![]() ![]() Ain't nobody got time for that.īasically, they can stretch for like.20-30 years, and while the long-term plot is something like: WE MUST FIND OUT WHO KILLED THE DOCTOR'S WIFE'S LOVER'S BEST FRIEND IN THE INTENSIVE CARE WING OF THE HOSPITAL.the hows of getting there is pretty dumb. ![]() They can be entertaining, if you're into that sort of shit, but frankly, I ain't got time for that. ![]() I don't know if you guys are familiar with US soap operas, but they're pretty ludicrous. You've got insta-love, a douche of a love interest, and a Mary Sue of a heroine that makes me sigh longingly for Bella Swan. This book is a fucking soap opera, y'all. ![]()
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![]() The elves, identical in shape and apparel, are at work on Santa’s toys, the boys wearing blue and the girls wearing pink. ![]() ![]() Claus does all the cooking and nags her husband about not eating enough. The film starts in the North Pole, where traditional gender roles are quickly reinforced. Anyone who even knows what Queer Theory is can tell you that the subtext of the narrative seems to be a pre-Stonewall contemplation of the power of coming out and embracing sexual minorities into society at large. I mean, just look at it: Rudolph is totally, absolutely, 100 percent, Neil-Patrick-Harris-French-kissing-Ricky-Martin gay. ![]() There is the suffocating consumerist melancholy of A Charlie Brown Christmas, the existential dread of a magical friend’s impending death in Frosty the Snowman, and the political allegory of Heat Miser’s rise to power that is A Year Without a Santa Clause.īut nothing, absolutely nothing, is changed with a close, analytical reading of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the 1964 stop-motion special. Thinking back on the children’s Christmas specials of yore with an adult frame of reference can be a little bit dizzying. ![]() ![]() ![]() With nothing left to lose, four strangers are about to come together - each experts in their own field. Overnight, each novice investor lost his life's fortune to one man. ![]() The conned: an Oxford don, a revered society physician, a chic French art dealer, and a charming English lord. The sound quality of A Matter of Honour may be affected as a result. Jeffrey Archer's debut novel Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less from 1976 is dramatised here in seven parts by Betty Davis as well as his later work A Matter of Honour, which was recently rediscovered in the collection of an amateur archivist after the recording was lost on delivery to the BBC archives. Jeffery Archer is a New York Times bestselling author, published in over 37 languages across 97 countries. ![]() Two full-cast dramatisations of Jeffrey Archer's thrillers with narration by Jeffrey Archer himself ![]() ![]() ![]() The interplay of the plot lines has enjoyable layers of meaning. ![]() Knowing how the modern world works, hopefully, Picoult's sympathetic portrayal of wolves will lead to greater protection of them in the wild, if it's not already too late. In her notes, Picoult candidly tells us this Steve Irwin-style character is based on the real-life English wolf man Shaun Ellis. In this one, Luke shares with the reader all he has learnt about wolves and it makes for fascinating and endearing reading. It's a clever way of slicing the story so we get to see the same dilemma from several people's perspectives, the reasons behind the choices they make and to develop an understanding of why, in some cases, no one is right or wrong.Ī second familiar Picoult device is the subplot. ![]() ![]() Not only does this make it easy to read but it also helps the reader digest and ruminate on the difficult moral dilemmas she so skilfully constructs. In her signature style, Picoult tells the Lone Wolf story through several points of view, with the typeface changing according to the character who's speaking. ![]() ![]() ![]() She tried not to shiver from the sight of his sharp fangs. He lay meekly next to her but his eyes were lively and another growl tore from his slightly parted lips. He’d have fought otherwise when Jacob had assaulted him. The powerful guy sprawled on the floor probably couldn’t move. Jacob had obviously drugged him pretty strongly but she had no idea what he’d used. His pupils were unusually large and he seemed a little confused. ![]() Peering into his eyes told her a few things. She hesitated, afraid he’d snap at her with those sharp teeth if she got too close. It could account for the terrifying growl that erupted from the back of his throat that eerily resembled a vicious dog. She guessed it had probably been some kind of canine breed. She could see the sharper teeth at close range. His body didn’t move though.ĭear God, he has canines. He snarled at her, a little louder than the mild growl he’d given her before. ![]() He watched her and she couldn’t miss the look of rage. ![]() She moved from between his spread thighs to crawl up next to his body and leaned down to study his features. “You’re going to be fine.” At least physically, she amended. To say Jacob hadn’t raped him much or seemed not to have penetrated him deeply sounded horrific to even note. It doesn’t appear he got-” Her voice died. ![]() ![]() ![]() Through oral tradition and literature, Pinkola Estés submits to conscientious evaluation certain attitudes, customs and reasoning that must be left behind so that we can once again be truly free. Through some stories that we have all heard, such as Blue Beard o Manawee, the author embarks on an investigation that reflects her travels, conversations with her family or consultations with her patients. Clarissa Pinkola Estes takes familiar stories from popular culture and breaks them down into a comprehensive analysis of their characters' behavior, focusing particularly on his female representations to give a clear message: women should follow their intuition and instinct. Women who run with the wolves is a compendium of ancient fairy tales explained from psychoanalysis. Synopsis of Women who run with the wolves 4.1 Other books by Clarissa Pinkola Estés.4 About the author, Clarissa Pinkola Estés.3.1 Chapter 1: The Howling: Resurrection of the Wild Woman.3 Explanation of the first two chapters of Women Who Run with the Wolves. ![]() 1 Synopsis for Women Who Run with Wolves. ![]() ![]() ![]() Dangerously volatile, magical, and lighter-than-air, selium is mined from the volcanic caves and caverns around the desert oasis of Aransa. ![]() It's an ambitious MacGuffin, and I worried at times that O'Keefe was spreading it too thin, but it works. ![]() What's more, O'Keefe makes smart use of it, especially in exploring how people wrest luxury from barren despair.Īt the core of the story is a mysterious element known as selium, around which the entire novel revolves. It's a place ripe for intrigue, and its role in the politics of the world is almost diametrically opposed to its role in the economy. Cut off from the rest of the world by the sands of the Scorched Earth, it's also separated from the selium mines by the volcanic glass of the Black Wash. Here is a port town situated in the middle of an inhospitable, inaccessible desert oasis. The city of Asana, it is one of the more imaginative places I've come across in fantasy. O'Keefe delivers on that fun, and does so with a great degree of characterization and world building than I expected. It sounded like a lot of fun, and that was exactly what I wanted to kick off the new year. ![]() With a promise of fantasy con artists, a desert oasis, an exiled commodore, a murderous doppel, and a stolen airship, I knew I had to give Steal the Sky a read. ![]() ![]() ![]() Kirsty Logan has in my opinion created an absolutely perfect collection of dark, vivid, insidiously creepy and outright horrifying tales to really drawn you in, mesmerise you and spit you back out again with a buzzing brain full of tumbling thoughts. Because I believe the short story is indeed a craft. I admire so many authors for their amazing imagination and story crafting abilities, and I use the word ‘crafting’ purposefully. I have gone over to the dark side I suppose! I love anything odd or ‘off beat’. The regulars among you will also know that my reading tastes have changed massively since I started book blogging and a huge metamorphosis has occurred over the last couple of years. Especially anything that could be considered a little bit ‘strange’ or ‘out there’. ![]() But as you all know this hasn’t always been a love for me. I feel a little bit like a stuck record when I say that I love short story collections. ![]() ![]() Lissie remains convinced that she and her sister will marry the Elwood brothers, but Nett is uncertain. But what at first seems like happiness becomes confusion as Nett’s almost-suitor begins acting stiff and distant. Levelheaded, caring, and sensible, the elder Elwood brother seems like the answer to all her dreams. But soon, Nett is swept up in her own adventure as she meets the brother of Lissie’s prospective beau. Elwood.įrom afar, Nett replies with her usual practicality as she tries to keep her flightier sister’s feet on the ground. ![]() Her remedy is to write witty and insightful letters keeping Nett informed of her adventures in the big city-from dealing with their beastly aunt and refusing advances from a ghastly suitor to attending plays with heiresses and falling in love with a dashing Mr. ![]() When Lissie Dairton heads to New York City to visit her aunt and uncle, her only regret is that her older sister Nett can’t come along. ![]() ![]() ![]() (iii) Dialogue on Oratory ( Dialogus), of unknown date a lively conversation about the decline of oratory and education.(ii) Germania (98–99), an equally important description of the geography, anthropology, products, institutions, and social life and the tribes of the Germans as known to the Romans. (i) Life and Character of Agricola, written in 97–98, specially interesting because of Agricola’s career in Britain.Close friend of the younger Pliny, with him he successfully prosecuted Marius Priscus. ![]() ![]() After four years’ absence he experienced the terrors of Emperor Domitian’s last years and turned to historical writing. He became an orator, married in 77 a daughter of Julius Agricola before Agricola went to Britain, was quaestor in 81 or 82, a senator under the Flavian emperors, and a praetor in 88. Tacitus (Cornelius), famous Roman historian, was born in 55, 56, or 57 CE and lived to about 120. The digital Loeb Classical Library extends the founding mission of James Loeb with an interconnected, fully searchable, perpetually growing virtual library of all that is important in Greek and Latin literature. ![]() |