![]() ![]() Posts will uplift and amplify own-voices reviews and insights. the work herein serves to amplify, acknowledge, and incorporate knowledge, information, reflections, and calls to action from BIPOC + queer + Latinx + other voices. I am a reader, mother, learner, and humble journeyer through the work of being an anti-racist co-conspirator. I am based on the traditional homelands of Dakota and Anishinaabe peoples currently called Minnesota. Welcome to The Bookish Feminist! Here you’ll find book reflections + suggestions, featuring texts by Black, Indigenous, Latinx, queer, and other “colonially underserved/historically resilient” * writers. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The Stolen Volume Is The Codex, An Ancient Text Of Magical Wisdom. Marble Eyes (actually Golems) Storm The Bookshop, Take Perry Hostage And Swipe A Rare Book (but Not Before Josh Snatches Its Two Most Important Pages). In The Vey First Chapter, Armed Goons Garbed In Black With Dead-looking Skin And. And If The Prophecy Is Right, Sophie And Josh Newman Are The Only Ones With The Power To Save The World As We Know It.sometimes Legends Are True.and Sophie And Josh Newman Are About To Find Themselves In The Middle Of The Greatest Legend Of All om The Hardcover Edition.publishers Weeklytwin 15-year-old Siblings Sophie And Josh Newman Take Summer Jobs In San Francisco Across The Street From One Another: She At A Coffee Shop, He At A Bookstore Owned By Nick And Perry Fleming. Humankind Won't Know What's Happening Until It's Too Late. ![]() In The Wrong Hands, It Will Destroy The World. It's The Most Powerful Book That Has Ever Existed. The Secret Of Eternal Life Is Hidden Within The Book He Protects-the Book Of Abraham The Mage. But Only Because He Has Been Making The Elixir Of Life For Centuries. It Is Said That He Discovered The Secret Of Eternal Life.the Records Show That He Died In 1418.but His Tomb Is Empty.the Legend: Nicholas Flamel Lives. Nearly 700 Years Later, He Is Acknowledged As The Greatest Alchemyst Of His Day. ![]() He Holds The Secret That Can End The World.the Truth: Nicholas Flamel Was Born In Paris On September 28, 1330. ![]() ![]() ![]() Though the book did drag along at points (it could have been much shorter!) it was arranged in a readable manner. This might sound trivial, but I also liked the size of the chapters – they were just perfect to read in one sitting. I also enjoyed the historical side of the book, since I’ve read scores of books that have to do with WWII. Metaxas is a good writer and uses the English language well. Somebody recently gave me Metaxas’ book to read, so I decided to read it after all. Bethge’s biography of Bonhoeffer on my “to read” list instead of Metaxas’. I didn’t want to read a book that “Americanized” Bonhoeffer so I put E. I wasn’t going to read it for two reasons: 1) because I don’t usually read biographies of theologians whose works I’ve read extensively, and 2) because I was completely annoyed with Glenn Beck and Eric Metaxas’ discussion of Bonhoeffer where they treated him like an American, patriotic, conservative evangelical. I finally got around to reading Eric Metaxas’ highly publicized biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. ![]() ![]() By placing theStar Trek franchise within the context of American history and popular culture, the author explores how the series engaged with political and social issues such as the Vietnam War, race, gender, and the advancement of technology. Keith Booker offers an intriguing account of the series from its original run to its far-reaching impact on society. ![]() With merchandise spin-offs, feature films, and several television iterationsfromThe Next Generation toDiscoveryStar Trek is a firmly established part of the American cultural landscape.In Star Trek: A Cultural History, M. Their mission was cut short by a corporate monolith that demanded higher ratings, butStar Trek lived on in syndication, ultimately becoming a multibillion-dollar media franchise. Week after week, viewers of the series tuned in to watch Captain Kirk, Spock, and the rest of the crew of the USSEnterprise as they conducted their five-year mission in space. ![]() First airing in 1966, with a promise to boldly go where no man has gone before,Star Trek would eventually become a bona fide phenomenon. ![]() ![]() ![]() He'll make a good impression on his new SEAL team and keep his growing feelings for Dustin on the down low.īut as they log more time online and some very real emotions surface, Dustin and Wes struggle to pretend they're just a harmless fling. When a transfer order comes in, Wes feels ready and centered. The life of an enlisted man isn't always enough to satisfy him, but one wild, no-questions-asked weekend with his online love comes close. Petty Officer Wes Lowe has a smart mouth, a take-charge attitude, and an uncanny ability for making things go boom. His latest chat buddy is more than a sexy online distraction - they're taking their very not-safe-for-work relationship into real time. He's kept his bisexual identity under wraps for years, along with his kinky side and a fondness for the military-themed semi-anonymous hookup website Joe4Joe. No longer a 20-something hell-raiser, he's his SEAL team's new XO - and a man with a secret. ![]() ![]() ![]() Lieutenant Dustin Strauss is a reformed man. Their love is forbidden, but their hearts aren't listening to rules and regulations. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() While Tabitha is not based on any one of them in particular, their stories were often similar. I'm the author so any rating I might give is going to be biased, so I will use this space to tell you a bit more about the book and its protagonist.Ī few years ago, I went through a phase of reading biographies of psychics. Add in a psychic ability that she doesn't believe in, which if she did she would have saved herself a lot of trouble, and the book is highly entertaining.ĭespite the unlikelihood that all of these scenarios would all happen to the same person, this book, at least for me, represents the struggle that most, if not all, young women face navigating the uncertainty that is the transition from adolescence to adulthood. This book, while being a sweet romance and police mystery/murder, is also an eye opener for women who have been a victim of a controlling or abusive partner. Most, thankfully, don't have to deal with all of the ones Tabby did, but many, such as the other women portrayed in the book do fall victim and don't get out. ![]() Throughout the book we see her struggle with multiple traumatic events and issues that unfortunately many young women go through. Unsure with her love life, not LOVING her job, and just trying to make ends meet. Tabitha Drake is in many ways the typical young-adult. I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review through GoodReads FirstReads. ![]() ![]() ![]() They can be warm, but you really need gloves when working outside. I do not know about you, but I find it hard to work with mittens. Bundling himself up for the cold trek, he put on his mittens and went out with his sleigh. One snowy winter day, his mother told him to go into the woods to collect firewood. ![]() There once was a young boy with bright, red mittens. If you haven’t listened to the story yet, be sure to listen here or download it wherever you listen to your podcasts! Let us know what you think in the comments or reviews. Today, we have a famous folktale from Ukraine that some of our travellers might have heard already! The story of the mitten has been translated from Ukrainian into many different languages and retold in children’s books! One popular one from our childhood was Jan Brett’s version! We have used many different versions of “The Mitten” from Barbara Suwyn, Irina Zheleznova, Svitlana Yakovenko, Pavlo Chubynsky (1878) and Ivan Rudchenko (1870). ![]() ![]() A lot of the problems were very real ones for their age group, like their friend group dismantling upon entering a new environment. I found their problems to be smart, relatable, and genuine. I was nervous, because I really was disappointed by it, but I loved this one! Buyea managed to find the charm and intelligence from the first book and put it back into this novel, which was so very appreciated. Review: This was a vast improvement from the last book. Terupt can bring them back together again. On top of all of this, the group fractures and friendships end, and only Mr. Jeffrey practices tirelessly to beat his wrestling nemesis, and Danielle deals with an illness. Jessica is worried about getting a special invitation to a theater retreat, while Anna waits expectantly for Charlie to propose to her mother. Peter runs for class president against Lexie, who is dealing with traumatic events at home. Aside from never seeing his beloved teacher, Luke never sees his old friends anymore, only bullies. ![]() Summary: The seven best friends have moved on to middle school, and they no longer have Mr. ![]() ![]() ![]() "He strips the flesh from bone and makes you laugh while he does it. Includes the following stories: "Where I Live" "Harrison Bergeron" "Who Am I This Time?" "Welcome to the Monkey House" "Long Walk to Forever" "The Foster Portfolio" "Miss Temptation" "All the King's Horses" "Tom Edison's Shaggy Dog" "New Dictionary" "Next Door" "More Stately Mansions" "The Hyannis Port Story" "D.P." "Report on the Barnhouse Effect" "The Euphio Question" "Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son" "Deer in the Works" "The Lie" "Unready to Wear" "The Kid Nobody Could Handle" "The Manned Missiles" "Epicac" "Adam" "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" Originally printed in publications as diverse as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and The Atlantic Monthly, these superb stories share Vonnegut's audacious sense of humor and extraordinary range of creative vision. There are twenty-five stories here, and each hits a nerve ending."- The Charlotte Observer Welcome to the Monkey House is a collection of Kurt Vonnegut's shorter works. " strips the flesh from bone and makes you laugh while he does it. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As only an intelligent fool would do, he decides that ‘what the world needs most is a halfway decent documentary on Sri Lankan cricket’. He wants to do something worthwhile with his last years on earth, and, sadly, that is unlikely to involve his wife or son. ![]() Karunasena is our dying, grumpy, often- drunken, unreliable narrator. Like it or not, sport and national identity are indelibly linked. And, certainly, cricket is what many outsiders, perhaps ignorantly, first bring to mind when they think of the nation. While, bizarrely, volleyball is the official national game, it is with bat and ball that the island’s people are fixated. For when the Sri Lankan set out to explore the psyche of his homeland, he settled on cricket as the vehicle with which to do it. Shehan Karunatilaka adds himself to this list with his startlingly- assured debut novel, Chinaman. Don DeLillo, Philip Roth, Joseph O’Neill and Chad Harbach are just a few of the star (and not so star) names to have used the playing field as an entry point for explorations into wider themes and of big ambition. The use of sport to tell the story of a country is a well-trodden literary path. Using cricket as a device to write about Sri Lankan society, Jim Morphy reviews Chinaman by Shehan Karunatilaka. ![]() |