![]() ![]() Hari could still see his sister’s eyes, broken with sorrow, her bleeding hands clutching her naked belly. The Magi might not want a child this time, but he was a man of deep, violent lusts. He would rather die than to see Dela endure the same fate as his sister. The horror of that possibility staggered him. ![]() If the Magi takes hold of Dela, he will just not kill her. Inside of slowly building up a scene, she prefers to spell out everything the characters are feeling without subtlety and – ironically, considering how Ms Liu loves her similes – grace. The first half of the book is really tough for me because Ms Liu seems to operate under the principle that there is no flowery phrase that she doesn’t like and doesn’t use. Just like how I often find Christine Feehan’s prose clumsy and laborious and her attempts at humor artificial, I find Marjorie M Liu’s reliance on short, incomplete sentences and telling as opposed to showing just as hard to get into. Marjorie M Liu’s debut Tiger Eye is compared to Christine Feehan‘s books and aside from the sequel-itis that inflict both authors when it comes to their books, I can see why the comparison crops up. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Yet motivating the troops to the point where they are ready to give their lives for the Cause, as well as each other, is much more so still. Organizing, equipping, supplying and training an army is difficult enough. Ancient or modern, what sets war apart is that this cooperation must be achieved and maintained in the face, not just of every kind of hardship but of an enemy who is deliberately trying to kill you. However, war is not like building a pyramid. To be sure, the requirement for cooperation is similar in peace and war. As, for example, when 100,000 men spent twenty years erecting the great pyramid at Giza. To accomplish anything great the cooperation of many people is required. When the bodies lie cold and stiff and the survivors mourn over them, those in charge have not done their duty, said the ancient Chinese commander/philosopher Wu Zu. ![]() That is why, though it may come but once in a hundred years, it must be prepared for every day. As current events in Tigray are showing once again, neither the old nor the young are immune against its horrors. When hard meets hard it rules over the existence of every single country, government, and individual. War is the most important thing in the world. ![]() While aimed at German readers and focusing on the state of the German Bundeswehr, I hope it will interest some non-German readers as well. Note: This is a somewhat edited version of an article I did for a German magazine. ![]() ![]() ![]() I never got the impression that she thought like someone born and raised in the 18th century. Elizabeth is nearly as outspoken and stubborn as Claire is, but she is at times far too modern in her attitudes. I liked the main characters, for the most part. The novel follows the adventures of Elizabeth and Nathaniel, as they elope, flee together into the Mohawk lands, and try to stay one step ahead of Nathaniel's arch-rival, Richard Todd. ![]() She soon meets and falls in love with Nathaniel Bonner, a white man who was raised by Native Americans. The book tells the story of a twenty-nine-year-old Englishwoman, Elizabeth Middleton, who travels to a remote area of New York State in 1792, to take up residence there with her father and brother. I've heard many OUTLANDER fans talk about Sara Donati's novel, INTO THE WILDERNESS, and finally decided to read it for myself. ![]() ![]() ![]() Their first attempt at a one-night stand fails, as does their second, and their third, because being with Quan is more than sex-he accepts Anna on an unconditional level that she has just started to understand herself. That’s where tattooed, motorcycle-riding Quan Diep comes in. The more unacceptable the men, the better. Translation: She's going to embark on a string of one-night stands. And when her longtime boyfriend announces he wants an open relationship before making a final commitment, a hurt and angry Anna decides that if he wants an open relationship, then she does, too. ![]() When violinist Anna Sun accidentally achieves career success with a viral YouTube video, she finds herself incapacitated and burned out from her attempts to replicate that moment. A woman struggling with burnout learns to embrace the unexpected-and the man she enlists to help her-in this heartfelt new romance by USA Today bestselling author Helen Hoang. ![]() ![]() Narrator Johanna Parker inhabits Sookie - and breathes life into the undead and all kinds of creepy and kooky characters. Along with plot twists, romantic entanglements, intriguing characters, supernatural conflicts, and murder mysteries, this urban fantasy series hooks listeners with biting satirical commentary. ![]() If only she weren’t so powerless against her hunky vampire boyfriend, Bill. In each novel, she’s on the frontlines of trying to mitigate the havoc of otherworldly creatures on the human world of Bon Temps. Sookie Stackhouse, a telepathic with a down-to-earth personality and spicy sense of humor, is uniquely qualified to deal with the weres (as in werewolves) and shape-shifters who have come out of their closets around the Bayou. ![]() And, oh yeah, she hears the secret thoughts of all kinds of humans and other creatures. Sookie Stackhouse is a bubbly barmaid in Louisiana - with a vampire for a boyfriend. ![]() ![]() ![]() the sparks between them blaze hotter and hotter until it explodes into something sinfully delicious. These are the men I'm not supposed to love but that I can't help but become obsessed with. Maybe he’s just going to be in town and thought it would be polite to say hello. ![]() "Nobody writes a broken hero the way that Laurelin Paige does. Try our free service - convert any of your text to speech More than 10 english voices It has to be something if he’s calling you. DIRTY FILTHY RICH LOVE was a seductive masterpiece! This is the kind of romance that puts goosebumps on your skin, a huge smile on your face, and definite imprint on your heart." Paige always steps up her game with every single new release she grants us with. This book was everything that I wanted, craved and needed. ![]() It was dirty, filthy, and dangerously intoxicating!!!. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. "Dirty Filthy Rich Love was one sinful decadent treat. Dirty Filthy Rich Men (Dirty Duet, 1) Published March 27th 2017 by Paige Press LLC. ![]() ![]() ![]() When I first read it, Steinbeck’s book caught me at an opportune moment. ![]() How could I not be influenced? Like Hemingway, Steinbeck’s is a voice with an authoritative tone. It was the time I discovered Jack Kerouac who also influenced me. That is probably why I link him and Steinbeck. Hemingway was another of those writers I read at the time I read Travels With Charlie. ![]() He is one of those great figures of American literature. Remember, Steinbeck was the man who wrote the classic, Grapes of Wrath, as well as other well-read and studied novels-with-a-basis-in-fact. The writing is a little different in style to what we find these days. It is a travelog, a story of his journey in his truck-camper across the USA, a story of the places he drove through and the people he met in them. ![]() Steinbeck’s book speaks of a different America, one now long gone. Then, I found it a good read, much as I was rediscovering it to be now. Rereading it, I should say, for I first read the book back in the seventies, I think it was, back in my restless years. I indulged in this bout of laziness while reading John Steinbeck’s Travels With Charley-In Search of America. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Basically rehashing the story just through a different character. I feared that there would be too many scenes from the original trilogy that would be from Cardan’s point of view. I wasn’t sure what to expect when I picked up this book and started reading but it still blew all my expectations away. Each chapter is paired with lavish and luminous full-colour art, making this the perfect collector’s item to be enjoyed by audiences both new and old.Īn irresistible return to the captivating world of Elfhame from bestselling Folk of the Air author Holly Black, with stunning full-colour illustrations by Rovina Cai. ![]() This new instalment in the Folk of the Air series is a return to the heart-racing romance, danger, humour and drama that enchanted readers everywhere. This tale includes delicious details of life before The Cruel Prince, an adventure beyond The Queen of Nothing, and familiar but pivotal moments from The Folk of the Air trilogy, told wholly from Cardan’s perspective. In this sumptuously illustrated tale, Holly Black reveals a deeper look into the dramatic life of Elfhame’s enigmatic high king. Once upon a time, there was a boy with a wicked tongue…īefore Cardan was a cruel prince or a wicked king, he was a faerie child with a heart of stone. Trigger warnings: death, blood, violence, threats ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His novels An Artist of the Floating World (1986), When We Were Orphans (2000), and Never Let Me Go (2005) were all shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2017. His latest novel is The Buried Giant, a New York Times bestseller. His fourth novel, The Unconsoled, won the 1995 Cheltenham Prize. Ishiguro received the 1989 Man Booker prize for his third novel The Remains of the Day. His second novel, An Artist of the Floating World, won the 1986 Whitbread Prize. His first novel, A Pale View of Hills, won the 1982 Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize. Ishiguro obtained his Bachelor's degree from the University of Kent in 1978 and his Master's from the University of East Anglia's creative writing course in 1980. Sir Kazuo Ishiguro (カズオ・イシグロ or 石黒 一雄), OBE, FRSA, FRSL is a British novelist of Japanese origin and Nobel Laureate in Literature (2017). ![]() ![]() It tells how a dad is swapped from one child to the next, blissfully unaware of his fate because he is too busy reading the paper.Īnd now a dad is back, centre stage, in Fortunately, the Milk. Gaiman is not only a "ridiculously bestselling author", as it says on the cover of Fortunately, the Milk, but he also writes wildly inventive and exciting children's fiction.īefore all of these, in 1997, came The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, which, like The Wolves in the Walls, was illustrated by Dave McKean. Coraline (2002), an eerie tale in which a parallel mother seems more loving than the protagonist's actual parent but has sewn-on button eyes, is an original and exciting piece of storytelling The Wolves in the Walls (2003) is as nightmarish as the title suggests The Graveyard Book (2008), in which an orphaned boy is adopted by the graveyard's inhabitants, won both the Carnegie medal in the UK and the Newbery medal in the US. Probably best known for his adult novels, comics and films, Gaiman isn't one of those writers who occasionally "dabbles" in children's fiction. A fellow author recently commented that when Gaiman talks, people clap. ![]() ![]() ![]() he has more than 1.8 million followers on Twitter, with a cult following both online and in the flesh. ![]() |
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