Chih, a monk of the Singing Hills Abbey talks and listens to Rabbit, of who seems to be the last person at Lake Scarlet. Through a series of exchanges, we learn what happened at the lake and to the Empress.
Well done.
Gideon seems a tortured type, attached to Harrowhark as Harrow’s cavalier. Sent to the Necrolord Prime’s realm, Harrow desires to become the next lyctor, if she and Gideon and survive.
This is hard to put down once you start.
Maria Wallner wants to restore her family’s Viennese hotel to its former glory. Eli Whittaker is an American agent intent on discovering who is stealing American codes that are being sold across Europe.
Eli shows he’s very competent, Maria finds she’s drawn to him.
A romance with danger and suspense.
Davi intends to break out of a loop where every time she dies by pointedly not saving the kingdom; after all, every previous attempt (an uncountable number) resulted in nothing to speak of. So she tries something drastically new: becoming the new dark lord.
Initially humorous, the humor stopped being funny to me by about the half-way point as the footnotes got tiresome (if you love footnotes, this book is worth a try).
It is enjoyable, but I’m not invested enough to read it again, or give book two a shot.
Doctorow traces how computing moved from many players competing for customers and employees, to becoming middlemen entities that are squeezing customers and employees for worse service and worse pay.
Doctorow advocates for stronger regulation and labor unions to curtail the current oligopolistic hellscape.
Alison investigates how various pieces of fiction are structured, and how they are different from the typical rising tension - climax - release cycle that we’ve been taught underpin “traditional” fiction.
It’s an interesting exploration, and certainly worth reading. Personally, I think if I had more exposure to the pieces that Alison discusses that I’d have understood more. Given that this is intended for college creative writing courses, I’m much the wrong audience. When I picked the book up, I thought that I was getting a general treatment. However, I now have a slew of books to read that deliver alternative treatments to story structure.
This is an excellent text in a creative writing class, especially if students read the texts as they read this book. For us layfolk, it presents a wealth of riches if you’re looking for new reading material and experiences.
While I do experience many types of guilt, thankfully religious guilt isn’t among them. However, Catherine is plagued by Catholic guilt. And must confront a demon to realize that who she is, what she truly believes, and what she does aren’t the sole determining factors for being good.
An excellent graphic novel!
Price explores the history of laziness and its associated problems, and how the idea of laziness follows the spread of Puritanism within the United States.
Then Price dives into ways to reframe how we approach rest and leisure within the US.
Insightful.
Binti leaves her family to attend Oomza University, but she’s the first of not just her family, but her people to leave her planet.
As she starts making friends on interstellar voyage, things make a turn for the worst.
A look into how people with seemingly no similarities often share more than they expect.
Recommended!
A bit of a strange setup because Harriet, Duchess of Berrow, agrees to dress as a man to go to Lord Strange’s estate with another duchess. But the other duchess fades into the background while Harriet plays as Harry.
Lord Strange falls for the man that he knows isn’t, Harriet/Harry falls for Lord Strange, and of course hijinx ensues.
Fun and enjoyable.
