![]() ![]() With Dreadnought, Daniels fulfilled most of these requirements, plus she did it with a teenage trans lesbian protagonist. I tend to cite Vanessa Torline’s “#TrainFightTuesday” as my gold standard for what I’d like my superhero fiction to be: fast-paced and genre-savvy yet also cutting and compassionate. It turns out that this is a subgenre quite difficult to pull off, in terms of plot and characterization. ![]() I love the idea of superhero fiction, but most of the actual superhero novels I’ve read so far have been underwhelming at best. Spoilers for the first book but not this one, unless you think revealing that Graywytch is still a massive problem for Danny is a spoiler, in which case … oops. ![]() April Daniels might single-handedly be restoring my faith in superhero fiction. ![]()
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![]() The fragility of his mental constitution had long been an open secret within financial circles. I have not been quite as well as I would like and I think a trip on this fine boat will do me good." With that talent for understatement that came so naturally to his class and country, he declared to the reporters gathered at dockside, "I feel I want a rest because I have had a very hard time lately. ![]() ![]() On this occasion, however, as he prepared to board the liner Duchess of York for Canada, he was unusually forthcoming. Norman was generally wary of the press and was infamous for the lengths to which he would go to escape prying reporters - traveling under a false identity skipping off trains even once, slipping over the side of an ocean vessel by way of a rope ladder in rough seas. Nevertheless, he did take great pride in that D.S.O after his name - the Distinguished Service Order, the second highest decoration for bravery by a military officer. ![]() having repeatedly turned down a title, he was not, as so many people assumed, Sir Montagu Norman or Lord Norman. Acting on medical advice he has abandoned all work and has gone abroad for rest and change." The governor was Montagu Collet Norman, D.S.O. On August 15, 1931, the following press statement was issued: "The Governor of the Bank of England has been indisposed as a result of the exceptional strain to which he has been subjected in recent months. ![]() ![]() The letdown starts with how Zepka rushes into Jordan’s attraction towards Dylan. At times it felt extremely rushed and at others way too slow, it lacks a good balance. ~SPOILER ALERT ⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️~ There were many unfinished ideas that unfortunately just really didn’t make sense. A queer adaptation made BY Disney sounds like something unreal that we have all been waiting for. I found out that Disney bought the rights to make it a series adaptation for it and just made me want to listen it even more. I started to listen to The Temperature of Me and You after seeing the writer talk about it on Tiktok. ![]() I’m not one to give bad reviews, honestly. ![]() High expectations for such a bad delivery ![]() ![]() ![]() This really is a retirement, but I am smart enough to know a lot of guys have said that and come back. If someone had told her I was going to write a book, she would never have believed that. “You never know what’s going to happen,” Dungy said. Caldwell was the coach at Wake Forest for eight seasons before becoming Dungy’s quarterbacks coach at Tampa Bay in 2001 and then following him to the Colts in 2002.ĭungy, 53, did not entirely close the door on returning, a caveat that is sure to ignite speculation each time an appealing job opens. Jim Caldwell, the Colts’ associate head coach, had already been designated as Dungy’s replacement. ![]() Dungy has frequently said that when he retired it would be for good, and he is expected to recede into a quieter life with his family in Florida and work with a prison ministry. Tony Dungy, the first African-American football coach to win the Super Bowl and one of the most successful coaches in history, retired Monday, narrowly missing his own promise that he would not coach past 50. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I nearly stopped listening during the conversation between Anyanwu and Isaac. I at least expected her to realize that he was not a man (or thing) of his word and know that whatever she thought she was doing to protect her people was irrelevant. I kept expecting her to rise up against Doro regardless of what she thought he might do to her. There just seemed to be way too much of Anyanwu spending her time coddling men, bearing their children, or saving them from certain disasters. Apologies for the term, but that's just how annoyed I was while reading this book. Instead, I got the story of a woman playing the role of the “savior-negro”. Given Anyanwu’s stunning gifts, I was expecting a whole other kind of story. It’s nearly unbelievable that I’m giving this story a 4- a 3, is just inconceivable (but probably more indicative of my true feelings). Although the writing was top-notched and unparalleled (it's Octavia Butler, after all), this book irritated the heck out of me. However, on the days I read “Wild Seed,”… let’s just say. First, let me say that I consider myself an Octavia Butler fan all day long. ![]() ![]() ![]() Includes images, discussion questions, extension activities, more. Lessons that develop literacy skills along with science/health. Word processor required for access.Ī video (2:35) of a young person reading the book aloud. Includes model for responding to text-dependent questions, writing tasks, graphic organizer. This assessment module is a performance activity to assess how well students can examine complex text and then demonstrate their understanding through writing. Vocabulary, text-dependent questions, reading task, writing task. Two learning activities: a self-portrait and a vocabulary web. The student will be able to ask and answer questions about key details by reading the text with prompting and support. Practice with vocabulary and practice identifying scents, flavors, sights, textures, and sounds. ![]() Includes activities for art, math, and writing, assessment.Ħ lesson plans for Pre-K. When they return, they discuss what they saw, heard, felt, tasted, and smelled. ![]() ![]() It already had signs of wear - underlines from other readers, some foxing, and a deteriorating binding. It had one page spread that had a drip stain, but it was still a readable copy. The coffee had seeped into the inner covers of the front and back were stained, as well as the outside of the pages. ![]() I dabbed it with the tissues by my bed then ran for a towel and dried it. It was published in 1988 and is now out of print. I love this book and I’ve checked it out many times from the Memphis library over the past 15 years. I dropped the coffee, it spilled on the bed and dripped down on my library copy of Unexpected Journeys: The Art and Life of Remedios Varo by Janet Kaplan. ![]() An unreasonable and abundant pile that both challenges and comforts me. Scattered all around the bed and side table are books I’m currently reading. After a visit to the bathroom, I get back in the bed, drink my coffee and write in my morning book. I have a wonderful one cup coffee maker that I have by the bed. Last month, I dropped a cup of coffee I was drinking in bed. I’m working on my upper body strength, but it hasn’t seemed to help with my hand strength. I was never a particularly graceful person, my head is always in the clouds, but lately I can’t seem to hang onto things as easily as I once did. ![]() ![]() ![]() In our personal life as well as in my public ministry, we have never made a secret of those convictions as I have been openly affirming for many years now. "I'll name the elephant in the room: yes, this is mostly related to my inclusive position for LGBTQ+ believers. ![]() "Over the past year, it has become clear that our mutual ability to hold the tension of our disagreements has ended," she writes. ![]() She writes on Facebook that they made the decision based on differences with the charismatic network regarding LGBT inclusivity. Christian Author Sarah Bessey Leaves Vineyard Canada Over LGBT Stanceģ:00PM EDT Jenny Rose Spaudo Sarah Bessey ( Facebook/Sarah Bessey)Ĭhristian author and blogger Sarah Bessey announced today that she and her family are leaving their local church and are no longer connected to Vineyard Canada. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If you are a fan of the Quantum Leap television series then you must read this. This is not a book review, this is a book demand. It was a thoroughly enjoyable return to the world of Quantum Leap. This book tied up some loose ends from the rest of the stories, giving us the origins of the project, and possibly explaining what went wrong and why Sam isn't in control of his travels. But the budget wary aren't the only threat, and those who want to see Sam fail are willing to go to any length to make that failure happen. Along the way, they have to convince their Federal Government sponsors that the investment of tax dollars is worth the risk, and to keep the penny-pinchers from shutting them down. Instead, we focus on Sam and Al as they put build the Quantum Leap project and put together the team that we have come to know from the show and other books. While there are hints that Sam is jumping into this story, we never see events from that perspective. Unlike the TV show and the other books, this isn't about the lives that Sam is jumping into and trying to fix. This book is the back story for the entire Quantum Leap storyline. As far as I can tell, this is the only book from the series that I hadn't read, and that was a shame, because I think this is actually my favorite. However, I somehow never got my hands on this one, until now. ![]() I was a fan of the "Quantum Leap" television series when it originally aired, and when I saw the tie-in novels, I read them as fast as I could find them. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 'Herriot's enchanting tales of life in the Dales are deservedly classics. 'I grew up reading James Herriot's books and I'm delighted that thirty years on they are still every bit as charming, heartwarming and laugh-out-loud funny as they were then' - Kate Humble Charming, funny and touching, All Things Bright and Beautiful is a heart-warming story of determination, love and companionship from one of Britain's best-loved authors. On February 4, 1975, Herriot received the American Veterinary Medical Associations Award. Since they were first published, James Herriot's memoirs have sold millions of copies and entranced generations of animal lovers. In 1972, All Creatures Great and Small is published, followed by All Things Bright and Beautiful in 1974. And then, with Britain on the verge of war, James faces a decision that could separate him from Darrowby - and Helen - for ever. Quite aside from his unpredictable colleagues, brothers Siegfried and Tristan Farnon, he must contend with new-fangled medical techniques, delivering calves after far too much home-made wine, and a grudge-holding dog called Magnus who never forgets. But life as a vet in the 1930s was never going to be easy. Now settled into the sleepy Yorkshire village of Darrowby, and married to Helen the farmer's daughter, James Herriot thinks he's finally got himself sorted. ![]() |