Every last word book review5/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Caroline introduces Sam to Poets Corner, a hidden room and a tight-knit group of misfits who have been ignored by the school at large. So when Sam meets Caroline, she has to keep her new friend with a refreshing sense of humor and no style a secret, right up there with Sams weekly visits to her psychiatrist. Yet Sam knows shed be truly crazy to leave the protection of the most popular girls in school. ![]() Second-guessing every move, thought, and word makes daily life a struggle, and it doesnt help that her lifelong friends will turn toxic at the first sign of a wrong outfit, wrong lunch, or wrong crush. But hidden beneath the straightened hair and expertly applied makeup is a secret that her friends would never understand: Sam has Purely-Obsessional OCD and is consumed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries that she cant turn off. Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of the popular girls in her junior class. About the Book Consumed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries that she cant turn off, a girl coping with Purely-Obsessional OCD learns to accept herself and take control of her life through her experiences in poetry club- Book Synopsis A New York Times Best SellerIf you could read my mind, you wouldnt be smiling. ![]()
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Achilles the song of achilles5/12/2023 ![]() ![]() READ ALSO: Does StubHub have hidden fees? (Agamemnon appropriates one of Achilles’ slave girls, Briseis, after being forced to return a slave girl of his own.) “The Song of Achilles” does not, in fact, belong to Achilles at all. ![]() ![]() The result is a book that has the head of a young adult novel, the body of the “Iliad” and the hindquarters of Barbara Cartland. Is Song of Achilles accurate to the Iliad? There’s no such thing as a sacred text.” It does, however, place their relationship front-and-centre, as well as presenting it through the eyes of Patroclus in a first-person narrative. The Song of Achilles is not the first modern novel to retell the Iliad, or to portray Achilles and Patroclus as lovers. Madeline Miller’s The Song of Achilles is a fun, accessible, and largely accurate retelling of the Achilles’ mythos and I enthusiastically recommend it.Īre Achilles and Patroclus lovers in The Song of Achilles? Is the Song of Achilles mythologically accurate? 7 Who is the author of Achilles mourning the death of Patroclus?.6 What is the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus?. ![]() Comfort woman nora okja keller summary5/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() She spoke in 1993 at a University of Hawai‘i symposium – and Honolulu resident Nora Okja Keller was in that audience. One former captive was Keum-Ju Hwang, of South Korea, who finally resolved to tell her story before she died. They sought new lives and didn’t speak of their ordeal. Most died.Īt the end of World War II, survivors felt so much shame that many didn’t go home. They endured beatings, infection, disease and abortions. In filthy conditions, they were required to sexually service 20, 30, sometimes 50 Japanese soldiers a day. This euphemism refers to young women of little means, mostly teenagers, forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Sino-Japanese War and World War II. They mask unpleasantness they blunt the horror. “A truly deceptive term to hide horrendous brutality against the powerless.” I remember exactly what I said some three decades ago to a Honolulu news colleague, when we first heard the expression “comfort women” and learned what it meant. Pictured: Honolulu’s Nora Okja Keller, author of the acclaimed novel Comfort Woman ![]() I am charlotte simmons writer5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() “These days, for intellectual property it’s all about finding the right marriage of producers and talent. What would you do with it?,’ ” Jaysen told Variety. “We now have agents and talent representatives reaching out to us and saying ‘We have this type of thing. Veritas’ efforts have not gone unnoticed by industry insiders as the mania for reboots and revivals has skyrocketed amid heightened competition and the influx of production capital from streamers. ![]() To wit, Apple TV’s “The Mosquito Coast” series is a prequel to the events in the Paul Theroux novel published that was 1981. Veritas was ahead of the curve in mining established properties for new iterations - sometimes departing significantly from the original source material. The Veritas partners have purposefully kept a low profile since the company was formed in 2014. And it is a producer of the upcoming Bob Dylan biopic “Going Electric,” which has Timothee Chalamet attached. Veritas shepherded “The Mosquito Coast” series adaptation for Apple TV Plus that recently was renewed for a second season. The trio focus on using their contacts and existing relationships with authors, publishers and Hollywood players to package and assemble new takes on existing IP. Bookman, a CAA alum, joined them in 2017, when the company moniker expanded to Veritas Entertainment Group. Gasmer and Jaysen joined forces seven years ago to create Veritas Entertainment. Veritas is headed by two longtime literary agents - Bob Bookman and Alan Gasmer - and producer Peter Jaysen. ![]() Dark legacy tate james5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() Entering the Bosch: Legacy format for the first time will be former Hollywood Divsion partners Det. So, it is only fitting, plus very rewarding, to see them pop up in Harry’s life as he adjusts to working as a private investigator.įavorites like Crate and Barrel (played by Gregory Scott Cummins and Troy Evans, respectively) are among many returning characters along with Sgt. Viewers became very attached to the characters in Harry’s world in the original Bosch series. ![]() The big announcement also included confirmations of returning characters to the series. We look forward to giving Bosch fandom the next chapter for these beloved characters.” – Lauren Anderson, head of AVOD Originals, unscripted, and targeted programming, Amazon Studios. This renewal of Bosch: Legacy is a testament to the enduring power of the world Michael Connelly built. “The story of Harry Bosch has evolved over the years, and his journey is far from over. Read on for more details.īosch: Legacy fans can rest assured that there is more on the way beyond the highly anticipated second season. There is also an update on one of the developing projects in the Connelly universe. This comes in advance of season 2, which is slated for a fall release. The free ad-supported streaming service announced a third season renewal for the popular Bosch spinoff. On May 1, 2023, Amazon Freevee released news for Bosch: Legacy and a casting confirmation that has Bosch fans feeling jazzy. May kicks off with great news for Bosch: Legacy fans. ![]() SPI Girls Kick Ass! by Kat Bradbury5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() I believe that the greatest poets of the last century were Edith Sitwell and Don Marquis, that jade is dried dragon sperm, and that thousands of years ago in a former life I was a one-armed Siberian shaman. I believe that antibacterial soap is destroying our resistance to dirt and disease so that one day we'll all be wiped out by the common cold like martians in War of the Worlds. I believe that California is going to sink into the sea when the big one comes, while Florida is going to dissolve into madness and alligators and toxic waste. I believe that all politicians are unprincipled crooks and I still believe that they are better than the alternative. I believe that all men are just overgrown boys with deep problems communicating and that the decline in good sex in America is coincident with the decline in drive-in movie theaters from state to state. I believe that the future sucks and I believe that the future rocks and I believe that one day White Buffalo Woman is going to come back and kick everyone's ass. ![]() Listen - I believe that people are perfectable, that knowledge is infinite, that the world is run by secret banking cartels and is visited by aliens on a regular basis, nice ones that look like wrinkled lemurs and bad ones who mutilate cattle and want our water and our women. I can believe in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny and the Beatles and Marilyn Monroe and Elvis and Mister Ed. “I can believe things that are true and things that aren't true and I can believe things where nobody knows if they're true or not. ![]() Sunshine becomes you ilana tan5/11/2023 ![]() “The fact that we have this stuff stockpiled with streaming is one of the major structural changes that’s happened in the industry since the last strike, and that’s a lot of the reason why we need to do this,” he continued. Steve Bodow, former executive producer of The Daily Show for both Jon Stewart and Trevor Noah as well as Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj, added that Sarandos’ comment was “pointing out the problem, not the solution.” ![]() “It’s very interesting to me for one partner to say, ‘Actually, we’re fine with a strike,’ when there are other ones who have upfronts and need to sell ads this week and have fall schedules that have to get filled up right now and have late night shows that are off air,” Iwinski said. ![]() ![]() Greg Iwinski, a former writer for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and Last Week Tonight With John Oliver and a negotiator for WGA, said he thought that Netflix’s statement was odd given that the streamers were partnered with major studios who did see an urgency to ending the strike swiftly. Marvel Hits Pause on 'Blade' Due to Writers Strike (Exclusive) ![]() Greenwitch by susan cooper5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() Things become complicated when Jane forms a strange bond of sympathy with the enigmatic being and even more so when the creature warily shows Jane its most prized possession, a small leaden case lost at the time of the finding of the grail. This strange fashioning of leaves and branches is believed to bring good fortune when cast into the sea, but it soon becomes apparent that there may be more to this mysterious being than meets the eye. As it happens, they arrive just in time for Jane to witness an ancient ceremony performed by the women of Cornwall every Spring, the making of the Greenwitch. ![]() Lyon enlists the Drews as well as Will to journey to Cornwall in an effort to reclaim the grail. The culprits are the forces of the Dark, who are reeling from their midwinter defeat at the hands of Will Stanton and Meriman Lyon, but still determined to prevent the Light from achieving a final victory. Greenwitch opens with the thheft of the priceless golden grail recovered by the three Drew children in Over Sea, Under Stone. Susan Cooper delivers yet another solid installment in the Dark is Rising sequence. ![]() ![]() ![]() Pia’s life is also unsettled by her parent’s marital problems, as her English expat mother wants to move the family to England.Īt the center of the story is thus the tragic but sadly not uncommon phenomenon of young girls disappearing. Herr Schiller is a genial older man who welcomes both children into his home and tells them local folk tales (most of which are apparently real stories of the area). ![]() Due to her grandmother’s unfortunate accident with an Adventskranz (advent wreath), Pia becomes a social outcast and has to make do with the friendship of StinkStefan (possibly the only one in school more unpopular than she is) and Herr Schiller. Our young narrator is Pia, known as the girl whose grandmother exploded. But then Katharina Linden disappears and suddenly the townspeople have to face the fact that these things happen even in their midst and Bad Münstereifel turns into one more place where parents are afraid to let their children roam outside. ![]() In Bad Münstereifel, a small town in Germany, everyone knows everyone and their business. ![]() Piper and brendan it happened one summer5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() Yet as she reconnects with her past and begins to feel at home in Westport, Piper starts to wonder if the cold, glamorous life she knew is what she truly wants. ![]() Piper doesn’t want any distractions, especially feelings for a man who sails off into the sunset for weeks at a time. The fun-loving socialite and the gruff fisherman are polar opposites, but there’s an undeniable attraction simmering between them. How bad could it really be? She’s determined to show her stepfather-and the hot, grumpy local-that she’s more than a pretty face.Įxcept it’s a small town and everywhere she turns, she bumps into Brendan. So what if Piper can’t do math, and the idea of sleeping in a shabby apartment with bunk beds gives her hives. Piper hasn’t even been in Westport for five minutes when she meets big, bearded sea captain Brendan, who thinks she won’t last a week outside of Beverly Hills. So he cuts her off, and sends Piper and her sister to learn some responsibility running their late father’s dive bar… in Washington. ![]() ![]() When too much champagne and an out-of-control rooftop party lands Piper in the slammer, her stepfather decides enough is enough. Piper Bellinger is fashionable, influential, and her reputation as a wild child means the paparazzi are constantly on her heels. Tessa Bailey is back with a Schitt’s Creek-inspired rom-com about a Hollywood “It Girl” who’s cut off from her wealthy family and exiled to a small Pacific Northwest beach town… where she butts heads with a surly, sexy local who thinks she doesn’t belong. ![]() |