5/13/2023 0 Comments Ruthless gods![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sounds very Angelina circa 1999 if you ask me.Īphrodite is probably one of the most familiar of the goddesses, but in my opinion, with the oddest back story. She was often depicted as an extreme beauty, dressed in black with a dark halo, emerging from her sexy lair Tartarus in the depths of the underworld. Nyx had many children- all of which embody something gloominous connected to the night, such as Hypnos (the personification of sleep), Moros (god of impending doom) or Nemesis (goddess of retribution). She brings the darkness, and all the dirty secrets hiding in the shadows such as dreams, sexual pleasures and death. Since Nyx depicted the literal concept of night, she is seen as a catalyst to our darkest desires and actions. She happened to be so powerful that Homer himself called her the ‘subduer of gods and men’, and even big baller Zeus got spooked by the awesome power of Nyx. Said to be the first entity born of original Chaos, Nyx was regarded as one of, if not the most beautiful primordial deity to have ever reigned. ![]()
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![]() Honoria, the youngest of the children, tagged along after her brother and his friend on their adventures. Being an only child, Marcus was enfolded into the Smythe-Smith clan and got his first taste of family. Honoria Smythe-Smith and Marcus Holroyd, Lord Chatteris, have been friends since Marcus met her brother Daniel at school. The young debutantes who are about to make their come-out to the ton don’t mirror today’s girls who emulate Lady Gaga or talk about sex on their cell phones in public places. Traditionally Quinn’s characters reflect their time. I’m in the camp of those who appreciate her books. ![]() ![]() Very few readers walk away without an opinion on whether Quinn’s writing is enjoyable or not. ![]() Consequently, even though some of her plots are gritty and hard-hitting and some of her characters are conflicted, controversy reigns over her novels. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments The Reckoning by Sharon Kay Penman![]() ![]() He has named his charming but untrustworthy brother Davydd as heir, knowing full well the dangers.Īnd so the players are in place and the game – if life and death, love and war can be a game – poised to play itself out to its bloody finale as English and Welsh cross swords in a reckoning that must mean disaster for one side or the other. Once plighted to Simon’s daughter, Ellen, but released from that troth by her father’s death, Llewelyn has never married. For his Welsh ally Llewelyn ap Gruffydd, ruling uneasily over his fractious countrymen, they have meant a tense, unstable truce with Edward, now casting covetous eyes on Wales. In truth, though Henry wears the crown, his son Edward rules the kingdom.įor Simon de Montfort’s family, these years have meant anguish and exile. Five years have passed since the brutal slaying of Simon de Montfort assured this puppet king his throne. England, 1271: The last year in the reign of Henry III. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She realizes that Jamie will be starting soon, so she secretly teaches herself to walk because she can’t bear the thought of being alone with Mam. ![]() Ada goes away in her head to a happy place in order to deal with the terror she feels. Mam locks Ada in a tiny cabinet overnight, with the roaches. Jamie gets caught stealing food from a butcher, and he tells Mam it was for Ada. Although Ada was born with the clubfoot, her mother says it is her own fault. Ada is forced to stay indoors, but Mam says Jamie can go where he wants because he is normal. Mam calls her a monster, a disgrace and a cripple. She has been taking care of Jamie since he was a baby because her mother works nights and sleeps during the day.Īda’s mother (Mam) hits and verbally abuses Ada. Ada has a clubfoot and is unable to walk so she crawls to get around. Ada Smith is 10 years old and has never left the one room apartment where she lives with her abusive mother and 6-year-old brother, Jamie. ![]() ![]() On Tuesday night, she finally published a tweet with a link to “Lemonade” and the note “yosra i hope you’re proud of us.” Yosra El-Essawy, a friend of Ms. She did not promote “Lemonade” or even tease its existence on social media. In the days after her work was proclaimed by one of the world’s most influential black female artists, Ms. Her first full poetry collection, “Extreme Girlhood,” is expected in the next year or so. In 2014, she was appointed the first Young Poet Laureate of London. ![]() Shire has published chapbooks of poetry - including “Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth” in 2011 and “Her Blue Body” in 2015 - but much of her reputation was built online by publishing on Tumblr and using Twitter like an open notebook. ![]() ![]() And her international following, captivated by her quiet charisma and compulsively shareable lines, may be as devoted as the Beyhive. Shire with “film adaptation and poetry,” may catapult her to a new level of pop-culture fame, but she is already known to many as a compelling voice on black womanhood and the African diaspora - one particularly resonant in the digital age. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Ruthless people book![]() ![]() ― Ray Bradbury, quote from Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated TalesīookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, Let’s crawl around and act exciting and pull the trigger. Is it claustrophobia, fear of crowds, or common sense? Can one man be right, while all the world thinks they are right? Let’s not think about it. Who are we, anyway? The majority? Is that the answer? The majority is always holy, is it not? Always, always just never wrong for one little insignificant tiny moment, is it? Never ever wrong in ten million years? He thought: What is this majority and who are in it? And what do they think and how did they get that way and will they ever change and how the devil did I get caught in this rotten majority? I don’t feel comfortable. I hate this feeling of thinking I’m doing right when I’m not really certain I am. ![]() ![]() To sneak around and make plans and feel big about making them. I hate being clever, thought the captain, when you don’t really feel clever and don’t want to be clever. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments Ruins dan wells![]() Kira, Samm, and Marcus fight to prevent a final war between Partials and h. The winner will be the last one standing, and his prize is the final and most terrible solitude this world has ever known. Read 1,469 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. ![]() They are in a desperate race toward the final death. Too selfish to live in peace, and too proud to stop our wars long after they ceased to have any real meaning.The only thing left of any value on this entire planet is their lives, but that’s not worth anything while the other guy still has his, so they kill each other. Not because it was time, not because the world moved past us, but because we, as a people, were fools. Description Author Dan Wells is back with the sequel to the sci-fi blockbuster Partials, which Pittacus Lore called a 'thrilling sci-fi adrenaline rush, with one of the most compelling and frightening visions of Earths future Ive seen yet. ![]() Human thought-the glorious zenith of five billion years of evolution-will go out like a candle, gone forever. The world will forget that we were ever here. Rivers will keep flowing, the sun and the moon will keep turning, vines will creep up across the cars and the concrete. ![]() The world will go on, the planet and the life that lives on it. “Do you know what’s going to happen when the world ends? We call it the end of the world, but it’s only the end of us. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The first thing I thought was that I was in some sort of sacred precincts attached to some sort of idol-temple, where a number of old, semi-petrified, but still living teraphim or images, representing some sort of worship, were kept alive and fed. He laughed also, and we thought no more of the incident, but went and had our lunch.įor the first time in my life, I saw a number of beings who, from their poor, mis-shapen bodies or distorted countenances, seemed hardly human. I could not help laughing and remarking that the whole picture of a huge dead tree, with gaunt and whitened branches and a hollow trunk blasted by lightning, standing by itself amongst the reeds and oozy mud at the margin of a desolate swamp, and a large and deadly snake lying quivering in death across its gnarled and withered roots was peculiarly weird, almost Satanic. I was not quite certain at the time whether I was fully inside my body, or like a sort of atmosphere standing out about a quarter of an inch outside it. ![]() ![]() To begin with, I thought it was no use making a new start in life unless I began it with a really good hat. ![]() ![]() ![]() The covers in this series are rendered by Colorado artist Robert Spellman. ![]() The Shambhala Pocket Library is a collection of short, portable teachings from notable figures across religious traditions and classic texts. Designed for on-the-go inspiration,this is a perfect guide to Buddhist principles and the foundations of meditation and mindfulness. Here she presents teachings on breaking free of destructive patterns developing patience, kindness, and joy amid our everyday struggles becoming fearless and unlocking our natural warmth, intelligence, and goodness. Pema Chödrön, beloved Buddhist nun and best-selling author, offers this treasury of 108 short selections from her more than four decades of study and writings. ![]() A portable collection of short inspirational readings by “one of the world's wisest women”-the American Buddhist teacher and author of When Things Fall Apart ( O, the Oprah Magazine) ![]() ![]() ![]() They're currently casting, so it's moving along well. Because Shakespeare may have gotten the story wrong, but we all still know how it ends. The same people who did (500) Days of Summer, Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber, wrote the screenplay and it's terrific. The teen years are a very emotional and intense time, and I think it's a time we that we can all relate to and remember."Ĭan you tell us what you know about the plans to turn your book into a movie? Adults love YA because at the end of the day, they're good stories and page-turners. "One of the things that defines YA is a really strong narrative. What do you consider the hallmarks of the YA genre? Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte has been my all-time favorite book since I was in middle school." ![]() She's my absolute favorite young adult author. I think that one of the reasons Shakespeare withstands the test of time is that his themes are so universal." "It's certainly not the first story of star-crossed lovers, but in our collective dialogue, it seems to be the one that has really stuck. ![]() |