“I’m just so sick of this itty-bitty lifestyle,” he goes on. It’s like the setup of a joke: two ants stand on a decomposing apple, and one asks the other, “Why does everything have to be so tiny?” It begins with a statement of ennui that’s at once existentially universal and hilariously particular. Now that it’s over, you’re finally ready for it. Not because it was such a pleasurable reading experience, but because you’ve only just absorbed its language. And by the time you reach the far shore, gasping for air, you’re tempted to return to the beginning and dive back in. Best experienced in a single reading, it’s a book that you swim through. Externally baffling but internally consistent, it does what great art comics often do – it teaches you how to read it. Michael DeForge’s ANT COLONY is a wonderfully whole piece of comics craftsmanship.
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King recounts the story of Birmingham in vivid detail, tracing the history of the struggle for civil rights back to its beginnings three centuries ago and looking to the future, assessing the work to be done beyond Birmingham to bring about full equality for African Americans. In this remarkable book-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Civil Rights movement on the segregated streets of Birmingham demonstrated to the world the power of nonviolent direct action. In 1963, Birmingham, Alabama, was perhaps the most racially segregated city in the United States. “There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair.” Martin Luther King’s classic exploration of the events and forces behind the Civil Rights Movement-including his Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963. “When No One Is Watching: A Thriller” by Alyssa Cole (William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers) “A Solitude of Wolverines: A Novel of Suspense” by Alice Henderson (William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers) “A Good Marriage: A Novel” by Kimberly McCreight (Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers) When one of them is found dead in Maya’s hotel room, she must prove her own innocence in this taut legal thriller. Ten years after Maya Seale convinced her fellow jurors to acquit a man of murder, a true crime documentary reunites the jury amid claims of new evidence. “The Holdout: A Novel” by Graham Moore (Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC) The list was announced Thursday during the Book & Media Awards Virtual Ceremony. A shortlist of honor titles, up to 4 per genre was also announced.
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Deety is trying to get Zeb to meet her father to discuss what she thinks is an article Zeb wrote about n-dimensional space, even going so far as to offer herself. In the opening, Deety is dancing with Zeb at a party at Hilda's mansion. The names "Dejah Thoris", "Burroughs", and "Carter" are overt references to John Carter and Dejah Thoris, the protagonists of the Barsoom novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The book is a series of diary entries primarily by each of the four main characters: Zebadiah "Zeb" John Carter, programmer Dejah Thoris "Deety" Burroughs Carter, her mathematics professor father Jacob Burroughs, and off-campus socialite Hilda Corners. Excerpts from the novel were serialized in the magazine Omni (1979 October, November). The Number of the Beast is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Thom writes honestly about the (in)security of being an activist on the Internet, especially if you belong to a marginalized minority.Īnd although it all may sound overwhelming at first glance, I Hope We Choose Love it is not heavy reading at all – many of the texts encourage people to think more broadly, to talk about informed consent, about justice, but also to forgive and to heal trauma – both individual and collective. What I liked the most about these texts and what I stayed in my mind long after reading is the way in which the author shows that nothing is completely black and white: victims of violence can also be torturers, and LGBT people can also discriminate against other LGBT people (Thom writes a lot about transphobia). Thom Kai Cheng – a writer of Chinese descent living in Canada – in her collection of essays I Hope We Choose Love describes her experiences as an activist and trans woman, but also as a person of Asian descent taking part in a LGBTQ + discourse, strongly dominated by white people. 'When I come to the end of her books, I miss them already and have a grin on my face for days afterwards' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review I could've read this book forever' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review 'Sweet, heartwarming and emotional and funny. Can't recommend them more!!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review 'So well written and uplifting! Definitely falling in love with Mariana Zapata's books. This really is a truly fantastic friends to lovers book, you MUST read it!!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review 'Wow! I couldn't put this book down, yet I never wanted it to end. 'Sweet, funny and adorable' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review 'OMG I wish I could rate this more than 5 stars I absolutely LOVED this story' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review 'Zapata's books get better each time I read one!!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review 'I swooned, I laughed and I loved!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review If you loved From Lukov with Love - the sensational TikTok hit that is captivating readers all over the world - then you don't want to miss Ruby's story in Dear Aaron! No one writes slow burn like Mariana Zapata and her millions of fans agree! Any spoilers beyond that point should be tagged. The comments in this thread include spoilers for everything up to the end of Part I, approximately page 200 or 57%. From the most ancient of tales this novel forges a story of love, loss, and hope for the modern age. With help from the fierce huntress Skadi, with whom she shares a growing bond, Angrboda must choose whether she’ll accept the fate that she's foreseen for her beloved family…or rise to remake their future. But as Angrboda slowly recovers her prophetic powers, she learns that her blissful life-and possibly all of existence-is in danger. Their union produces three unusual children, each with a secret destiny, who Angrboda is keen to raise at the edge of the world, safely hidden from Odin's all-seeing eye. There she is found by a man who reveals himself to be Loki, and her initial distrust of him transforms into a deep and abiding love. A punishment from Odin for refusing to provide him with knowledge of the future, the fire leaves Angrboda injured and powerless, and she flees into the farthest reaches of a remote forest. When a banished witch falls in love with the legendary trickster Loki, she risks the wrath of the gods in this moving, subversive debut novel that reimagines Norse mythology.Īngrboda's story begins where most witches' tales end: with a burning. I loved stories of vikings and the fierce shield maidens. Of the pantheons, Norse mythology has always been a favorite. I thought the gods were neat characters, and I loved the monsters and beasts that defied logic. Hello everyone! This month we are reading The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec for our Trick or Treat theme. Book Review: The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec Skyler MaEver since I was young, I adored mythology. |