5/22/2023 0 Comments Unscripted by Jayne Denker![]() Lime: Are you writing me a birthday post? See, it went a little something like this: And also, how incredibly blonde I can be. I have to say how incredibly excited I was to be asked to write a birthday piece for Lime’s blog. I do “birthday calls” on twitter, and learned hers – gosh, years ago? And her birthday just so happened to fall on a post date this year, and here we are! … She tells it better □ so without further ado … Silvara!! HOWEVER today I do have the distinct pleasure of sharing another birthday post with you! Whee! Today we have Silvara Wilde, as you see. So my apologies in being … well, more bad-me-ish than usual. … but my family it seems was made to test your willpower in all those things. ![]() ugh” please? I mean the holidays and bright + cheer and love for all – peace on earth and goodwill. ![]() Hi dolls! May I please just start out with “family. ![]()
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5/22/2023 0 Comments The fairmile series![]() ![]() This is the time of witch-mania, and if the villagers discover the truth, they could take matters into their own hands. They have always whispered about the sinister power of Alinor's beauty, but the secrets they don't know about her and James are far more damning. Alinor's suspicious neighbors are watching each other for any sign that someone might be disloyal to the new parliament, and Alinor's ambition and determination mark her as a woman who doesn't follow the rules. England is in the grip of a bloody civil war that reaches into the most remote parts of the kingdom. ![]() She shows him the secret ways across the treacherous marshy landscape of the Tidelands, not knowing she is leading a spy and an enemy into her life. Instead she meets James, a young man on the run. Until she can, she is neither maiden nor wife nor widow, living in a perilous limbo. ![]() A country at warĪ woman with a dangerous secret On Midsummer's Eve, Alinor waits in the church graveyard, hoping to encounter the ghost of her missing husband and thus confirm his death. ![]() This New York Times bestseller from "one of the great storytellers of our time" ( San Francisco Book Review) turns from the glamour of the royal courts to tell the story of an ordinary woman, Alinor, living in a dangerous time for a woman to be different. ![]() ![]() I did LOVE seeing the Bats/Cat dynamic in its infancy. Please forgive me as I attempt to paste in a flurry of Arrested Development gifs that are totally applicable because everytime Catwoman is revealed, I thought, "GENE!, I knew it!" in Lucille's voice She is a master of disguises in all 3 of these storylines. I got the biggest kick out of realizing this early Catwoman is the Gene Parmesan of her day :). Not something I'd like to spend a lot of time reading, but a fun little jaunt back in time. Golden Age Batman isn't *quite* as goofy, but it's the kind of thing you read and take with a grain of salt. (and if that embed code doesn't work, here's a link to the full clip of Batman, The Musical from the Batman Beyond episode: ) So those are the 3 stories I'll be talking about here.įirst of all, while reading Batman #1, all I could think of was ".a superstitious cowardly lot!" ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This book collects Batman issues #1-4, the first 3 of which contain Catwoman stories. This is not collected as such, so I sought out each issue that features Catwoman. I'm not drawn to The Golden Age of comics, so when the Panels 2015 Read Harder Challenge had a category that required me to read a book from that era, I wanted to read all of the Catwoman Golden Age appearances. ![]() ![]() ![]() And both point to a God who is himself creative and who made us to worship him creatively. We see the character of God both in his creation of the world and in how he directs us through his word. With such an anchoring in the objective, true reality, we have both the strength and the freedom to pursue knowledge and art. ![]() Christ is Lord over everything, giving us context and boldness for our own acts of artistic creation. The doctrines of the creation, the redemption, and the future resurrection provide a framework that permeates all aspects of reality. The Bible's portrayal of reality is not limited to matters of the soul. ![]() So why is the Evangelical church marked by both an aesthetic barrenness and an attitude of fear and avoidance towards the arts? Is our church's understanding of the arts actually rooted in a proper understanding of the Bible? Francis Schaeffer's seminal work, Art and the Bible, provided a much needed clarity when it was first published in 1973 and continues to offer a reorienting view of a proper doctrine of creativity. The writings of Dante, the music of Bach, the paintings of Rembrandt, and the songwriting of Bono are small sampling of this heritage. The Christian faith has enjoyed a historically rich relationship with the arts. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass![]() ![]() ![]() Thursday, June 8th 6:30-8:00 PM, RSVP to attend an evening with Emily Hund and Sara Petersen, in conversation with Jo Piazza Tuesday, June 6th, at 6:30 PM, An Evening with Jane Roper, author of The Society of Shame Tuesday, June 2nd, at 6:30 PM, An Evening with Mark Paul, in Conversation with Nikil Saval. Unconventional Life Lessons for Thinking Bigger, Leading Better, and Being Bolder Thursday, May 18th, at 8:00 PM, in partnership with The Kimmel Center, Sasha Velour, The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Dragįriday, May 19th, 6:30 PM, An Evening with Rupal Patel, author of From CIA to CEO: POSTPONED UNTIL FALL OF 2023, FORMERLY Friday, May 12th, at 6:30 PM, An Evening with Three Authors Featured in Ab(solutely) Normal: Short Stories that Smash Mental Health Stereotypes.But first, he's exposing the camp's horrible truths for what they are-and taking this place down. Connor plans to escape and bring the other kidnapped teens with him. At Nightlight, everyone has something to hide-from the campers to the "converted" staff and cagey camp director-and it quickly becomes clear that no one is safe. ![]() His final destination: Nightlight Ministries, a conversion therapy camp that will be his new home until he "changes."But Connor's troubles are only beginning. Connor Major's summer break is turning into a nightmare.His SAT scores bombed, the old man he delivers meals to died, and when he came out to his religious zealot mother, she had him kidnapped and shipped off to a secluded island. ![]() ![]() ![]() Tens of millions of copies of Pastor Rick’s books have been published in 200 languages. ![]() Let this book serve as a reminder to live life one day at a time by holding onto God’s promises.Ī Time magazine cover article named Rick Warren the most influential spiritual leader in America and one of the 100 most influential people in the world. This expanded edition contains new material from the best-selling 10th-anniversary edition. Thorough explanations of various scriptures that are difficult to grasp.List of verses for topics such as faith, patience, forgiveness, etc.An outline to be used in conjunction for understanding The Purpose Driven Life.Biblical quotes grouped together by a variety of themes.Daily Inspiration for the Purpose Driven Life interweaves many of the Bible verses handpicked by author Rick Warren with reflections from his New York Times best seller The Purpose Driven Life.ĭesigned to be used as a convenient stand-alone book for daily reflection, or as an easy reference tool when listening to The Purpose Driven Life, every section corresponds to each one of the 40 days of purpose.ĭaily Inspiration for the Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren is a wonderful resource of encouragement. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments One step behind by henning mankell![]() ![]() ![]() Can he find his way out of the darkness before it's too late?Ī pulse-pounding thriller and an incisive investigation into the mysteries of human nature, One Step Behind is "typical of the dense, intricate intelligence that Mankell brings to detection and crime writing" ( The Washington Post Book World). Forced to dig into the personal life of a trusted colleague, Wallander steps into a nightmare worse than any he could have imagined. A serial killer is on the loose, and the only lead is a photograph of a strange woman no one in Sweden seems to know. ![]() Wallander soon discovers that the two grisly crimes are connected. Constantly fatigued, he soon learns his health is at risk-but there's no time for rest when a fellow officer is murdered. Meanwhile, Inspector Kurt Wallander is just back from vacation. And his plans have only just begun to take shape. His approach is careful his aim is perfect. But an uninvited guest soon brings their performance to a gruesome conclusion. His erratic life-style and over-work are taking its toll and then yet another difficult case lands on him and his trusty colleagues. In the beautifully clear twilight, they don eighteenth-century costumes and begin a secret role-play. One Step Behind is set in the late 1990s with Wallander approaching 50 years old and still wondering if he wants to remain a policeman. On Midsummer's Eve, three friends gather in a secluded meadow in Sweden. Sweden's most tenacious detective races to unlock the twisted logic behind a madman's crimes: "Lyrical, meticulous, and stunningly suspenseful" ( St. ![]() ![]() ![]() To recognize and analyze the diverse literary strategies in the fictional reconstruction of fragmented historical memory.Ĥ. To develop the ability to complement and correct the contents on the representation of history and its memory in the middle and higher levels of Spanish language teaching.ģ. To know the main literary manifestations around historical memory in recent Spanish literature.Ģ. The competences that the student will acquire are:ġ. The student will develop a critical attitude towards public and private discourses. On the other hand, current Spanish literature has reflected other issues such as the Spanish transition or the vision of international conflicts that can be extrapolated to the historical reality of the country. ![]() ![]() The memory of the Spanish Civil War and the subsequent post-war period constitute a prominent theme of this chapter with its permanent inquiry about its causes, development and consequences, as well as the reflection about the place of personal and collective memory of the events and the responsibility that as citizens we must assume. The aim of this subject is to approach and analyze the main lines in current Spanish literature on history and memory from a linguistic, historical and literary perspective in order to identify the themes and motifs addressed. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments 29 by adena halpern![]() ![]() She has always been very modern and sort of ahead of the times in her thinking, and her and I get along really, really well (sort of like Ellie and Lucy!). Actually, she reminded me a lot of my own grandmother – my grandma is in her early eighties, but her mind is much younger than many other people her age. 29: A Novel has much more substance than I expected it would, and while much of the book is funny and light, the core of the novel is a story about women’s relationships – especially the relationships between mothers and daughters.Įllie is the heart of this story, and she is such a delightful character. ![]() I accepted this book for review a little hesitantly, because honestly it sounded a bit too fluffy for my normal tastes, but I have to say that I’m glad I made the decision to read it after all. She is beyond shocked when she wakes up the next morning in the skin, hair, and body of her twenty-nine-year-old self! So on the eve of her birthday, Ellie makes a wish – that she could be twenty-nine again, for just one day. Ellie knows that Lucy has an incredibly exciting life, and has many more opportunities and choices than Ellie did at her age. ![]() Seventy-five-year-old Ellie Jerome is happy with her life, but can’t help feeling envious of her twenty-nine-year-old granddaughter, Lucy. Title: 29: A Novel Author: Adena Halpern Release date: JPublisher: Touchstone Pages: 288 Genre: Women’s fiction Source: Publicist ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments The forbidden candyman book![]() ![]() The resulting film is a progressive, intelligent take on the 80s slasher movie.Ĭandyman himself – played with great charisma and elegance by Tony Todd – is a figure from urban myth, a hook-handed murderer who (in the film) appears before – and then eviscerates – anyone who says his name into a mirror five times. In addition to the source material’s look at class, this – because Cabrini-Green’s population was overwhelmingly African-American – introduces the issue of race. ![]() Bernard Rose’s 1992 film horror Candyman was adapted by him from Clive Barker’s 1985 short story “The Forbidden”, published in volume 5 of the groundbreaking Books of Blood.Ĭandyman transports the action from Barker’s Liverpool to Chicago, specifically to the “projects” (US term for “housing scheme”) of Cabrini-Green. ![]() |