6/12/2023 0 Comments The inheritance trilogy books![]() ![]() Because one does not refuse an invitation from the Arameri, I set forth. One month after my mother died, I received a message from my grandfather Dekarta Arameri, inviting me to visit the family seat. In the Arameri way, which is the way of the Amn race from whom they originated, I am the Baroness Yeine Darr. I also am, or was, the chieftain of my people, called ennu. Tribes mean little to us these days, though before the Gods' War they were more important. In my people's way I am Yeine dau she Kinneth tai wer Somem kanna Darre, which means that I am the daughter of Kinneth, and that my tribe within the Darre people is called Somem. The tales do not say what happens when the most powerful family in the world is offended in the process.īut I forget myself. In the tales, such a couple lives happily ever after. It is the stuff of great tales, yes? Very romantic. I have often wondered what he said and did that night to make her fall in love with him so powerfully, for she eventually abdicated her position to be with him. My father dared ask my mother to dance she deigned to consent. There was a ball for the lesser nobility-the sort of thing that happens once a decade as a backhanded sop to their self-esteem. Yet it does not surprise me that she tried. I was born anyhow, of course nature cannot be denied. ![]() They say my mother crossed her legs in the middle of labor and fought with all her strength not to release me into the world. My people tell stories of the night I was born. They have done this to me, broken me open and torn out my heart. ![]()
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6/12/2023 0 Comments Mennonite in a black dress![]() (Rhoda's good-natured mother suggested she date her first cousin-he owned a tractor, see.) It is in this safe place that Rhoda can come to terms with her failed marriage her desire, as a young woman, to leave her sheltered world behind and the choices that both freed and entrapped her. While Rhoda had long ventured out on her own spiritual path, the conservative community welcomed her back with open arms and offbeat advice. What was a gal to do? Rhoda packed her bags and went home. It was bad enough that her brilliant husband of fifteen years left her for Bob, a guy he met on Gay.com, but that same week a car accident left her with serious injuries. Not long after Rhoda Janzen turned forty, her world turned upside down. ![]() Mennonite in a Little Black Dress E-Kitap AçıklamasıĪ hilarious and moving memoir-in the spirit of Anne Lamott and Nora Ephron-about a woman who returns home to her close-knit Mennonite family after a personal crisis ![]() ![]() ![]() A provocative scenario, especially for the possible parallels to Soviet politics-but, as narrative, this is (despite Bouis' fine translation) one of the Strugatskys' most demanding, least satisfying efforts: talky, slowly convoluted, with elements of Citizen Kane-ish biography and Le CarrÉ-ish intrigue that mesh poorly. This is indeed the case, and, while waiting to try and trap Abalkin, Excellency reveals the secret of Abalkin's birth, the fact that he is in fact an automaton of the dreaded Wanderers. And by the time that Max has met Abalkin's principal nonhumanoid contact-a ""doggo sapiens"" named Schokn who's one of the Golovans now inhabiting Canada-he's sure that Abalkin himself is caught up in a quest for his own secret identity. Maxim Kammerer, who rambled around the universe in Prisoners of Power (1977), is now an earthbound ""Comcon-2 Employee,"" and he is assigned by ""Excellency"" to find one Lev Abalkin-a ""Progressor"" who has illicitly returned to Earth after assorted dealings with other planets and ""rational nonhumanoid races."" Why does Excellency want Abalkin tracked down? Max isn't sure-and his confusion grows as he interviews Abalkin's friends and colleagues. ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments From bauhaus to our house![]() ![]() Now I see plenty of houses that well, one can only presume that a house exists, because of the evidence of a garage. Contractors build houses without architectural guidance, while still borrowing their ideas. Hopefully, the owners see the style as worth having a perpetually leaking roof. No matter how lovely the home, or how cheap the price, I would never, ever, buy a flat roofed house in this climate. We are in a northern location with lots of heavy snow. However, this home has a flat roof, which was a popular architectural feature at the time it was built. ![]() There is a riverside home I admire, built into a hill on a riverbend with a lovely view. Ugliness and impracticality in the name of progress are not really progress and there is no justification for ugliness and impracticality. ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments Tressie cottom lower ed![]() ![]() In her talk, which centered on the future of higher education, she called for investments in public institutions of higher learning and a political and cultural shift to remove the burden of financial considerations for those considering college. “We promoted an idea that college should be the singular solution to income inequality - wealth inequality - and in doing so, we actually deepened racial, class and gender inequalities,” she said. McMillan Cottom, an associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science, told an audience of more than 200 people online that after decades of framing higher education as the key that unlocks career success, “we have a reality problem.” For some, particularly those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, going to college and accumulating student debt has made life harder, she said. ![]() Noted sociologist, writer and cultural critic Tressie McMillan Cottom made a case for investing in a more equitable approach to higher education at the University of Washington Information School’s Ed Mignon Distinguished Lecture on April 13. ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments Ball Four by Jim Bouton![]() ![]() ![]() Bill Freehan’s “Behind the Mask”, which actually pre-dated Ball Four’s release was also an inside look at a team, but without most of the non-baseball material covered in Ball Four. This book took the inside stories which were evolving, beginning with Jerry Kramer’s book “Instant Replay” about the 1967 Green Bay Packers and Frank Beard’s book “Pro” about the golf tour.īouton took these books a step further and was not nearly as family friendly as some of the other books in that process. Or as the story at the time goes: “If you see a word you don’t know, don’t ask your mother about those” to deal with the four letter words. One of the things to remember is if all he had written about was how baseball players were human (young, loved to chase girls on the road, used coarse language, etc.) that would not have been so bad. While it was obvious from all his writings that he truly loved the game, the fact he looked at things differently was a cause of consternation for baseball officials. After all, Bouton did pitch in 73 games during the 1969 season, which included two major league teams and a short minor-league stint.īefore going to the Seattle Pilots, Bouton had been a New York Yankee and was a remnant from the final days of the Yankees dynasty. ![]() Jim Bouton, who should have had Topps cards in 19 so we could have even better memories of that era, was as the author the key person of the book. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments Landline book review![]() That's how the ending felt for me, at least. I don't know if it's me but it felt anti-climactic, you know in those Lifetime Christmas movies at the end where the main character realizes what they were missing and the scene fades out. I know, I was a little confused by this part because i wasn't sure how it was going to work. That reminds me, in the story Georgie tries to call Neal from an old landline phone at her mom's house and ends up talking to Neal from 1998, the week before he proposed to Georgie. On to Neal, from the beginning, you can see that Neal is kind of a hard person to approach, I'm gonna be honest, I didn't really like that much, I don't know what Georgie saw it him. It seems like most of the book is her deciding to go see her family for Christmas. ![]() ![]() Either way I could relate to how Georgie reacted in certain situations. Now, I'm not married nor do I have kids, and that's ok. The character of Georgie was interesting because she's a workaholic and she's trying to save her marriage and her two kids along with it. ![]() This book was good, not great but still enjoyable. Before, I start this review, i just to let you guys know that i wrote this review at like 2 in the morning so it may be all over the place. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments The blind assassin first edition![]() ![]() These richly layered stories-within-stories gradually illuminate the secrets that have long haunted the Chase family, coming together in a brilliant and astonishing final twist. Intertwined with Iriss account are chapters from the scandalous novel that made Laura famous, in which two illicit lovers amuse each other by spinning a tale of a blind killer on a distant planet. Decades later, Lauras sister Iris recounts her memories of their childhood, and of the dramatic deaths that have punctuated their wealthy, eccentric familys history. The novel begins with the mysterious deatha possible suicideof a young woman named Laura Chase in 1945. Synopsis: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE In The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood weaves together strands of gothic suspense, romance, and science fiction into one utterly spellbinding narrative. ![]() ![]() This line has spawned the graphic novels Goldfish, Fire, Jinx, Torso (with Marc Andreyko), and Total Sell Out. Though he started as a writer and artist of independent noir fiction series, he shot to stardom as a writer of Marvel Comics' superhero books, particularly Ultimate Spider-Man.īendis first entered the comic world with the "Jinx" line of crime comics in 1995. ![]() For over eight years Bendis’s books have consistently sat in the top five best sellers on the nationwide comic and graphic novel sales charts. He has won critical acclaim (including five Eisner Awards) and is one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics. A comic book writer and erstwhile artist. ![]() ![]() ![]() One of the problems I noticed was a feeling of distance, like the characters were the plastic doll house people my daughters play with. When I was judging a recent contest, some entries captivated me and others didn't. Her next book, The Doctor’s Lady releases in September 2011. Currently she makes her home in Michigan with her husband and five busy children. ![]() She received a bachelor’s degree from Taylor University and a master’s from the University of Wisconsin, both in Social Work. ![]() Jody Hedlund is an award-winning historical romance novelist and author of the best-selling book, The Preacher's Bride. If you haven't checked out Jody's blog yet, zip on over when you're done here. Today is one of those day as Jody Hedlund visits with tips on creating characters that feel real. JH: One of my favorite things about the How They Do It column is that I get to host all my favorite writers and bloggers. ![]() |