![]() ![]() ![]() He feels terribly lonely, where, “in the drawing room also, grouped around the biggest porcelain stove of the house, the Moomin family lay sleeping their long winter sleep.” And so, he goes out to find Snufkin who went to the South in October. Moomintroll awakes when a bit of moonlight shines right in his face, and he cannot fall asleep again. Everything that had once moved had become immobile. It also wasn’t green any longer, it was white. The valley was enveloped in a kind of grey twilight. It went slithering down a bit, then it resolutely coasted over the roof edge and sat down with a soft thump. For the sentences and phrases are powerful when you know enough to appreciate them.Īt dawn the snowdrift on the roof began to move. It is one of those books, in my opinion, which is written for children but is really better suited to adults. And so, I began reading Moominland Midwinter last night, and this time I am utterly entranced. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Meanwhile, S is protecting secrets of her own, about her real motivation for taking the job. And as Lady and S move closer to one another, the glossy veneer of Lady’s privileged life begins to crack, threatening to expose old secrets that she has been keeping from her family. ![]() S performs her day job beautifully, quickly drawing the entire family into her orbit, and becoming a confidante for Lady.īut in the heat of the summer, S’s connection to Lady’s older son takes a disturbing, and possibly destructive, turn. In response to a Craigslist ad, S arrives, a magnetic young artist who will live in the secluded guest house out back, care for Lady’s toddler, Devin, and keep a watchful eye on her older, teenage son, Seth. Left alone with her children, she’s going to need a hand taking care of her young son if she’s ever going to finish her memoir. High in the Hollywood Hills, writer Lady Daniels has decided to take a break from her husband. ![]() ![]() ![]() Besides which, while on a spiritual vigil in her youth, Lavinia received visions from none other than Virgil himself in which he, near death in his own time and place, bemoaned the fact that he had so slighted her in his poem and foretold her marriage to the great king Aeneas. It would be a good match politically, but Lavinia fears both her mother’s motives for the marriage and also Turnus’. As Lavinia approaches a marriageable age, Amata becomes fixated on marrying Lavinia to her nephew, Turnus, the ambitious king of a neighboring kingdom. ![]() ![]() The childhood deaths of their sons has unhinged Amata and driven a wedge between mother and daughter, but Lavinia and Latinus are close. Le Guin succeeds wonderfully.Here we have the beautiful, strong-minded, and spiritual princess Lavinia of Latinum, only surviving child to King Latinus and his queen, Queen Amata. ![]() Le Guin here sets out to rectify the situation, fleshing out the character into a real, complex person in her own right, rather than the mere plot device she served as in Virgil’s poem. In the great epic poem the Aeneid, the character of Lavinia, Latin wife to Aeneas, never utters a word. ![]() ![]() These four different narrators, each with their own stories, must cope in unique, surprising manners, changing in ways they wouldn't have predicted, trying to find solace, safety, and escape at a time when the adults are behaving badly. This is a gripping look at people and how they can-and must-change under the most dire of circumstances. At first, theres the novelty of being stuck in a mega mall with free food and gift certificates. ![]() Among the hundreds of trapped shoppers are four teens. No Safety in Numbers Series Book 1 by Dayna Lorentz Synopsis They should have just stayed home.When a biological bomb is discovered in the air duct of a busy suburban mall, the entire complex is shut down and all those inside are quarantined. At first nobody knows if it's even life threatening, but then the entire complex is quarantined, people start getting sick, supplies start running low, and there's no way out. The elements Dayna Lorentz, used in her book, No Safety In Numbers, were point of view, setting, and dramatic irony. "Think of the heart-racing chase of The Hunger Games, but a giant mall is your arena."Ī suspenseful survival story and modern day Lord of the Flies set in a mall that looks just like yours.Ī biological bomb has just been discovered in the air ducts of a busy suburban mall. When a biological bomb is discovered in the air duct of a busy suburban mall, the entire complex is shut down and all those inside are quarantined. ![]() ![]() London and New York, Oxford University Press, 1974. The Yak, The Polar Bear, The Dodo, The Goldfish, The Dinosaur, The Parrot (posters). Frensham, Surrey, Sceptre Press, 1970.Ī Girl Surveyed. Stoke Ferry, Norfolk, Daedalus Press, 1969. "Heureux Qui, Comme Ulysse… " London, Turret, 1967. ![]() ![]() Silence, music by Wallace Southam, London, Turret, 1967. London, Turret, 1966.Ĭloud Sun Fountain Statue. London, Turret, 1965.Ī Game of French and English. London and New York, Oxford University Press, 1964. London, Penguin, 1964.Ĭonfessions and Histories. Penguin Modern Poets 6, with Jack Clemo and George MacBeth. London and New York, Oxford University Press, 1961. Publications PoetryĪ Tropical Childhood and Other Poems. Agent: Rogers Coleridge and White Ltd., 20 Powis Mews, London W11 1JN, England. Awards: Rhys memorial prize, 1962 Arts Council Triennial poetry prize, 1962. Military Service: Education officer, Royal Air Force, 1954–56. ![]() Education: King's School, Canterbury Merton College, Oxford, B.A. Born: Kingston, Jamaica, 27 February 1933. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Which one seduced Rebecca with his masterful and commanding touch and brought her fantasies to exquisite life? On a daringly erotic escapade, Sara follows Rebecca’s path to fulfill her own hidden longings. Lisa Renee Jones is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the highly acclaimed Inside Out series. ![]() Obsessed with discovering Rebecca’s destiny after the entries come to an abrupt end, Sara does more than observe the players in the woman’s life she immerses herself in the high-stakes art gallery world Rebecca inhabited-and is magnetically drawn to two men. If I Were You Audible Audiobook Unabridged Lisa Renee Jones (Author), Grace Grant (Narrator), & 1 more 1,234 ratings Kindle 7. and finds a scintillating account of Rebecca’s affair with an unnamed lover, a relationship drenched in ecstasy and wrapped in dark secrets. Sara can’t resist peeking at the entries inside. The journal comes to Sara McMillan by chance, when she inherits the key to an abandoned storage locker belonging to a woman named Rebecca. In the bestselling style of Fifty Shades of Grey, Lisa Renee Jones delivers sexy thrills and heart-pounding sensuality with a tantalizing page-turner in which the eyes of a high school English teacher are opened to a world she never knew existed, and she finds a passionate craving within that she never knew she possessed. ![]() ![]() Their wives are suspicious, happy and doubtful of there being changes in the old man’s will but eager to play along the Christmas spirit. ![]() Alfred is a doting son, David still mourns over his mother, Harry is the prodigal son returning home after being believed to be dead, and George is the incredibly thrifty son. The four brothers are very different in disposition. ![]() The wealthy Simeon Lee has demanded that all four of his sons be present with their wives for Christmas that year. And Hercule Poirot seldom disappoints! For more reviews of books published in 1938, head over to Stuck in a Book. I chose this book as part of the 1938 club read hosted by Simon and Karen because Hercule Poirot’s Christmas was described by Agatha Christie herself as a ‘good murder mystery with lots of blood’. ![]() What gifts can a dysfunctional family and some guests, none of whom have a deep fondness to the evil old man give him? Apparently somebody thought a cut throat is a good idea to get the spirit going. It is Christmas season and the Lee family gears up to celebrate with a big reunion to accommodate the whims of the patriarch, Simeon Lee. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() What I looked at was how these women who had obviously survived the war insofar as they were still alive, but they had been brutalized in the waging of that war. It was a film that I saw at the Cannes Film Festival, extremely harrowing and very impressive documentary about restorative justice in Rwanda, where there had been, of course, an absolutely horrific genocide. It wasn't a vase, painting or a sculpture, a poem or anything else. In a way, kind of, why should you? I suppose I mean, one of the things that inspired me when I wrote this book wasn't any ancient text. But, you know, unfortunately, it remains extremely relevant to us today. There's nothing I would like more for the story of women displaced by war to not be relevant anymore. ![]() ![]() She has been giving feminist pathways to African women as well as as supported feminist upbringings and other forms of political and social engagement. Over the last decades, she has published numerous novels of fiction and non-fiction that have pushed the boundaries of gender and race shedding light on African cultures and narratives. She is considered one of the most important contemporary figures in the anglosaxon literature and in the contemporary intersectional feminism discourse. 34)Ĭonsidering its wide reach, we could not miss to include Nigeran writer and feminist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in this archive of material. "The problem with gender is that it prescribes how we should be rather than recognizing how we are.” – Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie (p. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He spends his days counselling others and helping them lead better lives. Mark of Cain by Kate SherwoodĪnglican priest Mark Webber is a good man. But a lot of people seem to have enjoyed this, so check it out if it sounds like your bag. It’s also massively unrealistic in many ways which would take too long to detail here. It’s well-written, but as a British person, I personally felt it stereotyped British people A LOT. I didn’t actually like this book too much. ![]() Thus begins a ‘friendship’, forced onto them by their respective publicity people, which quickly transitions into more. Unfortunately he doesn’t get on with actual royalty, Prince Henry of England. President, he’s American royalty – young, handsome, and intelligent. Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonĪlex Claremon-Diaz is the modern-day equivalent of JFK Junior. Unusually, the story is related entirely from Tyler’s POV. But then Poppy Danforth enters his life to confess her sinful past as a stripper, fragmenting his resolve. Priest (Priest #1) by Sierra Simoneįather Tyler Bell is a Catholic priest, resigned to a life of celibacy. Of course, that means keeping their hands off her – something all three men are finding it impossible to do. Colt, Sebastian, and John are tasked with guarding her. Daniel Schwarz is a hyperactive, hilarious, irreverent Jewish Australian hacktivist whose ‘extra-legal’ activities get her placed under house arrest. Taunt (End of the World #1) by Eve DangerfieldĪ truly incredible book. ![]() |