![]() Concerning Faulkner’s recurring themes, Leary explained that they were inspired by the “depth of his compassion toward people who struggled and wrangled, destroying each other and themselves, but whose indomitable spirit would not only endure, but finally prevail.” įorcing upon themselves the illusion that their odyssee be morally inspired, the Bundren family carry their mother’s corpse on a dangerous journey to Jefferson, where she wished to be buried with her ancestors. ![]() Obscurity and the Construction of Reality / Comedyįull of opposing thoughts and paradox situations, Faulkner’s Southern gothic novel As I Lay Dying succeeds in making a philosophical statement about the absurdity of life, smiling upon the desperation and futility of the characters and their actions, but at the same time causing a feeling of sympathy in the reader for what they are prepared to endure. Problems of the Human Psyche in Modernity ![]()
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![]() Heading into the mountainous wilderness, they interrupt the abduction of the wolf-but can't stop blood from being shed. With their Alpha out of the country, Charles and Anna are on call when an SOS comes in from the fae mate of one such wildling. Close enough to the Marrok's pack to have its support far enough away to not cause any harm. ![]() For their own good, they have been exiled to the outskirts of Aspen Creek, Montana. The werewolves too damaged to live safely among their own kind. ![]() ![]() Now mated werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham face a threat like no other-one that lurks too close to home. THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In her bestselling Alpha and Omega series, Patricia Briggs "spins tales of werewolves, coyote shifters, and magic and, my, does she do it well" (USA Today Online). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Both mistakes and intentional changes abound in the surviving manuscripts, making the original words difficult to reconstruct. ![]() And yet, for almost fifteen hundred years these manuscripts were hand copied by scribes who were deeply influenced by the cultural, theological, and political disputes of their day. Since the advent of the printing press and the accurate reproduction of texts, most people have assumed that when they read the New Testament they are reading an exact copy of Jesus's words or Saint Paul's writings. He frames his account with personal reflections on how his study of the Greek manuscripts made him abandon his once ultraconservative views of the Bible. In Misquoting Jesus, Ehrman tells the story behind the mistakes and changes that ancient scribes made to the New Testament and shows the great impact they had upon the Bible we use today. When world-class biblical scholar Bart Ehrman first began to study the texts of the Bible in their original languages he was startled to discover the multitude of mistakes and intentional alterations that had been made by earlier translators. ![]() ![]() But once he has his first forbidden taste of those red lips, Tyler can't help but break all his rules for Poppy-no matter what it might cost them both. It should be nothing to overcome what the sight and sound of her does to him, when his life with the Church means everything. It should be easy to put his impure thoughts of her to rest, considering the vows Tyler has taken. That all changes when the delicious, sultry voice of Poppy Danforth sinks its claws in him through the screen of his confessional booth, and he can't get her sins out of his head. Tyler Bell has had no problem playing by the rules for the last three years after a family tragedy set him on the path to priesthood. There are many rules a priest can't break. ![]() He's a priest, and here is his confession. From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Sierra Simone comes her steamy, TikTok-famous Priest series, in which sinners and saints alike test the bonds of religion, love, and lust. ![]() ![]() However, Leviathan, the sequel, is excellent and makes this two-in-one well worth a read. Rather flat due to my lack of caring about the characters involved. ![]() For me, though, the first book in this pair was something of a maybe, with the supporting cast a little underdeveloped and one scene in particular falling But watching Aaron initially fight against his heritage, and eventually accept it, is good fun, and he's a fun character, as is Gabriel. ![]() It's clear for most of the book that a showdown is looming between Verchiel and Aaron, as we see Aaron struggle to deal with obtaining his powers. We can see where this is going, can't we? and wakes up able to speak and understand any language, including that of his dog Gabriel. On his 18th birthday, Aaron Corbet has a strange dream of weapons clanging and angels descending on a battlefield. They are hunted by Verchiel, leader of the Powers, hell-bent (excuse the pun!) on destroying them, especially the leader who prophecy says will lead them. For their sins, they were cast out of Heaven. ![]() Thousands of years ago, a bunch of angels fell in love with human women. ![]() Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Books Summary: A somewhat disjointed pair of novels to start off The Fallen series however the second in particular shows real potential and hero Aaron is one who'll appeal to teens. ![]() ![]() ![]() And she’s welcome to stay there – so long as she doesn’t begin feeling disappointed or disillusioned with it. The first book she opens is the seemingly indefinitely paged book of regrets which prompts her to open these other books and live these other lives once she starts reading she becomes the Nora living in that life. In another, she doesn’t break up with her fiancé. In another, she studies to become a glaciologist as she had planned as a child. ![]() In one of them, Nora doesn’t give up her promising swimming career. Here there are thousands of books, each telling the story of an alternate reality, a parallel universe. The majority takes place in a realm within her mind, between life and death: The Midnight Library. The story starts with the protagonist Nora, utterly fed up with her life, feeling a failure, a hindrance to others, like the joy has been sapped out of her existence – she decides she’d rather not be alive anymore and (off-page) attempts suicide. It’s got a comfort read quality to it, despite feeling incredibly bleak and tragic at times – it’s through this that the light is able to shine through brighter. ![]() It’s one I encourage anyone to read, especially if you’re carrying regrets, uncertain of the path your life is taking or feeling like an underachiever. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig is a book I may find myself coming back to again and again. ![]() ![]() ![]() Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Reprint edition (January 31, 2017) ![]() ![]() Series: To All the Boys I've Loved Before (Book 2) Love is never easy, but maybe that’s part of what makes it so amazing. In this charming and heartfelt sequel to the New York Times bestseller To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, we see first love through the eyes of the unforgettable Lara Jean. Can a girl be in love with two boys at once? When another boy from her past returns to her life, Lara Jean’s feelings for him return too. Now Lara Jean is more confused than ever. Lara Jean didn’t expect to really fall for Peter. In this highly anticipated sequel to the “lovely, lighthearted” (School Library Journal) New York Times bestselling To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, Lara Jean still has letters to write and even more to lose when it comes to love. Now a Netflix original movie starring Lana Condor and Noah Centineo! I Still Love You (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Book 2) – BookaliciousMY ![]() ![]() Luckily, we can just focus on the cliffhanger ending of the first movie.Īfter defying their leader (and creator) Arishem and stopping Tiamut from destroying Earth, the Eternals go their separate ways and assume everything is over for now. While the first movie took a lot of inspiration from Jack Kirby's comics, it largely told its own story which makes it tricky to look to the comics for what will happen in the sequel. Eternals 2 plot: What will Eternals 2 be about? ![]() If Styles is back, then we'd assume Patton Oswalt would also return as the voice of Pip the Troll. Marvel producer Nate Moore has said that there is a future for Eros in the MCU though. However, he recently cast doubt on his return to the MCU, saying he wasn't sure when he'd do another movie. Talking of the credits scenes, the sequel will have an extra burst of star power in the form of Harry Styles, who made his MCU debut as Eros, aka Starfox, aka the brother of Thanos in the mid-credits scene. ![]() ![]() ![]() Once again, Tears of the Kingdom will launch on 12th May with pre-orders now available. Stay tuned in afterwards for more livestream content counting down to the game's release!- Nintendo of America May 5, 2023 The livestream will include four Nintendo Treehouse: Live segments featuring gameplay from The Legend of #Zelda: #TearsOfTheKingdom. And there will be even more livestream content after this counting down the game's release. The Zelda creator has announced it will be hosting a "special livestream" on 11th May leading up to the midnight launch at the Nintendo Store in New York.Īs part of this, it will be covering four different segments featuring gameplay from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. We're so close to the release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom now, and if you haven't already got plans for the midnight launch, don't worry - Nintendo has got you covered. ![]() ![]() ![]() Purpose has been very important to me in my career, and is a word that should be used more often to guide our decisions about our future, our careers, our partner- and family- choices. I wrote, in other words, to explore a question I hadn’t yet answered for myself, as many writers do.īut even so, I never expected that in the process I would actually land on an answer, and that Sam’s journey would help map out my own - toward not happiness but a sense of meaning and purpose, a sense of worth and joy, that is harder to find than happiness but also far, far more resilient. I wrote the book when I was 26, after a lot of turbulence, immense self-doubt, and periods of deep depression. “In ‘Before I Fall’, the main character, Sam, has one final opportunity to determine what gives a life meaning. ![]() ![]() ![]() Here’s what Lauren had to say to Smart Girls about the messages she feels reside in the book and film: In 2010 Before I Fall was recognized as a Best Book of the Year by, Barnes & Noble, The Daily Beast, NPR, and Publishers Weekly. A story of a girl who is forced to relive the last day of her life for a whole week in order to understand what happened to her as well as realize that even the smallest actions can make the biggest differences. Before I Fall has just opened in theaters, adapted from Lauren Oliver’s bestselling debut YA novel. ![]() |