5/30/2023 0 Comments Ayana gray book 3![]() Koffi in particular is fleshed out a bit more, as there’s more exploration of her family and history, including a chapter from her mother’s perspective. Koffi and Ekon remain central characters this time around, but as Koffi has been captured and Ekon is on a quest to rescue her, it presents an opportunity for new characters as well. I was particularly struck by how she drew from the Zulu warrior king and founder of the Zulu people, Sigidi kaSenzangakhona for the character of the same name in her narrative. While it is a fantasy, she borrows and pays tribute to elements of African history and myth, which she goes into in detail in her author’s note at the end. This is definitely a series so far where the positives and the negatives (of which there aren’t very many, to be fair) remain consistent across both books, so enjoyment of the first will likely translate into enjoyment of this one.Īs before, Ayana Gray shines in terms of world building. ![]() ![]() ISBN-13: 978-0593405710 | $18.99 USD | 461 pages | YA Fantasyīeasts of Ruin is a satisfactory follow up to the Beasts of Prey. ![]()
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5/30/2023 0 Comments The sacred woman![]() ![]() " Sacred Woman flings open the gates of understanding the feminine essence. With love, wisdom, and passion, Queen Afua guides us to accept our mission and our mantle as Sacred Women-to heal ourselves, the generations of women in our families, our communities, and our world. Queen Afua summons us to enter the Gateways of Initiation, where she blesses us with the exact tools we need to bring our beings into true harmony with the earth and the cosmos. Sacred Woman gives us a program of spirit rejuvenation and creativity consciousness. Through extraordinary meditations, affirmations, and rituals rooted in ancient Egyptian temple teachings, Queen Afua teaches us how to love and rejoice in our bodies by spiritualizing the words we speak, the foods we eat, the spaces we live and work in, and the transcendent woman spirit we manifest. Come with us, there's Maat-balance and order-there."-Erykah Badu We were on our way to Queen Afua's Global Sacred Woman Village. ![]() "Just when I thought I was all alone, I found myself walking with a group of conscious women who were taking sacred steps and speaking sacred words. ![]() A transformative blueprint of ancestral healing from the renowned herbalist, natural health expert, and healer of women's bodies and souls ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments The graduate book naomi![]() ![]() ![]() “The scholomance is the dark school of magic I’ve been waiting for, and its wise, witty, and monstrous heroine is one I’d happily follow anywhere–even into a school full of monsters.” –Katherine Arden, New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale Until El realizes that sometimes winning the game means throwing out all the rules. El is determined that her chosen group will survive, but it is a prospect that is looking harder by the day as the savagery of the school ramps up. At the Scholomance, El, Orion, and the other students are faced with their final year–and the looming specter of graduation, a deadly ritual that leaves few students alive in its wake. ![]() A budding dark sorceress determined not to use her formidable powers uncovers yet more secrets about the workings of her world in the stunning sequel to A Deadly Education, the start of Naomi Novik’s groundbreaking crossover series. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Thelma rice nora ephron![]() ![]() ![]() So I told her why: Because if I tell the story, I control the version. “Vera said: ‘Why do you feel you have to turn everything into a story?’ She congratulates herself in the introduction written years later for having written a funny book about an event that was extremely painful and in the book she explains why she wrote it: (I’ve selected quotes below that provide evidence for my assertion.)įor Ephron “everything is copy.” She learnt this from her mother, and her son made a film about his mother’s life with the title Everything is Copy. Although it’s light it’s also lightly heavy: Ephron makes astute, even profound, observations about women, men, love, marriage, and adultery. I selected Heartburn, Nora Ephron’s funny book about the break up of her second marriage. ![]() After reading Crime and Punishment and J M Coetzee’s intense meditation on Dostoevsky, I felt the need for something lighter-and I selected well, led by an unknown friend on Goodreads, a social network for readers. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I invite my entire family and my friends who are going to be here that weekend. You can overthink a lot of stuff these days and I don’t think it’s necessary. ![]() If you have a plan, know what you want to do and work towards that. Spur-of-the-moment entertaining is fine if you’re doing it yourself but if you need help, it takes a while to get people set up. It’s astonishing how fast people are occupied nowadays. You have to think of who you’re going to invite then I start planning menus and who’s going to help me with it. I might be thinking all year about something but I’m not really planning it until…you know, invitations have to go out a month in advance now because people are so booked up. I know far in advance that I’m going to have a Thanksgiving dinner and a Christmas open house. I think sometimes people belabor some things way too early and forget that there are holidays in between. How can people start prepping for their holiday celebrations early? Martha Stewart spoke to us about holiday celebrations & offered tips to make your celebration one to remember. ![]() ![]() ![]() One of these women, Polly, uses a wheelchair. I don’t know if Kathleen Jowitt knew this when she approached me about reviewing her second book A spoke in the wheel the story of disgraced professional cyclist Ben Goddard and the two women with whom he forms a relationship. It’s not something that I explicitly state about myself, it seems unnecessary, but I don’t shy away from the fact, or mentioning if it seems relevant – like now. For me, I fear that disabled characters will fall into one of three categories, making me cross and or embarrassed that we are seen in such a way. I am a firm believer that no two people read the same book we bring our own beliefs, experiences, personalities, privileges and much more to the reading experience. However, it is also something that I do not actively seek out. Representation of wheelchair users, and disability in general, is scarce. ![]() ![]() When not in my chair, I use tripod walking sticks to stand and walk for short distances. I have Cerebral Palsy Spastic Diplegia and predominantly use a wheelchair. Disclaimer 1: A spoke in the wheel was sent to me by the author, Kathleen Jowitt, in exchange for an honest review.ĭisclaimer 2: All views about disability are my own and are based purely on my own experiences. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments A Queen's Spy by Samantha Burnell![]() ![]() ![]() Please be aware that the delivery time frame may vary according to the area of delivery and due to various reasons, the delivery may take longer than the original estimated timeframe. Delivery with Standard Australia Post usually happens within 2-10 business days from time of dispatch.You can track your delivery by going to AusPost tracking and entering your tracking number - your Order Shipped email will contain this information for each parcel. Tracking delivery Saver Delivery: Australia postĪustralia Post deliveries can be tracked on route with eParcel. NB All our estimates are based on business days and assume that shipping and delivery don't occur on holidays and weekends. 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She has written one novel for adults, Rooms. White Read-Aloud Award nominee for her middle-grade novel Liesl & Po, as well as author of the middle-grade fantasy novel The Spindlers and The Curiosity House series, co-written with H.C. It debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017, garnering a wide release from Open Road Films that year. Before I Fall was adapted into a major motion picture starring Zoey Deutch. The film rights to both Replica and Lauren's bestselling first novel, Before I Fall, were acquired by Awesomeness Films. She is also the New York Times bestselling author of the YA novels Replica, Vanishing Girls, Panic, and the Delirium trilogy: Delirium, Pandemonium, and Requiem, which have been translated into more than thirty languages. Lauren Oliver is the cofounder of media and content development company Glasstown Entertainment, where she serves as the President of Production. ![]() ![]() ![]() “ Dystopia: An Eighteenth-Century Appearance.” Notes & Queries 30, no. Archaeologies of the Future: The Desire Called Utopia and Other Science Fictions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016. The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.įleck, Dirk C. “The Anthropocene in Contemporary German Ecothrillers.” In German Ecocriticism in the Anthropocene, edited by Caroline Schaumann and Heather I. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2009.ĭürbeck, Gabriele. Narnia and the Fields of Arbol: The Environmental Vision of C.S. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2006.ĭickerson, Matthew T., and David O’Hara. Ents, Elves, and Eriador: The Environmental Vision of J.R.R. London: HarperCollins, 2004.ĭickerson, Matthew T., and Jonathan D. Accessed January 16, 2018.Ĭrichton, Michael. “ Dystopia: An Early Eighteenth-Century Use.” Notes and Queries 57, no. Köln: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2011.īradley, James. San Francisco: Night Shade Books, 2009.īesson, Bernard. London: Routledge, 2003.īacigalupi, Paolo. Dark Horizons: Science Fiction and the Dystopian Imagination. New York: Doubleday, 2013.īaccolini, Raffaella, and Tom Moylan (eds). ![]() “Dire Cartographies: The Roads to Ustopia.” In In Other Worlds: Science Fiction and the Human Imagination. ![]() New York: Atheneum, 1985.Ītwood, Margaret. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Twilight new moon hardcover![]() ![]() Passionate, riveting, and full of surprising twists and turns, this vampire love saga is well on its way to literary immortality. ![]() Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of one evil vampire, but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realize their troubles may be just beginning.īella and Edward face a devastating separation, the mysterious appearance of dangerous wolves roaming the forest in Forks, a terrifying threat of revenge from a female vampire and a deliciously sinister encounter with Italy's reigning royal family of vampires, the Volturi. 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