6/28/2023 0 Comments Long way down becca ritchie![]() ![]() ![]() Some parts of the book are cute/funny, and Ryke was okay when he wasn't being a control freak (alpha, I think they called it). Stephen Dexter was fine, but I sometimes felt like I was being screamed at or his voice was super dramatic for no reason. As for the narrators, I usually like Jessica Almasy. But since they aren't wearing bras, it's fun and crazy!!! Some topics in the book should have been researched more, as it was clear the authors didn't have experience or knowledge with what they were referencing. No wonder their idea of a "fun" night is sitting around staring at each other (which always ends in a fight or tears). They literally can't leave the house without almost dying or some terrible event happening. Lots of unrealistic drama that just never seems to end. Don't forget codependent, antisocial, and boring. Of course, every character is the most famous, beautiful, rich, talented, brilliant, well-endowed. For the most part, I found the characters annoying and suffocating (seriously, they can't even go to the bathroom without the entire group having a conniption). ![]() if you don't mind unrealistic, fantasy-like story lines. ![]()
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Shocked that she recognized me, I floundered for a moment. “What can I get…?” Roxy’s hazel eyes widened behind the glasses. ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments Willie and joe wwii cartoons![]() ![]() He was obsessed with accuracy and verisimilitude, feeling that he'd be letting down his fellow soldiers if he got any details wrong. He didn't see active combat, but he did travel to every front with the infantry and even received a purple heart after being hit by shrapnel. ![]() Mauldin was an infantryman himself who was part of the army press corps. His ability to understand their lives and frustrations and produce humor from it was tolerated because many members of the top brass thought it was actually a morale booster, helping the dogfaces blow off steam as they faced horrible conditions. ![]() Patton), his cartoons were insanely popular among the grunts-the army infantrymen. ![]() While he certainly had his share of detractors (including General George S. 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South of Bixby Bridge Aug-2011 / General Fiction 2011 Breakout Novel - About to turn 30 and being discharged from drug rehab, Trevor Roberts is sure he's hit bottom with nowhere to go but up. ![]() ![]() South of Bixby Bridge (Trade Paperback / Paperback)Ģ011 Breakout Novel - About to turn 30 and being discharged from drug rehab, Trevor Roberts is sure he's hit bottom with nowhere to go but up. South of Bixby Bridge by Ryan Winfield () : Amazon. ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments Asimov empire![]() ġ909: Joseph Schwartz emigrates to America. ġ787: The United States Constitution is created. ġ784: Simon Ninheimer claimed that at this time, “machine began replacing man and destroying the handcraftsman”. ġ701: Voltaire’s father kills his mother. ![]() ġ664: New Amsterdam is renamed “New York” by the British. Ĥ59 AD: Artorius (King Arthur) leads the Celts in war against the invading Saxons. ![]() This could indicate that even the general dates of events tens of thousands of years ago have been completely forgotten by the 13th millennium GE.ĩ AD: The Battle of Teutoburg Forest, a turning point in the history of the Roman Empire. 26,000 BC (-38,000 GE): Salvor Hardin guessed atomic power to be invented around this time, but is obviously very far off. 6/28/2023 0 Comments Sappho stung with love![]() Her poetry has received every major award in Britain, including the Whitbread and Forward Prizes for Mean Time and the T. His original poems have appeared in such journals as Arion, Dark Horse and Poetry Magazine.ĬAROL ANN DUFFY is a British poet, playwright and freelance writer. After travelling and doing research in Greece on fellowship, 2003–4, he earned his PhD in 2006. He entered graduate school for Classics in 1997 at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. She is renowned as the first woman poet in literary history.ĪARON POOCHIGIAN attended Moorhead State University in Moorhead, Minnesota, 1991–6, where he studied under the poets Dave Mason, Alan Sullivan and Tim Murphy. Though little of her poetry survived the Middle Ages, archaeological excavation has recovered numerous fragments. After her death she became a figure of legend and, in the Hellenistic period (323–146 BCE), was canonized as one of the nine lyric poets worthy of study. ![]() ![]() Though a poet of considerable range, she is best known for amatory poems focusing on adolescent females. ![]() A native of the island of Lesbos, she resided in its largest city, Mytilene. SAPPHO was born after 630 BCE and died around 570. ![]() ![]() Karl commented on Jo’s use of formal punctuation and the fact that he had most of Walt Whitman’s poems memorized. Jo and Karl’s letters were initially reserved they stayed within the confines of their social standings. This unlikely pair would never have been created if it were not for an obligatory English class pen-pal assignment. ![]() He is the definition of a lone wolf, and very few can infiltrate his bubble. On the other hand, Karl is a mysterious and, at times, dark ex-football player who was kicked off his team. Walt Whitman influences every aspect of Jo’s life, from his vibrantly colored blazers to his everyday speech. In Sarah Henstra’s powerful novel “We Contain Multitudes,” trying to mix Jo and Karl together would be like trying to blend water and oil. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments I'm a Manatee by Ard Hoyt![]() Hoyt's ( One-Dog Canoe) pencil-and-watercolor art possesses graceful, fluid lines befitting the underwater setting. Young readers will likely fancy the silliness of the wordplay here and will enjoy being challenged by the vocabulary, an aspect of the "stately" personality Lithgow gives his character ("No one near will ever hear me use profanity,/ Because a manatee/ Has his image to maintain"). ![]() The least appealing creature on the planet-ee." The youngster and his fellow manatees "nose along the cozy ocean floor" snacking on seaweed (it garnishes their "Raisin Bran-atee"), exploring new nooks and crannies and relishing their "world of silence and of sanity." Like Lithgow's previous works, this one takes a read-through or two to fully appreciate the rhythm and sometimes sophisticated tone the CD recording brings it all home in fine fashion, however, and will soon have many adults and children singing along. ![]() A boy dreams of taking on the form of this favorite sea animal-"No difference between my face and fann-atee,/. ![]() Adding to his oeuvre of rhyming song-book hybrids, Lithgow ( The Remarkable Farkle McBride) heads under the sea to extol the joys of being a manatee. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Legal Drug, Volume 01 by CLAMP![]() ![]() With no money or roof over his head, Kudo finds himself working at a drug store after almost dying out in the cold. They were well received at the convention, with 6,000 fans in attendance at their panel. ![]() In 2006, they made their first USA public debut at Anime Expo in Anaheim, California. Ohkawa and Igarashi, wanting to go with the flow of Nekoi's and Mokona's name changes, changed their names as well. In a later interview with Ohkawa, it was revealed that initially Mokona wanted to drop her surname because it sounded too immature for her liking, while Nekoi disliked people commenting that her name was the same as Mick Jagger's. The August 2004 issue of Newtype USA, a magazine specializing in events of the anime and manga subcultures, reported that the members of CLAMP simply wanted to try out new names. ![]() In 2004, CLAMP's 15th anniversary as a mangaka group, the members changed their names from Nanase Ohkawa, Mokona Apapa, Mick Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi to Ageha Ohkawa, Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi and Satsuki Igarashi (her name is pronounced the same, but written with different characters) respectively. ![]() Currently, there are four members in the group. Other former members of CLAMP also included Soushi Hishika, O-Kyon, Kazue Nakamori, Yuzuru Inoue and Shinya Ōmi. Of the remaining seven, Tamayo Akiyama, Sei Nanao, and Leeza Sei left the group during the production of the RG Veda manga. CLAMP originally began in 1989 as a twelve-member dōjinshi circle, but by 1990, the circle had diminished from twelve to seven. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments The state of wonder ann patchett![]() ![]() ![]() It is a tale that leads the reader into the very heart of darkness, and then shows us what lies on the other side. State of Wonder is a world unto itself, where unlikely beauty stands beside unimaginable loss. Swenson asks of herself, and will ultimately ask of Marina. But while she is as threatening as anything the jungle has to offer, the greatest sacrifices to be made are the ones Dr. Swenson is as imperious and uncompromising as ever. Plagued by trepidation, Marina embarks on an odyssey into the insect-infested jungle in hopes of finding answers to the questions about her friend's death, her company's future, and her own past. The last person who was sent to find her died before he could complete his mission. ![]() Annick Swenson, who seems to have disappeared in the Amazon while working on an extremely valuable new drug. Marina Singh is sent to Brazil to track down her former mentor, Dr. A researcher at a pharmaceutical company, Marina Singh journeys into the heart of the Amazonian delta to check on a field team that has been silent for two years-a dangerous assignment that forces Marina to confront the ghosts of her pastĪnn Patchett raises the bar with State of Wonder, a provocative and ambitious novel set deep in the Amazon jungle. ![]() |