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![]() Fractured has a broken glass effect around the edges: where were they going to go with Shattered that was beyond this? But when I saw the gorgeous cover to Fractured, while I loved it, it raised one doubt in my mind. Fractured didn’t go through as much evolution as Slated, now that we had the basic look of the trilogy: the only thing that changed along the way was the choice of image. The photographer did a photo shoot with the same model for the next covers. You can see there the different versions the cover went through, and how it almost didn’t happen when the photographer couldn’t be contacted and was only tracked down at the last minute. ![]() ![]() There was a long story behind the Slated cover, and I’ve blogged about it before ( ). ![]() I’ve been SO lucky with my covers with the Slated trilogy: I love them all. ![]() ![]() Zoey casts the circle and asks for guidance. She finds out that Stevie Rae is mostly normal now and the only differences she experiences is an intense aversion to sunlight, and that Aphrodite's Mark is fake – she has mostly reverted to a human teenager, except for her visions. A confrontation is postponed by the arrival of new fledgling and famous archer James Stark.Īfter lunch, Zoey meets Aphrodite and Stevie Rae in her room. She tries to blend in and act normally but her friends ignore her and the situation degenerates with the appearance of a newly re-Marked Aphrodite, who chooses to sit with the 'nerd herd'. On the way to the cafeteria she feels the presence of Darkness and rushes inside. After an internal debate she finally decides to talk with her friends. Zoey is hiding in the stables with her horse, Persephone. ( February 2012) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. ![]() ![]() This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. ![]() ![]() ![]() The mystery and the suspense are what really keep you turning the pages. ![]() ![]() The premise of this book had given me goosebumps, especially because in a world where we still keep Black people in human zoos, it’s not very far fetched to think there are actually institutions that let in talented Black students just to bully them, dehumanize them and break them down when they are most vulnerable.īut really, what I loved about the plot in this book, is that although it is quite clear that our main characters are being targeted for their skin color, the author still manages to shock you with twists and turns. Ratings: 5 Out Of 5 Trigger Warnings: racism, death (not explicit), murder, blood mentions, blackmailing, stalking, forced outing (of queer character), physical violence, drugs, bullying ![]() ![]() ![]() From it we gain greater perspective on sexuality in a world that thinks only in broad binary terms and asserts that feelings of sexual attraction are innate for everyone.Ĭhen uses her own life experience as a biromantic demi-ace woman as well as that of many other ace interviewees to bolster the point that not everyone feels sexual or romantic attraction in the same way that most allosexual (or non-ace) people do. Separated into three core parts, Ace argues the validity of asexuality and aromanticism as an orientation in wider social contexts. ![]() Ace is a clear-sighted collection of essays that explores the plurality of asexuality in a sex obsessed society. The Kindle edition is 240 pages long and was named one of the best books of 2020 by media outlet NPR among other prestigious names. Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex, by Angela Chen was written by science journalist and editor Angela Chen and published in 2020 for Kindle by Beacon Press. ![]() ![]() ![]() Indians, Mexicans and Spanish settlers of the American southwest in the mid-1800s.ĭeath Comes for the Archbishop seems out of place not just in its timesīut in the overall sweep of modern literature. ![]() Life of a couple of good-natured French priests, missionaries really, among the Even harder hitting works were to come as the so-called Roaring decade was replaced by the Dirty Thirties.Īnd in the midst of this, Willa Cather was penning a meandering meditation on the Years earlier, followed by Hemingway's The Sun Also Risesand Sinclair Lewis's Elmer Gantry.Īlong with other excitingly modern, jaded novels of social criticism Gatsby and Dreiser's An American Tragedy had been published just two Surprising if you read it alongside other American literature that came out around On several lists as one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century-which may be Death Comes for the Archbishop is often considered ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Chocolate uses some outdated terms-drawn, perhaps, from her original source-and the writing drags in places, but there is still much here that is familiar and appealing. Unlike his Disney namesake, Simba is a frightening, surreal creature. The gouache illustrations are bright and colorful, although they tend to distort the characters' facial features. Along with John Steptoe's Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (Lothrop, 1987), it can be used to show how certain themes in folklore exist across cultures. This tale has much in common with stories from other traditions, including the Biblical story of Jonah. She confronts Simba, who swallows her whole in his belly she starts a fire that ultimately frees her and her children. As Imani mourns, her own mother appears to her and advises her to go after the animal, then to let her faith guide her as to what to do next. Even though she warns them to stay inside, they eventually fall victim to Simba, the King of the Beasts. This folktale, adapted from a South African collection published in 1886, features a woman named Imani who must travel each day to market while her three children remain at home alone. Kindergarten-Grade 3-In the Kiswahili language of East Africa, imani means faith. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A secret connection that will change their lives-and history as they know it. The New York Times bestselling author of Under the Southern Sky and the Peachtree Bluff series brings “her signature wit, charm, and heart” ( Woman’s World) to this sweeping new novel following four women across generations, bound by a beautiful wedding veil and a connection to the famous Vanderbilt family.įour women. Alternating between a romantic comedy feel in the present day with a historical fictionalized peek into an intriguing family’s North Carolina estate, THE WEDDING VEIL revolves the characters in both time frames around one shared sacred object. We follow them through the years as Cornelia’s sense of duty to maintain the home-and legacy-conflicts with her yearning to build a life outside it. In a parallel story line, in 1914, Edith Vanderbilt, following the death of her husband, is struggling to maintain the beautiful Biltmore Estate, with her daughter, Cornelia. Later, she and her grandmother, Babs, work to uncover the history of the veil. Despite the luck that the veil should bring Julia, she decides to flee to the Virgin Islands alone, for what was to have been her honeymoon. She is adorned with her great-grandmother’s wedding veil, which was bequeathed to her by a mysterious woman on a train. ![]() In present day, it’s Julia’s wedding day in North Carolina. One legendary wedding veil ties four women together across generations. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The pair previously worked together on Carpenter’s 1978 TV movie Someone’s Watching Me! and Carpenter agreed to take on the project because he wanted to jump immediately into another movie after his first high-profile box office flop. Kobritz approached John Carpenter after the critical and financial failure of his 1982 adaptation of The Thing, which is now widely regarded as one of the filmmaker’s best. JOHN CARPENTER SIGNED ON SIMPLY BECAUSE HE WANTED A JOB. When he passed on that, King sent over the manuscript for Christine, which Kobritz optioned because he identified with how it inverted "America's obsession with the motorcar." 2. King initially sent the producer the manuscript for Cujo, which Kobritz didn’t like (the book would eventually be published in 1981 with a movie adaptation also in 1983). Producer Richard Kobritz helped adapt Stephen King’s novel Salem’s Lot as a TV miniseries in 1979, and the author asked Kobritz whether he’d be up for adapting any more of his works. STEPHEN KING PITCHED THE MOVIE TO GET MADE. Here are some facts about Christine, which turns 35 this year. While Christine isn’t the most high-profile release in either King or Carpenter’s careers, the movie about an evil 1958 Plymouth Fury that possesses its owner remains a beloved cult classic that still spins the wheels of horror fans to this day. Start your engines for the scariest Stephen King adaptation courtesy of the master of horror, John Carpenter. ![]() ![]() ![]() After Achilles' death, Ajax wants his armor thinking he deserves it as the second greatest of the Greek warriors. Ajax the greater: The son of Telamon, who is also the father of the best Greek bowman, Teucer.He makes some hard choices, like sacrificing his daughter Iphigenia at Aulis to provide wind for his ships' sails. Agamemnon: Leader of the Achaean (Greek) forces and the brother-in-law of the beautiful Helen, formerly of Sparta, now of Troy.He shows up with a much bigger part in the epic poem The Aeneid, by Vergil (Virgil). Aeneas: The nephew of King Priam of Troy, a son of Anchises and the goddess Aphrodite.Achilles then went after the man he blamed for the death, Hector, the prince of Troy. Achilles brought his troops known as the Myrmidons, was insulted by the leader of the Achaean (Greek) forces, and was sitting out the war until his close friend Patroclus was killed. Achilles: The hero and subject of the epic poem. ![]() |