![]() ![]() There are sentence fragments, sentences that seem out of order, and jumbled phrases that just don't make sense to me. I couldn't follow the narration - it jumped around, not only in time and memory, but between random, unconnected thoughts and observations. But unfortunately, almost immediately, I struggled with this book. I was hoping for this book to be beautifully written and expertly told. I was hoping that it would speak to me and allow me to learn something of what it was like to live through such things. I loved the cover, and the book description sounded fantastic - a story about India's turbulent recent history, the assassination of Indira Gandhi. ![]() ![]() I saw this book, and it looked really intriguing to me. I was recently browsing around on NetGalley after, oh. Disclaimer: I received an e-copy of this book for review from NetGalley. ![]()
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![]() … And since there is so little wind, Bonnard leaves never fall from Bonnard trees.” … Those dappled woods are like wallpaper - though, since this is Bonnard wallpaper, it is wallpaper almost as alive as nature. He playfully characterizes Pierre Bonnard as “the painter of the Great Indoors, even when he’s painting the Great Outdoors. ![]() Offering smart and surprising responses to masterpieces and slighter works, unburdened by artspeak or pedantry, Barnes displays the virtues of an informed enthusiast armed with narrative instincts. Julian Barnes, the accomplished novelist and short story writer (“Arthur & George,” “Pulse”), tells us that a “great painting compels the spectator into verbal response, despite our awareness that any such articulations will be mere echoes of what others have already put more cogently and more knowledgeably.”īarnes subverts his own proposition with his first book-length foray into art criticism - a collection of 17 essays focusing chiefly on 19th- and early-20th-century French painters (the path from Romanticism to Realism to Modernism, from Géricault to Magritte, rounded out with two contemporary Brits, Lucian Freud and Howard Hodgkin, and American sculptor Claes Oldenburg). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Scroll down to find out more about the Blood series-as well as the spinoff Smoke series starring young wizard Tony Foster, which features a “gothic” twist, promising a mix of ghostly mystery, paranormal horror, and dark humor. ![]() So I thought, I should write these guys a good vampire book -they’ll have the story they want and I’ll be able to get a mortgage and we’ll all be happy.” They’ll buy anything with fangs in the hope of finding something worth reading. Huff told Vampyres Only what inspired her to write the Blood Books series: “I was working at Bakka Books, an SF bookstore in Toronto, and I realized that vampire readers are incredibly loyal. Huff’s Blood Books series was adapted for television under the title Blood Ties. Tanya Huff’s classic urban fantasy series The Blood Books follows the adventures of crime fighters Vicki Nelson, a Toronto private investigator her former partner, Mike Celluci, who is still on the police force and Henry Fitzroy, a Tudor-era vampire and romance writer. “I should write these guys a good vampire book.” The Blood books center around three characters caught in a love triangle-as well as involved in mysteries with a supernatural slant, from demons, to werewolves, to mummies… ![]() ![]() He lives in Los Angeles and Palm Springs with his partner. Mathews can be heard weekly on his top-rated podcast Straight Talk with Ross Mathews where he gives his hilarious take on the latest entertainment news and gossip. He is a regular judge on VH1/LOGO's Emmy-winning hit show RuPaul's Drag Race. Photo by Ricky Middlesworth Want to know what happened between him and Walters You’ll just have to read the book to find out Ross Mathews Name Drop Book Tour March 1 Varsity Theater 1308 SE 4th St. He made his television debut as an intern and a correspondent for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, where he was known as "Ross the Intern". Ross Mathews is coming to Minneapolis to promote his new book, Name Drop. Ross Mathews is an American television personality. ![]() ![]() ![]() He made his television debut as an intern and a correspondent for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, where he was known as "Ross the Intern". ![]() ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, it fails to capture ‘Slither’s’ cheesy fun and it left me cold. ![]() It’s incredibly similar to the earlier novel, with another hero who works in the TV business and another set of aquatic monsters. Slime’ was a disappointment by comparison. It was a silly, fun horror novel in the classic 80s Brit horror mould. I enjoyed John Halkin’s previous book ‘Slither’ despite its many flaws. Year: 1984 | Pages: 252 | Genre: Horror | Language: English | Triggers: None | Rating: 2 out of 5 | Source: Self-purchased Title: Slime | Author: John Halkin | Publisher: Hamlyn | Pub. For now their young appear in reservoirs and storage tanks…slipping through drainpipes and water taps… And humankind faces ghoulish extinction. Thousands surge over the beaches…fight their way inland up creeks and rivers…leaving behind their telltale smears of luminescant slime.īut the final horror starts when they begin to breed. Nothing can stop them – not even on dry land. They arrive originally in ones and twos – deadly jellyfish eager to feast on human flesh.Attaching themselves lovingly to their victims’ bodies. Slime by John HalkinĪ boy accidentally fallen overboard…a child in a paddling pool…an old man taking a daily swim…These are their first prey. You can read previous posts in the series by clicking on the ‘ Carry on Screaming‘ category. Welcome, ladies, gentlemen and fellow horror lovers, to the first of December’s two bonus Carry on Screaming posts. ![]() ![]() ![]() Patricia Westerford, one of the novel's central characters, was heavily inspired by the life and work of forest ecologist Suzanne Simard. Reviews of the novel have been mostly positive, with praise of the structure, writing, and compelling reading experience. It was shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize on Septem and won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction on April 15, 2019, as well as the William Dean Howells Medal in 2020. The Overstory was a contender for multiple awards. Powers was inspired to write the work while teaching at Stanford University, after he encountered giant redwood trees for the first time. ![]() The book is about nine Americans whose unique life experiences with trees bring them together to address the destruction of forests. The Overstory is a novel by Richard Powers published in 2018 by W. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Gripping, intense and deeply satisfying, Frostbitten is a brilliant novel of suspense with a supernatural twist. Trapped in a frozen, unforgiving terrain, they are forced to confront a deadly secret, and their own, untamed nature… Until the pilot turns out to be on the same side as those setting the fire. ![]() A series of gruesome maulings and murders outside Anchorage seem to implicate a rogue band of werewolves. Safely flying away in a helicopter, they think their troubles are over. Exit Strategy - Kelley Armstrong Popular fantasy author Kelley Armstrong (Women of the Otherworld series) makes her first foray into crime fiction, with the debut of a series of non-paranormal novels featuring female assassin Nadia Stafford. ‘Armstrong writes page-turning prose.’ – BooklistĪfter years of struggle, Elena Michaels – journalist, investigator, werewolf – has finally come to terms with her strange fate, and learned how to control her wild side.Īt least, that’s what she believes when she sets off to Alaska with her partner Clay. series, 'Hunting Kat' will leave you on the edge of your seat and thirsting for more. difficult to put down and harder to forget.’ – Night Owl Romance Armstrong remains at the top of her game with nonstop action and interesting new characters.’ – Library Journal ![]() ![]() Surfing is a secret garden, not easily entered." "But waves dance to an infinitely complex tune. The goal is to understand the purpose of riding them - what the waves are doing and especially what they're likely to do next," Finnegan states. "The science of surfers is not pure, obviously, but heavily applied. The movie, by award-winning director Darius Devas (Being Films), releases to the general public for the first time since premiering at Byron Bay Film Festival in October 2017.įinnegan's "Barbarian Days" is a tribute to the writer's life-long obsession with surfing, capturing the mechanics of the activity in beautiful detail as well as exploring more mysterious, ineffable aspects of the sport. It is narrated by William Finnegan and features former US surfing champion, Rusty Miller. The film, titled "William Finnegan - Barbarian Days," features an excerpt from the best-selling novel, together with stunning visuals of Byron Bay surfers and coastline. A short film portrait of William Finnegan's Pulitzer Prize-winning non-fiction novel " Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life" has launched online. ![]() ![]() “ Heart pounding to the very last moment.” - Kirkus Reviews “Breathless, cinematic action.” - Publishers Weekly “Wonderful action writing -fast-paced…but smart and well observed.” - Newsday “ mysterious survival saga that passionate fans describe as a fusion of Lord of the Flies, The Hunger Games, and Lost.” - EW The Maze Runner and Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, and Maze Runner: The Death Cure are all now major motion pictures featuring the star of MTV's Teen Wolf, Dylan O’Brien Kaya Scodelario Aml Ameen Will Poulter and Thomas Brodie-Sangster.Īlso look for James Dashner’s edge-of-your-seat MORTALITY DOCTRINE series!Ī Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of the YearĪn ALA-YASLA Best Fiction for Young Adults Book Their survival depends on the Gladers’ destruction-and they’re determined to survive.įriendships will be tested. And WICKED has made sure to adjust the variables and stack the odds against them. The Gladers have two weeks to cross through the Scorch-the most burned-out section of the world. Thomas was sure that escape from the Maze would mean freedom for him and the Gladers. ![]() Book two in the blockbuster Maze Runner series that spawned a movie franchise and ushered in a worldwide phenomenon! And don’t miss The Fever Code, the highly-anticipated series conclusion that finally reveals the story of how the maze was built! ![]() ![]() The list of potential suspects is long, and with the bodies piling up, Cooper must turn to the one person he trusts the least: the villain he's already put behind bars once and who has nothing to lose by lying and everything to gain if Cooper is out of the picture-for good. What was supposed to be a quick outing turns into a full-blown murder investigation after the pack leader ends up dead, Park's ex goes missing, and Cooper and Park are sent a series of disturbing wedding gifts that are somehow connected to it all. 'The chemistry between these characters is downright palpable. When he's dragged to an event by his family, Cooper braces for an awkward evening, but instead finds himself in the middle of an ugly feud between Park's ex and a rebel pack leader. Not that planning a wedding to his sexy shifter partner, Oliver Park, is necessarily stress free, but it's better than worrying about the ominous warning, delivered months ago, that Cooper's life is in danger. ![]() ![]() ![]() Until he had to plan a wedding.Īfter taking down an old adversary, Agent Cooper Dayton of the Bureau of Special Investigations has earned a break. Enemies to Lovers Paranormal Romance (58 books) Listopia Enemies to Lovers. ![]() "Charlie Adhara once again delivers a clever, fast-moving, intriguing and twisty mystery." -All About Romanceĭon't miss this thrilling installment in Charlie Adhara's suspenseful paranormal mystery series, Big Bad Wolf.Īgent Cooper Dayton never thought anything could be harder than solving murders. Wolf at the Door by Charlie Adhara Lets see, human and werewolf detectives. ![]() |