5/22/2023 0 Comments Doll bones cover![]() However, nothing else happens with her and the story moves on to the next part. One of the kids, Zach, thinks there seems to be something a bit off about this woman, somehow. ![]() Wouldn’t it make more sense if it had been someone or something trying to stop the kids from helping the doll? I thought I was going to get that explanation when the kids come in contact with a woman later on in the story. However, why would the doll be the culprit when the doll/spirit wants the kids to help her? I kept waiting for a more plausible explanation. It lacked sense.Īs an example, without any spoilers, there is a scene in which something horrible happens and the children think the doll, haunted by the spirit of a little girl, did it. While there were some creepy moments, the story was lacking something necessary for any horror story to scare me. ![]() So, when I read the synopsis of Doll Bones (click on the book cover to go to it on Goodreads), I thought this would be the perfect semi-scary story for me to read during my favorite spooky month. One of the many things that creep me out is dolls. The above ISBN is for the hardcover edition, but I listened to the audiobook edition I checked out from the library. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Comic novels of romance and social criticism - game-theory textbooks? Can Chwe sustain this argument? Unfortunately, the answer is no: while he asserts his claim, he doesn’t make much effort to argue for it in the pages of Jane Austen, Game Theorist. On its face, this is a bold and counter-intuitive claim. Austen’s novels are game theory textbooks.” And it’s this second, more ambitious agenda that he attributes to Austen, arguing that she “consciously intended to theorize strategic thinking in her novels. “Illustrating strategic thinking is one thing making it a central theoretical concern is altogether more ambitious,” he points out. Rather than trying to validate Austen by linking her to game theory, he is, if anything, doing the reverse: trying to counter critics who describe game theory as a soulless product of the Cold War by arguing that the field has humanistic roots.Īnd his claims about Austen’s use of strategic thinking – defined, more or less, as choosing how to act based on suppositions about how others will choose to act in response – go beyond the no-duh observation that her characters plan, scheme, and manipulate. ![]() Well, I’ve read the book, and he’s not guilty of these offenses against good sense. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments The first addams family comic![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() However, the 1960s series sets the tone almost immediately with their first episode. And what I can say without a doubt is this: the Addams family is a rock-solid unit that unironically, unabashedly love each other in a way we don’t usually see.Īdmittedly, it’s pretty difficult to sustain a television series with absolutely no interpersonal conflict, so of course this occurred in every TV iteration. So to say I’m familiar with the quirks of the First Family of Halloween is a pretty safe assessment. In high school, I found some episodes of the 1960s sitcom and watched those too. I have vague memories of a direct-to-video movie where Tim Curry plays Gomez. I regularly watched the 1992 animated series in syndication, as well as the 1998 live-action “New Addams Family” series that committed the egregious crime of changing the iconic theme song. Though these movies are the entries into the “Addams Family” canon I am most familiar with, I actually grew up watching this creepy, kooky, mysterious, and spooky family on TV. The mom and dad are constantly getting into stupid misunderstandings, can sometimes barely tolerate each other, and ugh, in-laws, amirite? The Addams family does away with all of this, not just in the early 90’s classics The Addams Family and Addams Family Values but in the franchise as a whole. The children want nothing to do with their embarrassing parents. The parents just don’t understand their children. ![]() Most family fare that I was used to watching as a child had a few fairly predictable tropes. ![]() ![]() There are stories set in China’s ancient past and its dystopian future, engaging themes including immigration, racism, food, culture, and tradition. And then there are emerging voices from the diaspora: California-raised K-Ming Chang, the poet Chen Chen, and science fiction writer Cormac Lin, to name just a few. Huang and New York Times bestseller Marjorie Liu. We feature critically acclaimed authors such as Hugo Award winner S.L. Others, such as Qiū Miàojīn’s 邱妙津 Notes of a Crocodile, continue to command a dedicated audience. There are classics, such as Crystal Boys, featuring a vivid depiction of one of Taiwan’s iconic gay hotspots. ![]() What only matters for us is that these books are worth your time. Some of these titles are considered mainstream, while others are cult favorites or niche. We’ve included six genres - fiction/romance, short stories, science fiction, poetry, fantasy/magical realism, and graphic novels - but have excluded books written for educational purposes. Additionally, we made sure these works are available in English. We sought books that feature elements of Chinese culture and heritage, and which include queer themes. To curate this inclusive list, we sourced as many websites and book reviews as we could find. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Review of The Hostage Bargain by Annika Martin I have gathered all my FREEBIES on a special shelf: Kindle-freebies (currently over 600 books) Oh, and some all-too-delicious alpha heroes who bend the heroine to their will.įREEBIES are often good for MORE than one day. Warning: This book contains a sexy bank-robbers-and-their-captive sandwich, light bondage, spanking, teasing hints of domination, and a little play-time in a hot tub. But will her delicious captors overcome their own demons enough to let her in? And can these underdogs fight an evil conspiracy that’s larger than all of them? Melinda eagerly throws in with her three smoldering fugitives…and soon realizes that these are no ordinary bank robbers-and that bad guys aren’t always who they seem. She should be scared of her dominating, fierce captors…but there’s something wicked inside her that’s craving to obey their every dark desire. When small town girl Melinda Prescott is taken hostage by three hot bank robbers, she quickly discovers that a life of bank heists, luxury hotels, and kinky menages is way more exciting than working on the family farm. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments The brazen willa nash![]() ![]() Add to Goodreads Download your copy today or read FREE in Kindle Unlimited! But Everly has a weakness for wayward men, and the more Hux pushes her away, the more she realizes this bluff is anything but a lie. As long as she can stop herself from falling in love with her husband, she’ll make it out of this sham marriage in one piece. She’s got her reasons for agreeing to the hasty nuptials-reasons she’s keeping to herself. The man is anything but dull and tame, especially in the bedroom, and when she steps out of his shower and overhears his conversation, life gets interesting again. But one night, boredom drives her to the local bar, where she finds herself sitting beside a handsome and mysterious artist. From USA Today Bestselling Author Devney Perry writing as Willa Nash comes a small town Montana romance.Īs Calamity’s newest resident, Everly Christian thought life in small-town Montana would be dull and tame-and she needs a little mundane after the last few chaotic years. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Never cry werewolf book![]() ![]() ![]() The werewolf lore is sound and the cast is solid. ![]() FINAL WORD: Although "Never Cry Werewolf" loses points for blatantly ripping off "Fright Night," the bottom line is that it's entertaining from beginning to end. The film was shot in Brantford & Hamilton, Ontario, and runs 87 minutes. Melanie may not be as cute but she has better curves. Nina is good as the protagonist and has a cute look, but I prefer her friend in the story, Angie, played by Melanie Leishman. But he's clearly at least 36 years-old and so it's a bit disturbing that he's literally sniffing around a 16 year-old girl. Like I said, "Never Cry Werewolf" only plays it semi-straight, so don't expect the dead-serious vibe of, say, "wolfen" or even "Red Riding Hood." Stebbings is reminiscent of Hugh Jackman's Wolverine here and is excellent in the role. Of course, no one believes her so she enlists the help of a washed-up reality show actor (Kevin Sorbo). PLOT: A mysterious man (Peter Stebbings) moves in next door to teenager Loren (Nina Dobrev) and she concludes that he's a werewolf. Yes, it rips-off the plot of a popular film from two decades earlier, "Fright Night" and, yes, it is a made-for-TV flick, but despite these factors it delivers as a half-serious/half-comedy werewolf flick. I don't get the lukewarm reviews as "Never Cry Werewolf" (2008) is a worthy addition to the werewolf genre. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Kim jiyoung born 1982 cover![]() Truly, flawlessly, completely, she became that very person. Her husband, however, worries over a strange symptom that has recently appeared: Jiyoung has begun to impersonate the voices of other women-dead and alive, both known and unknown to her. In a small, tidy apartment on the outskirts of the frenzied metropolis of Seoul, Kim Jiyoung-a millennial “everywoman”-spends her days caring for her infant daughter. You can read this before Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 written by Cho Nam-Joo which was published in. Brief Summary of Book: Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments The princess in black 8![]() ![]() Princess Sneezewort always wanted to be a hero and knows that she needs a disguise to become one, so she wraps herself in blankets and becomes ‘The Princess in Blankets’ and heads off to fight the monster, but when she arrives he has disappeared but The Princess in Black in there looking for the monster too.Ĭan the two find the monster, keep their true identities from one another and finish their playdate? Whilst playing at Princess Sneezeworts castle the two hear screams coming from the park that a monster is there. He wanted to eat goats but would settle for anything that looked or smelt slightly like one. What Princess Magnolia hadn’t realised was that another monster had crept out of his hole and was now following the Princess. One afternoon after sending another monster back to his world, the princess heads off for a playdate with her friend, Princess Sneezewort. When she hears the monster alarm she changes into her superhero outfit and becomes ‘The Princess in Black’. Book Reviewed by Stacey on Princess Magnolia is a secret monster fighting princess. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Jane austen by a lady![]() ![]() In Northanger Abbey and Lady Susan, two of her posthumously published early works, the libidinal is mediated through novels and letters. Critical readings of Jane Austen are not typically prurient ones, yet there are certainly subtle libidinal undertones within Austen’s acutely clever prose. ![]() Female language, she claims, expresses sexual pleasure. 1 This linguistic strategy reflects the multiplicity of women’s sexuality. Perhaps Luce Irigaray, the twentieth-century feminist theorist, may have countered that women purposefully eschew ‘stops’ and ‘grammar.’ Women’s language, Irigaray argues, “sets off in all directions leaving ‘him’ unable to discern the coherence of any meaning” (28–29). Henry Tilney of Northanger Abbey derisively suggests that women’s writing “is faultless except … a general deficiency of subject, a total inattention to stops, and a very frequent ignorance of grammar” (Austen 16). ![]() |