![]() ![]() She grew up in South Carolina and currently lives in Blacksburg, Virginia with her family. Kiera Cass graduated from Radford University with a degree in History. 1 New York Times bestselling author of the Selection series comes The Betrothed, a glittering royal romance. And when she meets a commoner with the mysterious power to see right into her heart, she finds that the future she really wants is one that she never thought to imagine.įrom the No. Capturing his heart is a dream come true.īut Hollis soon realizes that falling in love with a king and becoming queen may not be the happily ever after she thought it would be. After all, she's grown up at Keresken Castle, vying for the king's attention alongside other daughters of the nobility. When King Jameson declares his love for Lady Hollis Brite, Hollis is thrilled. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The setting within the red tent, and the relationship between the women who gather there, was even more compelling to me than its engrossing plot of love, murder and revenge. And on more than one occasion, I have to admit, we have selected the book because of the cuisine!Īs I look back on the menus and wonderful reads we have enjoyed – Chicken Étouffée for “Ya-Ya Sisterhood,” Penne Arrabiatta for “Under the Tuscan Sun,” Chapli Kebobs for “The Kite Runner” – one of our most memorable pairings has got to be the biblical feast we enjoyed for Anita Diamant’s “The Red Tent” (Picador USA), the fictionalized account of Jacob’s daughter, Dinah. As is our custom, to enhance the mood, our meal always parallels the book we are reading. ![]() In the nine years we have been meeting, we have grown intimate, as only women do, revealing ourselves to each other as we share both food and food for thought. Yet we have become a sisterhood, part of a growing national phenomenon – thanks, Oprah! – sharing ideas as we break bread together, nourishing our souls as well as our bodies. Not one of the eight women in my book club knew all the others when we began to meet. ![]() ![]() ![]() Canada appears intermittently in these pages in rather fragmentary and contrastive observations. ![]() But no one or place is spared, certainly not the author’s native land, Ghana. That is because that nation, in his view, has, in recent history, made a major contribution to rendering the world and every homestead we inhabit unhomely and sabotaging attempts to better it. Most of the entries are, therefore, harsh, particularly those on the USA. If there is a persistent thread in these entries, it is this: Virtually all of them testify to the ironic truth of the saying that there is no place like home, no place, that is to say, which looks like the lodestar called home or comes close to approximating its promise of being a just space of human flourishing. This is a collection of observations and meditations by Professor Emeritus (York University, Toronto) and philosopher Ato Sekyi-Otu on events, issues, people and ideas culled from recent history and the world, from the US and Canada to Ghana. ![]() ![]() ![]() Below are the four we have created to choose from: We like all of them but are not sure which one that we would like to represent us. The new names we are considering are on the blog logos below. So John and I have come up with several new theme names and a few headers which we will be considering for our new blog concept. Well, considering that things have changed and developed since then, we feel a need to keep up with different times. ![]() In fact the name came to me in a flash as I was setting it up on Google. When I got the bug to start a blog I had no idea what I would name it and what it was going to be about. I can’t believe what I have learned over the last year, and I still have not begun to figured it out yet. Can you believe it but Layers of Thought is almost one year old? May 21 was the date of my first awkward post. ![]() ![]() ![]() Tisaanah is entirely self-taught, which means her grasp on magic is not as strong as it could be, and she primarily uses her magic to sense the emotions of other people.įor many years, Tisaanah has been working tirelessly towards buying her freedom. ![]() Fragmented Valtain are often considered to be less powerful or valuable, though this is a myth. Valtain are typically albino, but Tisaanah is Fragmented, which means that she has patches of albino coloring and patches of tan skin and dark hair. Tisaanah is a type of magic Wielder called a Valtain – who have very internal magic, usually over minds/emotions, water, air. Tisaanah is a slave in a country called Threll, to a very powerful Lord named Esmaris Mikov. I hope this goes without saying, but BIG FAT SPOILER WARNING for the first book here! Seriously, if you have not read the book, do not read this. ![]() My next post will be a recap of book 2, Children of Fallen Gods. Let’s jump in to a little refresher on what happened in Daughter of No Worlds. Ready to jump into Mother of Death and Dawn but feeling like you need a refresher on what’s happened so far in the story? No worries! I, too, have the memory of a goldish. The War of Lost Hearts: The Story Thus Far… ![]() ![]() Ender, now known only as the Speaker for the Dead, comes to Lusitania to speak for those who have died and discovers that in order to tell the truth about them, he must unravel the secrets of Lusitania. ![]() But once again men die, killed by the aliens in a rite no one understands. This time, the Starways Congress vowed, there would be no tragic misunderstanding leading to war. The discovery was seen as a gift to humanity, a chance to redeem the destruction of the Buggers. ![]() The only ones, that is, until the planet called Lusitania was discovered and colonized. In three thousand years, Ender's books The Hive Queen and The Hegemon, written under a pseudonym, have become holy writ, while the name of Ender itself has become anathema: he is the Xenocide, the one who killed an entire race of thinking, feeling beings, killed the only other sapient race humankind had found in all the galaxy. Ender remains young, traveling the stars at the speed of relativity, but a hundred years or more might pass on Earth while he experiences a month-long voyage. Three thousand years have passed since Ender Wiggin won humanity's war with the Buggers by totally destroying them. ![]() The thrilling sequel to Ender's Game and winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards-this full cast unabridged recording includes an original postscript written and recorded by author Orson Scott Card. ![]() ![]() ![]() He, who read the famous riddle, and we hailed chief of men,Īll envied his power, glory, and good fortune. But since I recently revisited it, this legendary tragedy hasn’t left my mind. ![]() What can I say about Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex that has not already been said? Apart from the patricide and the infamous incest, this is an ancient tale of angst and overall calamity. Series edited by Cynthia Brantley Johnson The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential. A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experienceĮnriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary.Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction.Critical analysis and modern perspectives on the work.An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations.Timelines of significant events in Greek history and theater that provide the book's historical context.A concise introduction that gives readers important background information.Enduring Literature Illuminated by Practical Scholarship One noble family's descent into madness, mayhem, and murder - the first play in Sophocles' great Theban trilogy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Your Salonniere also had the pleasure of meeting poet and English teacher Cami Zinzi, based in Connecticut, who recently published her chapbook A Welcome Roughness by All Rivers Press. April 14th through Apthe Associated Core Text and Courses held their 17th Annual Conference “The Quest for Excellence: Liberal Arts and Core Texts” sponsored by Yale and co-sponsored by Augustana College, Boston College, and College of the Holy Cross, in New Haven, Connecticut, and your Salonniere had the honor and pleasure of presenting at one of the panels.Īt the conference, I met fellow writer and Orange Coast Community College English professor Erik Rangno, whose story “The Front Yard” was not only recently published but also covered as a favorite of Rio Liang’s in his salon post “Santa Monica Review Spring 2010, Part II.” Meeting Rangno and sharing the review on his story was an absolute thrill and encourages us here at the salon to keep on keeping on with this here blog. ![]() ![]() With sightings often brief, frantic encounters amidst a haze of ‘thick as pea soup’ mist, we remain as tense and ill informed as the characters the full extent of the horror left to the power of our imagination. ![]() Physical descriptions of the monsters are fairly scant, but that proves highly effective in this instance. As with the best creature-based horror, it’s the culture of mistrust and the extremity of mankind’s selfish desire to survive that become the protagonists’ biggest threats. Despite the novella’s relative brevity, however, King still manages to create a tangible atmosphere. Though we are given slight hints as to the mist’s origins, the deliberate lack of context or resolution ensures the reader feels as unmoored as the characters. Unlike much of King’s work, The Mist is a fairly brief tale that drops readers into the action without fuss or fanfare. A group of survivors holed up in a supermarket must find a way to escape whilst navigating the growing tension within the group, fuelled by a religious zealot who believes nothing but a human sacrifice will end the bloodshed. ![]() In this classic from the master of horror, a town is engulfed by a dense, mysterious mist that hides a mass of deadly creatures. Published by Scribner, 2017 (first published in 1980) ![]() ![]() ![]() “We are thrilled to have our first project with UCP be something that exemplifies Fuzzy Door’s intentions that we are looking to take risks, think outside the box and find stories that are urgent and entertaining,” added Erica Huggins, President, Fuzzy Door. ![]() In my very first meeting with Dawn Olmstead, we connected over this project - I learned that she herself comes from a Naval family - and to bring it to fruition under her stewardship and that of her UCP team will be a perfect fit for all. I’ve been a devoted fan of Wouk’s WWII epic for decades, and its depiction of small-scale human endurance in the face of large-scale global upheaval has never been more relevant than it is today. Said MacFarlane: “I can’t think of a more exciting project with which to launch my creative partnership with UCP than Herman Wouk’s The Winds of War. MacFarlane left his longtime studio home at 20th Century Fox Television after more than two decades in January for a giant nine-figure television deal at NBCUniversal Content Studios. “I’m very excited about our partnership with Seth as he looks to expand his oeuvre in the next phase of his career.” This is an epic story of valor, perseverance, survival and family that will be retold through a current lens,” said Dawn Olmstead, President, UCP. The Winds of War is Herman Wouks second book about World War II (the first being The Caine Mutiny). ![]() ![]() “We are thrilled to announce The Winds of War (and War and Remembrance) as the first of many projects we are developing with Fuzzy Door. Seth MacFarlane's Fuzzy Door Launches Tech Division Headed By Former Siri Exec Faith Sedlin ![]() |