![]() ![]() There is an element of romance in this story, with Nate regularly professing his love to the less-than-willing Catherine. When her future husband Thom is arrested for saving his rebellious brother Nate, Catherine and Nate flee the city to avoid joining Thom in his fate. ![]() In a post-apocalyptic totalitarian future, Catherine lives a life of privilege amongst the other rich people, oblivious to what is really going on in the world. This has far more meat on its bones, but it’s still a fast-paced story, despite a distinct lack of action. There isn’t really much more to it than that and, while I liked the story, I’d like to have read a lot more about the main characters. It turns out the man is hunting witches to turn his crow friend back into a human. A woman returns home to her apartment to discover a man has murdered her rather strange flatmate. This is a really quick read, taking maybe 30 minutes to power through it. This review is going to be a twofer, not just A Touch of Death but also the short story The Man and the Crow, so let’s start with that. Rebecca Crunden is a new author to me, but lately I have heard nothing but good things about her, so I decided to check her (well, her stuff) out. FebruA Touch of Death by Rebecca Crunden (The Outlands Pentalogy Book 1) ![]()
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![]() (Remember in Hamilton, when Aaron Burr starts openly campaigning for vice president in the full public eye, asking for votes and shaking hands and flirting with women, and everyone finds it a bit gauche? Hollywood fancies itself still in its pre-Burr stage.)īut the ostensible “disinterest” is total hogwash. (In fact, that’s strictly disallowed by the Academy.) You’ve got to look like you’re “celebrating cinema,” in a pure and disinterested way. You can’t look like you’re asking for votes. ![]() ![]() Campaigning for an Oscar is a lot like campaigning for public office, with a weird twist: In the movie business, you’re supposed to pretend you’re chill about the whole thing - not here to win, just here for the artistic conversations and interesting people. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() However, once it got rolling, I had a hard time putting it down (like all P&C thrillers). Took about 100 pages to really get into it. " The Ice Limit didn't grab me as quickly as Preston & Child's other books. " If Glinn were all that organized, wouldn't he have made arrangements for someone else to have the code? " - Kathleen, Unique plot and the characters were amazing built. " I was pleasantly surprised at how strongly this book captured and held my attention. Lots of action and hardship round out this entertaing story. " Amazing story about billionaire scientists and what they will do in order to grow the worlds knowledge of possibilities of happenings in our universe throughout millions of years. The characters are so well thought out and the story line from the previous books fit perfectly into this wonderful story. ![]() Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:. ![]() ![]() ![]() Still, Nerissa reminds Portia of a fine Venetian marriage prospect-Bassanio.īassanio asks the Jewish moneylender, Shylock, to lend him 3000 ducats. Portia has been disgusted with all of her suitors thus far. Only the man who chooses correctly can become Portia's husband. Meanwhile, at her nearby country estate of Belmont, Portia laments to her serving woman Nerissa about her father's will, which stipulates that any man who wants to marry Portia must answer a riddle by choosing one of three " caskets," or chests (one gold, one silver, and one lead). Although Antonio doesn't have cash handy, because all of his ships are at sea, he gives Bassanio permission to borrow as much money as he needs on Antonio's credit. In Venice, Bassanio, a not-so-wealthy nobleman, asks to borrow money from his dear friend and wealthy merchant Antonio, in order to have the funds to woo Portia, a wealthy noblewoman. ![]() ![]() ![]() While I was not totally surprised at the ending, I was completely satisfied, enough so that I bought the next book in the series and am hoping that more Ella Reynolds books will be forthcoming. The heroine, Ella, is so tragically flawed and yet overcomes her problems, including alcoholism to try to discover who, or what, killed her husband. The pace is very brisk and it moves swiftly. :) I'm a big fan of Barbara Michaels and Kay Hooper paranormal mysteries, so this was a very welcomed new find for me. (I'm not sure it is perfect, but it was close enough not to cause me to grimace about the editing.)Enough about that. So I'm thinking that if you are interested in the book and the only thing causing you to hesitate is a concern about that, then I would dismiss it. I think the author must have updated the book because I did not notice the errors that some of the other reviewers mentioned, particularly the continuity errors. ![]() ![]() I picked this up after reading her book, The Ninth Floor, and I must say, I really enjoyed it. ![]() ![]() ![]() The dare: seduce the hottest new hockey player in the junior class.Ĭonor Edwards is a regular at Greek Row parties…and in Greek Row sorority beds. I already have a hard time fitting in, so when my Kappa Chi sisters issue the challenge, I can’t say no. ![]() Instead, I wound up in a sorority full of mean girls. The Dare Briar U, Book 4 Get ready for another binge-worthy romance from New York Times bestselling author Elle Kennedy!Ĭollege was supposed to be my chance to get over my ugly-duckling complex and spread my wings. Now I just have to convince my body-and my heart. Our backgrounds are too different, our goals aren’t aligned, and her parents hate my guts. We’re paired up on a yearlong school project, but I’m confident I can resist her. Her smart mouth is hot as hell, and so is the rest of her, but the fact that she’s got a boyfriend eliminates the temptation to touch her.Įxcept three months into our friendship, Demi is single and looking for a rebound.Īvoiding her is impossible. And I won’t lie-my new classmate Demi Davis is one cool chick. Which means that I, Hunter Davenport, am officially going celibate…no matter how hard that makes things.īut there’s nothing in the rulebook that says I can’t be friends with a woman. As the new team captain, I need a new philosophy: hockey and school now, women later. ![]() What I learned after last year’s distractions cost my hockey team our entire season? No more screwing up. The Play Briar U, Book 3 Get ready for another binge-worthy romance from New York Times bestselling author Elle Kennedy! ![]() ![]() ![]() With the birth of her daughter, Lisle turned from journalism to writing projects she could accomplish at home. This was the beginning of a reporting career that extended over the next ten years. She later enrolled in journalism courses at Georgia State University. She lived and worked for the next several years in Atlanta, Georgia, organizing food-buying cooperatives in the city’s public housing projects, and teaching in an early-childcare center. Janet Taylor Lisle was born in Englewood, New Jersey, and grew up in Farmington, Connecticut, spending summers on the Rhode Island coast.The eldest child and only daughter of an advertising executive and an architect, she attended local schools and at fifteen entered The Ethel Walker School, a girl’s boarding school in Simsbury, Connecticut.Īfter graduation from Smith College, she joined VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bartholomew wasn’t at war with himself or his darker emotions. I knew that just like I knew from watching him that Bartholomew was nothing like that-the exception that proved the rule. And those around you-even you yourself-aren’t ever quite sure what they’re going to get from moment to moment. With all of that inside fighting for control every minute of the day, it’s a wonder everybody’s not banging their heads against the wall. Sometimes loving as they give their child a kiss on the cheek and murderous in the next minute when they jack a car and kill a man in the process. Sometimes they’re smart, sometimes stupid. help a little old lady with her groceries. ![]() I’m not talking Sybil here, and no voices in the head, but no one is singular within themselves. On any given day someone can be a hundred different people. ![]() ![]() ![]() In January, Netflix dropped the animated series “ Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre ,” featuring 20 different Ito stories. Some of Ito’s works have received adaptations before. More from NextShark: Shohei Ohtani signs historic $30 million deal with Los Angeles Angels She meets a boy named Kazuya and both of their lives take horrific twists and turns.Īrmen Aghaeian, senior VP at Fangoria Studios, called Ito’s work “pure nightmare fuel” and expressed anticipation toward bringing his pages to the big screen. “Bloodsucking Darkness” is a short story that centers around a woman named Nami who develop an eating disorder and begins to vomit blood after her boyfriend breaks up with her. ![]() "I hope I get to see the trailer in my dreams tonight." ![]() "Fangoria Studios is going to adapt my manga! I'm so excited to see how it will turn out," said Ito. More from NextShark: Man Brutally Beaten and Slashed by 12 People in Broad Daylight in NYC Chinatown Ito, who is serving as a producer on the film, expressed excitement at the prospect of seeing his work adapted for the big screen. The combination of fear and feelings is where I always want to be," Howard said. "When I found out a live action Junji Ito adaptation was going to happen, I chased after it with everything I had, because I just couldn’t live with anyone else getting there before me. ![]() ![]() Social advantage and prestige are perceived as implicit rewards motivating the young cadets-33 men and one woman-entering the 13-week basic training ordeal at a Naval Aviation Officer Candidate School. The film discovers a fresh, boldly unfashionable setting, a military base adjacent to a small working-class community in the Pacific Northwest, for examining the fundamental aspects of ordinary life. ![]() ![]() in a dynamic supporting role-with their best movie opportunities to date. It also provides at least three performers-Richard Gere and Debra Winger as the romantic leads and Louis Gossett Jr. ![]() "An Officer and a Gentleman," the new romantic melodrama opening today at area theaters, is an uncommonly interesting love story enhanced by skillful and intelligent-if something less than inspired-writing, acting and direction.Īn original screenplay by Douglas Day Stewart, "An Officer and a Gentleman" provides director Taylor Hackford with what should be a winning second chance to demonstrate the unpretentious but vigorous and socially observant talent evident in "The Idolmaker," his neglected first feature. ![]() |