Find me andre5/29/2023 ![]() That’s a whole lot of reshaping to shove into the mighty allure of one character. That much-needed irony, even a whiff of ennobling wit, was found in the lovely performances of Timothée Chalamet as Elio and Michael Stuhlbarg as his father, Samuel, a deeply empathetic archeology professor - as well as Armie Hammer as Oliver, Samuel’s graduate assistant, who visits the family at their Italian compound that enchanted summer and not only reshapes their lives, but also, ultimately, it seems, their very concept of time. The keen-eyed screenwriter James Ivory rightfully won an Oscar for gleaning a more stringent strain of love story from the gloss-and-dross of Aciman’s prose, which has a geography all its own filled with isthmuses of metaphors and olive groves of allusions with alas neither an inland nor an inside leg left for irony. ![]() ![]() The acclaimed 2017 film based on Call Me by Your Name was, to me, an improvement on the source material. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Her portrayal of this feminine yet independent spirit has given generations of girls a strong female role model, while offering a taste of another, milder time in history. ![]() Lucy Maud Montgomery's series of books about Anne have remained classics since the early 20th century. Another time, in her haste to impress a new neighbor, she bakes a cake with liniment instead of vanilla. ![]() Later, she accidentally dyes that same cursed hair green. Early on, Anne declares her eternal antipathy for Gilbert Blythe, a classmate who commits the ultimate sin of mocking her hair color. ![]() Not a day goes by without some melodramatic new episode in the tragicomedy of her life. Anne's feisty spirit soon draws many friends-and much trouble-her way. Fortunately, her sunny nature and quirky imagination quickly win over her reluctant foster parents. The mistake takes the shape of Anne Shirley, a redheaded 11-year-old girl who can talk anyone under the table. When Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert of Green Gables, Prince Edward Island, send for a boy orphan to help them out at the farm, they are in no way prepared for the error that will change their lives. ![]() Death and the conjuror5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() When the investigation dovetails into that of an apparently-impossible theft, the detectives consider the possibility that the two transgressions are related. As he and the Inspector interview the colorful cast of suspects among the psychiatrist's patients and household, they uncover no shortage of dark secrets-or motives for murder. Spector has a knack for explaining the inexplicable, but even he finds that there is more to this mystery than meets the eye. For who better to make sense of the impossible than one who traffics in illusions? Stumped by the confounding scene, the Scotland Yard detective on the case calls on retired stage magician-turned-part-time sleuth Joseph Spector. There are no clues, no witnesses, and no evidence of the murder weapon. In 1930s London, celebrity psychiatrist Anselm Rees is discovered dead in his locked study, and there seems to be no way that a killer could have escaped unseen. In this "sharply-drawn period piece" (New York Times), a magician-turned-sleuth in pre-war London solves three impossible crimes ![]() A Publishers Weekly Top 10 Best Mysteries of 2022 Selection ![]() ![]() ![]() As a crew under Rand Van Locken, we learned to work very well together. Did you find it difficult to take the helm in regards to command, and did you ever have to boot anyone off of your ship? ![]() Speaking of that crew, we learn from Van Locken’s Witch, the prequel to Shadow of the Witte Wieven, that you inherited your crew from your former captain. As you know, I had been looking for her for a very long time. I think I enjoyed our mission far more than the others because it gave me time to win the heart of my lady. ![]() My entire crew and I did enjoy working with Aliyana. ![]() I don’t think of any undertaking as a “walk in the park.” Unknown dangers are always considered regardless of how easy or difficult a mission might seem and believe me, unexpected dangers do crop up from time to time. Now that we know about the danger and complexity of some of your missions in your adopted dimension, one of our readers want to know if you considered Aliyana’s quest a challenge or more of a walk in the park? And, did you enjoy it? Hello Danita, I am thrilled to be here with you today, so thank you very much for inviting me to your blog to do a character interview! Wolfaert Dircksen Van Ness, the tall, handsome, powerfully built captain of the Witte Wieven, as well as the hero of our story, has agreed to answer some questions posed by some of my readers. Debbie will be awarding a $15 Amazon Gift Card to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour. ![]() The one selection series5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Gillian: It was basically a sadness intermission. Gillian: I think you might be a very evil person. Gillian: A major character's death that has nothing to do with the plot, is not born of the plot even though it so easily could have been, does not change the plot that follows or the main character in any way, and is executed SO POORLY that I could only guffaw in sadistic glee. Gillian: I laughed when a major character died. Gillian: But you liked it! You laughed! I heard you! Though even my fever dreams tie up loose plot threads better than. ![]() Gillian: Was it? Was it, though? Or did you hallucinate ninety percent of what occurred? You did read it really late at night. Gillian: I REALLY NEED TO TALK TO YOU CAN YOU PLEASE JUST FOCUS. Gillian: Well, yeah, that's because I am y. Gillian: I need to talk to you about The One. ![]() Gillian: We're the same person, so you kind of just insulted yourself. When someone else remembers some great story about me/us that I’ve forgotten. Not walking up but looking at a beautiful staircase. Spending an hour typing at a coffee shop. That my wedding dress was tea length, not floor. ![]() Opportunity, Montana by Brad Tyer5/29/2023 ![]() On a recording trip to a Memphis studio where he wasĬutting demos of new material, Van Zandt fell and, he thought, pulled a muscle in hisīack. ![]() Zandt had recently returned to Tennessee, his home base of the past decade,įollowing another of the small European tours that had occupied much of his time for Zandt should have finally succumbed to complications resulting from a simple,Īccording to the accounts patched together last week, here's what happened: Van Having once dropped off the fourth floor of an apartment building unharmed, Van And perhaps there is some final irony in the fact that, The only real surprises were that Van Zandt's increasing frailty had carried him thisįar, and that his life, which he had lived largely out of a suitcase, had ended Zandt weighed only 135 pounds in recent times. Noted, "Townes had been getting especially frail for the past couple of years." AndĪnother longtime friend, Galveston's Rex Bell noted that the six-foot-two-inch Van As KeithĬase, Van Zandt booking agent in the early 1970s and again for the past ten years, ![]() Genius myth to the verge of cliche - had died on New Year's Day at age 52. That Townes Van Zandt - a man who by all accounts lived the Troubled Troubadour It surprised no one who knew him, or even anyone who knew much of him, to learn ![]() Tasting history with max5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() While Miller's fiancée, Jose, continued to work (also at Disney), Miller combined his love for both history and the culinary arts with a little inspiration from Food Network's Alton Brown's "Good Eats" to discuss and prepare ancient recipes rarely seen in contemporary culture including Elizabethan butterbeer, a Medieval cheesecake called Sambocade, a dessert dumpling from China's Ming Dynasty, and an ancient Roman condiment, Garum (the most popular episode to date, with over 1.2 million views). The YouTube series, which already has more than 320,000 subscribers, was launched during the COVID-19 pandemic after Miller, a Phoenix-born Los Angeleno, was furloughed from his film distribution job at Walt Disney Studios. ![]() That's something Max Miller may soon reveal and prepare on his addictive, new cooking show Tasting History. "Alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, may produce all the effects of drunkenness," Wilde once said, but what did he like to eat? We know that famed gay wit Oscar Wilde loved to imbibe absinthe. ![]() ![]() ![]() Patrick Samphire grew up in England and Zambia. Secrets of the Dragon Tomb is an exciting, funny middle grade adventure full of fantastic inventions, terrible danger, exotic creatures, and larger-than-life characters. ![]() But when a villainous archaeologist kidnaps his parents, Edward and his sisters must set out across the Martian wilderness to save them. They’ll have to dodge deadly beasts and murderous clockwork contraptions, and battle ruthless foes if they are to save their parents and uncover the secrets of the dragon tomb. ![]() Home of pterodactyls, spies, and clockwork butlers… All 12-year-old Edward Sullivan wants is to read his Thrilling Martian Tales in peace. Swanky Seventeener Matthew Landis chats with Samphire about the novelist’s middle-grade debut-a series opener mixing historical fantasy and sci-fi. ![]() Mrs degas japin5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. The Sorcerer of the North (Ranger's Apprentice #5) by John Flanagan Goodnight, Rose and The Last Quarter of the Moon by Chi Zijian The Wife and the Widow by Christian White Muttertag/Moederdag by Nele Neuhaus (Mother’s Day)Ī Holly Jolly Diwali by Sonya Lalli (Diwali)Īlso look into: World Animal Day, days of remembrance (Herdenkingsdag, UK Remembrance Day), days of liberation/independence (Keti Koti, Quatorze Juliet, Fourth of July, Bevrijdingsdag), Groundhog Day, Mardi Gras etc. The Cost of Sugar by Cynthia McLeod (Jewish Holidays)ĭark Harvest by Norman Partridge (Halloween) Naar de overkant van de nacht by Jan van Mersberg (Dutch Carnaval)Īccidental Trouble Magnet (Planet Omar, #1) by Zanib Mian (Ramadan) Koninginnedag by Willem Asman (Dutch Queen’s Day) ![]() Hanukcats and Other Traditional Jewish Songs for Cats by Laurie Loughlin (Jewish Holidays) The Ultimate Pi Day Party by Jackie Lau (Pi Day) Snow, Glass, Apples by Neil Gaiman and Colleen Dorman The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden See what others added on our Storygraph for more inspiration. ![]() Most books on this list count for multiple challenges! Check out the rules to make sure your book counts. Of course, you don’t have to stick to this list and read something entirely different that also fits the challenges, but for those who are a bit lost, here are some ideas. It’s us again! For every reading challenge, we collected a list with book recommendations you could read for the challenges. ![]() A very punchable face review5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Essay collections by known funny people can be tough, because sometimes they aren’t as funny as they think they are or they overthink things, and while not every piece of this book was my favorite, I think overall it works really well. ![]() As someone who HATED the Amy Poehler memoir for how it glossed over things, I loved this book and how it went into detail on this things with humor and realized what the reader wanted to know as much as what he wanted to tell. Jost talks about growing up on Staten Island, his experiences as a child, commuting to school, worrying about his mom (who worked in medical for the fire department) on 9/11, and going to college–Harvard obviously–but he always talks extensively about his career up to SNL–writing at a newspaper, on a show, etc–and then about his time at SNL–from the interview to life on set to finding balance (you don’t lol) and getting Weekend Update and becoming head writer. As someone who loves the YouTube videos about the behind-SNL stuff (hair, cue cards, etc), this book really soared for me, even as someone who likes Weekend Update but goes weeks forgetting that Colin Jost exists.Īlright, so A Very Punchable Face is truly the best of both worlds–memoir and essay collection. This new book by Colin Jost, out this July, finally gives me what I want as a reader! Part memoir, part essay collection, lots of humor and jokes, and an actual behind-the-scenes look at SNL. I really do enjoy celebrity memoirs ,and I like SNL, but I’ve been mostly disappointed with SNL-adjacent memoirs in the past. ![]() |