5/21/2023 0 Comments Kristin cast marked series![]() ![]() Zoey discovers she has amazing powers, but along with her powers come bloodlust and an unfortunate ability to Imprint with Heath, who just doesn't know how to take "no" for an answer. She has been chosen as special by the vampyre Goddess, Nyx. It sucks to begin a new life, especially away from her friends, and on top of that, Zoey is no average fledgling. ![]() That is, if she makes it through the Change-and not all of those who are Marked do. The next, she's Marked as a fledgling vampyre, forcing her to leave her ordinary life behind and join the House of Night, a boarding school where she will train to become an adult vampyre. One minute, sixteen-year-old Zoey Redbird is a normal teenager dealing with everyday high school stress: her cute boyfriend Heath, the school's star quarterback who suddenly seems more interested in partying than playing ball her nosy frenemy Kayla, who's way too concerned with how things are going with Heath her uber-tough geometry test tomorrow. Cast and Kristin Cast, a world very much like our own, except here vampyres have always existed. Enter the dark, magical world of the House of Night series by bestselling authors P.C. ![]()
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5/21/2023 0 Comments Screwed up harloe rae read online![]() Harloe is the author of the Reclusive series, Watch Me Follow, the #BitterSweetHeat series, Ask Me Why, the Silo Springs series, Left for Wild, Leave Him Loved, Something Like Hate, and There’s Always Someday. If the weather permits, she loves being lakeside or out in the country with her horses. When she’s not buried in the writing cave, Harloe can be found hanging with her hubby and kiddos. TEASER REVEAL Scoring Sutton by Jennifer Bonds releases April 17 Blurb DJ Parker is a Grade A Prck The guy struts around campus like he’s God’s gift to Wildcat football, but I know the truth. There’s nothing quite like an epic happily ever after. She’s a Minnesota gal with a serious addiction to romance. Her passion for writing and reading has taken on a whole new meaning. ![]() Harloe Rae is a USA Today & Amazon Top 10 best-selling author. ![]() We’re polar opposites, which is precisely why this arrangement is temporary.īut there’s plenty to keep us occupied until our expiration date.Īll I need is for Dane to follow the rules that long. He plays fast and loose with no plans of slowing down. Those who know me best highly recommend I take the edge off by any means necessary.Īs it turns out, the new security guard at Bayside Regional is just what the doctor ordered.ĭane Owens is a disaster waiting to happen. I don’t make time for much beyond the hospital walls. ![]() ![]() The extreme focus on my career has led to a lonely existence. “He might be wrong, but I’m tired of being right.” Genre/Tropes: Opposites attract/No-strings arrangement ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments The blue flower book![]() ![]() "An astonishing book.Fitzgerald's greatest triumph. an original masterpiece."- Financial Times Their rationality of love, the transfiguration of the commonplace, the clarity of purpose that comes with knowing one's own fate- these are the themes of this beguiling novel, themes treated with a mix of wit, grace, and mischievous humor. ![]() Their brilliant young Fritz, betrothed to a twelve-year-old dullard? How can this be? ![]() It is an attachment that shocks his family and friends. One of the ten books - novels, memoirs and one very unusual biography - that make up our Matchbook Classics. Fritz seeks his father's permission to wed his "heart's heart," his "spirit's guide"-a plain, simple child named Sophievon Kühn. Title: The Blue Flower Author: Fitzgerald, Penelope Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Flamingo, London Publication Date: 1995. It tells the true story of Friedrich von Hardenberg, a passionate, impetuous student of philosophy who will later gain fame as the romantic poet Novalis. ![]() The Blue Flower is set in the age of Goethe among the small towns and great universities of 18th-century Germany. Booker Prize-winning novelist Fitzgerald's crowning literary work centers on the 18th-century German poet and philosopher Novalis and his love for the simple Sophie. Description A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER in Fiction. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments On the name of the rose![]() Papal powers, class structure among holy orders, homosexual desires and the allure of witches and women are debated - 1327 was a wild time. ![]() Sundance Acquires 'Name of the Rose' Starring John Turturroīetween the overly dramatic reaction shots, the Holmes-esque exposition and the variable performances, you can be forgiven for any reluctance to dive into the dense context of the story, which involves a fight over the separation of religion and politics between Ludwig of Bavaria, soon to be the Holy Roman Emperor, and the French pope, John XXII. The “international series” fatigue sets in quickly, with the patchwork acting performances (and accents) tied to a story that feels quaint and antiquated, as if some characters are in a stage play, others are in a movie, and everybody is desperately searching for gravitas. Three episodes proved the breaking point. The new series is less compelling than convoluted and, ultimately, pretty hokey. ![]() Turturro is in many ways the best thing about the show, diving into the material’s complexity and bringing a steadying screen presence to what, in short order, becomes a real mess.Įco criticized the feature film for its superficial treatment of the many themes of his book, which at its most basic is a Sherlock Holmes-style murder mystery set in an abbey in A.D. And certainly a good deal of that is evident in The Name of the Rose, something of a passion project for actor John Turturro, who not only stars in it and executive produces, but is one of four credited writers on the eight-episode miniseries. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Arsene lupin stories![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() One story has already featured on Five Books, in an interview on the best art crime books. The first Arsène Lupin story, “The Arrest of Arsène Lupin” appeared in 1905 in a French magazine and was followed by countless others. While the setting and characters in the Netflix series have little connection with the original book, which was published before World War I, the stories are a lot of fun, and short. Foreign Policy & International RelationsĪrsène Lupin: Gentleman-Thief (book) by Maurice LeblancĪnyone watching the Netflix series Lupin, featuring French comedian Omar Sy as a charming criminal and master of disguise, will be wondering whether the book that his father gives him and that inspires him throughout, Arsène Lupin: Gentleman-Thief by Maurice Leblanc, actually exists and, if so, whether it’s worth reading. ![]() ![]() In Chapter 2, the narrator described the gentrified neighborhood where he lived with his wife Penny and their 11-year-old son Nigel. Encouraged by his boss, Octavia Whitmore, the narrator switched costumes and reentered as a Zulu chief, flapping around “as though on fire” (12) while the shareholders “laughed and imitated by movements” (12). /rebates/2f97805255090662fCast-Shadow-Novel-Ruffin-Maurice-05255090622fplp&. Observing his black colleagues’ costumes - a prisoner and a waiter - the narrator realized he had unwittingly been placed into competition. Speaking to the reader, the narrator, one of only three black associates at the large firm, insists that his name is unimportant and only identifies himself as “a phantom, a figment” (3) before relaying the events that took place that night. ![]() Told from the first-person perspective of an unnamed narrator, Ruffin’s novel opens to a costume party, held by the law firm Seasons, Ustis & Malveaux. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Foundlings by Cindy O'Quinn![]() ![]() ![]() What it may Hold by Sammi Leigh Melville feels initially like a story we’ve all heard before – until you realise exactly where the person (or entity) is a nice twist. Soul Stealers by Alyson Faye is a wonderfully dark poem which carries elements of folk horror alongside its chilling ghostliness. The use of a child’s voice, the expression of their fears, is something which always ups the sense of dread in a story. ![]() Our first story this week in Trembling with Fear is The Jangly Man by Dana Vickerson gives us a child’s nightmare. If you want a quick read, why not grab a copy here. If you’ve read his work in TWF, you will know he is a great writer and this continues in Seeing, a haunted house with a touch of southern gothic. I recently had a chance to read Patrick Winters novella, Seeing. I’m currently reading John Connolly’s A Book of Bones, a supernatural crime which is ticking quite a few folklore boxes. Nor are we averse to a touch of noir or a dark thriller. Submissions don’t have to be horror, they can be dark sci-fi or fantasy or some other aspect of the speculative fiction field. We publish both new and established writers with many becoming familiar faces and being an ongoing open market, we are always after material. ![]() Welcome back to Trembling with Fear, our online flash zine. ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments Dr carol anderson white rage![]() ![]() ![]() White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide ![]() The focus on the Klan also helped to designate racism as an individual aberration rather than something systemic, institutional and pervasive.” The whittling down of racism to sheet-wearing goons allowed a cloud of racial innocence to cover many whites who, although 'resentful of black progress' and determined to ensure that racial inequality remained untouched, could see and project themselves as the 'kind of upstanding white citizen(s)' who were 'positively outraged at the tactics of the Ku Klux Klan". First and foremost, it was conscience soothing. This simple but wickedly brilliant conceptual and linguistic shift served multiple purposes. Confronted with civil rights headlines depicting unflattering portrayals of KKK rallies and jackbooted sheriffs, white authority transformed those damning images of white supremacy into the sole definition of racism. “The second key maneuver, which flowed naturally from the first, was to redefine racism itself. ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments Marilyn monroe anthony summers![]() In substantiating Monroe's sexual involvement with the Kennedys, the closest Summers comes to getting an insider's account is in interviews with two of the ex-wives of Peter Lawford, who was also married to a Kennedy sister throughout the pertinent years. Unfortunately, she dropped only the people, when they were of no further use to her career, from her life. ![]() Her extreme exhibitionism meant that not only did she not wear panties, but sometimes appeared before company nude. Summers reports she was not above sexually servicing an elderly, ailing, and extremely important member of the movie industry to further her career. Neither does Monroe's sex-goddess image emerge from these pages intact. ![]() A new portrait emerges of Joe DiMaggio as a jealous, possessive man who slapped Monroe around and hired henchmen to break into an apartment where she was meeting another man following the breakdown of their marriage. Summers, an investigative reporter, also uncovers a mother lode of material on the whole of Monroe's life. His conclusion is that Monroe was not murdered, but that indeed there was a cover-up following her death by overdose August 4, 1962, to prevent disclosure of her intimate, and possibly ruinous, connection to the Kennedy White House. ![]() While no principle witness steps forward, the author does freshly substantiate that Monroe was involved with both John and Robert Kennedy. A book of sordid, sensational, and ultimately sad revelations. ![]() ![]() ![]() Odili accepts Chief Nanga’s invitation, and spends time with him in the capital city. He is also attracted to a young woman, Edna, who travels with Chief Nanga and is supposed to become the Chief’s second wife. Despite his dislike for Chief Nanga’s politics and his way of doing business, Odili is somewhat charmed by the man. When Chief Nanga comes to visit his home village, he and Odili meet again, and Chief Nanga invites Odili to stay at his home in the capital city while the Chief makes arrangements to help Odili study abroad. Nanga” and “Chief Nanga,” is now an elected official and the Minister of Culture of the country. His own former teacher, referred to as both “Mr. The book is narrated by Odili, a young teacher in an unnamed African country run by greedy and corrupt politicians. A Man of the People was written by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe in 1966. ![]() |