![]() So she turned aside from the main path and wandered the sloping, uneven ground among stone angels and headstones until she came to her favorite spot, discovered on a previous walk. ![]() It was a beautiful day, and she knew she had at least an hour before it would begin to get dark. With no one waiting for her and no schedule to follow, there was no reason to hurry back. ![]() On this October afternoon, crunching through the dead leaves and breathing in the crisp, autumn-scented air, Corey felt pleasantly tired, and looked forward to reaching her apartment where she could have a cup of hot tea and some sandwiches before settling down to write her usual evening letter to her fiancé.īut although she looked forward to those simple things, there was also pleasure in being able to delay them. The walk through the cemetery, like the ballet class that preceded it, was one of the few things Corey enjoyed, something she did because she wanted to and not because she was expected to or thought she should. There were columns, slabs, and spheres in abundance of the pinkish marble that was quarried locally, and among the mausoleums built to look like temples, chapels and houses was one defiant pink pyramid. The grounds were large and well tended and offered the visitor a wealth of picturesque monuments and sentimental gravestone inscriptions, some of them dating back before the Civil War. ![]() ![]() After ballet, Corey liked to walk home through the cemetery. ![]()
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![]() The article below is an excerpt from TwoMorrows’ American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1980s, by Keith Dallas and a coterie of contributors, including 13th Dimension favorites Jim Beard and Bill Walko, who designed the book, which you can order directly through the publisher.īut back to the Legion - and a look at the team’s peak, when Paul Levitz and Keith Giffen joined forces for a classic run highlighted by The Great Darkness Saga: The team hasn’t fared well for a long time and old-school fans are often suspicious of what new creators - in this case writer Brian Michael Bendis - will bring to the Clubhouse.Īnd it’s all about time, when it comes to the Legion, isn’t it? So let’s look back at when the team was at its zenith - when it was a creative and commercial smash: the 1980s. ![]() Longtime Legion of Super-Heroes are relieved - and a little anxious - that DC is finally bringing back their fave superhero team this September. UPDATED 10/21/21: Former DC exec and Legion mainstay Paul Levitz turns 65! Perfect time to re-present this piece from 2019, in slightly altered form. Legion of Super-Heroes: Millennium #2 cover, starring Jonathan “Superboy” Kent. ![]() ![]() ![]() “That was the jumping off point and I think a lot of people, even fans of the books, were really intrigued by that it really gave us the opportunity to tell another part of that world even if it wasn’t part of the books and veer it off a little bit.” “The role is obviously a historical role that was in there, but I think it was Golda’s interpretation of that role that just catapulted interest in that character,” executive producer Tom Verica told TheWrap. ![]() ![]() ‘Queen Charlotte’ Cast and Character Guide: Which ‘Bridgerton’ Characters Are in the Spinoff?Īmarteifio takes on the younger version of Queen Charlotte as she delves into her newfound royal role amidst a turbulent marriage, while Rosheuvel extends her character’s present-day predicament of succession - with both actors impeccably characterizing Charlotte’s signature attitude. ![]() ![]() ![]() This film hasn't yet reached the iconic status of Kubrick's, but at least King gets a chance to set the record straight. The 1997 adaptation of the novel, directed by Mick Garris and written by King himself, adheres much more closely to the novel, and was filmed at the Stanley. Some of the external settings of the adaptation were filmed in Montana and the internal settings at Elstree Studios in London. ![]() Part of the Overlook's fame is due to the immense popularity of Stanley Kubrick's visually stunning film version of the novel. If you go to Estes Park, be sure and indulge in one of the Stanley's popular " historical ghost tours," which includes stops in Room 217, as well as complimentary hallucinated martinis and creepy cocktail nuts. Stephen King actually began writing The Shining in its Room 217. The Overlook was inspired by the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. The Overlook Hotel is one of the most famous and most scary fictional buildings ever, right up there with the Bates Motel. The Overlook Hotel in Colorado, September 30 - December 3, 1975 ![]() ![]() ![]() Then at Johnny's 50th birthday dinner, one of his brothers’ wives, Cara, lets slip some serious family secrets after suffering concussion. Thanks to Johnny's well-organised wife Jessie, the extended Casey clan enjoy frequent get-togethers. But still a worthwhile read that will pull the heartstrings and raise many smiles – even if you haven’t read any of the previous books. ![]() ![]() So I ended up enjoying the scenes with the rehab patients the most. However, I was surprised to find the characters didn’t seem as familiar as expected and I had trouble remembering each sister’s previous storylines. It’s been 10 years since I was last in the Walshes’ world so I was looking forward to a cosy reunion. When Rachel finds out her ex-husband Luke is back from the US to attend his mother’s funeral, she is worried about dredging up unsettling memories. She has been seeing Quin for two years but there is definitely no proposal on the cards. This book centres on Rachel (star of the 1997 bestseller Rachel’s Holiday), who is working as an addiction counsellor at the Cloisters, where she did her own rehab. It is time to catch up with the Walshes again, as the mam oversees preparations for her own surprise 80th birthday party. MARIAN KEYES Again, Rachel – Marian Keyes (2022) ![]() ![]() ![]() As for the book: Lewis didn’t know it at the time, but he was writing about a revolution that would soon spread not just throughout baseball and other sports, but into a great variety of realms. ![]() ![]() The story concerned a small group of undervalued professional baseball players and executives, many of whom had been rejected as unfit for the big leagues, who had turned themselves into one of the most successful franchises in Major League Baseball. This is from the preface:ĮXCERPT, PAGE XI: I wrote this book because I fell in love with a story. As for this book, the one we’re talking about today, I asked him to read a bit aloud - apparently for the first time. He has written a lot about finance and sports, but he has also written books about the systemic vulnerabilities of government agencies and of our public-health system. It doesn’t hurt that several of his very good books have been turned into very good movies, including The Big Short and The Blind Side. He is perhaps the most prominent non-fiction author of our generation. He may be one of the few people who doesn’t read his books. Michael LEWIS : You just did something I’ve never done.ĭUBNER: I was going to ask you if you’ve ever read it. ![]() Stephen DUBNER: It was so much fun to go back and read the book. ![]() ![]() ![]() Violet’s development throughout this story is so satisfying. Violet Sorrengail spent her whole life expecting to enter the Scribe Quadrant, a place of peace surrounded by books and scrolls, but when her mother forces her to enter the (dragon) Riders Quadrant instead, she is sure she is going to die. ![]() Have I got your attention? Let’s dive in. Cool, funny, terrifying, murderous dragons. If you’re a fan of fantasy romance I hope Fourth Wing is at the top of your tbr pile, if not, let me tell you why it should be.įourth Wing is a slow-burn, enemies to lovers fantasy romance set at a brutal war college where every day could be the last. *I received an early copy of Fourth Wing from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review, so huge thanks to Little Brown Book Group and NetGalley* ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In over a decade, my tastes for literature have changed considerably. ![]() Look, I’ve been doing this for a long time. I might have written an extremely lengthy review, arguing how awful Karen Joy Fowler is for this dumpsterfire of a novel. It’s a nauseating mixture of literary pretentiousness and unreliable narration that would have annoyed my mature, post-postmodern sensibilities that looked down on anything so trite as the conceits in this book. When I was younger, I might have hated this book. I might have written an extremely lengthy review, arguing how brilliant Karen Joy Fowler is for this masterpiece of a novel. It’s exactly the right mixture of literary pretentiousness and unreliable narration that would have tickled the still-forming prefrontal cortex of my young university student brain. When I was younger, I might have loved this book. ![]() ![]() ![]() She feels like a version of myself simply born in a different time and place, but with the same motivations to tell stories that affect great change on a personal and societal level that I possess in my current form. Honestly, I think men would benefit from reading it as well at this point, but as I am only able to write from my own experience, I can only speak to the ways that it moved me as a woman.īlackie is a storyteller focused on mythology and psychology, as she continually reminds us throughout her written work. Sharon Blackie, the amazing author that she is, has detailed what I believe to be one of the most essential books for all women to read in their lifetimes. I’ve searched and searched for things that would bring me answers as to why things suddenly came to a crashing halt in my world and nothing has left me satisfied. As I’ve said before – I’m not quite sure exactly how or why it happened to me and not other people in my life, but little by little it did. ![]() I’ve felt powerless and afraid of the world and all it’s experiences for a while, years if I’m being honest. ![]() If you read any other posts on this blog, you know I’ve been going through a more spiritually focused journey for a while now and really struggling with a fair majority of things in my life. ![]() I have close to no idea how I will ever be able to encompass this book in a measly review on my blog, but I am going to attempt it nonetheless.įor me, this book was everything I was searching for in a book during the time of my life when I found it. ![]() ![]() ![]() My first recommendation, especially to those looking to get into McElroy for the first time, is to grab the book from your library! It’s easy, it’s free, and if your local library doesn’t have a copy they certainly have an inter-library loan system that will procure it for you. Published in 2003 by The Overlook Press, the novel is out of print. ![]() This should be a fun read, as Actress in the House is often pointed to as one of McElroy’s most approachable works and a good jumping off point for new readers, while still providing his usual density of meaning and layered prose, along with his trademark “stream of unconsciousness” (or pre-consciousness as u/scaletheseathless would say) which is an attempt to render in novelized form the unsorted threads of memory, emotion, and experience that culminate in the formation of a thought. ![]() Thanks to those who voted in last week’s poll to determine interest in a group read, the favorite was Actress in the House, so we will kick off the group read next month, running from May 20th through July 15th. ![]() |