On her way home she has a feeling she is being observed, and that night someone breaks into her apartment and hits her over the head. Mira is a practicing Wiccan like the godmother who raised her after her parents died in car accident. He improves further when he defends her against an obnoxious customer who asks impertinent questions about her pendant, a pentagram, which is a symbol of her religion. One day she sees a man in the diner where she works who is so incredibly gorgeous that she has erotic daydreams on the spot. The novel began well, and I settled down to a pleasant read, but I found the second half weaker than the first, so that in my overall opinion the book is only slightly better than the average.Īfter an unhappy marriage and nasty divorce, Mira Hoskins works as a waitress in downtown Minneapolis, trying to save enough money to finish her degree in psychology. Readers should know that this book is not romantica, like her Ellora’s Cave releases, but more mainstream, if still very hot, paranormal romance. Witch Fire, Anya Bast’s first book with her new publisher, is the starting point to a new series about elemental witches.
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He prays to the gods of Kadath to go there, but they don’t answer him. The basic plot of Dream-Quest is that Randolph Carter (Lovecraft’s avatar) visits the land of “dream” and sees a “glorious” sunset city that fills him with “the pain of lost things and the maddening need to place again.” His more polished stories remind me of Jorge Luis Borges. Yet, when I enter Lovecraft’s land of “dream,” I feel like a person wading through a bog, sliding my foot along a hidden rail of oddly compelling, incomprehensible sense. Finally, he favors pretentiously and anachronistically twisted syntax. His prose is crammed with value-laden adjectives like terrible, shocking, frightful his characters are flat and don’t evolve there’s little dialogue, and there’s a lot of summarized action. Lovecraft’s style in The Dream-Quest is annoying and boring. Turns out, her interest in Lovecraft is timely, so this month, I’ll focus on Lovecraft, and next month I’ll focus on Nebula and Hugo award winning Kij Johnson. However, Kij Johnson’s The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe, based on Lovecraft’s The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, obliged me to read him. Does an overtly racist writer deserve the energy it takes to write about them? I’m not sure. Singer is a utilitarian - a school of philosophy that holds that actions should be evaluated based on their consequences, and that you ought to do whatever maximizes overall utility or well-being - but he doesn’t expect his readers to share that worldview. It’s a compelling argument, precisely because it’s not all that complicated. But if you don’t think that matters (and Singer doesn’t), then shouldn’t we be, well, saving them? They aren’t right in front of us the children who die if we ignore them are mostly far away, born to families we might never meet. But Singer contends that our world already presents opportunities to save lives that are about as straightforward and low cost as his hypothetical. Ought you, morally, to save the child?Īlmost everyone says yes. You could save them, but doing so would ruin your suit. His original argument, which he introduced in a paper published in 1972, goes like this: Imagine you’re on your way to an important meeting, when suddenly you see a child drowning in a pond you’re walking by. In 2009, the philosopher Peter Singer published a book called The Life You Can Save, which contained a restatement of one of his most famous arguments: that you should help people, if it’s not exceptionally costly to you. Dobranski Milton's 1667 Paradise Lost in its historical and literary contexts / Achsah Guibbory The emperor's new clothes : the royal fashion of Satan and Charles II / Richard J. Back to the future : Paradise Lost 1667 / Michael Lieb "More and more perceiving" : paraphernalia and purpose in Paradise Lost, 1668, 1669 / Joseph Wittreich Simmon's Shell Game : the six title pages of Paradise Lost / Stephen B. Shawcross & Michael Lieb Discussion of the edited text Added preliminary material, 1668-69 Further changes in the second edition, 1674. An authoritative text of the 1667 first edition / transcribed and edited with commentary by John T. 2: "Essays by ten Miltonists establish the significant differences in text, context, and effect of the first edition of Paradise lost (1667) from the now standard second edition (1674), examining in particular the original text's relationship to the literary and theological world it entered in 1667 and thus offering interesting correctives to our understanding of Milton's thought"-Provided by publisher 1: "This authoritative text of the first edition of John Milton's Paradise lost transcribes the original 10-book poem, records its textual problems and numerous differences from the second edition, and discusses in critical commentary the importance of these issues"-Provided by publisher Charles states that “ unless you deliberately fight a habit – unless you find new routines – the pattern will unfold automatically”. Once habits are formed it this process will happen virtually on autopilot. The cue acts as a trigger so every time your body becomes aware of the cue you will automatically follow through with the routine and the reward. My main interest was in The Habits of Individuals as I really wanted to understand how habits work.Īccording to the book, habits are formed in loops. The Power of Habit is broken down into three sections: The Habits of Individuals, The Habits of Success Organizations and The Habits of Societies. The Power of Habit claims to help you understand how habits work and with that knowledge you should be able to work out how you can change your habits for the better. With that in mind, I decided for October PropelHer’s Book Club would discuss The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg. When it comes to success, I am a big believer that your habits play a major role in how successful you become. Like the newly invented Ferris Wheel, he is caught in a whirl between his girl back home, his dreams as an inventor, and his unexpected attraction to his new tutor. The young teacher is reluctant to participate, and Cullen has trouble keeping his mind on his lessons while intently watching her lips. In an act of desperation, he hires Della Wentworth, a teacher of the deaf, to tutor him in the art of lip-reading. But the noise in the Fair's Machinery Palace makes it impossible to communicate with potential buyers. Gambling everything, including the family farm, Cullen McNamara travels to the 1893 Chicago World's Fair with his most recent invention. Read full overviewĪ transporting historical novel about a promising young inventor, his struggle with loss, and the attractive teacher who changes his life, all set against the razzle-dazzle of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. A transporting historical novel about a promising young inventor, his struggle with loss, and the attractive teacher who changes his life, all set against the razzle-dazzle of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.Gambling everything, including the family fa. When a stern, deep-voiced client begins to specially request her for his milking sessions, maintaining her professionalism and keeping him out of her dreams is easier said than done. Milking minotaurs isn't something Violet ever considered as a career option, but she's determined to turn the opportunity into a reversal of fortune. The clientele is Grade A certified prime beef, with the manly, meaty endowments to match. Morning Glory Milking Farm offers full-time hours, full benefits, and generous pay with no experience needed. When a lifeline appears in the form of a very unconventional job in neighboring Cambric Creek, she has no choice but to grab at it with both hands. Violet is a typical, down-on-her-luck millennial: mid-twenties, over-educated and drowning in debt, on the verge of moving into her parent's basement. Non-librarians are welcome to join the group as well, to A place where all Goodreads members can work together to improve the Goodreads book catalog. Need to know what's coming next? Get all the latest news on Sarina's website, and sign up for her newsletter so you don't miss a book or a deal.moreĪ place where all Goodreads members can work together to improve the Goodreads book catalog. She's the author of The Ivy Yearsseries, and more!Īre you looking for a friends-to-lovers story or maybe even a secret baby book? You can read a list of Sarina's books broken out by trope and style. She's the co-author of Him/Us and the WAGs serieswith Elle Kennedy. Sarina Bowen is the twenty-four-time USA Today bestselling and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of three dozen books, including: the True North series, and Brooklyn Hockey. Need to know what's coming next? Get all the latest news on Sarina's website, and sign up for her newsletter so you don't miss a book or a deal. She's the author of The Ivy Yearsseries, and more! Are you looking for a friends-to-lovers story or maybe even a secret baby book? You can read a list of Sarina's books broken out by trope and style. I can proudly say I read every single book Marissa Meyer ever released, so to say I was anticipating this book is an understatement, I began reading this book the HOUR it was released. Soon Serilda realizes that there is more than one secret hidden in the castle walls, including an ancient curse that must be broken if she hopes to end the tyranny of the king and his wild hunt forever.Ī Macmillan Audio production from Feiwel & Friends Love isn't meant to be part of the bargain. In her desperation, Serilda unwittingly summons a mysterious boy to her aid. The king orders Serilda to complete the impossible task of spinning straw into gold, or be killed for telling falsehoods. When one of Serilda's outlandish tales draws the attention of the sinister Erlking and his undead hunters, she finds herself swept away into a grim world where ghouls and phantoms prowl the earth and hollow-eyed ravens track her every move. Long ago cursed by the god of lies, a poor miller's daughter has developed a talent for spinning stories that are fantastical and spellbinding and entirely untrue. In Gilded, #1 New York Times- bestselling author Marissa Meyer returns to the fairytale world with this haunting tale. This audiobook demands to be binged, so listeners should block out some time once they hit play."- AudioFile Magazine "Rebecca Soler brings this YA adaptation of Rumpelstiltskin to life. She lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband, Steve. Brené is the first researcher to have a filmed lecture on Netflix, and in March 2022, she launched a new show on HBO Max that focuses on her latest book, Atlas of the Heart.īrené spends most of her time working in organizations around the world, helping develop braver leaders and more-courageous cultures. With Tarana Burke, she co-edited the best-selling anthology You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience.īrené’s TED talk on the Power of Vulnerability is one of the top five most-viewed TED talks in the world, with over 60 million views. She is the author of six #1 New York Times best sellers and is the host of two award-winning podcasts, Unlocking Us and Dare to Lead.īrené’s books have been translated into more than 30 languages, and her titles include Atlas of the Heart, Dare to Lead, Braving the Wilderness, Rising Strong, Daring Greatly, and The Gifts of Imperfection. She also holds the position of visiting professor in management at the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business.īrené has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy. Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston, where she holds the Huffington Foundation Endowed Chair at the Graduate College of Social Work. |