![]() ![]() His rivals have no fear that the boy wonder can beat them on the court, but they've foolishly underestimated him he toys with them until he loses interest, then quickly puts them away. Ryoma's reputation precedes him at his new middle school, where he challenges the presumed supremacy of the eighth- and ninth-grade players despite only being in seventh grade. "The master painter makes art with any brush." ![]() Ryoma is small in stature but his self-assurance makes him seem larger on and off the court, and his immediate future in tennis promises to be intriguing. This spectacularly talented and psychologically disciplined phenom inherited his gift for tennis from his father, who some say could have been the greatest ever if injuries hadn't derailed his career. ![]() The story starts with twelve-year-old Ryoma Echizen traveling to a tennis tournament where he's entered in the sixteen-and-under division, unheard of for a boy his age. As far as sports manga goes, The Prince of Tennis is one of the most popular, long-running series ever developed, and I see why Takeshi Konomi's dramatic artwork would inspire a loyal following. ![]()
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![]() But if you’ve already done with it and are now dreading to wait for Rooney’s next book, don’t worry anymore! Here are some great books like ‘ Beautiful World, Where Are You’ for the fans of Sally Rooney. ![]() If you can get over the lack of punctuation in her writing and are a seasoned Rooney reader, give this one a go. ![]() Exploring contemporary thoughts on success, religion, philosophy, sex and, of course, beauty, the book details their pursuit of hope in an often hopeless world. Sally Rooney is back in her characteristic style with her latest release ‘Beautiful World, Where Are You ’ which follows the friendships and relationships between two friends, Alice and Eileen as they (attempt to) navigate life and love with Felix and Simon, respectively. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This discovery launches Connie on a quest-to find out who this woman was and to unearth a rare artifact of singular power: a physick book, its pages a secret repository for lost knowledge.Īs the pieces of Deliverance's harrowing story begin to fall into place, Connie is haunted by visions of the long-ago witch trials, and she begins to fear that she is more tied to Salem's dark past then she could have ever imagined. The key contains a yellowing fragment of parchment with a name written upon it: Deliverance Dane. As she is drawn deeper into the mysteries of the family house, Connie discovers an ancient key within a seventeenth-century Bible. ![]() But when her mother asks her to handle the sale of Connie's grandmother's abandoned home near Salem, she can't refuse. Harvard graduate student Connie Goodwin needs to spend her summer doing research for her doctoral dissertation. A spellbinding, beautifully written novel that moves between contemporary times and one of the most fascinating and disturbing periods in American history-the Salem witch trials. ![]() ![]() What’s nice about this book is that the characters really do seem to respect this rule, and in fact the rule comes into play in an important way later on. These early attempts resulted in the hard and fast rule that no human may interfere with or harm a Martian in any way. The narrator alludes to disastrous attempts by early colonists to interact with Martians, who have a very difficult language. At the same time, native Martians, wonderfully described by Heinlein, also live on Mars. In the book, several human colonies exist on Mars, all of which seem to be run by the Company. The main themes found in Red Planet are colonialism, independence/government, and life on Mars. Unfortunately, they don’t undergo too much character development and the exposition really drags the story out. The story is essentially a YA adventure, with young Jim and Frank integral to pushing the plot forward. Thanks to Willis’ perfect memory, Jim and his friend Frank discover a sinister secret by the Company and resolve to make it right. ![]() The story starts with Jim heading off to boarding school with Willis in tow. Jim and his family are part of a group of colonists on Mars settled there by the Company. Red Planet tells the story of Jim Marlowe and his little Martian friend, Willis. ![]() I didn’t really enjoy it that much as it seemed to drag on at parts. ![]() I recently finished Robert Heinlein’s Red Planet, the 14th book on my list, which took me a lot longer to read than I expected. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I don’t recall any obvious problematic content here, but I didn’t love everything about this book, particularly when compared to the earlier books in the series. But with Vivian’s departure date looming, can they figure out what they are to each other? After some very formal lunches and a kiss under the mistletoe, it turns into a full-on fling. Vivian is struck by a lot of things in England-one being the charming private secretary to the Queen, Malcolm, who is as attracted to Vivian as she is to him. In Royal Holiday, Vivian Forest gets to tag along with her daughter Maddie on the trip of a lifetime-to England at Christmastime, so Maddie can style a member of the royal family for their abundance of parties and events surrounding the holidays. ) I haven’t finished the series yet, so hopefully those will be coming in the future too! Anyway-on with the review! ![]() (See The Wedding Date, The Proposal, and The Wedding Party. Despite my reviews taking a long hiatus (sorry for those three years!), I definitely haven’t stopped reading, and I’ve got some really fun reviews planned for those books that I’ve been reading over the last three years! I wanted to start my time back on the blog with this one, though, because I’ve LOVED this series, and I reviewed the first three installments in the series years ago. ![]() ![]() Sh.” Butch and Sundance, blood all over them, were talking about why they ought to go to Australia. Skeptical of such a philosophy, Richard bucks the thinking, and the Messiah takes Richard to a movie – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. In the section of the book I am currently re-reading as part of the meta-stack on which I am concentrating now, the Messiah is explaining to Richard that life is a series of illusions. In Illusions, Bach wrote about a return of the Messiah as a airplane pilot who spends time with another airplane pilot who provides rides to midwesterners for about $3 per 10 minutes. I put the book and the notes in a stack with Rosamund Stone Zander and Ben Zander’s The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life, which another close friend – my teaching and learning partner – Jill Gough gave me in January 2011, and which I was re-reading for purposes at work. ![]() I’ve made my first, quick pass of the book, and I took a short page of hand-written notes. Recently, such serendipity occurred while I was exploring “illusions” and “it’s all invented.”įor my birthday, my close friend Mary Cobb gave me a copy of Richard Bach’s Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah. ![]() ![]() Well, some beautiful serendipity happens occasionally in my routine of stack reading. 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Each book you’ve written is set in a totally different location. ![]() ![]() And I can tell you it is the most amazing sensation – dropping through the air, and reaching out for someone’s hands as you fall. I took lessons in the flying trapeze, so that I would know the details – things like which bits of you ache, or how the bar feels against your skin. The four children in the group that carry out the heist are an animal-whisperer, a pick-pocket, a trapeze artist, and a girl with a The Good Thieves was one of my favourite novels to research – it’s about heists and law-breaking and wild daring, and the circus becomes part ![]() Hi Katherine! Your newest novel The Good Thieves features circus performers. ![]() ![]() ![]() She is powerless in her knowledge that the city will fall. Princess of Troy, and cursed by Apollo to see the future but never to be believed when she speaks of it. Her husband raises a great army against them and determines to win, whatever the cost. The sister of Helen, wife of Agamemnon - her hopes of averting the curse are dashed when her sister is taken to Troy by the feckless Paris. ![]() This is the story of three women, their fates inextricably tied to this curse, and the fickle nature of men and gods. A bloodline tainted by a generational cycle of violence and vengeance. 'A brilliant read' Women & Home | 'A spirited retelling' Times | ' Beautiful and absorbing' Fabulous | 'A vivid reimagining of Greek mythology' Harper's Bazaar | 'Jennifer Saint has done an incredible job' Red ![]() ![]() 'Jennifer Saint has breathed new life into this myth and put her own stamp on it' REAL READER REVIEW 'I was glued to it from beginning to end and could not wait to recommend to my friends afterwards.' REAL READER REVIEW 'The story and its characters swept me up and engulfed me, I could not put this one down' REAL READER REVIEW **The spellbinding new retelling of the Trojan War drawn from the perspective of the fearless women at the heart of it all.** An exciting, lyrical new retelling of the trojan war stories from Jennifer Saint, the bestselling author of ELEKTRA (UK, Sunday Times, May 2022) and ARIADNE (UK, Sunday Times, April 2021). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It only lasted for a decade, but what a ride it was. After Dennis Hopper’s Easy Rider, almost anyone who looked like he - they were mostly all male - had slept in his clothes, wore a bandana around his head, had a joint jammed between his lips, and a three day growth of beard, could walk into the office of a studio head and get a deal. This book explores the cultural and political context - the Civil Rights Movement, the anti-Vietnam War Movement, Watergate - which spawned them, and describes the sorry state of the studios in the late-1960’s that made them vulnerable to the so-called movie brat generation that successfully stormed the gates. ![]() ![]() How did this happen? What was going on in America, and Hollywood in particular to prepare the soil from which sprang such a remarkable group of films? Mostly, Biskind wants to tell some wild stories. This was the era of movies like The Godfathers, Chinatown, Shampoo, Nashville, The French Connection, The Last Detail, Annie Hall, Jaws, The Last Picture Show, Mean Streets, Raging Bull, and so on, a group of pictures that towers over the product Hollywood is releasing today. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls follows the wild ride that was Hollywood in the 70s - an unabashed celebration of sex, drugs, and rock n roll (both onscreen and off) and a climate where innovation and experimentation reigned supreme. In Easy Riders, Raging Bulls (Simon & Schuster, 506 pp.), Peter Biskind wants to tell us exactly how it all went down, how these movies managed to get made in Hollywood, and then how the dream died. The 1970s was the last Golden Age of Hollywood film. ![]() |