![]() ![]() ![]() Principally it is about Liesel Meminger, whose little brother dies just before Liesel's mother leaves her with foster parents in a dismal town in southern Germany (her father, a Communist, has been taken away). class, Death would doubtless be criticized for telling instead of showing.įortunately, this book isn't about Death it's about death, and so much else. His periodic soliloquies aren't the most effective moments of the novel, and if he took an M.F.A. And that's only the A's." Maybe so, but Death is so innocuous that he's not very absorbing. ![]() As Death himself puts it on : "I can be amiable. Readers are introduced to this Death-as-storyteller concept in a too-long invocation that begins "The Book Thief." This is no Grim Reaper - we have here a kinder, gentler Death, who feels sympathy for his victims. The Australian writer Markus Zusak's brilliant and hugely ambitious new young-adult novel is startling in many ways, but the first thing many teenagers will notice is its length: 552 pages! It's one thing to write a long book about, say, a boy who happens across a dragon's egg it's quite another to write a long, achingly sad, intricately structured book about Nazi Germany narrated by Death itself. ![]()
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![]() Please share and utilize these quotes to promote support for trans people and create a more inclusive, respectful, and supportive environment for everyone. We’ve compiled a list of impactful quotes from trans activists to foster understanding and appreciation for the trans community. Members and allies of the trans community recognize the unique struggles and challenges that trans individuals currently face: discrimination, marginalization, and dangerous legislation.īy actively supporting and learning from trans activists and leaders, we can better understand these challenges and work together to create an environment where everyone is treated with respect and dignity, regardless of their gender identity. Supporting and learning from trans people is essential in fostering an inclusive and compassionate world. ![]() ![]() ![]() “It just seems that we should reflect that whenever possible, without doing it for stunts. “The world that we live in now is much more colorful and diverse and open,” Bendis continues. And that’s the world that they reflected. A lot of the icon characters from Marvel and DC were created in the early ’60s by straight white men, as far as we know. the world that Peter Parker was invented in. “I was just craving a Spider-Man that I thought more reflected the world that we live in, vs. “That’s always what it’s been to me” - Miles’s being a great Spider-Man, says Bendis. ![]() “It was,” he says, “one of the greatest moments of my whole career.”įor Bendis, Morales and the role he plays in the Marvel universe is about the hero he has the potential to be - and not so much about his racial makeup. There, Bendis saw people dressed up as Morales’s Spider-Man, and he was greeted by many fans who let him know what the character meant to them. But he did make it to San Diego Comic-Con this past summer. Partly due to his many writing commitments, Bendis says he rarely makes it to conventions. ![]() “I’m hugely relieved that people love him so much.” Bendis says of his Ultimate Spider-Man, Miles Morales. ![]() ![]() I only made it to one minute… We argued the entire four-hour flight to his hometown, failed to make a convincing impression with the welcoming press, and right when I was about to knock that arrogant look off his face in real life? He purposely dropped his bath towel in front of me, distracting me with his nine-inch c*ck to “show me who the bigger person was” in our relationship. I signed my name and started counting down the seconds to when I would never have to deal with his special brand of ass-holery again. I definitely didn’t need to think twice about this. Just pretend to love each other for the press, even though I’ve secretly wanted to knock that sexy smirk off his face since the first day we met. The rules were pretty simple: No intimate kissing, no actual sex. If I agreed, he would let me out of my employment contract with a “very generous” severance package. ![]() Wolf of Wall Street, came to me with an offer I couldn’t refuse: Sign my name on the dotted line and pretend to be his fiancée for one month. I should’ve never agreed to this arrangement… Thirty days ago, my boss-Mr. ![]() ![]() ![]() I feel there is something for everyone to in The Broken Darkness by Theresa Braun. ![]() I want goosebumps rising up and down my spine. I want to be quaking in my shoes at every bump or creak in the night. I want to hear about their terrors, their darkness, their fantasies, their wants and desires. I love looking into the hearts and minds of characters, finding what drives people to do what they do. I do love it when I can read a story while standing in line somewhere, or just want to finish a story in…a moment. I highlighted a lot of notes in my ereader, but I think its too much to share. Doesn’t say anything about me…does it? LOL Lost Time had my brow crinkling, hmmmm.īesides ghosts, demons and mythical monsters, we have pinatas, birthday cakes, mirrors, vigilante justice, and so much more. Collecting Empties was super short and packed with fatal goodies. LOLĪ couple of my favorites, Dead Over Heels and Collecting Empties. Maybe YOU have something you would like to share. I LOVE this creepalicious cover that hints at the darkness inside of The Broken Darkness by Theresa Braun, a collection of thirteen short stories that dive into the deepest depths of the human soul. ![]() ![]() ![]() Here in the Midwest, however, Resurrection Mary is our gal. In the upcoming Scary Monsters Magazine #108, I discuss New England’s version in my WEIRD USA column. The commonality is a female apparition in white who experienced a tragic death – usually involving a broken heart. This would the Windy City’s “white lady” ghost and there are other such examples throughout the world. The story I grew up with is that she disappears soon after getting picked up, though I’ve also heard of vehicles crashing to avoid “hitting” her. The mysterious woman is described as wearing a white cocktail dress, shawl, and quiet. ĭescribed as a “vanishing hitchhiker,” Mary has been reported since the 1930’s – seeking rides along Archer Ave. This Roman Catholic burial ground is over twice the size of Brookfield Zoo and home to Chicago’s most famous ghost, Resurrection Mary. ![]() ![]() The first was about thirty-five minutes north in Justice, Illinois – Resurrection Cemetery. So when I discovered a group that met up every Sunday to do local tours, I quickly signed up. ![]() Like most major cities, Chicago has its fair share of supernatural lore and old cemeteries including the infamous Bachelor’s Grove which is considered one of the most haunted in the world. ![]() ![]() “An intimate portrait of the evolution of one West African community. Heartbreaking.” -Tyrone Beason, The Seattle Times “A compelling drama and a thoughtful, sensual study of women’s survival.” -Debora Lidov, Entertainment Weekly Set against the backdrop of a nation’s descent into chaos, it is the take a family and four women’s attempts to alter the course of their own destiny.Ī wonderful achievement recalling The God of Small Things and House of the Spirits, it establishes Aminatta Forna as a gifted novelist. ![]() And Serah, follower of a Western made dream. Hawa, motherless child and manipulator of her own misfortune. Asana, lost twin and head wife’s daughter. There to meet her are her aunts: Asana, Mariama, Hawa, and Serah, and so begins her gathering of the family and the country’s history through the tales of her aunts. ![]() ![]() ![]() Aminatta Forna, whose moving and gorgeously written memoir garnered international attention, has seamlessly turned her hand to fiction in Ancestor Stones a powerful, sensuous novel that beautifully captures Africa’s past century and her present, and the legacy that her daughters take with them wherever they live.Ībie returns home from England to West Africa to visit her family after years of civil war, and to reclaim the family plantation, Kholifa Estates, formerly owned by her grandfather. ![]() ![]() Until Mic, Quinn didn’t think happy endings existed for her, but as the three of them head toward theirs, a threat from her past tries to tear theirs apart-one thing they don’t know is that Quinn is a fighter, and that’s what she intends to do for her family. The night she runs into Michael again she’s so happy to finally be able to tell him about their amazing daughter-to her pleasure he wants to know Maci and jumps headfirst into parenthood. Being a single mother has been hard, but she’d do it all over again for her girl. ![]() Quinn Hughes has done everything in her life for her daughter. ![]() When they meet to talk, she throws him for a loop-they have a daughter, and she’s the identical twin of her beautiful mother, and it’s love at first sight.Īs Mic spends time with Quinn and Maci, he begins to fall deeper in love with both of them but when a threat presents itself, he’ll stop at nothing to protect his girls-from anyone that tries to take them away from him. The moment he sees Quinn, he recognizes her immediately as the girl he spent an amazing weekend with while he was on leave eleven years ago. He’s watched all of his brothers succumb to the BOOM, but it’s not for him, or is it? When the wives and girlfriends of his brothers decide to take him to Teasers for his birthday, that one night will change his life forever. ![]() Michael “Mic” Griffin is feeling restless. ![]() ![]() ![]() Love it or hate it, it’s an engrossing forecast. ![]() His call for strong controls on AI systems sits awkwardly beside his acknowledgment that controlling such godlike entities will be almost impossible. Tegmark’s smart, freewheeling discussion leads to fascinating speculations on AI-based civilizations spanning galaxies and eons-and knotty questions: Will our digital overlords be conscious? Will they coddle us with abundance and virtual-reality idylls or exterminate us with bumblebee-size attack robots? While digerati may be enthralled by the idea of superintelligent civilizations where “beautiful theorems” serve as the main economic resource, Tegmark’s future will strike many as a one in which, at best, humans are dependent on AI-powered technology and, at worst, are extinct. MIT physicist Tegmark ( Our Mathematical Universe) surveys advances in artificial intelligence such as self-driving cars and Jeopardy-winning software, but focuses on the looming prospect of “recursive self-improvement”-AI systems that build smarter versions of themselves at an accelerating pace until their intellects surpass ours. Knopf, 2017 - Science - 364 pages 7 Reviews Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake. The robot takeover will ignite an explosion of “awe-inspiring” life even if humans don’t survive, according to this exhilarating, demoralizing primer. Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Max Tegmark Alfred A. Max Tegmark is an MIT professor who who loves thinking about lifes big questions, and has authored 2 books and more than 200 technical papers on topics from cosmology to artificial intelligence. ![]() ![]() Sorry I'm so late with this review, folks. I've constructed everything in our lives so that at the perfect moment, I could have her, could give her the life she deserves. I've wanted to care for and protect her since the first moment I saw her. Who owns your soul.Īnd then you realize it wasn't fated at all… But sometimes fate determines who you fall in love with. ![]() She never expected Oz to be the greatest culmination of those dreams. Hard work and determination have gotten her to this moment of living the life she only dreamed of while growing up in foster care.įrom the start, I knew that she would be my greatest achievement, so the day I let her go, I set down a path for her. After graduating at the top of her class, she's landed one of the most coveted internships in the United States. Mallory Sullivan is ready to start her new life. ![]() I didn't approach her and I didn't disturb her, but I never once took my eyes off her. ![]() I'll never forget the way she looked, so confident and sure of herself. USA TODAY bestselling author Alexa Riley's first full-length novel shows just what happens when a strong, possessive man finds the woman of his dreams. ![]() |