His friend, Algernon Moncrieff, has a similar device to get out of social engagements he wants to avoid. He uses Ernest and his troubles as an excuse to go to London from time to time and have some fun. Jack is careful with money, and thoughtful, but Ernest is a spendthrift and a layabout. Jack Worthing, a wealthy young man with a great estate in the country has invented an alter ego, Ernest. The title itself, with its pun on “earnest” and “Ernest,” with all its characters often very “earnest,” but not always or consistently truthful, gives a hint to the reader and viewer what craziness will ensue. The Irish playwright, Oscar Wilde, was especially known for his witty control of and deft use of the English language, and nowhere does he demonstrate this facility with English better than in the play, The Importance of Being Earnest.
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Someone has come to this quagmire to sink their dreadful handiwork-and Nora soon realizes that she is being pulled deeper into the land and all it holds: the secrets to a cache of missing gold, a tumultuous love affair with archaeologist Cormac Maguire, and the dark mysteries and desires of the workers at the site. As with all the artifacts culled from its prehistoric depths, the bog has effectively preserved the dead man's remains-his multiple wounds suggest he was the victim of an ancient pagan sacrifice known as "triple death." But signs of a more recent slaying emerge when a second body, bearing a similar wound pattern, is found-this one sporting a wristwatch. Description A magnificent tale of death and destiny, past and present, in an Ireland rich with tradition, myth, and mystery: " Lake of Sorrows has a heft and richness uncommon in contemporary suspense novels" ( Minneapolis Star-Tribune).Īmerican pathologist Nora Gavin has come to the Irish midlands to examine a body unearthed at a desolate spot known as the Lake of Sorrows. This certainly doesn't mean that I'm quitting my day job, but it does give me a place to shed a little light on what it's like to be a kid from Springfield, Virginia, walking through life while living out the crazy dreams I had as young musician. The joy that I have felt from chronicling these tales is not unlike listening back to a song that I've recorded and can't wait to share with the world, or reading a primitive journal entry from a stained notebook, or even hearing my voice bounce between the Kiss posters on my wall as a child. Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities ('It's a piece of cake! Just do four hours of interviews, find someone else to write it, put your face on the cover, and voila!'), I have decided to write these stories just as I have always done, in my own hand. After earning his law degree in 1849, Verne remained in Paris to indulge his artistic leanings. He began frequenting Paris' famed literary salons, and befriended a group of artists and writers that included Alexandre Dumas and his son. While he tended to his studies, Verne found himself attracted to literature and the theater. Afterward, his father, a lawyer, sent his oldest son to Paris to study law. While attending boarding school, he began to write short stories and poetry. There, Verne was exposed to vessels departing and arriving, sparking his imagination for travel and adventure. Verne was born on February 8, 1828, in Nantes, France, a busy maritime port city. Although he died in 1905, his works continued to be published well after his death, and he became the second most translated author in the world. Often referred to as the "Father of Science Fiction," Verne wrote books about a variety of innovations and technological advancements years before they were practical realities. Jules Verne hit his stride as a writer after meeting publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel, who nurtured many of the works that would comprise the author's Voyages Extraordinaires. When a supernatural creat leaves the mark of death on a popular cheerleader, Kali knows she is the only one who can save her. But every other day, Kali becomes something else, hunting and killing demons, hellhounds and other supernatural creatures. Sure, she goes to high school and even attends pep rallies. And they are–because no one else can really see them.Ībout “Every Other Day”: Sixteen-year-old Kali D’Angelo has always known she’s different. It’s as if Claire and Nix are the only people in the world for each other. Yet the moment he lays eyes on her, he can’t make the hit. Talking out maneuvering each other wrestling for control. But now they’ve ID’ed her and send seventeen-year-old Nix to remove her. Day 16: The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes read by Mrs. Sixteen-year-old Claire has been invisible her whole life, missed by the Institute’s monitoring. But an untrained Nobody is a threat to their organization. The Institute finds these people when they’re young and takes them away for training. That’s why they make the perfect assassins. Make sure to check out my review of “Nobody” and scroll down for multiple chances to win Jennifer’s books.Ībout “Nobody”: There are people in this world who are Nobody. In conjunction with the release of Jennifer Lynn Barnes‘ latest book, “Nobody,” Egmont is giving away a hardcover copy of “Nobody” a paperback copy of Jennifer’s “Every Other Day” on Cracking the Cover. But Isadora soon realizes that the chemistry between them just keeps getting stronger and stronger. And yes, Devraj and Isadora are opposites: he’s an extrovert and she’s an introvert. She believes that they are too different to be any good together as a couple. As it turns out, Devraj is her new next door neighbour! And he’s a famous Bollywood star on top of that! At first, Isadora tries hard to deny the sparks between her and Devraj. And she’s further annoyed by the fact that he is a hot ass vampire. When Conduit witch Isadora gets hit by Devraj’s car, to say that she is upset would be an understatement. I need more brown vampires, please and thank you!! I am HERE for this kind of vampire content!! I’ve been telling all my South Asian friends about this book because like me, a brown-skinned Indian vampire never really crossed their mind before! And she does it with cultural and religious sensitivity. In Don’t Hex and Drive, Juliette Cross defies the norm and gives us a BROWN-SKINNED INDIAN VAMPIRE. When it comes to vampires, the media usually feeds us the pale white skinned kind-especially since the rise of Twilight. I really enjoyed both Wolf Gone Wild and Don’t Hex and Drive, so I recommend both books. I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.ĭon’t Hex and Drive is the second book in the Stay a Spell series and it can easily be read as a standalone. I'm not going to go into extensive detail - life's too short and I've already spent more time on this than it deserves. It reads like a first draft, when ideas and rough dialogue are simply being dumped onto the page, not a finished product. I would almost venture to say unedited, as there are so many flaws and downright errors that you would think someone would have caught them if they had bothered to read it critically before publication (I wasn't trying to read critically, and they leapt out at me). The problem is that while there is the potential for a great story here and some of the writing is occasionally good, the book for the most part is badly written and VERY poorly edited. I hadn't realised it was a YA (Young Adult) novel until I started it, but that in itself wouldn't have been a problem - a lot of my favourite novels are pitched at readers young enough to be my children. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho The Alchemist is a classic in mystical/spiritual books. In the evening is best because, as Becki says, it will help you unwind and sleep better, but you can get in as many as 11 books in 1 year! So whether you listen in the car, while working out, or traveling, you will get in a lot of books this way! It can be in your purse or car, but at least you’ll have one whenever you have a moment like waiting at the doctor’s office, in line, etc. >Choose at least one book and make it your goal to finish it. I asked my fellow blogging buddy, Becki Svare with A Book Lover’s Adventures, what she suggests are her top 8 all time favorite travel-related books and she suggested some great ones! Love to travel, but hate to read? These will captivate you! TIPS FOR THE NON-READER Every time I try to pick up a book, and sometimes I have had to force myself, I end up reading a chapter or two, I get bored or life just happens, and I never come back to it. Gasp! Honestly, I’d rather read blogs, magazines, and watch TV than to pick up a book. For those that know me well, they know that I am at times blunt and to the point. (Chapter 1)ĭean draws a shadowy world that exists alongside our own, populated with monsters of various kinds-the book eater patriarchs who control their descendants’ lives being more subtle than the everyday book eaters and mind eaters who populate Devon Fairweather’s life and her story. He suffered occasionally from eczema, especially in winter. The books she ate, the booze kept her sane, and the lotion was for Cai, her son. These days, Devon only bought three things from the shops: books, booze, and Sensitive Care skin cream. That intrigue (further deepened by the excellent US cover, with art by paper and book artist Su Blackwell) was amply repaid just in the book’s first paragraph, one of the strongest I’ve read in recent SFF: A young book eater woman undertakes a desperate, violent quest to find a way to preserve her young mind eater son from a fate decreed by the six book eater Families of Britain: death, or servitude as a “dragon,” the enforcers of the book eater militia known as the knights. I was intrigued as soon as I read the description for The Book Eaters, Sunyi Dean’s debut novel. It is in this middle period that he wrote the novels that would secure his fame as one of the leading science fiction writers of his era, pushing the boundaries of the science fiction genre and showing that even an established author could compete with the avante garde authors of Britain's New Wave. Although he continued to work under editorial guidance, and his works were still edited for both length and content, he no longer had to deal with the sort of picayune objections he'd battled in his earlier career (as documented in Grumbles from the Grave). In the middle, as he became a respected figure in the field and editors increasingly trusted his judgment, he was given a far wider range of discretion in both length and subject matter of his works. During the first part of his career, in which he produced the early short stories of the First Future History and his YA novels, he was typically working on very tight editorial direction, and as a result his works represented as much the views of his editors as himself. Heinlein's career has three major phases. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. |