![]() ![]() We are never quite sure how much of what we see is real, but no matter what we see, we know that all of it – the entire world of the book – originates from her. Isola, the protagonist, is given her due here as a character of such psychological complexity that the labyrinth of her mind is what frames the book itself. Perhaps the most thoroughly derided archetype in modern literature, the teenage girl is often dismissed as shallow, superficial, appearance-based and feminine in all the wrong ways. A bubblegum gothic coming-of-age narrative that centres itself firmly in the mindspace of a teenage girl, it is uncompromising in both its flights of fancy and its descent into darkness. ![]() Fairytales for Wilde Girls, by contemporary Australian author Allyse Near, manages the impressive feat of sacrificing neither gritty reality nor whimsical fairytale in the world it weaves and the characters that inhabit it. ![]()
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![]() ![]() And of course, Mirabel, whose big reveal at the end was unexpected and fun, truly brought the book to life. I appreciated the author moving their relationship to the next level. I wanted to have them together at the end, but maybe it was alluded to? Sequel? I enjoyed “watching” Zachary make sense of this new world he’s discovered and all of his interactions with Dorian. My brain hurt when I was trying to figure out the time travel like the relationship between Simon and Eleanor. I really did enjoy the characters and their stories and backstories. All the keys hanging from the ceiling, the bees swarmed around the statue of the woman, the swords being branded on those chosen – all of this was so craftily written. The visuals Erin Morgenstern conjures from her beautiful words were amazing, though. And honestly, let’s face facts, it could just be because I am genuinely dumb. Like a needed an English professor to explain it to me. I definitely understood more by the end of the book, but I felt a little dumb. Let’s start with the keys…and the swords and the bees and the doors and all the symbols. ![]() ![]() But now that they’ve moved to the heart of fashionable London, her every move is scrutinized and judged. And when she and her family lived in the countryside, it was easy to slip out for a midnight ride, write articles for her father’s newspaper, and otherwise do as she pleased. Unlucky for Lainey, Ty's notoriously irresistible.Īs Ty sets on a mission to break Lainey, an intended conquest becomes a fixation.Īnd in the process, he's thrown into perfect chaos.Įliza Melrose has always cherished her independence. ![]() She plays her cards way too close to her chest, and doesn't that just make her more enticing? Lainey Summer drives Ty crazy with her savage beauty, her effortless sexiness, and her unfathomable veneer. Sal hasn't just hired a new personal assistant, he's hired an absolute goddess. That's a cardinal sin in their world, but it's the least of Ty's worries. Sal's hired a new assistant without so much as consulting Ty. Then a meeting with his business partner and life-long friend, Sal, upends everything. ![]() Fifty laps in his pool, a suave suit, a chat with his mum on the way to his office, dodging countless calls from women, and his faithful yet cynical assistant waiting for him with a coffee. It starts like any other Monday for Ty Christianson. ![]() ![]() ![]() Beginning with the mythology of the so-called 'snuff' film and its evolution through popular culture, this book traces death and the artifice of death in the 'mondo' documentaries that emerged in the 1960s, and later the faux snuff pornography that found an audience through Necrobabes and similar websites. KILLING FOR CULTURE explores these images of death and violence, and the human obsession with looking - and not looking - at them. Others are shot on high definition equipment and professionally edited by organized groups, such as the militant extremists ISIS. ![]() Some of these films are created by lone individuals using shaky camera phones: Luka Magnotta, for instance, and the teenagers known as the Dnipropetrovsk maniacs. ![]() Little over a century later the executions are real and the world is aghast at brutalities freely available online at the click of a button. The father of the modern age, Thomas Edison, fed the appetite for this material with staged executions on film. Unlike images of sex, which were clandestine and screened only in private, images of death were made public from the onset of cinema. ![]() ![]() ( He was drunk for like 90% of this book.) He’s definitely an antihero killing when necessary, and not always saving people, though he does feel bad about it later. I’m still not sure if I like the main character or not. There’s also more to the world than just one immortal guy, there’s vampires, iffrits, demons and all sorts of other things, which was cool. I am a sucker for funny books, so I when I read the summary I was sold. In modern times someone’s found out that he’s immortal and will do anything to get their hands on him. (I don’t figure those times for school counted.)Īdam has been around for thousands of years, he likes to say that he predates written history. I hadn’t read it yet, but I jumped at the chance to interview an author! Even though I’ve never really interviewed anyone before. I requested this book on Netgalley and I was contacted by Cindy at The Writer’s Coffee Shop who asked if I wanted to do a blitz or something to help promote the third book in the series. ![]() ![]() Warning: This is an adult book for violence, sex, and adult humor. Predictability: 4 out of 5 (Where 1 is George RR Martin (If the characters make a plan or think about the future I know it isn’t going to go that way.) And 5 is Cinder (where I guessed what was going to happen long before it did, but it was still a great book.)Ĭomedy Scale: 2 amusing, but I didn’t laugh aloud. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tasked with investigating Optimal Plastics, the town's economic heart, she begins to find strange connections to a decade-old scandal involving the popular Kaycee Mitchell and her friends-just before Kaycee disappeared for good.īut as Abby tries desperately to find out what happened to Kaycee, troubling memories begin to resurface and she begins to doubt her own observations. Now working as an environmental lawyer in Chicago, she has a thriving career, a modern apartment, and her pick of meaningless one-night stands.īut when a new case takes her back home to Barrens, Indiana, the life Abby painstakingly created begins to crack. It has been ten years since Abby Williams left home and scrubbed away all evidence of her small town roots. 'Dark, disturbing, and compulsively readable’ Ruth Ware, bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood and The Woman in Cabin 10 ‘A phenomenal, haunting debut’ Gillian Flynn, bestselling author of Gone Girl ![]() ![]() ![]() “Both Moshfegh and Wood share a gothic, spiky humor and an attunement to the darker currents of the world, the hidden realms where shame and desire intersect. Produced in response to Moshfegh’s writing, Wood’s painting The down payment (2021) portrays a weeping Jerome in the midst of what the artist calls “the most directly surreal part of the story.” The pairing of writer and artist was an obvious one, says Cline. The latest Moshfegh outpost is a tidy house, surrounded by a pasture dotted with slender redwoods. ![]() Matched with an artwork by Issy Wood, the publication inaugurates Gagosian’s Picture Books, an imprint conceived by author Emma Cline and dedicated to publishing fiction by leading authors alongside contributions by celebrated contemporary artists. Death in Her Hands is not a murder mystery, nor is it really a story about self-deception or the perils of. Ottessa has inadvertently led her family on a westward migration. It might be the one thing you’re getting right.” In Ottessa Moshfegh’s acerbic narrative, My New Novel, struggling writer Jerome Littlefield trades verbal blows with his mother his therapist and Stacey, a pregnant stripper who responds to his appeal for an “attentive individual to sit and listen. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Complete with haunting illustrations and a provocative biographical exposé of Kafka’s own secret feline life, The Meowmorphosis will take you on a journey deep into the tortured soul of the domestic tabby. His family freaks out: Yes, their son is OMG so cute, but what good is cute when there are bills piling up? And how can he expect them to serve him meals every day? If Gregor is to survive this bizarre, bewhiskered ordeal, he’ll have to achieve what he never could before-escape from his parents’ house. His life goes strangely awry when he wakes up late for work and finds that, inexplicably, he is now a man-sized baby kitten. Thus begins The Meowmorphosis-a bold, startling, and fuzzy-wuzzy new edition of Franz Kafka’s classic nightmare tale, from the publishers of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies! Meet Gregor Samsa, a humble young man who works as a fabric salesman to support his parents and sister. “One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that he had been changed into an adorable kitten.” ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() While not quite a multi-part epic like Don McGregor’s “Panther’s Rage” or Priest’s Killmonger story in the first part of his run, Reginald Hudlin’s take on T’Challa’s archnemesis is still a thrilling one and it marks the first time the two have fought while both wearing armor. Seeing that Killmonger is the villain in the upcoming film, it’s a nice coincidence that this collection opens with this arc. ![]() The collection opens, however, with the story, “Back to Africa,” which sees T’Challa, Shuri, and Monica Rambeau face off against Erik Killmonger. These two stories have been collected in their own volumes before, but are now largely out of print, leaving fans to search the longboxes for the single issues. 3 is probably the one that fans have been waiting for, as it contains two of the best stories in the mythos: “See Wakanda and Die” and the mini “Flags of Our Fathers” which co-stars Captain America. The final volume in the set, Black Panther: The Complete Collection Vol. T’Challa faces off an alien invasion and Killmonger while his sister, Shuri, learns the cost of power. 3’ review: contains two of the best stories in the entire Black Panther mythos ‘Black Panther: The Complete Collection By Reginald Hudlin Vol. ![]() ![]() ![]() Nova wants vengeance against the so-called heroes who once failed her when she needed them most.īut as Nova, her feelings for Adrian are deepening, despite the fact that he is a Renegade and the son of her sworn enemies and, unbeknownst to Nova, he has some dangerous secrets of his own. ![]() Nova’s double life is about to get a lot more complicated:Īs Insomnia, she is a fully-fledged member of the Renegades, a syndicate of powerful and beloved superheroes.Īs Nightmare, she is an Anarchist – a group of of villains who are determined to destroy the Renegades. It looks great, and it’s a perfect continuation of the Renegades theme.īut they are each other’s worst nightmare. The Renegades are back! I really liked the first book in this series, and I was excited for this release. If you are interested in reading this series, and haven’t read Renegades yet, you can find my spoiler-free discussion for book 1 here. I’ll try my best to include as few spoilers as possible for Archenemies, but there will probably be significant spoilers for Renegades in this post. NOTE: Archenemies is the sequel to Renegades by Marissa Meyer. ![]() |