The Dolls' House by Rumer Godden6/7/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() She also wrote short stories, poetry and many books for children. Her dancing career is reflected in “A Candle for St Jude” and “Thursdays Children”, and her interest in the religious life is shown in “In This House of Brede” and “Five for Sorrow Ten for Joy”. Her time in France influenced the dramatic “Greengage Summer” and “Gypsy Gypsy”. The influence of India is reflected in “Black Narcissus”, “The River”, “Kingfisher’s Catch Fire”, “Breakfast with the Nikolides” and recently republished, “The Lady and the Unicorn”. Rumer Godden wrote some 60 works during her life, drawing on her experiences of life in India and Britain. In 2007 Cambridge University honoured her by holding a Symposium of her work to celebrate her Centenary. Her last book, “Cromartie versus The God Shiva Acting through the Government of India” was published by Macmillan in November 1997 and she died in 1998 aged ninety-one. ![]() She won The Whitbread Award for Children’s Literature in 1972 and was awarded the OBE in 1993. Nine of her books have been made into films. Rumer Godden, a well established author through Pan Macmillan and Virago Modern Classics, is considered by many to be one of the foremost English language authors of the 20th century. ![]()
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Infidel by Pornsak Pichetshote6/7/2023 ![]() ![]() Both grew up in the Muslim faith, but have taken different paths in adult life. Infidel’s plot revolves around two lifelong friends and women of color, Aisha and Medina, who both live in an apartment building where a mysterious bomb blast recently killed several people. Infidel’s content is often shocking, but Pichetshote writes an intensely humanist horror story with a light at the end of its tunnel. ![]() While a literal specter of bigotry hangs over much of the book, claiming the lives of many members of Infidel’s multicultural cast, Pichetshote writes with a deep empathy that’s likely to cause readers to repeatedly reassess their basic assumptions about his characters. But to paraphrase one of Infidel’s characters, in a room full of shadows, writer Pichetshote is obsessed with the light. The death toll is high and the racial slurs fly in Infidel, Pornsak Pichetshote and Aaron Campbell’s horror series about a murderous presence that seems to feed on hatred. ![]() James herriot books in order6/7/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() While strolling through his sleepy English farming village of Darrowby in the season premiere, James is accosted by a recruiter. Jeeps carrying farmers’ newly enlisted sons seem to perpetually crowd James off the road as he drives out on calls, while the planes pulling his attention towards the sky presage the wartime role this fictionalized Herriot seems predestined to play. Hall (Anna Madeley), and James’s true love, Helen (Rachel Shenton), whom he marries in the third season premiere-are all confronted by signposts on the road to war. The show’s ensemble-consisting of James (Nicholas Ralph), his employer-turned-partner Siegfried (Samuel West), Siegfried’s impetuous brother, Tristan (Callum Woodhouse), their housekeeper, Mrs. Based on the lighthearted reflections that Herriot-or Alf Wight, who wrote under the pseudonym-published between 19, All Creatures Great and Small grapples frequently with the lead-up to the Second World War. “Herriot might have been voicing an understandable desire,” wrote Mitzi Brunsdale in her book James Herriot, “to keep the whole bitter experience as far as possible from his home.”Īll Creatures Great and Small, the latest TV adaptation of Herriot’s work (following the BBC series of the same name, which ran from 1978 to 1990) currently airing its third season as part of PBS’s venerable Masterpiece anthology, makes no such choice. Though he served in the Royal Air Force during World War II, the veterinary surgeon turned bestselling memoirist James Herriot eschewed discussion of that conflict in his 1974 book All Things Bright and Beautiful. ![]() Adam jentleson kill switch6/6/2023 ![]() ![]() From John Calhoun in the mid-1800s to Mitch McConnell in the 2010s, their primary weapon has been the filibuster, or the requirement that most legislation secure the support of a supermajority of senators. ![]() In Kill Switch, Senate insider Adam Jentleson contends that far from reflecting the Framers’ vision, the Senate has been transformed over the decades by a tenacious minority of white conservatives. ![]() ![]() Once known as “the world’s greatest deliberative body,” the Senate has become one of the greatest threats to our democracy. Although they do not represent a majority of Americans-and will not for the foreseeable future-today’s Republican senators possess the power to block most legislation. "A truly excellent book… blistering and persuasive.” -Ezra Klein, New York TimesĪn insider’s account of how politicians representing a radical white minority of Americans have used “the world’s greatest deliberative body” to hijack our democracy.Įvery major decision governing our diverse, majority-female, and increasingly liberal country bears the stamp of the United States Senate, an institution controlled by people who are almost exclusively white, overwhelmingly male, and disproportionately conservative. ![]() Leo's Chance by Mia Sheridan6/6/2023 ![]() ![]() More than that, she’s only in town for the summer, busy mooning over perfect-in-every-way Gage Buchanan.Īnd if Travis knows anything, it’s that he refuses to be second best. A plant lady from California with a head of unruly curls and an equally messy past. Not that there’s any real risk of him falling for the smoothie-making, birdseed-eating wild woman. Until the new guy in town crosses him in a way both shocking and indefensible.Ī guy who, as it turns out, has a sister who may be equally as disastrous to Travis’s well-ordered plans, though in an altogether different manner. Perhaps his past is riddled with regrets and misguided choices, but his future looks bright and limitless. ![]() Two nephews and a niece he adores, and a family who’s mostly forgiven him after a series of unfortunate decisions years before. Looks that regularly and consistently make women fall at his feet. An important role as the chief of police in the idyllic town of Pelion, Maine. ![]() The eyes of darkness koontz6/6/2023 ![]() ![]() The first edition has no mention of “Wuhan-400.” The 1981 edition of “The Eyes of Darkness” that can be viewed on Google Books shows that the virus was originally named “Gorki-400” for being developed outside of “Gorki” by Russians. ![]() ![]() A meme on Instagram about the novel also gained attention. Other users shared a similar claim, with a slight difference in the details. Another post claims that the prediction can be seen on page 333, not on pages 353 to 354. The user who shared the post did not respond to USA TODAY for comment. “The book written by Dean Koontz in 1981, ‘The Eyes of Darkness,’ wrote on pages 353 to 354 that China has developed a virus known as Corona Virus in a lab in the city of Wuhan, to be used in the future as weapon in future wars or to disturb future economic imbalance amongst the world powers or control its population,” the post reads. The post shows an image of the cover of the book along with a page from the novel featuring dialogue describing a fictional virus called “Wuhan-400.” prepared for a coronavirus pandemic? The Claim: Dean Koontz predicted the coronavirus outbreak in his 1981 novel "The Eyes of Darkness"Ī Facebook post that has been widely shared claims a 1981 novel written by Dean Koontz predicted the coronavirus outbreak. ![]() Dark star safari6/6/2023 ![]() I got sick, I got stranded, but I was never bored. It is an assortment of motley republics and seedy chiefdoms. ∺frica is materially more decrepit than it was when I first knew it,” he writes, hungrier, poorer, less educated, more pessimistic, more corrupt, and you can’t tell the politicians from the witch doctors. He finds astonishing, devastating changes wherever he goes. Now he stops at his old school, sees former students, revisits his African friends. Almost forty years ago, Theroux first went to Africa as a teacher in the Malawi bush. This is travel as discovery and also, in part, a sentimental journey. Going by train, dugout canoe, chicken bus,” and cattle truck, Theroux passes through some of the most beautiful and often life-threatening landscapes on earth. ![]() In the travel-writing tradition that made Paul Theroux’s reputation, Dark Star Safari is a rich and insightful book whose itinerary is Africa, from Cairo to Cape Town: down the Nile, through Sudan and Ethiopia, to Kenya, Uganda, and ultimately to the tip of South Africa. ![]() ![]() ![]() Greg’s mom calls a family meeting to determine what to do with their share, proposing home improvements and then overruling the family’s cartoonish wish lists and instead pushing for an addition to the kitchen. When Great Aunt Reba dies, she leaves some money to the family. The Heffley family’s house undergoes a disastrous attempt at home improvement. Richly hued illustrations reinforce the Chinese folk theme. With her “lively and impulsive spirit,” Minli emerges a stalwart female role model who learns the importance of family, friendship and faith during her amazing journey. Lin deftly incorporates elements from Chinese folk- and fairy tales to create stories within the main story and provide context for Minli’s quest. Together they encounter a talking goldfish, a boy with a buffalo, a king, a fierce green tiger and laughing twins before scaling Never-Ending Mountain. En route she befriends a dragon who joins her quest. ![]() “Eager for adventure,” Minli sets out alone seeking advice from the Old Man of the Moon. ![]() Bitter and resentful, Minli’s mother complains when her husband fills Minli’s imagination with enchanting tales of Never-Ending Mountain and the Old Man of the Moon. Minli and her parents live in the shadow of Fruitless Mountain, where they toil endlessly. To change her family’s fortunes, a poor Chinese girl embarks on a fantastical quest to discover she already has everything she needs to be happy. ![]() ![]() ![]() No, each book (Written in the Stars, Hang the Moon, and Count Your Lucky Stars can be read as a standalone. Possibly! Please contact I have to read the 'Written in the Stars' series in order? Please send all blurb requests through my agent.Īre you available for panels/interviews/book clubs? ![]() I mean, you can call me whatever you want but that doesn't mean I'll answer, My name is Alexandria. Younger of the Nancy Yost Literary Agency. Her debut novel, Written in the Stars, was a 2021 Lambda Literary Award winner and a 2020 winner of The Ripped Bodice Awards for Excellence in Romantic Fiction.Īlexandria is represented by Sarah E. Her special skills include finding the best Pad Thai in every city she visits, remembering faces but not names, falling asleep in movie theaters, and keeping cool while reading smutty books in public. A Pacific Northwesterner at heart, Alexandria has a weakness for good coffee, Pike IPA, and Voodoo Doughnuts. Her debut novel, Written in the Stars, was a 2021 Lambda Literary Award winner and a 2020 winner of The Ripped Bodice Awards for Excellence in Romantic Fiction.Īlexandria Bellefleur is a bestselling and award-winning author of swoony contemporary romance often featuring loveable grumps and the sunshine characters who bring them to their knees. Alexandria Bellefleur is a bestselling and award-winning author of swoony contemporary romance often featuring loveable grumps and the sunshine characters who bring them to their knees. ![]() Evermore book series in order6/5/2023 ![]() ![]() Willow: a book with a magical element, or that cast a spell on you The graphics are free to use if you’d like, but please note YA Books Daily as the owner!.Thank whoever tagged you and link to their post!.Declare the rules and prompts in your post.Link to the original creator: Paige YA Books Daily.Though we are a YA-focused blog, this tag is not exclusively for or about YA novels. So without further ado, we present to you an evermore book tag, with a prompt not only for every song on the album but the two bonus tracks (!!!) as well. But Taylor’s stories, characters, and beautiful portraits were just as captivating, enthralling, and evocative, and we know that there must be some books out there that capture the same magical, heartbreaking feelings as evermore. I’ll keep it real: this one was much harder to conceptualize than the last. But Taylor Swift is the gift that keeps on miraculously giving, and after the success of our folklore book tag, we’re back with an evermore book tag! ![]() ![]() But two surprise Taylor Swift albums within 5 months of each other? Unheard of. If I had to choose just one thing I didn’t expect from 2020, in this year full of unexpected things, it would be a surprise Taylor Swift album. ![]() |