“This was the specific trigger … the fulcrum on which my life subsequently spun,” Larson said. One footnote mentioned that Juicy Fruit gum debuted at the fair. He started researching that, instead-paying special attention to the footnotes of books, “because that’s where the good stuff, frankly, usually is,” he explained in a WSJ+ Books talk. … And Juicy Fruit gum inspired his focus on the 1893 World’s Fair.īut while reading about Holmes, Larson did come across a reference to the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, a massive world’s fair in Chicago that attracted some 27 million visitors over a six-month period. Holmes, Larson initially dismissed him “because he was so over-the-top bad, and I did not want to do a slasher book,” as he said in a 2003 C-SPAN interview. The story-particularly its immersive setting-prompted Larson to consider writing about a real-life murder from the era, so he borrowed an Encyclopedia of Murder from the library and started looking for a suitable candidate. In 1994, Larson read Caleb Carr’s The Alienist, a bestselling novel from that year about a psychiatrist who investigates murders in late-1890s New York City (and the basis for the TNT television series of the same name).
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It felt so warming."Īustin: "Tonight felt wonderful. Uwajeh: "Lovely, everyone was really on side right from the beginning. How are you feeling after tonight's show? WhatsOnStage caught up with McAvoy and some of the cast – Anita-Joy Uwajeh, Michele Austin, Kiruna Stamell, Brinsley Terence, Chris Fung and Philip Cairns – after the show's opening night. Lloyd's latest work – a revamped production of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac by Martin Crimp which opens his West End season at the Playhouse Theatre – is a return to this comfortable and familiar partnership ("Old hat, darling!" according to McAvoy). James McAvoy and Jamie Lloyd have made for a strong pairing in the past, with McAvoy's leading role in Macbeth nominated for an Olivier Award back in 2013, and his performance in The Ruling Class earning him a further nomination in 2015 as well as a WhatsOnStage Award nomination in 2016. As in the case of any plot lines, I found myself more invested in some than others, but I was never bored.īecause I read so fast, I tend not to be attracted to audiobooks. The issues of relativity mean that for the last sections of the book, we were essentially following multiple storylines that don’t intertwine as much as I might have preferred. The incarnations of Bob are easy to follow with a change of name and their slight personality differences. As events progressed further, I found myself much more invested in the characters and events after that breakpoint, as the story’s premise kicks into high gear. The cover description is a bit misleading, as it only covers the events of about the first third of the story. However, I recently took a road trip with the spouse, and he asked that we listen to an audiobook recommended to him by a coworker. I remember adding this book to my “want to read” list years ago but never got around to checking it out. The Sacred Hoop collection of critical essays, literature analysis, and contemporary portrait of Native women. Allen best describes this cohesion when she states in the foreword, ""Spanning thirty years, from the late sixties to the late nineties, each essay is, in its own way, an assertion that Indians are everywhere."" There is some really compelling writing here, as in ""Radiant Beings"" and the whole last section, ""La Frontera/Na(rra)tives."" General readers will no doubt stumble through the middle section, titled ""Wyrds/Orthographies,"" but the injection of Native sensibilities in every article takes this literate collection beyond the usual intellectual exercise. Paula Gunn Allen and the Feminine in Indigenous Traditions -Paula Gunn Allen: raised on the Laguna Pueblo reservation, received a masters in English and Ph. Even in this broad perspective, there seems to be a unifying theme. As with most collections of the sort, the content is all over the map, from rape and misogyny, to criticism of literary criticism, to personal recollections and family ancestry, to an overview of Native spirituality. While most prior efforts in the genre of the Indian professorial essay collection have drifted between incomprehensible and fanatical, this book from Allen (The Sacred Hoop), of Laguna Pueblo and Lebanese ancestry, is most often even-keeled (if on occasion overwrought: ""Let me remind all of us that vegetarianism inevitably accompanies misogyny, racism, tyranny, gynocide, and infanticide""). I mean I found the death of getting your lungs sucked out of you by a bomb more awful than being bitten to death by a dragon. Matthew Reilly really tried his best to write the deaths quite gruesome, but since no character that died really was someone that one cared about was it just "another bloody death". But you could fairly easily figure out who would live to see the end of this story and who would not there was no surprise death, there were no feelings of "oh no they killed off him/her and now I'm sad". I liked the fact that she had scars on her face because perfect good-looking characters are irritating to read about. That doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it, partly, the beginning was fast paced and everything and CJ the main character was OK. But even I have a limit and this book, well its story went over that limit. I have no problem with over the top storylines and I can even take some flat characters. When I heard that Frank Miller was doing the artwork for IĬlaremont had provided when he introduced the other X-Men (Colossus, Storm,Ĭyclops, Kitty Pryde and Nightcrawler) in the second story that was apart of "Uncanny X-Men" as Wolverine’s solo series was dark, while the "Uncanny X-Men" storyline was a bit light toned. Whether he is confessing his love for Mariko or fighting ninjas out to getĬlaremont does a brilliant job at portraying Wolverine’s insecurity aboutīeing seen as an animal as he usually uses violence to solve his problems. Situation as we are able to see how Wolverine reacts to the situations he gets Chris Claremont has done anĮxcellent job at writing this story from Wolverine’s point of view on the Her family, which the importance of honor and pride plays a huge role in hisĪtmosphere of this story as it gave this story a more creative approach toĪnd made the story exciting to read through. He struggles to get the love of his life back while dealing with the customs of I loved the way that Chris Claremont has shown us a more sensitive side to Wolverine as Thought-provoking and heartwarming tale about Wolverine’s romance with MarikoĪnd his inner struggles with dealing with his “animal” side. However, in this graphic novel, what we got was an extremely That when I heard about this graphic novel, I did not know what to expect fromĪnother book about Wolverine and I actually thought that we would get another “Wolverine” book that is all about theįighting and Wolverine acting tough. This cabin represents freedom to her as well, and a place to hide. When Justine inherits the house she (and her two young daughters) are running from a bad relationship. Then in the summer of 1935 Emily (then six) went missing, an event that destroyed their family. For her and her sisters, Lilith and Emily, it was a magical place where summer memories of swimming in the lake, playing in the woods, and generally having freedom to run wild took form. Lucy’s family was relatively well-off (her father owned a pharmacy) and they summered at the lake house every year. We get Lucy’s voice in the form of her diaries, a detailed explanation of the house and what it meant to her. When the book opens Lucy has passed away, leaving her rural Minnesota lake house to her great-niece, Justine. The book follows the lives of two women, Justine and Lucy. It’s not especially graphic but it’s there. Also anyone considering reading it should be warned that there is a scene involving sexual abuse of a child. I found the book to be well-written and immersive, but a psychological thriller it is not, and I felt like the jacket copy lied to me. I bought The Lost Girls on impulse because it was sitting on a Barnes and Noble table looking all psychological thriller-y and because I have zero self control. 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While I greatly enjoyed both the book and the movie, the movie is a romanticised version of the adventure, complete with 78 year old Robert Redford playing 44 year old Bryson!īy reading the book first you don’t have any preconceived ideas about the main characters or the environment they are travelling through. Now a word of warning here I watched the movie before I read the book and if I had a do-over I would reverse this order. This story recounts Bill’s attempt to hike the Appalachian Trail widely known as the world’s longest footpath (2190 miles/3524km) and can best be considered as a mid life crisis adventure. A Walk in the Woods Book A Walk in the Woods Book ReviewĪmerican Author Bill Bryson writes some very quirky books and A Walk in the Woods, first published in the UK in 1997, is no different. Sagan proposes two reasons for the persistence of the idea of a geocentric, or Earth-centered universe: human pride in our existence, and the threat of torturing those who dissented from it, particularly during the time of the Roman Inquisition. The first part of the book examines the claims made throughout history that Earth and the human species are unique. In 2023, the audiobook of Pale Blue Dot, read by Sagan, was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Summary He also details a human vision for the future. In the book, Sagan mixes philosophy about the human place in the universe with a description of the current knowledge about the Solar System. It is the sequel to Sagan's 1980 book Cosmos and was inspired by the famous 1990 Pale Blue Dot photograph, for which Sagan provides a poignant description. Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space is a 1994 book by the astronomer Carl Sagan. |