![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() First i will start with a bit of a description of the writing style of Mr. I will offer a brief summary on each book, but I really do not want to spoil any parts of the story or what mythological figures are featured so I will try to be as vague as possible. It is also classified as Mythic Fiction which is also appropriate due to the tsunami of mythological figures (Egyptian, Norse, Greek, etc.) Ashton releases upon the reader. I have seen the Paternus trilogy by Dyrk Ashton referred to as Epic Urban Fantasy and I feel that is fitting since the setting is modern day and this story is EPIC. I do not have the expertise or the writing skill and this will probably read like the book review equivalent of Captain Caveman saying "Ugg, me think good". So many of the reviews I see posted here are amazingly in depth, use terminology I can hardly understand, and really highlight the reviewer's vast knowledge in all things literary. I am attempting to write my first review and to be honest I feel a bit intimidated. ![]()
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![]() ![]() I felt like they didn't describe some settings as much as they could have, and they described certain things in so much detail that I couldn't really follow it as well because I don't know all the technical aspects of things that they're referring to. ![]() ![]() Setting: 7/20 (1/4 star)- There was so much detail put into everything, and it was a lot at certain times. There was a bit of it that I felt was unnecessary, but it's good they included it if you want that much detail. Plot: 10/20 (1/2 star)- It was very interesting to hear about what Alan's life was like and everything he did. You learned more about everyone he knew, but what each person was actually like sort of blended together because there were so many people by the end. I really appreciated hearing about what he did and went through. Characters: 10/20 (1/2 star)- The whole book tells you the amazing story of Alan Turing's life. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The wooden board they stood on was covered in a rough gray material that reminded him of sandpaper, and wasn’t much wider than his sneaker. But he realized it was good natured, and exhaled a long breath. ![]() “Hang on, Minnesota!” the conductor called out.Īs the other passengers laughed, David tensed, his face flushing. In A Clean Break, Isaac and David ride a cable car too. I’m happy to say it was just as fun as I’d hoped it would be! One of the top items on my to-do tourist list was ride a cable car. It’s been on my bucket list for years, and I was thrilled to have the opportunity to visit this past summer. When I decided to set the sequel to A Forbidden Rumspringa in San Francisco, I’d never been there before. She has also brought along a great giveaway! Please join me in giving Keira a big welcome! Keira has come to talk to us more about her latest release, A Clean Break (which I loved and am reviewing later today). Today I am so pleased to welcome Keira Andrews back to Joyfully Jay. ![]() ![]() Missing for centuries, it resurfaced in Paris in 1911, covered in black enamel to disguise its value, and then disappeared again until it was traced to Constantinople - and now, it would seem, to Spade's own backyard. ![]() Made of gold and encrusted with jewels, the falcon is worth a fortune. As Spade pursues the mystery of his partner's death, he is drawn into a circle of colorful characters - all of them after a legendary statuette of a falcon fashioned long ago for King Charles of Spain. Spade's partner, Miles Archer, takes on the assignment, and quickly both he and the man he was shadowing are murdered. 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In flow, everyday experience becomes a moment by moment opportunity for joy and self-fulfillment. ![]() ![]() ![]() He was, Damrosch writes, not “just a bad boy, he was a particular kind of bad boy” whose sexual encounters were “opportunistic and disturbingly exploitative.” He engaged in pedophilia (though, as Damrosch explains, the age of consent at the time was 10), incest, and gang rape claimed to have occult powers and lost fortunes gambling. The result is a nuanced, deftly contextualized biography of an adventurer, an opportunist, and a man of voracious appetites who was determined to free himself from all manner of repression. Damrosch, an award-winning biographer of Jonathan Swift, William Blake, and others, offers a close critical study of the original manuscript and of supplementary texts that include hundreds of pages of unpublished works. Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) has been the subject of many biographies, based largely on edited and sometimes sanitized versions of his Histoire de ma vie, in which he recounted more than 100 sexual conquests, relentless travels, and a lifetime spent perpetrating scams and cons. A vivid chronicle of the passions of an 18th-century libertine. ![]() ![]() Is Ender the general Earth needs?īut Ender is not the only result of the genetic experiments. His psychological battles include loneliness, fear that he is becoming like the cruel brother he remembers, and fanning the flames of devotion to his beloved sister. ![]() Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers Ender suffers greatly from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and an unsettling fear of the alien invaders. ![]() Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut - young Ender is the Wiggin drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training.Įnder's skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. 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Because it requires more generosity to appreciate, it gives the viewer or reader the chance to feel a kinship with it, to make it their own. ![]() But in its messiness or “wrongness” it can also be more inviting. First, it has the element of surprise: we are less likely to know how we are supposed to interpret it. The neglected work has a number of advantages over the acknowledged masterpiece. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the 1980s, Monk Kidd published two books of nonfiction: God's Joyful Surprise: Finding Yourself Loved (1987) and All Things are Possible (1988).Her writing contained themes that had always interested her: Western religion theology and spirituality. Then she took courses in writing at Emory University and attended writers' conferences, including the prestigious Sewanee and Bread Loaf Writing Conferences. Her writing contained Christian themes, and she was a contributing editor to Guideposts Magazine. 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![]() ![]() While this is one family's story, it is also the timeless tale of the heartbreaking consequences of all wars, all tragedy, narrated by Destiny itself. ![]() As they travel as refugees from Syria to Turkey to Greece, facing danger at every turn, Tareq must find the resilience and courage to complete his harrowing journey. Tareq's family knows that to continue to stay alive, they must leave. And those who have survived are left to figure out their uncertain future. In a country ripped apart by war, Tareq lives with his big and loving family. A powerful novel of refugees escaping from war-torn Syria, masterfully told by a journalist who witnessed the crisis firsthand. ![]() |