7/5/2023 0 Comments Enchanted by alethea kontis![]() ![]() Her aunts are fairy godmothers (though, one of them is not quite good), her sisters each have a special talent or gift, and her adopted brother is part fae. ![]() *I downloaded this title from Audiobook Sync during their summer program*Sunday Woodcutter lives in a unique family that is involved with a lot of magical nonsense. Light, fun reading, and while I'll try the next book in the series it wasn't hugely memorable. As for the actual story of Sunday and Grumble/Rumbold, I wanted a little more there and though it was fast reading and a decent-sized book at just over 300 pages, I would have liked a little more complexity and world-building rather than a mish-mash of fairy tales. ![]() Identifying the different stories that were being referenced was fun, but there's almost so many that it was distracting. Enchanted takes a bunch of fairy tale references and tells a fun story of a family of part-fae who can work magic, each in their own way. Then she meets an enchanted human named Grumble - the only problem is, he's a frog. They live outside a Wood where she goes to write in her journal - very carefully, as she has discovered that anything she writes becomes true. Sunday is the youngest of seven daughters (plus a few boys) of the woodcutter Jack and his wife, Seven. ![]()
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7/5/2023 0 Comments Invincible kirkman![]() If it all comes together, Invincible fans are going to be very happy." When Can We Expect An Invincible Video Game?Įven though it looks like there are big plans for Mark to take flight on console and PC, Kirkman's comments suggest we probably shouldn't expect an Invincible game any time soon. ![]() There are so many cool things on the horizon. ![]() "If you watch this, in hindsight, either of these things could happen. I could seem like an idiot that has no idea what's going on. Could those things die between now and when they're planned to come out? Yeah."ĭownplaying the idea though, Kirkman reiterated, "I could seem like I'm teasing something very cool if you watch this in hindsight. Are those things possibly years away? Yeah. "A little bit of all of the above, so, you know, we'll see. ![]() ![]() "I would say our plans in video games are all-encompassing," he says. According to the man himself, there's every chance that it could translate to video games very nicely.Ĭoinciding with Invincible's 20th anniversary, Kirkman confirmed that Skybound Entertainment has some wide-ranging plans for video games. In an interview with, Invincible writer and Co-Creator Robert Kirkman has spoken about the potential of the superhero story. ![]() 7/4/2023 0 Comments Rodrigo blanco the night![]() To get the party started, Billboard has rounded up 22 tracks that make great additions to any graduation playlist. And before even getting a chance to catch your breath, it’s time to bust out the caps and gowns for pomp and circumstance, snatch that diploma you’ve worked so hard to get, say your farewells and, of course, celebrate. It’s a lot to take in - on top of prom and college decisions for high schoolers and job-hunting for higher ed students. Excitement, nervousness and at least a hint of sadness are just a few of many emotions that senior students feel as they prepare for the next chapter of their lives.Įven those who are not part of the class of 2023 can remember all the “lasts”: your last first day, last homecoming game, last spring break, last exam, and finally, the highly-anticipated last day of school. ![]() ![]() Your final year of school is nothing if not an emotional rollercoaster. ![]() 7/4/2023 0 Comments David copperfield writer![]() ![]() Like “ A Christmas Carol,” in other words, “David Copperfield” is a shape-shifter, blessed from birth with a rare pliability-a story so resilient, and so resourceful, that it can survive whatever you make of it. “I was half dead when I had done,” he said, in the wake of one such event. Later, choice morsels from the novel were added to the author’s repertoire of public recitations. It finally appeared in book form in November, 1850, and on Janua dramatized (and drastically shortened) version opened at the Lyceum Theatre in New York. Even as it was being serialized, stage adaptations were under way, despite the fact that producers didn’t-couldn’t-yet know how Dickens would conclude his tale. ![]() ![]() The novel first appeared in monthly installments, beginning in the spring of 1849. It did not take long for “ David Copperfield” to escape the confines of the page. ![]() 7/4/2023 0 Comments Magpie elizabeth day review![]() ![]() After a whirlwind romance they move in together and start trying for a baby almost immediately. He is attractive, has a good job, is intelligent and keen to settle down and start a family. ![]() ![]() When she meets Jake, all her dreams seem to come true. It’s about Marisa, a young women from London who had a difficult childhood and upbringing and has been yearning to meet somebody who she can settle down with. Put it this way, I started writing this review when I was only just over halfway through because my mind was already fizzing and I just had to talk about it. But, of course, when you love somebody’s writing you always worry that the book won’t quite live up to expectations, I needn’t have worried though, because Magpie is astonishingly good. Her last novel, The Party is a favourite of mine and I have been looking forward to Magpie for some time. Magpie, is the long-awaited newest fiction novel from Elizabeth Day, podcaster extraordinaire and pretty fabulous writer. ![]() ![]() ![]() My relationship with my mother trapped me in the identity of a child.” Matis writes vividly of the culture of the PCT-the special treats the locals put out for hikers to find, called “trail magic,” or the “trail angels” who host hikers in small towns along the way-and she is bold in her willingness to expose her psychic wounds. I’d be truly homeless, directionless”-though she also realized that she “could not return to the person she’d picked for me to be. ![]() She also comes off as tone-deaf when she describes her journey on the trail, a trip funded by her parents: “The PCT would end, and I felt panicked. Unfortunately, the author is repetitive (“It was a new day, a beautiful one, and I was the director of my life…” "This time, I'd become the director of my life"), which causes the narrative to bloat (by nearly 100 pages). ![]() Matis periodically reaches back to her childhood in a leafy suburb of Massachusetts, the daughter of two Boston lawyers, to attempt to explain a nagging feeling of not belonging: friends at school teased her for the unfashionable clothes her mother bought her the girls in her cabin at sleepaway camp teased her her mother insisted on dressing her until she was well into her teens. Understandably devastated, she dropped out after her freshman year and decided to hike the Pacific Crest Trail, à la Cheryl Strayed in Wild. On her second night at college, she was raped in her dorm room. ![]() Matis sets up the book as a narrative of salvation. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Does the wave function just collapse? What is the wave function and should it simply collapse like magic when we look at the system (or some kind interaction occurs)? ![]() Quantum researchers have often traditionally just “ shut up and calculate” because the actual interpretation of the Quantum world is so difficult. Quantum Mechanics and Many WorldsĪside from Quantum Computing, it is fascinating to understand how the mechanics of the universe works. We review the latest book from Sean Carroll exploring the nature of our Quantum reality and excitingly explores Many Worlds. Go to any conference on Quantum and take a straw poll about which interpretation of Quantum Mechanics the audience prefers and you’ll likely find the Many Worlds interpretation beats out many of the even well accepted conventions such as the Copenhagen interpretation, or even Bohmian Mechanics or QBism. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hemry Open Library It looks like you're offline. ![]() Despite the peace treaty that Geary must adhere to at all costs, the Syndicate Worlds regime threatens to make the fleet’s journey back grueling and perilous. Author of Stark's command, The Dragons of Dorcastle, Burden of proof, Stark's war, Rule of evidence, Stark's crusade, A just determination, Against all enemies John G. To complicate matters further, Geary also needs to return safely to Alliance space not only with representatives of the Dancers, an alien species, but also withInvincible, a captured warship that could possibly be the most valuable object in human history. Retired Navy officer and author of the popular military science fiction novels Starks War, Starks Command, and Starks Crusade, John G. Hemry 4.02 946 Ratings 36 Reviews published 2003 13 editions John G. ![]() Now Geary’s mission is to ensure the safety of the Midway Star System, which has revolted against the Syndicate Worlds empire-an empire that is on the brink of collapse. 1,173 Ratings 72 Reviews published 2003 10 editions Fresh from the Academy, Ensign Paul Sinclair has b Want to Read Rate it: Book 2 Burden of Proof by John G. Admiral Geary’s First Fleet of the Alliance has survived the journey deep into unexplored interstellar space, a voyage that led to the discovery of new alien species, including a new enemy and a possible ally. ![]() 7/2/2023 0 Comments The institute by stephen king![]() ![]() King is more than a little enamoured of the “special child” trope. Stephen King: much of his output is concerned with the battle between good and evil. ![]() In a somewhat predictable twist, the Institute is using children to dispatch its targets: underage conscripts hand-picked from birth for their psychic powers and forced to become part of a process that leads inexorably to the decay and eventual death of their human selves. The bulk of the novel’s action takes place in the titular Institute, a top-secret facility run by shady operatives whose task is to protect humanity’s future by predicting vectors of conflict before they materialise. There are almost 300 pages to wait before he is seen again, when DuPray – the town’s name is no accident – becomes the backdrop for the denouement of another story entirely. What they will not be expecting is for Jamieson to vanish. ![]() ![]() This is a setting King excels at creating – think Needful Things, think Bag of Bones even – and most readers will settle down for the ride, waiting for whatever curveball he is gearing up to throw them. The town of DuPray will be familiar territory for King’s Constant Readers, as he calls us: a neighbourly place, small enough for everyone to know everyone’s business yet large enough for sinister interlopers to hide between the cracks. ![]() ![]() With no electricity and a downed tree blocking their escape, the three of them had spent a few scary hours soothing their nerves by eating their way through a very large chocolate cake. That same night, she’d gotten stuck in this very diner during a freak snowstorm with two strangers. Leaving the offer on the table, she’d gotten into her car and driven as far as the tank of gas could take her, ending up in the little Washington State beach town of Lucky Harbor. ![]() “Chocoholics unite.”įour months ago, Grace had come west from New York for a Seattle banking job, until she’d discovered that putting out for the boss was part of the deal. Good as her word, she soon reappeared with a tray of steaming hot chocolate and big, fluffy chocolate pancakes. She’d slept poorly, worrying about money. “Actually, I was thinking hot chocolate,” Grace said, fighting a yawn. ![]() The toughgirl ensemble was softened by the bright pink Eat Me apron she was forced to wear while waitressing. ![]() “Hey, it’s happy hour somewhere.” This from their third musketeer, Amy, who was wearing a black tee, a black denim skirt with lots of zippers, and kickass boots. Mallory, in wrinkled scrubs, just coming off an all-night shift at the ER, snorted as she crawled into the booth as well. ![]() |