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2013-03-28 / Sports
Bubach captures two titles in Al Sahli Indoor Track Meet
The Strasburg Boys' and Girls' Track teams opened their 2013 campaign in the Al Sahli Indoor Invitational in Aberdeen, S.D., on March 23.
On the Girls' side, sophomore Courtney Bubach placed in four individual events, including titles in the long jump (14' 11.5") and triple jump (34' 9.5"). Bubach also finished as the runner-up in the 55-meter hurdles (:09.48), and placed third in the pole vault (8' 0").
On the Boys' side, sophomore Kendall Scherr was the lone place winner for Strasburg, as he came away with 6th place in the 400-meter dash (:59.89).
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The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) is reporting West Nile virus has been detected in mosquitoes in Norfolk County.
The WNV-postivie mosquito sample was collected on July 21st in Walpole.
Earlier this week, health officials announced that a mosquito sample infected with Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) had been identified in the town of Freetown.
"West Nile virus has come around again, as we expect it will every year" DPH State Epidemiologist Dr. Al DeMaria said in a statement. "Just take a moment to do something to protect yourself from mosquito bites by using clothing to cover up or applying bug spray. Getting rid of any accumulated water around your yard will also help keep more mosquitoes from breeding."
So far, there have been no human cases of West Nile Virus or EEE this year. There have been sixteen cases of WNV in humans during the last five years.
While WNV can infect people of all ages, people over the age of 50 are at higher risk for severe disease. WNV is usually transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito.
WNV positive mosquito results from 2009 can be found on the Arbovirus Surveillance Information web page.
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NC Cardboard Boat ChampionshipsTeams ready to sink or swim at NC Cardboard Boat ChampionshipsSubmitted by Holden Kurwicki on Fri, 06/14/2013 - 3:15pm.READ MORE:
A boat race of a different kind is happening tomorrow at Lake Waccamaw. The event shows all sorts of ships will sail even if you don't think they can hold water.
For some it leads to a smile. While it leaves others with a sinking feeling.
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Fearing further protest, the government has detained more than 100 political activists, including all those identified as separatist leaders. Three persons died during protests over the hanging, including a teenage boy killed when Indian security forces fired at protesters near Guru's village.
Two leading Kashmiri separatists, Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, in New Delhi at the time of Guru's hanging, were detained and their phones confiscated by authorities.
"The Indian state in Kashmir has dropped its mask. I am waiting for a call for a protest march and I am going to go out and join it," said Siddiq Wahid, a historian and former vice-chancellor of the Islamic University of Science and Technology here. "I fear this can take the situation back to collective confrontation."
Severe media restrictions
Amid severe restrictions on the media – newspapers could not publish for four days – mobile Internet services were withdrawn without notice and cable TV pulled off indefinitely, prompting many Kashmiri people to feel pushed to the wall without avenues to express themselves. A Kashmiri lawmaker in the region was also detained after he tried to lead a protest demonstration against the hanging.
"No Kashmiri leader is able to do anything. I am helpless and personally want to quit this dirty [pro-India] politics," the lawmaker, Abdul Rasheed, said over the phone from a police barracks where he is being kept under detention. "I will go to my supporters and explain myself as soon as I am released."
The anger and hurt is so deep that many who had started veering toward a politics of reconciliation have begun to change course.


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VfB Stuttgart 5-1 Odense BK: Match Report
Stuttgart rout OdenseStuttgart welcomed new head coach Bruno Labbadia with a comfortable home 5-1 victory over Odense to finish off Group H of the Europa League as table toppers.Timo Gebhart opened the scoring in the 20th minute for Stuttgart and Daniel Hoegh's own goal made it 2-0 three minutes after the break.Christian Gentner netted in the 65th minute and Pavel Pogrebnyak gave Stuttgart a 4-0 advantage five minutes later, before Peter Utaka scored a consolation goal for Odense, who finished bottom of the group.Ciprian Marica added a final goal for Stuttgart three minutes into stoppage time.The hosts had the first chance of the game after 13 minutes but Marica's shot from the left hit only the side netting.Stuttgart grabbed the lead seven minutes later as Christian Molinaro's cross from the left was headed by Pogrebnyak straight at Moller Christensen, who tried to chest the ball down but only succeeded in setting up Gebhart to poke home the loose ball.Odense nearly equalised after 25 minutes but Chris Sorensen's shot glanced off the outside of the left post.Stuttgart wasted a great opportunity to double the lead 12 minutes later as Marica shot over the crossbar from four yards out.The hosts remained the dominant team and had another chance two minutes after the break but Zdravko Kuzmanovic's long free kick attempt went just wide right.Stuttgart did finally make it 2-0 a minute later. Gebhart's cross from the left side was deflected into the Odense goal by Hoegh past keeper Emil Ousager.Pogrebnyak hit the side netting in the 61st minute and Marica again missed a golden chance a minute later with Ousager stopping the one-on-one attack.Stuttgart however pushed the margin to 3-0 after 65 minutes as Arthur Boka's shot was blocked by the Odense defense only to be hit home by Gentner.And the hosts made it 4-0 five minutes later with Christensen attempting to clear Pogrebnyak's shot but the backspin on the ball brought it into the goal.Utaka pulled a goal back two minutes later after beating a number of Stuttgart defenders before striking past keeper Sven Ulreich, but there was still time for Marica to make it five.
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Reading Challenge Wrap-up: Reading Challenge: R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril (RIP) IX
Tomorrow marks the official end of Carl of Stainless Steel Droppings' RIP Challenge, and since I know that I will not be finishing another read for the challenge, I decided to post my wrap-up today.
I got really into the reading challenge this year, as I'm sure you could tell from the influx of creepy books on my blog! Most of the books I read over the last two months fit into the parameters of the challenge, which is to read something sufficiently creepy in any of the following genres to set the tone for Halloween:
Dark Fantasy.
Or anything sufficiently moody that shares a kinship with the above.
I read a total of 10 books for the challenge. I'll break the list down by rating for you all.
5 star reads
- A Banquet for Hungry Ghosts by Ying Chang Compestine (review)
- Still Missing by Chevy Stevens (review)
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (review)
4 star reads
- I'll Sleep When You're Dead by E. A. Aymar (review)
- Beverly Hills Demon Slayer by Angie Fox (review)
3 star reads
- From a Buick 8 by Stephen King (review)
- Breed by Chase Novak (review)
2 star reads
- Brains: A Zombie Memoir by Robin Becker (review)
- Barely Breathing by Michael J. Kolinski (review)
- The Walking Dead: The Fall of the Governor: Part One by Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga (review)
- Favorite read: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (review)
- Least favorite read: Barely Breathing by Michael J. Kolinski (review)
- Most disturbing: Still Missing by Chevy Stevens (review)
- Most amusing: Beverly Hills Demon Slayer by Angie Fox (review)
- Most unique: A Banquet for Hungry Ghosts by Ying Chang Compestine (review)
- Biggest gross-out: From a Buick 8 by Stephen King (review)
Of these 10 reads, 3 were review copies and 3 fit into my Bottom of the TBR Pile Challenge. As for format, 4 were print, 4 were ebooks, and 2 were audiobooks. A nice distribution, I think!
The challenge really put me in the mood for Halloween. It maybe did too good of a job! I'm ready for some light-hearted romances now, people. Lol. The focused selection of reading materials really helped me take a good chunk out of my TBR pile, which I appreciated. Stay tuned in November for a return to the wide variety of reading you've come to expect here at Opinions of a Wolf!
Did you enjoy seeing me participate in the challenge? Did you participate in the challenge too? What was your favorite review I wrote for the challenge?
Book Review: Beverly Hills Demon Slayer by Angie Fox (Series, #6)
Lizzie and Dimitri are back from their honeymoon and are all moved in to their new California oceanfront home. Lizzie is loving married life, even if she has to deal with keeping her talking dog Pirate's pet dragon out of trouble. But one night someone dumps a purgatory creature on their beach, and their search for who did it and why leads Lizzie right back to two of her worst nemeses: a big bad demon and her birth father.
I was really excited to be able to get an advanced reading copy of this book, since I've been a fan of the series from book one. I also was happy to see that Fox wasn't going to stop the series just because Lizzie got married. I think more urban fantasy needs to acknowledge that you don't have to be single or have a dramatic love life in order to be bad-ass. This book demonstrates quite well that just because Lizzie got married doesn't mean that the series will stagnate.
The book's strength is its opening sequences demonstrating Lizzie's married life, as well as the first time we see the biker witches' new permanent digs. Both show that while everyone is still the characters we first met and fell for, they are also progressing and changing as their life situations change. The scenes of Lizzie and Dimitri's new married life are a pleasure to read, seeing them settled into being a partnership and Pirate accepting of the fact that he is now banned from the bedroom. It's also pretty hilarious to see them trying to hide the supernatural from their homeowner's association. Similarly, the biker witches are still quirky and funny but now they have made a real home out of a motel, including a surprisingly beautiful magical courtyard out back. These are the characters we love in new situations, and it's quite well done.
The plot is a bit meh this time around. We've seen this big bad demon multiple times before, as well as the problems with Lizzie's birth family. It feels a bit like a recycled plot, in spite of some of the finer details being different. I think it's high time Lizzie gets a new big bad to fight. Additionally, I think a lot of readers will have a problem with the direction the plot goes at the end of the book. Fox pulls up this thing that is earth-shattering to readers, and should be to the characters, but they kind of just brush it off and don't really deal with the consequences. I'm hoping that they will in the next book, but even if they do, it's still a rough plot for this book. It starts out ho-hum as something we've seen before then in the final third goes suddenly off the rails in a direction a lot of readers won't like. Kind of a difficult plot to deal with when it's wrapped in such cute characters, scenes, and overarching series developments.
For those who've read it, I seriously question the plot having Lizzie kill Pirate with such vehemence when she's possessed, only to have him brought right back to life. Now, don't get me wrong, I appreciate the idea of having Lizzie possessed after all of her loved ones were possessed by the same demon in the prior book. That's an interesting direction to go. But having Lizzie actually kill Pirate? Gut-wrenching to read. And then she faces no consequences because he is just brought back to life, and everyone instantly forgives her? It felt like Fox ripped my heart out for no reason, and then I didn't forgive Lizzie as fast as her family and friends seemed to. It was a tough ending to the book.
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The sex scenes are the perfect level of sexy and romantic. They feel just right for newlyweds but also don't overwhelm the plot. One character from a prior book is explored more in-depth, and a new character is added. I wasn't a fan of the latter, but I enjoyed the former.
Overall, this book handles its urban fantasy heroine's new married life quite well, balancing the romance with the fighting, dangers, and sexiness readers expect. Some readers may be bothered by the fact that the plot starts out feeling like a do-over of previous plots, and some may be bothered by the ending of the book. However, fans of the series should definitely pick this one up to see where Lizzie and the gang are heading, and they will be left wanting to pick up the next one as quickly as possible.
4 out of 5 stars
Source: Netgalley
Previous Books in Series:
The Accidental Demon Slayer, review
The Dangerous Book for Demon Slayers, review
A Tale of Two Demon Slayers, review
The Last of the Demon Slayers, review
My Big Fat Demon Slayer Wedding, review
Book Review: I'll Sleep When You're Dead by E. A. Aymar (Series, #1)
Tom Starks has not been the same since his wife, Renee, was brutally murdered with a baseball bat in a parking lot. He's been struggling for the last three years to raise her daughter, who he adopted when he married Renee. When Renee's killer is released after a retrial finds insufficient evidence to hold him, Tom becomes obsessed with dealing out justice himself.
I was so excited that two of my 2014 accepted review copies fit into the RIP IX reading challenge! This book's title jumped out at me immediately when it was submitted, and I had been saving it up specifically to read in the fall. I'm glad to say that this thriller does not disappoint, although it goes in a bit of a different direction than I originally anticipated. And that's a good thing.
The main character is not who you usually see from a thriller with a person seeking violent justice. He's bookish. Rather weak and simpering. Afraid of his own brother-in-law, who used to be a boxer. But he was madly in love with Renee, and so when her supposed killer is released, he becomes obsessed with making him dead. The catch is, Tom quickly figures out that maybe he's not cut out to do the killing himself, and that's where the book gets unique and interesting. I was expecting from the title and description to see a typical bad-ass main character chase down a killer around the country (or the world) and ultimately get his revenge. That is not at all the story we get, and yet, it is still thrilling. There is still violence and chase scenes, it's just they aren't the ones you usually see in a book like this. And that helps it. That helps keep the thrill level up, since it's so much harder to predict what's going to come next. Tom, with his weakness and inability to parent well, is almost an anti-hero, and yet we keep rooting for him because his grief for his wife is so powerful and relatable. It's strong characterization and plotting mixed into one.
The scenes where Tom is seen teaching The Count of Monte Cristo at the community college where he works slow the thrill down. They feel a bit too aware of themselves, with comparison between The Count of Monte Cristo and the plot in this book. Plus scenes of classroom literary analysis simply slow the thrilling plot of the book down. The one scene where it really works is one scene in which Tom is freaking out about his own life so much that he fails at teaching well. This establishes that Tom's life is starting to get out of control. Overall, though, there are just too many scenes of him teaching for a thriller.
The setting of Baltimore is interesting, and I was glad to see that it wasn't set in the more stereotypical Washington D.C. Aymar writes Baltimore beautifully. I've never been there, but I truly felt as if I was there, seeing both the run-down aspects, as well as the beauty. I often end up skimming over setting descriptions, but Aymar's drew me in.
The plot has just enough twists and turns to keep the reader guessing, but not so many that the reader feels jerked around. Also, the plot twists stay rooted in reality. I could truly see this happening in the real world, and that makes a thriller more thrilling.
Overall, this is a unique thriller, with its choice to cast the opposite of a bad-ass in the role of the main character. This grounds the typical revenge plot into reality, lends itself to more interesting, unique plot twists, and has the interesting aspect of a flawed, nearly anti-hero main character that the reader still roots for. Recommended to thriller fans looking for something different and those interested in first dipping their toe into the thriller genre.
4 out of 5 stars
Source: Kindle copy from author in exchange for my honest review
Book Review: The Walking Dead: The Fall of the Governor: Part One by Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga (Series, #3) (Audiobook narrated by Fred Berman)
In the aftermath of her rebellion attempt against The Governor, Lilly Caul is starting to see him as a man who does what it takes to protect the citizens of Woodbury. So when strangers in riot gear and prison suits underneath show up at Woodbury, she believes The Governor that they're out to get their supplies and that the woman, unprovoked, bit his ear. But not everyone believes The Governor, and The Governor starts to think he can use the doubters to his advantage.
This non-graphic novel series telling the backstory of the big bad villain of the graphic novel Walking Dead series started off incredibly strong but, unfortunately, each new entry in the series gets worse and worse. Instead of lending new light to the backstory of The Governor and Woodbury, this entry retells scenes readers of the graphic novel have already seen, simply from The Governor and other residents of Woodbury's perspectives.
While I understand that some things readers of the graphic novel series already know may need to be briefly mentioned again for those who are only reading the print books, a sizable portion of this book features scenes already told once in the graphic novels. Many of these scenes were disturbing enough in the graphic novels, such as the scene in which Michonne is repeatedly raped and beaten by The Governor. Retelling them from the perspective of The Governor just felt unnecessary and was frankly difficult to listen to. It would have been better to have left out showing that scene again and instead showed the, well-told and well-done scene of The Governor after her rapes Michonne back in his apartment where he tries to rationalize his behavior. This lends new insight into the character without forcing the readers to, essentially, re-read.
The characterization of Lilly Caul continued to bother me. First she hates The Governor and leads a rebellion, then turns right around and becomes loyal to him? What? This makes zero sense and is never fleshed out enough to make sense. Similarly, how she handles one particular plot development feels like lazy, cliched writing of women, which bothered me.
Speaking of writing of women, while I understand that the third person narration is supposed to simultaneously be from an evil guy's perspective, how the narrator talked about Michonne really bothered me. We are constantly reminded that she is black. She is never just "the woman" she is always "the black woman" or "the dark woman." Her dreadlocks are mentioned constantly. Whereas white characters, Latino characters, and male characters are referred to once with descriptors about how they look, her looks are constantly described. I understand looks need to be described periodically, but this is far too heavy-handed and in such a way that it feels like the narrator feels it necessary to constantly remind the reader that she is "other" and "different from us." Worse, she is also referred to as a "creature," etc…, particularly during her rape scenes. I never felt Michonne was mishandled in the graphic novels. She's a bad-ass woman who just happens to be black in the graphic novels. Here, though, the descriptions of her feel like they are exoticized, which feels entirely wrong for a book in which we mostly just see her being raped. She is depicted so animalistically, it made my stomach turn. Even when she is among her friends, the narrator feels it necessary to constantly refer to her otherness.
So what's done well in this book? The scenes where we finally learn how the double-cross happens and see it plotted and carried out from the bad guys' perspective is chilling and enlightening. It's also really nice to get to actually see the scene where Michonne beats the crap out of The Governor. If other scenes had been left out, the characterization of Lilly Caul and descriptions of Michonne handled better, and the whole book tightened up (and probably part two included here), it could have been a strong book.
Overall, fans of the series will be disappointed by the repetition of scenes they've already seen and the overall shortness and lack of new information in this book. Some may be bothered both by how Michonne is presented in this book, far differently from how she is in the graphic novel series, as well as by seeing some of the rapes from The Governor's perspective. Recommended to hard-core fans who feel they need to complete reading the companion series to the graphic novels.
2 out of 5 stars
Source: Audible
Previous Books in Series:
The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor, review
The Walking Dead: The Road to Woodbury, review
Reading Challenge: R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril (RIP) IX
Hello my lovely readers! Many book bloggers are already familiar with Carl of Stainless Steel Droppings' RIP Challenge. For those who aren't familiar, it's a reading challenge, covering the months of September and October, during which you read delightfully creepy / horror books to go along with the feelings of fall. The books can be in any of the following genres:
Dark Fantasy.
Or anything sufficiently moody that shares a kinship with the above.
There are multiple different ways to participate, including reading short stories and watching movies, plus there's now a readalong you can participate in. I've participated twice before purely in the book reading portion of the challenge, and that's what I'm going to be doing again. I'll be doing Peril the First, for which you read four books that broadly fit in any of the categories above.
Books I already own that I could select for the challenge are listed below. I'd love to hear from you in the comments if there's one you'd particularly like to recommend to me from my list!
- A Banquet for Hungry Ghosts by Ying Chang Compestine
- Barely Breathing by Michael J. Kolinski
- Beverly Hills Demon Slayer by Angie Fox
- Brains: A Zombie Memoir by Robin Becker
- Breed by Chase Novak
- Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King
- Deadtown by Nancy Holzner
- Disclosure by Michael Crichton
- From a Buick 8 by Stephen King
- I'll Sleep When You're Dead by E. A. Aymar
- The Keep by Paul F. Wilson
- The Kitchen Witch by Annette Blair
- Nightmare Fuel: Volume 1 by Bliss Morgan
- The Shimmer by David Morrell
- Smokin' Six Shooter by B. J. Daniels
- A Spell of Winter by Helen Dunmore
- State of Decay by James Knapp
- Still Missing by Chevy Stevens
- The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan
- Tales of the Chtulhu Mythos by H. P. Lovecraft
- Unshapely Things by Mark Del Franco
- The Veiled Mirror: The Story of Prince Vlad Dracula's Lost Love by Christine Frost
- The Walking Dead, Volume 16 by Robert Kirkman
- Wanted Woman by B. J. Daniels
I think I should be able to find four books from a list that large, don't you?
PS If anyone is doing the short story challenge, I have two short stories published that fit within the parameters (and are free!). Also, my published novel fits into the challenge too. Check them all out on my publications page.
Book Review: The Drowning Girl by Caitlin R. Kiernan (Audiobook narrated by Suzy Jackson)
India Morgan Phelps, Imp to her friends, is sure that there were two different Eva Cannings who came into her life and changed her world. And one of them was a mermaid (or perhaps a siren?) and the other was a werewolf. But Imp's ex-girlfriend, Abalyn, insists that no, there was only ever one Eva Canning, and she definitely wasn't a mermaid or a werewolf. Dr. Ogilvy wants Imp to figure out for herself what actually happened. But that's awfully hard when you have schizophrenia.
I'd heard that this book was a chilling mystery featuring GLBTQ characters and mental illness. When I discovered it on Audible with an appealing-sounding narrator, I knew what I was listening to next. This book is an engaging mystery that also eloquently captures the experience of having a mental illness that makes you question yourself and what you know while simultaneously giving a realistic glance into the queer community.
Imp is an unreliable first person narrator, and she fully admits this from the beginning. She calls herself a madwoman who was the daughter of a madwoman who was a daughter of a madwoman too. Mental illness runs in her family. She states that she will try not to lie, but it's hard to know for sure when she's lying. This is due to her schizophrenia. Imp is writing down the story of what she remembers happening in journal style on her typewriter because she is trying to figure out the mystery of what exactly happened for herself. The reader is just along for this ride. And it's a haunting, terrifying ride. Not because of what Imp remembers happening with Eva Canning but because of being inside the mind of a person suffering from such a difficult mental illness. Experiencing what it is to not be able to trust your own memories, to not be sure what is real and is not real, is simultaneously terrifying and heart-breaking.
Imp's schizophrenia, plus some comorbid anxiety and OCD, and how she experiences and deals with them, lead to some stunningly beautiful passages. This is particularly well seen in one portion of the book where she is more symptomatic than usual (for reasons which are spoilers, so I will leave them out):
All our thoughts are mustard seeds. Oh many days now. Many days. Many days of mustard seeds, India Phelps, daughter of madwomen, granddaughter, who doesn't want to say a word and ergo can't stop talking. Here is a sad sad tale, woebegone story of the girl who stopped for the two strangers who would not could not could not would not stop for me. She. She who is me. And I creep around the edges of my own life. Afraid to screw off the mayonnaise lid and spill the mustard seeds. (Part 2, loc 55:35)
The thing that's great about the writing in the book is that it shows both the beauty and pain of mental illness. Imp's brain is simultaneously beautiful for its artistic abilities and insight and a horrible burden in the ways that her mental illness tortures her and makes it difficult for her to live a "normal" life. This is something many people with mental illness experience but find it hard to express. It's why many people with mental illness struggle with drug adherence. They like the ability to function in day-to-day society and pass as normal but they miss being who they are in their own minds. Kiernan eloquently demonstrates this struggle and shows the beauty and pain of mental illness.
Dr. Ogilvy and the pills she prescribes are my beeswax and the ropes that hold me fast to the main mast, just as my insanity has always been my siren. (Part 1, loc 4:08:48)
There is a lot of GLBTQ representation in the book, largely because Kiernan is clearly not just writing in a token queer character. Imp is a lesbian, and her world is the world of a real-to-life lesbian. She is not the only lesbian surrounded by straight people. People who are part of the queer community, in multiple different aspects, are a part of Imp's life. Her girlfriend for part of the book is Abalyn, who is transwoman and has slept with both men and women both before and after her transition. She never identifies her sexuality in the book, but she states she now prefers women because the men tend to not be as interested in her now that she has had bottom surgery. The conversation where she talks about this with Imp is so realistic that I was stunned. I'm not sure I've ever seen a conversation about both transitioning and the complicated aspects of dating for trans people that was this realistic outside of a memoir. Eva Canning is bisexual. It's difficult to talk about Eva Canning in-depth without spoilers, so, suffice to say, Eva is out as bisexual and she is also promiscuous. However, her promiscuity is not presented in a biphobic way. Bisexual people exist on the full spectrum from abstinent to monogamous to poly to promiscuous. What makes writing a bisexual character as promiscuous biphobic is whether the promiscuity is presented as the direct result of being bi, and Kiernan definitely does not write Eva this way. Kiernan handles all of the queer characters in a realistic way that supports their three-dimensionality, as well as prevents any GLBTQphobia.
The plot is a difficult one to follow, largely due to Imp's schizophrenia and her attempts at figuring out exactly what happened. The convoluted plot works to both develop Imp's character and bring out the mystery in the first two-thirds of the book. The final third, though, takes an odd turn. Imp is trying to figure out what she herself believes actually happened, and it becomes clear that what she ultimately believes happened will be a mix of reality and her schizophrenic visions. That's not just acceptable, it's beautiful. However, it's hard to follow what exactly Imp chooses to believe. I started to lose the thread of what Imp believes happens right around the chapter where multiple long siren songs are recounted. It doesn't feel like Imp is slowly figuring things out for herself and has made a story that gives her some stability in her life. Instead it feels like she is still too symptomatic to truly function. I never expected clear answers to the mystery but I did at least expect that it would be clear what Imp herself believes happened. The lack of this removed the gut-wrenching power found in the first two-thirds of the book.
The audiobook narration by Suzy Jackson is truly stellar. There are parts of Imp's journal that must truly have been exceedingly difficult to turn into audio form, but Jackson makes them easy to understand in audio form and also keeps the flow of the story going. Her voice is perfect for Imp. She is not infantilized nor aged beyond her years. She sounds like the 20-something woman she is. I'm honestly not sure the story would have the same power reading it in print. Hearing Imp's voice through Jackson was so incredibly moving.
Overall, this book takes the traditional mystery and changes it from something external to something internal. The mystery of what really happened exists due to Imp's schizophrenia, which makes it a unique read for any mystery fan. Further, Imp's mental illness is presented eloquently through her beautiful first-person narration, and multiple GLBTQ characters are present and written realistically. Recommended to mystery fans looking for something different, those seeking to understand what it is like to have a mental illness, and those looking to read a powerful book featuring GLBTQ characters whose queerness is just an aspect of who they are and not the entire point of the story.
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Book Review: Charlotte Sometimes by Penelope Farmer (Series, #3) (Bottom of TBR Pile Challenge)
When Charlotte goes away to boarding school for the first time, she's very excited to get the bed with the particularly pretty wheels right next to the window. When she wakes up, though, the view from the window looks different, and people are calling her Clare! She discovers she's traveled back in time to the same bed in the same boarding school, but during World War I. The next morning, though, she wakes up in the present again as Charlotte. This pattern continues, meaning both she and Clare are Charlotte….sometimes.
I picked this book up because I have an affinity for both boarding school books and time-travel books. This looked like the best of both worlds to me. A fun middle grade book that introduces to the reader to two different past time periods–the 1970s of Charlotte's present and the nineteen-teens of Clare's present.
This book is the third in a series, but it is completely possible to read it as a standalone. No mention is made of the events in the first book, and the second book is actually about what Charlotte's little sister does while she's away at boarding school.
The concept is intriguing, because instead of time-travel happening once and landing the person stuck in the past (or future), Charlotte keeps switching, spending every other day in the 70s and every other day in the teens. In addition to the usual issues time-travel books bring up, such as what stays the same and what is actually different throughout time, it also brings up the key question of identity. What makes Charlotte Charlotte? Is she still Charlotte when she's being called Clare? Why does hardly anyone notice that Clare has changed? Or Charlotte for that matter? The book thus addresses identity issues that middle grade readers might be going through, but in a subtle way through the time-travel trope.
Were you some particular person only because people recognized you as that? (page 66)
The time-travel itself is left as a fantastical mystery, rather than being given a scientific explanation. There's something magical about the bed that only makes Charlotte and Clare switch places, but no one else. This works without an explanation because the young girls being subjected to the time-travel just accept it without explanation. This is their reality, and it doesn't matter why it's happening, they just have to deal with it. Some readers, though, might struggle with the fact that the time-travel itself is never explained.
The one thing that disappointed me about the book, and that I think would have made it a classic and a five star read, is that the book only explores what happens to Charlotte when the girls switch places. Clare, her experiences, and her perspective are only heard about through third parties. The book, while in third person, is entirely Charlotte's perspective. Clare, a reserved, proper girl from the nineteen-teens must have been shocked by both the technology and the mores of the 1970s she suddenly found herself in. So much more could have been explored by telling both Charlotte's and Clare's story. The book misses an opportunity by only focusing on the modern day girl going back in time. The girl being thrust into the future, a future where she finds out Britain wins the war, and there is suddenly no food rationing or flu epidemic, that is such a cool story in and of itself, and Farmer just never ventures out to tell it.
Overall, this is a book that sets up a fantastical world of time-travel within a boarding school. It utilizes the switching of two girls with each other in time to explore questions of identity in a way that surely will appeal to many middle grade readers. The book does not fully explore the story the way it possibly should have, but the young reader will probably enjoy filling in those gaps themselves. Recommended to all fans of boarding school, time-travel, or historic fiction set during World War I's homefront.
4 out of 5 stars
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Dealing with the unknown
It seems as though more and more emphasis is being placed on the mysterious, or unknown, from fascination with the occult on the part of some, to a general, more widespread feeling of uncertainty about the future. There is no question that this trend has to be dealt with. But of equal importance is how the task is accomplished.
Couldn't it be that behind preoccupation with the unknown is an underlying misconception of the very nature of God and of man's relationship to Him? A correct perception of His nature, then, would be the key to dealing effectively with the problem.
What can we say of God and His creation? According to the Bible, everything God made is good, and His work is finished. Being complete and the outcome of His perfect nature, it is indestructible, wholly spiritual. God creates and maintains man as His image, as the likeness of Love. Divine Love's universe includes no evil; not a single sinister, destructive element.
Infatuation with the so-called unknown leaves one with a sense of helplessness. The seeming power of the occult would have us fear the future and would deprive us of our natural sense of control and direction. The realization of the spiritual facts of being, of perfect God, perfect man, perfect creation, enables us to destroy these false feelings and realize their total illegitimacy.
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This is a discussion on I think I want a snubbie within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; S&W 442, great pistol, easy to conceal and not too expensive...
Stainless .357 j-frame... shoots .357 and .38 special, what more could you need?
Airweight .38 special j-frame... nobody shoots .357 anyway, this is cheaper, and lighter!
Airweight j-frame rechambered in 9mm... one type of ammo, don't lose anything, and its different.
SP101... Don't give Ruger the snub (pun intended)
S&W 442, great pistol, easy to conceal and not too expensive
Ruger SP101. Not because it looks cool, but because I like shooting Rugers. They are accurate. Their extra weight tames recoil of +P snubbie loads. They are built like a tank and I'll probably be able to give it to my kids - even after a steady diet of +P ammo.
I carry it in my pocket - no problem.
If you rob Peter to pay Paul, you will undoubtedly have the support of Paul.
They are all cool! Snubbies are just that way. It would be like a father trying to pick his favorite child.......got to love them all.
When I leave the home port:
S&W 642 Airweight, Ruger SP 101, Colt Detective Spec., CZ RAMI, Kahr PM9, Kahr CW40, S&W Model 10-7, Glock 30, 19, and 26, Browning Hi Power, CZ82, Colt Commander, Dan Wesson PM7, Ruger LCP
I like the steel frame .357's......like the M19, 686 etc.
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Definitely a J frame 38 special.
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Your poll forgot the lightweight J frame chambered in .357.
I carry a S&W M&P340CT and honestly think it's the best choice available!
ALWAYS carry! - NEVER tell!
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I was thinking the same thing... Where is the .357 Lightweight?!?!
If weight is a concern, get a 642. Really not "fun" to shoot. A steel gun is better for that IMO.
If you don't mind the weight, I'd get the SP101 for shootability, stout construction and and exposed hammer option (if you so choose).
I have a new 642-P (ported) and its pretty cool although the fit & finish and trigger action is not all that impressive. Im currently tweaking it over and will post a few PICS when Im finished.
By the way, Thumper's PIC of his 340CT is fabulous!
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~ Stephen King
The aforementioned SP101 in .38 Special:
If you rob Peter to pay Paul, you will undoubtedly have the support of Paul.
Get the Ruger SP 101 They are the toughest snubby on the planet. Their reliability is unquestionable. They are heavier than other snubbies but I will take a little extra weight for the extra piece of mind.
The S&W 340CT is rather expensive while the 637CT is about $500 less. The grip that comes with the CT option because it is just a bit longer and gets the pinky on the grip. BTW: Who makes the best load for the 2" barrel guns? I've been using Winchester 130g STX JHP.
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I much prefer my SP101 to the J-frame. Better sights, easier to shoot .38+p, much better trigger, much more comfortable. I carry the Smith as a BUG or a church gun.
I want a 9mm snubbie real bad, so I voted for that. I wish Smith and Wesson would start producing them again.


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Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark (2011)
Critics Consensus: While it's pleasantly atmospheric and initially quite scary, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark ultimately fails to deliver the skin-crawling chills of the original.
Critics Consensus: While it's pleasantly atmospheric and initially quite scary, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark ultimately fails to deliver the skin-crawling chills of the original.
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While architect Alex Hurst (Guy Pearce) and his new girlfriend Kim (Katie Holmes) restore their Gothic mansion's period interiors, Alex's young daughter Sally (Bailee Madison) can investigate the macabre history and dark corners of the estate. Spurring Sally's investigation are the voices-rasping whispers who call out to her from the basement, who promise her understanding and friendship, who are so very hungry and would like to be set free. When Sally gives in to her curiosity, she opens a … More
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If the scares aren't all quite as effective as the rest of the film, then there's still plenty to tickle the nerves of a less jaded horror fan.
Completists of del Toro will want to check it out as a curio but it's hard to imagine general audiences or even horror fans finding anything here they haven't seen before.
Guillermo del Toro's Don't Be Afraid of the Dark is as murky and ill-conceived as its multitude of dimly-lit corners,
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark might not play as well for adults, but younger audiences (namely preteens) will likely enjoy the hell out of this one.
With the exception of the opening segment this remake can't hold a candle to its chintzy but decidedly more satisfying forebear.
In this hyperactive digital age, "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" is almost antiquated in its approach to horror. And that is its greatest strength.
Every week, it seems, I watch a remake, or a 'reimagining,' of a feature film that didn't need to be remade. Now here's a remake of, I swear, a made-for-TV movie (starring Kim Darby, incidentally) from the 1970s.
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It's not a question of whether the dark is something worth being afraid of, but whether or not it will actually put you to sleep.
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark is horror by-the-numbers. Parts of it are effectively chilling, and the performances are fine, but there's no sense of reality.
A remake of a film del Toro says frightened him as a child, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark suffers from a very grown-up need to answer all the questions and the result is more Gremlins than Grimm.
The notion that clich�s become clich�s because they work every time is writ large in Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, a film that does everything right but nothing new.
The formula is all too predictably followed
There are a few genuine scares in this fantasy horror movie produced and co-written by Guillermo del Toro, although it smacks of melodrama and manipulation
Dont Be Afraid Of The Dark will remind viewers to tuck their feet in at night but is unlikely to terrify any hardcore horror fans.
The irony, of course, is that you should be afraid of the dark. And you will be, after watching this scary horror film.
A film that'll give you second thoughts about relocating to that country pile.
It's watchable enough and elegantly staged, but it's an Amityville Horror with delusions of grandeur.
Decently produced and acted, and the demons are creepy - but this is no Pan's Labyrinth and ends up a mite predictable.
The old dark house is exactly the sort of place where you'd expect scary things to happen. The only trouble is that the monsters are cute rather than scary.
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Hey, I'm a fan of the 1973 original; it was the first real horror movie I saw and made me a horror fan for life. The remake producer Guillermo Del Toro was supposedly a fan too, but this movie was too manufactured and lacked the rawness of the original. The remake's large gothic house was overdressed and overstyled. One of the biggest changes from the orignial was that the family in the house now had a little girl - and she was the one pestered by the little goblin things which came out of the caverns under the fireplace in the basement. They created a huge legend of these creatures, with a historical sorta prologue of the previous owners. Added to the legend was the creatures' need for human teeth! All this story clutter made the story less immersive and less scary. I liked the CGI appearances of the creature hoard. The scene with the Handyman meeting the creatures was painfully gorey. They remade some of the classic scenes with greater effects, but nothing in the whole movie was ever scary. The pay-off came at the end, which I really liked.
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First of all, the rating is all wrong. I think 15 is more like it.
There were times when the characters' actions were painfully stupid and I thought the ending was rubbish. Despite all that, I really enjoyed this one.
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Creepy little demons. Scared little girl that no one will pay attention to. Lots, and lots of darkness...made me jump more than once, so that means something in my book. Not the greatest of endings, as usual..
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An ok atmospheric gothic tale, not really a horror film to be honest. It probably could have got a 12 rating. The house and little creatures make the film which has an eerie feel to it with the little whispered voices. Overall though it's a bit slow and not much happens, could have been better.
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