![]() ![]() ![]() (I would reproduce the lines here, but I don’t think I could do accurate justice to their format. The delicate possible interpretations of the third and fourth stanzas of “Lumpectomy Eve” would be ruined by traditional spacing and commas. Poems like “Lumpectomy Eve” showcase this ambiguous lack of formal punctuation but, it could be argued that Clifton replaces this formal punctuation with atypical spacing, line breaks, and indentation. The meaning of a line can be completely reconstructed by the assumption of her implied commas or periods. ![]() Her use of line breaks, indentation, and a straight-forward, story-telling tone allows for plenty of ambiguity in phrases that crave punctuation. Lucille Clifton’s miserly use of punctuation throughout Blessing the Boats becomes much more meaningful to the audience, not just as devices to make the poems “correct,” but to allow or dispel ambiguity. I never thought that a general lack of punctuation would make the grammar-fueled part of my brain crave it this much. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Cyrus is given some very powerful keys and a shard of a tooth. After much mayhem the motel is destroyed in a fire, and Cyrus’s older brother, Dan, goes missing. He shows twelve-year-old Cyrus a lightning bug encased in glass that has dangerous capabilities. Things quickly get exciting when a strange man with bones tattooed all over his body comes to the motel demanding to stay in room 111. With their father dead, they are pretty much on their own. The Smith children (Dan, Antigone, and Cyrus) run the Archer Motel, living on waffles and periodically visiting their comatose mother in the hospital. Original, captivating, funny, and suspenseful, it’s a book that will appeal to all ages. ![]() Wilson isn’t a run-of-the-mill fantasy book for kids. ![]() James Dashner is the New York Times bestselling author of The Maze Runner trilogy and The 13th Reality series. Guest Reviewer: James Dashner on The Dragon's Tooth by N.D. ![]() ![]() ![]() He is a man of the most impassioned temper, with passions not strong only, but noble, and of the sort in which great virtues and great poems take their rise. In his letters the style is simple, vigorous, expressive, sometimes even beautiful. Poverty is indeed his companion, but Love also, and Courage… The rough scenes of Scottish life, not seen by him in any Arcadian illusion, but in the rude contradiction, in the smoke and soil of a too hard reality, are still lovely to him. The ill-starred Burns was gifted by nature in her bounty, but destiny, his faults, the faults of others, proved too hard for him, and that spirit that might have soared soon sank to the dust, and its glorious faculties died in the blossom…īased on his letters he seems so kind and warm a soul, so full of inborn riches, of love to all living and lifeless things, especially how his heart flows out in sympathy over universal nature. ![]() ![]() True and genial as his poetry ought to appear, it is not chiefly as a poet, but as a man, that he interests and affects me. And love and pity are prone to magnify by reading more and more letters written by him. Upon closing this small book, my first impression is telling me that I am anxious not to exaggerate, yet to avoid some tendency to that side is no easy matter. ![]() ![]() Using long-sealed Curie family archives, Goldsmith offers a well-rounded view of her subject that makes good dramatic use of the considerable intrigue that surrounded Curie's scientific accomplishments and her private life. Goldsmith's straightforward biography illuminates both the public Curie, a tireless scientist obsessed with work, and the private one, a woman who suffered bouts of severe depression, was distant from her children and scarred deeply by the accidental death of her scientist husband, Pierre, in 1906. ![]() So enduring is the reputation of Marie Curie that more than 100 years after she won her first Nobel Prize, for physics in 1903 (she won a second, for chemistry, in 1911), Curie (1867–1934) is still regarded by most as the pre-eminent woman scientist of the 20th century. ![]() ![]() ![]() Book 2 was the best and was very satisfying and well written. but she’ll need them for what comes next. In a land where the mist can kill, magic is forbidden, and the powerful plot against each other, Bleak is caught in the middle.Īll she wants is a cure for her powers. ![]() But he isn’t the only one who needs her for their plans. When the king sends his top commander to take her, Bleak is too hungover to resist. ![]() Her powers have grown more than she knows. But the haze of the mead and wine has hidden something from her. but she was clever, even without resorting to magic.Īt 16, Bleak lost the only person she cared for when her mentor died at sea. With hours of adventure, secrets, magic, and mystery, this collection has been called “fantasy at its finest”, “addictive”, and “captivating” by fans all around the world. This omnibus set includes all four books in The Oremere Chronicles series by best-selling author Helen Scheuerer. ![]() ![]() ![]() I should be able to get back in the flow of my writing in August of this year. Besides the fact that I work full time, I'm involved in many personal projects this year. ![]() My current book series is taking longer than I anticipated because I haven't had much time to write this year. ![]() How long does it take you to write a book - From the first word to completion? That depends. I love writing in different places, at home or in the park. On the weekends I make an effort to write mid-day or evenings. However with my plate being currently full, I take advantage of writing in the mornings during the week. What's your daily routine? My ideal routine would be to write several hours everyday. I published a few poems and prose pieces before I published "Battle Cry." How long have you been writing? I began writing again when I was in college in early 2000. In fact, "Battle Cry" & "Battle Cry 2 Shadow of the Sword" were inspired by the cartoon Samurai Jack. I'm also a big fan of cartoons and Anime. Where does your inspiration come from? Honestly mine inspiration for what I write comes from comic book and Manga. She was the one who reignited my interest in writing. Fast forward many years into the future, I met my wife, the angel of my life. Being a teenager at the time, I didn't think much of it. In fact, my high school English teacher was the first person who told me that I had the talent to be a writer. What made you want to to write books? I always had a gift for writing. ![]() ![]() ![]() But the price of freedom is steeper than Isda could ever know. Haunted by this possibility, Isda spends more and more time with Emeric, searching for answers in his music and his past. His voice is unlike any she's ever heard, but the real shock comes when she finds in his memories hints of a way to finally break free of her gilded prison. But Isda breaks Cyril's cardinal rule when she meets Emeric Rodin, a charming boy who throws her quiet, solitary life out of balance. For if anyone discovers she survived, Isda and Cyril would pay with their lives. All he asks in return is that she use her power to keep ticket sales high–and that she stay out of sight. Since that day, he has given her sanctuary from the murderous world outside. Cast into a well at birth for being one of the magical few who can manipulate memories when people sing, she was saved by Cyril, the opera house's owner. ![]() At least not beyond the opulent walls of the opera house. Craig, New York Times bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrow 'A deliciously magical feminist twist on the beloved classic The Phantom of the Opera' Kester Grant, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Court of Miracles Isda does not exist. 'Lush and lavish, Sing Me Forgotten hit all the right notes' Erin A. ![]() ![]() It tells the life story of Sogolon the Moon Witch, an incredibly compelling character, who travels from horrible abusive squalor to the height of the royal court and beyond. The best fantasy novel I've read in ages, this pseudo sequel to Black Leopard Red Wolf continues to build James' ridiculous fantasy world (particularly inspired by African mythology and the X-Men). ![]() Mad kings, shapeshifters, love & heartbreak, shocking violence, strong-girl-bildungsroman, water sprites, scary nuns, and the sangomin–maybe his greatest contribution, a genuinely scary assortment of monstrous mutant children turned assassins. Drawing inspiration from mythology, pre-colonial history, and the different beats or tropes of African storytelling, James yet again (and maybe even better than before) does what Tolkien did for Germanic mythology and GRRM did for British history and geography. From her origins as an abused girl in a termite hill to an attendant in the royal court to the explosive discovery of her fickle powers, this book offers unparalleled world-building and character development with James’ remarkable, defamiliarizing prose. ![]() ![]() Moon Witch, Spider King–which can be read as a standalone–offers a Rashomon-like perspective on the events of Black Leopard, Red Wolf, but that is only a fraction of Sogolon’s life. What a joy to return to the wholly original Afrofantasy world of Booker-winner Marlon James’ Dark Star Trilogy. ![]() ![]() ![]() Moreover, Kate and Tully’s fallout was supposed to happen when Kate was a guest on Tully’s talk show. On the other hand, their separation and his leaving to go overseas was a large part of Season 1’s finale. For instance, Kate and Johnny never got divorced in the novel, and he did not go to Iraq. But by the time Season 1 was over, it was clear this show would run longer than one Season, and add storylines and plot details in as it went along. At 528 pages, there was enough material for one season - much like limited series such as Hulu’s Little Fires Everywhere. ![]() ![]() From the outset, the story of Firefly Lane seemed primed to stick faithfully to the book, but not too faithfully. Warning: Spoilers for Firefly Lane Season 1, Part 1 follow. And much like Tully and Kate, the book and the series only grow further apart in the first half of Season 2. However, the differences between the Firefly Lane novel and Netflix’s television adaptation have been evident since the first season. The 2008 story of two best friends, Kate and Tully, was such a runaway hit that it was a no-brainer when Netflix decided to make it into a series. Author Kristin Hannah’s Firefly Lane is her best-selling novel to date. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Working against an impossible deadline, he begins his feverish carving. Living at the foot of his misshapen block of marble, Michelangelo struggles until the stone finally begins to speak. Even though his impoverished family shuns him for being an artist, he is desperate to support them. Michelangelo is a virtual unknown when he returns to Florence and wins the commission to carve what will become one of the most famous sculptures of all time: David. Michelangelo was a temperamental sculptor in his mid-twenties, desperate to make a name for himself. Leonardo was a charming, handsome fifty year-old at the peak of his career. From 1501 to 1505, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti both lived and worked in Florence. ![]() With extraordinary empathy into the minds and souls of the two great Renaissance artists, Storey offers a stunning art history thriller. Called "tremendously entertaining" ( The New York Times) Stephanie Storey's brilliant bestselling debut, brings early 16th-century Florence, Leonardo da Vinci, and Michelangelo Buonarroti alive for art lovers and readers of historical fiction. ![]() |