![]() ![]() “Her whole being dilated in an atmosphere of luxury. ![]() She has a terrible fear of poverty – and is always in want of more money. She is also twenty nine and unmarried – what Lily needs is a wealthy husband, of the right background – in order to continue living the life she was born into. Lily is beautiful, sophisticated, and witty, born into the upper echelons of American society she is however impoverished, living on the charity of her wealthy aunt and her friends. ![]() Lily is someone who breaks these unwritten rules, she is judged – talked about and suffers in a way no man of her social standing would have done, as a woman there were certain expectations placed upon her – and in this world of wealthy alliances and marriages of convenience there are few choices for a woman like Lily. Lily Bart is the beautiful, spirited unconventional heroine, surrounded by a set of superficial society friends. One of Edith Wharton’s most famous novels, The House of Mirth is a brilliant portrayal of early twentieth century New York society – with its own peculiar rules and privileges. Certainly, this re-read reminded me how much I like Edith Wharton’s writing, I really must get to those unread Whartons that I have tbr. ![]() It was picked as our December read by my book group – and it was a pleasure to re-read it – even though there was a tiny bit of my brain that hoped it would end differently this time. Despite there being several Edith Wharton novels that I have to read for the first time – this was my third reading of The House of Mirth. ![]()
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Japanese adaptation of Agatha Christies A Murder is Announced. ![]() The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple who is staying nearby, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which ‘A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m.’ Is this a childish practical joke? Or a hoax intended to scare poor Letitia Blacklock? Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, a crowd gathers at Little Paddocks at the appointed time when, without warning, the lights go out… Yokoku Satsujin: Directed by Izumi Isaji. "A Murder is Announced" is a staple of crime fiction and often considered as the best Miss Marple novel. ![]() ![]() ![]() ©2009 Larry Correia (P)2011 Audible, Inc. With the clock ticking towards Armageddon, Owen finds himself trapped between legions of undead minions, belligerent federal agents, a cryptic ghost who has taken up residence inside his head, and the cursed family of the woman he loves. 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Currently investigating a crazed art collector who has begun destroying prized masterworks, Glass is thrust into a bizarre hostage negotiation that takes him undercover at the Phoenix Foundation dedicated to the science of past life study where, in order to maintain his cover, he agrees to submit to the treatment of a hypnotist. Haunted by a twenty-year old murder of a beautiful young painter, Lucian Glass keeps his demons at bay through his fascinating work as a Special Agent with the FBI's Art Crime Team. An FBI agent, tormented by a death he wasn't able to prevent, a crime he's never been able to solve and a love he's never forgotten, discovers that his true conflict resides not in his past, but in a Past Life. ![]() ![]() ![]() Kel meets a wide panorama of faces, old and new, including the Yamani princess Shinkokami and her ladies, a very troubled squire, a baby griffin, and a metal creation like nothing she has ever seen before. ![]() In this novel, she takes a new foundling under her wing, as well as faces matters of the heart. With his help, she becomes a formidable new force on the tournament field, sending shockwaves through the world of young Tortallan knights-in-training, and intriguing young lady nobles.īut combat isn't the only thing she has to consider. He not only allows her to carry and use her chosen weapon, the Yamani glaive, but he helps her to take her skill at jousting to the next level. He introduces Kel to a new way of life, one that's as much fun as it is struggle. Raoul is as different from her first training master, Lord Wyldon, as a man could be. Raoul of Goldenlake has choosen to become her knight-master. ![]() The third Protector book describes Kel's next four years in training as a squire. ![]() ![]() On their farm commune in upstate New York in the early 1970s, Ruth, her husband Steve and their fellow communards had to learn to use many new tools as they applied methods of food production, preparation, and preservation learned from alternative sources such as Mother Earth News, their food co-op’s cookbook, and their farming neighbors in the area. We loved the idea of stalking the wild asparagus.”-Ruth, a 1970s farm commune member, interview, 2011 These fed into the new health food movement as well as the back-to-nature movement. ![]() ![]() Euell Gibbons’ most popular book taught the art of foraging for wild edible and nutritious plants to the new back-to-the-landers and to others exploring alternative economic pursuits and foodways.The outdoorsman Gibbons produced a number of influential works which included Stalking the Blue-Eyed Scallop and Stalking the Healthful Herbs. ![]() ![]() When Mungos mother sends him on a fishing trip to a loch in Western Scotland with two strange men whose drunken banter belies murky pasts, he will need to summon all his inner strength and courage to get back to a place of safety, a place where he and James might still have a future. But the threat of discovery is constant and the punishment unspeakable. ![]() As they find themselves falling in love, they dream of escaping the grey city, and Mungo works especially hard to hide his true self from all those around him, especially from his elder brother Hamish, a local gang leader with a brutal reputation to uphold. They should be sworn enemies if theyre to be seen as men at all, and yet they become best friends as they find a sanctuary in the pigeon dovecote that James has built for his prize racing birds. ![]() ![]() Born under different stars, Protestant Mungo and Catholic James live in the hyper-masculine and violently sectarian world of Glasgows housing estates. ![]() ![]() It's just something I enjoyed from the very start, and I don't feel like it's my parents speaking through me when I'm writing in English, because we never spoke in English". It's not something that I happened to be born into. Jędrowski writes in English, which he attributed to English not having been "imposed on me. ![]() Jędrowski was born in 1985 in the Federal Republic of Germany. It received at least one starred review from Publishers Weekly, and was later longlist-nominated for the HWA Debut Crown. It received praise for both its quality of writing and compelling story as well as its tactful treatment of its LGBTQ themes. The writer’s debut novel, it is a gay love story set in the closing years of the Polish People's Republic. After being first published in English by Bloomsbury in February, Robert Sudół's translation was released in Poland later in the month. ![]() This novel was subject to a "hotly contested" six-way publishing auction, from which Bloomsbury gained rights. Swimming in the Dark is a 2020 novel by Polish writer Tomasz Jędrowski. ![]() |