6/28/2023 0 Comments Peach blossom spring reviews![]() ![]() ![]() Peach Blossom Spring, named after a fairy tale, is a fictionalised version of the life of the author's father. As he grows older Renshu discovers that his mother doesn't necessarily always tell the full story. Some of the tales may be familiar to other readers as they are to me, others were new. To comfort her child, and other young ones they encounter, Meilin re-tells a number of Chinese folk tales, which are illustrated on a silk scroll that she carries and treasures. There is always a threat of some kind – overt or otherwise – which drives or limits their actions. ![]() Rarely do they find places where they feel safe, where they can build a home. ![]() The story follows them on their journey across China, and in Renshu's case eventually to America.Īlong the way they travel with and without family members. When their home city is set ablaze during the war with Japan, a young mother (Meilin) and her four-year-old son (Renshu) are among those who flee. Unfortunately it is the only truly poetic part of a book that I expected more from, covering Chinese history from 1938 to 2005 as viewed through one family's perspective. I loved the prelude to Peach Blossom Spring, a short chapter entitled Origins. ![]()
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6/28/2023 0 Comments Super Sons by Ridley Pearson![]() ![]() ![]() The Foxglove Mission is the rare sequel that takes everything readers love about Super Sons and raises the stakes without losing any of the charm or sense of wonder. While their quests threaten to divide the three of them, it’s only through teamwork and trust that they can succeed. Ridley Pearson is the bestselling co-author (with Dave Barry) of Peter and the Starcatchers, Peter and the Shadow Thieves, Peter and the Secret of Rundoon, Escape from Carnivale, Cave of the Dark Wind, Blood Tide, and Science Fair. Meanwhile, Candace follows clues that hold the key to her destiny, and her journey is filled with twists and turns as she unlocks powerful abilities she never knew existed. ![]() In the aftermath of The PolarShield Project, Jon Kent and Damian „Ian” Wayne, the respective sons of Superman and Batman, are on the run! With their hometown in ruins, and in the absence of their heroic fathers, Jon and Ian are on a mission to find a sample of the deadly virus that’s threatening Wyndemere and Jon’s mother, Lois Lane. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments First singular person murakami![]() ![]() We need to deftly reconcile ourselves with time, and leave behind as many precious memories as we can- that's what's the most valuable. ![]() ![]() A minute is a minute, an hour is an hour. "But winning or losing doesn't affect the weight and value of time. I don't know if this is an essential part of the way the world works, or simply an optical illusion." A positive becomes a negative, a negative a positive. ![]() The way a ray of sunshine falls on something can change shadow to light, or light to shadow. "This might sound like a banal opinion, but the world can turn upside down, depending on the way we look at it. First Person Singular: Murakami Haruki: 9781529113594: : Books Buy new: 14.54 List Price: 20.00 Details Save: 5.46 (27) Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime FREE Returns FREE delivery Monday, January 9 if you spend 25 on items shipped by Amazon Or fastest delivery Friday, January 6 Select delivery location In Stock. All eight of these stories have something unique and demonstrate Murakami's ability of writing with so much empathy for his characters. Some novelists hold a mirror up to the world and some, like Haruki Murakami, use the mirror as a portal to a universe hidden beyond it. First Person Singular: Stories Haruki Murakami Random House, Fiction - 256 pages 7 Reviews Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its. Whether the focus of these stories be on reflections of childhood, a past love or a piece of music, at their core, they deal with the power of memory and the impact certain people can have on one's life. NATIONAL BEST SELLER A mind-bending new collection of short stories from the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author. Each story in this collection is jam packed with its own air of mystery and nuance. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Attila, My Attila! by Edith Cooper![]() ![]() She experimented with alternative spellings like Marian and with completely different names like Polly, used her common-law husband’s surname, Lewes, for much of her literary career, and was known as Mrs Cross at the time of her death. Though this was the name given to her at birth, Eliot’s “real name”, or the name by which we should refer to her, has been a matter of debate by researchers for years. The collection’s lead title, touted in all press coverage of its release, is George Eliot’s Middlemarch (1872) – now published with the author’s name given as Mary Ann Evans. ![]() However, whether it gives female writers the credit they deserve is up for debate. The scheme may have some positive outcomes, such as introducing readers to writers and works they might not have otherwise discovered. Marking the 25th anniversary of The Women’s Prize, under the bold tagline of “finally giving female writers the credit they deserve”, 25 novels have been reprinted using the real names of 26 writers who used male pseudonyms. ![]() She perhaps would not have been pleased by a new campaign from The Women’s Prize for Fiction and its sponsor, Baileys called ‘Reclaim Her Name campaign’. In a letter to James AH Murray in 1879, the writer ME Lewes wrote “I wish always to be quoted as George Eliot”. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She knows she must produce a male heir without fail. So Jane is appalled when King Henry shunts Katherine aside in his lustful pursuit of Anne Boleyn, but even more so when he takes Anne's life in his rush to wed-Jane herself! Unwilling to marry but terrified to resist Henry's advances for fear she might share Anne's fate, and propelled by her family, Jane becomes Queen of England a mere ten days after Anne's execution. But her ambitious father has forced her to live at court as lady-in-waiting to Queen Katherine of Aragon, a fellow-Catholic whom she soon comes to love and admire. 25-year-old Jane Seymour wants nothing more than to become a nun. In this third book in the epic Six Tudor Queens series, the acclaimed historian and bestselling author brings new insight to this dramatic story, showing how pure fear for her life determined Jane Seymour's actions. A novel of the devout young woman who became the unwilling object of King Henry VIII's ardor-and the mother of his only son. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments The matilda the musical![]() ![]() ![]() Perhaps the silliest controversy involved questions about Thompson donning a “fat suit,” when her Trunchbull makeover is as much about making her fearsome and imposing – befitting the character’s glory days as an Olympic athlete – as her girth. ![]() But as adapted for the stage by Tim Minchin, who wrote the songs, and directed here by Matthew Warchus, who has nicely opened up the staging in cinematic fashion, it’s a polished and fun alternative to less attractive holiday activities, like dealing with your family. Of course, it helps that the young star, Alisha Weir, is terrific, aided by wonderful turns from Emma Thompson and Lashana Lynch, extending what have already been good years for both.ĭahl’s story about a little girl with absentee parents and unusual powers, sent to a boarding school run by the abusive, kid-hating Miss Trunchbull (Thompson, under a version of super-villain makeup), is certainly dark, even by the author’s standards. Bringing vibrant energy to the translation from book to musical to screen, “Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical” lands on Netflix as a rewarding example of the perilous practice of building such efforts around children. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Seneca Rebel by Rayya Deeb![]() Then, in Seneca Civics and Ethics we had a guest speaker. ![]() I sat through my first few sessions that day completely unimpressed, even though what we were doing in them I normally would have found fascinating. Did Reba know Dominic wouldn’t be around today, and that’s why he was cool with me running off to find him? I waited until twenty seconds before my flexer session notification was set to go off, but no sign of him. With five minutes to kill before first session, I booked it to the hallway where I invariably ran into Dominic. “Lunch.” He put his fist up for a bump, and I bumped him back There was no pulling something over on him. This kid seriously had some incredible intuition going on, and the nose of a bloodhound. Sounds like we have a pretty solid friendship.” Can we keep it that way? Dominic isn’t a bad guy. “Listen, about our conversation yesterday.” Well, lots of things were unavoidable around here. I scanned my surroundings as I stepped off the carrier. I wanted to dodge Reba so he wouldn’t ask me what I’d decided about Blue Combat Boots. T HE ACOUSTIC CARRIER dropped us off at S.E.R.C. It isn’t as elusive as some would have you believe… ![]() By: Rayya Deeb ((Photograph for header image was taken by Sara Rassi.)) ![]() ![]() John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born of British parents inīloemfontein, South Africa. In the Land of Mordor where the Shadow lie." One Ring to bring the all in the darkness bind them One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, ![]() ![]() In the Land of Mordor where the Shadow lie. One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, "Three rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Lewis at University of Oxford also achievedįame as fantasy writer with his Narnia series. Atįirst his books appealed to young readers, but soon became popularĬ.S. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZĪnd English, who became famous with his novel The Lord of the Rings (1954-55).įrom the mid-1960s Tolkien's work started its world-wide triumph. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Blood sweat and pixels chapters![]() This book might be worth buying for the story behind one of these games-for all 10 stories, it feels like a steal. ![]() In others, he examines how developer dynamics, the size of the teams involved, the pressure from fans, contribute to how smoothly a game is developed.Ĭhances are that if you play games you will have heard of some, if not most, of these titles, including Stardew Valley, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Diablo 3, and The Witcher 3. In some chapters, he focuses on the internecine politics of the game dev studios and the publisher. Schreier structures the book into 10 chapters, each one recounting the genesis of a specific video game. The question (which he never really gets to answer): is there is a less gruelling, less stressful way to create games and still be “successful”? Jason Schreier digs deeper into the pressures and structures of the video game development industry. Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made is about more than that, though. Oh, you might have read some horror stories on Reddit, heard some of the gossip going back and forth on gaming blogs. ![]() Whether you’re buying a game in the store or downloading it from Steam, chances are you aren’t that knowledgeable about what the game development industry is actually like. I love behind-the-scenes looks at industries that we don’t often think about. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Vita nostra![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Against her mother’s wishes, Sasha leaves behind all that is familiar and begins her education.Īs she quickly discovers, the institute’s "special technologies" are unlike anything she has ever encountered. Though she does not want to go to this unknown town or school, she also feels it’s the only place she should be. As summer ends, her domineering mentor directs her to move to a remote village and use her gold to enter the Institute of Special Technologies. He rewards her effort with a strange golden coin.Īs the days progress, Sasha carries out other acts for which she receives more coins from Kozhennikov. The teenage girl is powerless to refuse when this strange and unusual man with an air of the sinister directs her to perform a task with potentially scandalous consequences. While vacationing at the beach with her mother, Sasha Samokhina meets the mysterious Farit Kozhennikov under the most peculiar circumstances. The definitive English language translation of the internationally bestselling Ukrainian novel-a brilliant dark fantasy with "the potential to be a modern classic" (Lev Grossman), combining psychological suspense, enchantment, and terror that makes us consider human existence in a fresh and provocative way. ![]() |