![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I could go on and on about how great all 4 books are but you need to find that out for yourself. I would recommend this series of books to anyone that has an interest in fantasy stories, medieval times,sword fighting, dragons, elves/dwarves & magic/folklore of elves/dwarves, or anything relating to any of these topics. Not to mention that he started writing Eragon and graduated high school when he was but 15 years old. It takes a brilliant,imaginative and intuitive mind to create a land the likes of Alagaesia the way he did. I love the way he layered in many culturally different peoples ways of living and folklore along with their unique cities, towns and villages. Christopher Paolini is a "fantasy world genius". I couldn't put it down after I started reading, I would just get lost in the world of Alagaesia, that Eragon and his charasmatic dragon Saphira lived,fought and survived in. I was captivated by these books more than I have ever been before. Aside from special effects that really were quite good, the rest of the movie could have been put together in a much better way. After reading just the first book you really realize what a hack job they did on the movie. I made the mistake of watching the movie "Eragon" before I read any of the books. ![]()
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![]() Weir Mitchell, who personally prescribed this “cure” to Gilman herself. As Gary Scharnhorst points out, this treatment originated with Dr. “The Yellow Wallpaper” gives an account of a woman driven to madness as a result of the Victorian “rest-cure,” a once frequently prescribed period of inactivity thought to cure hysteria and nervous conditions in women. ![]() ![]() It is difficult to discuss the meaning in this story without first examining the author’s own personal experience. ![]() This story contains many typical gothic trappings, but beneath the conventional façade lies a tale of repression and freedom told in intricate symbolism as seen through the eyes of a mad narrator. But it was not until the rediscovery of the story in the early 1970’s that “The Yellow Wallpaper” was recognized as an early feminist indictment of Victorian patriarchy. Early readers were appreciative of the sheer horror of the tale, and, indeed, it still stands as a wonderful example of the genre. The gothic tale of “The Yellow Wallpaper” has become just that, although it took nearly a century to find a truly understanding audience. ![]() Charlotte Perkins Gilman had no way of knowing that a story she wrote in 1892 would one day be regarded as a classic in feminist literature. ![]() ![]() ![]() But director Jon Jones made the most of his short video time, combining dialogue with visual clues in such a deft way that one comes away from the movie feeling almost satisfied with this retelling of Jane’s gothic parody. I have no illusions when it comes to comparing a 90-minute video to a complete novel written by a master writer: in my opinion the novel wins hands down every time. Not knowing what to expect, I watched my preview DVD with some trepidation, only to lose myself in this sparkling and delightful adaptation. Had PBS opted to follow ITV’s tepid Persuasion with the very problematic Mansfield Park, they would likely have lost scores of viewers who might not have returned for a third dose of another truncated adaptation of a Jane Austen novel. ![]() Feild and Felicity Jones as Henry Tilney and Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey. The Complete Jane Austen has been saved by the charming performances of J.J. ![]() ![]() "Rachel Hauck enchants us again! Tenley and Birdie are bound together by the understanding that creativity is a guiding force and that their stories must be told. Tenley and Birdie are from two very different worlds, but fate has bound them together in a way time cannot erase. When she discovers her mother has taken extreme measures to manipulate her future, she must choose between submission and security or forging a brand new way all on her own. ![]() ![]() She wants to tell stories, write novels, make an impact on the world. But Birdie has dreams she doesn't know how to realize. ![]() Under the strict control of her mother, her every move is decided ahead of time, even whom she'll marry. Born during the Gilded Age, Birdie Shehorn is the daughter of the old money Knickerbockers. But when her estranged mother calls asking Tenley to help her through chemotherapy, she packs up for Florida where she meets handsome furniture designer Jonas Sullivan and discovers the story her heart's been missing.Ī century earlier, another woman wrote at the same desk with hopes and fears of her own. With pressure mounting from her publisher, Tenley is weighted with writer's block. Can she repeat her earlier success or is she a fraud who has run out of inspiration? Now that her second book is due, she's locked in fear. ![]() Tenley Roth's first book was a runaway bestseller. This happily ever after romance tells the captivating story of two women bound together across time by a shared dream and a mysterious writing desk. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you enjoy A Tale Dark & Grimm, check out the second and third installments in the series In a Glass Grimmly and The Grimm Conclusion, or stop by the library for more frightening and mysterious reads. Read A Tale Dark & Grimm by Adam Gidwitz, to see how Hansel & Gretel come through their adventures. The Seven Swallows, as told in the book, is based on The Seven Ravens, a very similar tale that didn't include Hansel and Gretel, but did include a little girl in search of her seven older brothers who had turned into ravens, and in order to free them, she has to … well, she has to do the same as Gretel does in The Seven Swallows, but I don't want to ruin the story for you, or scare you away! Hansel and Gretel encounter every kind of scary on their journey, witches, an evil magician, and even a fierce dragon, but through it all they learn valuable lessons about life and how maybe, just maybe, they can "live happily ever after". I wanted to see pictures of hell and the devil and his house, his grandmother and the dragon. ![]() While the narrator warns of impending doom, the author recreates some of Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm's lesser known tales. ![]() Author Adam Gidwitz takes readers on a harrowing and sometimes humorous adventure as they follow Hansel & Gretel through their own tale and eight other Grimm fairytales … eight other kind of scary Grimm fairytales. ![]() ![]() About the author (2017) Edith Hamilton (1868-1963) was born of American parents in Dresden, Germany, and grew up in Indiana. ![]() Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes Edith Hamilton, Suzanne Toren, AudioGO (Firm), OverDrive, Inc No preview available - 2014. "No one in modern times has shown us more vividly than Edith Hamilton 'the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome.' Filtering the golden essence from the mass of classical literature, she proved how applicable to our daily lives are the humor and wisdom of more than 2,000 years ago."- New York Times, "Edith Hamilton retells the Greek, Roman, and Norse myths with a sure taste and scholarship that help to restore their quality as perennial and refreshing fables about human nature, including our own."- The New Yorker, Edith Hamilton retells the Greek, Roman, and Norse myths with a sure taste and scholarship that help to restore their quality as perennial and refreshing fables about human nature, including our own., No one in modern times has shown us more vividly than Edith Hamilton 'the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome.' Filtering the golden essence from the mass of classical literature, she proved how applicable to our daily lives are the humor and wisdom of more than 2,000 years ago. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes. ![]() ![]() ![]() And everytime I started a book, I never seemed to finish it. I used to be a voracious reader but I haven’t really read anything except magazines lately. I wonder if the lessening of my materialistic impulses are related to less social media and marketing exposure? I think so and that’s just one of several benefits I’ve found from being less addicted to my phone.Īnother benefit has been a generally better attention span: I can finally sit down again and read a book for prolonged periods of time. And not coincidentally I have recently decided to say no to any more gifted items and cool it with acquiring more items for review (though I’m finishing up my backlog of reviews still). But I can easily say that after a cooling off period, I now have a much healthier relationship with my phone and subsequently I feel much more balanced than I have in a while. Ok so I didn’t really break up with my iPhone in that I no longer use it or that I went back to a 90’s flip phone (that would be too drastic lol). When we decide what to pay attention to in the moment, we are making a broader decision about how we want to spend our lives.Īnd with that quote, I knew I had to read this book, How To Break Up With Your Phone. We remember only what we pay attention to. We experience only what we pay attention to. ![]() Our attention is the most valuable things we have. ![]() ![]() ![]() Victoria has a gift for languages and numbers and diplomacy. She has gotten to travel throughout Europe for two years while teaching her charges how to behave in society. No man has kept her attention and most just annoy her. Victoria is a woman that has accepted that she will never marry. 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