5/27/2023 0 Comments RubyfruitRubyfruit Jungle was written in 1976, a breakthrough lesbian novel (though Brown herself would argue that this is a story about people in general, not a subsection of society) that has no doubt helped to shape modern queer literature. The only LGBT section I remember seeing in our island library were medical textbooks (and this was in the 90’s/00’s!) My god, how I could have done with this book when I was younger – but how out of the question it was at the time to get hold of queer literature (or anything on the periphery). I wanted to start this review with the words ‘Growing up gay is hard.’ And while every part of that is true, it’s not in the spirit of Rubyfruit Jungle, which celebrates a shrugging off of oppression, the adventure of self-discovery, and the shredding of labels and limits.
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5/27/2023 0 Comments Best served cold trilogyHe's a suspicious man, though, and Monza's success has brought her renown fearing that she may try to convert that into political power, he has her and her brother brutally murdered and thrown off the battlements of his fortress. In Styria, a land of warring city-states based rather obviously on Renaissance Italy, mercenary captain Monzcarro Murcatto ("Monza") has come close to putting her employer, Duke Orso, on the throne, which would realize his lifelong dream of supremacy. It's set a few years after events of the main trilogy, and a fair number of characters in it were supporting characters in the trilogy.Īs might be imagined, this is a tale of revenge. Best Served Cold is a 2009 Low Fantasy novel by Joe Abercrombie, part of his The First Law series. 5/27/2023 0 Comments My Five Senses by AlikiThis is a Level 1 Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores introductory concepts perfect for children in the primary grades and supports the Common Core Learning Standards and Next Generation Science Standards. Both text and artwork were expert-reviewed for accuracy.Īs Children's Books and Their Creators put it: Aliki "treats complex topics clearly and succinctly while providing lively pictures, with informative details and humorous elements often appearing in 'balloons.'" Aliki's books continue to speak to today's young readers. This oversize edition-perfect for sharing in a library or classroom-invites young readers to use each of their five senses to explore the world around them. Beloved author-illustrator Aliki’s simple, engaging text and colorful artwork show young readers how they use their senses to smell a rose or play with a puppy. Sight, smell, taste, hearing, and touch-our five senses teach us about our world. 5/27/2023 0 Comments Wolf 359 by Gabriel UrbinaIt becomes important now to recall that as people who have been engaged with pop culture and entertainment media for a long time, we’re able to identify the paths that publishers and sponsors have gone down before that don’t work and just lead to another loop. I have aged in 2018 and all of it together has made me a little afraid for 2019 - what if it’s just more of the same? Am I able to take that loop off? - and I'm sure I'm not alone. Not to just keep repeating myself, but 2018 has been the longest decade I’ve ever experienced, up to the point where a couple of my choices on the best of lists were placed after I realized “wait, that came out in 2018?”. Welcome to the Special Edition Audio Dramatic: Bests in Podcasting! Thank you for sticking with me through an empty December while I healed from eye surgery and handled the holidays, and thank you in advance for your patience in January, because that's when I'm taking a bunch of time off to go to weddings and conventions. Six lists, ten items each, and a heck of a lot of great podcasts.īye bye 2018! View this email in your browser She died on Januat sea, somewhere between Greece and Port Said, Egypt. (Some of her novels were reedited as different pseudonyms). In 1972, she created her last pseudonym Philippa Carr. In 1960, she created the pseudonyms: Anna Percival and the popular Victoria Holt. In the 1950's she used the pseudonyms: Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow and Ellalice Tate. In 1941, she began signing her novels with her maiden name: Eleanor Burford, later she created her first and most prolific pseudonym: Jean Plaidy. She used eight pennames during her career and many of her readers under one penname never suspected her other identities. Eleanor Burford was one of the preeminent English authors of historical fiction for most of the twentieth century. She married ta leather merchant, George Percival Hibber, who shared her love of books and reading. Eleanor Alice Burford was born on 1 September 1906 in Kensington, London, England. 5/26/2023 0 Comments Munroe what if 2Randall Munroe is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers How To, What If? and Thing Explainer, the science question-and-answer blog What If?, and the popular web comic xkcd. As he consistently demonstrates, you can learn a lot from examining how the world might work in very specific extreme circumstances. Unfazed by absurdity, Munroe consults the latest research on everything from swing-set physics to airliner catapult–design to answer his readers’ questions, clearly and concisely, with illuminating and occasionally terrifying illustrations. rex, or fill every church with bananas, be sure to consult this practical guide for impractical ideas. Want to know what would happen if you rode a helicopter blade, built a billion-story building, made a lava lamp out of lava, or jumped on a geyser as it erupted? Okay, if you insist.īefore you go on a cosmic road trip, feed the residents of New York City to a T. Hoping to cool the atmosphere by opening everyone’s freezer door at the same time? Maybe it’s time for a brief introduction to thermodynamics. Planning to ride a fire pole from the Moon back to Earth? The hardest part is sticking the landing. Thank goodness xkcd creator Randall Munroe is here to help. $44.00, $42.00, $37.00, $34.00 Each ticket includes one copy of What If? 2.Ĭontact millions of people around the world who read and loved What If? still have questions, and those questions are getting stranger. Septem Division of Science, Harvard Library, and Harvard Book Store Please note: this is an in-person ticketed event! The ending is very disappointing: it falls into a couple of iffy tropes, it feels a bit rushed, and it lacks the emotional urgency that I was hoping for. If you’d asked me what I thought about A Lesson in Vengeance at about two-thirds of the way through, my answer would be entirely different than what it is now that I’ve read the whole thing. Felicity believes in magic-how could she not, after what happened that fated semester?-but Ellis, a new classmate and an award-winning method novelist, is committed to demonstrating to her that all of the deaths at Dalloway-both Alex’s and the historic, witchy ones that are an intrinsic part of Dalloway’s legacy-have a rational and entirely nonmagical explanation. Now she is back at Dalloway School to finish her senior year she wants to make a new start, but she is haunted by memories of Alex… and possibly by Alex herself. I was pretty excited to read it we have similar taste in books, and if you’ve read any of my reviews you probably already know that I’m eternally questing for a great fantasy novel with sapphic characters.Īfter the traumatic, violent death of her secret girlfriend Alex, Felicity took some time off of school to recover emotionally and to put distance between herself and the rumors that she killed Alex. I told her to read All of Us Villainsby Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Herman, and she recommended A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee. 5/26/2023 0 Comments Little red riding hood perraultThe wolf thought to himself, "Now that sweet young thing is a tastyīite for me. "Her house is good quarter hour from here in the woods, under the three "Little Red Cap, just where does your grandmother live?" We baked yesterday, and they should be good for her and give her "Grandmother is sick and weak, and I am taking her some cake and wine. "And what are you carrying under your apron?" "Where are you going so early, Little Red Cap?" Know what a wicked animal he was, and was not afraid of him. When Little Red Cap entered the woods a wolf came up to her. The grandmother lived out in the woods, a half hour from the village. "I'll do everything just right," said Little Red Cap, shaking her Morning,' and don't peer into all the corners first." And when you enter her parlor, don't forget to say 'Good Might fall down and break the glass, and then there will be nothing for Behave yourself on the way, and do not leave the path, or you She is sickĪnd weak, and they will do her well. One day her mother said to her, "Come Little Red Cap. It suited her so well, and she wanted to wear it all the time, she came to Once she gave her a little cap made of red velvet. Liked her, but most of all her grandmother, who did not know what to give Once upon a time there was a sweet little girl. 26 Little Red Cap Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Festivities are even more vibrant with additional family-friendly entertainment in the lineup and new additions: The 2-hour parade will start at 10 AM this year. The children’s classic became the official children’s book of Massachusetts in 2003, and the annual parade, Duckling Day Boston, held on Mother’s Day has continued for over 3 decades! The story quickly became a Boston institution and in 1987, Sculptor Nancy Schön created a bronze statue of Mrs. A charming Boston policeman stops traffic to allow mom and the ducklings to cross Beacon Street. After raising her 8 ducklings on the island, the mother leads them to the Public Garden. Set in Boston, Massachusetts, the tale features a mallard pair that nests on a Charles River island. In 1942, McCloskey won the Caldecott Medal for Make Way for Ducklings. Children dressed like characters from the iconic tale Make Way for Ducklings written by Robert McCloskey and set in Boston’s historic Public Garden, will celebrate Duckling Day in Boston! Led by the Harvard University Marching Band, the parade kicks off at the Boston Common, making its way down to the bronze Make Way for Ducklings sculptures honoring the children’s tale published in 1941. And let me tell you, Grady Hendrix does not miss.”- Mallory O’Meara, National bestselling author of The Lady from the Black Lagoon “This book is a missile designed to obliterate you emotionally and absolutely annihilate you with terror. I loved it!" -Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of The House Across the Lake Zigzags from hilarious to horrifying to heartbreaking and back again in the blink of an eye. Like his novels The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires and The Final Girl Support Group, How to Sell a Haunted House is classic Hendrix: equal parts heartfelt and terrifying-a gripping new read from “the horror master” (USA Today). Some houses don’t want to be sold, and their home has other plans for both of them… But she’ll need his help to get the house ready for sale because it’ll take more than some new paint on the walls and clearing out a lifetime of memories to get this place on the market. Mostly, she doesn’t want to deal with her brother, Mark, who never left their hometown, gets fired from one job after another, and resents her success. She doesn’t want to learn how to live without the two people who knew and loved her best in the world. She doesn’t want to deal with her family home, stuffed to the rafters with the remnants of her father’s academic career and her mother’s lifelong obsession with puppets and dolls. She doesn’t want to leave her daughter with her ex and fly to Charleston. When Louise finds out her parents have died, she dreads going home. |