![]() ![]() And God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day. ![]() So God made the dome and separated the waters that were under the dome from the waters that were above the dome. And God said, "Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters." And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And God saw that the light was good and God separated the light from the darkness. Then God said, "Let there be light" and there was light. the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, ![]()
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![]() ![]() Eventually, he falls ill and dies from a fever. He chooses to become rich and famous, but when he comes upon a portrait from another artist which is "pure, faultless, beautiful as a bride" he comes to realize that he has made the wrong choice. The painting is magical and offers him a dilemma - to struggle to make his own way in the world on the basis of his own talents or to accept the assistance of the magic painting to guaranteed riches and fame. "The Portrait" is the story of a young and penniless artist, Andrey Petrovich Chartkov, who stumbles upon a terrifyingly lifelike portrait in an art shop and is compelled to buy it. It is one of Gogol's most demonic of tales, hinting at some of his earlier works such as " St. ![]() " The Portrait" ( Russian: Портрет) is a short story by Russian author Nikolai Gogol, originally published in the short story collection Arabesques in 1835. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He stocks the abbey with enough food to survive and leaves the surrounding country to its fate while holding wild parties within the building.Īfter five or six months, Prospero decides to hold a grand masked ball, which he holds in the seven rooms of an imperial suite. Although the disease is running rampant through his country, Prince Prospero remains oddly happy and carefree and invites a thousand of his healthy noble friends to join him in hiding from the disease in his abbey, which he then locks away from the outside world. The contagion causes death within thirty minutes of infection, and consequently any sign of the red stain on a man causes him to be shunned by the populace. The "Red Death" of the title is described as a particularly lethal disease whose symptoms include sharp pains, dizziness, profuse bleeding, and red stains on the bodies and faces of the victims. ![]() ![]() ![]() And I wouldn’t worry because I knew the secret. I’d tell her ‘no fear’ and she’d know it was the deepest truth and she would be everything I was not. To not be scared of roads slick with rain, of valleys dry in drought. To be unpainted, to live in the breeze and stand under waterfalls and not be worried over the height of mountains, of quiet trails deep in the woods. To make herself as ugly as possible and not worry too much about beauty or what anyone thought of her. “ I decided then to tell Artichoke to be ugly. The story was redeeming towards the end, but overall I thought it was powerful because of the central theme. ![]() Maybe it was me being triggered, but I was surprised at how adversely I felt towards this book. As much as I enjoyed Bieker’s writing, this book left me feeling a little raw and disturbed. God Shot is the first novel by author Chelsea Bieker. Hello everyone! I had mixed feelings about this debut novel. Link Here God Shot held up against a painting ![]() ![]() ![]() He hadn’t intended to apply for one until he learned about the Institute for American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe and its Native-based program. That distrust made him wary of MFA creative-writing programs. ![]() “Having the freedom to only read what I loved and not having an institution be a part of that, I think that led to me finding my voice.” ![]() There he fell in love with reading, especially books in translation and South American writers such as Jorge Luis Borges. “I didn’t trust the old white men in this country and what our canon is largely based on,” Orange said. It’s a masterful literary construction from a writer with an unconventional literary education that began in adulthood, when Orange started working at a used-book store. ![]() The threads intersect in sometimes surprising ways, the chorus building to an explosive climax at an Oakland powwow. There are a dozen narrators, each bearing the weight of historical trauma in a modern world. After that devastating prologue, “There There” splits into a multiplicity of Native voices, as if making up for lost ground: Tony Loneman, a young man who has grown up with “The Drome,” or fetal alcohol syndrome Edwin Black, who struggles with morbid obesity and Internet addiction and is on the hunt for his birth father and Jacquie Red Feather, a recovering alcoholic with one dead daughter, another given up for adoption and three grandsons she’s never met. ![]() ![]() Her interest is piqued by her solitary, elderly neighbor. ![]() Montana, 1983: Lily is a lonely teenager looking for adventure in small-town Montana. But when the war finally ends, instead of freedom, Odile tastes the bitter sting of unspeakable betrayal. Together with her fellow librarians, Odile joins the Resistance with the best weapons she has: books. When the Nazis march into Paris, Odile stands to lose everything she holds dear, including her beloved library. Paris, 1939: Young and ambitious Odile Souchet has it all: her handsome police officer beau and a dream job at the American Library in Paris. ![]() ![]() Based on the true World War II story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris, this is an unforgettable story of romance, friendship, family, and the power of literature to bring us together, perfect for fans of The Lilac Girls and The Paris Wife. ![]() ![]() I’d heard good things about this novel, but was later than planned getting to it due to a combination of an overwhelming TBR pile and recent commitments. Lily and the Octopus reminds us how it feels to love fiercely, how difficult it can be to let go, and how the fight for those we love is the greatest fight of all. We can tell you that this is a story about that special someone: the one you trust, the one you can’t live without.įor Ted Flask, that someone special is his aging companion Lily, who happens to be a dog. The magic of this novel is in the read, and we don’t want to spoil it by giving away too many details. It’s as frightening as it is confounding. ![]() Like it is announcing itself and would like the room. The octopus looks angry as much as out of place. However it’s in the opening scene that Ted first sees the octopus. We ‘get’ that 42 yr old Ted is gay and that Lily is his beloved and constant companion and confidante. It’s Thursday, you see – the night Ted and Lily put aside to talk about cute boys. When we first meet Ted and Lily (his 12 year old dachshund) they are debating the Ryans (Gosling vs Reynolds). ![]() ![]() ![]() It's one of the sweetest moments in a story that is largely somber, at times problematic. Seconds later the girls call them back, this time responding with a song of their own: Gilbert O'Sullivan's " Alone Again (Naturally)." The two groups go back and forth, communicating solely through the poignant music they play for each other -" Run to Me" by the Bee Gees, Carole King's " So Far Away" - and practically holding their breath in anticipation as they wait to hear from the other side. When the girls pick up the phone, the young men hold the receiver up to a record player speaker, dropping the needle on Todd Rundgren's " Hello It's Me." They let the wrenching song play through the chorus, then hang up. ![]() Late in Sofia Coppola's mesmeric 1999 film The Virgin Suicides, a group of teenage boys swallow their nerves and call up the Lisbon sisters - classmates they're enamored with, who have been put under house arrest by their strict parents. Cook and Chelse Swain as the enigmatic Lisbon sisters in Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Lost Duke of Wyndham (The Two Dukes of Wyndham, Book 1)Īs much as I liked Thomas, the current Duke in this first book, I liked Jack Audley the would-be duke, because he’s witty and rakish, which, of course, he has to be considering he’s a highwayman. Quinn was obviously trying something a little different, and, for the most part, I think she succeeded. That didn’t bother me all that much, mostly because I enjoyed the first book more mainly due to Jack, the hero, and also because that’s where all the action in the the arc of the story was. There is literally the exact same characters discussing the exact same issues in the exact same circumstances, but those scenes are interspersed with the hero’s and heroine’s thoughts and actions. ![]() While I agree with the sentiment to a point, this second book is still a good story, even while told from another set of characters’ point of view. ![]() I’ve read some pretty harsh comments from some folks about that fact. Cavendish, I Presume, about readers being disappointed it is only a regurgitation of scenes word for word that have already happened in this first book, The Lost Duke of Wyndham. ![]() There’s been a lot of talk since the release of the second book of this duo, Mr. Historical romances released by Avon 27 May 08 and Sept 08 Sandy M reviews The Two Dukes of Wyndham Series by Julia Quinn ![]() ![]() Lewis George Orwell Mary Pope Osborne LeUyen Pham Dav Pilkey Roger Priddy Rick Riordan J.
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