![]() ![]() In the attic, the detectives find financial documents revealing that the Spains’ fortune had declined significantly since Patrick had been laid off from his job six months prior. Jennifer had noticed small things around the house were going missing and suspected that someone was breaking in. Jennifer’s sister, Fiona, tells Kennedy that the Spains were a happy family. Kennedy and Curran head to Brianstown to begin their investigation Kennedy sends a team of detectives to search the home for the murder weapon while he interviews the neighbors. Their family lived in Brianstown, formerly known as Broken Harbour, and was attacked in the middle of the night, with only Jennifer surviving the incident. ![]() Their first assignment together is known as the Spain case, which involves Jennifer and Patrick Spain, a married couple and their two young children. The novel opens as Detective Mick ‘Scorcher’ Kennedy has just been assigned a new partner, Richie Curran. Irish novelist Tana French’s crime novel Broken Harbour (2012) is the fourth installment in the Dublin Murder Squad series. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I love fantasy & the blurb sounded terrific! Unfortunately, this book didn’t live up to the hype I built in my head. My Thoughts:Īs many of you know, I LOVED Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller, so I was incredibly honored that Sourcebooks Fire sent me a physical copy of Belle Révolte! This book looked like everything I could want. So when a strange noble girl offers Annette the chance of a lifetime, she accepts.Įmilie and Annette swap lives-Annette attends finishing school as a noble lady to be trained in the ways of divination, while Emilie enrolls to be a physician’s assistant, using her natural magical talent to save lives.īut when their nation instigates a frivolous war, Emilie and Annette must work together to help the rebellion end a war that is based on lies. But society dictates a noble lady cannot perform such gruesome work.Īnnette Boucher, overlooked and overworked by her family, wants more from life than her humble beginnings and is desperate to be trained in magic. Emilie des Marais is more at home holding scalpels than embroidery needles and is desperate to escape her noble roots to serve her country as a physician. ![]() ![]() ![]() Paul Cornell and Scott McDaniel created a three-issue arc before the new ongoing creative team, the former Green Lantern Corps duo of writer Peter Tomasi and artist Patrick Gleason, began their run with February 2011's issue #20. While writing for this title, Morrison simultaneously wrote the miniseries The Return of Bruce Wayne and finished his run on the title with issue #16, before moving onto the next phase of his narrative in Batman Incorporated. Morrison returned to writing the characters after being the ongoing writer on Batman from issues #655–658 and #663–683. The conclusion of Battle for the Cowl shows Dick Grayson ascending to the role of Batman, while Damian Wayne becomes the new Robin. ![]() ![]() The debut of the series followed the events of " Batman R.I.P.", Final Crisis, and " Battle for the Cowl" in which the original Batman, Bruce Wayne, apparently died at the hands of DC Comics villain Darkseid and features the winner of the "Battle for the Cowl" as the new Batman. Batman and Robin is an American comic book ongoing series, created by Grant Morrison and featuring Batman and Robin. ![]() ![]() ![]() He explains how the ultimate aim of the original form of magic was not only individual wisdom, self-development, and empowerment, but also the overall betterment of the world. He reviews what the Greeks, Romans, Hebrews, Christians, and Chinese said about the Iranian-Persian tradition of the Mazdans and their invention of a magical technology. ![]() The author reveals how all other known systems of magic have borrowed from this tradition, providing the clues that enabled him to reformulate the original Mazdan system. He reveals how the Zoroastrian religion, which acts as a matrix for the symbols and formulas of the original form of magic, has existed for almost four thousand years with roots going back even deeper into the Indo-European past. The author explains how the religious branch of the Mazdan magical system, founded by the Prophet Zarathustra, is known in the West under the name Zoroastrianism. ![]() Stephen Flowers explores the history, theory, practice, rituals, and initiations of the Mazdan magical system practiced by the Magi of ancient Persia, who were so skilled and famed for their effectiveness that their name came to mean what we today call “magic.” The prestige and reputation of the Magian priests of Mazda is perhaps most iconically recorded in the Christian story of the Three Wise Men who visited newborn Jesus. ![]() ![]() ![]() Of course, there are no strict borders between these genres, and many books could be reasonably shelved under all three. ![]() Origins aside, most scholars agree on a basic definition: fantasy is when something we consider supernatural occurs that can’t be explained by technology (as in science fiction) or the macabre (as in horror). For others, the modern genre for adults began with George MacDonald’s Phantastes in 1858, the story of a thirsty 21-year-old who wakes up in Fairy Land and falls in love with a marble statue sculpted by Pygmalion. For some, ancient poetry like Beowulf, The Odyssey, and The Epic of Gilgamesh is fair game. Yet even now, readers and critics can’t always agree on what fantasy is and what it isn’t. Fantasy is the oldest genre of literature, pre-dating the invention of bound books by thousands of years thanks to mythology and folklore. ![]() ![]() Series reading order: Odium 0.5 is a prequel to the series and can be read either before or after Odium I Odium I Odium 1.5 Odium II Odium 2. But will this truth destroy them? Only time will tell. She would also become an international and USA Today bestselling author, securing her status as a household name for years to come. Only one thing is certain now: if they are to survive this enemy, they must seek out a truth that has evaded them thus far. Together or apart, their enemy is the same, and they both cling to the hope of taking the head of the one who stole everything from them. ![]() Revenge is on both of their minds, their mutual hatred for the Savages continually driving them on toward an uncertain future. He may have survived his time as the Savages’ prisoner and come away with all his body parts intact, but they managed to carve away a more vital part of him and he doesn’t know how to get it back. ![]() He protects…but inside he has fallen apart. Mikey, living at Haven, is not the man he once was. But Shooter hasn’t given up on her yet, and neither have the rest of the Devil’s Highwaymen. ![]() More bitter and broken than she’s ever been before, she wonders if she can ever find her way back to the light again. Only one thing remains the same: her hate for the Savages and the desire for their death. How can we love in a world full of death? A year has gone by and Nina is filled with rage and grief for her many losses. ![]() Book 7 in the bestselling post-apocalyptic romance series. ![]() ![]() ![]() It has been several years since Wayward Pines first premiered, but there is plenty to it that makes for a fascinating watch for first-time viewers and for those who are returning. Its small-town origins place it in similar territory to the German sci-fi series Dark, the vampire horror, Midnight Mass and the cultural phenomena that is Stranger Things. The show has plenty of mystery and unique puzzles that keep audiences guessing while grounding it in sci-fi elements, which adds its own touch to the show. While exploring, he discovers more strange things about the town that cause him to question reality. At first, it looks like any other idyllic town until he discovers that he can't leave, like in the series adaptation of Stephen King's, From. The series kicks off with Ethan, who gets in a car accident with his partner, waking up at a hospital in the strange town of Wayward Pines. ![]() Night Shyamalan and now streaming on Disney+, ended in 2016, but its first season, in particular, still holds up. Wayward Pines, a series based on Blake Crouch's book trilogy of the same name, centers on Ethan Burke (Matt Dillon), a US Secret Service agent who is sent to look into the disappearance of two missing agents in a strange, small town. ![]() ![]() Sometimes the characters and stories they (majority group authors writing outside their experience) create are wonderful! But many times, they’re rife with stereotypes, tropes, and harmful portrayals. ![]() If you’re not familiar, #OwnVoices is a hashtag started by author Corrine Duyvis in 2015 for people “ to recommend kidlit about diverse characters written by authors from that same diverse group.” Why does reading Own Voices books matter? To quote from this excellent Brightly article by Kayla Whaley… This year, I decided to do something a little different and spend the week focusing on a few #OwnVoices books. I’m happy for any reason to celebrate books, and typically over here on the blog, I have asked fellow bloggers to contribute guest posts about books their kids love ( see those past posts rounded up here for some great suggestions). ![]() It is, at long last (2 months later than usual), CBCA Book Week again in Australia. ![]() ![]() ![]() Set in the 1970s in London during the punk rock movement, the film follows Estella, an aspiring fashion designer, and explores the path that will lead her to become a notorious criminal known as Cruella de Vil. It is scheduled to be released theatrically and simultaneously available on Disney+ with Premier Access on May 28, 2021, in the United States. Principal photography took place between August and November 2019 in England.Ĭruella premiered in Los Angeles on May 18, 2021, the first major red carpet event since the COVID-19 pandemic began. ![]() Stone was cast in 2016 and also serves as an executive producer on the film alongside Glenn Close, who previously portrayed Cruella in the previous live-action adaptations, 101 Dalmatians (1996) and 102 Dalmatians (2000). Walt Disney Pictures announced the film's development in 2013, with Andrew Gunn as producer. Emma Stone stars as the title character, with Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser, Emily Beecham, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, and Mark Strong in supporting roles. It is the third live-action film in the 101 Dalmatians franchise. The film is based on the character Cruella de Vil, introduced in Dodie Smith's 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians and more precisely, on the version from the Disney's 1961 animated film One Hundred and One Dalmatians. Kristin Burr Cruella is a 2021 American crime comedy-drama film directed by Craig Gillespie with a screenplay by Dana Fox and Tony McNamara, from a story by Aline Brosh McKenna, Kelly Marcel, and Steve Zissis. ![]() ![]() ![]() His relay of questions in 11th paragraph, "But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance, by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot?" summarizes his resentful aspects towards Britain. Patrick Henry makes tens of rhetorical question that mentally agitates the audience with stronger impact. ![]() Henry, at first holistically explains the severity of current situation, then breaks down into details which efficiently underlines his main argument.ģ. The audiences of Patrick Henry's Speech at Virginia Convention were delegates from Virginia, and Patrick Henry primarily speaks with respect in order to be more persuasive. ![]() He antagonizes Britain by imputing every hardships they faced to Britain.Ģ. The main purpose of Patrick Henry 's speech at Virginia Conference, was to convince the delegates to secede from Britain moreover, to fight back against them. ![]() |