![]() ![]() There's not much I need to add about how much I adore this story. ![]() thanks for attending my tedtalk.Īfter reading this for a third time and attending Tahereh's instagram livestream q&a, things just kinda settled into place. I really have no updated review for this other than GODDAMN IT, IT STILL ENDED THE SAME WAY AND I NEED ANSWERS. loved it as always even though i'm so confused and stressed i could cry but the things i enjoyed most about this reread was seeing warner's self-awareness develop and the distinction between different kinds of power and resilience, specifically how juliette has to compartmentalize and separately hone her physical strength and mental strength. im thirty times more confused than i was about this book's ending. ![]() I reread this spontaneously in preparation for shadow me and that shit HURTED. It was difficult to annotate because there's a new POV and new characters who i love a lot, so i definitely had a field day putting hearts in the margins. I reread this to annotate it before Defy Me came out and still loved it. TW: panic attacks, transphobia, mentions of racism, gun violence ![]()
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![]() ![]() They fit well into a family worship routine or just for fun reading together. Many families have been reading The Miller Series for the past 30 years with their children of all ages. “Our children could see God’s great faithfulness as we read these precious stories of those who trusted in Him.” - Jay Trimble A bout T he Miller Series ![]() ![]() Experience thrilling adventures the Christian missionaries on these pages meet with witch doctors, disease, drought, hate-filled guerillas, a Bible thief, and killer cats! Best of all, each of these stories is based on actually happenings in the lives of real people.įollow these missionaries as they respond to God’s call, which leads some into miraculous escapes from danger, while others face martyrdom for Christ – but as soldiers of the Cross, they know that they have the victory in the end! ![]() ![]() ![]() All of this is in accordance with a prophecy. Successive Duncan Idaho gholas serve Leto, and breeding lines are important. 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Evolution does not end short of death for an entire species.’ ![]() ‘No person or society is ever a pinnacle. ![]() ![]() ![]() All were impressed by her wit, passion, intelligence, and determined spirit. She was a remarkable individual with a charismatic personality who earned the admiration and affection of many of those who knew her. While this is doubtlessly true, it is only part of the complex jigsaw of Jane’s story. ![]() The human and emotional aspects of her story have often been ignored, although she is remembered as one of the Tudor Era’s most tragic victims. Jane is known to history as “the Nine Days Queen,” but her reign lasted, in fact, for thirteen days. Her death for high treason sent shockwaves through the Tudor world, and served as a gruesome reminder to all who aspired to a crown that the axe could fall at any time. Minutes later her head was struck from her body with a single stroke of a heavy axe. ![]() ![]() “Good people, I am come hither to die, and by a law I am condemned to the same.” These were the heartbreaking words of a seventeen-year-old girl, Lady Jane Grey, as she stood on the scaffold awaiting death on a cold February morning in 1554. ![]() ![]() Yetu will learn more than she ever expected to about her own past-and about the future of her people. And so, she flees to the surface, escaping the memories, the expectations, and the responsibilities-and discovers a world her people left behind long ago. Yetu remembers for everyone, and the memories, painful and wonderful, traumatic and terrible and miraculous, are destroying her. This demanding role has been bestowed on Yetu. Their past, too traumatic to be remembered regularly, is forgotten by everyone, save one-the historian. Yetu holds the memories for her people-water-dwelling descendants of pregnant African slave women thrown overboard by slave owners-who live idyllic lives in the deep. ![]() The water-breathing descendants of African slave women tossed overboard have built their own underwater society-and must reclaim the memories of their past to shape their future in this brilliantly imaginative novella inspired by the Hugo Award-nominated song "The Deep" from Daveed Diggs's rap group clipping. WINNER OF THE LAMBDA LITERARY LGBTQ SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY/HORROR AWARD ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She is an amazing author who can weave her magic so throughly that you feel as if you are there." - Jessica Bolton, Book Rock Goddess "I love Kailin Gows books and Frost Kisses is no exception. I love reading Kailin's books." – Jamie Johnson, Fantasy Book Chick blog "OMG.this series just keeps getting better! I absolutely love this series. "This is my first novel by Kailin Gow and I promise it won't be the last! She has a wonderful way of capturing the reader from the start and easily transports them to an interesting and fascinating world of Feyland where fairies, pixies and werewolves exist – a beautiful place where magic is normal and necessary, and a place where humans normally cannot survive." - Theresa, Just One More Paragraph Gow will be the next it author." - Amanda Drost, Broken Arrow "Loved this book and am so excited to see what happens in the next one. From the author of the ALA YALSA Reader's Choice Winner in Science Fiction and Fantasy and award-winning filmmaker Kailin Gow comes an epic fantasy series, called Bitter Frost! ![]() ![]() ![]() The young women aren’t the only residents of Yopougon involved in the excitement, however Aya’s father is caught in the midst of his own trysts and his employer’s declining Solibra beer sales, and Adjoua’s brother finds his share of the city’s nightlife. ![]() The new mother Adjoua has her friends to help with the baby, perhaps employing Aya a bit too frequently, while a new romance leaves Bintou with little time for her friends, let alone their responsibilities. The original cast of characters is back in full force, with a case of questionable paternity fanning the flames of activity in the community. Oubrerie’s artwork synchronizes perfectly with Abouet’s funny and lighthearted writing, which together create a spirited atmosphere and scenarios that, however unique to the bygone setting, remain entirely contemporary in their effect. This continuation of the dynamic story by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie returns to Africa’s Ivory Coast in the late 1970s, where life in Yop City is as dramatic as ever. The original Drawn & Quarterly volume of Aya debuted last year to much critical acclaim, receiving a Quill Award nomination and praise for its accessibility and for the rare portrait of a warm, vibrant Africa it presents. “ wittily delves into both the political and the pop during an enchanted era when anything seemed possible.” - Vibe Vixen ![]() ![]() ![]() “It belongs alongside Krafft-Ebbing’s Psychopathia Sexualis and Bataille’s Erotism: Death and Sensuality in any well-appointed library of the unusual.” - Bay Guardian The field of inquiry is the prodigious psychic démi-monde of hallucination, schizophrenia, religious fervor, ecstatic possession, sexual obsession, mass hysteria, and private ritual, as documented by the rational methodology of science. The Amok Journal: Sensurround Edition brings together accounts of the search for the erotic in the mechanical, the sublime in the visceral, and the spiritual in the electromagnetic, from explorations of the subtle effects of infrasound to death-defying grasps at the ultimate orgasm. ![]() The focus of this compilation is the pursuit of a neurobiological basis for mystical and ecstatic experience. AMOK JOURNAL: Sensurround Edition Edited by Stuart SwezeyĪmok Journal: A compendium of psycho-physiological investigations compiled from the furthest reaches of forensic medicine, sexology, psychiatry, anthropology and hard science research. ![]() ![]() He produced few prints after 1901, and concentrated instead on painting. Characterized by broad masses of black and white with minimal detail, they include street scenes, bathers, portraits, and a series of ten interiors titled Intimités (Intimacies) that portray charged domestic encounters between men and women. ![]() ![]() He developed a simpler style during his association with Les Nabis during the 1890s, and produced woodcuts which brought him international recognition. His earliest paintings were influenced by Holbein and Ingres. He painted portraits, landscapes, nudes, still lifes, and other subjects in an unemotional, realistic style. He was an important figure in the development of the modern woodcut. Félix Édouard Vallotton (French pronunciation: December 28, 1865 – December 29, 1925) was a Swiss and French painter and printmaker associated with the group of artists known as Les Nabis. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Nishat comes out to her parents at the very beginning of the book, and her parents have a hard time accepting this revelation in their eyes, Muslim girls can’t be queer. I completely adored the romance between Nishat and Flávia, and felt that Adiba Jaigirdar did a superb job of balancing a sweet swoony romance with heavier themes like identity, culture, and family acceptance. The Henna Wars was an absolute delight to read and will undoubtedly be on my favorites list at the end of 2020. Nishat must balance her feelings for Flávia with her anger at her for appropriating Nishat’s culture amidst a flurry of competition and sabotage. When a school business competition begins, Nishat can’t wait to show off her henna skills-but she’s crushed when she finds out Flávia is doing henna designs too. ![]() Nishat isn’t expecting the return of Flávia, a childhood friend, and she can’t help but fall for her. Nishat’s traditional Muslim Bangladeshi parents don’t take her coming out as a lesbian very well, but she’s glad to have the support of her sister. LINKS: Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository ![]() |