The trials of apollo 15/13/2023 ![]() ![]() an enclave of modern demigods known as Camp Half-Blood. Apollo needs help, and he can only think of one place to go. Which isn't an easy feat for a four-thousand-year old deity, especially one with as many enemies as he has. ![]() It's the first time he's been without his powers, and he has to survive in the modern world. Cast down from Olympus, he's weak, disorientated and stuck in New York City as a teenage boy. So, how do you punish an immortal?By making him human. ![]() Apollo has angered his father Zeus for the last time. The latest series from international bestselling author, Rick Riordan He was once an immortal God. ![]()
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Lynne truss new book5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() Such local lowlifes as “Stanley-knife Stanley” hardly register on his radar, and when an energetic and enthusiastic newcomer, Constable Twitten (a name designed to irritate the opponents of comic crime), begins to shake things up at the station, Steine is obliged to accept that things are slowly turning nasty in the city of Brighton, some time before it becomes London-by-the-Sea. His life is comfortable – no crime and no criminals (he claims), just a series of undemanding duties. ![]() ![]() After the discreetly handled scene of mass murder that opens the book (in which two rival criminal gangs destroy each other), Inspector Steine maintains that there is no longer any lawbreaking in Brighton, and resists any suggestions to the contrary. Truss’s locale here is Brighton, the year 1957. Truss is, of course, most celebrated for her tongue-in-cheek book on grammar, Eats, Shoots & Leaves, but she has also made her mark as a novelist and as a radio dramatist – this new book is an extension of her successful BBC Radio 4 series featuring the obdurate Inspector Steine. ![]() Wisdom from the mastery of love5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() I could go on for hours talking about how mind-expanding this book has been on me. ![]() Another huge pro was the author explaining the huge role that fear plays in destroying relationships with other people as well as yourself. My favorite one was the magical kitchen anology. The author uses really good analogies that help in making the reader clearly understand the lesson. Pros: One of the book’s major strengths is its powerful use of language and imagery. Here are some more specific things that I really enjoyed about this book: Now the book delves much deeper on what is required for a good relationship. The premise of The Mastery of Love can be best summed up like this: We as humans try to look to others to provide us with love when we don’t seem to realize that all the love we could possibly want is already inside us (self-love). Not only was I not disappointed, I ended up declaring The Mastery of Love as being my all-time favorite book! This is one of those books that reminded me truly how powerful books can be. I will then mention what kind of people this kind of book is perfect for and lastly, I’ll give the book a final score (out of 10).Īfter reading Don Miguel Ruiz’s book, The 4 Agreements, and having it resonate with me so much, I decided to read another one of his books in the hopes of acquiring more wisdom and so I chose The Mastery of Love. I will go over some things I liked about the book and some things I didn’t like. ![]() In my most recent book review, I go over The Mastery of Love written by author, Don Miguel Ruiz. ![]() The great hunt book 25/13/2023 ![]() ![]() We’ve spelunked our way through The Wheel of Time to bring you this roadmap to the sprawling series, with guidance on how best to navigate the novels and what to expect from each outing. (And you thought Dune was convoluted!) The unacquainted would be forgiven for wondering how best to scale the mountain. Despite the series’ global popularity, with over ninety million copies sold, the saga isn’t for the faint of heart, clocking in at fifteen dense books, 2782 named characters, and thousands of pages. But, be warned, the barrier to entry is steep. The Wheel of Time has just arrived on Amazon Prime Video, all but ensuring that Robert Jordan’s best-selling series is about to captivate legions of new readers. ![]() Lord of the Rings isn't the only set of fantasy novels getting the big budget screen treatment courtesy of Jeff Bezos. ![]() Grimm Fairy Tales Presents by Joe Brusha5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() Besides, even without the busty reason Grimm originally got its fame, this comic still has a lot. Actually, she’s not very sexy compared to most Zenescope women. In the first two installments, we already have Minotaur, Hercules, cowboys, and a T-Rex. This is a solid premise for a comic series. He doesn’t care about the books), Sela and her little brother accidentally release a magic book that brings all manner of fictional monsters and bad guys out of the books and into real life. ![]() When Sela’s father stops by the library that he’s buying (the building, that is. The first two installments show some promise, with richy-rich student Sela Mathers and her younger brother Thomas, her cutthroat rich businessman father, and sexy librarian Ms. Zenescope continues to expand its Grimm Fairy Tales series with The Library. Lettering: Jim Campbell (and Jim Yates for #2) Issues: Grimm Fairy Tales Presents the Library #1 and #2 ![]() Colton donavan book5/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I am currently on book 3 which I plan on racing through because I just can’t put it down.įirstly this was my first reading experience with K. Don’t worry i’m kicking myself as I type this for not doing so. Ultimately I am loving this series so much and I wish I had started it sooner. I was looking for a romance novel and I got one! It’s all down to opinion, some have said that it can be cliche at times but I honestly thoroughly enjoyed my reading experience. Some people absolutely loved it, whilst others couldn’t even finish it. Bromberg Driven and Fueled.ĭriven is something that you are either going to love or your going to hate, thats what goodreads is telling me anyway. ![]() This post is dedicated as a mini review for the first two books in the Driven series by K. But with one bid, one little boy, and one carnival date, I couldn’t walk away and he wouldn’t let me in. And yet all it took was one night, one hallway, and one stolen kiss for me to know I hated him and desired him instantly. Bromberg comes an unforgettable series about lust, love, redemption, and healing…Ĭolton Donavan was arrogant, exuded that bad boy vibe, and embodied everything I never wanted. Bromberg| 5 Stars | New Adult Romanceįrom New York Times Best-Selling Author K. ![]() The physician noah gordon review5/12/2023 ![]() ![]() Rob's Christian wife is replaced by a Jewish woman. While the book is focused on friendship, loyalty, love, innovation and pursuing your dreams, the movie has fallen into bad "orientalism" with a pinch of Zionism. ![]() Rob is shown as an innocent boy rather than a man who killed to survive and paid for prostitutes in his leisure time. He chose to completely ignore the major events. ![]() The director has created an entirely new story based on some events of the book. The film is a bad adaptation of Noah Gordon's best-seller. Rob is shown as This review has some minor spoilers, but nothing if you haven't already read the book. This review has some minor spoilers, but nothing if you haven't already read the book. ![]() Hhhh binet5/12/2023 ![]() ![]() Ingenious and inventive, both Bolano’s The Third Reich and HHhH are knockout blows in the boxing match of genre-defying literature. What does connect these books, however, is their unsurpassable writing. Though it might be entertaining to see how Orhan Pamuk might tackle Panzer movements, or how Mario Vargas Llosa’s Uncle Adolf and the Star might sell in the bookshops, thankfully, this is all just coincidence. Or, that there’s a new fashion in foreign fiction. For those uninitiated, Heydrich oversaw the Final Solution and the Holocaust of the Jews in Europe.Īfter reviewing Roberto Bolano’s The Third Reich back in January, and now with Laurent Binet’s HHhH, you’d be forgiven for thinking my obsession for Nazis has taken a turn for the worse. very special bad guy, Reinhard Heydrich during World War II. HHhH is a unique retelling of Operation Anthropoid, which concerned the assassination attempt on SS-Obergruppenführer, i.e. HHhH by Laurent Binet, Translation by Sam Tayorįarrar, Straus and Giroux, 336 pp. ![]() ![]() The pious Mary admires him but is also in love with the passionate but skeptical James Marvyn who, hungry for adventure, joins the crew of a ship setting sail for exotic destinations. ![]() Hopkins, a Calvinist minister who boards with them, is dedicated to helping the slaves arriving at Newport and calls for the abolition of slavery. Mary Scudder lives with her widowed mother in a modest middle-class home. First published in 1859, and set in eighteenth-century Newport, Rhode Island, The Minister' s Wooing is a historical novel and domestic comedy that satirizes Calvinism, celebrating its intellectual and moral integrity while critiquing its rigid theology. Uncle Tom?s Cabin has remained controversial to this day, seen as either a vital milestone in the anti-slavery cause or as a patronising stereotype of African-Americans, yet it played a crucial role in the eventual abolition of slavery and remains one of the most important American novels ever written. ![]() ![]() Describing the many trials and eventual escape to freedom of the long-suffering, good-hearted slave Uncle Tom, it aimed to show how Christian love can overcome any human cruelty. Published in 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe?s novel was a powerful indictment of slavery in America. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s fair to say that nearly all of them tackle grief, race, and romantic relationships - and often the complicated intersection of the three. To suggest that the seven stories fall under a single theme would do a disservice to Evans’s creativity. Now, with The Office of Historical Corrections- a selection of stories plus a standout novella - Evans proves herself not just committed to the genre but also a modern master of the form. Her first story collection, Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self, earned her a slew of awards and a place in the National Book Foundation’s 2011 “5 Under 35” cohort. Thankfully, that isn’t the case for Danielle Evans ’04CC. For many young writers, short fiction is a mere launching pad, a way to hone their skills before moving on to the more popular (and lucrative) novel. ![]() |