Book Summary:The New York Timesbest-selling writer Neil Gaiman weaves a mesmerizing tale of the dangers and possibilities of youth in THE BOOKS OF MAGIC, illustrated by the acclaimed artists John Bolton, Scott Hampton, Charles Vess, and Paul Johnson.“What are you proposing that we do?””Enl...
The Map to Everywhere (series) by Carrie Ryan and John Parke Davis Find it: Bookshop | Amazon The opening chapter is intensely suspenseful; what a way to get kids sucked into a book! Two worlds collide when Fin, a master thief in a magical pirate world, meets Marrill, a "normal" gi...
At first I thought they just referred to the overall story arc in a macro sense, but my real eureka came when I saw that the beats could be repeated in miniature within a chapter, or paragraph, or even a sentence! You have to show how things were. This is the Prologue, How it Was...
The only criticism I have of this story is that the last chapter reads as Upton Sinclair’s personal Socialist manifesto, which really didn’t fit the tone of the book, regardless of my political opinions. Speaking of which, I am a Capitalist. I consider our system flawed, of course, ...
I’ve been going for a one mile walk every day, to get fresh air and push it through my lungs. But then need to lie down afterwards, with an audiobook because of fatigue.How Not to be a Boyby Robert Webb is turning out to be agreatlisten. ...
and insightful observations."Fort Worth Weeklysays it's "manna from redneck heaven — especially if your idea of rednecks includes a liberal white man and a gay, Republican black man — both of whom are backwoods brawlers to boot." It'sOf Mice and Minestrone – Hap and Leonard: The Early...
Anna's Return: Pleasant Valley, Book 3. In imitation of Spending Three Years In The English World, Anna Beiler Has Come Home. She Brings With Her A Baby Girl, Which Will Surely Cause A Stir Since Anna Iw Unmarried. She Is Also Hiding Secrets: The Baby Is Not Hers By Birth, Nor Does...
Of course I could not help myself from bookmarking and highlighting some of the Buddha’s teachings, such as in Chapter 3 Approaching The Dhamma on page 88: “These three things, monks, are conducted in secret, not openly. What three? Affairs with women, the mantras of the brahmins, an...
Remembering Michael Ward’s book reminded me of how much hidden meaning lies in stories. Stories are visions of the world; every word and sound, character portrait, image and plot point has a spiritual dimension. Many of the classics I read in school like John Steinbeck’sOf Mice and Men,...
“when I reach the end of the chapter I will get up / head out / do my physio exercises / wash the dog / pick the beans etc because there aren’t any breaks. I keep on reading and reading. Before I know it May has turned into June, and then I realise I’m totally engrossed ...