost into the plot. This novel was the expansion of a novella Brite had written before titled “The Seed of Lost Souls,” which is basically an incredibly compressed version of Lost Souls. Older vampires can walk in the sun as long as they cover their skin and eyes, naturally have fangs, and rely solely on blood for nourishment. Brite also makes an interesting distinction between young and old vampires: younger vampires can eat like humans, can walk around in sunlight, and have to sharpen their teeth. They are similar enough to humans to crossbreed with them but otherwise are completely different. Unlike your traditional vampires where humans die and are transformed with a bite, these vamps are a separate race entirely. Lost Souls is a clever spin on the coming-of-age story with a focus on the character Nothing, who comes to discover his mixed heritage (human and vampire) and realizes that, after years of feeling like an outcast in the human world, he can live as he pleases in good company with vampires.Īs someone who has been obsessed with vampires since the age of seven, I absolutely loved this new take on the supernatural creatures.
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6/12/2023 0 Comments Long way down reynoldsA teenage girl gets on, waves away the smoke from Dead Buck’s cigarette. But Buck’s in the elevator? Just as Will’s trying to think this through, the door to the next floor opens. Will didn’t know that Shawn had ever actually USED his gun. And the only one who could have fired Shawn’s gun was Shawn. And that’s when Will sees that one bullet is missing. Buck tells Will to check that the gun is even loaded. Buck, Will finds out, is who gave Shawn the gun before Will took the gun. Or does he? As the elevator stops on the sixth floor, on comes Buck. He gets on the elevator, seventh floor, stoked. That’s where Will’s now heading, with that gun shoved in the back waistband of his jeans, the gun that was his brother’s gun. See, his brother Shawn was just murdered. That’s what fifteen-year-old Will has shoved in the back waistband of his jeans. With Klein serving as narrator and guide, the film explores how our violent disregard for our planet has endangered both it and ourselves - and how resisting this abuse and opposing the forces that propagate it can have a profound - even revolutionary - impact upon the makeup of our society.Ĭentral to the film’s analysis is the role that certain mythologies play in shaping how we view and think about the world. Directed by Avi Lewis and produced in conjunction with Lewis’ partner Naomi Klein’s bestselling book of the same name, This Changes Everything is an urgent dispatch on climate change that eschews the abstract and rhetorical in favour of the personal and immediate. His first successes were the satirical "Göre Gábor" letters on rural life, works which he later repudiated. Gárdonyi's career as a writer started off when he began writing for magazines and newspapers in the mid-1880s. He married Mária Molnár in 1885, but their marriage was unhappy and they separated in 1892. He graduated at a college for teachers and worked for some years as a teacher and Catholic cantor. Gárdonyi was born in Agárdpuszta, Kingdom of Hungary, the son of a machinist on the estate of an aristocrat in Western Hungary. Although he wrote a range of works, he had his greatest success as a historical novelist, particularly with Eclipse of the Crescent Moon and Slave of the Huns. Géza Gárdonyi, born Géza Ziegler (Aug– October 30, 1922) was a Hungarian writer and journalist. 6/12/2023 0 Comments The gilded ones sequelAnd then Belcalis was amazing too, absolutely sardonic and sharp, never trusting anyone until begrudgingly befriending Deka. And I really loved her instant friendship with Britta, who is just loyal and lovely and also super buff. The girls face a lot of violence and abuse, so this book definitely goes hard.ĭeka quickly finds herself as the Chosen One of the narrative with her impossible powers. It’s full of battles and violence and survivors, of the desperate claw to freedom while pledging not to leave any sisters behind. It’s a deeply feminist story about girls rising up against the patriarchy and finding strength when they’ve spent their whole lives debased. So if she’s not a normal alaki…then what is she? Only Deka has a secret - she can command the deathshrieks with her voice. But Deka quickly bonds with the other alaki girls and they end up banding together as bloodsisters, determined to survive whatever the cost. And what are they fighting? Deathshrieks that can explode your eardrums with their screams and tear people in two with their terrible claws. She’s labelled an alaki and the only way to earn favour back to the gods is by serving in the army until she’s deemed pure. The Gilded Ones follows Deka, a seventeen year old Black girl who is forced into an army to serve the emperor after it’s discovered that she is “impure” and her blood runs gold. I spent the last week reading The Gilded Ones and the sequel, The Merciless Ones, and this is what I thought! She tells the story of meeting her future husband, Charles, and we get a glimpse of Eloise and Phillip as well. I could hardly tell her what the difference was, as I have spent approximately one hundred percent of my life as a twin and thus have precisely zero experience at not being one. I should hope that I do not have to explain why this question was so asinine. Tell me, dear Amanda, how is it different than not being one?” “It must be so very intriguing to be a twin. Not surprising, but still heartwarming to read about how much she loves her stepmother, Eloise, and how idyllic their life is.Īmanda’s narration is smart and kindly sarcastic. Amanda is 19 now, and she has become an elegant, observant, and witty young lady. Quinn - is told in first person, from Amanda’s viewpoint. But even he can't seem to breathe any life into a story this boring. And, you know, "love" at first sight in a crowded airport.Īnd let's talk about this love interest, shall we? He's tall, lanky, and floppy haired you know, the standard by which all boys are messured nowadays. It's really all about Hadley reconciling with her father and coming to terms with the fact that, despite how much she may want it, her parents are never getting back together. SPLFS can be summed up as follows: A missed flight, a "fated" flight, a wedding, a funeral, and a wedding reception. The characters and cluster of scenes that take place over the course of twenty-four hours are equally boring and uneventful. It amazes me how such a short story can feel so slow and long-winded at times it was like dredging through sludge. Reluctantly, she gets a later flight - one that leads to a whole lotta lurve. Granted, Hadley would rather see her dentist than attend her father's wedding to a woman she's never even met, but her father is counting on her to make it on time. SPLFS starts off with Hadley Sullivan missing her flight to London at JFK. Although it does deliver on the British boy front (who, frankly, really isn't even that great), it doesn't deliver much else. Honestly, for having a name like The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight and a synopsis promising a British boy named Oliver, this book is pretty damn disappointing. It then delves into what you can do to free yourself from the habitual thoughts, emotions, and energy patterns that limit your consciousness. Singer shows how the development of consciousness can enable us all to dwell in the present moment and let go of painful thoughts and memories that keep us from achieving happiness and self-realization.Ĭopublished with the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) The Untethered Soul begins by walking you through your relationship with your thoughts and emotions, helping you uncover the source and fluctuations of your inner energy. By tapping into traditions of meditation and mindfulness, author and spiritual teacher Michael A. You’ll discover what you can do to put an end to the habitual thoughts and emotions that limit your consciousness. Whether this is your first exploration of inner space, or you’ve devoted your life to the inward journey, this book will transform your relationship with yourself and the world around you. What would it be like to free yourself from limitations and soar beyond your boundaries? What can you do each day to discover inner peace and serenity? The Untethered Soul offers simple yet profound answers to these questions. 6/11/2023 0 Comments Little big book john crowleyFor as I read “Little, Big” and became involved in the complex intricacy of the language and characters, I wondered what the author went through as he wrote it. Even John Crowley, at the library podium, was reading printed-out words he had previously written. There is a curious time-slip involved, as the writer imparts the words for an imagined audience who will read it in the future. Writers are solitary folk who weave their works alone. Their real performances are alone in front of their keyboards or, as when Crowley wrote “Little, Big” back in the late 1970s, their typewriters. With a few notable exceptions such as Harlan Ellison in his heyday, authors are not public performers. I have never done one, but I have often wondering how I would do if I were offered the opportunity. That’s another subject, incidentally, public readings by authors. Recently I came across it on a list of old Nebula Award nominees I was perusing looking for reading material and I thought, why not? I ordered it and began to read, and then found out, completely coincidentally, that John Crowley had been teaching at Clarion West and was doing a reading at the downtown public library shortly after I was moving to Seattle. I have been wanting to read it for years and never got around to it. You should not approach “Little, Big” with any preconceptions. 6/11/2023 0 Comments Pinhead #4 by D.G. ChichesterHe was subsequently convicted of the custodial kidnapping of his daughter. Gerhartsreiter was arrested on 2 August 2008, six days after he abducted his daughter while she was on a visit. The couple divorced and Gerhartsreiter agreed to accept limited access to his daughter on supervised visits. Inquiries on her behalf revealed that he had fabricated his name and his family background. However, she became dissatisfied with his secretive, controlling behavior and sought a divorce. Gerhartsreiter lived well solely on his wife's income. In 1995, while assuming the identity of Clark Rockefeller, claiming to be part of the noted Rockefeller family, Gerhartsreiter married a successful businesswoman named Sandra Boss they had a daughter together. in his late teens, Gerhartsreiter lived under a succession of aliases while variously claiming to be an actor, a director, an art collector, a physicist, a ship's captain, a negotiator of international debt agreements, and an English aristocrat. Born in West Germany, he is currently serving a prison sentence in the U.S. Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter (born 21 February 1961) is a German convicted murderer and impostor. |