![]() Not only is English not her first language, but unlike, say, German and English, Chinese and English are totally different in structure and usage. According to her website, a year later she was reading big fat historical romances with her trusty Chinese American dictionary by her side. What makes it extraordinary is that Sherry is a first generation Chinese American who didn’t come to this country until she was 13. Her wordcraft would be impressive with any new author. Quite simply, her prose was ravishing-the kind of wit that is associated with the very best of Regencies, though Sherry’s books are set in late Victorian times. ![]() The very first time I ever went out and bought a book by an unknown author because of the cyber-promo piece was Sherry Thomas’s Private Arrangements. ![]() ![]() Sometimes, if I’m not busy or the promo is for an author I like, I’ll take a look. MJP: As a romance writer, I get all kinds of romance promo thingies in e-mail. ![]()
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![]() ![]() House of Night Other World, book 4, FOUND, releases July 7th, 2020. Cast lives in Oregon near her fabulous daughter, her adorable pack of dogs, her crazy Maine Coon, and a bunch of horses. ![]() PC is an experienced teacher and talented speaker. Her novels have been awarded the prestigious: Oklahoma Book Award, YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award, the Prism, Holt Medallion, Daphne du Maurier, Booksellers’ Best, and the Laurel Wreath. PC is a #1 New York Times and #1 USA Today Best-Selling author and a member of the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame. After her tour in the USAF, she taught high school for 15 years before retiring to write full time. After high school, she joined the United States Air Force and began public speaking and writing. PC was born in the Midwest, and grew up being shuttled back-and-forth between Illinois and Oklahoma, which is where she fell in love with Quarter Horses and mythology (at about the same time). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Prosecutors have said the department gave money to nonprofit organizations that spent it on projects such as the $5 million volleyball facility on the Hattiesburg campus.īryant, a Republican, finished his second and final term as governor in January 2020. 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It shouldn’t subjectively feel right, but it should objectively have compelling reasoning behind it. In this essay, Epictetus stresses that a decision should not be taken based on firm conviction, but by the strength of evidence there is to support this decision. ‘To people who cling hard to certain of their decisions’ is, personally, one of my favorite essays. First time readers can be put off by the style. There are better introductions to stoicism and unless you have read someone who comes across as more humble, the lessons in this books can be easily lost. They are preachy and while the idea is admirable, the execution leaves a lot to be desired. Each essay tackles an important topic, and while some are memorable, others just fall flat as plainly unattractive reads. ![]() Written as an amalgamation between philosophical theory and some variety of the Socratic method, the basic ideas are simple and Epictetus constructs dialogue around a certain thought. This small book from Penguin contains, apparently, the distilled version of Epictetus’ discourses. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cook journeys up and down salmon country, from the glacial rivers of Alaska to the rainforests of the Pacific Northwest to California’s drought-stricken Central Valley and a wealth of places in between. Langdon Cook goes in search of the salmon in Upstream, his timely and in-depth look at how these beloved fish have nourished humankind through the ages and why their destiny is so closely tied to our own. How has this once-abundant resource reached this point, and what can we do to safeguard wild populations for future generations? Fish hatcheries and farms serve modern appetites with a domesticated “product”-while wild runs of salmon dwindle across the globe. ![]() Long a source of sustenance among native peoples, salmon is now more popular than ever. Our fascination with these superlative fish is as old as humanity itself. For others still, it’s the jolt of adrenaline on a successful fishing trip. ![]() For others, it’s the catch of the day on a restaurant menu, or a deep red fillet at the market. From the award-winning author of The Mushroom Hunters comes the story of an iconic fish, perhaps the last great wild food: salmon.įor some, a salmon evokes the distant wild, thrashing in the jaws of a hungry grizzly bear on TV. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ishiguro tells NPR's Scott Simon that he wanted to write about the way societies remember (or forget) their histories, their dark secrets. It's set in post-Arthurian England - but The Buried Giant is no Camelot, with noble royals, clever sorcerers, strutting steeds, and bold adventures. The Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day has gone even deeper into history to write a story that's both one couple's on-the-road tale, and a mystery for a great civilization. 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Here are the 36 sapphic paranormal fiction and urban fantasy novels you can win in our giveaway. Most are paranormal romances or urban fantasy novels, but we also have several paranormal mysteries and paranormal women’s fiction novels. There are ebook, audiobook, and paperback prizes. That’s why I decided to put together a big giveaway for everyone who loves speculative fiction with sapphic characters! I teamed up with 30+ authors, so you can win one of 36 amazing books. But what’s not to love about lesbian vampires, sapphic werewolves, bisexual witches, asexual sirens, queer demons, and other fantastical creatures? Sapphic speculative fiction, especially sapphic paranormal fiction and urban fantasy, doesn’t get as much attention as contemporary romance. ![]() ![]() ![]() Miller Miroslav Mrva Paul Jenkins Paul Mounts Peter David Petra Scotese Polly Watson R Rahzzah R.B. 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Incredible Hulk (1968) 349-354 The Incredible Hulk Visionaries: Peter David, Vol. ![]() ![]() ![]() It was a source of power in his later work. Scott Fitzgerald used to claim that he wrote with “the authority of failure,” and he did. I do it exceptionally well.I do it so it feels like hell,I do it so it feels real.I guess you could say I’ve a call.Īt twenty I tried to dieAnd get back, back, back to you.I thought even the bones would do.But they pulled me out of the sack,And they stuck me together with glue.į. And she added,ĭyingIs an art, like everything else. ![]() “Lady Lazarus,” Sylvia Plath called herself in a poem. It is very much a story of the ’50s, but written in the early ’60s, and now, after being effectively suppressed in this country for eight years, published in the ’70s. It is a fine novel, as bitter and remorseless as her last poems - the kind of book Salinger’s Franny might have written about herself 10 years later, if she had spent those 10 years in Hell. ![]() “The Bell Jar” is a novel about the events of Sylvia Plath’s 20th year: about how she tried to die, and how they stuck her together with glue. ![]() THE BELL JAR by Sylvia Plath | Review first published April 11, 1971 ![]() |