![]() ![]() Unlike most of my other dreams, I know exactly where this one came from. All those galaxies and solar systems are less than a speck in the body of a gargantuan celestial body. In the great scheme of things, we’re nothing. Then, things got really weird – it turns out we’re all just floating through the bloodstream of some colossal beast. We all know this but sometimes, it takes a feverish dream to drive the point home. ![]() Everything we have seen and recorded – from swirling distant galaxies to red dwarfs to every twinkling dot in the night sky – doesn’t even constitute a drop in the ocean. What I discovered was a truth we already know: our minds simply cannot comprehend the true vastness of space. I zipped light-years in the blink of an eye and travelled far beyond where humans could even fathom. I was given the ability to fly through solar systems, nebulas and exploding stars. ![]() In the dream I was shown nothing less than the secret of the universe. A while ago I had such a vivid, intense dream I still remember every detail of it two months later. ![]()
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5/30/2023 0 Comments Later book by stephen king![]() ![]() However, I miss King’s ability to make me shiver with just one sentence. IT IS A STEPHEN KING BOOK AFTER ALLįrom here on, the story gets more and more complex as well as creepy. ![]() He could be her big “miracle” in a police department where she has only had problem after problem. They saved themselves from bankruptcy.įor this reason, when NYPD Detective Elizabeth Dutton meets Jamie, she perceives he could be of help to her in order to catch a serial killer. Furthermore, she uses his son’s ability to change their bad economic situation and it worked completely fine. But she slowly realizes it may be true after all. Tea, of course, doesn’t believe Jamie can see dead folks. He is a normal child with a specialty: he has the ability of seeing dead people. He lives with his mum, Tea Conklin who is a literary agent. But he tells us his own story of when he was only 13 years old. Jamie Conklin is 22 years old at the start of the book. So as part of Johann’s challenge #50states50horrorbooks I decided to read “Later” for the state of New York.Īlthough I very much enjoyed the story and the characters, I was perhaps expecting a bit more horror than what the book contains.ĭon’t get me wrong, there are some scenes which are extremely creepy and will stay in my mind forever. That Stephen King is one of my favourite writers is not a secret. ![]() “There’s always a later, I know that now. ![]() ![]() They end up being eaten by somebody in their class and travel all through his body. She pushes a button in the bus and the bus and the class start shrinking and spinning very quickly. Frizzle decides to take the class on another field trip. The next day, the class goes on a field trip to the science center to learn all about the human body. Frizzle is the weirdest teacher at school and her lessons can be weird. Frizzle's class learning about the human body. ![]() There are true facts in the books but it is also impossible to have the adventures that the class have.There are books about entering a human body, traveling through the solar system, visiting inside a beehive, and traveling back in time to see the dinosaurs, just to name a few. ![]() The second non-fiction book I chose to review was The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body by Joanna Cole.The Magic School Bus series are science fiction books. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Man To Man by G.A. Hauser![]() ![]() Connecting with Josh’s sea green eyes, Tanner felt so much sensuality and raw attraction coming from them, his cock moved. Tanner paused to look back at Josh before he walked up the wooden ramp. Is this a come on? Tanner couldn’t remember a man acting quite so boldly toward him before. “I try my best.” Josh rubbed affectionately against Tanner’s side. I remember you from the thousand meter swim. Christ, if he were a woman, I’d ask him out. It sent an odd flutter to Tanner’s mid-section. “Maybe I am a little nervous.” Josh flashed him a sensual smile and did not move away. Tanner made an obvious gesture to the way their arms overlapped. ![]() When it happened again, Tanner asked, “You okay?” He checked to see if Josh even knew he was walking practically on top of him or if he was just being clumsy. Tanner felt Josh brushing against him again. The sand was warming quickly in the morning sun. ![]() You only need the extra bodies in the summer.” Most people just work for the summer and leave.” It’s nice to find someone who wants to make a career out of it. Though Tanner wasn’t attracted to men, he certainly knew an exceptional one when he bumped into one. “I am.” Josh beamed at him in excitement. “Are you intending on being a full time permanent?” When Josh’s shoulder brushed his, Tanner glimpsed down at him quickly. I used to be one of the weekend bathers here.” But it gets even worse during the holiday weekends. “It’s already an insane asylum on the beach, Josh. ![]() Glancing sideways at the handsome man, Tanner grinned at his enthusiasm. ![]() ![]() "All the Randolphs had to do was to look past her and, in their willful blindness, deprive her even of her name to ensure she understood her place. Jeffersons Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America. (The New York Times Book Review) Thomas Jefferson had three daughters: Martha and Maria by his wife, Martha Wayles Jefferson, and Harriet by his slave Sally Hemings. ![]() "It did not matter who her father was," Kerrison writes of Harriet's treatment by Martha Jefferson Randolph's daughters, who also happened to be her biological nieces. To a nuanced study of Jefferson’s two white daughters, Martha and Maria, Kerrison innovatively adds a discussion of his only enslaved daughter, Harriet Hemings. ![]() But what Kerrison discerns is intriguing, from Harriet apparently being named by Jefferson for one of his favorite relatives, to her younger brother’s account that when she was finally freed from plantation life, Harriet decided it would be in her best interest to go to “Washington to assume the role of a white woman.’’ (Harriet was one of seven children Hemings had by Jefferson, although some died very young.)Ī highlight of Kerrison's work is that while noting the gender constraints that hemmed in white women, she does not sugarcoat their privileged status, nor deny their racism. As an enslaved black woman, it was often felt her experience and perspective were not worth noting. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Cold new world william finnegan![]() ![]() The South, out of business, the Winchester Repeating Arms Company became New Haven's-and Newhallville's-largest employer. After the Civil War put Newhall, whose main trade was in ![]() Newhall, whose Carriage Emporium was, in 1855, the largest manufacturer of carriages in the world. The neighborhood got its name from George T. Its leafy streets and well-built three-family houses had been home to a stable population of factory workers and theirįamilies for more than a century. She moved there with her parents from Ansonia, a mill town a few miles west, because, she said, "black people couldn't buy a house inĪ good neighborhood in Ansonia." By Beulah's parents' lights, Newhallville was a very good neighborhood. Beulah Morgan had lived in Newhallville, a working-class neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut, since 1953. ![]() ![]() ![]() While writer Robert Kirkman’s other all-time great comic book, Invincible, has featured a series of spin-offs, Walking Dead has remained largely insular. ![]() There’s a reason it’s one of my favorite 40 comics of all time.įortunately, figuring out where to start with Walking Dead comics is nowhere near as difficult as superhero universes like Marvel or DC Comics. Creators Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore (and shortly thereafter, Charlie Adlard) created a zombie infested universe that I couldn’t forget, and here we are years later, and it’s the most successful Comic Book TV adaptation ever. The first 48 issues of the Walking Dead comic are near perfect apocalyptic storytelling, taking the zombie genre and injecting it with the human heart, greed, and animalistic urges at the center of us all. I couldn’t have predicted The Walking Dead would become the most popular television series in the world, but the first time I picked up a Walking Dead comic, I knew I was reading something special. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Wonder palacio novel![]() Browne's Book of Precepts, We're All Wonders, Auggie and Me, and White Bird have been published. Several spin-offs, including the calendar book 365 Days of Wonder: Mr. She named the book directly after the song and used the song's chorus as the prologue of the first chapter. Palacio was inspired by Merchant's lyrics and she began writing. Natalie Merchant's song of the same name made her realize that the incident could illustrate a valuable lesson. Fearing her son would react badly, Palacio attempted to remove him from the situation so as not to upset the girl and her family but ended up worsening the situation. Wonder was inspired by an incident where her son started to cry after noticing a girl with a severe facial deformity. Wonder is a children's novel written by R. ![]() Vermont's Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Jen deluca well met series![]() But when her time on the road is over, will Lulu go with her gut, or are she and Dex destined for separate paths? The stresses of her old lifestyle fade away as she learns to trust her intuition and follow her heart instead of her head. But when Lulu proves indifferent to his many plaid charms and a shake-up threatens the fate of the band, Dex must confront something he never has before: his future.įorced to spend days and nights together on the road, Lulu’s interest in the kilted bad boy grows as he shows her a side of himself no one else has seen. The only drawback? Dex MacLean: a guitarist with a killer smile, the Casanova of the Faire… and her traveling companion for the summer.ĭex has never had to work for much in his life, and why should he? Touring with his brothers as The Dueling Kilts is going great, and he always finds a woman at every Faire. ![]() Lulu’s cousin Mitch introduced her to the world of Renaissance Faires, and when she spies one at a time just when she needs an escape, she leaps into the welcoming environment of turkey legs, taverns, and tarot readers. The Renaissance Faire is on the move, and Lulu and Dex are along for the ride, in the next utterly charming rom-com from Jen DeLuca.Ī high-powered attorney from a success-oriented family, Louisa "Lulu" Malone lives to work, and everything seems to be going right, until the day she realizes it’s all wrong. Also in this series: Well Met, Well Played, Well Matched ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Public relations by katie heaney![]() ![]() But somehow, the guys she likes have girlfriends or there’s no chemistry, and she’s smart enough to avoid the creeps, and as it turns out, you can learn quite a bit about romance by taking note of the experiences of others. ![]() She’d actually like to be a participant, but somehow, she reaches age 25 without ever having gone on a real date, even though she appears to be a pretty normal, cute, fun and intelligent young woman, with a large group of loyal friends. In “ Never Have I Ever: My Life So Far Without a Date,” (Grand Central Publishing) Heaney takes an observer’s look at dating rituals. Nope! Katie Heaney’s entertaining new memoir makes it clear that single people today may have texts, sexts, apps and compatibility algorithms working on their behalf, but when it comes down to the basics of dating and relating, they are just as lost in the forest as their forebears. This supposedly fun thing is so fraught with confusion, discomfort, terror and poor odds that you’d think society would have figured out a better way by now. ![]() |