![]() ![]() I have my own mind that plagues me with this randomness I don't need to read it in someone else's perspective. Honestly, I can think of little more boring than suffering through every thought, feeling and instinct that passes through the human mind. He drops us into scenes and scenarios without any explanation I genuinely felt like Faulkner wanted to deliberately confuse his readers about characters and ideas he could have easily portrayed in a more accessible way. And Faulkner takes it to a whole new level. I don't mind working at a book if it's hard-going, but this style of narration makes it difficult for me, personally, to ever settle into the rhythm of the book. ![]() The first problem is my lack of enthusiasm for stream of consciousness narratives. I think, deep down, I always sensed Faulkner just wasn't for me. ![]() But when I've felt in the mood for a classic or something "literary", I've always passed him up for other authors, even those with 1000+ page monsters. His books always appear on lists of "best books of all time" and "books you should read before you die". I've been working up to a William Faulkner book for years. ![]()
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![]() While Narnia is extremely Eurocentric and explicitly Christian, Earthsea is intentionally secular, drawing inspiration from many cultures and religions. While she drew from many common inspirations, her views were influenced by the growing civil rights, feminist, and other leftist movements of her time, as well as by the various traditions of peoples across the globe. Approximately two decades later, Le Guin would begin her own fantasy epic. In the nineteen-fifties, Lewis, like many of his contemporary fantasy authors, drew inspiration largely from tales with traditional Christian and pre-Christian European values featuring idealised male heroes of noble lineages going on fantastical quests to prove their worth, a worldview he often replicated. Le Guin’s Earthsea are two beloved fantasy series known for their depth of imagination and exploration of complex philosophical issues, yet in many ways, the two series stand in opposition to each other. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia and Ursula K. ![]() ![]() Identity, Environment, and Escape in The Horse and His Boy and The Tombs of AtuanĬ. ![]() ![]() ![]() A gripping way to begin, yes, but even as hints were dropped about what this girl's home life was like, I struggled with how to imagine the setting. All I knew was that a girl and her brother were running through the woods for some reason. Sometimes I like it when authors do this, however, this time it was the main reason I took off a star because it had me a little confused for a while. The story jumps right into the action from the first page. I'm sure I read the synopsis at some point or I wouldn't have put the book on my tbr, but by the time I got this book on audio and started listening to it, I'd forgotten what it was about and was going in blind. ![]() Jenkins before (The Red Rock Mysteries series, and The Wormling Series, both of which I highly recommend), so the fact that he'd co-authored this one too caught my attention. ![]() The plot sounded interesting to me and I have read and enjoyed a couple series co-authored by Jerry B. I first heard of this book through "Booktube" because two of my favorite Christian Booktubers, Melanie Kilsby and Lindsey from Books for Christian Girls, had read and recommended it. ![]() ![]() ![]() Covering everything from the police, education and identity to politics, sexual objectification and the far right, Natives will speak directly to British denial and squeamishness when it comes to confronting issues of race and class that are at the heart of the legacy of Britain's racialised empire.'Ī post shared by Akala on at 7:04am PDT 3. 'In this unique book he takes his own experiences and widens them out to look at the social, historical and political factors that have left us where we are today. The book's synopsis reads, 'From the first time he was stopped and searched as a child, to the day he realised his mum was white, to his first encounters with racist teachers - race and class have shaped Akala's life and outlook.' 'Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire' is a semi-biographical book that discusses issues and questions around race and culture in Britain and around the globe. Akala has written a book discussing race and class ![]() 2' have become some of the most insightful when it comes to cultural issues and are essential listening.Ģ. ![]() Albums like 'The Thieves Banquet' and more recently 'Knowledge Is Power, Vol. ![]() ![]() No one expects her fate to be any different from that of her peers in Katwe. Like many in Katwe, Phiona and her family struggle to afford basic necessities. Phiona Mutesi was born and raised in Katwe, a slum within the bustling city of Kampala, Uganda, that often floods with raw sewage. The new film is based on THE QUEEN OF KATWE: ONE GIRL’S TRIUMPHANT PATH TO BECOMING A CHESS CHAMPION by Tim Crothers-a true, moving, and triumphant account of a young girl who rises out of unlikely circumstances to become an international chess star. Like “The Blind Side,” the film brings to life the story of an underdog whose drive and commitment allows them to overcome incredible odds in life and in sports. ![]() ![]() ![]() “The Queen of Katwe” will hit the silver screen in Disney’s highly anticipated adaptation this week and stars Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo. ![]() ![]() ![]() On the surface, Beauchamp had a lot of friends. ![]() NYC inspectors Jasper Lightner and his partner, Hieronymus Law, are called in to investigate–but the further they dig into the wealthy financier’s background, the dirtier the story gets. When he reappears more than a year later, he’s in several pieces, packed in salt in a shipping crate in New Orleans. They are NOT cozy mysteries, either.īook 2 in The Lightner & Law Series is out in the world!Īlbert Beauchamp disappeared just before Christmas in 1856. These mysteries are NOT romances, so they are completely different than my other books. 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In the wake of his father's wrongful arrest and death, Sy's character Assane Diop takes on the Lupin mantle to avenge him. His latest iteration can be found in the Netflix show Lupin, which stars Omar Sy as a reimagined version of the titular thief. The subject of 17 novels and numerous TV and film adaptations, Maurice Leblanc’s "gentleman burglar" Arsène Lupin is a well-known character in French pop culture. ![]() ![]() ![]() The most pervasive symbol, of course, is that of ghosts. With characteristic irony, Ibsen implies that there is no deceit in raising a brothel to the memory of the late Captain Alving. Purifying the institution of deceit, the flames allow Engstrand to receive support for his planned Alving Home. The fire that destroys the orphanage is another symbol of truth. His last monosyllabic plea has a twofold significance: not only symbolizing the "light of truth," it might stand for the morphia powders which would dispel the lingering darkness that enshrouds Oswald's diseased mind. Thrust into darkness, Oswald weakly cries out for the sun. Alving faces the truth, but it is too late. A pall hangs over the entire landscape of the play if there is no rain at the moment, the scene outside the window is obscured by mist. He needs sunlight in which to paint and he needs illumination on the nature of his father. ![]() Oswald's last plea for the sun, for instance, sums up his need for the "joy of life" in himself as well as in his work. Especially allusive is Ibsen's concept of light and darkness. ![]() Ibsen's poetic ability enables him to enrich the prose plays with symbols that have broad as well as narrow meanings. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Menon’s novel, which Netflix adapted into the 2017 series Mismatched, was lauded for its sweet and hilarious takes not only on young love, but also on the experiences of first-generation Indian Americans. Sandhya Menon is the New York Times bestselling author of When Dimple Met Rishi, Of Curses and Kisses, and many other novels that also feature lots of kissing, girl power, and swoony boys. But in the face of their many differences and the pressures of their family expectations, the two find a connection uniquely their own. While there, Rishi and Dimple are paired together and, inevitably, tensions rise and sparks fly. ![]() Her main aim in life is to escape her traditional parents, get to. 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