![]() ![]() The Egyptians are presented as a people stuck in a rich/poor society, dominated by a polytheistic priesthood and consanguinious monarchy yet, despite their hardships, resistant to change. Perhaps unusually for a novelist in the 1940s, his scenes of sex and violence are quite graphic and he depicts the realities of life and death in all their sordid and gory detail. Mikael is portrayed as an intellectual but rather naive person. ![]() It is a fictional tale of a young Finnish man, Mikael Karvajalka ( Hairy-foot ), set in 16th century Europe. The strength and beauty of Waltari’s work lies rather in the wealth of historical information and in the interaction of the historical figures he introduces in novel format. The Adventurer (UK title: Michael The Finn original title Mikael Karvajalka) is a novel by Finnish author Mika Waltari, published in 1948. He Egyptian is not a novel to read for great excitement or high romance. What I found surprising in the story is that Nefertiti plays a much lesser role than history implies. The main protagonist and narrator is Sinuhe, priest-physician to the Pharaohs Amenhotep III and Akhenaten (called Akhnaton in the story), whose consort, Nefertiti, is the subject of the above quotation. ![]() The Egyptian is a classic historical novel by Finnish writer Waltari and set in the Egypt of the 14th century BCE. "A woman who combines malice with intelligence and beauty is dangerous indeed – more dangerous still when she can add to this the power of a royal consort." ![]()
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![]() ![]() The novel is written against a backdrop of a changing Nigerian society, coming just a few decades after independence from English rule. The characters in the novel are a representation of the new breed of people, with divergent beliefs and cultures in a new political era, all trying to address socio-political and cultural issues depending on how they have been molded. ![]() The purple hibiscus is a symbol of freedom and is a flower growing in Aunty Ifeoma’s garden, giving renewed hope to Kambili and Jaja. Having faced a brutal and tyrannical father her whole life, she soon realizes following a visit and stay at her Aunty’s place in Nsukka, that what she has considered being a way of life for her is not what life is supposed to be. The purple hibiscus is a novel set in post-colonial Nigeria and follows the story of Kambili as she grapples with changes in her life. ![]() ![]() ![]() That is until he is called back home to serve the clans in a fight that he must win or die trying to win. Han Alister has been a wizard for nearly a year, and has been attending school at Mystwerk. The Gray Wolf Throne is an epic tale of fierce loyalty, unbearable sacrifice, and the heartless hand of fate. But with danger coming at her from every direction, Raisa can only rely on her wits and her iron-hard will to survive-and even that might not be enough. She wants to believe it-he’s saved her life more than once. Her heart tells her that the thief-turned-wizard Han Alister can be trusted. ![]() With each attempt on her life, she wonders how long it will be before her enemies succeed. Meanwhile, some people will stop at nothing to prevent Raisa from ascending. But if Han is to fulfill his end of an old bargain, he must do everything in his power to see Raisa crowned queen. And, as far as he’s concerned, the princess’s family as good as killed his own mother and sister. He knows he has no future with a blueblood. The costs of his efforts are steep, but nothing can prepare him for what he soon discovers: the beautiful, mysterious girl he knew as Rebecca is none other than Raisa ana’Marianna, heir to the Queendom of the Fells. ![]() But when he finds his friend Rebecca Morley near death in the Spirit Mountains, Han knows that nothing matters more than saving her. Han Alister thought he had already lost everyone he loved. Published August 20th 2011 by Disney Hyperion ![]() ![]() ![]() I have not read many of the books on the list. I have compiled the list from various sources, including some books that I have. ![]() Many times I have found reviews written by Catholic homeschooling mothers who point out exactly what I want to know about the books I'm going to hand to my children (or NOT, as the case often turns out to be). Whenever someone recommends a book to me, I go straight to Amazon and read the one and two star reviews. ![]() ![]() I am also alarmed by the fact that too many parents do not have a clue about what their children are reading. I am distressed by the books that young children are required to read in schools. Much of the content of children's literature these days is filled with what I call poison for their young and impressionable minds. I believe wholeheartedly, with Michael D O'Brien, author of " A Landscape With Dragons", when he calls the children's literature scene a battle for our children's minds. I have a keen interest in children's literature. I am a homeschooling mother of four children. (Catholic Online) - I am not a teacher by profession and neither am I an expert on children's literature. Keywords: Homeschool, summer, reading, reading list, Melissa Vaca ![]() ![]() ![]() "He skimmed over a slidewalk, purposely dropping a few feet to crease the tassels of the ladies of fashion, and- inserting thumbs in large ears- he stuck out his tongue, rolled his eyes and went wugga-wugga-wugga. The Harlequin's first reported activity is directed explicitly at women: about solidly acceptable idea regimentation is bad." I was also struck by the sexism of the story. ![]() However, the story's classic status cannot disguise the fact that it has not aged all that well in the end, the Harlequin isn't challenging anything very much, and his means remain somewhat unexplained - where do you get $150,000 worth of jelly beans? Algis Budrys commented when it was first published that it is s "primitive statement. The good bit is the writing, which is intense stream-of-consciousness and conveys vivid images. One dissident calling himself the Harlequin becomes a chaos agent, playing pranks on both the rulers and the ruled he is pursued, captured and re-educated a` la Winston Smith (this parallel is explicitly made), but at the end the Ticktockman himself is starting to slack. ![]() It's a very Sixties piece, about a future dystopic society where life is regimented to the last second, the sinister Ticktockman being in charge. ![]() ![]() ![]() The third section was full of poems that may have been pulled from headlines. ![]() Good poetry does that, it often sneaks up on you. I read them in a sort of dispassionate way, thinking that they did not express my feelings after the recent death of my father, but as I closed the book and turned off the lights I realized that a tear was trickling down my cheek. The second section of poems focus on Smith's thoughts, feelings about the death of her father, who was an engineer working on the Hubble Space Telescope. Which brings us to the first stanza of the poem "Don't You Wonder, Sometimes?" where David Bowie serves as a "cosmic ace hovering, swaying, aching to make us see." The rest of the poem delights as Bowie moves in and out of sight. "The Weather in Space" poem asks an important and unanswerable question, Is God a being or pure force? Many of the poems take off from a similar theme and seem to try and answer or at least imagine an answer to that question. Smith won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2012 for this small volume of poems, focusing to a degree on space and life beyond our understanding. ![]() ![]() ![]() The author captures a fierce and solid female protagonist in Jules and surprising plot twists and unexpected villains make this series opener the next big thing. ![]() The concept of Everless is refreshing and unique, and readers will be desperate to figure out Jules' history as she unravels it."-Booklist"Debut author Holland builds this world effortlessly. Readers will eagerly await her next journey."-Publishers Weekly"Holland's debut is set in an intricate and immersive fantasy world. Jules's first-person narration reveals a smart, resilient young woman determined to reconcile her past with an uncertain future. ![]() An intoxicating blend of blood, secrets, and haunting mythology, Everless gives new and terrifying meaning to the phrase running out of time."-Stephanie Garber, New York Times bestselling author of Caraval"Holland's lush, intricately drawn world hides an undercurrent of darkness underneath a veneer of beauty and finery, and the twists are genuinely surprising. Descripción - Críticas "Sara Holland is a fierce storyteller. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her other half is Shinigami, and for that she has been shunned and picked on during her 500 years of life. Ren Scarborough is a Reaper of London, taking souls to meet Death night after night. The Keeper of Night by Kylie Lee Baker is the first in a dark fantasy duology that focuses on one Reaper’s determination to find where she fits in the world. Determined to earn respect, Ren accepts an impossible task-find and eliminate three dangerous Yokai demons-and learns how far she’ll go to claim her place at Death’s side. Accompanied by her younger brother, the only being on earth to care for her, Ren enters the Japanese underworld to serve the Goddess of Death…only to learn that here, too, she must prove herself worthy. When her failure to control her Shinigami abilities drives Ren out of London, she flees to Japan to seek the acceptance she’s never gotten from her fellow Reapers. Expected to obey the harsh hierarchy of the Reapers who despise her, Ren conceals her emotions and avoids her tormentors as best she can. Half British Reaper, half Japanese Shinigami, Ren Scarborough has been collecting souls in the London streets for centuries. Reading Challenges: #NGEW2023, 2023 Audiobook Challenge, 2023 Backlist Reader Challenge, COYER 2023Ī girl of two worlds, accepted by none… A half Reaper, half Shinigami soul collector seeks her destiny in this haunting and compulsively readable dark fantasy duology set in 1890s Japan. ![]() ![]() Skidding to a stop on the other side, he landed in a pile of leaves and quickly stood up. ![]() ![]() He was tall enough, strong enough, a good runner and jumper, to make it across so he speeded up and crossed the pit with little effort. Without warning, he reached a small clearing bordered by a gully, a remnant of the river’s previous path, that blocked their way. Athdar paused for a moment and then raced off, calling for the others to follow him. Glancing around, he realised that nothing looked familiar to him. After some time and distance, the sound of the river quieted, telling Athdar that their path had changed. Laughing, they followed the sounds ahead of them as the creature outraced them. Deer or some other wild animal-it mattered not to him what the target-scampered ahead of them as the sun’s light flickered through the leaves and branches above them. There! Something moved and he called out orders once more. Following the rough path along the river, he sought any sign of movement deep in the shadows. ‘Our enemies have taken to the woods!’Īthdar led his friends, two his cousins and two the sons of a villager, all almost the same age as him, through the thick growth of trees and bushes. With his wooden sword brandished high in the air, he pointed deeper into the forest and nodded. ‘Come with me!’ Athdar called out like the commander of his father’s warriors would. ![]() ![]() ![]() Are the dreams she has believed she wanted her entire life the dreams she truly wants? Is she a failure or is she a success? All she knows for sure.she feels like a failure. Rita Clarkson is questioning everything she ever believed to be true about herself. When your world is falling down around you, when you have no idea where you are going, what you want, who you want to be, what do you do, what would you do? If you are Rita Clarkson you run but you don't run on your own and you don't run with out a plan. She's created a story that is fun, sexy, sweet, snarky, moving, and full of heart. ![]() And Jasper has only a few days to show Rita that he isn’t just for tonight-he’s forever. The moment he sees Rita, though, Jasper knows he’s about to be sorely tempted. ![]() Jasper Ellis has a bad boy reputation in this town, and he loathes it. When rescue shows up-six-feet-plus of hot, charming sex on a motorcycle-Rita’s pretty certain she’s gone from the frying pan right into the fire. ![]() Having already flambéed her culinary career beyond recognition, Rita Clarkson is now stranded in God-Knows-Where, New Mexico, with a busted-ass car and her three temperamental siblings, who she hasn’t seen in years. When rescue looks like a whole lot of trouble. ![]() |