![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It does not refer to any sort of love story (although there must surely be some Japanese fanfiction about Ctulhu's love life), but rather to Romanticism, which tried, among other things, to look into the depths of the human psyche and towards things outside of human perception. Romantic some may ask (and rightfully so, because that term is one of the weirdest terms to use when talking about literature). ![]() Admittedly, there are very few things I actively find creepy (King's It being one of them), but what Call of Ctulhu left me with was a pretty standard romantic tale with a monster. The end result is horror, of course, but in the sense of the literary genre, not in the sense of the feeling it invokes in me. The things I heard about it and the fact that the entire thing has a lot of followers contributed to my expectation of finding something that could accurately be described as horror. So going into the story, I was interested to see how a single text could lay the foundation for something resembling a "modern mythology". I've never read anything by Lovecraft before, but I was aware of the existence of the "Ctulhu Mythos" and its fame. Some loose thoughts (don't have time and/or inspiration for a full coherent review): ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Gemma has a ridiculously dirty mind and loves her book boyfriends to be big, tattooed alpha males. She has lived in the midlands, in the UK her whole life and has wanted to write a book since she was a child. Gemma Weir is a half crazed stay at home mom to three kids, one man child and a hell hound. Only it turns out he’s not looking for a hook-up… he wants to own me. Now my dad and brother want to find me a husband, and my ex-boyfriend has decided he wants the job.īut I’m not looking for marriage, I’d rather have a few incredible nights with the annoying mountain hottie. ![]() Including me.Įxcept, after a drunken girls’ night out, instead of waking up with him in my bed, I wake up with a killer hangover and an inbox full of his texts telling me how reckless and dangerous my antics are. Every woman in Rockhead Peak wants a taste of the mountain man. Huge, muscled and sexy in plaid, Huck Barnett is one of the most beautiful men I’ve ever seen. Interconnected Standalone featuring characters that appeared in Property Of The Mountain ManĬheck out Book 1: Property of The Mountain Man: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As Wolfie grows, so does his appetite…for carrots. (Houghton, 2–5 years)Īt the start of Wolfie the Bunny, rabbit Dot is none too pleased when a baby wolf is left on the Bunny family's doorstop her parents, on the other hand, are totally smitten. ![]() Dunrea's gently amusing, pleasingly repetitive stories and thoroughly beguiling illustrations continue to capture preschooler life in all its variety. Little brother follows big sister everywhere, until she hollers the words known to all younger siblings everywhere: "Don't keep following me!" Accustomed to having company, however, lonely Gemma quickly finds herself in her brother's position, now following him around the farm. Intrepid explorer Gemma sports a safari helmet and field glasses her little brother Gus wears a saucepan on his head. Gemma & Gus welcomes two new goslings into Olivier Dunrea's much-beloved series (begun with Gossie and Gossie & Gertie). The following picture books capture this ever-shifting sibling dynamic. One minute they're acting "slippery as a snake's belly in a mudslide," the next they're protecting you from things that go bump in the night. As every big sibling knows, having a little brother or sister can be…complicated. ![]() ![]() ![]() With The Matrix 4 in production, producers might think there is only enough room for one cyberpunk, matrix-heavy movie at a time. The film series is so firmly entrenched in the public consciousness, there’s always the risk that a large portion of the movie-going public will be unfamiliar with Neuromancer and its influence, and see it as a rip-off of the Wachowski Sisters’ franchise. It isn’t unusual for films to languish in development hell for so long, but Neuromancer has another stumbling block: The Matrix. As of 2019, he's still signed on to direct the project, but no further news has been announced. Then in 2017, the torch was passed to Tim Miller, the man responsible for directing Deadpool and Terminator: Dark Fate. Even with so much good talent onboard, it looked like a Neuromancer movie would never happen. Eventually, however, that attempt also failed. The director’s seat was then given to Vincenzo Natali ( Cube, Cypher), who was in charge for several years. The story of the book centers on Case, a 'cowboy' who jacks into cyberspace to perform all sorts of espionage, theft, and other cyberpunky-stuff. Then Torque director Joseph Kahn picked up the helm, but almost as soon as that happened, it collapsed once again. The biggest and perhaps most famous influence on The Matrix is William Gibsons genre-transforming 1984 novel Neuromancer. ![]() ![]() In the early 2000s, Chris Cunningham worked with Gibson on an adaptation of the novel, but a few years later, this version had fallen through. ![]() ![]() Maybe they should be together.īut come August, things will change forever. That still doesn’t stop the way Autumn feels every time she and Finn cross paths, and the growing, nagging thought that maybe things could have been different. The story is truly beautiful and I’ve never read anything quite like. It’s set over the course of 6 years and the ups and downs involved in the life of teenagers, who grew apart but never quite let go. And Finn has become that boy at school, the one everyone wants to be around. The book, published April 2nd 2013, centres around the story of Autumn Lange, a girl from Missouri, and her childhood friend, Phineas Smith. No one ever says what they were arguing about. And he and Sylvie were arguing as he drove down the slick road. ![]() ![]() Now, they do their best to ignore each other.Īutumn has her boyfriend Jamie, and her close-knit group of friends. If He Had Been with Me Laura Nowlin 3.95 103,366 ratings15,868 reviews If he had been with me everything would have been different. They glide through the night, regrettably together, and they argue. ![]() I can see them in the car before the accidentthe heavy rain, the world and the pavement as wet and slick as if it had been oiled down for their arrival. ![]() If he had been with me, everything would have been different…Īutumn and Finn used to be inseparable. If he had been with me, everything would have been different. An achingly authentic and raw portrait of love, regret, and the life-altering impact of the relationships we hold closest to us, this YA romance bestseller is perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover, Jenny Han, and You’ve Reached Sam. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With the unique perspective of one of the greatest feminist icons of the 20th and 21st centuries, here is an inspiring, profound, enlightening memoir of one woman's life-long journey. In vivid stories that span an entire career, Steinem writes about her time on the campaign trail, from Bobby Kennedy to Hillary Clinton her early exposure to social activism in India organizing ground-up movements in America the taxi drivers who were "vectors of modern myths" and the airline stewardesses who embraced feminism and the infinite contrasts, the "surrealism in everyday life" that Steinem encountered as she travelled back and forth across the country. The seeds were planted: Steinem would spend much of her life on the road, as a journalist, organizer, activist, and speaker. Every fall, her father would pack the family into the car and they would drive across the country, in search of their next adventure. Gloria Steinem had an itinerant childhood. THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE HIT BBC SERIES, MRS. In vivid stories that span an entire career, Steinem writes about her time on the campaign trail, from Bobby Kennedy t. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "You really never know despite the buzz, despite the huge advance sales, the publishers themselves never know, will this book hit. But Cowles says even with all that interest, no book is a sure bet. Turns out that's a pseudonym for Daniel Mallory, an executive editor at William Morrow, the publishing company that bought the book. He says the buzz has been building since a hotly contested auction for the novel, by an unknown author named A.J. "It is very unusual," says Greg Cowles, the longtime writer of the Times' "Inside the List" column. Unknowns like The Woman in the Window, not so often. Stir them all together and you come up with a rare bird: A debut novel that hits number one on the New York Times bestseller list in its first week on the market.īrand name authors like James Patterson or Stephen King hit the top of the Times list in the first week all the time. Add in a mysterious author and rumors of a very big price tag. Take a little Hitchcock and a touch of Gone Girl. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. ![]() Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Woman in the Window Author A. ![]() ![]() ![]() I can barely stand it).Īlthough I say this all in my review, Part One is dark. Since then, Berkley has picked up this trilogy, rereleasing Part One today in print, Part Two July 7 (digital version is already out), and finally, FINALLY Part 3 TBA (but please let it be sooooon. You can read my review here – I don’t think it’s too spoilery. I read them both together, and was blown away. ![]() Pacat had self published parts one and two. Way back in March 2013, I received a recommendation to read the first two parts of the m/m fantasy trilogy. Because the one man Damen needs is the one man who has more reason to hate him than anyone else… But in the lethal political web of the Veretian court, nothing is as it seems, and when Damen finds himself caught up in a play for the throne, he must work together with Laurent to survive and save his country.įor Damen, there is just one rule: never, ever reveal his true identity. But when his half brother seizes power, Damen is captured, stripped of his identity, and sent to serve the prince of an enemy nation as a pleasure slave.īeautiful, manipulative, and deadly, his new master, Prince Laurent, epitomizes the worst of the court at Vere. Damen is a warrior hero to his people, and the rightful heir to the throne of Akielos. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Aviation career īach served in the United States Navy Reserve, then in the New Jersey Air National Guard's 108th Fighter Wing, 141st Fighter Squadron (USAF), as a Republic F-84F Thunderstreak fighter pilot. Her campaign manager, Paul Marcus, mentioned that he flew airplanes and invited Richard on a flight in his Globe Swift. Bach attended Long Beach State College in 1955.īach's first airplane flight occurred at age 14, when his mother was campaigning for a seat on the council of Long Beach, California. His father was an American Red Cross chapter manager. In late August 2012, Bach was severely injured when on approach to landing at Friday Harbor, Washington, his aircraft clipped some power lines and crashed upside down in a field.īach was born in Oak Park, Illinois, to Roland R. He has flown as a hobby since the age of 17. Bach is noted for his love of aviation and for his books related to flying in a metaphorical context. His books espouse his philosophy that our apparent physical limits and mortality are merely appearance. ![]() Most of Bach's books have been semi-autobiographical, using actual or fictionalized events from his life to illustrate his philosophy. ![]() His works include Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970) and Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977), both of which were among the 1970s' biggest sellers. He has written numerous works of fiction and also non-fiction flight-related titles. Richard David Bach (born June 23, 1936) is an American writer. ![]() ![]() I have held visiting positions at Caltech, Queen Mary (University of London) and Keio University (Tokyo), and fellowships at the Folger, Huntington, New York Public Library, National Maritime Museum and Bard Graduate Center. I am on secondment from the University of York, where I was Director of the Centre for Renaissance & Early Modern Studies (CREMS) from its creation in 2005 to 2011. My exhibition, Decoding the Renaissance: 500 Years of Codes and Ciphers, runs at the Folger Shakespeare Library from November 2014 to March 2015. ![]() I am working on a study of visual marginalia called The Reader's Eye, a collection of essays on Renaissance Collage (edited with Juliet Fleming and Adam Smyth), a reconstruction of the art- and book-collections of Walter and Louise Arensberg (with Mark Nelson) and an edition of Christopher Marlowe's The Jew of Malta (edited with Chloe Preedy for Arden Early Modern Drama). I have published widely on the history of books and readers and the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries and much of my current work explores the interface between word and image and the relationship between knowledge and power. Research InterestsMy research is driven by a love of archives and other collections, and an interest in how objects from the past come down to us, what they pick up along the way and how they speak across time and space. ![]() ![]() Terracotta bust of William Shakespeare, by John Michael Rysbrack, England, ca. ![]() |