![]() ![]() Hilarious, poignant, and deeply insightful, John Green and David Levithan’s collaborative novel is brimming with a double helping of the heart and humor that have won both of them legions of faithful fans. As their worlds collide and intertwine, the Will Graysons find their lives going in new and unexpected directions, building toward romantic turns-of-heart and the epic production of history’s most fabulous high school musical. Synopsis (Goodreads): One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, two teens-both named Will Grayson-are about to cross paths. Published: April 6th 2010 by Dutton Children’s/Penguin ![]() Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan Though Will Grayson, Will Grayson was entertaining, and I see the merits, it was not one of my favorite books. ![]() That’s been my experience reading both John Green and David Levithan, two authors who are well-respected in the field of young adult literature. It’s disappointing when high expectations for a book aren’t met. ![]()
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![]() ![]() One of the foremost names associated with the Anglo-French disputes in India at this time was Robert Clive, who did much to prevent India from becoming French. A magnificent blend of historical adventure and romance "in the great tradition of James Clavell.""Talwar" is a novel set against the history-making events of those early days, entwined with the mystery surrounding one of the world's greatest jewels, the Koh-i-Noor diamond.War came to the trading ports of the Bay of Bengal, alliances were formed with various local leaders and conflict was carried inexorably into the interior. Into this maelstrom steps trader's son, Hayden Flint, and Company clerk, Robert Clive. ![]() In India, Warring French and British trade interests are fighting for control of the decaying Moghul empire. The War of the Austrian Succession has been blazing for six years. The year is 1746, and the corporation is the East India Company. Imagine a corporation so powerful that it rules trade across the globe, fuels the first truly world war, creates governments and even gives birth to new countries. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() However long it takes me to do a full analysis and update all of my theories about what the heck is going on and how it's going to end, I need to share how amazing this book NOW! Seriously, it's that good. So what did I do? I took the entire day off, cooked, walked, shouted, then sadly washed the dishes, as I listened to RC Bray's spectacular narration and immersed myself in the book. For one, I am too invested in the story, for another, the fast pace and non-stop action make it hard for me to encounter a natural breaking point (chapters? what are those?). I can't read a book of this series (or the Dresden Files series if we are being honest) and do it in a normal fashion where I only read a little bit at the time. I probably need a full month to just process everything I read. ![]() ![]() ![]() Who directed Doctor Sleep?ĭoctor Sleep's director is Mike Flanagan, the horror prodigy whose previous work includes Oculus_, Ouija: Origin of Evil and the Netflix series The Haunting of Hill House. Dan gets involved, plunging back into the heart of darkness he's been trying to move past. They get this from murdering children who have the Shining, and when the particularly steamful Abra Stone finds herself in their path, she starts contacting Dan via astral projection. The real antagonists this time are an itinerant cult called the True Knot, who travel the United States in Winnebagos and survive into extended lifespans by feeding on a psychic essence they call "Steam". In the past, the legacy of Jack Torrance and the events at the Overlook Hotel have driven Dan to alcoholism, but he's now sober, if fragile.Īngry ghosts from the Overlook still haunt him, but he keeps them trapped in "lockboxes" in his mind. That's how he earned the nickname of the title. The story finds Danny – now the more mature Dan – in New Hampshire, working in a hospice, where his psychic "Shining" ability helps ease terminally ill patients in their final moments. It begins with the aphorism "FEAR stands for Fuck Everything And Run". Stephen King revealed that he was writing the novel in 2011, and it was published in 2013. Doctor Sleep is a sequel to The Shining, picking up the story of Danny Torrance as an adult. ![]() ![]() ![]() Instead of breaking out in the 1980s like in the comics, Morpheus will be arriving in the present to reclaim his Totems of Power and thusly his title as King of Dreams.Īfter the brilliant introduction, The Doll’s House opens up the world of Sandman even more as we finally get to see Morpheus operate more from a place of power. It stars Tom Sturridge as Dream/Morpheus who’s been accidentally captured by occultist Richard Burgess (Charles Dance) when he attempts to imprison Death. 5, and it’s highly likely that a flood of new fans will come with it. ![]() Even non-comic book audiences have fallen in love with the story and it’s been analyzed by scholars and the general public alike to uncover all the literary treasures placed within its pages.Īfter years of speculation and stops and starts, The Sandman will be adapted into a live-action TV series coming to Netflix Aug. The story captures audiences with its fantastical worlds and brilliant characters and has some of the best writing you’ll come across in any medium. The illustrious graphic novels and its spinoffs have won a total of 26 Eisner Awards and it’s one of the best-selling graphic novels of all time, and for a handy overview of the dense material, there are summaries on Neil Gaiman’s official website. Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman is arguably the author’s greatest work and it has rightfully earned that title. ![]() ![]() ![]() Mendelman finds in the book both a satire. "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" was adapted into a successful stage musical and a film, and has had a lasting impact on popular culture, including the famous phrase, "diamonds are a girl's best friend." The book remains a beloved classic of American literature and a testament to Loos' talent as a writer. (essay date 2014) In the following essay, Mendelman reads Gentlemen Prefer Blondes as a modern sentimental novel. See More its commentary on gender and class issues. 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes': The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady Credits: Updated: Credits: Updated: Language: English: LoC Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature: Subject: Humorous stories Subject: Young women - Fiction Subject: Diary fiction Subject: Man-woman relationships. ![]() Loos' writing style is celebrated for its humor, wit, and ![]() The novel is a satire of the "gold digger" trope and the high society of the time. ![]() Lorelei and her friend Dorothy travel to Europe, where they embark on a series of romantic and financial adventures. The book is presented as the diary of Lorelei Lee, a beautiful and charming but somewhat naive blonde woman who is determined to marry a wealthy man. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a comedic novel written by Anita Loos, first published in 1925. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With his characteristic precision in describing military technology, high-voltage action, and sweeping international sensibility, Brad Thor has created another supercharged novel that is sure to thrill. As the layers of truth unfold, Harvath is witness to realities more menacing than he ever could have imagined and must rely solely on his instincts to confront a new evil closing in on the United States. Brad Thor, Author Atria Books 25 (402p) ISBN 978-0-7432-7118-9 More terrorist-whupping kicks off Thors latest addition to his series (Blowback, etc.) featuring Scot Harvath, covert. Ducking a congressional subpoena, Harvath travels to Cyprus where he learns about a weapon called The Sword of Allah, which terrorists intend to use to rid all Muslim lands of Western infidels. ![]() ![]() When a mysterious new weapon tips the balance against American and allied forces throughout the Middle East, the only person the president can call for help is the man the administration has just fired: Navy SEAL turned covert Homeland Security operative, Scot Harvath.Ĭaught live on Al Jazeera in an off-the-books operation, Harvath is forced to go to ground, as a senator with presidential aspirations turns her sights on the White House and forces President Jack Rutledge to publicly end the career of America's number-one counter-terrorism operative.īut when the tide in the war against terror suddenly turns against the West, the president has no choice but to bring Harvath back inside. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ways of Dying was awarded South Africa's prestigious M-Net Book Prize, awarded by the TV channel M-Net to books written in one of South Africa's official languages, and was shortlisted for the Central News Agency (CNA) Award and the Noma Award, an Africa-wide prize founded by Shoichi Noma, onetime president of Kodansha International. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 23 (230pp) ISBN 978-5-6 In this follow-up to last years excellent The Madonna of Excelsior, the title character, in leading an off-shore. Ways of Dying A Novel Zakes Mda, Winner of the M-Net Book Prize Shortlisted for the CNA and Noma Awards In Ways of Dying, Zakes Mda's acclaimed first novel, Toloki is a 'professional mourner' in a vast and violent city of the new South Africa. Together they help each other to heal the past, and as their story interweaves with those of their acquaintances this elegant short novel provides a magical and painful picture of South Africa today. At a Christmas day funeral for a young boy Toloki is reunited with Noria, a woman from his village. Winner of the M-Net Book PrizeShortlisted for the CNA and Noma Awards In Ways of Dying, Zakes Mda's acclaimed first novel, Toloki is a 'professional mourner' in a vast and violent city of the new South Africa. Day after day he attends funerals in the townships, dressed with dignity in a threadbare suit, cape, and battered top hat, to comfort the grieving families of the victims of the city's crime, racial hatred, and crippling poverty. ![]() Shortlisted for the CNA and Noma Awards In Ways of Dying, Zakes Mda's acclaimed first novel, Toloki is a professional mourner in a vast and violent city of the new South Africa. ![]() ![]() Today Nash, whose mathematical contributions span cosmology, geometry, computer architecture and international trade, devotes himself to caring for his son. Alicia divorced Nash in 1963, but they began living together again as a couple around 1970. Their son, John, born in 1959, became a mathematician and suffers from episodic schizophrenia. He compartmentalized his secret personal life, shows Nasar, hiding his homosexual affairs with colleagues from his mistress, a nurse who bore him a son out of wedlock, while he also courted Alicia Larde, an MIT physics student whom he married in 1957. Born in West Virginia, the flamboyant mathematical wizard rubbed elbows at Princeton and MIT with Einstein, John von Neumann and Norbert Wiener. He attributes his remission to will power he stopped taking antipsychotic drugs in 1970 but underwent a half-dozen involuntary hospitalizations. She charts his plunge into paranoid schizophrenia beginning at age 30 and his spontaneous recovery in the early 1990s after decades of torment. ![]() 1928), a founder of game theory, a RAND Cold War strategist and winner of a 1994 Nobel Prize in economics. ![]() Nasar has written a notable biography of mathematical genius John Forbes Nash (b. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is your first contemporary novel, what was it like switching gears from your incredible sci-fi companion novels, Rebel Seoul and Rogue Heart into XOXO?ĪXIE: Honestly, a breeze! Haha, seriously though, I’ve always wanted to write contemporary since I’m a big YA contemporary reader, so it was a natural transition! Oh, and he’s also the main singer of a popular idol group-XOXO! ![]() MEG: Welcome Axie! Give us a quick pitch of XOXO for anyone who might not know what it’s about (but will very soon).ĪXIE: Hi~~~ Meg!!! XOXO is about a Korean American girl, Jenny Go, who hits it off with a mysterious boy in her uncle’s Noraebang only for him to never text her back when the night is over! A few months later she moves to Seoul, South Korea and enrolls in a performing arts school where she discovers the same boy is a classmate of hers. ![]() A cello prodigy studies abroad in Seoul and meets a mysterious, handsome boy who’s secretly a K-Pop star. ![]() |
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