![]() ![]() Diener has been working on other SFR novels in the meantime.) I thought this was a terrific opportunity to ask the author about the overall series and this book in particular. It was with great delight that I saw a new entry in the series, Dark Matters (Class Five Series Book 4) arrive this month after a three year hiatus. Add in interstellar politics, human and Grih lpassion for music and a few other sharp plot twists and it all adds up to a highly enjoyable series. But the women and the AI’s are allies and refuse to betray each other. Cultural and personal misunderstandings and complications ensue in each book, not least of which is that the Grih fought a huge war against AI’s in the past and have an almost pathological loathing for them now. The women are rescued from various predicaments by members of the Grih military, being one of the highly evolved races in the part of the galaxy where they’ve ended up. ![]() She takes the trope of kidnapped human women and adds new twists, linking each of the women with a powerful Artificial Intelligence known as a Class 5 brain. ![]() One of my all-time favorite science fiction romance series, which I recommend to people regularly is the Class Five Series by Michelle Diener. ![]()
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St Joseph's University (Brooklyn Voices Series). ![]() ![]() Will the book outlive Lil Nas’s current celebrity status? Who knows? Those hoping for insight into the real childhood or adult life of Lil Nas will be disappointed this is not a biography. The reliance on day-in-the-life for an alphabet story breaks no new ground, but it’s very cheerful. Nas definitely looks like a comic book hero.Īnything you didn’t like about it? No. The artwork is bold and cartoonish, with little adherence to the real world. ![]() Although Nas starts out in comfy blue jammies, he’s soon rocking his signature style and is shown in a very fancy hot pink rig, complete with matching hat and Day-Glo cowboy boots. In this idyllic country-western world, Nas lives in a little white farmhouse with Mom, Dad, three siblings and his pony pal Panini (shoutout to that and another single, “Old Town Road” in the text). ![]() Lil Nas tells his story in first-person, sing-song prose, starting with A for adventure and ending with Z for bedtime. ![]() What did you like about the book? This bright, colorful ABC book features easy text that walks readers through a day in a little cowboy’s life. Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 C is for Country by Lil Nas X, illustrated by Theodore Taylor III, Random House, 9780593300787, 2021 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Etienne was clearly a man with enemies-a discarded mistress, a rejected and humiliated author, and rebellious colleagues, one of who apparently killed herself a short time earlier. The victim is Gerard Etienne, the brilliant but ruthless new managing director, who had vowed to restore the firm's fortunes. ![]() A murder has taken place in the offices of the Peverell Press, a venerable London publishing house located in a dramatic mock-Venetian palace on the Thames. Adam Dalgliesh takes on a baffling murder in the rarefied world of London book publishing in this masterful mystery from one of our finest novelists.Ĭommander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are confronted with a puzzle of impenetrable complexity. ![]() ![]() ![]() The act of cruelty from the government and institution towards unfortunate is probably the most dominant theme that is portrayed in Oliver twist. When Charles dickens wrote this novel he wasn’t only creating a timeless classing, he was giving a message that about the maltreatment of our fellow humans and his message still carries on to this day. It seems the plot of the novel relies heavily on classism and how the justice system is highly unreliable, especially in the 1800’s.Ĭharles dickens was clearly portraying many themes like the mistreatment of people in lower class systems like the way the law was more favored towards middle-class and upper-class individuals, the dangers of mob mentality, and of course like the death penalty and how executions became more about entertaining the crowd rather than about meeting justice. The novel not only shows how he is treated poorly because he is less fortunate, but it also shows the overall mentality people had towards the lower-class population that era. ![]() The novel tells a tale of a boy named Oliver Twist who was born into a life of poverty and misfortune, and this young orphan’s adventure finding his way on the mean streets of London, England. It is said that Charles Dickens wrote the book largely in response to the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, a law that shows the government’s both active and passive cruelty towards the needy and the homeless. ![]() ![]() ?When Charles Dickens wrote the novel Oliver Twist, he had written it with the intent of conveying many different messages. ![]() ![]() ![]() I thoroughly recommend Will you be there, as it is a masterpiece of its kind. ![]() The book offers a wealth of thought-provoking reading, featuring a complex plot and sometimes confusing time paradoxes. However, this is more than just a man trying to fix a mistake. It offers a refreshing view on the concept of time travelling, making you wonder what you would change in your life if you had the chance to go back to the decisive moments in your past. ![]() The book is very well written and will keep you in suspense to the very last page. He goes back to that decisive moment in which a simple gesture could save her, the most important person in his life, and change the unrelenting destiny that sentenced him forever. The only thing missing is Ilena - a girl who died thirty years ago. At 60, he is an esteemed surgeon with a daughter he adores. To all appearances, his life has been a success. One day, in unusual circumstances, he manages to travel back in time and meet the young man who was himself 30 years before. Synopsis If you could go back in time, what would you do differently For Eliott, there is no question. His only wish is to see Illena again before he dies. He was diagnosed with lung cancer and was only given a few months to live. The story is about a 60 year-old successful surgeon, Elliot, who has never got over the accidental death of his lover, Illena. It’s set in the United States during different periods of time: present and past. Will you be there?, written by the French author Guillaume Musso, is an exciting love story that will surely keep you on the edge of your seat. ![]() ![]() ![]() Although neither book is very long, they are both excellent examples of Schaeffer’s thinking and approach. ![]() ![]() He challenged Christians to think in terms of their Christian worldview, and to learn how to communicate with people in Western societies that were operating under very different assumptions.Įscape from Reaso n and He is There and He is Not Silent are two classic works by Schaeffer. Schaeffer published a large number of widely read books and dramatically influenced his generation in thinking about apologetics, ethics, philosophy, and theology. He founded the famous L’Abri Fellowship in the Swiss Alps and shared and defended the faith with countless people. A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance Introductionįrancis Schaeffer (1912-1984) was a leading Christian thinker, author, apologist, and evangelist. ![]() ![]() ![]() The one that was based on his early life, and my heart was equal parts brimming with love and shattered with sadness at Jack’s childhood. I’d just read the script he’d been working on. His green eyes were stark in the naturally lit room. His cheeks held the roughness of a day without shaving. ![]() “Do you think anyone knows there’s a wedding happening here?” I asked him. I stood between Jack’s thighs, my hands on his shoulders. One Night (Butler Cove Series #6) Add to GoodreadsĬhilly early winter sun slanted through the windows of Jack’s study at our home on Daufuskie Island. My Star, My Love (Eversea #2.5) (Butler Cove Series #3)īeach Wedding (Eversea #3) (Butler Cove Series #5) ![]() No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.Įversea (Eversea #1) (Butler Cove Series #1)įorever, Jack (Eversea #2) (Butler Cove Series #2) ![]() ![]() Please note: there is no time limit to this discussion. If you didn’t care for the book, then that in itself is a good topic for discussion. We may be discussing a book that you don’t much care for – don’t be put off joining in the discussion. Sometimes we’ll need to agree to disagree – only Terry knows for sure what he was thinking when he wrote the books and individuals members may have widely different interpretations – so try to keep the discussion friendly. ![]() ![]() Others may not be as familiar with the book you are referencing, so think before you post. Please feel free to make comparisons to other Discworld books, making sure you identify the book and the passage you are referring to. ![]() If you haven’t read the book then read on at your own risk – or, better still, go and read the book and join in the fun.įor those of us that are going to join in the discussion, here are a few guidelines: This thread is for discussing Equal Rites in some depth. ![]() ![]() ![]() Malaria-spread by mosquitoes as big as today’s dragonflies-is now common well beyond the equator. The majority of the planet is too hot for humans, but plants and reptiles are flourishing explosively, ferns growing as tall as sequoias and giant lizards presiding over former corporate boardrooms among the inundated ruins. ![]() In its climate, geography and life forms, this new Earth is a chaotic mashup of elements from various points along its prehistoric hothouse past (mostly from the Carboniferous and Triassic periods, which are repeatedly invoked). ![]() The novel finds Earth in the midst of runaway climate change caused not by humans, but by a prolonged period of solar storm activity. It’s remarkable for its vivid depiction of a possible future Earth, its fascinating exploration into the psychological effects of environmental change and its brilliant inversion of the standard disaster story formula. The book is a disaster novel, one that has come to be regarded as a seminal contribution to the climate fiction genre. Ballard published his novel The Drowned World. Sixty years ago this year, the late great British science fiction author J. Liveright Publishing Corporation, July 2012. Ballard introduction by Martin AmisĢ08 pp. ![]() The Drowned World: A Novel (50th anniversary edition)īy J. ![]() |