6/12/2023 0 Comments Lyra's Oxford by Philip Pullman![]() Northern Lights won the public vote from that shortlist and was thus named the all-time " Carnegie of Carnegies" on 21 June 2007. For the 70th anniversary of the Medal, it was named one of the top ten winning works by a panel, composing the ballot for a public election of the all-time favourite. Pullman won the 1995 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's outstanding British children's book. The book has also been adapted as a TV series in 2019 under the name His Dark Materials. Knopf published the first US edition April 1996, under the name The Golden Compass, under which title it was adapted as a 2007 feature film and as a companion video game. ![]() Northern Lights is the first book of the trilogy, His Dark Materials (1995 to 2000). ![]() ![]() Set in a parallel universe, it follows the journey of Lyra Belacqua to the Arctic in search of her missing friend, Roger Parslow, and her imprisoned uncle, Lord Asriel, who has been conducting experiments with a mysterious substance known as " Dust". Northern Lights (titled The Golden Compass in North America and some other countries) is a young-adult fantasy novel by Philip Pullman, published in 1995 by Scholastic UK. ![]()
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6/12/2023 0 Comments The blue nowhere book![]() ![]() But with a merciless and brilliant killer like Phate in their crosshairs, and his twisted game reaching a fever pitch, they must utilize every ounce of their disparate talents to stop him. Gillette and Detective Frank Bishop - an old-school homicide cop who's accustomed to forensic sleuthing - make an uneasy team. Then Phate delivers a huge blow, murdering one of the division's own - a "wizard" who had pioneered the internet - and the search takes on a zealous intensity. With an obsession emblematic of hackers, Gillette fervently attempts to trace Phate's insidious computer virus back to its source. ![]() ![]() To Phate, each murder is like a big, challenging computer hack: every time he succeeds, he must challenge himself anew - by taking his methodology to a higher level, and aiming at bigger targets.ĭesperate, the head of The California State Police Computer Crimes Division frees Wyatt Gillette, imprisoned for hacking, to aid the investigation - against the loud protests of the rest of the division. He infiltrates their computers, invades their lives, and lures them to their deaths. When a sadistic hacker, code-named Phate, sets his sights on Silicon Valley, his victims never know what hit them. Jeffery Deaver, bestselling author of The Empty Chair and The Bone Collector, now turns to the labyrinthine world of cyberspace - a world where the most powerful can lose their wealth, their minds, their lives with a hacker's touch of a button. ![]() 6/12/2023 0 Comments Sometimes i lie book review![]() ![]() ![]() I received this Advanced Reading ARC for my honest review. Of course, at the end, I will just say, I said “OMG!!!!!” I would highly recommend this book for readers who enjoy a face paced exciting, thrilling, psychological mystery that is hauntingly very engrossing. ![]() From the beginning to the end, there is tremendous anxiety and tension. The book keeps a great pace so not too much of a slow burner. I love her writing and the way she twists the plot at the end. Wanted to give another one of her novels a try, and it was a great decision. There are many twists and turns, and what you think, is questionable. I first read Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney and loved that one. All of the characters seem to have secrets, and seem to be suspect. How did she get here? Who’s was she with? Why did this happen?Īs the story progresses, so does the intensity. ![]() The author goes to the past, and brings in diaries of younger lives, and as we are in the present, we are with Amber as she hears the voices around her, not being able to do anything. Some are pathological, and even the narration is told in possibly unreliable voices.Īmber Reynolds is in a coma in a hospital and tells you three things from the get-go. Alice Feeney describes her characters as complex and complicated. The timeline of the story deals with mostly the present and the past, and leaves one wondering about the future. WOW! Kudos to Alice Feeney, Author of “Sometimes I Lie”, for the riveting, captivating, intense Psychological Thriller. My Review of “Sometimes I Lie” by Alice Feeney ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments Rage by bob woodward summary![]() ![]() ![]() Woodward is the town cardiologist, or at least carries himself as such. He has shared in two Pulitzers and written 21 books, virtually all of them about how power courses through Washington’s veins. ![]() We’ve now got enough crises to keep Beltway authors busy for a generation, though most of them will not be lucky enough to speak to the president 18 times, because they are not Bob Woodward, who - with his Washington Post colleague Carl Bernstein - helped pave the way for Richard Nixon’s downfall. Then Woodward quotes himself again, from a television appearance made while promoting “Fear”: “Let’s hope to God we don’t have a crisis.” His first was called “ Fear.” If you happen to have forgotten about “Fear,” Woodward offers a reminder on of “Rage,” quoting from the earlier volume’s description of Trump as “mercurial” and “unpredictable.” Both words mean the same thing, but let’s leave that aside for now. These interviews form the spine of “ Rage,” Woodward’s second book about the Trump administration. Eighteen! Do you think Trump has spoken to his Energy secretary 18 times? Do you even know who his Energy secretary is? I can tell you this much he is not Bob Woodward, the man on the other end of the line for all those conversations, some of them on tape, many conducted in the midst of a pandemic. If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from, whose fees support independent bookstores. ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments 21 Shades of Night by Sarah Mäkelä![]() ![]() ![]() There were so many questions that propelled the story forward & kept you guessing, along with the amazing fights with the demons, this story was truely unique. The twists & turns had me guessing at every moment & by the end I was stunned with how it all played out… but it all made perfect sense! It was also a story about a sister relationship & female friendship, along with the FMC finding her place in the world.īut the best part… nothing was EVER told! everything was shown to you through action - including the magic. The demons written in this story were their own masterpiece, they were similar to ones we all know but had enough of a spin on it that they all felt completely unique. There were genuine moments of thriller / horror scenes playing out in my mind while reading & I was on the edge of my seat. I felt like I was watching a movie most of the time with the descriptions - especially the fight scenes with the demons! It was like watching a female The Witcher. This story took me completely by surprise! I was hooked with the initial description - a witch who was a long foretold beauty & saviour of all witchkind is left horribly disfigured & shunned by her people, now hunts demons with her sister.Īnd while, Yes, this is where this books starts - & what it is about - it is SO much more than that! ![]() If you like a gritty world with a true bad ass FMC then this is the book for you! ![]() ![]() ![]() The feeling of having one’s rightful position usurped stands as a tremendous insult to the honor and dignity of people who believe this. Cutting in LineĪ major driver of the resentment felt by many Tea Party members is the belief that undeserving “others” have cut in front of them in the line to the American Dream. ![]() ![]() By understanding their culture of honor, we can gain deep insight into how members of the right view themselves as losing status and position in the world-critical if we are to overcome the empathy wall and find common ground. Now, we need to expand upon that analysis and explore a key theme that runs through much of right-wing politics: honor. So far, we’ve examined some of the deeper attitudes that underlie the political conservatism of Tea Party supporters. More than environmental concerns, many conservatives claim that their faith in God and their belief in traditional family values are most important to them-and that their commitment to these values is what cements their loyalty to the Republican Party.įor them, the federal government is the far bigger threat to their way of life, with liberal politicians like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton representing a direct affront to their values. While many Louisiana Tea Party members may lament the loss of the natural environment and the old Cajun way of life at the hands of the petrochemical industry, they insist that they are grateful for the jobs and economic opportunity that these companies bring. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments Dominicana a novel by angie cruz![]() ![]() ![]() Its first-person protagonist, Ana Canción, is aware from very early on that “a ravenous world waits outside”, but for much of the novel she spends her life in a series of aggressively closed environments: first the strict family home she grows up in, and then the small New York apartment in which she finds herself when she marries at 15 a migrant worker in his thirties, Juan Ruiz. In many ways, too, Dominicana by Angie Cruz is the quietest, the most unassuming, of any of the six novels in contention. From pandemics to protests, much of what is currently vital is taking place far beyond the pages of literature. ![]() That I have now managed to reach a place where I can devote time and focus to books is a token of privilege more than it is any sort of personal victory. In spring, I went through a period myself in which I was unable to read a great deal of anything, much less a series of demanding fictions. The shortlist for this year’s Women’s Prize has been overtaken almost entirely by events: these six books demand more attention than many readers will have been able in this chaotic year to muster. What a curious time it is in which to read novels as if they matter. ![]() ![]() Daniel Layfield, CB Archer, Tomas K, & Eldon Farrell, Support Indie Authors fights to help indie authors rise above the stigma that is self publishing, as well serves to provide a supportive environment for those who want to share experiences, ask for help, and simply find some friends with common goals.more ![]() With the help of some patient and efficient moderators, Riley Amos Westbrook, BB Wynter, Dwayne Fry, J. Since then it has evolved into a valuable resource and support system for authors who have or would like to self-publish. Officially 15k Members Strong & Climbing!!īuilding and supporting a community of self-published authors dedicated to both sharing experiences and le Officially 15k Members Strong & Climbing!!īuilding and supporting a community of self-published authors dedicated to both sharing experiences and learning as equals.įounded in January 2015, this groups was initially designed as a way for me to support indie authors by reading their work and featuring them on my website. ![]() ![]() ![]() Conquerors and evil mages (Adepts) have come and gone through gates as well as heroes and Adepts of the light. Some are fixed in time and space while others are temporary. ![]() This world has many “Gates”, passages to other worlds. Wars still break out periodically and the common folk rebuild and go about farming and hunting and trading in the peaceful intervals. In the past, horrendous magical wars have torn apart whole countries and ripped landscapes asunder. Abilities in the magical field varies and not everyone has measurable magical power. From healing a small injury to tumbling a mountain range, magic is wielded by talented individuals and groups. *********************** ************************Įstcarp High Hallack The Turning Short Stories Anthologies Omnibus EditionsĬoulson's Index The Sorcerer's Conspectus Witch World ~ Extras ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments Blood and Oil by Bradley Hope![]() ![]() Again, the fund paid a high price, and, like Tanjong, Genting made payments to a Najib-linked charity. “Five months later, Goldman launched Project Maximus, buying another $1.75 billion in bonds to finance 1MDB’s acquisition of power plants from the Malaysian casino-and-plantations conglomerate Genting Group. Now, with the elections approaching, the account was about to become a lot more active.”īillion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World Najib had used most of the initial infusion to pay off crony politicians, as well as on jewelry and a $56,000 expense at Signature Exotic Cars, a high-end car dealership in Kuala Lumpur. ![]() Joanna Yu, a middle-level AmBank executive, was tasked with taking instructions from Low about incoming wires and outgoing checks. But ANZ’s management had no idea about this secret account’s existence. The Australian and New Zealand Banking Group, known as ANZ, owned a minority stake in AmBank, giving it the right to appoint executives and board members. ![]() To avoid questions, Cheah and Low had seen to it the account was marked as one used for internal bank transfers, meaning it would not be visible to compliance staff. “The following year, Low had arranged for $170 million from the Goldman-prepared power-plant bonds to fill Najib’s account. ![]() |