![]() ![]() thick where I should have been thin, more when I should have been less.” This can be read both literally and figuratively and offers a delicious space for rebellion against prescriptions for women (and especially Black women) to take up less space physically (i.e., thin culture) and metaphorically for women to shrink their personalities, their talent, their wit, their words, and their bodies in order to make room for the bigness of men. When I would not or could not shrink, people made sure that I knew I had erred…. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the book’s first essay, “Thick,” McMillan Cottom writes, “I was, like many young women, expected to be small so that boys could expand and white girls could shine. The lens through which I considered thickness was narrow, and Tressie McMillan Cottom was about to teach me there was so much more to being “thick” than just the amount of space your physical frame takes up. Foolishly, I didn’t even think about thick minds, thick personalities, thick topics. I dove into Thick: and Other Essays (The New Press) expecting a body positive paean, an ode to thick bodies. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Living inside him is something he calls his Dark Passenger and this entity drives Dexter to commit his own murders.ĭexter manages to find a balance and this leads to him only killing those he feels deserve it.ĭexter deals with many different themes. On the face of it, Dexter has everything. His sister, Deborah, is a detective in the same department and Dexter has a beautiful girlfriend, Rita, and two adorable step-children. He is regularly called to crime scenes to investigate and help the police with their investigations. The main character in the Dexter series is Dexter Morgan, a forensic blood-splatter expert that works for the Miami police department. The show was immensely popular and even won a couple of Golden Globes and a Peabody Award. He has also penned a series of Dexter graphic novels published by Marvel Comics.Īn adaptation of the Dexter series was created by Showtime and eight seasons of the Dexter TV show were produced. The Dexter series is by far Lindsay’s most popular work, but he has also written the Riley Wolfe series and a few stand-alone novels. The books were written by author Jeff Lindsay. ![]() Each book fits in the crime horror genre and has a dark sense of humor, making them contrasting but interesting reads. There are eight books in the series and the final book finished the story of Dexter Morgan completely. Is the Dexter Book Series Different From The TV Show? ![]() ![]() ![]() The trouble is, engineering the perfect crime is just the start of Jazz's problems. But Jazz has never run into a challenge her intellect can't handle, and she figures she's got the 'swagger' part down. And it calls for a particular combination of cunning, technical skills, and large explosions-not to mention sheer brazen swagger. Sure, it requires her to graduate from small-time smuggler to full-on criminal mastermind. So when a chance at a huge score finally comes her way, Jazz can't say no. Rich enough to pay off a debt she's owed for a long time. Just rich enough to move out of her coffin-sized apartment and eat something better than flavored algae. Not crazy, eccentric-billionaire rich, like many of the visitors to her hometown of Artemis, humanity's first and only lunar colony. Jasmine Bashara never signed up to be a hero. ![]() ![]() The bestselling author of The Martian returns with an irresistible new near-future thriller-a heist story set on the moon. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I had a hard time empathizing with Carrie's obsession with some friends who didn't seem very nice or very kind. But the tensions grow between the girls and they spend a lot of the trip not talking. When the girls can forget about their other worries, they do have fun touring Hearst Castle, going to an amusement park, and doing other touristy things. What if her mother has cancer and is going to die? She is trying very hard to hide her fears from her grandparents and pretend that she is having a great time on their trip. She has been having lots of headaches and Lana is certain that her parents are keeping something from her. Lana is trying to have fun but she is also very worried about her mother. Carrie is too busy trying to keep in touch with her new group of friends. Carrie isn't interested in being friends. Lana thought that they had a chance to become good friends and was looking forward to the trip. They met for the first time at their grandparents' wedding. The two are thrown together on a road trip with their honeymooning grandparents. This is a story told in alternate chapters by Lana and Carrie. ![]() ![]() Each character who will have a significant role to play throughout the saga is introduced in their own clearly labelled chapter in a Prologue which sets up the series. Guided by a star god, Eimarille bides her time in a gilded cage, spinning a political web to gain a throne and start a war the world isn’t ready for.įrom the author who brought you the Soulbound series comes a queer steampunk-inspired epic fantasy.Īs a series opener, it gives a lot of important information but you're not bombarded with it. Eimarille Rourke should have been raised to be queen of one country instead, she is prisoner of another. That skill for inventing has enriched her bloodline, but it’s who she can become that will ultimately entangle her with the Clockwork Brigade. Caris Dhemlan hears the siren song of clarion crystals better than anyone in Ashion. Payment of any kind is costly, especially when he’s at risk of losing his heart to the man who saved his life. He has a duty to his country, but he’ll owe his life to the wardens. Vanya Sa’Liandel was the spare who survived the Houses’ murderous games to become the Imperial crown prince of Solaria. ![]() His past was buried in the poison fields, but after a fateful encounter with a prince, Soren comes to realize he can’t keep what magic burns inside him hidden forever. ![]() He isn’t meant for politics, only dealing with the dead. Soren is a nameless, stateless man, tasked with keeping watch over Maricol’s borders. ![]() ![]() Her books have been translated into thirty languages. She has been the recipient of several awards, including the Rome Prize in Literature, and a Guggenheim. ![]() She is also the author of Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag. Sigrid Nunez is the author of the novels A Feather on the Breath of God, The Last of Her Kind, The Friend, and What Are You Going Through, among others. The New York Times Book Review says “You will emerge calmer, meditative, more thoughtful, as if you have benefited from an excellent literary massage of sorts.” ![]() ![]() With grace and sardonic humor, Nunez shares the story of an unnamed narrator agreeing to help a terminally ill friend by seeing her through the last days of her life. National Book Award-winning author Sigrid Nunez shares her most recent novel What Are You Going Through, a meditation on friendship, empathy, and what it means to die well. Copresented by the UCLA Department of English ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (.) Minato spins out this gut-wrenching thrill ride with clean, high-impact language and a structure that allows for several points of view." - Steph Cha, The Los Angeles Times Yuko is positioned as the hero, but as the plot unfolds, taking turn after sickening turn, her actions start looking maniacal, disproportionate, perhaps out-and-out unforgivable. (.) Like any complex revenge tale, Confessions comes with a healthy dose of moral ambiguity. "(T)he most delightfully evil book you will read this year.Confessions was made into a film in 2010, directed by Nakashima Tetsuyaī- : effectively disturbing, but can't quite fulfil promise of its clever design.General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the author Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She is stuck in a time-loop having to relive her shitty valentine’s day over and over again, a day she had planned out perfectly but it went HORRIBLY wrong.Įven though she has to relive valentine’s day constantly she is given so many chances to right that terrible day and live it differently. the plot focuses on emilie (h), she lives by rules, lists and wants to please everyone and live a perfect, set out life to avoid conflict-but then she has a not-so-perfect valentine’s day. This is my second lynn painter read, and i am proud to say she is slowly becoming one of my favourite authors!! she absolutely knocked it out of the park with BTTM, and i expected another phenomenal YA romance novel, and that’s exactly what she delivered. This book is giving groundhog day meets ferris buller’s day off “i fell in love with you on valentine’s day, emilie,īut i need more than just seven minutes.” ![]() ![]() There are no New Gods movies currently streaming on HBO Max, although Ava Duvernay nearly adapted it and several of Apokolips’s villains feature in Wonder Woman and Justice League. The arrangement was part treaty and part experiment neither world would wage war on the other with a prince in the way, and it could settle the question of the nature versus nurture debate, too.īut the series didn’t perform well at the time and was canceled in 1972, leaving a climactic battle between Orion and his father Darkseid unresolved. The two opposed civilizations had struck a deal: The sons of Highfather and Darkseid would be traded, so Apokolips-born Orion would grow up on Genesis and Genesis-born Scott Free (better known as Mister Miracle) would be raised on Apokolips. The New Gods were divided into two planets: Genesis, a world of peace led by the Highfather, and Apokolips, a planet of cruelty ruled by the despot Darkseid. It constituted a thematic continuation of the stories he’d been crafting for the Asgardians in Thor, featuring an original pantheon of characters powerful to the point of godhood. When contract disputes and creative differences sent veteran Marvel comics artist Jack Kirby - the man who co-created Captain America, the Avengers, and the X-Men, among others - into the arms of DC Comics in 1970, New Gods was born. ![]() Here’s what you need to know before hitting play. ![]() The 2021 MCU entry is finally streaming on Disney+. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her upbringing in the Canadian Prairies and her faith of Evangelical Christianity forms a large part of her novels. Oke was born in Champion, Alberta during the Great Depression to Canadian pioneers. The bestselling author of the Love Comes Softly series, Janette Oke has written more than 75 novels during her career as an author, which has spanned more than 40 years. ![]() Keep reading to find out how you should read the Love Comes Softly series in order. Her faith was paramount when she began writing these historical romances and is what she credits for her success. Reading the Love Comes Softly series in order will introduce you to three generations of pioneers as they navigate life on the land and love.Īn Evangelical Christian, Oke’s faith plays a large part in her books which she describes as being about lasting values, real life, and honest love. A Canadian pioneer herself, Janette Oke portrays life during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries on the Prairies in an incredibly realistic fashion with her debut series. ![]() |