Let’s first get out of the way that this is a totally subjective ranking and all opinions are my own. With that in mind, let’s dive in! Bottom Tier These movies met literally none of the criteria. Eragon Now, I credit this series with making me fall in love with fantasy…but the movie? Yikes. Not only did not follow the story, but the script was super clunky and the acting was mediocre at best....
Willie Lincoln is very much a serve-your-country kind of person. He started out by joining the NYPD, where he proved so good at his job that a mobster framed him for taking bribes just to get him out of the way. Willie then joined the Army. By the time we meet him in Daredevil #47, he is slowly going blind after saving his buddies from a grenade attack. (There’s more to the story than that, but we’ll get to it later....
To me, the most moving books here are the ones about prisons — Attica State Prison and Guantánamo Bay — and the everyday horrors inflicted upon prisoners inside those walls, seemingly without consequence. The more I read true crime, the more I want to learn about these stories, the ones about everyday people just trying to live in this messed up world. Serial killer stories are fascinating, sure, but at what point are we contributing to their celebrity and the exploitation of victims?...
Despite courting Trump fervently, former state treasurer Josh Mandel, former Ohio Republican Party Chair Jane Timken, and banker Mike Gibbons all lost out on an endorsement from the former president, and ultimately on the race. Vance’s own endorsement from Donald Trump came only after the author took back earlier criticism, and after he was already behind in the polls. Many interpret Trump’s endorsement being able to bring Vance to victory in this race as an indication of his lasting popularity....
Then the world went into lockdown. Finally, I thought, I would start cruising through my mountain of stashed wool and yarn. And I did, for approximately four months, until my niephlets FaceTimed me to let me know that their grandmother had kittens, they were taking two, and this one didn’t have a home. (Insert sad Puss in Boots GIF here.) Wogglebug joined my household, and suddenly for the first time ever, I have a cat who is relentless about finding and murdering yarn....
George has helped grow the AWC into one of the country’s largest and proudest writer’s clubs. So he knows a thing or two about Georgia crime fiction. He also just released his own crime thriller. In it, web-radio host Bo Riccardi is forced to interview her husband’s kidnapper live on the air. Which is obvs awful. But does give Bo the opportunity to apply her unique skillset of chromesthesia. You know…the ability to see colorful shapes which reveal intentions behind speech....
I’m happy to nail my colours to the mast on this one: I don’t think prison works. The racism, classism, and misogyny that prop up the carceral system make it fundamentally unfair. Prison doesn’t deliver justice, and as a core part of the justice system, that makes it a pretty big flop to me. Today’s prison is supposed to be about the deprivation of liberty: that in itself is the punishment....
50 Early Audio Downloads of The Wives, the upcoming thriller by New York Times bestselling author Tarryn Fisher, are up for grabs! How far would you go to find the truth about your husband? Imagine that your husband has two other wives. You’ve never met them. None of you know each other, and because of this unconventional arrangement, you can see your husband only one day a week. But you love him so much you don’t care....
Let’s dive in, shall we?
Author’s note: this post was written prior to pre-release revelations that Atticus Finch may not, in fact, be the man we all remember. Its discussions are of the heroic Atticus whom Scout relates in To Kill A Mockingbird, and not of the more human Atticus we’re all soon going to have to reckon with. For now–for as long as the maybe-false hero remains alive: He’s the ethicist’s answer to Fitzwilliam Darcy, and perhaps the sole reason that lawyer jokes should make us all a little bit uncomfortable....
Where to Donate books If you’re feeling generous, donating your used books can be a great way to find them a loving home. 1. Libraries Libraries usually accept donations and sell those books in a Friends of the Library fundraiser. Local libraries give us so many books for free–let’s give some back to them! 2. Local thrift stores Goodwill accepts a lot more than clothes. They also will take books in good condition (and the bookshelf they’re on, if you’re feeling minimalist)....
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New Oldbury, 1821. In the wake of a scandal, the Montrose family and their three daughters—Catherine, Lydia and Emeline—flee Boston for their new country home, Willow Hall. The estate seems sleepy and idyllic. But a subtle menace creeps into the atmosphere, remnants of a dark history that call to Lydia, and to the youngest, Emeline. All three daughters will be irrevocably changed by what follows, but none more than Lydia, who must draw on a power she never knew she possessed if she wants to protect those she loves....
Mrs. Silvia said that, in her opinion, literary criticism of Ionesco had proliferated after his death, once he was no longer able to contradict critics’ interpretations. This intrigued me because it was the opposite of my English teachers’ views on literary criticism. If an author gave an opinion on their own work, published decades earlier, many people still wouldn’t consider it definitive. Her words raised a question I still ask myself: Who creates meaning in fiction—authors, readers, or both?...
If you’ve ever questioned the logic of basing an entire identity around what you have between your legs, it’s time to embark on a daring escape outside of the binary box… Open your eyes to what it means to be a boy or a girl – and above and beyond! Within these pages, you get to choose which path to forge. Explore over one hundred different scenarios that embrace nearly every definition across the world, over history, and in the ever-widening realms of our imagination!...
Wealth. Power. Murder. Magic. Alex Stern is back and the Ivy League is going straight to hell in this sequel to Ninth House, the smash bestseller by Leigh Bardugo. Thick with history and packed with Bardugo’s signature twists, Hell Bent brings to life an intricate world full of magic, violence, and all too real monsters. What I’ve dubbed the demonic prep boys are boys, men, or masculine characters who typically present an inauthentic old-money east coast aesthetic and have some kind of a demonic or dark magical presence....
In the past when I see how far I am from my goal I get very dismayed. I used to love reading! What’s happening to me? Why can’t I sit and speed through books as I used to? I always say that I’m not going to feel guilty for not living up to last year’s goals, but I of course still do a little bit. It took me a long time to be okay with not reading like I used to....
I had just finished the new biography Carrie Fisher: A Life on the Edge, by Sheila Weller, and loved it. I know there’s been some controversy with Billie and Bryan Lourd denouncing the book, and while I’ve read Fisher’s memoirs and books, I’m always interested to know more about people I like—and this biography was a detailed, extensive work that was clearly written with the utmost respect for Fisher. Fresh off reading the book, hearing Fisher at the end of the trailer was just a gut punch....
One show came really close. I was so excited when it came out. Now season 4 is coming, and I just feel sadness, and anger. Lots of anger. Star vs. The Forces of Evil is a Disney XD show that has been airing since 2016. It features Star Butterfly, a magical princess who gets booted to Earth when her parents realize she can’t handle the responsibility of the Royal Wand without setting rainbows on fire....
The range of topics that the essay collection can cover is endless, too. Do you want a meditation on the process of writing as a jaunt to the Underworld? Check out Margaret Atwood’s Negotiating with the Dead. Maybe you’re interested in reading more about feminism and resisting racism? Audre Lorde’s Sister Outsider is a cornerstone compilation of emphatic, powerful calls to action that everyone should read. The View from the Cheap Seats is even a window into Neil Gaiman’s thoughts on art, reading, and more....
