![]() ![]() ![]() TGBC: What did you edit out of this book?ĮS: I am definitely one of those writers who always adds in edits, so very rarely does anything end up on the cutting room floor. When the two have to team up to defeat the latest evil in Graves Glen, sparks fly in every sense. ![]() The Gloss Book Club: What can you tell our members about your novel The Kiss Curse?Įrin Sterling: The Kiss Curse is the follow up to The Ex Hex, so we’re back in Graves Glen, Georgia just in time for Halloween! Gwyn Jones is looking forward to the town’s busiest season and the business it brings to her magical shop, Something Wicked, when she suddenly has to deal with a new coven in town, the mysterious loss of her powers, and- worst of all in her mind- Wells Penhallow showing up to open his own store directly in competition with hers. ![]()
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![]() the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians, 2): Sanderson, Brandon, Lazo, Hayley: 9780765378965: : Books Skip to main content. Twice.’” Like Lemony Snicket and superhero comics rolled into one (and then revved up on steroids), this nutty novel isn’t for everyone, but it’s also sure to win passionate fans. the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians, 2) The Scrivener's Bones: Alcatraz vs. I’m going to go read a book about a boy whose dog gets killed by his mother. Readers whose sense of humor runs toward the subversive will be instantly captivated: not only does the author poke fun at librarians, he lampoons books (including this one) in frequent passages directly addressed to readers: “You are saying to yourself, 'The story just lost me. The madcap plot can seem chaotic, with action pulling Alcatraz toward new characters at a breakneck speed, but Sanderson unexpectedly draws everything together in an extravagantly silly climax. Before long, Sanderson brings on talking dinosaurs (it’s a librarian distortion that they’re extinct), a parallel world, visiting villains and more. As the novel opens, on his 13th birthday, he is quickly initiated into the true nature of librarians by his heretofore unmet grandfather, Leavenworth Smedry. ![]() ![]() Alcatraz, meanwhile, is the name of the protagonist, who has been raised in a series of foster homes. They distort some facts and fabricate the rest. ) children’s debut, an over-the-top fantasy/adventure, librarians are evil because they control all the information in Hushland (America). ![]() ![]() During this time there are the battles in the hedgerows of Normandy, Operation Market-Garden, the battles in the Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, and the capture of the bridge at Remagen. Their thoughts and experiences.Ĭitizen Soldiers: The U S Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany begins on Jand continues through May 7, 1945. ![]() One of the things I like about the author is the readability of his books and that you feel like you get to know the people. ![]() Among them Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest and D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II. ![]() only in the extremity of total war does a society give so much responsibility for life-and-death decision-making to men so young" ![]() ![]() ![]() This is establishing your true protagonist. ![]() He could have been referring to Hill House as well - less four walls and a roof than a villain that’s “not sane … holding darkness within.” This is not anthropomorphizing a place. The Guardian named it “the definitive haunted house story” The New York Times declared that it had “the greatest opening paragraph in the history of horror” no less than Stephen King, a man who knows a thing or two about the allure of paranormal activity with an appreciation for property value, said it featured “the finest character to come out of new American gothic tradition.” He was talking about Eleanor Vance, one of several “assistants” handpicked by a doctor to study specters roaming the house’s hallways and bedchambers. ![]() Shirley Jackson’s 1959 novel of a decrepit, rotting mansion populated by things that go bump in the night (and in the psyche) is considered by many to be the ne plus ultra of possessed-dwelling tales. All homes filled with dysfunctional families are alike each house cursed by ghostly manifestations of past and present sins is haunted in its own way. ![]() ![]() Almost all dragons are lost to the madness and chaos that rage their minds, so they have no sense of who they are anymore. ![]() Seven years have passed since that event and the world is post-apocalyptic. I figured instead of reviewing each book individually, I would share my thoughts on the series overall.įireblood Dragon is a series that takes place on Earth after a rift is opened up between the world of Drakoni warriors (dragons that can shapeshift into humans) and Earth. All books have been released in the series as of March 2022. ![]() One of the characters from that series, Ashtar, is a drakoni which is a species featured and explored in Ruby Dixon’s Fireblood Dragon series. These help support the blog, so I can keep creating content.Īfter finishing Icehome series, I wanted to read more romance books. ![]() This post may contain affiliate or referral codes, for which I receive a small compensation and you get a discount in exchange. ![]() ![]() “So annoying,” she mumbles under her breath, making me chuckle. “I don’t know what you could possibly think is funny right now,” she huffs, and I see her cross her arms over her chest out of the corner of my eye, the action making me smile. “Ellie,” I say in the same tone, feeling my lips twitch. Pulling my eyes from the asphalt, I look over at her quickly, seeing a sadness in her gaze that makes my fist tighten on the steering wheel. “What did she say?” Ellie asks quietly from my side as I pull out onto the main road. I want to take a can of gasoline and light her damn trailer on fire. I’m so pissed that I can actually feel my heart pounding in my neck. “Get it from your sister,” I tell her, clicking the alarm for my truck and swinging up inside. “Remember I warned you,” I say, opening the door and stepping down the rickety stairs to the grass. ![]() “You sure you want that to be your final answer?” I ask her, turning toward the door. “I don’t know,” she says quietly after a long moment. “I don’t give a fuck if she’s the fucking Pope. ![]() ![]() ![]() 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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Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. ![]() ![]() Since most people saw it as a flesh-and-blood iteration of an old-school Disney cartoon, Disney executives thought they’d found a potent new box-office formula: rejiggering cartoon features or analog Hollywood classics into CGI extravaganzas with star-laden casts and pasted-on subplots filled with “empowerment” and “redemption.” Burton’s Alice in Wonderland paved the way for (among others) Sam Raimi’s Oz the Great and Powerful and Robert Stromberg’s Maleficent. (Make that semi-live: there were a lot of semi-computerized bodies and faces.) The result was a travesty of Lewis Carroll-Burton said he’d never connected with the book-and an emotionally leaden super-production, but it also was a smash. ![]() ![]() Burton commercially rehabilitated a venerable title by glutting it with special effects, inserting a new story to add rooting interest and “heart,” and doing it in live action rather than animation. ![]() Alice Through the Looking Glass is the misbegotten sequel to a blockbuster that became one of the most influential movies of the decade: Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland (10). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She even cited visiting temples during their monthly periods (a strict no-no in Hindu culture) as one of the reasons for endometriosis among women! Of course, anyone with a modicum of common sense would understand that this was nothing but pure, unadulterated gobbledygook - but the "doctor" label of the speaker, and the mixture of New Age claptrap and "Hindu" spirituality, resulted in she being taken seriously by a lot of people. This estimable person said, in a highly convincing way, that some temples were centres of "positive cosmic energy" which would play hell with menstrual cycles. Among all the brouhaha, a video started doing the rounds, from a lady doctor of Indian origin from the US. In January 2019, all hell broke loose in the state of Kerala in India because the Supreme Court allowed women of menstruating age to enter the Sabarimala Temple, which is supposedly a "men-only" club due to the fact that the deity is supposed to be ritually celibate. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Or, a useful refresher for teachers to help them decide if they would like to use this poem in the classroom. How do literary elements affect readers' understanding of a literary work?īrief Synopsis of “The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poeīeware! “The Bells” synopsis below does contain spoilers! This summary is meant to be a helpful recap for students after they have read the poem.What are the parts of a poem, and how can identifying them aid analysis?.How do great writers create a mood that readers can feel? How is this evident in "The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe?.How can the cycle of life be turned into a an allegory?.What are some ways that onomatopoeia can highlight emotions in poetry?.Why are people afraid of growing old and dying?.Essential Questions for “The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe ![]() |