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Real Estate India latest news and updates on Indian property market. Also connect with a vibrant real estate community on IREF ™ discussion forums on a variety of real estate topics.
MUMBAI: Until recently, real estate portals were used by home buyers to research on floor plans and price of apartments but builders are taking this process to the next level: you can now buy a home online. With growing internet penetration, builders have realised the potential of the online space in selling homes and some have even tasted success. Mumbai-based Lodha group has generated over 100 bookings through its online portal for its new township project Palava in Navi Mumbai. "We see the online space offering the potential for us to connect with consumers in new ways across the engagement cycle, from first contact to providing basic information all the [...] read more »
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his first Budget proposed changes to income tax laws related to capital gains from property sale. The finance minister put a cap on the amount of tax-saving by investing long-term capital gains from property sale in specified bonds, also called as capital gains bonds. Mr Jaitley also clarified that investment should be made in one residential house property situated in India for availing long-term capital gains benefit. As per the current income-tax rules, long-term capital gains on sale of a property held for three years, attracts 20 per cent tax. Exemptions are granted under certain conditions. These the proposed changes to the income tax laws. [...] read more »
Bangalore/Mumbai: HDFC Property Fund, the private equity arm of Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd, has raised $250 million (around `1,500 crore today) through an offshore fund. It hopes to raise another $150 million by the end of the year, said a person directly familiar with the development who did not want to be named. On Friday, HDFC Property Fund informed the BSE that it had raised the capital through its second international fund, saying "the recently closed fund will focus on investing primarily in residential property developments in major cities across India". The cumulative assets under management now exceed $1 billion, the statement added. The new fund, which started raising [...] read more »
With a large number of offices and ITeS segment growth apart from residential growth coming from small tier II and tier III centres, the development of smart cities can bring opportunities for real estate developers, investors, end users and well as the housing loan sector. On expected lines, the real estate sector and the infrastructure sector were the focus sectors of the government in the annual union budget of 2014-15. The finance minister announced a series of measures to bring investment into the sector while giving special emphasis on affordable housing. The announcement that Rs 8000 crore will be earmarked for rural housing along with a series of dedicated proposals [...] read more »
NEW DELHI: The government is considering a proposal to hive off real estate owned by sick public sector companies in Mumbai, Kolkata, Pune and Ahmedabad to state-owned National Buildings and Construction Corporation (NBCC), before selling off the chronically loss-making entities. Senior government officials told TOI that NBCC, which is developing real estate in the national capital, has shown interest in prime plots owned by companies such as Bengal Chemicals, National Bicycle Corporation and Richardson & Cruddas in Mumbai's Worli and Byculla. Similarly, in Kolkata, the company is looking at land owned by NJMC as well as state-government entities such as Lilly Biscuits and West Bengal Warehousing Corporation. When contacted, NBCC [...] read more »
NEW DELHI: Realty firm Logix group plans to raise Rs 250 crore from foreign investors for the development of its ongoing mixed-use commercial project in Noida. The company is developing this commercial project at an investment of Rs 1,000 crore and is looking to raise FDI to complete this project. The 6-acre project 'Noida City Center' includes a 7 lakh sq ft shopping mall, 2.5 lakh sq ft office towers, two hotels with combined 400 rooms and 100 service apartments. "Total project cost of this commercial project is Rs 1,000 crore," Logix group CMD Shakti Nath said. The investments are largely met through internal accruals, he said, adding that the [...] read more »
NEW DELHI: Builders are scrambling to acquire cheap land and technology for low-cost housing after the government and central bank announced incentives for affordable housing, including cheaper loans to developers and buyers. Real estate companies including Tata Housing, ATS Infrastructure, Bhartiya Group and Anantraj Industries are busy sewing up land deals for projects in the Rs 5-20 lakh home segment. There is unlimited demand for homes in this segment, say experts. "There is a large market for such homes but a big supply constraint as well," said Shailesh Pathak, executive director of the Bhartiya Group, which is planning to build 10,000 low-cost homes over the next two-three years on a [...] read more »


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The Morning Man is back from going bi-coastal. Actually, I'm silll in the hellhole of La Jolla, Cal, awaiting a 3 pm flight and deciding which oceanfront restaurant will get my lunch business. Rough life. Somebody has to do it.
First things first…
It's interesting, after 3 decades of dong this, that I can still have my mind changed regarding a game I just watched, in the few minutes I spend talking to the people who were involved. I left the press box in San Diego Sunday, intent on writing about yet another so-so show by A. Dalton. Fifteen minutes later, I'm back in front of this machine, tappjng an ode to The Men's grit.
I like to think it's because I'm incredibly fair and open-minded.
While it remains true that the QB is so-so, it's also becoming apparent the Bengals are good enough to win without him. They did last week. They did Sunday. How much they can win with him is the million-dollar question. But for me, it's obvious now they can at least win that elusive first-round playoff game. They beat a decent team, on the road, in a game the other guys needed to stay playoff relevant. They beat yet another very good QB, who is having one of his better years. They did it with defense, mainly, but also a running game that mashed when it mattered. And a growing confidence and will not to lose.
The Men already are the best team, talent-wise, in the North. Armed further with the belief they're always going to win makes them that more formidable.
They can win because of Dalton. And in spite of him.
Agree or disagree?
Without further ado…
1. Henceforth, Vontaze Burfict's new first name will be Beast. Beast Burfict. 13 tackles on a bad ankle. Tough.
2. If M. Zimmer doesnt get a head coaching job after this year, he never will. Rodgers, Brady and Rivers, beaten.
3. Both BJGE and G. Bernard are very good at pushing the pile. For a little guy, Bernard is exceptionally strong. GE is just a bull.
4. The O-line's effort was the latest tribute to this team's deep depth. Zeitler out, Boling out in the 1st quarter, A. Smith benched to start the game, they played musical chairs and excelled.
5. The Chargers simply did nothing inside the Bengals 30-yard line. They don't have the firepower they once had, which makes Rivers' season all the more impressive.
6. Qualcomm and Rich Stadium in Buffalo have to be the two most antiquated stadiums in the league. The video boards and press box TVs are 80s vintage. "Like watching your grandfather's TV" one guy noted. The bad seats are truly awful, a mile away from the action. The San Diego Union Tribune asked in its Sunday editions that the public fund a new stadium for the Chargers. It's one of the few places where such a plea seems reasonable.
7. Not one beach ball. Not one.
8. Shirt sleeves in December, in an open-air press box. I think I'm in love.
9. As far as I know, N. Lachey didnt get in any fights at the game, as he did last year. Then again, he might not have been there.
10. All yours.
Now, then. . .
* We spent a delightful 2 days giving thanks in Brooklyn, hanging with the Erstwhile Kid Down the Hall and Ruby, his lovely and talented girlfriend. If you're a city animal, Brooklyn is terrific. Everything you need is there, certainly no use in going to Manhattan. We drank dangerously good local beer (Six Point Resin, an IPA checking in at 9.0 ABV), had a couple delectable slices, walked to a waterfront park with a breathtaking 180 panorama across the East River to Lower Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty, toured some fine old brownstone 'hoods and generally had a terrific time.
That said, I wouldnt live there unless forced. I'm such a such a suburban dork. I need my yard and my deck and my tomatoes. Even though it wasnt at all noisy where Kelly lives, I need my quiet. Regardless, I admire his sense of curioisity and adventure. People who spend their entire lives in Loveland don't often decide they have to live in NYC.
My son is a Hipster, at least in fashion and likes, if not in pretense.
Howevuh. ..
* THE TRIP TO BROOKLYN STUNK ON TOAST. Snow in western PA, on I-80, made for an unplanned overnight in a Holiday Inn, in Clarion. Hard to drive when you can't see the road. Or. really, much of anything else. That said, I-80 across the top o' PA is a magnificent stretch of interstate, as interstates go. Close to 400 miles of rolling hills, small towns, sparse traffic and no tolls until you get to Gotham.($13 to get through the Holland Tunnel. Yikes.) In snow-free times, it's a relaxing drives. Which prompts. . .
* TODAY'S ESSENTIAL LIST... Your Favorite Highways. Interstates, I mean. Not the Pacific Coast Highway or Beechmont Avenue. Mine:
1. I-80 across PA... the turnpikes are a little faster to NY and points North and East, but I'll take the extra 45 minutes to avoid the clatter. Truly a great drive.
2. Interstate 5 between just north of San Diego and just south of LA County. At one point, near Camp Pendleton, you're right on the ocean. Exits lead to delightful beach towns such as San Clemente and Laguna Beach.
3 Interstate 40 between Gatlinburg and Asheville. Through the Smokies and the Blue Ridge.
Yours, please.
HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE FOOTBALL AFTER THIS EXTENDED WEEKEND? Steelers-Ravens, OSU-Michigan, Auburn-Bama, Loveland-Zanesville. We got back to C-bus in time to attend the Tigers' latest thrill ride, the 2OT win over Zanesvlle. The two best football games I've seen in person this year were the last two Loveland playoff games. They were exciting, obviously, but the best aspect of each was you knew lifetime memories were being imprinted. For most of these kids, sports will get no better, and if that's so, the last two Friday nights were more than worthy.
High school remains the last pure football place.
MEANTIME, OHIO STATE is #2 in the BCS, and with a win in the Big 10 title game Saturday v. Michigan State, likely will stay there. Meaning, the Buckeyes are in the title game, v. FSU. ESPN.COM:
Auburn is a healthy distance behind No. 2 Ohio State in the latest standings. The Tigers are just 25 points behind the Buckeyes in the coaches' poll and 66 points behind in the Harris poll, gaps that could be closed with an impressive win against Missouri in the SEC championship game. But the computers also favor Ohio State, which is No. 2 in four of the six electronic rankings, No. 1 in a fifth and No. 3 in the Sagarin ratings. Auburn is No. 3 in four computer rankings and No. 1 in the Colley Matrix but No. 6 in the Sagarin.
It's hard to envision the computer numbers changing too much if Ohio State beats No. 10 Michigan State on Saturday in the Big Ten championship. Michigan State is the highest-ranked opponent the Buckeyes will have faced this season, and a strong showing would make it hard to leave Urban Meyer's squad out of the title game.
THIS IS HUGE NEWS in other quadrants of the state, but not around here. I could live here 500 years and not understand the local enmity for TOSU. It's not as if we're Auburn-Alabama here. Yeah, we have UC and that loyalty comes first. But shouldnt there be a little love left over for the Buckeyes? U.Meyer is from Ohio, he has local ties, a lot of the roster is Ohio kids, K. Coombs works there. Can we possibly muster a little affection for TOSU if it plays FSU in the Big Game?
No? OK then.
The best thing about the new BCS standings is, there's a decent possibility the SEC won't have a club playing for a title. A one-year respite from all those yokels whose identities are linked indelibly to quasi-am football south of the Mason-Dixon… a good thing.
As for Auburn… I'm getting back into the rental car after a few delightful hours hiking Cuyamaca Rancho State Park (see Trip Report, below) and the first thing I hear is the national radio guy going full-on insane. It was the only play I heard of the entire game, Chris Davis running back that missed FG.
This is what keeps those of us coming back, who have been watching this stuff for a long time. The chance we'll see something we've never seen before.
If you're the smarrogant genius N. Saban, do you second-guess yourself for trying a 56-yard FG with a cold kid kicker?
If you're B. Hoke, do you regret asking your seniors what to do on the last play? Sorry, but that's what coaches get paid to decide, not adrenalized kids. I liked the decision to go for 2; didnt like how it was made.
If Missouri takes out Auburn in the SEC title game, is a one-loss SEC entrant more worthy than an unbeaten OSU, assuming the Bucks beat Michigan State?
* TRIP REPORT. TML is a creature of habit. I find things I like, I rarely deviate. In San Diego, I go from the airport a little over an hour east on I-8, to Cuyamaca Rancho State Park. It's 3,000 feet up and out in the middle of semi-alpine nowhere. There was a gold mine here at the turn of last century. Mostly, you trek around and listen to the vast sounds of nothing… then back to Jake's in Del Mar for dinner right on the ocean. Been going to Jake's for 20 years. Decent prices, great food, unmatched sunset. TML sez ckitout.
Sunday morning up at 6, out to La Jolla, to watch seals loll in the cove. Burrito for breakfast. Monday morning, to the cliffs at Torrey Pines, to watch surfers and hang gliders. Rinse and repeat.
* TUNE O' THE DAY. Since I'm in California (please, dear God, don't call it "Cali" or "SoCal", K?) here's one of Brian Wilson's best compositions:
He wrote it to honor the life of his brother Carl, but as with most good writing, it has deeper and more nuanced meaning. I've posted this one before, but hey, it's my blog.
Plus, it comes with a poem that makes a lot of sense.
Whether you're a reason, a season or a lifetime…
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Current Giveaways!
Dewey's 24-Hour Read-a-thon Giveaway!
This is my first time to participate in the 24 Hour Read-a-thon, this Saturday! I am very excited and have already selected my read: The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Susan Jane Gilman. It's a book that I'm reviewing for Book-alicious Mama, and I haven't been able to read it until now. I love the cover and title, and the synopsis is equally as great! I have read great reviews for it and look forward to reading it this Saturday.
I'm also very excited to offer my first International Giveaway!! If you don't live in the US or Canada, then you will want to participate in this giveaway!
My gift is:Click on the picture for synopsis.
This book will be part of the hourly giveaways, so you won't want to miss it! For a list of the giveaways, click here.
I hope you will stop by and post comments here to encourage me on my reading. I won't be able to read for the full 24 hours, as I already committed to spending the day with my daughter and her friend. My daughter and I will be taking some pictures that morning, in a pumpkin patch. Then, we are going to a quaint tearoom for lunch, followed by watching a ballet!! We are seeing Sleeping Beauty, and we can't wait!!
Don't forget, I have a giveaway this month that is for US residents! Click here for more information.
Win an Autographed Copy of John Searles' Book: Help for the Haunted
Every once in awhile, I read a book that is so powerful and electrifying, that I have to tell everyone about it. Last year, it was Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery by Robert Kolker. I could not get enough of Robert's book, that I scoured the internet for days to search for anything related to the case. I still follow the case pretty closely, and stay updated on FB pages of the victim's family. It's a powerful book, and Robert does a fantastic job of putting together a storyline with fragments of information he has. He also did an extensive amount of research, interviewing people related to the case, and is a book that I always recommend to readers.
This year, the book that has been most impactful and had a profound effect on me, is John Searles' book: Help for the Haunted. I wrote a review about the book, back in July, for TLC Book Tours. You can read my review here. Since then, John Searles and I have tweeted back and forth, and emailed one another. He is a really great guy, behind a fantastic book, and wanted to share some love with all of you!! He gave me 2 autographed books for you all, one of which I plan to give this month! I'm holding on to the other autographed book for a big hop I will join, along with other bloggers, at the end of the year. So, be on the look out for that one, as you can sign up for a whole lot of giveaways at my blog and others, too.
So, why do I love this book so much? I get asked that a lot! I even recommended this book to my oldest son, who is studying Creative Writing at his university. So, yes, I get asked…"why this one?". I rarely recommend a book to son because of our different tastes in genres. However, what I love most about this book is it's ability to transcend over many genres. While it's listed as Contemporary Fiction, it can easily be considered YA (the main character is a young girl), Mystery/Thriller (because there are lots of scary moments in it), Historical Fiction (lots of references to a different era), and even Christian fiction (because of the religious themes throughout the book).
I laughed during parts of this book, cried a lot, and there were times I was quite scared! It's a book that will definitely take you on a roller coaster!! Some people may get offended by the book, but I hope that people will see the silver linings throughout the storyline. I know I did.
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Giveaway ends: October 31, 2014.
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Where Are You?
This is the question that I have been asked the most, by my fellow blogger friends and online followers: Where are you???
I know….I should have checked in. Reading is my passion and blogging is a natural extension of what I love. However, my teenage sons are quite adamant that I keep their personal lives away from my blog and social media. Although, I do post little snippets of them on FB ;)
So, how do I balance maintaining their privacy and keeping my blog relevant to what my life encompasses, besides books?
I've thought of having more book giveaways, as a thank you to all of you for following my humble, small blog. I've also thought of having a "Topic" day post throughout the week, but I don't want my first love to become second: blogging before books.
I've even thought of just following some of the great blogs I follow and piggy backing off their topic days, too.
On top of what to do with my blog, it is quite difficult managing all the different social media platforms, supporting my fellow bloggers and authors I love, being relevant, and promoting books that I love! I realize I can't do it all, and mind you-this is a "hobby blog", meaning I don't get paid and I certainly don't receive revenues on any links or ads.
I primarily cross-post on Twitter and FB, but do use Pinterest, Bloglovin', Google+, etc. However, many of those have taken a back seat. I just can't manage that all, with the amount of time I have.
BUT- I LOVE BOOKS!! The reason why I created this blog was because I wanted a place to share great books with readers, and connect authors with readers. I love and follow many blogs, have met wonderful bloggers (who have become great friends), and I enjoy reading about their daily adventures, their non-bookish topics, and anything else they want to share: especially giveaways! I'm a follower of blogs, just like you!! Yes, I love free books, too!!
So, I have decided to keep this blog as I first intended: book reviews, books listed by genres (on my side bar) so that readers can click on a genre they love and choose their next great read, and continue to promote authors and their work.
I'll leave all the other great topics and ideas to my fellow bloggers, who are already doing a great job! One more blogger doing the same or choosing not to, won't alter the universe, won't make my blog any less relevant, and all will be okay!
To give you a huge thanks for following my little blog, I am offering a book giveaway! Thanks for understanding that when I'm not posting a book review, giveaway, or author/book promotion, it's because I'm just being a mom of 3 and taking care of my household. You can follow me on Twitter or FB to see some of my family pics and read some of my crazy comments and posts that are not always book related, or my FB page, where I love to post free Nook books-because let's face it…Kindle and Amazon get lots of attention already!
Just know…even when I'm not visible on my blog, I am still reading!
Simply enter your name, email address, and answer this question:
What's one non-book thing you enjoy doing?
Giveaway ends: June 20, 2014.
One random winner will be selected.
US & Canada entries accepted.
Book Review: While Beauty Slept by Elizabeth Blackwell
Pages: 432
Release Date: February 20, 2014
Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books / Putnam
Genre: Historical Fiction
Source: NetGalley& Publisher
A beautiful princess lies in a sleep so deep it is close to death. Was Sleeping Beauty revived by a prince's kiss? What really happened in that tower so long ago?
While Beauty Slept re-imagines the legend through the lens of historical fiction, telling the story as if it really happened. A Gothic tale of suspense and ambition, love and loss, it interweaves the story of a royal family and the servants who see behind the glamorous facade, following the journey of a young woman as she lives out a destiny that leads her to the brink of death.
My Review:
Out of all the Disney princess movies, Sleeping Beauty, was one of my least favorites. So, I really had no idea what to expect from this book, but I am glad did read it!
I love the way Elizabeth Blackwell takes a treasured children's story, and expands on it in such a creative and genius way! Even if you have not read Sleeping Beauty or seen the movie, like me, you will understand this story and appreciate the direction that Elizabeth takes this book.
With Elise's point of view, readers gain an insider's view to the Queen, Maleficent, and even Princess Aurora. The story truly reads as if it is based on an actual historical event, or at least a real place, which is what makes this book so special. Regardless of a "fantasy" place, readers will genuinely love the relationship Elise develops with different palace workers, the Queen, and her own love story, that is weaved in. Overall, a beautiful story and one that will delight readers!
*This book was provided by NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review.
Early LibraryThing Book Review & Giveaway: Starter House by Sonja Condit
Publisher: William Morrow
Release Date: December 31, 2013
Pages: 384
Source: Publisher & LibraryThing
Genre: Mystery
Promising talent Sonja Condit makes her debut with Starter House, an eerie and mesmerizing tale about a young couple whose new house holds deadly secrets from the past, sure to appeal to fans of Heart-Shaped Box and The Thirteenth Tale.
From the moment Lacey sees the house with the beautiful wood staircase, she knows she's found her dream home. Growing up rootless with her flighty mother, Ella Dane, a self-proclaimed psychic, Lacey is determined to give her unborn baby the stability she never had.
But shortly after she and her husband, Eric, move in, the warm and welcoming house becomes cold and dark. There is something malevolent within these walls that wants to hurt her unborn child—a terrifying presence that only she can sense. And there is Drew, a demanding and temperamental little boy who mysteriously appears when Lacey is alone.
To protect her unborn child and save her family, Lacy must discover the truth about her dream house and the troubled Drew—a decades-old mystery involving secrets, violence, and guilt—and confront an evil that has lingered in wait for years.
My Review:
I loved the cover! It's the window of the "starter house", and gives the impression that someone is looking out the window…guarding the house. In order to give my review, I need to include 2 disclosures.
First, I absolutely HATE, yes, hate, when books are compared to other masterpieces. I can understand there are books that may be similar, evoke the same emotions, and possibly have a similar storyline….but unless the book is a rewrite-it should be a stand-alone and not compared to other books. Period.
Secondly, when I read a book, I don't like to guess what will come next or poke holes in a storyline. Sure, some books may be a little obvious, while others may be a little too hokey and simply unrealistic. However, that is the beauty of books: they are a great escape. It's not 48 Hours, the TV show.
With my two disclosures not shared: I can honestly say that I LOVED this book! I'm a big scaredy cat and definitely will not read any demonic stories. While it's not a demonic storyline, it's definitely creepy and kept me reading through the very last page.
If you've read my posts about e-readers, then you know that I prefer any kind of e-reader device over a paperback. I typically read at bedtime, so finding the "perfect" book light hasn't happened for me yet. However, I managed to read this book at night, took it everywhere with me, and enjoyed the book to the very end!
It has all the elements of a great mystery: flawed characters, who are disconnected, so that they don't share what they know until the very end (when it's almost too late), an old house with a history of murders, a neighbor that knows more than he's willing to share, a realtor that doesn't want to sell the house but gives in because of a hefty commission, and a mom tuned into the supernatural….as well as the daughter (wife and homeowner).
Don't rush through the book, realize it's not Amityville House of Horrors (although it comes close), and know that everything will unfold as it needs to-leading up to a great ending!
Without giving too much away, I will answer these questions:
Why does Lacey seem intent to stay in a home that is obviously haunted? First, she is wanting to give her unborn child what she never had: roots. Also, by the time she realizes she needs to get out, she learns that where she goes-the ghost does too.
Why doesn't Eric leave? Because he's mounted high in debt and doesn't want to disappoint his wife, and he also doesn't want to believe that there is any truth to what is presented to him by Lacey and others.
I enjoyed this book and loved how each chapter had a picture of the book cover…..just to remind you that someone is always watching! The only suggestion I have is for the author: please be more visible on FB & Twitter, as well as amping up the website.
It's such a fantastic book, that I've decided to offer this book as a giveaway!
A huge thanks to LibraryThing and the publisher for giving me an opportunity to read and review the book!
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About the Author:
Sonja Condit received her MFA from Converse College, where she studied with Robert Olmstead, Leslie Pietrzyk, R. T. Smith, and Marlin Barton. Her short fiction has appeared in Shenandoah magazine, among other publications. She plays principal bassoon in the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra and the Greater Anderson Musical Arts Consortium. She teaches at the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities.
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Book Giveaway: The Comfort of Lies by Randy Susan Meyers
by Randy Susan Meyers
My Review:
This is a FANTASTIC book to read!! It makes for the PERFECT book club book to discuss, too! Oh, the many topics you could chat with amongst book members and the points of view each of the member would support/not support. I would love to be a fly on a wall to hear what everyone has to say.
This is also a fantastic s we all know someone that has had an affair at one time or another. This is a very raw and emotionally charged book. The author really did her homework and truly left no stone uncovered with the emotional, physical, and relational m not talking about the pregnancy/baby.
Even before the baby, just having the affair really left everyone involved vulnerable and the author addresses every s point of view is also explored, through her so her questions are going to be more basic than those of the adults, which I loved. t saturate the little girl with so much complexities and thoughts that are really beyond a child so young. She kept each character as realistic and vulnerable as possible, while showing the good/bad parts to each relationship and how they all move past the affair.
I could not put this book down and thought this was a perfect book for anyone that loves contemporary fiction. Their is mystery, drama, and such an authentic realness, that it almost read like a non-fiction book. It is easily the best book for me of 2012…although it won't be available until February 2013.
*I reviewed this book back in 2012. This is the post I wrote on LibraryThing, and wanted to add it here, because I ABSOLUTELY view this book as a must read, an awesome read for a book club or group discussion, and a book that will leave you with hard to forget characters!
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"Sharp and biting, and sometimes wickedly funny…Meyers writes beautifully about a formerly good marriage."
—The Boston Globe
"Meyers' complex characters feel familiar yet flawed, and this sharply woven tale demonstrates her uncanny ability to explore and illuminate the nuances of life's most thorny dilemmas."
—The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
"Meyers' carefully told story is a satisfying examination of the imperfect paths we all walk."
"The characters crackle with both intelligence and wit…Meyers' women resonate as strong, complicated and conflicted, and the writing flows effortlessly in this sweet yet sassy novel about love, women and motherhood."
—Kirkus Reviews
"Meyers has crafted an absorbing and layered drama that explores the complexities of infidelity, forgiveness, and family"
Since the release of her debut The Murderer's Daughters in 2010, international bestselling author Randy Susan Meyers has earned glowing critical praise, award nominations, and a devoted readership around the globe for her thought-provoking, emotionally-resonant novels.
Now available in an affordable paperback format, Meyers returns with her bestselling second novel, THE COMFORT OF LIES (Washington Square Press/Atria Books; On-sale: January 28, 2014; $16.00), a richly textured story that explores the complications of love and collateral damage of infidelity, as well as universal themes of motherhood, identity, trust, and forgiveness.
Told in alternating points of view, THE COMFORT OF LIES reveals the darkest and most private thoughts of three very different women all connected to a five-year-old girl: Tia, the birth mother; Caroline, the adopted mother; and Juliette, the wife of the birth father. The year their lives collide, the women must confront their choices while discovering sobering truths about their relationships and most importantly, themselves.
Five years ago, Tia fell into obsessive love with a man she could never have. A married man and a father, Nathan was unavailable in every way. When she became pregnant, he disappeared and Tia gave the baby up for adoption. Five years later, she struggles with the decision and yearns to connect with her daughter—and her former lover.
Caroline, a dedicated pathologist, had always been a bit ambivalent about motherhood, much preferring the freedom of her childless, work-addicted lifestyle, but attempting to please her husband, she agreed to adopt, hoping her misgivings would disappear. However after five years, she's questioning whether or not she's really cut out for a domestic life.
Juliette thought she had it all—a loving husband, two healthy sons, and a successful business. Then she discovered Nathan's affair. He promised he'd never stray again and she trusted him. Five years later, when Juliette intercepts a letter meant for Nathan containing photos of his daughter, her world crumbles, again. How could he keep this from her? What else is he hiding? Most importantly, how could he deny his daughter?
Desperate for the truth, Juliette goes in search of the little girl. Her quest leads her first to Caroline, then Tia, and before long, the women are on a collision course with consequences none of them could have predicted.
THE COMFORT OF LIES: A Novel
By Randy Susan Meyers
Washington Square Press/Atria Books || January 28, 2014 || $16.00 || Paperback
I was born in Brooklyn, New York, where I quickly moved from playing with dolls to incessantly reading, spending most of my time at the Kensington Branch Library. Early on I developed a penchant for books rooted in social issues, my early favorites being Karen and The Family Nobody Wanted. Shortly I moved onto Jubilee and The Diary of Anne Frank.
My dreams of justice simmered at the fantastically broadminded Camp Mikan, where I went from camper to counselor, culminating in a high point when (with the help of my strongly Brooklyn-accented singing voice), I landed the role of Adelaide in the staff production of Guys and Dolls.
Soon I was ready to change the world, starting with my protests at Tilden High and City College of New York . . .. . . until I left to pursue the dream in Berkeley, California, where I supported myself by selling candy, nuts, and ice cream in Bartons of San Francisco. Then, world weary at too tender an age, I returned to New York, married, and traded demonstrations for diapers.
While raising two daughters, I tended bar, co-authored a nonfiction book on parenting, ran a summer camp, and (in my all-time favorite job, other than writing) helped resurrect and run a community center.
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It's Time to Clear My Book Shelf Out!! 13 Books to 1 Winner!!!
This hop features books that need a new home!
The best part about being a book blogger is receiving books from publishers and tour hosts. The second best part is giving them away!
A new year means cleaning my book shelf. I have 13 books that will be given to 1 winner. If the winner doesn't like a particular book, the winner can then decide to give it to a friend, donate it, or even turn around and offer a giveaway on their own blog (this hop isn't limited to just bloggers).
All of these books are ARCs or finished copies, given to me this past year. Some books have been read, others I didn't get a chance to read or weren't in the genres I typically read.
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Have you missed me???
It seems since Thanksgiving, I've either been sick or caught up in massive paperwork!!! With my son graduating this year, I have been so busy with filling out college applications, going on campus tours, notarizing forms, getting paperwork ready, and the list just goes on. I've also been busy finding and applying for scholarships for my son, so books have definitely been on the back burner for me.
Last month, I held a book giveaway for Justin Kramon's, The Preservationist. It's an excellent book and I absolutely loved the interview he gave us! Anne, from New Mexico, was randomly selected to receive the book! Congratulations, Anne!!
Don't forget to enter this month's giveaway! Click on Joshilyn Jackson's book, above, and fill out the comment form. Giveaway ends December 28, 2013.
Have a great weekend!!
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She Reads November Book Month Pick: Review & Giveaway-Someone Else's Love Story by Joshilyn Jackson
Goodreads.com Synopsis:
At twenty-one, Shandi Pierce is juggling finishing college, raising her delightful three-year-old genius son Natty, and keeping the peace between her eternally warring, long-divorced Catholic mother and Jewish father. She's got enough complications without getting caught in the middle of a stick-up in a gas station mini-mart and falling in love with a great wall of a man named William Ashe, who willingly steps between the armed robber and her son.
Shandi doesn't know that her blond god Thor has his own complications. When he looked down the barrel of that gun he believed it was destiny: It's been one year to the day since a tragic act of physics shattered his universe. But William doesn't define destiny the way other people do. A brilliant geneticist who believes in science and numbers, destiny to him is about choice.
Now, he and Shandi are about to meet their so-called destinies head on, in a funny, charming, and poignant novel about science and miracles, secrets and truths, faith and forgiveness,; about a virgin birth, a sacrifice, and a resurrection; about falling in love, and learning that things aren't always what they seem—or what we hope they will be. It's a novel about discovering what we want and ultimately finding what we need.
My Review:
This is definitely an unusual love story-not because the love is unusual or the people, but because of how they all figure out where they each belong. I can't imagine what Shandi, a single mom, experienced being held at gunpoint. However, I imagine with any life/death situation, one quickly prioritizes what is most important, who is most important, and figures out how to answer some of the difficult questions she has.
While Shandi has her own life to figure out, William has a heart break to work through. I cannot imagine the loss of a child, in the way he experienced it. It truly moves him into a deep pit of despair and the only one brave enough to climb down to him is his best friend, Paula…until Shandi comes along with a mission.
This story is somber, a little depressing at times, simply because that is who the characters are. The way Joshilyn writes will make readers go deep inside each character and have you sit in some of the crummy parts…because it is in those dark places that beauty is found.
I enjoyed the book, which has some surprise twists at the end. P.S. Shandi is not the Virgin Mary. She is simply a young girl trying to make the events fit in her brain in a way that won't cause her to have an emotional breakdown.
*A huge thanks to the publisher for mailing me the book, and to She Reads, for letting me join them on this fantastic book club of the month!
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Author Interview & Book Giveaway: The Preservationist by Justin Kramon
I had the opportunity read and review this book for TLC Book Tours. Justin was kind enough to take some time out of his busy schedule to answer some questions that readers will love knowing more about: Justin's writing and how the story and characters were created. Before we dive into his questions/answers, take a look at his book trailer for, The Preservationist.
Author Bio: Justin Kramon is the author of the novels Finny (Random House, 2010) and The Preservationist (Pegasus, 2013). A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he has received honors from the Michener-Copernicus Society of America, Best American Short Stories, the Hawthornden International Writers' Fellowship, and the Bogliasco Foundation. He lives in Philadelphia.
Interview Questions:
1. As a mom of a young writer, I know the importance of being a supporter to my son's dream. Who has been your greatest supporter and encourager? How are you most supported?
That's great that you're supportive of your son's writing. It makes a huge difference, and I imagine it must be scary for a parent to know that your child wants to be a writer. It's like telling your parents that you dream of being a professional hula-hoop twirler, in that there's a very small and specific market for what you're doing, and you hope and have faith it'll stick around, but you never really know. So I admire parents who take that leap of faith.
I've been lucky to have a family who has supported my writing — my wife, parents, sister, others. That helps a lot. Teachers and other writers have encouraged me, and that has made a huge difference at certain times. I probably wouldn't still be writing if not for certain of these people, my wife in particular.
But the other thing about writing is that, ultimately, you're alone. At some point, you close the door and no one is in front of the computer but you. And if you don't want to do it, no one is making you. The world doesn't care that much whether you do it or not. So something has to come from within you, some pushback against all the pressures not to do it. I'm not sure where that comes from, but I feel lucky when it happens.
2. Do you have a favorite book that you've most identified with or had the most impact?
Maybe not a favorite book, but the first writer who really spoke to me was Alice Munro. I started reading her in college, and I remember reading one of her very early stories, "Thanks for the Ride," a story I'm guessing she wouldn't think very much of anymore, but reading it was the first time I started thinking seriously about writing. It wasn't that I thought I could ever write like Alice Munro, but that I wasn't aware until then that there was a place in books for the types of feelings and small moments she writes about. I just couldn't believe that these ideas were in a book.
Then, later on, I started reading those bigger, wilder, insanely wise and beautiful stories from the middle of her career — books like Open Secrets, The Progress of Love, Friend of my Youth — and again she blew me away, particularly by how she handled time, which I think is such an important part of writing. I was very affected by how she moved backward and forward in time, which was something I hadn't seen before, and it made me realize the potential stories had to capture time passing, which is a very moving thing, I think.
3. I've always heard the saying, "write what you know". So, with that in mind- was there a character or experience you most identified with in The Preservationist?
I've heard that saying a lot also, and it's always made me nervous. I just don't feel like I know very much. I'm good at ducking out of the way whenever anyone asks a factual question. I always took that saying to mean that because of your life experience, you have this collection of facts and details that you can and should draw from, but steer clear of the stuff you don't know about. The problem is, I think one of the big reasons people write fiction is precisely to get to the stuff they don't know about. So it's a little bit of a dilemma.
I've come to take that idea — "Write what you know" — in a very broad sense, which is that there's a set of universal feelings we all tap into in our lives, and everyone comes to know at least some of them in the course of a life, and the ones you know are the ones you try to write about. They're the things that people relate to in your writing.
In The Preservationist, even though it's a thriller, the underlying feelings all the characters are dealing with relate to loss. Each of the three main characters — Sam, Julia, Marcus — has a different approach to loss, and it seems to keep their heads above water, but then in the course of the novel they find themselves starting to go under. Everyone in the world experiences loss — it's the fundamental thing about being in the world — so I was interested in exploring some of the feelings and ideas I had about that. What's great about a novel is that you can give those sets of thoughts to characters who might take them to a much greater and more destructive extreme than you ever would.
4. A huge part of the storyline is taking the reader inside the mind of a serial killer. How did you balance writing the vulnerable side to a mad man, while also showing the madness and scary side? Was he based on any particular real life person? If so, who and how was that person helpful in the creation of that character?
This was one of the big draws and most interesting parts of writing the book. I was influenced by books like The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Collector, and Felicia's Journey. Those books present the criminal or violent mind on level ground with all the other characters in the story. In other words, the book itself doesn't tell you who is the "good guy" or the "bad guy," but presents each character's world with equal intensity and detail, and allows a murderer to think of things like what he'll have for lunch, and how nice his childhood house used to be.
That was what I really wanted to do in The Preservationist, to present all the characters with equal sympathy. The fact that one is a killer creates an interesting tension for a reader, hopefully, because you're curious to know more about this person whom you normally wouldn't get within a mile of, and you might even start to feel for him a little bit. That's the strange magic a book can work, and that discomfort is a thing that can be fun to experience as a reader.
I didn't base the killer on any real person. I just tried to think hard about what kind of cocktail of genes and experiences in the world would create a mindset where killing was possible or even acceptable. But I always wanted those violent impulses to grow out of gentler, more sympathetic, more human ones.
5. One of the most identifiable characters in the story was Julia. Perhaps because everyone has either been a loner at one time or another, or knew of the school loner on campus. What do you think made her so vulnerable and kept her in situations that were at times, quite dangerous?
It's interesting that you mention this, because I'm not sure if all my readers identify most with Julia. She's a difficult person, in a lot of ways, and I'm not sure she's that likeable immediately. Although she had a kind of quirky sense of humor I enjoyed working with in the book. But I'm really glad to hear that you felt for her, and for her loneliness, because that's something I hoped would come through — even though it was tough, because Julia works hard to shield her emotions from everyone, including herself.
My sense of her is that there's a chaos under the surface. Maybe that's often true with people who seem very reserved, that there's a fear about what would happen if they lose that reserve. Because of the tragedy Julia faced shortly before the book starts, as well as her insecurity and a lot of childhood stuff she's carrying around, I get the sense that she's barely, barely functional, that underneath her quick jokes her thoughts are creating a huge and frightening mess. To my mind, that's why her judgment is very poor at times. Through a lot of the book, it's almost like she's looking for a place to hide, or a place where she can erase herself.
6. Computer or paper? When writing, do you use the good ole' fashioned notepad or do you use modern technology and use the computer?
I spend a lot of time first writing in a notebook about the characters, with no story or plot in mind, just trying to get to know them. Then I move to the computer once I want to start forming the plot, but I use all the weird stuff I write in the notebooks as a kind of basis for everything the characters do or say. There's a ton of material in the notebooks that never gets into the novel, but my hope is that the novel will feel like the tip of the iceberg, with a very substantial portion just below the surface.
7. What advice or suggestions would you give to a student wanting to pursue writing?
I think everyone forges her or his own path through it, so my first suggestion would be to not take too much advice, and figure out what works for you and what doesn't. You gather that stuff over the years, from teachers or other writers or things you read. For me, reading was and is the most important teacher. It familiarizes you with the landscape of fiction, of what's out there and what's possible. And it also helps build the techniques you have to tell the stories you want to tell. Reading a great book is the most inspiring thing to me, as far as writing goes.
I guess one other thing I'd mention, maybe because your son is so interested in writing, is that it helps to take the long view, as much as is possible. For most of the writers I've met who have created truly outstanding books, there was a lot of struggling, a lot of doubt, and a certain amount of failure that came before the book they wanted to write. But those difficulties actually became part of the process of creating that book, and in fact the book couldn't have been created without the difficulty. So it seems that the easy or immediate success isn't necessarily the best thing for a writer, and that the writers who keep writing find something to love in the process, not just the end result.
A HUGE thank-you to Justin for taking the time to answer my questions! I absolutely loved you sharing advice that I can pass on to my son, who is graduating high school this year!! It is my belief that everyone will be able to learn something new or gain a new perspective in the world of writing, while also getting some interesting tidbits, in the making of some fantastic characters.
As a thank-you to all my blog readers: Justin's book, The Preservationist, is being offered as a giveaway!
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Come meet Mark Twain. OK, true, the humorist has been dead for more years than we care to remember, and not many of us around today were alive to hear what he sounded like. But Hal Holbrook is so spectacular in his one-man performance that you could swear you were listening to Twain himself. The gravelly voice, the lined face, the slow shuffle, and cigar-induced throat clearings seem so natural that you'll have difficulty recognizing Holbrook beneath the white suit, the gray hair, and the handlebar mustache. Mark Twain Tonight! began as a Broadway show in the 1960s and was filmed as a CBS special in 1967. Yet you'd never know it, because the humor, which is more than a century old, is still laugh-out-loud funny today. Twain--I mean, Holbrook--gives a monologue that is rambling, intelligent, and humorous as he culls together commentary from a variety of Twain sources. From dachshund hounds, politics, and patriotism to cigar smoking, memory loss, and religion, this 90-minute video leaps from subject to subject as we're entertained by material that's as fresh today as it was when it was written in the 1800s. --Jenny Brown
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Wallace Roney earned the admiration and respect of his colleagues and his elders since age 16. He has been an integral part of the band with Tony Williams, Ornette Coleman, Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Walter Davis Jr., Herbie Hancock, Jay McShann, David Murray, McCoy Tyner, Sonny Rollins, Curtis Fuller, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Dizzy Gillespie to name a few. Continue Reading →
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Black Stars of The Great White Way At Carnegie Hall
On Monday, June 23, at 8:00 PM, Chapman Roberts (Choral Director/arranger-Five Guys Name Moe and Smokey Joe's Café) and Norm Lewis (Phantom, Phantom of the Opera and the TV series, Scandal), will realize their vision to pay tribute to the contributions and influence of African American men on Broadway and at Carnegie Hall for the past 100 years. Continue Reading →
Harlem's Claude Jay Performs In 'Black Stars of the Great White Way' At Carnegie Hall
Harlem World Magazine Arts and Culture writer Claude Jay will perform at the Carnegie Hall celebration of the 'Black Stars of the Great White Way' at 8 pm, on June 3=23rd, 2014. Continue Reading →
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Ohio State Marching Band's Halftime Salute To Video Games
- Written by The Nacireman and Royal Nonesuch on Tuesday, October 09 2012 and posted in News with Benefits
Ohio State saluted video games with a halftime show with music from Super Mario, Tetris, and others.
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The Ohio State University Marching Band let their inner geek out this past weekend as it celebrated one the greatest parts of college life...wasting time playing video games instead of studying. The Band thrilled the crowd during halftime at last Saturday's game against Nebraska by marching in formations that paid tribute to landmark video games of the past (and, by including Halo, games of the present).
It's an impressive bit of marching and musicianship that highlights the most iconic symbols and themes of such games as Space Invaders, Pokemon, Super Mario Bros, and others.
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Jet Car Stunts is now available for Xbox Live Arcade and soon will be making its way to the PlayStation Network.
Last week Capcom announced that Resident Evil Revelations 2 will be coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One and Xbox 360. This week they announced when it will be released and the price(s).
If there's one thing I hate doing its making dinner and spending money. There's nothing more upsetting than finding out a game that you thought was on one console all of a sudden jumps only to another console. That I get. But a game going multiplatform? Why is this a bad thing?
This week on the Paranerds Podcast, Kevin got married, broke his PlayStation 3 and watched The Amazing Spider-Man 2 again but still feels like the movie isn't that great. They also speak about Batman: Arkham Origins, Turtle Tale, Dark Lands, Lego Lord of the Rings, Silent Hill 2, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3DS, Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories and Jet Car Stunts along with news and new releases. The two then go over the Top Ten Games That Should be Announced at E3 2014 (but most likely won't) and Xbox removing Kinect.
Today The Evil Within release dates have been announced along with a pre-order incentive.
10 Failings Which Ruined Bioshock Infinite: Burial At Sea
A warning to all about to read this article: There will be spoilers. Lots and lots of spoilers as this is going to be discussing the whole damn Bioshock saga from beginning to end. If you've yet to play any of the games, this is one you might want to skip.
Seen by many as a love letter to the fans, Bioshock Infinite: Burial At Sea served as a final tribute to the worlds of Rapture and Columbia. Along with a return of many characters, it offered the player an opportunity to witness events otherwise unseen in any previous titles. To see Rapture in a time when it was relatively stable, to speak with Atlas (or Fontaine if you prefer) when he was leading his revolution or to explore Fink Industries when it had been overrun by the Vox Populi.
The issue is that, for all of this, you only needed to scratch the surface to see the many problems Burial At Sea caused. In the name of fan-service, this love letter managed to utterly wreck the stories of both worlds and cause no end of continuity issues and narrative failings. Nearly all of these served only to mix up the games' messages and dilute what was once a very strong story.
So, here's ten failings which ultimately ruined Bioshock Infinite: Burial At Sea.
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Aided by a $260,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Poets House and the Poetry Society of America (PSA), two nonprofit literary organizations based in New York City, recently partnered to establish Branching Out: Poetry in the Twentieth Century. The new initiative will bring distinguished poets to public libraries in Fresno, Houston, Milwaukee, New Orleans, and Kansas City, Missouri, over the next two years, to give informal talks on contemporary and classic poets.
Launched during April's National Poetry Month, Branching Out continues this month with Eavan Boland, visiting Fresno on May 17 to talk about W.B. Yeats, followed by Eamon Grennan discussing Emily Dickinson in Kansas City on May 21. On June 1, former poet laureate Robert Pinsky will talk about Robert Frost and William Carlos Williams in New Orleans. Other participating poets include Paul Muldoon, Susan Stewart, Carl Phillips, Mary Jo Salter, and Adam Zagajewski.
Branching Out is an extension of Poets House's Poetry in the Branches, a program that began in 1994 and offers resources, training, and consulting to librarians in order to integrate poetry into New York public libraries. PSA's contribution to Branching Out has been to expand a program of its own: Poetry in Motion, which was launched in 1992 and places posters featuring poems in the spaces usually reserved for advertisements in subway cars and buses in over a dozen cities across the country. For Branching Out, PSA will install posters with poems by both the participating poet and the subject, along with information about the event, in the participating cities.
PSA also designed a Web site for Branching Out, while both organizations have contributed content. Visitors can find schedule information as well as biographical material about the poets involved. The result, says Lee Briccetti, executive director of Poets House, is a "much more integrated poetry experience" for the host cities.
"Much of our programming has a natural kinship," says PSA executive director Alice Quinn of the partnership. "We just separately felt that both organizations are interested in education but don't specialize in that, and so the avenues we had—libraries, buses—could be combined."
So far the partnership has worked well for both organizations. "They seem to be working pretty seamlessly together," says poet Vijay Seshadri, who kicked off the program on April 4 with a talk on Elizabeth Bishop in Fresno. "I don't sense two organizations here, but one, probably because of the competence and unfussiness of everyone involved." Like all of the presentations, Seshadri's talk on Bishop was tailored for a general audience and focused on the poet's "visionary quality," using her biography and ambitions as starting points.
Edward Hirsh, who talked about Federico García Lorca in Houston on April 13 and will travel to Fresno for another presentation on the Spanish poet this summer, says the nonacademic format is an important element of the program. "My talk will have to be accurate in a scholarly way, but it is not for scholars. There's a passionate immediacy that only a poet can bring," he says.
Founded in 1985, Poets House is a literary center and poetry archive that sponsors various events in New York City. PSA is a 95-year-old membership organization that sponsors a series of national awards. For more information about Branching Out, visit the Web site at www.poetrybranchingout.org.
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When Muffet's Squad faces defending national champion Tennessee in the Sweet 16 Sunday, South Bend St. Joseph's High School will be well represented.
Former teammates Melissa Lechlitner (Notre Dame) and Sydney Smallbone (Tennessee) will be on opposite sides as both play in their first ever NCAA Sweet 16.
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CORIOLANUS screens as part of our Special Screenings section at AFI FEST 2011 presented by Audi!
In his directing debut, Ralph Fiennes masterfully adapts Shakespeare's gripping tragedy about power, politics and pride into a bracingly modern and urgent political thriller.
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Lou Fine was one of the more influential artists of the Golden Age, especially considering his relatively short lived career before moving on to newspaper strips and commercial art. His work exuded a realism and grace that were rare in his time, and became an inspiration to many masters who followed, including from the school of art I trained in. His name was a household word at Continuity of the late '70s. His exquisite compositions and sensitive drawing were a delight to study and become lost in. Aside from our short lived careers in comics, Fine and I also shared a slight polio affliction. Newest addition to Portraits of the Creators Sketchbook.
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