7/5/2023 0 Comments Pao by kerry young![]() ![]() The Sun Tzu quotes fit in with the story well but can get a little tiresome after a while. ![]() The changing face of the country was well portrayed albeit from just one point of view. The big redeeming feature of the book for me was the tie in with Jamaican history. The story as a whole was ok but apart from Pao I didn't really feel involved with any of the characters. Apart from that I just found it to be a bit flat. After a while I found this quite irritating and in certain parts of the book it was hard to follow. My first major bug-bear is the way Young writes using the accents quite often. I came to it full of hope and interest in it but found after a while that it just didn't grab me in the way I hoped. It's not a book I would have considered reading otherwise but the nomination caught my eye and the subject matter sounded interesting. I picked this up in my local Waterstones based on the fact that it had been shortlisted for the Costa first novel award. ![]()
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7/5/2023 0 Comments Find your why simon sinek![]() What was your happiest memory of your childhood? If you were given the chance to do something that you love and not worry about the paycheck, what would it be? What’s usually the reason why people thank you? What task at work would you do for free if you didn’t need the paycheck? If you were given the chance to teach others (e.g., young people), what would you teach them? Enumerate the things for which you would be willing to go the extra mile. Imagine what you would be doing if you learned that you only had a year left to live. Observe what people ask of you when they come to you for help. Think about the things that you are willing to do even if you look like a fool. Recall what you liked to do when you were a kid. Think back to the activities you did that made you forget about the passage of time. ![]() Identify the things you can do to make other people’s lives better. It allows you to live a life with integrity.It helps you live healthier and longer.It infuses you with passion for your goals.The Major Benefits of Knowing Your “Why”. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She put the two of them together in her novel and used the Roman Gladiatorial games as a premise for the Hunger Games. Suzanne Collins got the idea for The Hunger Games when she was channel surfing on television one day, and a reality show from one channel and began blurring into footage from the war in Afghanistan. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes was written by Suzanne Collins as a prequel and spin-off to the Hunger Games Trilogy. Suzanne Collins and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Antagonist: The corrupt nation of Panem.Climax: Lucy Gray Baird fights for her spot as Victor in the 10th Hunger Games with the last remaining tribute.Setting: The post-apocalyptic nation of Panem in North America, 64 years before the Hunger Games trilogy.Genre: Young Adult, Dystopian fiction, Science fiction.Title: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. ![]() ![]() Key Facts about The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes follows the story of a young Coriolanus Snow as he becomes the mentor in the tenth Hunger Games to a charming girl from District 12, Lucy Gray Baird. Published in 2020 by Scholastic, the novel received mixed reviews from critics. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I was immediately bothered by the personality and attitude of the heroine. Mostly, it was was mediocre to frustrating for me. As it stands, I'm having a hard time finding things that I really liked. This should have been a slam dunk for me ~ enemies-to-love, Seattle setting, and a YA rom-com. But after learning a group of seniors is out to get them, she and Neil reluctantly decide to team up until they’re the last players lef. When Neil is named valedictorian, Rowan has only one chance at victory: Howl, a senior class game that takes them all over Seattle, a farewell tour of the city she loves. ![]() While Rowan, who secretly wants to write romance novels, is anxious about the future, she’d love to beat her infuriating nemesis one last time. Rowan Roth and Neil McNair have been bitter rivals for all of high school, clashing on test scores, student council elections, and even gym class pull-up contests. The Hating Game meets Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist by way of Morgan Matson in this unforgettable romantic comedy about two rival overachievers whose relationship completely transforms over the course of twenty-four hours. “Funny, tender, and romantic.” -Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A dizzying, intimate romance.” -Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ![]() ![]() However you will be responsible for the cost of returning the goods to us. If a full refund including original delivery costs is required then the entire order needs to be returned back to us within fourteen (14) working days. Please note that this does not affect your statutory rights. Some goods are non-returnable for hygiene reasons. Please clearly state on the invoice the reason for return and whether you require a refund or exchange, We are only able to exchange items for the same product. 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In the 1960s Schlink studied at the Free University in West Berlin, where he was able to observe the wave of student protests that swept Germany. After his father was fired from his teaching position for anti-Nazi affiliations, Bernhard and his family moved to Heidelberg, where he grew up. ![]() As part of a nightly ritual, the family would read the Bible together after dinner. Their father Edmund was a German theologian, professor, and pastor. Their mother Irmgard was a Swiss theology student who was deeply concerned with justice and morality and who instilled in her children a sense that they must do good in the world. ![]() Growing up, theology and religion were major influences in the lives of Schlink and his three older siblings. Bernhard Schlink was born in 1944 to Edmund and Irmgard Schlink. ![]() 7/4/2023 0 Comments Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman![]() ![]() ![]() Twenty years later, she becomes a reality, and too much for him to handle. ![]() “The Thing About Cassandra”: Teenager Stuart Innes draws an imaginary girlfriend in his notebooks to avoid peer pressure. Yet there is a price to pay if the maze is not run correctly… "A Lunar Labyrinth": The narrator walks up a “gentle hill on a summer's evening” with a local guide, who shows him a maze constructed of hedges of rosemary-“for remembering.” And he remembers the people who have walked the labyrinth according to the phases of the moon, for desire, for healing, for good fortune. The poems are “Making A Chair,” “My Last Landlady,” “Observing The Formalities,” “Witch Work,” and “In Relig Odhrain,” the last a reference to a Celtic tale.įor me, the standouts among the stories are: The two dozen works-19 stories, five poems-in this collection are guaranteed to give the reader an experience, for no other author has quite the same deft touch as Gaiman in spinning other-worlds that, disturbingly, seem to be only a hair's breadth away from reality. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1976, he decided to return to his native city, Melbourne, and concentrate on his career as an author. The same year, he accepted the position of a Radcliffe lecturer at University College, Oxford, along with his position of an active visiting faculty at the New York University. His book also supported the ideas of veganism and vegetarianism. In 1975, he published his widely praised and much discussed book, titled “Animal Liberation”, which dealt with animal welfare, and introduced Singer’s concept of “Speciesism”, where humans beings, in the modern culture, are said to categorize animals. In 1971, Singer published his first article, titled “Famine, Affluence and Morality”, where he put forward his ideas on the reasons for making charities to prevent deaths from starvations, and he also discussed several methods explaining how these charities should be made. ![]() 7/4/2023 0 Comments Ruined by Jus Accardo![]() She endured a lot in this book and from the looks of the minor questions-left-unanswered-ending it doesn't seem to be getting better any time soon. Sam was very courageous and thankfully was still sporting a back bone to boot. It was all rainbows and happy endings until it wasn't because the action picks up in the first three pages and it all goes to cloud nine from there. I continued to love his protectiveness toward Sam. Jax was still god-like and amazing this time around. It was a beautifully executed with plot twist after almost-impossible-problem. It had the right amount of everything: tension (dirty mind, you can go there), mystery, frustration over the mystery, action. This book is SO close to perfection in my mind that I don't even know what to say. This book has given all the other books I will ever read a higher level for me to look forward to. ![]() ![]() Young Adult Fiction / Action & Adventure.Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / Contemporary.Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / Dark Fantasy.It’s a testament to Schaeffer’s excellent writing that these themes never overtake the characters’ stories."- Booklist, STARRED review "A slasher flick spliced with Crime and Punishment, this engrossing debut novel asks complex philosophical questions in a pleasingly hard-to-stomach way."- Kirkus "Readers who are tired of the same recycled story lines will find something original here.The story is so compelling that readers have to keep going to find out how, or if Nita gets out of this mess."- School Library Journal "The thrilling plot proves thought-provoking."- Publishers Weekly - Product Details Warning: don't read in the dark." -Rebecca Sky, author of Arrowheart " morally complex, edgy debut.Schaeffer’s antiheroes show empathy and insight as they struggle to define the line between human and monster. I couldn’t put this one down." -Elly Blake, the New York Times best-selling author of Frostblood "Deliciously dark and devious, with morally grey characters that make you question what is good and what is truly evil. ![]() ![]() ![]() "Twisty, grisly, genre-bending and immersive, Not Even Bones will grab you by the throat and drag you along as it gleefully tramples all of your expectations." -Sara Holland, New York Times best-selling author of Everless "Gritty, compelling, a tale to feed the monster in all of us. ![]() |