![]() ![]() This series is a spin off from the Night Huntress books and the lead characters are Vlad (don't ever call him Dracula) and Leila. This is the last book in the series and I couldn't wait to see how it wrapped up. ![]() Into the Fire is book four in the Night Prince series. A hero can't kill off people who don't seem to deserve it. Except that scene with the imploding party, which made me dislike everybody. ![]() I deleted it permanently and I'm done with Ms. The last book in this series was not satisfactory either, human people becoming less than, but this was the worst. Stop amping up the violence, and sex, and "special effects"! A good story always is about the people. It's like one of those action movies with lots of special effects, but no suspense because you don't care what happens to the characters. Maybe vampires do lose their souls? No growth takes place in characters or relationships, instead they shrink. I'd feel sorry for Leila, except she's turned into a non-person who hardly has any feelings, too. Instead, I find him very shallow and unappealing, and evil, and uninteresting. So basically, I'm supposed to be impressed with his willingness to murder everyone for Leila. Then Vlad kills all these people he doesn't know with no remorse. First of all, they go to all theses trippy places for no good reason. Basically a set-up for other books to come, but I don't care enough to read about them either. A rush-job that turns interesting characters that I cared about into flat, unlikeable people. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Emilio was a banker in life and has early Alzheimers. His son tells him that he will be happier there and leaves with a short goodbye. This animated story opens with Emilio being dropped off at a nursing home. Special features in this release include Wrinkles Animatic, Wrinkles Making Of, Peter Bradshaw reviews Wrinkles, Wrinkles Trailer, Wrinkles Teaser Trailer, and Recording the Music for Wrinkles. Wrinkles was released to UK DVD and Blu-ray on April 28, 2014, following a limited theatrical release on April 18. ![]() The story is set in a retirement home and revolves around the friendship between two elderly men, one of them in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. Wrinkles ( Spanish: Arrugas) is a 2011 Spanish animated drama film directed by Ignacio Ferreras, based on the comic book with the same title by Paco Roca. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “The reason this is such a wonderful story with such great characters, is that the script is hewn from the most wonderful source material,” Garrett said. Fikry has the chance to make his life over and start anew.īCDF’s Brice Dal Farra, Nayyar, Hale, and Hendricks serve as executive producers on the film. Then a strange package arrives at his story, and the cranky A.J. “Over time, he has given up on people, and even the books in his store, instead of offering solace, are yet another reminder of a world that is changing too rapidly,” the synopsis runs. His wife has died, his bookstore sales hitting new nadirs, and his prized rare edition of Poe’s poem purloined. Fikry, for whom life has not turned out as expected. Fikry” is not only produced by BCDF Pictures and based on major IP, like the upcoming “The Hating Game” and The Language of Flowers,” but an uplifting story, a “heartwarming, comical love story and homage to the joy of books,” and “wonderfully moving, endearing story of redemption and transformation – charming, comical, and true to life – in Mister Smith’s description. Exemplifying one major throughline in Mister Smith’s recent sales slate, “The Storied Life of A.J. ![]() ![]() It is not, however, related in any way to Meyer's other series of fairy-tale retellings. The book draws from both Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, as well as other literary references, i.e. ![]() And to top it all off, there's a Jabberwock stalking the Kingdom. A budding romance forms between Cath and Jest, and she must decide whether to pursue her passions or follow the life that her parents want for her. When it looks like the King is about to propose to her at a royal ball, Cath flees into the gardens, where she meets his new court joker. And her parents absolutely do not want her running off to open a bakery with her best friend when she could be the Queen of Hearts. Unfortunately for Cath, the King has also begun to express an interest in her. Her sweets are well-known throughout the Kingdom of Hearts, even attracting the interest of the King. ![]() Catherine Pinkerton, daughter of the Marquess of Rock Turtle Cove, dreams of leaving behind her privileged life to start a bakery. Heartless, written by Marissa Meyer, is a YA novel that serves as an origin story for the Queen of Hearts. ![]() ![]() ![]() on January 15, 1945) to acquire the motion picture rights to Forever Amber. If you’re not into romances, you probably wouldn’t like it much, but if you are, you would. The article concludes with a comment by Kathleen Winsor: The whole thing. ![]() I’m not well-read in that genre, but it seems like it would be part of the upper crust, in regards to writing style and character depth. ![]() A strong argument could be constructed either way, but if you’re just wondering if it’s worth reading, I’ll say this: In a lot of ways, it seems and reads like a bodice-ripper romance. There’s one question people who take popular culture seriously tend to ask about this type of work, any answer to which is frequently debated: Is it endorsing or addressing social inequalities? Does Amber’s reliance on appearances and sexuality to get what she wants support that behavior, or is it criticizing how that was the only avenue society had left open for women with ambition. ![]() ![]() Anthony explores a number of themes, including spirituality and its relationship to carnality, drug addiction, faith, the occult, and the impact of matter-transmission technology on society, with intelligence and care. Paul, a young monk from Earth, is sent to examine this planet for his Order, and to attempt to determine if the God of Tarot is real.Īnthony structures the plot around the first nine trumps of the Tarot deck, with an odd interlude for a "Ghost" card which he introduces himself, but for the most part this book appears to follow the traditional deck in a structured and interesting manner (the next book would not). It posits a world called Tarot, which causes hallucinations in its visitors, based on their visual-emotional states, which is becoming the center of a religious movement. This book stands sort of at the precipice between those two extremes. ![]() When I was young, I devoured Anthony's fantasy fiction voraciously, and as I got a bit older, I started exploring his forays into "hard" sf, occasionally being surprised at the depth he was capable of. ![]() ![]() Numerous stage and screen adaptations include Matilda the Musical and two Willy Wonka films based on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with a third on the way. ![]() His books, which have sold more than 300m copies, have been translated into 68 languages. ![]() Lives of the Wives explores five literary marriages full of tempest and tumult, offering rich biographical portraits and examining the role of ambition, narcissism, misogyny, infidelity and alcoholism in relationships where imbalance seems baked in from the start.Ĭiuraru is American but excavates most of her material in Britain, selecting Dahl and actor Patricia Neal Kenneth Tynan and his American wife, Elaine Dundy Kingsley Amis and Elizabeth Jane Howard lesbian couple Radclyffe Hall and Una Troubridge and Alberto Moravia and Elsa Morante, two of Italy’s most important postwar novelists. A new book by Carmela Ciuraru, however, puts the author right back before judge and jury. Meanwhile a recent biography by Matthew Dennison, Teller of the Unexpected, seeks to rescue Dahl from the flaming torch and pitchfork-wielding mob, preferring not to dwell on his unsavoury side. ![]() ![]() ![]() Nix sets the standard for fantasy.” -Leigh Bardugo “One of the greatest living fantasy writers. “There is no joy like returning to the Old Kingdom. Exclusive content, including an original short story featuring Sabriel, an essay from Garth Nix about his writing process, and photographs of the author's handwritten manuscript, complete this special edition. To preserve life, the Abhorsen must enter death. Fiercely determined to help her father, who is perilously trapped in Death, and save him from the sinister Free Magic entity that has somehow ensnared him, Sabriel must prepare to enter Death herself-and find her destiny. ![]() Now eighteen years old, she receives a cryptic and desperate message from her father, the Abhorsen-the magical protector whose task it is to bind and send back to Death those who won’t stay Dead. As a child, Sabriel was sent across the Wall to Ancelstierre to safety. ![]() Enter the Old Kingdom, a world of dark secrets and dangerous magic. Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the globally bestselling Old Kingdom series with a special edition of Sabriel, featuring exclusive content from master of fantasy Garth Nix and original cover artwork by Leo and Diane Dillon. ![]() ![]() The driver kills eight people and wounds 12 more before escaping. ![]() Mercedes”) drives a Mercedes sedan into a crowd of unemployed people who are attending a job fair. In April 2009, a man who calls himself “The Mercedes Killer” (or “Mr. It takes place in 2009 and is narrated in the third-person past tense. The novel is divided into three parts, each of which comprises two or three long chapters. This guide uses the 2015 paperback reprint edition published by Gallery Books.Ĭontent Warning: This guide contains incidents of mass violence, suicidal ideation, incest, child abuse, mental illness bias, and racism-including the use of racial slurs-which appear in the source text. Mercedes won the 2015 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel from the Mystery Writers of America and was the 2014 Goodreads choice for best mystery and thriller novel.Ī TV series based on the novel premiered in 2017. ![]() Mercedes is the first installment of the Bill Hodges trilogy and is followed by Finders Keepers (2015) and End of Watch (2016). ![]() ![]() But when she finds a vintage cookbook buried in a box in the old home’s basement, she becomes captivated by the cookbook’s previous owner–1950s housewife Nellie Murdoch. ![]() When Alice Hale leaves a career in publicity to become a writer and follows her husband to the New York suburbs, she is unaccustomed to filling her days alone in a big, empty house. As she discovers remarkable parallels between this woman’s life and her own, it causes her to question the foundation of her own relationship with her husband–and what it means to be a wife fighting for her place in a patriarchal society. ![]() ![]() In this captivating dual narrative novel, a modern-day woman finds inspiration in hidden notes left by her home’s previous owner, a quintessential 1950s housewife. ![]() |