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I have to say that it has been over a year since I've written a blog post. Since I last wrote, I have been overwhelmingly happy with my new life as an adoptive mom. Baby Jay, my son, is now 20 months old and I have to say that I have enjoyed every second of being his one of his moms. And I have never been happier ( or my sleep deprived) in my life.
Even though I feel very overwhelmed juggling my job and motherhood, I decided to hop on this book tour when I heard about Found, A Memoir by Jennifer Lauck. As a relatively new adoptive mom, I have a lot of anxiety about how my son will react and– later– process the fact that he is adopted. So the idea of reading a memoir by an adult adoptee and sharing this experience with other bloggers was very compelling.
I want to pause for just a moment to thank Lori Lavender Luz for organizing this tour with such grace and professionalism and I want to also thank all of you for stopping by. My only hope is that I, as a rusty blogger, who just finished dusting off her keyboard, can do this tour justice.
Overall, Found was a very difficult read for me. Jennifer is a brilliant writer who doesn't sugar coat her truth. I experienced her as very brave writer, fearless, in fact. And that is what scared the crap of out me. Her story is a painful one and, for me, that reality coupled with her perspective on adoption as an adoptee made this a tough but very worthwhile read.
Okay, here are my three questions and answers.
1. Do you feel that presenting connection with the birth mother as a necessity is upsetting for those adoptee's who are not able to meet their mother because she is deceased?
I imagine that they way that Jennifer deal's with her connection to her birth mother would be upsetting for many people involved in the adoption triad. I do imagine that many adoptees who cannot meet their birth moms would be devastated upon learning of their birth moms death, but I also imagine that that pain of separation would be there anyway. I also think that people who have closed adoptions may be disturbed by this. But, on the other hand, I think that they may find solace in Lauck's book because, sometimes when faced with brutal honesty, one can find liberation and, ultimately, peace.
As I said before, I appreciate Lauck's honesty, but it doesn't make her story any easier to read.
As an adoptive mom, it's tough to think that my son may be disturbed to learn that he is adopted. In an effort to establish a connection with his birth mom, I have a "social network" relationship with his birth mother, who is somewhat reluctant to stay in contact with us. I send her pictures every six months, and she responds, on occasion, but she has yet to agree to see him. I am very worried about that. I fear that she will never come around and that he will feel rejected by her. I fear that she may pass away before he gets to meet her. I fear the unknown.
So that the book only added to my anxieties.
2. On pp 17-18, Jennifer talks about a baby searching for her mother after being born. How did this sensory-rich passage strike you? What thoughts did it trigger about the role you play in adoption?
First let me say that I though that her descriptions in this passage were really beautiful. And as I was reading it, for a moment, I forgot that I was an adoptive mom, and I became a child, searching for my mother's breast. And I harkened back to the connection that I felt with my own mother, who has now passed, and I felt a familiarity, a sisterhood, and a genuine appreciation for Lauck's skill as a writer and her empathy as a woman.
But then there was a moment, when I snapped out of all of that, and I felt completely inadequate as a woman, as an adoptive mom, and it made me sad. Having tried to get pregnant for three years, I sometimes, feel like I missed out on a very important life experience. And even though I have mourned that loss, passages like the one on 17-18 in Lauck's book do cut through my flesh.
For example, Lauck writes:
"What is not commonly known–although it is common sense–is that within moments of separation from the mother, a newborn will experience outrage, panic, and eventually terror. Within forty-five minutes, studies show a baby will go into shock and lose consciousness. Once the baby awakens, she will use her senses to search for her mother again and if the mother isn't there, the baby goes through the same process(p. 18)."
And then I thought about my son and his birth experience, which I missed. And I hoped for him. And I hurt for him and his feelings of loss. I hope that he will be able to connect with the woman who gave birth to him, because I imagine that even though they may not "know" one another, there will be a recognition of one another on both a spiritual and molecular level that will be very important to him.
3. Especially in the beginning of the book, I couldn't decide if the author's matter-of-fact style was meant to increase the shock factor, or served as a coping mechanism. What do you think?
Obviously, I don't know that answer to this question, but it's a good one. At first, I was disturbed by her matter-of-fact style. And then, as I started to go through the book , I thought that maybe I could learn something from her. Maybe this was some of road map that I could use to deal with painful experiences. What I mean is: it is what it is.
There are certain realities that we cannot change. Even if we want to. But, nevertheless, it is important to tell the story.
Thank you, Jennifer!
To continue to the next stop of this book tour, please visit the main list at The Open Adoption Examiner .


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This well constructed home features the best view of the Whales tail in the Southern Zone! Situated 10 minutes above Uvita, This 3000 sf home has a pool and large deck with outdoor shower and gas BBQ. The home comes fully furnished with Stove/Oven, Dishwasher, Fridge/ Freezer, Washer/ Dryer, Disposal, Jacuzzi, Gravity Feed water system with UV Filtration, Backup Generator, Solar and Electric Hot Water.
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State legislators representing Lucas, Wood, Ottawa, and Sandusky counties expressed their opposition to House Bill 51, which renames the Ohio Turnpike Commission as the Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commision and authorizes the commission to issue $1.5 billion in revenue bonds to fund infrastructure projects.
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State Representative Tim Brown (R - Bowling Green) said businesses and residents of northern Ohio would bear the brunt of paying the debt.
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1. Writers just want to be read.
I recently heard a young woman at a party say that writers don't mind when their books are downloaded for free on the internet, because "writers just want to be read."
As a working writer who pays my mortgage and buys groceries and sends my kid to summer camp with the proceeds from my books, I can tell you that this isn't true. While I do want to be read, that isn't my primary concern. My primary concern is making a living.
2. Writers don't need to be paid for their work.
Let's say you design and produce a T-shirt. Let's say you sell the T-shirts for $20 each, and with the proceeds from these T-shirts, you pay your rent, buy coffee, pay off your student loans, pay the electric bill,go to the movies, buy a beer at the corner bar, etc.
Now, you may give your shirt to a few friends in order to drum up business. That's called marketing, and it's not much different from when publishers send out review copies of books to newspapers, magazines, and influential bloggers. You're willing to give away a few shirts in the hopes that it will lead to sales.
Now, let's say a bunch of people—a thousand, two thousand, ten thousand, half a million—come to you and say, "Hey, you should give us that shirt, because we'll wear it, and when we wear your shirt, it's going to be good for you." What would you say? You'd probably turn them down. You'd probably point out that creating the shirt took time, effort, and resources. Maybe you went to university to learn the skills that went into making that shirt. Maybe you worked at McDonald's for a few dollars an hour while you were figuring out how to arrange your life in a way that would allow you to do more fulfilling work. You'd probably point out that you didn't make that shirt just to give it away. You need to sell the shirt, because that's how you make a living, and, no matter how good-looking or smart or self-contented these free-culture advocates are, the mere fact of them wearing your shirt does absolutely nothing for you. It's good for them, maybe—free shirt—but it is most definitely not good for you.
Authors make a living by selling our books. We write books that we hope will be good, books that we hope will be meaningful, but we also write books that we hope people will buy. We do not go to the store and walk out with a new pair of shoes or a new baseball bat or an ice cream cone without paying for them. We don't expect the taxi driver to drive us to the airport for free, and we don't expect the tech guy to fix our computer for free, and we don't expect the piano teacher to give our kids piano lessons for free. We understand that when a service is provided, it is good practice to pay for it. We hope that others will show us the same courtesy. When increasing numbers of readers decide they're going to get our books for free by illegally downloading them, and when increasing numbers of libraries lobby for the "right" to lend digital copies of our books to anyone, anywhere, without paying author royalties, authors don't make a living.
In an opinion piece for The New York Times, The Slow Death of the American Author, Scott Turow points to the offshore pirate sites that offer illegal downloads of copyrighted works. Google and Bing serve ads to these pirate sites, and subscribers pay a fee to download content, so both the pirates and the mega-corporations are making big money off of the books they had no role in creating. Kim dot com gets another Rolls Royce, Google tops up the multi-billion dollar coffers, and PayPal gets a huge chunk of the pie. The prize goes to the middleman. Yay for them. The only ones who aren't making money off of those books are the people who wrote them.
If I stood on a corner telling people who asked where they could buy stolen goods and collected a small fee for it, I'd be on my way to jail. And yet even while search engines sail under mottos like "Don't be evil," they do the same thing.
The only people who can legitimately say, "Authors shouldn't be paid for their books," are people who go to their job for free. I don't know many people who do that. Actually, come to think of it, I don't know any. There's been a rallying cry among certain academics and librarians who say that copyright is anti-culture, that all books should be free to all people, but I don't know a single professor or librarian who doesn't get paid to show up to the university or to the library.
Traditionally, libraries purchase a hard copy of a book, which they then lend out to their patrons. I happen to be a longtime fan of libraries and the services they provide to the community. As an author, I have accepted the fact that I only receive a royalty on the copy the library purchases, not on the lending (although in Europe, authors do receive royalties each time their books are lent). Unlimited e-book lending is an entirely different ballgame; by effectively ensuring that no reader will have any incentive to purchase an e-book, ever, it erases a huge chunk of the author's royalties.
If you happen to be a professor or librarian who believes that information, including copyrighted books, should flow freely with no compensation for the creators of that information, or that publishers should offer books to libraries for free or next to free, or that soft copyright laws are essential to democracy, I urge you to put your money where your mouth is: the next time you receive a paycheck, return it. You are just happy to be able to go to work, right? You don't do it for the money. It also bears saying that libraries need content, and the content comes from somewhere, so when libraries lobby against fair payment to authors, they are lobbying against their own existence.
3. Writers make so much money, they shouldn't mind if their books are illegally downloaded.
Advances for mid-list authors—that is, the vast majority of authors—are far from a living wage. The advance for my first book was $2,000. As I wrote the stories in the collection over a period of eight years, I wasn't exactly raking it in. My second book, which took a much more reasonable three years to write, received an even smaller advance of $1,000—or about $333 per year. My third book, which took me more than four years to write, received an advance of $25,000, as did my fourth book, which, fortunately, only took one year to write. Obviously, during those years of writing I was making a living in other ways—from working at a tanning bed salon right out of college to selling credit processing machines all over New York City to teaching. For my next two books (neither of which has been published yet), I received a much bigger advance, but this only happened after I had proved myself by turning that $25,000 advance into a book that sold nearly half a million copies.
Just for the sake of argument, let's pretend $50,000 is the average advance for a book by a midlist author (in fact, the average midlist advance is rapidly declining). Let's say the book for which you receive a $50,000 advance takes three years to write—which is fairly normal among writers. You receive your advance in increments—upon signing, upon delivery of the finished product, upon hardback publication, and upon paperback publication—so the advance is spread out not only over the years it takes to write the book, but also over the years when you are waiting for it to be published, and then waiting for the paperback release. So if it takes you three years to write the book, the advance is spread out over a period of about five years.
That makes the annual income for that book $10,000. With that, you need to pay for child care so you can write the book, pay your mortgage, buy the groceries, etc. In order to make this work, of course, you need another job, although that other job is the reason it takes you three years to write a book. It also helps to be married and to therefore be in a two-income family. If you're a trust fund baby, like most successful writers were until fairly recently, you'll be fine. (There's a reason that only independently wealthy people wrote and published books before the mid-twentieth century.)
Only after you have earned out your advance do you begin earning royalties. For a $50,000 advance, you'll have to sell close to 50,000 books to earn out the advance. If you don't earn out the advance, you don't get royalties. Also: if you don't earn out the advance, the publisher doesn't see you as a viable investment, and your next advance is a) much smaller or b) nonexistent.
The fact is, very few authors are making the big bucks. Stephen King is, of course, and so are Danielle Steele and J.K. Rowling (which is not to say that these authors are not also losing huge sums of money each year to illegal downloads), but the vast majority of authors make far less per hour than the barista at Starbucks or the person flipping those admittedly amazing burgers at In n' Out. So when you say, "If I download this book for free, it doesn't really hurt anybody," you're wrong. It hurts the person who made it.
I assume that most of the people who read this post do not illegally download books, music, or movies. But if you are a person who does that, I ask you to do one thing before you download the next book or song from a file sharing site: take a moment to visualize yourself reaching into that author's purse, or that musician's wallet, and stealing money. Are you comfortable with that image of yourself? If so, go ahead; download away.
Why this should matter to you. If you've read a good book in the past few years, if you've read a book that moved you, a book that enlarged your world-view, a book that changed you, if you have ever read a book that made you want to be a writer, then remember where that book came from: an author who lives in the same world in which you live, an author who cannot download lunch, blue jeans, or an apartment for free.


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You know you "should" meditate, bypass the elevator for the stairs, and order a salad instead of a sandwich—they're the "healthy" things to do, after all. But when you can't relax, ran that morning, and are craving bread, it's easy to think one tiny choice doesn't mean anything. However, recent research shows that some seemingly insignificant acts may have significant payoff when it comes to your physical and mental wellness, waistline, and work performance. Make these seven picks and never again worry that you did the wrong thing.
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Verizon Wireless and the stealth update
Summary: Verizon Wireless updated my HTC Thunderbolt last night. I wasn't given notice. I wasn't give a chance to opt out. Bad move Verizon Wireless.
I was awakened at 2 AM this morning when my HTC Thunderbolt rebooted itself. It appears that Verizon Wireless downloaded and installed an operating system update without asking me, without giving me any clue to what was being updated and without giving me a chance to opt out.
Could this be considered virtual breaking and entering? Can I call the police. Unfortunately no.
I've been searching the Verizon Wireless website in the hopes of finding out more about what was in this update. All I found was a page offering a sketchy PDF file containing little to no information.
My alarms were canceled. Verizon bloatware that I had stopped was re-enabled once again.
In one way, I'm fortunate that I was awakened so that I could reset the alarm.
Bad move Verizon Wireless. What was so important that you couldn't have informed me what you were doing and give me a chance to opt in?
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Ubuntu N-ONE: 'Storage war' with Dropbox et al annihilates cloud service
Dropbox Quota
Well in my case I got a 3GB bonus for using the 'Camera uploads' function when I tied my smartphone to my Dropbox account, and I got an additional 96GB from Samsung for buying a Galaxy S4. I've also grabbed the odd 500MB here and there for recommending Dropbox to other people...
I now have 123GB of storage - all free.
Blighty goes retro with 12-sided pound coin
Re: Get with the future
Well the police uniforms would certainly look fantastic, what with that great big lion on the shoulder. Oh, you're weren't talking about 2000AD were you - shame
Re: ISIS Security
Honestly?? I can't find a reference to this anywhere online, and a gaff that significant can't possibly have gone unremarked. I smell a fib...
Ad-funded mobile carrier goes titsup
Re: A worrying precedent
Not even bothering to disguise your affiliate link *again* - are you as utterly thick as shit or what!
It's not you, it's EE: UK mobile network goes titsup, blames gremlins
And you're not even bothering to disguise your affiliate link *sigh*
Huawei to gift underground coverage to London
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
If you don't think people want to have screaming rows over the phone on buses, you obviously aren't in the right part of the country... god knows what it's going to be like on the tube. The Central line is already deafening - I guarantee you that you'll hear people bellowing into their phones when this service starts up.
That's my coat - the one with the P90 and four full magazines in the pocket.
Nokia Booklet 3G
How much?
£650 when I can get a similarly specced model for under £300?? And also a HDMI port on a netbook? Why?
They way they're going, Nokia are going to be as long-lived as Saab...
The Googlephone - there's more where that came from
I don't get it...
I don't understand the hype around this - it's just another HTC Android phone.
It's no cheaper than existing unlocked phones and I understand that you'll be able to get it cheap/free with Vodafone when it comes out in the UK. So what? Ok, it's slightly better spec than my existing HTC G2, and it runs version 2.1, but I don't see this as groundbreaking. And here's me thinking we were on the verge of a £100 unlocked phone with some associated ad model that you could then use with any carrier you liked... colour me absolutely unimpressed :\
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Mixed: 3 out of 42
Negative: 0 out of 42
May 5, 2011Crysis 2 meets and exceeds all my expectations as a sequel and a next-gen shooter.
Mar 24, 2011The long and diverse single player campaign is only faulted by a too simple IA, but the technical achievements Crytek was able to get will probably make up for it for most of the gamers. Add to all of this, the complex and satisfactory multiplayer and what you'll get is one of the best FPS around, both on consoles and PC.
Mar 22, 2011Fantastic visuals, fast combat and clever nanosuit mechanics more than compensate for some linear leveldesign, a mediocre story and unvaried enemy design. It's not as good as the first game in the series, but it's a great shooter nonetheless.
Apr 6, 2011Crysis 2 feels like a much more refined version of the first game. The plot isn't amazing, but it's much better than the first game, and the pacing is well done.
Mar 23, 2011The wow factor is undercut by some AI and multiplayer oddities. But while the lows are inescapable, the highs are intense, and the more you play, the more extraordinary they become.
Apr 18, 2011A tighter, louder and gaudier journey than the first, but the core sandbox gameplay still manages to occasionally shine through. It's also the best looking game the PC has ever seen. [May 2011, p.72]
Score distribution:
Positive: 234 out of 421
Mixed: 67 out of 421
Negative: 120 out of 421
Mar 22, 2011Just like its predecessor, Crysis provides both a unique and engaging premise for its campaign and top-notch graphics that once again raises the graphical benchmark for gaming. Well, kind of. It may not appear as instantly striking in terms of awesomness the original did with its lush, tropical setting but it's in the finer details and when things really escalate in the single player that will blow your mind. The sheer 'destructional' splendour of New York under alien siege has to be seen and played to behold. Seeing screenshots and a few gameplay trailers does not do it justice unless you're sitting there, at your desktop, plugged into your HDTV or whatever, with full surround-sound and maybe even 3D, escaping a sinking sub yourself. This being said, graphics don't make a game. And with such refined gameplay, it sure as hell doesn't make Crysis 2.
For the core gameplay of Crysis 2, I was initially disappointed about the nanosuit's powers being reduced to stealth and armour. That quickly changed, however. Having a button for each made switching between the two far more fluid than Crysis 1. On top of this, it adds a lovely twist and breath of fresh air to what is essentially your typical combat multiplayer affair. That being said, it is a step down from the large scale frantic antics of the original. But it's this added layer of depth to the tried and tested 'CoD-style' multiplayer offering that lends it an advantage.
But it was the single-player, like its predecessor, I bought it for. The original garnered some criticism to its rather basic plot, but having never seen it done so well, or in a videogame for that matter, it didn't hinder the experience one bit. Crysis 2, however, propels the Crysis universe onto a whole new level. It's obvious a hell of a lot more thought has been put into it. It's more complex, deeper and smart and makes for infinitely more compelling game. Couple this with the unique and shockingly-real depiction of an apocalyptic New York and well... I can't even begin to explain how awesome it is… Expand
Sep 21, 2013Crysis 2 beats up its sequel It has scintillating graphics, mindblowing storyline, superb in game mechanics, minority of glitches and many more things. It was a nice experience playing this kind of first person shooters. I was totally stunned with its ending( best ending everrrr of a first person shooter … Expand
Jan 11, 2012Loved the game to an extent. The graphics were amazing. The game play was great. However the game was like the first one very short (actually shorter than the first one) and the enemies in normal play were a bit too easy to defeat. Also hard to find a lot of the in game items. I would highly recommend it though be prepared for it not lasting very long. Thankfully I only spent $10 or it would have been more disapointing.… Expand
Dec 29, 2013Not even half as good as the first game. Yet it's better than a lot of other FPS games I've played.
The main thing I hate about this game is the awfully limited controls.… Expand
Nov 15, 2012This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Crysis 2 is a disappointment. It's linear and repetitive. The story is confusing. I asked to myself: Who the hell is Alcatraz? Why he is the chosen one to kill the aliens? ... At least it's graphically fantastic, and It has It's fun parts, but the repetitiveness and the linearity of Crysis 2 broke the game. The multiplayer is frustrating in this game. In multiplayer, every player is able to be invisible. Literally, in every multiplayer match the players spend 85 % of time being invisible, and killing enemies without being detected. The players use invisibility so much in a match, that can be frustrating as hell dying from an invisible enemy. Crysis 2 is average. (6.7)… Expand
Apr 7, 2011I consider my self to be a PC Gaming veteran. I have played most of the major fps titles to death. Crysis 1 is easily my favourite FPS of all time due to its longevity and challenge. The truth is, Crysis 1 is the sequel to Crysis 2. Crysis 2 is a step back 5-6 years in an embarrassing attempt to emulate the multi-million dollar success of the COD franchise. What a shame! Cryteck had something so unique and so special and they mutilated it and prostituted it into this disastrous FPS. let it be known for all. There are no 'tactical' or 'thinking mans' elements to this game play. You can literally walk through the last 5 hours without a thinking. I began to feel very angry at the lack of challenge. I was playing on the hardest setting.
Fighting the same 2 types of alien over and over and over and over again becomes totally moronic. And with just two tactical options - 'go invisible' cloak or 'go armoured' armour mode. The illusion of choice the developers offer is pathetic and condescending to a pc gamer.. This is infantile in comparison to Crysis 1. Graphics? Not that great for someone using the latest cards, no dx11 and the AA really is shoddy. It looks slightly better than an x box, but Im using a GTX 480 and an i7. I expected more from this game. i was promised much more. I feel betrayed. Many of the set pieces are recycled from Half Life 2 or Crysis 1. Nothing original.
Story: Dont even go there. Again - utterly childish and at times - bafflingly stupid. By the end, the writers completely lost the plot and it turns into an utterly predictable nonsense.
Scripted events and button pushing sequences: Cloned from COD, Boring. Golden rule - dont make a player 'watch' everything fun. I still cannot complete the game because of a bug on the ending script event. Multiplayer: Just a COD clone attempt thrown in to justify the price tag. Nothing of longevity. All the 80+ reviewers either did not complete the game or are being paid. There is no justification for 80+ due to a fundamental lack of originality. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME - you will regret it.
Shame on you cryteck. Shame on you and your work. I loved you for your genius, now I hate you for your lack of integrity.… Expand
Feb 9, 2014yes a 0. quite literally a zero. how EA continue to sell this game on PC is beyond me. like many fools i picked this up in a sale, but oh wait. i need to log in to play. hmm not working. ok lets create an account, ok those details already exist, ok hit reset password. nope. site no longer exists.
Dear EA. please do not sell games where your DRM for that game no longer actually works. you sold me a brick of a game. a game i cant even get into the main menu screen.
i bet that this game is actually great, but no. you dun goofed. please EA. please please please stop punishing us good users who want to buy your stuff. lets go for a hat trick with that worst company award shal we.… Expand
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I have been a Neil Gaiman fan since reading my first Sandman graphic novel many years ago, his book American Gods is the only reason I ever went to House on the Rock and he writes Dr. Who episodes – so enough said, I'm an fan boy. His latest work certainly doesn't hurt his legacy. The Ocean at the End of the Lane is a short book, if you get sucked in like I did you can knock it out in a night.
I loved this book. Joyland is about characters, more than anything. Granted, there are a couple ghosts, but they are incidental characters. Since it is published by Hard Case Crime, there is a murder too, but it happened before the timeframe of the book and is peripheral until near the very end, where action takes over and we find out "whodunit".
I love looking at cookbooks. Though many of the recipes have the same basic background, each cook or chef can give them a little twist to make them new again. Sometimes cookbooks are also art. There are even awards for artistic merit in cookbooks. Two recent additions to the Appleton Public Library cookbook collection fall into the "art + cookbook" niche.
The Little Miss Bronte series, part of the BabyLit book series published by Gibbs Smith, are an elegant way to introduce the youngest child to the world of classical literature. Jane Eyre is a counting primer, and counts drawings, trees, pearls, and books, with quotes interspersed, such as "this book I had again and again perused with delight".
Wuthering Heights is a weather primer, so for breezy, the quote is "the weather was sweet and warm" and for stormy we read, "the storm came rattling over the Heights in full fury."
I love Paul. I love the black-and-white, curvy casual style in which his stories are illustrated. I would learn to read French if I were to learn that the Paul stories would no longer be translated into English. I've read Rabaliati's other semi-autobiographical stories, and have enjoyed following Paul's life in Canada from his summer job as a camp counselor to moving into his first place with his fiance in the city to his becoming a father. Rabagliati adds a new dimension to Paul's story by focusing on his in-laws, with emphasis on his wife's father, Roland.
Moss Hart was an enormously successful playwright ("You Can't Take It With You," "The Man Who Came to Dinner"), screenwriter ("A Star is Born"), and stage director ("My Fair Lady," "Camelot"), but this classic memoir deals not with those masterworks, but with his beginnings. It tells the tale of his impoverished New York childhood and the steps leading to his first success, a collaboration with the legendary George S. Kaufmann. This is one of the great memoirs of the era and a must read for anyone interested in theater.
You can't stop the future,
you can't rewind the past
the only way to learn the secret
…is to press play.
I had long heard of Mary Roach's titles but never tried one. Gulp fell into my lap when a coworker heard about it and placed it on hold for me, figuring I would like it. I can see why Mary Roach's writing is so popular: she mixes great, science-y information with a fantastic sense of humor that is typically presented in tongue-in-cheek or dry asides as well as side-splitting footnotes.
Tess Delaney makes a living recovering precious artifacts and returning them to their rightful owners. Little does she know that when she reunites an heirloom necklace, stolen by the Nazis, to Annalise Winther, she has set in motion events that will turn her world on its end. Tess's story unravels on an apple orchard located in the lush and beautiful backdrop of the Sonoma Valley. It won't take long for the simple country lifestyle to begin winning over this workaholic, but will a loving family and a promising romance be enough to convince Tess to stay…?
Family. Few words evoke more emotion. In "The Burgess Boys", Elizabeth Strout introduces a trio of siblings who wear the scars of unpleasant childhood memories. Jim, Susan, and Bobby manage to keep the evidence of old wounds well hidden from each other by living relatively separate lives. There exists an obvious pecking order enhanced by sarcasm and tainted with a profound sadness permeating all areas of their lives. Change is put into motion when a nephew's unwise decision brings them together to solv
I picked this book off the shelf without knowing the back story on it. I thought it odd that is was in the fiction section, as it seemed to be a book that might be connected with Antiques Roadshow. I opened it up to a page with a wine glass that had a Women & Infants logo. Wondering what the story was behind that I started reading and found myself pulled into a story about family lies, abandonment, reunion, understanding and forgiveness. This, along with some great wine reviews. All on a single page! (Tasting Notes, by Jeff Turrentine).
Jackie Hart, transplanted to small town Florida from Boston, decides she needs to be more than just a wife and mother to three children. She creates a radio persona who has a late-night show, and soon the whole town is talking about the mysterious Miss Dreamsville.
In Carlos Ruiz Zafon's The Shadow of the Wind, a book seller takes his son Daniel to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, where he finds among its labyrinthine stacks a book by Julian Carax called The Shadow of the Wind. It's the best book he's ever read and he wants to learn more about the author and read more of his books, but he discovers that not much is known about the author and that copies of his books are notoriously difficult to find. Daniel isn't satisfied with this and endeavors to learn more.
This sweet, sweet book is aimed directly at people like me who like pretty much anything with fur, feathers, or four feet. Written by National Geographic magazine writer Jennifer Holland, it was suggested to me after a co-worker --who also has a menagerie of cats (and birds) at home-- happened upon it one day while perusing the New Books display shelves.
In my opinion, this is the best book ever written about Hollywood and the making of movies. It's the autobiography of Frank Capra, the director of such classic films as It Happened One Night, Mr.
Ahhh Spring!
I love being outside; hearing, smelling, and feeling nature. As a kid, I spent many afternoons just sitting up in "my tree." I would read or write little stories about the things I saw in the clouds. I would actually get excited when it rained in the spring so I could go searching for worms that had been flushed from their homes.
This recipe book is separated into "Savory" and "Sweet" sections, as well as an "And More" section that incorporates popcorn into meals (I have never done anything from that last section). The very beginning of the book talks a little about popping corn, including how to make your own microwave popcorn in paper lunch bags if you don't own a popper or don't like to make it on the stovetop.
Wow! This book (and audio book) are absolutely phenomenal. I will start by saying, as a rule, I never enjoy books written in verse. However, I thoroughly enjoyed this one - especially listening to the audio. Five different voice actors perform the role of two dozen passengers and crew, and even the Iceberg.
After pediatrician Andi Gordon was left stranded at the altar, she knew she needed to make a fresh start for herself. She is now the owner of one of the famed Three Sisters historic houses on Blackberry Island. Here she plans on opening her own practice and start her new life. Her house is the only one of the three houses that has been neglected, the other two have been fully restored by their devoted owners. One neighbor is Boston King, an artist who shares her house with her husband Zeke.
The transformative power of literary fiction is debated, challenged, and celebrated in "Reading Lolita in Tehran" by Azar Nafisi. A former professor of literature in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Nafisi uses prolific authors the likes of Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, and Vladimir Nabokov to connect with students coming of age during a very tumultuous time in Iran's history. The Memoir illuminates the delicate fabric that is Iran by weaving a story set against the backdrop of a revolution and subsequent war with neighboring Iraq.
In this novel Dan Simmons portrays psychic vampires in a horror genre, which he uses to illuminate real evil in this world. I read this book in 1989 when it was first published and it has stayed with me.
A mesmerizing historical novel, well-researched and carefully written, this is one of those books where you want to sit down and read it straight through, not stopping for anything.
Donald Spoto's account of the Redgraves has the feel of a readable "intellectual" soap opera, for the talented Redgraves were well known for their work in the theatre and film world but their private lives were anything but conventional. There are many instances of infidelity, divorce, dysfunctional parenting, and the insecurities that resulted from these issues.
I'm finding it difficult to begin a review of this book--this story packed into this little volume is large in scope and dense in detail. The story told is of a group of smart folks coming together as friends and being friends when one member finds evidence of life in Alpha Centauri. Another member, a Jesuit priest named Emilio Sandoz then makes a proposal to the Society of Jesus that this group travel to this other star system, find the planet these other beings live on, and go meet them.
I loved this book. It's not a happy story, but it takes you on a journey every single parent can imagine.
Dozens, if not hundreds, of biographies have been written about Winston Churchill, but none are as insightful, or as gracefully written, as this brilliant work by William Manchester. The book is in two parts: Visions of Glory, which covers the first 58 years of Churchill's life; and Alone, detailing the 1930s, when Churchill was out of government.
It is the 1950s and seventeen year old Kit Corrigan has not had an easy life. She is part of a set of triplets that were raised by their poor, Irish, immigrant father in Providence, RI. The triplets (aka The Corrigan Three) lost their mother during their birth. Kit has always had big dreams of being a performer on Broadway and after the break up of her rocky relationship with boyfriend Billy, Kit heads out to New York City with stars in her eyes. Meanwhile, Billy and Kit's brother, Jamie, enlist in the Army together and are preparing to ship off to Korea.
What do you get when a weak-willed compulsive liar marries a charming sociopath? You get Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl. This gripping mystery begins on Nick Dunne and Amy Elliott Dunne's fifth wedding anniversary, when Amy disappears. The narrative weaves between the present, as Amy's disappearance is investigated (Nick, as the husband, naturally becomes a suspect) and the past, where we see how both characters are experts at manipulating each other. It is a rare for me to enjoy a book when I don't like the characters, but this novel is an exception to that rule.
I purchased this book in the spring and it was on my "to read" shelf for months. Then, someone in my book club suggested the title and it was chosen for our October book selection. I don't know why I didn't start reading it sooner! I LOVED it! Loving Frank is a historical fiction novel based on real events. It tells the story of world-famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, and his affair with one of his clients, the also married Mamah Borthwick Cheney. The unique perspective of this book is that it is told from Mamah's point-of-view. Wright is a larger than life character.
On the night before her fifteenth birthday, Liz gets into a heated argument with her mother that ends with Liz running away from home. Laura, the anguished and guilt-ridden mother, is left sitting in their Baton Rouge home praying for Liz's quick and safe return. To pass the time, Laura decides to write her daughter a letter about her own troubled adolescence. In doing so, she hopes to give Liz insight that she does understand what she is going through.
An airplane full of teen beauty queens, on their way to the Miss Teen Dream pageant (sponsored by The Corporation), crash lands on a remote tropical island. Many of them, of course, do not survive, but never fear...Miss Texas, Taylor Rene Krystal Hawkins (don't you love it?), is there to assume the leadership role! She promptly divides the girls into two groups. The Lost Girls trek into the jungle to check out their new surroundings, while the Sparkle Ponies stay on the beach and salvage what they can from the wrecked plane.
The Immigrant Advantage recounts 7 separate cultural traditions observed by some members of immigrant groups after coming to America: the Vietnamese Money Club; the Mexican Cuarentena; South Asian Assisted Marriage; Korean and Chinese Afterschools; West Indian Multigenerational Households; Barrio Stoops, Sidewalks, and Shops; and Vietnamese Monthly Rice.
This book was sitting on my shelf at home for quite a while after I picked it up at a book sale somewhere. I quite literally had to dust it off in order to read it! I am sorry I didn't pick it up sooner because I really enjoyed it. Amy and Isabelle are a teen daughter and her single mother living in a small town in rural Maine in the 1960s. As typical mother-daughter relationships go at this age, the two cannot relate to one another at all.
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I read this book in 1980 when it was first published. From the very first chapter, the story grabs your interest. An envelope is given to a new district attorney assistant, Jennifer, to deliver to the star witness. From there the story has twists and turns. Every few years, I will read this book again. This still is my favorite Sidney Sheldon book. I am signing off now; I have to check this book out again.
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore mixes books and research with romance and friendship to make a fun, light story. Pop culture references make this book feel a bit like Ernest Cline's Ready Player One, but the prevalence of Google and ereaders ground the story in the present.
Kenneth Ray Rogers traveled a long way from roots in the "projects" of Houston Texas. He knows what it is like to eat beans and rice for dinner, father a child while a senior in high school, suffer through multiple divorces, feel guilt over estrangement of his older children, and he was downright broke when most of us would think he was living well. His is a true rags to riches story of overcoming adversity with a lot of bumps along the road. Rogers got his start performing in a high school band called The Scholars, even though the band members were all C students.
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The short version: This informative book should appeal to supporters of both wealthy job creators and 99%-ers, as well as anyone interested in current events or the way money shapes our world.
Jacob Portman loves his grandfather, who tells him fabulous stories about his childhood adventures and kids he once knew. As Jacob gets older, and his grandfather disappears on mysterious hunting trips, they start to grow apart. Jacob begins to doubt the truth of his grandfather's stories, and asks him whether they really happened. His grandfather pulls out some faded photos of childhood friends, and they are very peculiar. After this Jacob begans to doubt the truth of the stories.
I came to become a fan of Ivan Coyote through seeing videos of her telling stories. My interest in reading her first novel, Bow Grip, comes from feeling connected to her as a person through her stories. You can have this same experience easily as she's got quite a few videos embedded on her site at: http://www.ivanecoyote.com/videos
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