Kidnapped as a young boy and sold into slavery by a power-hungry mobster, he has thought of nothing but vengeance. Although she is frightened by the strong, sadistic, and arrogant man who holds her prisoner, what keeps Olivia awake in the dark is her unwelcome attraction to him.Ĭaleb is a man with a singular interest in revenge. She has a dark sensuality that cannot be hidden or denied, though she tries to accomplish both. Olivia is young, beautiful, naïve and willful to a fault. His name is Caleb, though he demands to be called Master. Blindfolded and bound, there is only a calm male voice to welcome her. If Caleb is to get close enough to strike, he must become the very thing he abhors and kidnap a beautiful girl to train her to be all that he once was.Eighteen-year-old Olivia Ruiz has just woken up in a strange place. Finally, the architect of his suffering has emerged with a new identity, but not a new nature. For twelve years he has immersed himself in the world of pleasure slaves searching for the one man he holds ultimately responsible. “Caleb is a man with a singular interest in revenge.
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5/23/2023 0 Comments Replay book by sharon creechWith the universal theme of finding one's true identity, and set amid a loud, noisy, memorable family, Leo's story is one that all kids will relate to. Replay by Sharon Creech Twelve-year-old Leo feels like a sardine, squashed in the middle of his large bustling. When a young boy reluctantly becomes involved in his school play, he takes on not just the role he has to play, but also a journey of discovery about his. But in the play that is his life, he is eager to discover what part will be his. As an actor in the school play, he is poised and ready for the curtain to open. That's why he's called "fog boy." He's always dreaming, always replaying things in his brain. With the backdrop of a large family and a theater as its frame, this is a story about twelve-year-old Leo, who has a talent for transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. But because I unreservedly love some of her books - Walk Two Moons, Chasing Redbird, Love That Dog, The Wanderer - I always give her new ones a try. Now with fresh and gorgeous new cover art, this touching tale has received many starred reviews, and was called a "warm, funny, philosophical novel" by Kirkus Reviews. Now with fresh and gorgeous new cover art, this touching tale has received many starred reviews, and was called a 'warm, funny, philosophical novel' by Kirkus. Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech's inspired novel tells the story of a boy who fantasizes about who he is in order to discover who he will become. Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech's inspired novel tells the story of a boy who fantasizes about who he is in order to discover who he will become. 5/23/2023 0 Comments Meg wolitzer the female persuasionTopicality aside, it’s simply a great book. But those aren’t the only reasons you should read it. Take Meg Wolitzer’s highly anticipated twelfth novel, The Female Persuasion, which is being trumpeted as a specifically feminist triumph, a novel that’s “ right for the #MeToo moment,” and that “ captures our era’s gender politics.” Yes, it is, and it does. By contrast, any secondary female character in a recent DC or Marvel movie would love an arc as nuanced and interesting as Jessica’s neighbor, Malcolm. (They are usually talking, as they should be, about Jessica Jones.)Įven there, male characters are developed and intelligent, with their own goals, thoughts, and feelings. Do female artists treat men better than male artists treat women? Take, for example, the second season of Jessica Jones, which plants you in a deeply reverse-Bechdel-test world where minutes, if not hours, can pass before two men are seen onscreen together, let alone talking about someone or something besides a woman. 5/23/2023 0 Comments Heated rivalry rachel reid onlineI was also a little worried about how much it would overlap with Role Model, since I knew the two books took place during the same season. I was afraid there might be some plots I didn’t like, like a breakup or a jealousy storyline. Namely that the sequel might ruin my love of the first book. Reflecting on it, I did have a few concerns going in. It had everything I wanted in it and was just adorable and lovely and I’m obsessed! I don’t think this could have been a more perfect sequel. Keeping their secret is taking a toll, and while they’re just as in love with each other as ever, the two of them need to decide of their relationship is worth risking their careers for. Shane and Ilya are at the top of their game, but even though they only live a couple of hours away from each other and spend all of the time together that they possibly can, it’s not enough. The Long Game picks up a couple of years after Heated Rivalry and overlaps in time with Role Model. The Long Game by Rachel Reid is easily one of my most anticipated reads of the year, and I don’t think I could have asked for a more perfect sequel for Shane and Ilya! Keep reading to hear what I loved about this book so much! My research interests focus on Vikings, Old Norse-Icelandic sagas, Norse mythology, and poetry, medieval manuscripts, medieval Iceland, women and gender, and identity issues more broadly. I also work as a historical consultant for documentaries and feature films. I am currently working on a number of projects, including an edition of a medieval law code, and a new book about Vikings. My most recent book is Valkyrie: The Women of the Viking World, published by Bloomsbury in 2020. I have published numerous articles, an edited volume and two books about medieval literature and manuscripts, and I have edited scholarly publications in the same fields. I held research fellowships at the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies in Reykjavík and at Harvard University from 2010 to 2016, I was a lecturer at Yale University from 2017 to 2019 and I currently work at the National Library of Norway. I studied at universities in Reykjavík, Iceland, and Brighton before completing my doctorate in medieval literature from the University of Oxford in 2010. My work is about Vikings, medieval Iceland and the reception of these in the modern era. I am a medievalist and literary scholar by training. 5/22/2023 0 Comments Adam nevill the ritualThe tension Nevill creates is palpable from the first page. The weather, the conflict between friends, the terrain the guys are crossing are all described in a way to create a feeling of claustrophobia. After a fitful sleep full of nightmares, they set off to find a way out, but it seems the forest has different plans. Something is tracking them and begins to pick them off one-by-one. When one of the guys gets hurt, they look for a short cut through an ancient forest. Poor choice. They come across an abandoned building and decide to seek shelter from the unrelenting rain. They aren’t alone. There is some kind of altar to something unfamiliar. The Storyįour friends go on holiday to hike in Sweden. In this edition: Adam Nevill’s The Ritual vs. In this piece, we will review the story then discuss the differences between the page and the screen and decide which one is the better storyteller. The Exorcist, Jaws, and The Shining to name a few. Some say that the movie will never do the book justice (I’m one of them), but occasionally, screenwriters and directors adapt the original stories into visual masterpieces that are so horrifying they fuel the nightmares of generations. Some of the greatest horror films found life in the pages of a book first. 5/22/2023 0 Comments Immortal Hulk, Vol. 7 by Al EwingThor, after getting his skull cracked, even says, “he is stronger than he was. Instead, he nearly kills several team members, and might possibly have succeeded if not for intervention by the others. Not to mention, despite his love of using his words, he at no point tries to talk the Avengers out of a fight. As quoted above, when called “Devil Hulk,” he just smiles and leans into it. Present are his trademark toothy grin, his penchant for psychological manipulation, and his verbose nature, but this issue also gives the readers another key piece of this new Hulk’s personality: he doesn’t mind being seen as the villain. Ewing has been teasing readers with hints of the nature of this incarnation of the Hulk for the entire run, only giving bits and pieces of his personality and motivations, but, so far, he has been downright creepy every time he shows up. 5/22/2023 0 Comments Wonder palacioIn August of 2002, 2 months before he was born, the doctors realized something was wrong with his face and dismissed it as a cleft palate. His mother had his elder sister, Olivia, in 1998, and saw no reason to run any tests. Before he was born, no one knew what he was going to look like, and therefore no one expected anything out of the ordinary. He is the only son of Isabel and Nate Pullman and the younger brother of Olivia Pullman.Īuggie was born August Matthew Pullman October 10th, 2002. Though he struggled at first to show his classmates that despite his appearance, he was really an ordinary kid, he eventually succeeded in proving that there was more to him than meets the eye. He was born with a facial deformity, a combination of Treacher Collins syndrome and a hemifacial microsomia, which prevented him from going to a mainstream school up until the fifth grade when he enrolled at Beecher Prep. 10 October 2002) is the main protagonist in Wonder. I know ordinary kids don't get stared at wherever they go."Īugust Matthew "Auggie" Pullman (b. But I know ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. "I know I'm not an ordinary ten-year-old kid. 5/22/2023 0 Comments The seine elaine sciolinoShe discovers the story of Sequana - the Gallo-Roman healing goddess who gave the Seine its name - and follows the river through Paris, where it determined the city’s destiny and now snakes through all aspects of daily life. Sciolino explores the Seine through its rich history and lively characters: a bargewoman, a riverbank bookseller, a houseboat dweller, a famous cinematographer known for capturing the river’s light. In The Seine, she tells the story of that river from its source on a remote plateau of Burgundy to the wide estuary where its waters meet the sea, and the cities, tributaries, islands, ports, and bridges in between. A vibrant, enchanting tour of the Seine from longtime New York Times foreign correspondent and best-selling author Elaine Sciolino.Įlaine Sciolino came to Paris as a young foreign correspondent and was seduced by a river. In the movie- maybe because Hallstrom knows everyone bought a ticket for the romance on the beach- the Kevin storyline feels like an afterthought, and it's generally irritating to cut back to him. It lends the book a lot of tension, as you dread the inevitable moment when he finds her, and helps balance out a lot of the sap of the romantic scenes. Surprisingly enough Nicholas Sparks isn't a half-bad detective novelist for half of Safe Haven, following Kevin as he hunts down Katie and getting into his brain as he rationalizes his behavior. There's no actual suspense about how Kevin finds Katie. It gives them the chance to have the fight scene that always occurs around the 2/3 mark of a movie, but come on, this is a Nicholas Sparks joint- we all know the score, and it's ok to move past that and back into the kissing in the rain. Making matters worse, Alex (Josh Duhamel) eventually sees the wanted poster at the police station and confronts Katie about it, somehow also convinced that she's secretly a killer on the lam. It's basically the same idea as keeping Kevin's true identity a mystery- putting in a potential twist that the audience is way too smart to fall for. As a tactic to hunt her down, Kevin lists Katie in some kind of national detective database as a murderer, which gets a wanted poster put up in the Southport police station with her face on it. We're supposed to wonder if Katie is actually a murderer. |