![]() ![]() On the other hand, her daughter was critical and uncertain of her linguistic acquirements, and only at ease when in the familiar receptive attitude afforded by the art gallery and the opera house. ![]() ![]() “In the German and French pensions, which twenty-five years ago were crowded with American mothers and their daughters who had crossed the seas in search of culture, one often found the mother making real connection with the life about her, using her inadequate German with great fluency, gaily measuring the enormous sheets or exchanging recipes with the German Hausfrau, visiting impartially the nearest kindergarten and market, making an atmosphere of her own, hearty and genuine as far as it went, in the house and on the street. ![]()
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![]() Some of you might ask, what is this hype all about? It is truly one of a kind, one that readers will rarely ever encounter. I was stoked beyond belief by this colossal work. What I never expected was the roller-coaster ride that it let me ride in. I just randomly picked the book although I am quite familiar with the author, after having read two of his works already. Although it’s been a couple of weeks since I have read The Cider House Rules, vestiges of its brilliance are still stuck in my mind. ![]() ![]() It’s going to take a while for the story to be removed from my system. Of Discomfiting Subjects and Unwritten Rules It is Homer’s story we follow, from his early apprenticeship in the orphanage surgery, to his adult life running a cider-making factory and his strange relationship with the wife of his closest friend. Larch loves all of his orphans, especially Homer Wells. ![]() Cloud’s orphanage, he learns about the skills which, in one way or another, help young and not-so-young women, from Wilbur Larch, the orphanage’s founder, a man of rare compassion and with addiction to ether.ĭr. Set among the apple orchards of rural Maine, it is a perverse world in which Homer Well’s odyssey begins. ![]() ![]() ![]() Following this entrance onto the literary scene, Wilder became one of the most well-known and influential mid-century writers his friends included Gertrude Stein, Willa Cather, and Ernest Hemingway. Subsequently Wilder worked as a high school English teacher until the publication of The Bridge of San Luis Rey, his first novel, brought unexpected royalties, speaking engagements, and a Pulitzer Prize. ![]() Returning to the United States, he shuttled between private schools in various states he began college at Oberlin and eventually graduated from Yale University, after which he completed a master’s in French Literature at Princeton University. Born in Wisconsin at the turn of the twentieth century, Thornton Wilder spent much of his childhood in China, where his father was an American diplomat. ![]() ![]() ![]() In his essay “The Sad Wisdom of the Mariner,” A.M. The Mariner gives no explanation to the Wedding Guest as to why he killed the bird because he has none. The murder was committed on a whim, with no forethought about the act or the repercussions. The bird was of no danger to the Mariner or the men on the ship, and in fact, was a spiritual guide to safeguard the crew on their excursion. The voyage now becomes a journey of learning important lessons in accountability, acceptance, forgiveness, and repentance.Īfter the Mariner kills the Albatross, it is hung around his neck so he can understand the seriousness of his act, but he is incapable of realizing the full implications at this time. He must also learn to abandon his negative views and openly accept all of Gods’ creatures. The Mariner faces an inner struggle over the crime he has committed, and must understand his actions and perform his penance. ![]() Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is about a man on a voyage by ship, who in one impulsive and heinous act, changes the course of his life – and death. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ready Player One asked readers tough questions, like “do you remember Zork?” and “wasn’t Thundercats cool?” It followed Wade Watts as he sat in front of a multiplayer online video game all day trying to earn meaningless currency while the world burned outside his stacked modular home. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ready Player Two will be released this November. Hope is about the only thing sustaining many of us through these dark days.Įrnest Cline, nostalgia peddler and author of books like Armada and Ready Player One has announced a follow up to his hit first novel. ![]() Any modicum of bad news – whether it is a bad poll result or vain, Dunning-Kruegered rappers launching attention grabs disguised as presidential campaigns – is enough to set an enormous chunk of humankind into hair-shedding jitters. ![]() In a world shaken by pandemic, with hundreds of thousands of dead from a preventable failure of governments around the globe, much of humankind is searching for glimmers of hope in the United States’ electoral politics. ![]() ![]() ![]() Emma Edmonds cut off her hair and assumed the identity of a man to enlist as a Union private, witnessing the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. Karen Abbott, the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and “pioneer of sizzle history” (USA Today), tells the spellbinding true story of four women – a socialite, a farmgirl, an abolitionist, and a widow – who risked everything to become spies during the Civil War.Īfter shooting a Union soldier in her front hall with a pocket pistol, Belle Boyd became a courier and spy for the Confederate army, using her charms to seduce men on both sides. “Not for nothing has Abbott been called a ‘pioneer of sizzle history.’ Here she creates a gripping page-turner that moves at a breathtaking clip through the dramatic events of the Civil War.” - Los Angeles Times ![]() ![]() So, whether you're a first-time Hawkeye reader or a longtime fan just looking for a refresh, here are five essential Hawkeye stories to dig into while you wait for the streaming series. For decades now, writers and artists have been putting their own spin on the Marvel sharpshooter, and it's given us plenty of great stories to draw from in preparation for the Disney+ premiere. It's an exciting time for the character on the screen, but if you're a comics reader, you know it's far from the first time that Hawkeye has stepped up from team member in other stories to starring role. In just a couple of weeks the character will star in Hawkeye, a Disney+ series that sees him teaming up with first-time MCU character Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld), Marvel's other Hawkeye, in an adventure that includes a Captain America musical, Christmas in New York City, and Lucky, a one-eyed dog who loves pizza. It's been a long, strange road since then, but this Thanksgiving Barton is finally getting an MCU story to call his own. ![]() ![]() ![]() Clint Barton, the Marvel Comics sharpshooter known as Hawkeye, has been part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe since the days of the first Thor film, when Jeremy Renner made a cameo appearance as the character ahead of his bigger role in the Avengers franchise. ![]() ![]() ![]() As a result, Dreamland Japan has some interesting historical value twenty years later. Schodt’s interest in the off-beat and obscure manga would carry over to Dreamland Japan, which was first published in 1996 as a spiritual sequel of sorts to Manga! Manga! It was written during the height of the manga boom in Japan, which was also the same time the fledgling market was starting to take off in the United States. For one thing, it predated the manga boom in the West for years, and for another, Schodt never limited to his focus to the mainstream and popular. His writing has aged well because he was able to observe things that people less immersed in the medium would have overlooked. It was more journalistic than academic in its treatment of the subject, but it had a level of prescience that so many subsequent manga-themed publications would lack. ![]() In 1983, he published Manga! Manga!, which remains something of a cult classic among hardcore manga aficionados today. A close friend of the late Osamu Tezuka, Schodt translated several of Tezuka’s major works into English, including Astro Boy and Phoenix. He’s also the author of The Astro Boy Essaysand the translator of the upcoming manga biography The Osamu Tezuka Story.įor all his important work in the Tezuka department, Schodt is perhaps most notable for pioneering the study of manga in English. ![]() Schodt is a household name in the English-speaking manga world. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Life is moving at different paces for all of us and no matter what season you find yourself in, you have a seat at this table. If you want to share your overall experience thus far and your reaction to your journaling, please do! I would love to hear how these first weeks of reading have been going for you.I am so excited to dive in and see where this takes us! And just so we are all on the same page, here are some basic guidelines for this discussion: Please remember to be kind and gracious to those sharing – opening up is a vulnerable and beautiful thing! Because we are not in person and instead are sharing through our writing, it is important that we all extend grace to one another and give each other the benefit of the doubt. ![]() I am going to start by telling you up front, I do not know exactly how this is going to flow, but I am optimistic and am going with it!įirst and foremost, I want this space to be a positive and respectful one that lifts this of readers community up as we offer our insights, understandings, inquiries, and observations. Welcome to our very first Homesong book club discussion hang out! If you haven’t grabbed a glass of wine or cup of tea, go get it girl. ![]() Let’s get started! If you are ready to comment or chat about what you’ve been loving or learning from this book, hop aboard dear ones! ![]() ![]() I didn’t expect tragedy to be involved (no spoiler - it’s why the book happens in the first place) so I might not have picked it up so eagerly if I had known that but I also like that I didn’t know that because I could have missed a really wonderful book. I basically have all of her books on my TBR so when this book came up in an Audible sale, it was a quick pick for me and I was excited to read it!ĪMY & ROGER’S EPIC DETOUR was so cute and also very deep at the same time. ![]() I’ve actually only read one other Morgan Matson book so far (SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE) and I’ve found her writing to be fun, enjoyable, a true to real life. The road home may be unfamiliar - especially with their friendship venturing into uncharted territory - but together, Amy and Roger will figure out how to map their way. An old family friend, he also has to make the cross-country trip - and has plenty of baggage of his own. The only problem is, since her father died in a car accident, she isn't ready to get behind the wheel. ![]() Her mother decided to move across the country and now it's Amy's responsibility to get their car from California to Connecticut. Find it on the web: Buy from Amazon // Goodreads Date Completed: July 28, 2017Īmy Curry is not looking forward to her summer. ![]() |