5/10/2023 0 Comments Akwaeke emezi pet![]() ![]() This is the kind of future where she can be loved by someone who, perhaps, in a worse and different life, would have tried to hurt her. I wasn't trying to make a statement with their friendship in that way, but just when you asked that question I'm looking back and I'm just like, oh, this is a wholesome future. ![]() And I'm only realizing that no one's ever asked me about their friendship before, and I just kind of put them together 'cause they felt right, but just looking around at what's happening in the world today, it's like, the main people who are killing black trans women are black cis men. ![]() With Jam, what does it look like for a black trans girl to have this really wholesome, protective friendship with a black cis boy. exist now, but the world that they are living in is different. In terms of the world that was built, that was more futuristic, so it's not actually what the world is like today. TV: When you were building out the friendship of Jam and Redemption, how did you want to portray that connection?ĪE: I wanted them to have a super wholesome friendship. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Our protagonist turns out to be the priceless combination of size, speed, and agility necessary to guard the quarterback's greatest vulnerability: his blind side. In THE BLIND SIDE, Lewis shows us a largely unanalyzed but inexorable trend in football working its way down from the pros to the high school game, where it. The second force is the evolution of professional football itself into a game where the quarterback must be protected at any cost. Their love is the first great force that alters the world's perception of the boy, whom they adopt. ![]() What changes? He takes up football, and school, after a rich, Evangelical, Republican family plucks him from the mean streets. When we first meet him, he is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or any of the things a child might learn in school such as, say, how to read or write. The young man at the center of this extraordinary and moving story will one day be among the most highly paid athletes in the National Football League. ![]() By the author of the bestselling Moneyball: in football, as in life, the value we place on people changes with the rules of the games they play. ![]() ![]() ![]() They've overcome the secrets riddled in Patch's dark past, bridged two irreconcilable worlds and faced heart-wrenching tests of betrayal, loyalty and trust.and all for a love that will transcend the boundary between heaven and earth. The noise between Patch and Nora has gone. Are she and Patch strong enough for the battle ahead? ![]() Now Nora's own life is in imminent danger. And Nora's life isn't normal - her dad was murdered, and the facts about his death just don't add up. Nora should know better than to think her life can return to normal after falling in love with a fallen angel. For Nora is right in the middle of a centuries-old battle between the immortal and those that have fallen - and sooner or later, she's going to have to pick sides. ![]() And when she tries to seek some answers, she finds herself near a truth that is way more unsettling than anything Patch makes her feel. Patch seems to be everywhere she is and knows more about her than her closest friends. But after a series of terrifying encounters, Nora's not sure who to trust. With his easy smile and eyes that seem to see inside her, she is drawn to him against her better judgement. Nora's never been particularly attracted to the boys at her school. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments Gyo, Vol. 1 by Junji Ito![]() ![]() ![]() However, before my description becomes a parody of The Addams Family theme song, the most important thing about Gyo that you should know is that it’s not particularly scary or even that great. So as you may have noticed: Gyo is weird. What’s causing this smell? Fish with mechanical legs that have crawled right out of the ocean, of course! While the premise may seem weird and ridiculous, this is just the start of something really filthy/nasty on the horizon that’ll change their lives. However, a horrid stench besets Okinawa and Kaori’s extra sensitive nose starts making her really agitated. It seems like a nice trip, with the guy, Tadashi, getting in some scuba diving and girl, Kaori, seemingly enjoying herself as well. English Adaption and Translation by: Yuji OnikiĪ young couple is taking a vacation down in Okinawa, crashing at the home of the guy’s uncle. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk![]() Narrated by skinny 13-year-old Pgymy, the propulsive plot deconstructs American fixtures, among them church (“religion propaganda distribution outlet”), spelling bees (“forced battle to list English alphabet letters”) and TV news reporters (“Horde scavenger feast at overflowing anus of world history”), before moving on to a Columbine-like shooting spree by a closeted kid who has fallen in love with the teenage terrorist who raped him in a shopping mall bathroom. ![]() Their mission: to bring the nation to its knees through Operation Havoc, an act of mass destruction disguised as a science project. A gang of adolescent terrorists trained by an unspecified totalitarian state (the boys and girls are guided by quotations attributed to Marx, Hitler, Augusto Pinochet, Idi Amin, etc.) infiltrate America as foreign exchange students. ![]() ) is a potent if cartoonish cultural satire that succeeds despite its stridently confounding prose. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments The new tsar book![]() ![]() On the other, Putin has ushered in a new authoritarianism - unyielding in its brutal repression of dissent and newly assertive politically and militarily in regions like Crimea and the Middle East. He came to office in 2000 as a reformer, cutting taxes and expanding property rights, bringing a measure of order and eventually prosperity to millions whose only experience of democracy in the early years following the Soviet collapse was instability, poverty and criminality. Vladimir Putin rose out of Soviet deprivation to the pinnacle of influence in the new Russian nation. As the world struggles to confront a newly assertive Russia, the importance of understanding Putin has never been greater. A gripping, page-turning narrative about Russian power and prestige, the book depicts a cool and calculating leader with enormous ambition and few scruples. The epic tale of Vladimir Putin's path to power, as he emerged from obscurity to become one of the world's most important and dangerous leaders.įormer New York Times Moscow Bureau Chief Steven Lee Myers has followed Putin since well before the recent events in the Ukraine, and gives us the fullest and most engaging account available of his rise to power. The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin Steven Lee Myers € 19.99 If not in stock, the expected delivery time to our store for this item will be 3-5 working days. ![]() 5/9/2023 0 Comments Jack london alcoholic![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Many of the most famous alcoholic writers were unfaithful spouses, neglectful parents and ended their days as suicides, in mental institutions, in poverty, bitterness, self-pity and despair. ![]() “It’s small wonder that almost all of the drunk writers achieved their best work young and, if they lived long enough, saw their work, as with Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis and Raymond Chandler, descend into weaker versions of former glories.” “It is obvious that the long-term effects of heavy and continuous drinking are physically and mentally deleterious and in some cases catastrophic,” he wrote. In his 2021 book “In Love With Hell: Drink in the Lives and Work of Eleven Writers,” British novelist and poet William Palmer puts it clearly. To revel in the romance of sodden genius while ignoring the consequences of chronic alcoholism - and its effects on writers who, without the drink, might have accomplished so much more - is at best naïve. A letter writer to the Star this week, offended at recent research warning of the health risks of alcohol, summoned the tired trope of linking alcohol and creative genius.Īfter listing 10 celebrated American authors who battled alcoholism, the writer said: “They all drank. ![]() 5/9/2023 0 Comments Pickle Impossible by Eli Stutz![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Grandfather La Bouche has one chance to save the family farm from bankruptcy. I looked back, just in time to see the black batlike figure of La Renardette twist off erratically and plunge into the depths of the Seine river. Somehow with a lone finger, Pierre had knocked La Renardette off her balance and saved us. Then I was even more shocked to find that Pierre was still onboard. Thunk! I felt the motorcycle shudder, braced myself for a fall, but was shocked to find that we had not fallen over. Pierre’s arm passed between her outstretched talons. In an instant, his finger and La Renardette’s nose would collide.Ī startled look of confusion came over La Renardette. But Pierre calmly raised his left arm and pointed a single finger in front of him, holding it exactly straight ahead, unwavering. La Renardette reached out her talons once more, and a sly grin (which I could see clearly) appeared on her features as she prepared to grab Pierre. New York, NY: Bloomsbury (Distributed in Canada by Penguin Canada), 2010. ![]() 5/9/2023 0 Comments The blood guard book 2![]() ![]() Roy has all sorts of unique ideas - especially for establishing environment and ambiance. Not many authors (especially of J- or YA-fic) can do that! ![]() They are quite distinctive and I particularly admire how Roy manages to write characters you aren't supposed to like and makes you spend time with them without feeling like you just want those parts of the book to be over. Roy's offerings as the other kids in the Gauntlet "exam" made me think a little bit of the bad kids in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but with significantly more sophistication. There is a very rich cast of supporting characters in this book. But I'll see what I can do to add some thoughts specifically pertaining to this book, or recap the major points if you are profoundly averse to link surfing. ) is nearly entirely applicable to book 2, The Glass Gauntlet. ![]() I don't feel like I really need to write a very long review here, because my review of book 1 in the series The Blood Guard (. This is a fast-paced, frequently exciting, action-filled book with a good bit of humor that is likely to appeal to a broad range of middle grade readers, and a nice handful of readers of any age who like adventure tales with young protagonists and a bit of magic. ![]() 5/9/2023 0 Comments Archenemies by marissa meyer![]() ![]() The rogues take a civilian hostage while the Renegades debate as to whether they should forsake rules to fire on the guy holding the innocent girl hostage, but the rogues get away. Nova, Adrian and their Renegades team are in hot pursuit of rogue prodigies. The Renegades also have a strategy for overpowering the Anarchists, but both Nova and Adrian understand that it could mean the end of Gatlon City – and the world – as they know it. ![]() The Anarchists still have a secret weapon, one that Nova believes will protect her. In Renegades, Nova and Adrian (aka Insomnia and Sketch) fought the battle of their lives against the Anarchist known as the Detonator. Part thriller, part superhero fantasy, here is the fiercely awaited sequel to the New York Times-bestselling Renegades by Marissa Meyer, author of the Lunar Chronicles.Īre Nova and Adrian each other’s worst nightmare? ![]() |