5/24/2023 0 Comments Rubyfruit jungle author![]() ![]() ![]() Molly gets the first part right, but she’s not quiet enough, expelled from college when her relationship with a fellow coed is discovered. But if you’ll take a word of advice from your old man-do it all you want but be quiet about it.” ![]() When Molly is 16, her father dies, but not before telling her, “People are silly about sex. She has a passionate relationship with a popular girl, cut short when her adoptive parents transplant her from Appalachia to Florida, then picks up the thread without dropping a stitch, courting a cheerleader. But most have to do with a dawning sexual awareness that leads Molly to realize, in a moment foreshadowed by foreskin, that her destiny lies with women and not men.īook-smart and gifted at gaming a system in which she’ll always be an outsider, Molly explores that sexuality through her teenage years. Some have to do with lineage, some with things that happen to grown-ups in war and behind closed doors. ![]() Them that’s born out of wedlock are cursed as bastards.” So sputters the woman Molly Bolt calls Mom, revealing one of many secrets that the young girl will learn in the early pages of Rita Mae Brown’s 1973 novel, Rubyfruit Jungle. “Them that’s born in wedlock are blessed by the Lord. ![]()
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5/24/2023 0 Comments Lord of misrule novel![]() "Maybe Amelie's kicking his ass out there in the shadows somewhere." Shane shoveled in more spaghetti. ![]() "Why hasn't Bishop taken over? What's he doing out there? Why aren't we seeing the fight?" What's going on here-" Michael checked the locks on the window, but as a kind of automatic motion, as though his mind wasn't really on it. You all right? Because you never turn down food." He propped it on his lap and forked spaghetti into his mouth. "More for me," Shane said, and grabbed the plate. "Nothing," he said, and gave her a quick, strained smile as he waved away the food. She'd heated up leftover spaghetti out of the refrigerator, and tried to hand Michael a plate first. Michael took his guitar out of its case and tuned it, but he kept getting up to stare out the windows, restless and worried. ![]() ![]() Shane fired up the video game, apparently back in the mood to kill zombies. Claire grabbed a trash bag and began clearing away paper plates, old Styrofoam cups half full of stale coffee, crumpled wrappers, and papers. The refugees were all out now, leaving a house that badly needed picking up and cleaning- not that anybody had gone out of their way to trash the place, but with that many people coming and going, things happened. ![]() ![]() The story on its own beautifully meshes with FCPS's kindergarten and first grade science program of studies, and Messner's backmatter, including notes on each of the featured animals and further reading, is icing on the cake. The muted palette of Christopher Silas Neal's somewhat retro illustrations adds to the peaceful and rhythmic text. From the shrew and the vole making their way through tunnels, to the queen bumblebee and the bear drowsing in their underground spots, children learn how populated the seemingly quiet winter woods are. ![]() When the father tells his daughter of the "secret kingdom" under the snow, the reader is presented not only with the goings-on above the snow, but with pictures and text that show how other animals adapt to the winter season. ![]() ![]() As the narrator and her father ski slowly through the woods, they see evidence of animals above the snow. Lyrical and informative text combines with serene and evocative illustrations for a compelling package. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Lore alexandra bracken book review![]() ![]() Lore is a descendent of the bloodlines involved in the punishment of the gods by Zeus. ![]() LORE is a sweeping and enthralling stand-alone YA fantasy based on Greek mythology. But Lore's decision to bind her fate to Athena's and rejoin the hunt will come at a deadly cost-and still may not be enough to stop the rise of a new god with the power to bring humanity to its knees. The goddess offers an alliance against their mutual enemy and, at last, a way for Lore to leave the Agon behind forever. Yet as the next hunt dawns over New York City, two participants seek out her help: Castor, a childhood friend of Lore believed long dead, and a gravely wounded Athena, among the last of the original gods. For years she's pushed away any thought of revenge against the man-now a god-responsible for their deaths. Long ago, Lore Perseous fled that brutal world in the wake of her family's sadistic murder by a rival line, turning her back on the hunt's promises of eternal glory. As punishment for a past rebellion, nine Greek gods are forced to walk the earth as mortals, hunted by the descendants of ancient bloodlines, all eager to kill a god and seize their divine power and immortality. From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Darkest Minds comes a sweepingly ambitious, high-octane tale of power, destiny, love and redemption. ![]() ![]() ![]() Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff The Unexpected Everything by Morgan MatsonĪ Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. The Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen The Upside of Unrequited by Becky AlbertalliĪ Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. MaasĬhildren of Blood and Bone by Tomi AdeyemiĪ Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass #7) by Sarah J. The Wicked King (Folk of the Air #2) by Holly Black King of Scars (Nikolai Duology #1) by Leigh Bardugo The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon ![]() ![]() ![]() Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQusiton You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah JohnsonĪurora Rising by Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman Need help remembering the events in a book? The folks at Recaptains and Book Series Recaps can help!Īny post with a spoiler in the title will be removed.Īny comment with a spoiler that doesn't use the spoiler code will be removed.Īny user with an extensive history of spoiling books will be banned. Book suggestions, discussions, and questions are definitely encouraged! January Book Club Discussion: A Sky Beyond the Storm (An Ember in the Ashes #4) by Sabaa Tahir Young Adult literature isn't exclusive to only young adults, so here's a place for both the young and the young at heart to discuss books, news, movies based on books, and everything else related to YA. ![]() ![]() ![]() That question, he says, must be left up to the reader, and as it turns out, Milton is spot on with his observation. He guarantees that he's combed through the facts as noted in his diary of twenty years earlier, and that this book is indeed a "true record" of events "including nothing that might be attributed to my imagination." He had originally intended on publishing just his diary notes "as they stood," but he was convinced by the three other principal players to a) "let it be a good thrilling sort of old-fashioned ghost story, with the mystery solved at the end," b) to write it up in "sonorous prose style" with "as much 'form and shape'" that he could manage, and c) to add into it a "lot of atmosphere and excitement." And all three of these elements are definitely here, although Milton himself wonders if the actual mystery was truly solved when all is said and done. ![]() Considering I'd never even heard of him before buying this book, I'd say that's a recommendation for reading this writer's work.Īs our story opens, we learn that this tale is the work of Milton Woodsley, who in 1954 has written a book about a series of strange occurrences that he was part of in 1933. I enjoyed this book so very much that even before I'd turned the last page, I bought another work by Edgar Mittelholzer. ![]() ![]() ![]() Similarly, it is unclear what the ‘vulture eye’, which the narrator claims the old man had and which is part of his reason for killing him, actually is. For instance, we do not know what the relationship is between the narrator and the old man whom he has killed. There is a mysterious element to much of the story here. Poe’s story is a classic example of nineteenth-century Gothic literature. This is the ‘Tell Tale Heart’ of the story’s title. However, ultimately the narrator’s psychological state begins to decline even further over time as he is haunted by a hallucination in which he believes that he can still hear the old man’s heart beating underneath the floorboards of his house. For instance, after he murders the old man he cuts his body up into pieces and hides them under the floorboards of his house. He is also calculated in how he tries to cover up the deed. This was not a crime of passion, but was carefully planned by the narrator in advance of him carrying out the act. This narrator has murdered an old man who he describes as having a ‘vulture eye’. It follows an unnamed narrator whose psychological state is extremely precarious, though he insists that he is sane. The Tell-Tale Heart is a short story which was written and published in 1843 by the mid-nineteenth century American horror and Gothic author, Edgar Allan Poe. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Divine love julian norwich![]() ![]() An introduction, notes and appendices help to place the works in context for modern readers. This edition of the Revelations contains both the short text, which is mainly an account of the 'showings' themselves and Julian's initial interpretation of their meaning, and the long text, completed some twenty years later, which moves from vision to a daringly speculative theology.Įlizabeth Spearing's translation preserves Julian's directness of expression and the rich complexity of her thought. Written in a vigorous English vernacular, the Revelations are one of the most original works of medieval mysticism and have had a lasting influence on Christian thought. Through these 'showings', Christ's sufferings were revealed to her with extraordinary intensity, but she also received assurance of God's unwavering love for man and his infinite capacity for forgiveness. ![]() ![]() One of the first woman authors, Julian of Norwich produced in Revelations of Divine Love a remarkable work of revelatory insight, that stands alongside The Cloud of Unknowing and Piers Plowman as a classic of Medieval religious literatureĪfter fervently praying for a greater understanding of Christ's passion, Julian of Norwich, a fourteenth-century anchorite and mystic, experienced a series of divine revelations. ![]() 5/23/2023 0 Comments The Royal Nanny by Karen Harper![]() ![]() Still, Meg does everything she can to assist when Commander Bryce Saylor arrives to investigate, even as working alongside the handsome pilot stirs up painful memories-and an attraction that catches them both off guard.īryce knows time is of the essence as he plunges into the frigid water in search of clues. Three years ago, Meg’s pilot husband died in a similar crash, a tragedy Meg and her young son, Chip, have struggled to move on from. When a small bush plane smashes through the ice at Falls Lake Lodge, it’s a chilling reminder of everything Megan Metzler has lost. Her last romantic suspense, Under the Alaskan Ice, was just released and should be on sale everywhere. Welcome! As many of her fans already know, New York Times bestselling author, Karen Harper, passed away from cancer last year, which is a major loss for her many enthusiastic readers. ![]() 5/23/2023 0 Comments Deathscent by Robin Jarvis![]() ![]() The large wooden apothecary box they carried was enough to tell him that they were men of physic and, judging by their attire, prosperous ones at that.ĭeeper into that awful night they pressed and the hours curdled by. As he ferried them ever further up the Thames, his shrewd and nimble mind made many quiet guesses. Throughout this drenching journey neither of them had uttered a word, but Natty Pykes had been a waterman for eighteen years and was nobody’s fool. Must be an urgent errand to prise you good masters out of doors.” ![]() We’ll see no other on the river, not in this foulness. “’Tis enough to drown the fishes!” he cried, yearning to hear another voice besides that of the endless squall. ![]() Swinging behind, the lanthorn made sparks of the pelting waters, and the surface of the river spat and fizzed like scalding fat. Through the drenching dark the small craft laboured. The city was lost far behind them now, its mobbing crowd of chimneys and steeples obliterated by the storm. ![]() Silently he cursed those gentlemen who had engaged him. Through the driving downpour he stared at the two figures sitting in the stern of his boat and the storm stung his upturned face. His cloak afforded little protection from the relentless rain and his hat slopped sadly about his ears. The pinching cold no longer pained his fingers all feeling had long since been swept away by the deluge which hammered from the black heavens. Dredging his oars through the churning water, Natty Pykes grumbled under his breath. ![]() |