Humans also are animals, she says-face it. against a suffocating culture of meaninglessness.” And she could fire off hard truths dipped in sarcasm, as in “Animal News,” which works up from an unnamed man’s statement that wolves should not be reintroduced in the West because, as he says pejoratively, “The wolf kills for a living,” to her point that we are “so estranged” from the lives of wild creatures that we offer them the choice of only living lives that suit us or dropping dead. Some of the essays are less than benign, as “California” with its acid takeoff on the provocative bumper sticker “I’d rather be hunting and gathering” pasted on a luxe-mobile, or “Cracking Up” with its call to “small acts of defiance. “Tourists in the Wild” lampoons New Yorkers lost in the terrifying Great West with a reference to bears, which we all know are spaced about twenty feet apart from the left side of the Rockies to the Pacific Ocean.īut her essays were not all wit and amusement.
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Possession of the rights to those 16 plays made Allot the "principal publisher" of the Second Folio, and he received the lion's share of copies. An entry in the Stationers' Register dated 16 November 1630 transferred the rights to 16 Shakespearean plays from Edward Blount to Robert Allot these were 16 of the 18 plays in the First Folio that had not been previously published in quarto playbooks. Copies were allocated between them according to the number of rights held. The original edition was probably 1,000 copies, shared between the five publishers listed in the colophon. The Second Folio is notable for containing the first appearance in print of the 24-year-old John Milton, his lines ("What needs my Shakespeare for his honour'd Bones.") printed anonymously on the Effigies leaf. The Second Folio, first issue, the edition that the Puritan scold William Prynne complained was printed on best crown paper. Learn more at and what providence: i just remembered this book after I read some holier-than-though pretentious bullshit Mitch Albom wrote about Harry Potter. He lives with his wife, Janine, in Michigan. He also operates an orphanage in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, which he visits monthly. In 2006, he founded the nonprofit SAY Detroit, whose operations include a dessert shop and popcorn line to fund programs for Detroit’s most underserved citizens. After bestselling memoir Finding Chika and “Human Touch,” the weekly serial written and published online in real-time to raise funds for pandemic relief, his latest work is a return to fiction with New York Times bestseller The Stranger in the Lifeboat (Harper, November 2021). Through his work at the Detroit Free Press, he was inducted into both the National Sports Media Association and Michigan Sports halls of fame and is the recipient of the 2010 Red Smith Award for lifetime achievement. He has written eight number-one New York Times bestsellers – including Tuesdays with Morrie, the bestselling memoir of all time, which topped the list for four straight years and celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2022 – award-winning TV films, stage plays, screenplays, a nationally syndicated newspaper column, and a musical. Mitch Albom is the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction, which have collectively sold more than forty million copies in forty-eight languages worldwide. Here are stories filled with language to make your eyes pause and your throat catch. Here is a portrait of Nigerians that is surprising, shocking, heartrending, loving, and across social strata, dealing in every kind of change. Here is a world marked by electricity outages, lush landscapes, folktales, buses that break down and never start up again. Here are characters faced with dangerous decisions, children slick with oil from the river, a woman in love with another despite the penalties. Okparanta’s narrators render their stories with such strength and intimacy, such lucidity and composure, that in each and every case the truths of their lives detonate deep inside the reader’s heart, with the power and force of revelation."-Paul Harding Here are Nigerian women at home and transplanted to the United States, building lives out of longing and hope, faith and doubt, the struggle to stay and the mandate to leave, the burden and strength of love. When Maurice and the rodents reach the stricken town of Bad Blintz, they meet a bookworm called Malicia and their little con soon goes down the drain. In The Amazing Maurice, a Sky Original, Maurice is a streetwise ginger cat who comes up with a money-making scam by befriending a group of self-taught talking rats. This animated family film is based on the wildly popular Discworld ® novels and will star Hugh Laurie (Avenue 5) as Maurice, Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) as Malicia, David Thewlis (Wonder Woman) as Boss Man, Himesh Patel (Yesterday) as Keith, Gemma Arterton (The King’s Man) as Peaches, Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey) as The Mayor, David Tennant (Doctor Who) as Dangerous Beans, Ariyon Bakare (His Dark Materials) as Darktan, Rob Brydon (Roald & Beatrix: The Tale of the Curious Mouse) as The Pied Piper, Julie Atherton (Avenue Q) as Nourishing and YouTuber Joe Sugg as Sardines. *This review is going to contain a lot of pirates gifs, I do not apologize in advance* The crew has been promised the ransom Nathaniel will bring, yet as danger mounts and the time nears to give him up, Hawk’s biggest battle could be with his own heart. As a pirate’s prisoner, he is finally free to be his true self. Nathaniel realizes the fearsome Sea Hawk’s reputation is largely invented, and he sees the lonely man beneath the myth, willingly surrendering to his captor body and soul. It’s not as though Hawk would ever feel anything for him besides lust… Although Hawk knows he must keep his distance, the desire to teach Nathaniel the pleasure men can share grows uncontrollable. Yet as days pass in close quarters, Nathaniel’s feisty spirit and alluring innocence beguile and bewitch. He has a score to settle with Nathaniel’s father-the very man whose treachery forced him into piracy-and he’s sure Nathaniel is just as contemptible. Then pirates strike and he’s kidnapped for ransom by the Sea Hawk, a legendary villain of the New World.īitter and jaded, Hawk harbors futile dreams of leaving the sea for a quiet life, but men like him don’t deserve peace. Under the thumb of his controlling father, the governor of Primrose Isle, he’s sailing to the fledging colony, where he’ll surrender to a respectable marriage for his family’s financial gain. Nathaniel Bainbridge is used to hiding, whether it’s concealing his struggles with reading or his forbidden desire for men. And still I gave the book a most barbaric 5 star ratingĪ little, yes. ② It features what is considered-at least in my subaquatic dominion-an outrageously unhealthy amount of fluffy stuff and romantic crap. ① It's hilarious as fish, as I may or may not have perhaps mentioned before (maybe) ↓↓↓. There are only three things you need to know about this book: ⚔️ Fluffy Stabby Things for the Win Buddy Read ( FSTftWBR™) with the MacHalos and stuff ⚔️ And sequels! I would swap a limb for Angharad and the Dervish's stories. Glorious funny dialogue, intense but clearsighted compassion and humanity, a fair bit of highly enjoyable murder. And talking of variety: curvy mid-30s heroine, important nonbinary character whose identity and pronouns are never an issue, queerness existing and unquestionably accepted. Very much more towards the romance side than other books, and does it beautifully.Īnd the world! Kingfisher is endlessly inventive in her threats and monsters, and also one of the few fantasy writers who can conceive of oppressive organised religions that aren't Catholicism in a funny hat. Except that what we're actually saving is a woman's self-respect and a man's humanity, which actually is stakes high enough for any book. Set in the Clockwork Boys world but with ostensibly far lower stakes-we're not saving the world from demons, here, just saving a widow from being forced to marry a cousin. I could really use a new T Kingfisher right now.Īn absolute joy. As comforting, wise, funny and sharp-edged as I recall. I was saving this one for time of need and by God this is one. But he might just be the only gay and fat guy, and even with supportive parents and a hell of a sister, he often feels isolated and lonely. Waylon Brewer isn’t the only openly gay guy in the small town of Clover City, Texas, nor is he the only fat one. From the ginger hair to the rainbow cummerbund to the red heels to that fabulous pose, the illustration of Waylon channels him perfectly, and that pink background!!! We also get the bonus of Waylon in drag on the back, because this jacket has to be as extra as our protagonist. Cover Story: Can I Get An Amen Up In Here?īonus Factors: Clover City, LGBTQ+, Body Image, Kickass GramĬover Story: Can I Get An Amen Up In Here?Īll of the books in the Dumplin‘ series have adorable covers, but this artwork is by far my favorite. “That doesn’t mean I don’t stand a chance.” “No, you’re right.” Nini nodded as they stood in the clearance section filled with leftover Christmas decorations, on the lookout for a mistletoe. Not even the lead roles in drama club, you’re always playing the inanimate objects!” Big Red let out a sigh as Nini walked through the aisles and he tried to keep up with her. “In love with her.” Nini gave a firm nod as she stepped inside the store and Big Red groaned as he followed suit. “Nooooo, she’s captain of the cheerleading squad!” he corrected. Gina is.tell me again what she is.”īig Red shook his head. “Look, I love you.” Big Red placed a hand on Nini’s shoulder as they stood outside the craft store. “It would’ve won her over had it not been for the small fire.” “Yeah? And last time, which was New Year’s Day, you showed up to her party with sparklers and blasted ‘Sparks Fly’ by Taylor Swift and then proceeded to accidentally set your t-shirt on fire.” Big Red reminded her. She needs to see effort, that’s what she said last time.” “Gina won’t be won over by a mistletoe chosen by the click of a mouse on Amazon. Nini finally turned to look at him, a determined look in her eye. “Why can’t you just order it online, if you’re so desperate?” “You’re not going to find a mistletoe! The holiday season is over!” he exclaimed as Nini ignored him and got out of the car, him following suit. “Nini, it’s February.” Big Red let out a groan as Nini parked her car in the fourth Michael’s they’d driven to that night. |