![]() ![]() ![]() She’d finally found the place she could call home. Her fingers touched the collar, snug beside her skin. Then kneel on the floor, hands behind your back, and wait for me.”Ī tremor of pleasure travelled all the way to her toes and she answered saucily, “Yes, Sir, Daddy.” She opened her eyes wide and shook her head no. “You haven’t been playing with my little pussy, have you?” “It has been a few days, Daddy.” She looked at the ceiling. “We might have an hour before the last ones are gone…” James traced the curve of her hip with his index finger. “I’ll bet you can get a great deal on one,” she said, looking at her watch. “I want to get you a proper Christmas tree.” He jerked his thumb at the pitiful fake tree on the coffee table. “You know what else I want to do for you?” he asked. ![]() “That I can do,” she said, her heart full. And maybe wear those stockings every once in a while.” A wolfish grin crossed his face. “Anyway, the only gift I want from you is for you to give yourself to me every day, my love. ![]()
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![]() Those who are infected with Bug are sent to the woods where they can hide in peace and be independent and isolated. Here are the questions and answers that were discussed at the graphic novel book club at Koelbel on August 29th. Burns is much like the other author/illustrators we've read ( Mike Mignola, Jeff Smith) their graphic novel(s) took years to complete, but turned out to be a critically acclaimed work of art. It's also a great book club choice if I do say so myself because some plot elements are ambiguous and there are symbols and motifs on every page. This is the most adult graphic novel we've read so far, at least from a surface viewpoint. Sex, drugs, STDs, sex, and drugs are abound. ![]() ![]() The drawing style is almost instantly recognizable to the point that he has regular gigs drawing covers for magazines and advertisements.īlack Hole is set in Seattle in the 1970s and chronicles the lives of four teenagers. Burns' beautifully illustrated work took him ten years to complete and it shows. Have you ever flipped through a graphic novel and said, "WHOOOAAA, what's going on in that panel?" Every other page or so of Black Hole is a "WHOOOAAA" page. ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() The author’s deep understanding of 18th-century social life shines through and makes this a compelling read – even for those coming to the subject for the very first time. Over the course of nearly 500 pages, Hallett paints a vivid picture of Reynolds’ persona, revealing how he used his social attributes to his professional advantage while negotiating interactions with both clients and fellow portrait painters in the lively milieu of the London art world. It seems fitting then, for a figure of such art historical clout, that Professor Mark Hallett’s monograph of Reynolds takes shape through this handsome and sizeable tome. Today, his paintings take pride of place in country houses, museums and galleries across the world, and have been the subject of numerous exhibitions and scholarly studies. He received commissions from the highest echelons of society, became Principal Painter to George III, and gained widespread fame through the mass distribution of prints after his work. Through his Discourses, delivered at the Academy, he critically influenced the theoretical ideas of his students and peers. ![]() As the first president of the Royal Academy of Arts, he did more than anyone of his generation to raise the status of painting in Britain. From provincial beginnings in Plympton, Devon, Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–92) became one of 18th-century Britain’s most influential portrait painters. ![]() ![]() By AUTHOR Jane Austen Eric Carle Lewis Carroll Roald Dahl Charles Dickens Sydney Hanson C. ![]() Indestructubles Little Golden Books Magic School Bus Magic Tree House Pete the Cat Step Into Reading Book The Hunger Games ![]()
![]() ![]() Drugs, in this case, explored from different angles. Clear And Present Dangerdials back the family focus of Ford’s Ryan debut, Patriot Games, and instead quickly picks a meaty subject, and sets about dissecting it. Notably too, he’s never fully out of a suit in this one (although the jacket comes off when he jumps to Columbia). He’s an idealist, in a sea of characters where power has clearly taken hold. He believes in a way of doing things, and everything he does is motivated by what he believes to be right and proper. Ford’s Ryan is described in this one as a “boy scout,” and perhaps more than in any of the other four Jack Ryan movies to date, that’s exactly what he is. Cinderella is a character who exists in a story where everything around her is dark and murky, yet she remains positive, unsullied and bright. In a weird way, Harrison Ford’s Jack Ryan here has a touch of Cinderella about him. ![]() This is a political thriller, where corrupted people do unpleasant things. I love that it isn’t afraid of a dense plot, isn’t afraid of putting a big movie star on the poster yet finds time for supporting characters, and that, in 144 minutes, it’s really very light on action. From the day I saw it for the first time back in 1994, and on every viewing since, I’ve really loved this film. It’s why it puzzles me that Clear And Present Dangerdoesn’t get a lot more love. ![]() ![]() Alternate universe (AU) “What if…” fanfiction featuring characters set in a universe other than their canonical one. ![]() Common bases for fan fiction include novels, movies, bands, and video games.”įanfic has some specialized genres, in addition to all the regular genres of stories you can find in published material.They include: Fan fiction can be based on any fictional (and sometimes non-fictional) subject. Fan fiction ranges from a couple of sentences to an entire novel, and fans can both keep the creator’s characters and settings and/or add their own. The author uses copyrighted characters, settings, or other intellectual properties from the original creator(s) as a basis for their writing. Wikipedia tells us: “ Fan fiction …is fictional writing written by fans, based on an existing work of fiction. Today we are chatting about a very cool genre on its own, and one that has also spawned a lot of commercially published books: Fanfiction. ![]() And of course: we share related books!Īs we always do: grab your book, grab a beverage, and maybe get your computer warmed up because you are going to want to read this! ![]() ![]() We are taking a small detour from our usual book group structure to look at some of the pop culture going on around us. ![]() ![]() ![]() And when we think we have reached our limit, wonder is the act that returns us to love. If love is sweet labor, love can be taught, modeled, and practiced. Love is a form of sweet labor: fierce, bloody, imperfect, and life-giving-a choice we make over and over again. I believe we can reclaim love as a force for justice for a new time. Black feminists like bell hooks have long envisioned a world where the love ethic is a foundation for all arenas of our society. Time and again, people gave their bodies and breath for one another, not only in the face of fire hoses and firing squads, but also in the quieter venues of their daily lives. Social reformers through history led entire nonviolent movements anchored in love as an ethic. But feelings alone are too fickle and fluid to sustain political action. We mostly talk about love as a flood of emotion. The problem is not with love but with the way we talk about it. If you cringe when people say that love is the answer, I do, too. I think you will find her insights quite compelling: In this liminal space we find ourselves in now, Sikh activist, civil rights attorney, and author Valarie Kaur believes that “revolutionary love is the call of our times.” She brings the fullness of her faith and her humanity to answer the questions so many of us are asking. All I know is that the only way we will endure is if each of us shows up to the labor. ![]() Is this the darkness of the tomb, or of the womb? I don’t know. Revolutionary Love Thursday, November 12, 2020 ![]() ![]() I really like Leafstar but the thing that bothered me about this book, like FQ, was the lack of Clan life. He became a shallow character and a Firestar II.Īlso, “LOL MISTYSTAR MY DAUGHTER I’M SO PROUD OF UUUUUUUUUU” After he got his nine lives he just… deflated. He was great in TNP and POT because of his stuggle between being loyal to Tigerstar and being loyal to Firestar. Remember what I said about Firestar being a formerly good character? Same goes for Bramblestar. Then, my mom banned me from reading Warriors for a year (right before it came out), which was… fun.Īnd then, when I actually got around to reading it, it was a major disappointment. I was really excited for this book to come out. Enough Firestar-bashing- the biggest reason I didn’t like this one was because it had too much journeying and not enough Clan life, which is why I read Warriors in the first place. I just saw him as nothing more than a Mary-Sue after The Prophecies Begin, and since this was after TPB he just wasn’t a fun character to read anymore. Sorry, Firestar fans, I’m with the people that hate him. I know opinions on Firestar is kind of split in two in the fandom- the people that love him, and the people that hate him. Hey, BlogClan! I, Cometpaw, the one you thought only wrote fanfics, am writing a fan article because I finally found the Submit Article button after two months of searching. ![]() ![]() ![]() Send In Your Birthday/Clanniversary DateĬometpaw lists some of the Super Editions from worst to best. ![]() ![]() Earldom and kindred: the Lennox and its earls, 1200-1458 - Steve Boardman & Alasdair Ross (editors).Black Douglases: War and Lordship in Late Medieval Scotland, 1300-1455.He is married to Margaret Connolly who also works at the University of St Andrews as a medievalist. Brown's work is concentrated on late Medieval Scotland and its nobility. His volume on the reign of King James I of Scotland led to the award of the Agnes Mure prize for Scottish history. In 1991 he was the recipient of the Royal Historical Society's David Berry Prize. Michael Hunter Brown (born 1965), is a Scottish medievalist lecturing at the University of St Andrews. JSTOR ( June 2018) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful.įind sources: "Michael Brown" historian – news ![]() This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. ![]() |