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This story has been described as a fable, a homily, and an allegory. ![]() Your new way of living may expose the drab existence that they are still clinging to.įor those readers developing the practice of listening to a voice other than those that clamor around them, Jonathan Livingston Seagull is a welcome companion. If you’ve spent your life trying to do what is expected of you, your stepping out of that role may cause some consternation on the part of the people around you. If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, but make allowance for their doubting too… What happens when you start to live as your true self? There is certainly some fear in starting to become the person you were born to be. ![]() ![]() ![]() Tangential to the fated mates trope of paranormal romance, and falling under the umbrella of the forced proximity trope (which I have had the pleasure of raving about in a previous post), the arranged marriage trope is designed to bring together a hero and heroine who otherwise would not have said “Boo” to each other while passing on the street. ![]() Don’t you just love arranged marriage romance novels? The plot of arranged marriage books is one most romance readers have encountered at least once-more if you love historical romances-and it just never gets old. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() – Aedion – a successful general in the king’s army who is Aelin’s cousin – Rowan – a centuries-old mighty Fae soldier who is magically tied to Aelin through a blood oath – Aelin – formerly the assassin Celaena Sardothien, but truly the long lost princess of Terrasen This book is set in the fictional land of Adarlan and the mountains of Morath. The book is written in third person from a variety of points of view, including Aelin (predominantly), Manon, Rowan, Chaol, Dorian, and a few others. Aelin’s harrowing adventures continue as she attempts to gather her court to battle the king in the fourth installment of the Throne of Glass series. ![]() And it’s apparent the author has been developing this intricate plot since book one. Wow…What a ride! This book was action-packed. 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![]() ![]() ![]() Personally, a great year for me is hitting around 275-320 books in a year, so this year was a bit of a let down.Įveryone has their own speed, and not everyone has as much time on their hands for relaxing and reading like I sometimes do. Highest Number of Books Read in a Month: 30 (That was this month- I picked it up a notch so I could hit 200 at least)Īverage Number of Pages in Each Book: 354Īll in all, it wasn't too bad of a year, and I realize that for some, finishing 200 in a year is amazing. ![]() So, here are my numbers for 2008, from Jan 3rd (that was when I finished my first book for '08) to December 31st:Īverage Number of Books Read Per Month: 17 So I'm a bit dramatic about my book totals- WHO CARES! :D ![]() I can't help it- I love a good challenge, even if the challenge is only for myself. It's understandable, because of how busy I was this year, but I can't help but feel a bit upset. Both years, I did manage to beat my previous total, but this year, not so much! I started recording the books I read in a notebook/journal a little over two years ago, mainly for fun and to push myself to beat my total for last year. Well, as 2008 draws to an end, I find myself once again totaling the number of books (and pages) I read for the year. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bryant never regained her former prominence and filed for bankruptcy twice. This, as well as her later divorce from Bob Green, damaged her financially. Though the campaign ended successfully with a 69% majority vote to repeal the ordinance on J(Dade County restored the ordinance in 1998), it permanently damaged her public image, and her contract with the Florida Citrus Commission was terminated three years later. They were assisted by many other prominent figures in music, film, and television, and retaliated by boycotting the orange juice that she promoted. Her involvement with the campaign was condemned by gay rights activists. ![]() ![]() In 1977, she ran the " Save Our Children" campaign to repeal a local ordinance in Miami-Dade County, Florida, that prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. In the 1970s, Bryant became known as an outspoken opponent of gay rights in the U.S. She was the 1958 Miss Oklahoma beauty pageant winner, and a brand ambassador from 1969 to 1980 for the Florida Citrus Commission. She scored three Top 20 hits in the United States in the early 1960s. Anita Jane Bryant (born March 25, 1940) is an American singer and political activist, known for anti-gay activism. ![]() ![]() ![]() "Rich, expansive, and grounded in human truth. ![]() The Verge's SF/F Books to Read in October 2017īookRiot's Most Anticipated Titles of 2017 Paste Magazine's 10 Most Anticipated Books in October 2017 "The sweeping, lush love story between the Qorin warrior Shefali and the warrior empress Shizuka continues." - Booklist on The Phoenix Empress Engrossing and memorable." - Library Journal "The second entry in this epic fantasy series (after The Tiger's Daughter) continues the intense worldbuilding and time-hopping prose of the first. I'm riveted by this story and can't wait for the next volume."-Martha Wells, author of the Murderbot Diaries series " The Tiger's Daughter was my favorite fantasy novel last year, telling the story of an epic quest through an original and engrossing perspective, and The Phoenix Empress expands and deepens the mysteries of this intricate and fully-realized fantasy world. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() That hopeless, cynical claim that even if capitalism is full of flaws and fissures, it is still the least bad system we’ve got, so grin and bear it…īut resisting this reified and disavowed root of the conundrum in the very capitalism that the TINA formula defends – if we are to confront these problems head on – perhaps it is time for us on the Left to be somewhat more pragmatic about what or how we even envision the future of the post-capitalist world. ![]() From looming ecological catastrophes and the threat of the capitalocene, to the rise of artificial intelligence and digital automation threatening stagnation, to refugee crises and culture wars, and even to a resurgence of new economic crises unforeseen by mainstream economists, it would appear as though it is more necessary than ever to challenge the old Thatcherite dogma that “there is no alternative” (TINA) to the existing system. Today, in the interregnum of the post-crisis, austerity-driven, global neoliberal capitalist society, we are confronted with a range of contradictions potentially threatening our very way of life on Earth. ![]() |