5/30/2023 0 Comments Shadow of the fox yumeko![]() ![]() When chance brings them together, an uneasy alliance is formed, offering Yumeko her best hope for survival. Mysterious samurai Kage Tatsumi of the Shadow Clan is under orders to retrieve the scroll at any cost. Until the day her home is burned to the ground, her adoptive family is brutally slain and she is forced to flee with the temple’s greatest treasure-one part of the ancient scroll. Half kitsune, half human, Yumeko has a skill with illusion that is matched only by her penchant for mischief. Raised by monks in the isolated Silent Winds temple, Yumeko has trained all her life to hide her true nature. Now, for whoever holds the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers, a new wish will be granted. ![]() One thousand years ago, the great Kami Dragon was summoned to grant a single, terrible wish-and the Empire of Iwagoto was thrown into an age of darkness and chaos. A fox shapeshifter sworn to hide a mysterious scroll.Ī secret assassin under orders to kill to obtain it. ![]()
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5/30/2023 0 Comments Last sacrifice book![]() ![]() After recovering from the initial shock of being restored, Sonya leads them to Jillian Mastrano’s house in Michigan, who is revealed to be the illegitimate child of Eric Dragomir. ![]() The Dashkov brothers invade Rose’s dreams, and they later meet up with her at Sonya's house in Kentucky, where Robert changes her back into a Moroi by staking her with a silver stake infused with spirit. Later, they find out the sole person who holds the information needed to find Lissa’s sibling: Sonya Karp, who was once a teacher at St. For safety, Sydney takes them to the Keepers, a strange group of Moroi, Dhampirs, and humans. However, she insists on leaving and helping out, but after Dimitri halts her escape, Rose convinces him and Sydney to look for Lissa’s half-sibling. They continue traveling until reaching West Virginia, where Rose discovers she is to be kept in a motel until her friends back at Court can clear her name. Dimitri takes Rose out of Court, and they drive for hours until they reach Sydney, who is also aiding in the escape. Rose is soon broken out of prison by Mikhail, Eddie, Adrian, Abe, and Dimitri. During Queen Tatiana’s funeral, bas-reliefs outside the church suddenly blow up, causing chaos and acting as a distraction for the guardians. The novel begins with Rose in her prison cell contemplating the charges brought against her and occasionally using the bond to slip into Lissa's mind to view goings-on at Court. ![]() ![]() ![]() 'Beneath the foam of this exuberant debut is a dark, strong drink' Jonathan Franzen, author of, The Corrections Structured around a syllabus for a Great Works of Literature class (with hand-drawn Visual Aids), Blue's wickedly funny yet poignant tale reveals how the imagination finds meaning in the most bewildering times, the ways people of all ages strive for connection, and how the darkest of secrets can set us free. ![]() ![]() As teenager Blue van Meer tells her story we are hurled into a dizzying world of murder and butterflies, womanizing and wandering, American McCulture, The Western Canon, political radicalism and juvenile crushisms. Special Topics in Calamity Physics is a mesmerizing debut. ![]() I thought I'd managed to erase all traces of that night within myself.Įvery night when I tried to sleep, I'd close my eyes and see her again, exactly as I found her, hanging from a pine tree by an orange electrical cord, her neck twisted like a tulip stem, her eyes seeing nothing. 'I wrote this account one year after I'd found Hannah Dead. Marisha Pessl's Special Topics in Calamity Physics is an unforgettable debut novel that combines the storytelling gifts of Donna Tartt and the suspense of Alfred Hitchcock: a darkly hilarious coming-of-age tale and a richly plotted suspense story, told with dazzling intelligence and wit. ![]() ![]() Stigma comes to us in Shakespeare’s first tetralogy as it comes to us in life because there are so many conflicting interpretations between us and the object of our attention, layers upon layers, each asking us to accept its claims about nature, that we have no pure, unfiltered experience with the thing we seek to understand. Interpreting deformity in Shakespeare’s first tetralogy is no different than interpreting deformity in life, not because these plays are some exact copy of nature, for of course the opposite is true. Richard was also Shakespeare’s first study of stigma, and his most meticulous, stretched across three plays. Richard III is the original site of stigma in English literature, beginning with the Tudor chroniclers who decried his villainy alongside his deformity (which, incidentally, the recent discovery of his scoliotic skeleton has confirmed as historical fact). ![]() To entertain these fair well-spoken days,Īnd hate the idle pleasures of these days. Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace,Īnd therefore, since I cannot prove a lover, Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, ![]() I, that am curtail’d of this fair proportion,Ĭheated of feature by dissembling nature,ĭeform’d, unfinish’d, sent before my time I, that am rudely stamp’d, and want love’s majesty Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass But I, that am not shaped for sportive tricks, ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Orc Stain, Vol. 1 by James Stokoe![]() ![]() Also, for some reason a moose was chained to his toilet. The theme of the anthology was “The last comic you would ever draw”, so I took it rather literally and did 8 pages of a cracked out character drawing a book in a post apocalyptic wasteland that would grant him entry into the afterlife. ![]() The bulk of this was done sometime between Wonton Soup 2 and Orc Stain, starting out as a entry for an anthology. Secondly, I thought I’d share this comic I did a couple years back called Murderbullets. Listen as we shit talk Namor’s inexplicable winged ankles and wax poetic on unicorns and such. I was joined by the lovely and unforgiving Marley Zarcone, chubby fat rascal Brandon Graham and fine gentleman crooner Brian Fukushima. This week, the ancient terrible star gods saw fit to deem me my annual ‘leaving of the house’, so with gunny sack and 2 weeks C-rations in hand, I made my way over to the Inkstuds/ radio show for their fundraiser thingy. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Fourth World by Lyssa Chiavari![]() The coin makes him a target of both the Martian colonial government and a crazed scientist with a vendetta-and it leads him to a girl from another time named Nadin, who believes that Isaak might just hold the key to saving both their worlds. But everything changes when he finds an ancient coin among his missing father’s possessions. Ever since his dad disappeared two years ago, Isaak’s been struggling to keep up in school, and he never seems to be able to live up to his mom’s high expectations. Life on Mars isn’t all it’s cracked up to be when you’re Isaak Contreras. ![]() Ever since his dad disappeared two years ago, Isaaks been. Time-travel, government conspiracies and mysteries all come together to tell a story featuring two protagonists on the asexual spectrum.Ĭheck out this book and more on our best of list for books with asexual characters. Life on Mars isnt all its cracked up to be when youre Isaak Contreras. ![]() Isaak and Nadin come from two different times entirely, but working together may be the only way to save both their worlds. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Dualed by elsie chapman![]() ![]() But one day she is contacted by someone high up on the board. And because she doesn't want to kill anymore. She has given it up, as her boyfriend, Chord, asked her to. Now in the last book, in order to prepare to kill her own Alt, she became a Striker for awhile. Now she is helping train other "idles" so that they can be prepared the day they are called to fight their own Alts. She survived after killing her own Alt, which made her a complete. West Grayer is still the main character, if you didn't read the first one, stop now. Whichever survives is the strongest, and therefore the best to survive and help protect their city from the outside world that wants to come in and take over. ![]() At a certain point they are called or given the the order where they must find and kill their "Alt" or twin. They are able to make babies, and what they do is make two of the same genetics, twins basically, but set them with two different families. In this futuristic society, people have become sterile. But I remembered the main points of the story. I read the first book, Dualed, back in the summer of 2012. First, thanks to Edelweiss and Random House for Young Readers for allowing me to read an e-galley of this. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Fair stood the wind![]() ![]() ![]() There is, of course, the financial stability and an incredible 38 kilometres of internal roads, ramps and gates – a farmer’s dream – with enough rock left over to buttress erosion-prone creek beds. ![]() ![]() Along with Mr Archer, there are nine host landowners for Bango Wind Farm whose lives won’t change that much even though their skyline has. The McGraths are immensely proud that 15 years of discussion, planning and some mild disruption had led to the point where their 185-year-old farming enterprise – always home to sheep and crops – now houses one of the largest wind farms in NSW.Īnd it’s not just the McGraths. The giant turbines on John and Jeremy McGrath’s Boorowa farm. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Forge laurie halse anderson![]() ![]() “Anderson seamlessly weaves her fictitious characters into history in a cohesive, well-researched narrative about the Revolutionary War that still focuses foremost on developing characters and their interpersonal relationships.” Publishers Weekly, starred review of Forge “ masterful storytelling weaves themes of friendship, politics, love, and liberty into a deeply satisfying tale that will leave readers hungry for the final volume.” Kirkus Reviews, starred review of Forge “Not only can this sequel stand alone, for many readers it will be one of the best novels they have ever read.” The New York Times Book Review on Forge Anderson’s Forge is a terrific return not only to the colonial era but to historical accuracy.” “It is difficult to imagine there will ever be historical fiction about this time in America that is more nuanced or respectful of time and place. ![]() “ Forge (like Chains) would be an ideal classroom companion to more traditional history book fare, one that readers will likely relish as much for its sensitive storytelling as for its gutsy depictions.” Connect with the musical Praise for Forge ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments The intelligent investor pages![]() The Investor and His Advisers Commentary On Chapter 10 11. Investing in Investment Funds Commentary On Chapter 9 10. The Investor and Market Fluctuations Commentary On Chapter 8 9. Portfolio Policy for the Enterprising Investor: The Positive Side Commentary On Chapter 7 8. Portfolio Policy for the Enterprising Investor: Negative Approach Commentary On Chapter 6 7. The Defensive Investor and Common Stocks Commentary On Chapter 5 6. General Portfolio Policy: The Defensive Investor Commentary On Chapter 4 5. ![]() A Century of Stock-Market History: The Level of Stock Prices in Early 1972 Commentary On Chapter 3 4. The Investor and Inflation Commentary On Chapter 2 3. Investment versus Speculation: Results to Be Expected by the Intelligent Investor Commentary On Chapter 1 2. Buffett A Note about Benjamin Graham, by Jason Zweig Introduction: What This Book Expects to Accomplish Commentary On The Introduction 1. 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