7/8/2023 0 Comments Dresden files 10![]() Book 10 ( Amazon) came out, and though it felt like nothing but pure setup for the rest of the series, we forgave Butcher. When people are asked about The Dresden Files, there are two types of reactions: either someone loves the books or they have not read them yet. Books 8 ( Amazon) and 9 ( Amazon) were released, and we figured we had found the golden series. As the witty wizard & protagonist of The Dresden Files, Harry Dresden has been at the center of these 10 intense battles. in Chicago (it just sounds awesome huh?). They concurred as to the overall awesomeness of Harry Dresden, the Wizard P.I. He, in turn, forced his superior attitudes on Nick and Rob. Steve read them, and thought they were great fun. ![]() The series follows private investigator and wizard Harry Dresden as portrayed by Paul Blackthorne, and recounts investigations into supernatural disturbances in modern-day Chicago. There were only seven books out in the series at the time. The Dresden Files is a television series based on the fantasy book series of the same name by Jim Butcher. ![]() How about a history lesson? No?īack when Steve “used to be important” (sorry, inside joke) at the bookstore, one of his regular customers said he wouldn’t read another recommendation until Steve read the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher. We debated long over what we should say in regards to this novel, and more importantly, this series. It is with irony that we, the superheroes of book reviews, feel betrayed by Jim Butcher‘s latest Dresden Files novel, TURN COAT ( Amazon). ![]()
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The cast included the who's who of young Hollywood: Rob starred alongside Emilio Estevez, Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, Ralph Macchio, Matt Dillon and Diane Lane.Īfter The Outsiders was released, Rob's fame skyrocketed-especially with female fans. Rob began acting when he was 15 years old, and at 17, he landed his first major movie role in the iconic '80s film The Outsiders. ![]() 7/8/2023 0 Comments Wyn by lily mayne![]() I’ve only been in the military for six months, but now I’m part of a unit tasked with trying to stop and capture him. He appears every three years, making his way across the country and slaughtering humans randomly, sucking them dry until they’re nothing but husks. A lawless, desolate and dangerous place, teeming with monsters that have claimed the land for their own. One where humans live in military-controlled, cramped and dirty cities along the coasts, and the majority of the United States is known as the Wastes. Twenty years ago, monsters rose on earth and began a new age of civilization. ![]() ![]() It will fill your life with giggles, rainbow dust, and baby penguins. My friend, whose only knowledge of RPGs came from what she saw on The Big Bang Theory, is now a fanatic. ![]() Even if you’re someone who’s like, “D&D what? Fantasy who?” I have converted non-gamers and fantasy naysayers into worshipers of this podcast. I tried to not make this a review about The Adventure Zone The Podcast because you can 100% read this comic as a standalone, but I’ll just say this: if you’ve never listened to TAZ before, I highly, highly recommend that you give a couple of episodes a try. Title: The Adventure Zone: Here There Be GerblinsĪuthor: Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, Carey Pietsch (Artist) ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments Scythe audiobook![]() ![]() It is the second book in an ongoing trilogy and cannot be read as a standalone. This book contains romantic suspense/dark themes that may trigger some readers. Half the Battle is an adult #whychoose romance, meaning the main character has more than one love interest. ![]() Not when the real killer is still out there, ready to ruin it all. Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel audiobook. Not when half the battle is keeping my head while my heart is split between three men. Vicruls scythe was also made of the material. ![]() Not when I need it to save my family from the streets. If they knew Scythe’s true identity and the crimes he’s committed, they’d kill him in a heartbeat. The things he makes me do are wickedly sinful. And yet, I utter his name and free him to save myself. Letting him out will only cause chaos and violence. The psychopath locked away inside the mind of another. At the edge of a cliff, in the pouring rain, the man I once loved attacks me. His fingers tear at my flesh, his breath hot in my ear as he spews venomous words of hate and promises of death. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments Oroonoko sparknotes![]() ![]() During a fight, Oroonoko’s life was spared by his granddad’s most senior general, who passed on to spare the sovereign. In spite of the fact that the storyteller had known about Oroonoko before she met him, she discloses to us that she was as yet astonished by enormity. Indeed, “in all Focuses address’d himself as though his Training had been in some European Court” (11). ![]() He is likewise shrewd, having been mentored by a Frenchman, and can talk some English and Spanish as well. Just as being astoundingly attractive, he is a characteristic warrior and a fit chief. His children having all been slaughtered, the Ruler’s beneficiary is his grandson, Sovereign Oroonoko, who had a “Marvel, so rising above every one of those of his bleak race” (10). The Lord of Cormantien is an elderly person with numerous spouses whom the storyteller notes are excellent, despite the fact that they are dark. ![]() It is a warlike nation and has numerous slaves-individuals caught in fight-to sell. Cormantien, the storyteller lets us know, is an African country that goes about as an exchanging post for slaves. ![]() ![]() ![]() And in the meantime, the clock is ticking-will William and Mary find the other half of the shell in time? Some are beautiful (coral reefs), some scary (the fall of Atlantis), some amusing (a whale hotel). William has half a shell, that can transport the two of them into any undersea scenario inspired by art, music, photograph.and so, interspersed with the mundane but not uninteresting story of two kids racketing around an English school and its seaside environs are a series of underwater adventures. William is the somewhat older boy forced to spend part of his holiday at the school while his parents contemplate divorce, and to Mary's surprise, he actually seems happy to be friends with her. Mary is the only girl at the English boarding school run by her parents its a lonely life, especially when the school is empty during vacation, and it's made her somewhat socially awkward and diffident. It was a frequent summer-at-grandparents library re-read (though not a best beloved one), and so I was very happy indeed when my sister gave it to me for my birthday this year.Īnd I was even more happy to find that it held up rather well, and in fact I think I like it more now than I did then. ![]() Back in the day, when I was young, I only knew of one other book by her- William and Mary (1974). ![]() ![]() Penelope Farmer is best known to me as the author of Charlotte Sometimes, a book I hold dear. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Mythology book edith hamilton![]() with Homeric power and simplicity in her style of writing". ![]() Hamilton's other notable works include The Roman Way (1932), The Prophets of Israel (1936), Mythology (1942), and The Echo of Greece (1957).Ĭritics have acclaimed Hamilton's books for their lively interpretations of ancient cultures, and she is described as the classical scholar who "brought into clear and brilliant focus the Golden Age of Greek life and thought . It was an immediate success and a featured selection by the Book-of-the-Month Club in 1957. ![]() She was sixty-two years old when her first book, The Greek Way, was published in 1930. Hamilton's second career as an author began after her retirement from the Bryn Mawr School in 1922. ![]() Hamilton began her career as an educator and head of the Bryn Mawr School, a private college preparatory school for girls in Baltimore, Maryland however, Hamilton is best known for her essays and best-selling books on ancient Greek and Roman civilizations. A graduate of Bryn Mawr College, she also studied in Germany at the University of Leipzig and the University of Munich. The Greek Way, The Roman Way, The Prophets of Israel, MythologyĮdith Hamilton (Aug– May 31, 1963) was an American educator and internationally known author who was one of the most renowned classicists of her era in the United States. ![]() ![]() ![]() The early issues of Star Brand (#1-7) are by Jim Shooter and they're quite good, even by modern standards. This often makes it feel less "real" than its brethren.) The White Event isn't mentioned, though it would eventually become core to the idea of Star Brand and curiously the issues aren't dated in real time like in the rest of the New Universe. ![]() (Despite hewing so close to the New Universe's central premise of changed normalcy, Star Brand doesn't touch upon other core ideas of the New Universe. It's obvious that this was intended as the next evolution of the Marvel style that originated in the '60s, telling the super stories of normal people. He doesn't know what to do with his powers (in the big picture) or even how to use them (in the small picture). But he's kind of a dick toward her (and toward women in general). He has a beautiful girlfriend, who has kids of her own. And Star Brand really epitomizes that idea, with Ken Connell being aggressively normal. The New Universe was meant to be the universe outside our front door, where super powers are suddenly introduced on July 22, 1986. ![]() |