The Narrator by Michael Cisco5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() Things take an eerie turn when Navidson discovers that his house is one quarter of an inch larger on the inside than the outside. At its core, we have The Navidson Record, a documentary about renowned photojournalist Will Navidson, his girlfriend Karen Green, and their two children moving into a new home. House of Leaves is a story in layers, each created by a different character. While my mind is disappointingly intact after a readthrough, I still found it to be one of the most unsettling and unconventional haunted house stories ever written. Close to ten years passed, but the memory of her question stuck with me and led me to finally pick up a copy of my own. We were discussing horror novels when she brought up the supposedly sanity-shattering story, and neither of us had read it at the time. Danielewski’s House of Leaves, I was sitting in a coffee shop with a friend. “Have you heard about that book that’s supposed to drive you insane?” The first time I caught wind of Mark Z. ![]()
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Crossroads by franzen5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() (Readers who prefer his breakout 2001 novel, The Corrections, will surely welcome this.) For Russ, who organizes volunteer work in the inner city and at a Navajo reservation, the ’70s bring a humiliating shift in identity. Unlike Franzen’s previous two novels, 2010’s Freedom and 2015’s Purity, Crossroads is light on curmudgeonly social commentary. ![]() The social change convulsing America in 1971 only lightly shapes the crises that beset the Hildebrandts. ![]() Thanks for signing up! You can manage your newsletter subscriptions at any time. ![]() David copperfield novel5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() David Copperfield Summaryĭavid Copperfield is born right six months after his father’s death at Blunderstone, in Suffolk. The novel is recognized as a semi-autobiographical novel, though both the characters and the title differ in many ways, however, the author’s personal experiences as child labor in a factory, his schooling and his struggles for studying and finally his appearance from senatorial journalism into popular novel writing are real. ![]() Among the novels, David Copperfield was Dickens’ most favorite novel while among characters, David Copperfield was his “favorite child”. In a book form, it was published in 1850. The Personal History of David Copperfield, also titled as David Copperfield, was published in series in years 1849 to 1850. Dickens relished extensive fame throughout his lifespan than any previous author ever had. ![]() ![]() His most important works include Great Expectations, Bleak House, A Christmas Carol, Our Mutual Friend, and David Copperfield. He is renowned as one of the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. Caroline Crewler, Sarah Crewler, Louisa Crewler, Lucy Crewler, and Margaret CrewlerĬharles Dickens, an important English novelist of the nineteenth century, was born on February 7th, 1812 at Portsmouth, Hampshire, in London and died on 9 June 1870.Miss Clarissa Spenlow and Miss Lavinia Spenlow. ![]() Transcendence by shay savage5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() As they struggle to coexist, theirs becomes a love story that transcends language and time. With only each other for company, they must rely on one another to fight the dangers of the wild and prepare for the winter months. No matter what she tries, getting her point across to this primitive but beautiful man is a constant-and often hilarious-struggle. She's not at all interested in Ehd's primitive advances, and she just can't seem to get him to listen. She's confused and distressed by her predicament, and there's a caveman hauling her back to his cavehome. Still, he's determined to fulfill his purpose in life-provide for her, protect her, and put a baby in her.Įlizabeth doesn't know where she is or exactly how she got there. ![]() He doesn't know where she came from, she's wearing some pretty odd clothing, and she makes a lot of noises with her mouth that give him a headache. When he finds a beautiful young woman in his pit trap, it's obvious to him that she is meant to be his mate. He's strong and intelligent, but completely alone. It's said that women and men are from two different planets when it comes to communication, but how can they overcome the obstacles of prehistoric times when one of them simply doesn't have the ability to comprehend language?Įhd's a caveman living on his own in a harsh wilderness. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jaqueline Rogers has been a professional children's book illustrator for more than twenty years and has worked on nearly one hundred children's books. ![]() ![]() Her characters, including Beezus and Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ralph, the motorcycle-riding mouse, have delighted children for generations. Henshaw won the Newbery Medal, and Ramona Quimby, Age 8 and Ramona and Her Father have been named Newbery Honor Books. Cleary's books have earned her many prestigious awards, including the American Library Association's Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, presented to her in recognition of her lasting contribution to children's literature. And so, the Klickitat Street gang was born! She based her funny stories on her own neighborhood experiences and the sort of children she knew. When a young boy asked her, "Where are the books about kids like us?" she remembered her teacher's encouragement and was inspired to write the books she'd longed to read but couldn't find when she was younger. Before long, her school librarian was saying that she should write children's books when she grew up. But by third grade, after spending much time in her public library in Portland, Oregon, she found her skills had greatly improved. As a child, she struggled with reading and writing. Beverly Cleary is one of America's most beloved authors. Beezus and Ramona is a timeless story, as are all of Beverly Cleary's books This is wonderful for a younger reader who is looking for more challenging material that is still age appropriate About the Author Beverly Cleary is the Newbery Medalwinning author of more than 30 books for children. ![]() Who asked you terry mcmillan summary5/21/2023 ![]() In what ways is each woman's voice unique? How did getting the other characters' perspectives enhance your understanding of each woman?ĩ. Getting to Happy is written from alternating points of view. ![]() How have you changed over the past 15 years? Where do you hope to be in the next 15 years? What are you currently doing to achieve those goals?Ĩ. What did you think of his and her responses? What does happiness mean to the other characters in the novel? How do you measure happiness?ħ. Savannah asks Jasper, "How do you measure happiness?" (page 303). What do they mean? How do they reflect the events in each character's life?Ħ. Reread the epigraphs at the beginning of the book. Savannah urges the friends to give each other blunt, honest advice, saying, "Sometimes we need somebody to just tell us what to do even though we already know it" (page 249). Which character is most like you? Which character reminded you of one of your friends?Ĥ. Do you have a core group of friends like those in Getting to Happy? What role do your friends play in your life? What do you contribute to their lives?ģ. ![]() ![]() Did you read Waiting to Exhale? If so, does this novel follow the arc that you imagined for these characters? If you haven't read McMillan's earlier novel, do you plan to now?Ģ. ![]() M by Jon J. Muth5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() nope that still sounds bleak, doesn’t it? Well it’s not true anyway. Inspired by his own young twins, Muth, with seeming effortlessness, brings to young readers a fellow traveler. From a snowball on a stop sign (“are we in trouble?”) to act of accidentally killing a bug (“afterward / feeling alone and Sad”) the haikus do double duty as both poems and, depending on which word is capitalized, a tour of the alphabet. In the book, a panda cub named Koo and two human siblings explore fall, winter, spring and autumn in a myriad of different ways. Twenty-six haikus spotlight four different seasons. Maybe that’s part of the reason I like it so very much. Gutsy in its quiet, contemplative way, Muth doesn’t follow the same old, same old poetry model. All that changes with the publication of Hi, Koo!: A Year of Seasons. And though he’s written many a book touching on the concept of “Zen”, straight up poetry has rarely been his bag. Muth is no stranger to children’s picture books that challenge the reader. So what happens when 5/7/5 gets taken out of the equation entirely? Author/illustrator Jon J. Traditional haiku focuses on nature and how we, as humans, relate to it. She’s Japanese-American herself, and one thing she simply cannot stand is when someone takes a set of words, slaps them into five/seven/five syllable lines, and then calls the result “a haiku”. I have a colleague who is mighty careful when regarding haiku. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A novel treatment of the biblical flood myth in terms of male pregnancy is the penultimate essay, while the concluding article proposes an ingeniously imaginative interpretation of the underpinnings of anti-Semitism. This is followed by a study of the saga of William Tell, one of the most celebrated legends in the world. He argues that all of these activities can be seen as forms of macho battle to determine which individual or team feminizes his or its opponents. He then presents a striking analysis of the spectrum of behavior associated with male competitive events ranging from traditional games-such as soccer and American football-to warfare. From Game to War offers five of his most mature essays on this topic.ĭundes begins with a comprehensive survey of the history of psychological studies of folklore in the United Slates. eBook (EPUB Single) 18.99 25.00 Save 24 Current price is 18.99, Original price is 25. Essays in Psychoanalytic Folkloristics 141. Alan Dundes is a renowned folklorist who has successfully devoted the better part of his career to applying psychoanalytic theory to the materials of folklore. Seven ways in which psychoanalysis illuminates folklore Bloody Mary in the Mirror mixes Sigmund Freud with vampires and explores various folklore genres to. Freud and some of his early disciples recognized the potential of such folklorist genres as myth, folktale, and legend to illuminate the intricate workings of the human psyche. Although folklore has been collected for centuries, its possible unconscious content and significance have been explored only since the advent of psychoanalytic theory. ![]() Saving Luke by Steven Long Mitchell5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() Written by the creators of the cult-hit TV show The Pretender - Rebirth is a slick mystery thriller about a brilliant human chameleon named Jarod who after escaping from the notorious Centre, plunges headlong into his newfound freedom. ![]() ![]() In 1983 a corporation known as The Centre isolated a young Pretender named Jarod and exploited his genius for their 'research. There are Pretenders among us, geniuses with the ability to become anyone they want to be. ![]() ![]() ![]() Whether in the treetops of Central Park or in the bowels of the Manhattan subway system, Max and her adopted family take the ride of their lives. Her friends brave a journey to blazing hot Death Valley, CA, to save Angel, but soon enough, they find themselves in yet another nightmare-this one involving fighting off the half-human, half-wolf "Erasers" in New York City. Welcome to our nightmare, she says in her Prologue to the first book in the electric Maximum Ride series. ![]() For the narrator, 14-year-old Max, it’s no dream. It may seem like a dream come true to some, but their lives can morph into a living nightmare at any time.like when Angel, the youngest member of the flock, is kidnapped and taken back to the "School" where she and the others were experimented on by a crew of wack jobs. The Angel Experiment James Patterson Many kids daydream about having wings and being able to soar across the sky. In this story, Maximum Ride: The Final Warning, the author James Patterson shows how courageous little children can be. She and all the members of the "flock"-Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel-are just like ordinary kids-only they have wings and can fly. He is the author of the Alex Cross novels, the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, as well as the bestselling Womens Murder Club. Fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride, better known as Max, knows what it's like to soar above the world. ![]() |