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Review young mungo5/29/2023 The two become friends and soon develop a romance, which becomes their first relationship that does not involve constant acts of violence. One day, he sees James, a Catholic boy who lives across the street from him and who built a dovecote to raise poultry, through his window. Months earlier, Mungo was living at home being cared for by his sister Jodie, with the constant threat of being taken away by social services in the absence of his mother, Maureen. Christopher and Gallowgate, who plan to take him fishing to learn how to be a man. The novel opens with Mungo Hamilton, a 15-year-old Scottish teenager, preparing for a trip with two men who his mother met at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, St. The novel was critically acclaimed and was chosen as one of the books of the year by publications such as The Washington Post, Time, Reader's Digest, The Telegraph and Vanity Fair. It is Stuart's second novel, following his Booker Prize-winning debut Shuggie Bain (2020). The novel follows Mungo Hamilton, a gay teenager living in early 1990s Glasgow who falls in love with a boy named James and must confront the homophobia, toxic masculinity and religious conflicts of the society of his time. It was published by Grove Press on 5 April 2022 and by Picador on 14 April 2022. Young Mungo is a 2022 novel by Scottish-American writer Douglas Stuart.
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One Hundred Demons by Lynda Barry5/29/2023 "Dancing," for instance, tells of Barry's childhood enthusiasm for hula dancing. The somewhat random subjects of each story bear this out: Dancing, Hate, San Francisco, Dogs, Girlness, etc. Treating the book as something of a Zen exercise, Barry has claimed that, with no determined direction, each piece began as a word or phrase on a notecard. The titular "one hundred demons" are actually seventeen vignettes from the author's life, mostly from her childhood. Whatever she wants to call it, Barry's book creates a poignant mix of what makes our lives both comical and sad. This third installment examines Barry's "One Hundred Demons" (Sasquatch Books 224pp HC $24.95), the first work of (nearly) non-fiction by the veteran alternative weekly cartoonist. ix has dedicated each week in October to covering a different volume. No fewer than four semi-autobiographical books about growing up, all by women cartoonists, have appeared or will appear this fall. Barry classifies her book as "autobifictionalography." Should libraries start a new section? Maybe. Follow Barry's new book may present a problem for the librarians smart enough to purchase it.
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It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover5/28/2023 The writing style of Colleen Hoover is childish and cringy, as the book attempts to portray its ideals as significant but the poor writing by Hoover makes it close to unreadable. The main three issues with It Starts With Us were the lack of character development, weak writing style, and Hoover’s excessive comparison of Lily’s two love interests, Atlas and Ryle. It Starts With Us further develops the relationship between the three protagonists, utilizing its dual-point-of-view narration to explore the obstacles that Atlas and Lily face throughout the novel. However, the same cannot be said about its sequel. The first book, although it was not revolutionary or exceptionally enjoyable, had an interesting plot that kept one wanting to keep reading. Given that It Ends With Us is very poorly written literature, and had very mixed reviews and opinions, many avid readers had relatively low expectations for this novel. Most of It Ends With Us deals with Lily’s past romance with a kind but poor man named Atlas, and her current romance with a neurosurgeon named Ryle. The two novels follow the story of Lily Bloom, a girl who grew up with a difficult childhood, throughout her journey into adulthood and romance. It Starts With Us is the sequel to author Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel, It Ends With Us, published in 2016 and recently popularized through social media platforms such as TikTok.
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Rebecca roanhorse star wars5/28/2023 Let’s hope that the backlash against Roanhorse fizzles out, and her experience doesn’t further put off authors from tackling Star Wars novels. While Star Wars is always going to be an emotional subject for fans, especially when controversial decisions are being floated, it’s a shame that a vocal minority of people are making it harder for those working on the franchise to do their jobs. The negative attitude of some Star Wars fans has also driven Daisy Ridley off social media, although it’s led others like John Boyega to take on trolls with parody videos. As EpicStream point out, the Star Wars publisher Del Rey are even finding it hard to recruit authors to write for their series, due to the intense reactions the works can produce. It’s especially depressing that Roanhorse appears to be receiving this backlash for somehow representing an unacceptable voice for Star Wars, with her case echoing the sad treatment of Kelly Marie Tran. So maybe go do something good & creative.” Star Wars: Resistance Reborn, written by Hugo- and Nebula Award-nominated author Rebecca Roanhorse ( Trail of Lightning ), kicks off right after the events of The Last Jedi, following General Leia Organa, Poe Dameron, Finn, and Rey as they endeavor to resurrect and rebuild the Resistance in the wake of their defeat at the hands of the First Order. “Both parties could spend their time doing so much more than allowing me to park in their brainspace rent free…I know a lot of hate comes from trying to preserve the power they fear losing. Reflecting on the trend, Roanhorse wished that differences over the franchise could be put aside, saying:
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Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim5/28/2023 Maia's task is further complicated when she draws the attention of the court magician, Edan, whose piercing eyes seem to see straight through her disguise. Backstabbing and lies run rampant as the tailors compete in challenges to prove their artistry and skill. There's just one catch: Maia is one of twelve tailors vying for the job. She knows her life is forfeit if her secret is discovered, but she'll take that risk to achieve her dream and save her family from ruin. When a royal messenger summons her ailing father, once a tailor of renown, to court, Maia poses as a boy and takes his place. Maia Tamarin dreams of becoming the greatest tailor in the land, but as a girl, the best she can hope for is to marry well. Project Runway meets Mulan in this sweeping YA fantasy about a young girl who poses as a boy to compete for the role of imperial tailor and embarks on an impossible journey to sew three magic dresses, from the sun, the moon, and the stars.
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A Perfect Equation by Elizabeth Everett5/28/2023 Readying herself to compete for the prestigious Rosewood Prize for Mathematics, she is suddenly asked to take on another responsibility-managing Athena’s Retreat, a secret haven for England’s women scientists. Six years ago, Letitia Fenley made a mistake, and she’s lived with the consequences ever since. How do you solve the Perfect Equation? Add one sharp-tongued mathematician to an aloof, handsome nobleman. Divide by conflicting loyalties and multiply by a daring group of women hell-bent on conducting their scientific experiments. The solution is a romance that will break every rule. Thank you Berkley and NetGalley for a free eARC of this novel and for including me in your blog blitz! All thoughts and opinions are of my own.Īvailable: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | BookShop A Perfect Equation By Elizabeth Everett Rating: 4.5/5
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He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613, where he died three years later. Between 15 he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part owner of the playing company the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. Scholars believe that he died on his fifty-second birthday, coinciding with St George’s Day.Īt the age of 18 he married Anne Hathaway, who bore him three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. His plays have been translated into every major living language, and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. His surviving works consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "The Bard"). William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.
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More by Austin Clarke5/28/2023 The title of the poem, taken in conjunction with Clarke’s well-known fondness for Gaelic poetry, gives a clue as to what it may be about. In my experience as a frazzled English teacher ‘The Lost Heifer’ always provoked puzzled reactions from my students. This theme occupied Clarke for much of his poetic career. It is also interesting to note that ‘The Blackbird of Derrycairn’ has as its main theme the conflict between pagan and Christian values, here represented by an imagined conversation between St. The three poems selected by Martin are, however, good examples of the way many Irish poets transposed some of the stylistic devices associated with this type of poetry into English verse. ‘The Lost Heifer’, ‘The Blackbird of Derrycairn’, and ‘The Planter’s Daughter’ brought back fond memories of English classes long ago! The Clarke poems selected in Augustine Martin’s infamous Interim (!) Anthology don’t give a comprehensive view of his range as a poet but they do display his enthusiasm for Gaelic poetry. Recently I was browsing through my precious, dog-eared and scribbled-on copy of Soundings and came across the three Austin Clarke poems featured in that anthology.
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Great soul by joseph lelyveld5/28/2023 The man himself emerges as one of history's most remarkable self-creations, a prosperous lawyer who became an ascetic in a loincloth wholly dedicated to political and social action. Joseph Lelyveld shows how Gandhi's sense of mission, social values, and philosophy of nonviolent resistance were shaped on another subcontinent - during two decades in South Africa - and then tested by an India that quickly learned to revere him as a Mahatma, or "Great Soul," while following him only a small part of the way to the social transformation he envisioned. A book on Mahatma Gandhi that deepens our sense of his achievements and disappointments - his success in seizing India's imagination and shaping its independence struggle as a mass movement, his recognition late in life that few of his followers paid more than lip service to his ambitious goals of social justice for the country's minorities, outcasts, and rural poor.
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Jane harper the lost man5/28/2023 Did he choose to walk to his death? Because if he didn't, the isolation of the outback leaves few suspects. The Bright family's quiet existence is thrown into grief and anguish. But today, the scant shadow it casts was the last hope for their middle brother, Cameron. They are at the stockman's grave, a landmark so old that no one can remember who is buried there. In an isolated part of Australia, they are each other's nearest neighbour, their homes hours apart. Two brothers meet at the remote border of their vast cattle properties under the unrelenting sun of the outback. Whatever had been going through Cameron's mind when he was alive, he didn't look peaceful in death. ' haunting family mystery' Sunday Times 'A riveting, deeply atmospheric read' Mail on Sunday ' Just as good - perhaps even better - than Harper's excellent thrillers The Dry and Force of Nature' Observer He had started to remove his clothes as logic had deserted him, and his skin was cracked. |