![]() The Book of Even More Awesome by: Neil Pasricha: Pasricha is back at it again with even more awesome. Rating: 4 Stars The Book of Even More Awesome The fact that there really is no order to the entries and that they are random is just another great factor to read The Book of Awesome. The writing was a little cheesy and at times coy, like the author wants to be your best friend. ![]() The content made it really easy to read too. ![]() The entries range from a sentence to a couple pages, but it all read very fast-paced. This is what makes the book something enjoyable and an overall rewarding read. Some are more relatable than others, it all depends on the reader and what they find an awesome feeling. Of course not all the entries are going to be awesome to every reader, but there is definitely something for everyone. From popping bubble wrap to getting the eyelash out of your eye, there are moments after moments to live and feel good about. The Book of Awesome by: Neil Pasricha: This book is filled with all those little moments in life that give us joy. It seems that this week has turned into non-fiction week! You can’t tell me these books don’t make you smile! □ ![]() ![]() Hi friends, I hope your Thursday is awesome! In today’s throwback Thursday, I’m looking at Neil Pasricha’s books, The Book of Awesome, The Book of Even More Awesome, & The Book of Holiday Awesome. ![]()
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6/29/2023 0 Comments Hickman x men![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With Charles and Erik sure to come under fire, and the Council staffed by more than a few characters that derive some pleasure out of seeing them squirm, what does new leadership look like for mutants and Krakoa? What is the next dream? What is the better version of it, and can it be protected without relying on such underhanded tactics? That said, it does feel like Hickman provides a path forward for other writers. But Xavier and Magneto's approach to protecting mutantkind's most valuable asset, Moira, almost feels like a bridge too far. Granted, Charles has always had some questionable approaches to achieving that dream. The legacy of Charles Xavier and his dream is something that is going to come under fire forevermore when all is said and done. From that alone, I'm sure you can guess the big reveal. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Spinster by Kate Bolick![]() ![]() During her 20s, Bolick correctly noted that most women she knew who were single hadn’t “actively chosen her state, or even simply failed to meet ‘the one.’ Each had come to it through some form of bad luck, whether death or divorce. In doing so she’s upset the general notion that women crave marriage, seek commitment and are generally happiest when paired off. This, despite a string of steady boyfriends, and a seemingly endless supply of suitors. What’s unusual about her is that she’s made the choice, again and again, to avoid marriage and remain single. ![]() ![]() She’s a writer and magazine editor, and so far she’s had a successful career. Kate Bolick is a 40-something woman living in Brooklyn, New York. She’s looking for an answer to the question implicitly asked each day as we negotiate the trappings and triumphs of modern life: What’s the best way to be a woman in this world? A spinster by choice: the road less travelled Only, the thing Bolick’s searching for isn’t gold or coin, it’s something far more elusive. ANY reservations I’d felt about diving into Kate Bolick’s debut work of non-fiction, Spinster, vanished after I read its first sentence: “Whom to marry, and when will it happen - these two questions define every woman’s existence, regardless of where she was raised or what religion she does or doesn’t practice.”īolick’s elegant, restrained first sets the tone for what follows, which is part memoir, part mystery novel-esque treasure hunt. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Tolkien luthien and beren![]() ![]() (Beal 5)Īn allegory, if too direct, can take away some of the personal experience of reading. I think that many confuse applicability with allegory, but the one resides in the freedom of the reader, and the other in the purposed domination of the author. I much prefer history – true or feigned – with its varied applicability to the thought and experience of readers. I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. ![]() Tolkien disagreed with the practice of allegory for the most part as he states in a forward to the Fellowship of the Rings: ![]() She is a senior in high school and gave permission to her father, regular blogger Jesse Hake, to post this paper that she wrote for a school assignment. Author note: we are grateful for this post by guest blogger Nessa Hake. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Robert holdstock lavondyss![]() ![]() Is our fascination and fear of the forest linked to something truly primal, a remnant from humanity’s earliest days, when we lived closer to nature, and were more vulnerable to it? Does its prominence and permanence in our mythology tell us something about where these stories come from in the first place? From Mirkwood and Lothlorien in Tolkien’s Middle Earth, to the ancient, spirit-haunted forest in Hayao Myazaki’s Princess Mononoke, to the forests walked by Hansel and Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood, the resonance of forests in our stories as places both sublime and infernal crosses cultural and temporal boundaries. ![]() Yet they also represent nature untamed, a landscape ungoverned by human husbandry, a labyrinth into the darker aspect of our own subconscious desires and intents, the animal buried by centuries of civilisation. Full of life and growth, they are generative, symbolic of growth and fertility. Forests are naturally places of mystery and wonder. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Little Angels by Aidan Koch![]() ![]() These short volumes revisit older histories of New York while also inviting speculation about its future, highlighting certain works in the exhibition and engaging a range of subjects including disco, performance anxiety, real estate and newly unearthed historical documents. In conjunction with the exhibition, MoMA PS1 is publishing a series of readers that will be released throughout the run of the exhibition. ![]() begins roughly with the moment when MoMA PS1 was founded in 1976 as an alternative venue that took advantage of disused real estate, reaching back to artists who engaged the margins of the city. Considering the "greater" aspect of its title in terms of both geography and time, Greater New York. Recurring every five years, the exhibition has traditionally showcased the work of emerging artists living and working in the New York metropolitan area. MoMA PS1 presents the fourth iteration of Greater New York. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments The worst best man book![]() ![]() Max Hartley is determined to prove his worth to his mother’s company when a marketing challenge with a new client pits him against his older brother. When the expansion opportunity of a lifetime comes up, Lina eagerly embraces it with no idea what she’s walking into. She was able to overcome that painful and embarrassing event to continue her successful wedding planning business. Three years ago, Carolina Santos was left at the altar. ![]() ![]() I seem to have a thing for the ex-fiancee’s brother trope. It has tones of The Hating Game meets The Unhoneymooners with the steam level of The Kiss Quotient. This story is a diverse romance and #ownvoices story. Mia Sosa is a new to me author and also a Latina romance author so this book meets a couple of my 2021 reading goals. I was super excited when my hold for the audio version came in last week. The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa has been on my radar since it published in February of last year. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Ethics of Care by Marian Barnes![]() But during that time a lot more happened than enabling input to the detailed design of the research and hearing carers’ responses to progress – or lack of it. I met with two groups over a year during which time we identified criteria carers wanted to use to assess progress, and set in place systems to monitor what was happening. I was appointed to evaluate the whole project and thought that I needed to work with carers who had taken part in consultations to see what they thought about the outcomes. ![]() Family carers had taken part in a series of consultations as part of a bigger project to develop user centred community care. My first experience of researching with people directly affected by the research was with people caring for a family member. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Where Dreams Begin by Lisa Kleypas![]() ![]() OL4331839W Page_number_confidence 95.88 Pages 390 Partner Innodata Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20200827161127 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 989 Scandate 20200820070552 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780380802319 Tts_version 4. ![]() ![]() When I'm in the mood for something light, I know I can get happily wrapped up in one of her deliciously sensuous golden oldies'. Zachary Bronson has built an empire of wealth and power. They are my guilty pleasure, my guaranteed-good-read. Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780380802319 Lisa Kleypas delivers the unforgettable, sexy tale of a brash rogue who meets his equal in a woman who knows exactly what she wants. I unabashedly love dipping into a Lisa Kleypas romance. Urn:lcp:wheredreamsbegin0000kley:lcpdf:dba83d58-4bed-4478-99eb-6bac29e848f7 Where dreams begin Bookreader Item Preview. Where Dreams Begin' was a 2000 historical romance stand-alone from Lisa Kleypas. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 13:12:34 Associated-names Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress) Boxid IA1914105 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier ![]() ![]() World War I was also characterized by trench warfare, in which soldiers on either side lived for months on end in wet, rat- and disease-infested trenches dug into the ground, suffering thousands of lost lives to gain or lose just a few feet of ground. ![]() Survival was not a matter of skill but of luck. These young men become enthusiastic soldiers. The war was the first "mechanized war," and the killing machines (machine guns, mortars, etc.) made the war unbelievably brutal and impersonal, shattering for many the idea of war as something heroic, a face-to-face battle between courageous warriors. This is the testament of Paul Bumer, who enlists with his classmates in the German army of World War I. ![]() Soon, France and Britain had joined the Russian side, and the catastrophic war began. Austro-Hungary blamed Serbia for the assassination, and declared war on Serbia in July of 1914, an act that drew Serbia’s ally Russia and Austro-Hungary’s ally Germany into the war. ![]() While the causes of the war were complex and are still debated by historians today, the spark that ignited the conflict was the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo in June of 1914. All Quiet on the Western Front Audible Audiobook Unabridged Erich Maria Remarque (Author), Frank Muller (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher) & 0 more 4.7 4. World War I, which began in the summer of 1914 and ended in November of 1918, was fought by many countries but mainly involved Germany and the Austro-Hungarian empire fighting against France, Britain, Russia, and eventually America. ![]() |