Shadowfell by Juliet Marillier6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Seventeen-year-old Charlie Davis, a white girl living on the margins, thinks she has little reason to live: her father drowned himself her bereft and abusive mother kicked her out her best friend, Ellis, is nearly brain dead after cutting too deeply and she's gone through unspeakable experiences living on the street. Medieval fantasy with a strong female lead and a definitive ending: That’s enough to keep plenty of readers happy.Īfter surviving a suicide attempt, a fragile teen isn't sure she can endure without cutting herself. ![]() The various threads-primarily the importance of belief and ritual and the struggle between love and duty-come to satisfying, even emotional closings. Despite Neryn’s tendency to restate things frequently in her narration, a tic that deeply slowed the second volume, this entry keeps pace, in part because Neryn has grown into a more proactive figure and in part because the final battle finally arrives. But her plans are derailed by the appearance of a second Caller, one working for Keldec, and by a storm that nearly destroys one of the four Guardians whose magic permeates Alban and whose training Neryn must undergo. Neryn, the rebel whose magical skill allows the humans and Good Folk to work together to defeat cruel King Keldec, has only months to complete her training. The third and final entry in the Shadowfell trilogy delivers exactly what readers want without feeling either easy or obvious.Īfter the tragic events toward the end of the second volume, the rebels have regrouped. ![]()
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The abc murders bbc6/30/2023 ![]() At its centre, one of the most familiar, famous characters in crime fiction. Sarah Phelps, Writer and Executive Producer, says: “ Set in the seething, suspicious early 1930s, The ABC Murders is a brutal story of violence and lies, the long shadow of the past and the slaughter to come. Further casting to be announced.Īlso on the news – Idris Elba teams up with Netflix for The Hunchback of Notre DameĮxecutive producer and Agatha Christie Limited CEO, James Prichard said “‘ The ABC Murders’ is one of my great-grandmother’s most unsettling and intense stories and Hercule Poirot one of her most intriguing characters,” he went on to state “ I am most excited to experience the unique approach John Malkovich will bring to the role in this thrilling one-off television adaptation.” Also joining the cast are Andrew Buchan (Broadchurch, The Honourable Woman) as Franklin Clarke, Eamon Farren (Twin Peaks, Chained) playing Cust, Tara Fitzgerald (Game Of Thrones, Requiem) as Lady Hermione Clarke, Bronwyn James (Harlots) in the role of Megan and Freya Mavor (The Sense Of An Ending, Sunshine On Leith) as Thora Grey. Grint will take on the role of Inspector Crome. Malkovich becomes the latest in a line of seasoned actors to play the Belgian detective with the impressive ‘tache, Poirot. ![]() The cast will include Harry Potter and Snatch’s Rupert Grint and John Malkovich. ![]() ![]() Agatha Christie’s novels are still popular fodder for TV adaptations this time around the BBC is to adapt her famous 1936 novel, The ABC Murders. ![]() ![]() ![]() And she explores the surprising motivations behind contemporary flashpoints, including the toppling of a statue of Columbus at the Minnesota State Capitol, the question of who should be represented on the Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument in Central Park, and the decision by a museum of African American culture to display a Confederate monument removed from a public park. She lays bare the turbulent history of American monuments and its abundant ironies, from the enslaved man who helped make the statue of Freedom that tops the United States Capitol, to the fervent Klansman fired from sculpting the world’s largest Confederate monument-who went on to carve Mount Rushmore. Thompson, the country’s leading expert in the tangled aesthetic, legal, political, and social issues involved in such battles, brings much-needed clarity in Smashing Statues. Smashing statues : the rise and fall of Americas public monuments / Erin L. ![]() Why do we care so much about statues? Which ones should stay up and which should come down? Who should make these decisions, and how?Įrin L. Some people risk imprisonment to tear down long-ignored hunks of marble others form armed patrols to defend them. Thompson, Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of Americas Public Monuments (Norton, 2022) New Books in African American Studies. A leading expert on the past, present, and future of public monuments in America.Īn urgent and fractious national debate over public monuments has erupted in America. ![]() The golden globe john varley6/30/2023 ![]() Now all Sparky has to do is find a way to scrape together enough cash to get to Luna before the play starts while avoiding a seemingly unstoppable (and unkillable) Charonese hitman. ![]() Sparky wires Polichinelli that he's interested, and Polichinelli tells him the part is his. The famous director Kaspara Polichinelli of Luna is planning a performance of King Lear, and he's short a lead to take on the title role. As he's making his getaway, he learns something astonishing. There’s a lot of humor plenty of theatrical extravagance an engrossing novel by one. His galactic roamings are bringing him closer to home, closer to justiceand closer to the truth of his strange and prolonged existence. Sparky decides to skip the outer burgs for the more hospitable environs of Pluto, but things only get worse when he runs afoul of the notoriously unforgiving Charonese Mafia. All the universe is a stage, and Sparky Valentine is its itinerant thespianand a wanted man. Sparky's in the midst of a whirlwind theatrical tour designed to bring a bit of culture to the frozen desolation of the outer solar system when bad luck strikes in the form of a gumshoe hot on his tail. Not that you could tell by looking at the old ham, who for some reason never seems to age-or stay out of trouble. ![]() Sparky Valentine is a former child star turned down-on-his-luck thespian who's just reached the grand old age of 100. ![]() Jane doe by victoria helen stone6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() I’ve been a big fan of Victoria Dahl and am now following her under this pseudonym. This was a Traveling Friends group selection and I’m really glad it was chosen. If I were you, I’d grab some popcorn, find a comfy spot and enjoy the ride. ![]() I inhaled this book, not wanting to stop until I figured out what Jane had in store for Steven. She blends in well, unremarkably pretty in her floral-print dresses and extra efficient at her low-level job. Jane’s days at a Midwest insurance company are perfectly ordinary. It’s a credit to the writing that this character enthralls the reader so overwhelmingly and having a talented narrator made Jane three dimensional. A double life with a single purpose: revenge. I felt guilty rooting for her but when you hear the story, it’s impossible to do otherwise. ![]() ![]() Jane’s obviously bright but she’s also witty, pretty funny and wickedly pragmatic. She doesn’t do anything but be her authentic self in seducing the reader into feeling some affinity for her. One thing you always know is true is that she will exact revenge on Steven and it will be epic. I chose to listen to this story and was that ever the right decision! The narrator completely captured Jane, a woman you’re never quite sure if she’s a sociopath or just plain cleverly diabolical. Why? You’ll need to read or listen to the book to find out. She’s taken 50 days of leave from her real job in Kuala Lumpur as an import-export attorney to exact revenge on middle manager Steven Hepsworth. Jane is working at an insurance company in Minneapolis as a low level clerk. ![]() |