![]() ![]() Wormold suddenly becomes “Our Man in Havana ” responsible for supplying secret information to London. I’m already giggling thinking about the whole scenario. Did I mention that he was recruited in a pub bathroom? No - I won’t give any more details on that. Hasselbacher (my personal favorite), somehow catches the eye of the British Secret Service, and somehow, incredibly, is recruited. Wormold, father of shopaholic Milly, and dear friend to wonderful Mr. ![]() Wormold’s predicaments become completely absurd. This is a comedy-thriller that will have you laughing out loud often, and shaking your head, because Mr. The only thing dry about this fantastic romp is the wit. If you’re as late to the Greene party as I was, you will want to know that this is the story of English gent James Wormold, who is a Havana-based vacuum cleaner salesman. Interesting coincidence, no? Conspiracy theorists have apparently been having a ball with that for years. Our Man in Havana was originally published in 1958, which, incidentally, was one year before Castro’s revolution in 1959. ![]() ![]() How in the world could this be my first adventure with Graham Greene? Seriously - where did I find a rock big enough to hide from this author? With many, many thanks to an enthusiastic recommendation from my friend June, I am now part of the club that is crazy about Mr. ![]()
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![]() ![]() She is such a bright, loving, fun person, she loves One Direction, I love One Direction and I LOVE, ADORED the Selection series. Now now, before you come attack me with what I said, I just want to say I LOVE Kiera Cats. but golly did this book just make me thoroughly unsatisfied, confused, and frustrated. I swear Kiera Cass’s books are sooooooooo WHAT-THE-HECK that you just have to keep reading it to see if it gets better □. And when she meets a commoner with the mysterious power to see right into her heart, she finds that the future she really wants is one that she never thought to imagine. Capturing his heart is a dream come true.īut Hollis soon realizes that falling in love with a king and being crowned queen may not be the happily ever after she thought it would be. ![]() ![]() After all, she’s grown up at Keresken Castle, vying for the king’s attention alongside other daughters of the nobility. When King Jameson declares his love for Lady Hollis Brite, Hollis is shocked-and thrilled. Other books by Kiera Cass: The Selection Series and T he Siren “Not only was he handsome and rich, not only would he make you a queen. ![]() ![]() It turns out that the less skillful violinists had logged an average of about 6,000 hours by the age of 20. ![]() She and her colleagues interviewed three groups of 13 violinists that fell into three categories – best, good, or less accomplished, then had them complete daily diaries of their practice habits over a week. He then extrapolated that to explain the success of everyone from Bill Gates to The Beatles.īrooke Macnamara, a psychologist at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, set out to reproduce the study and came away with different results. Gladwell’s premise was based on a 1993 study that found that top-rated violinists had put in an average of 10,000 hours of study before the age of 20. That can be pretty daunting for anyone just starting out playing an instrument or working in the studio, but it turns out 10,000 hours may be less of a factor than Gladwell’s book originally set forth. Ever since Malcolm Gladwell introduced the 10,000 hours concept in his 2008 book Outliers, the number has become a standard for the work you must put it in order to become an expert in the skill that you’re pursuing. ![]() ![]() With her no-nonsense attitude, and ice queen demeanour, she’s in control of everything–and everyone–around her. …add a Scottish librarian who has given up on ever falling in love…Ĭaroline Patterson terrifies men. As far as he can see, there’s only one way to get exactly what he wants–he needs an arranged marriage. ![]() ![]() He wants a partnership, a friendship, and none of the craziness that goes with falling in love. He wants a wife who isn’t interested in fame, money, or romance. At thirty-five, he’s tired of his playboy lifestyle. After 20 years singing soppy love songs, he knows that there is no such thing as romantic love. Josh McInnes’ biological clock is ticking and he wants to get married–now. ![]() Take one American singer who doesn’t believe in falling in love… Publisher/Year: Janet Elizabeth Henderson, 2014 Goody Two Shoes (Invertary #2) by Janet Elizabeth Henderson ![]() ![]() Includes touring and events across Europe and North America. Published by Simon & Schuster in USA, Les Escales in France (translation), Penguin in Canada, Éditions Alto in Quebec (translation), and Gummerus in Finland (translation). Realising that he could lose his family as well as his home, Finn sets out to rescue his sister and bring life back to the barren waters. Our Homesick Songs is a eulogy to not just a town but a lifestyle - one built on waves, and winds, and fish, and folklore. Meanwhile Finn's music teacher, Mrs Callaghan, shares stories about his family, the island's ancient melodies, and its myths of mermaids and magic snakes. Amidst abandoned houses and closed schools, ten-year-old Finn and his sister Cora while away their nights counting the few remaining fishing boats on the coast. ![]() ![]() ![]() Long-listed for the Giller Prize (Canada), Our Homesick Songs is Hooper's internationally acclaimed second novel. ![]() ![]() “Bujold mixes quirky humor with action superb character development…normously satisfying.”- Publishers Weekly. “All in all, Shards is a worthy effort, and worth reading for any fan of SF romance.”- AnalogĪbout Lois McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan Saga: Aral and Cordelia survive countless mishaps while their mutual admiration and even stronger feelings emerge. ![]() When Cordelia Naismith and her survey crew are attacked by a renegade group from Barrayar, she is taken prisoner by Aral Vorkosigan, commander of the Barrayan ship that has been taken over by an ambitious and ruthless crew member. ![]() Journey back to where it all started, from multiple New York Times best selling author, Hugo Award winner, Lois McMaster Bujold. ![]() ![]() ![]() Written by Frank Miller and Roger McKenzie. ![]() Art by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson.ĭAREDEVIL: LAST HAND TPB (SLIPCASE EDITION)Ĭollects Daredevil (1964-1998 1st Series) #181-191. Art by Frank Miller, Frank Springer, Joe Rubinstein, and Klaus Janson.ĭAREDEVIL: GANGWAR TPB (NEW PRINTING, SLIPCASE EDITION)Ĭollects Daredevil (1964-1998 1st Series) #168-180. ![]() Written by Frank Miller, Bill Mantlo, Roger McKenzie, Marv Wolfman, and David Michelinie. Plus: the stunning graphic novel LOVE & WAR, Miller's revolutionary revisit of the Man Without Fear's origin, the startling continuation of Elektra's story and more!ĭAREDEVIL: MARKED FOR DEATH TPB (NEW PRINTING, SLIPCASE EDITION)Ĭollects Spectacular Spider-Man (1976-1998 1st Series) #27-28 and Daredevil (1964-1998 1st Series) #158-161 and 163-167. ![]() Visionary creator Frank Miller's complete saga of Matt Murdock and his first love, the lethal assassin Elektra Natchios - in a single, exhilarating box set! In one of the greatest runs not just in Daredevil history, but in all of comics, Miller also introduced Stick and the Hand to the DD mythos, and established the Kingpin and his sadistic marksman Bullseye as Matt's deadliest foes. ![]() ![]() ![]() The affair with Bernard ends, Laura is devastated, and Agnes retreats to Switzerland. ![]() ![]() ![]() As he relates Agnes's story, Kundera also meets with some of the characters involved and-in separate chapters in which he introduces literary greats like Goethe-explores the meaning of immortality, love, fame, and the contemporary preference for images (themes that preoccupy his fictional characters as well). Agnes also has a younger sister, Laura, who, Agnes feels, follows too closely behind her-''She imitated, but at the same time she corrected.'' Laura, who perfectly identifies with her body (unlike Agnes), who sees her body ``as an old factory scheduled for demolition,'' has many affairs-including a torrid one with Bernard, a famous media personality, increasingly uncertain of his worth. Agnes, still mourning the death of her beloved father, yearns for solitude-for a life alone in the mountains of Switzerland away from, but in contact with, husband Paul an daughter Brigitte. The gesture is seminal for Kundera, who begins to create a part-fictional/part- real existence for this woman whom he calls Agnes. In a metafictional conceit that works, Kundera, at his health club in Paris, sees an aging woman make a graceful but casual gesture of farewell to her swimming instructor. There's a wonderfully elegant and provocative story lurking within Kundera's latest, but it's not that easily accessible. ![]() ![]() "But there's still so far to go!" others might protest. In Journey Into Childhood, Lenski wrote that she was struck by the fact that there were "plenty of books that tell how children live in Alaska, Holland, China, and Mexico, but no books at all telling about the many ways children live here in the United States"Ĭivil rights and equality have made a lot of headway against racism in the last century. ![]() What interested me most was the way children were living" (183). ![]() I saw and learned what the word region meant as I witnessed firsthand different ways of life unlike my own. Lenski wrote in her autobiography, "On my trips south I saw the real America for the first time. As a result, Lenski and her husband Arthur Covey traveled south each fall. Probably her most famous set is the following:īeginning with Bayou Suzette in 1943, Lois Lenski began writing a series of books which would become known as her "regional series." In the early 1940s Lenski, who suffered from periodic bouts of ill-health, was told by her doctor that she needed to spend the winter months in a warmer climate than her Connecticut home. ![]() ![]() Many of Lenski's books can be collated into 'series' - but since they don't have to be read in order, you may be better off just looking for more information here. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This kicked 20th Century Ghosts off to great start. The story within a story is merely a summary of this new horror masterpiece and just that summary is some of the best horror I’ve read in a while. That is, until he reads a story called Buttonboy. He’s been at it for so long that he’s seen everything and is becoming agonizingly bored. Here’s a breakdown: Best New HorrorĮddie is an editor for a horror magazine. Overall, the book’s good outweighs the bad. The middle stretch falls a little flat in my opinion and includes a couple of more dull or less original entries. ![]() Some of these stories are some of the best I’ve read all year. The collection focuses on horrors placed during the 20th century, not quite modern but not quite old either. His latest full collection of shorts, 20th Century Ghosts, is another winner from the new horror master. However, like his father Stephen King, he has emerged as a powerhouse that is constantly releasing new books and stories and shows no signs of slowing down. I have been trying very hard to keep up with Joe Hill’s releases in order to keep my rankings of Hill’s books up to date. 20th Century Ghosts is a collection of short stories by author Joe Hill. ![]() |