![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Pointing the finger clearly at those who benefit from the logicof domination, Debord's Comments convey the revolutionary impulse atthe heart of situationism. Resolutely refusingto be reconciled to the system, Debord trenchantly slices through thedoxa and mystification offered tip by journalists and pundits to showhow aspects of reality as diverse as terrorism and the environment, theMafia and the media, were caught up in the logic of the spectacularsociety. In Comments on the Society of the Spectacle, publishedtwenty years later, Debord returned to the themes of his previousanalysis and demonstrated how they were all the more relevant in aperiod when the "integrated spectacle" was dominant. Credited by many as being the inspiration for the ideasgenerated by the events of May 1968 in France, Debord's pitiless attackon commodity fetishism and its incrustation in the practices of everydaylife continues to burn brightly in today's age of satellite televisionand the soundbite. First published in 1967, Guy Debord's stinging revolutionary critique ofcontemporary society, The Society of the Spectacle has since acquired acult status. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Ng, 38, has become a singular force of literary activism, championing the careers of fellow writers who need a boost. Now she is turning her preternatural competence to publishing at large. “Mostly, if there is something that has broken, I can at least take it apart and figure out what the problem is,” Ng said during an interview here in Cambridge, Mass., where she lives with her husband, a lawyer, and their 8-year-old son. The novelist Celeste Ng - known for her literary page-turners that disassemble family dynamics, and parse suburban life and attitudes about race in America - can fix anything: leaky faucets, her son’s windup toy, a dishwasher and even her clothes dryer once. ![]() ![]() ![]() – Colt Humboldt and the Close of Death MGĪndrews, Cynthia – Molly Goes to PreschoolĪrndt, Michael – Cat Says Meow: And Other AnimalopoeiaĪrnold, Laurie B. Am I a Witch!?Īllen, Susan – Remarkable Ronald Reagan.The: Cowboy and Commander in ChiefĪlmond, David – Boy Who Swam with Piranhas, The MGĪlvarez, Jennifer Lynn – Pet Washer, The MGĪlvarez, Jennifer Lynn – Starfire(The Guardian Herd #1) MGĪlvarez, Jennifer Lynn – Stormbound(The Guardian Herd #2) MGĪnderson, T. ![]() ![]() Thank you for your patience.Īdams, Jennifer – Edgar and the Tattle-Tale HearĪiken, David & Zora – All About Boats: A to Z PBĪikens-Nuñez, Talia – OMG. BB – board book CB – chapter book PB – picture book MG – middle grade book P – Poetry *Starred Review. If any of these links have errors, are wrong, or not working, please tell me. If the link is broken, try the entry number on Archive Page, where numbers are in descending order. ![]() ![]() ![]() He lives in a dark abbey surrounded by his Corsican servants, and one thing on his mind – to infiltrate the Lords of Chaos and bring them down. No one knows how he got the scar that runs down the side of his face but people fear him. Now with his father dead and Raphael inheriting the title, he is back in England, surly and scarred. ![]() Instead, he found himself going to Corsica to stay with family and mature into an adult. Althogh he was initiated, he didn’t join this ugly group. Unspeakable acts were done to him which changed his life forever. He was initiated at the tender age of twelve. Raphael de Chartres, the Duke of Dyemore unfortunately knows all too well what the Lords of Chaos can do. This group has been the “villain” for a couple of books now, and it all comes to a dramatic climax in Duke of Desire. They are after power and money – and obviously other things as well. The Lords of Chaos are a clandestine group of men, who wear masks and torture, rape, kill and abuse women and children. If you are new or not up to date with this series, you can easily read this one as a stand alone. ![]() If you are current with this series, you know all about the Lords of Chaos and their dark, horrible, abusive ways. Duke of Desire by Elizabeth Hoyt (Maiden Lane #12) ![]() ![]() ![]() Varney's adventures also occur in various locations including London, Bath, Winchester and Naples. ![]() ![]() While ostensibly set in the early eighteenth century, there are references to the Napoleonic Wars and other indicators that the story is contemporary to the time of its writing in the mid-nineteenth century. It was the first story to refer to sharpened teeth for a vampire, noting: "With a plunge he seizes her neck in his fang-like teeth". It is the tale of the vampire Sir Francis Varney, and introduced many of the tropes present in vampire fiction recognizable to modern audiences. Altogether it totals nearly 667,000 words. The author was paid by the typeset line, so when the story was published in book form in 1847, it was of epic length: the original edition ran to 876 double-columned pages and 232 chapters. It first appeared in 1845–1847 as a series of weekly cheap pamphlets of the kind then known as " penny dreadfuls". Varney the Vampire or, the Feast of Blood is a Victorian-era serialized gothic horror story variously attributed to James Malcolm Rymer and Thomas Peckett Prest. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She makes new friends, unexpected allies, and reconnects with people from her past. On her journey, Sara faces new challenges and dangers, and learns that the world of good and evil is not as clear cut as she had believed. With the help of her friends, she sets out to find the one person who can answer her questions about her past, and who may be able to lead them to the Master. The Master thinks he has her running scared, but she’s taking matters into her own hands and taking her life back. Sara Grey is done hiding and done being afraid. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With shocking turns and dark secrets that will keep you guessing until the very end, The Last Mrs. But a skeleton from her past may undermine everything that Amber has worked towards, and if it is discovered, her well-laid plan may fall to pieces. ![]() ![]() Before long, Amber is Daphne's closest confidante, traveling to Europe with the Parrishes and their lovely young daughters, and growing closer to Jackson. Amber uses Daphne's compassion and caring to insinuate herself into the family's life - the first step in a meticulous scheme to undermine her. To everyone in the exclusive town of Bishops Harbor, Connecticut, Daphne - a socialite and philanthropist - and her real-estate mogul husband, Jackson, are a couple straight out of a fairy tale.Īmber's envy could eat her alive. She deserves more - a life of money and power like the one blond-haired, blue-eyed goddess Daphne Parrish takes for granted. She's tired of being a nobody: a plain, invisible woman who blends into the background. Some women get everything they deserve.Īmber Patterson is fed up. The mesmerizing debut about a coolly manipulative woman and a wealthy "golden couple," from a stunning new voice in psychological suspense. equally as twisty, spellbinding, and addictive as Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl or Paula Hawkins's The Girl on the Train." Library Journal (Starred Review) ![]() ![]() ![]() He doesn’t have a great opinion of erotica, and he’s generally got his panties in a knot. ![]() Zach isn’t thrilled at being Nora’s editor. ![]() She’s been writing erotica and is in the process of switching publishing houses. The book opens with Nora at a crossroads. I read The Angel ( A | BN | K | ARe ) and The Prince ( A | BN | K | ARe ) immediately after in one big bleary-eyed kink fest. I like steamy contemporaries that feature some spanking or submission (like Rush by Maya Banks) but hardcore pain is typically not my thing. I normally don’t read a lot of books about S&M because generally I don’t like reading about people in pain. It’s also sharp and smart, and incredibly well-written. The Siren is surprisingly light on sex, but heavy on kink, and it’s the most detailed look into S&M I’ve ever read. The series centers around a world-famous dominatrix and Switch, Nora, and the men in her life: Zach, her frosty, British editor Wesley, her nineteen-year-old, virgin intern and Søren, her Dom. ![]() I knew going in that The Siren was erotica, not romance, but I didn’t expect what I got. When I finished reading Misbehaving by Tiffany Reisz, I immediately picked up the first book in her Original Sinners series, The Siren. ![]() ![]() It seems like I should have read this a long time ago, and perhaps I did. I don't know whether to blame him or thank him for that. because of Bulfinch, I will never want to read Milton's "Paradise Lost". I don't understand why he didn't use the Greek version of the names as well, even if he stuck them in between parenthesis. Interesting, since in his preface he boasts about how he tries to make it easier on the reader and how tedious it is having to read and look things up in the dictionary as you go along. A quarter into the book I was too lazy to cross reference which god was which, and just blindly read away just to finish it. ![]() Another thing that threw me off was his preference in using the Latin/Roman version of the names which I initially learned in Greek. He seemed to gloss over the legends, but it felt like it took me ages to finish this book. but at least I was able to absorb more about subject of Mythology than I was with Bulfinche's summary. Not that her book was anything to write home about. I thought the Age of Fable would be better than Edith Hamilton's "Mythology". ![]() ![]() ![]() Before she gets murdered for her heathen ways, she convinces the inquisitor to listen to a last confession, during which she narrates her life that brought her to this moment. ![]() The story is all about our protagonists, Sal the Cacophony (get the title pun now?), who is awaiting her execution. My best description of this fascinating book is that it’s a cross between a western, Kill Bill, and a quest fantasy. Happily, this time I stuck to the book like glue on more glue. However, I have wanted to give Sykes another shot since my first attempt, and his new series provided the perfect opportunity. ![]() Although his first books were funny, I found them a little shallow and quickly lost the interest to continue. I enjoy his Twitter persona, but I had some difficulty getting into his first series, Bring Down Heaven, as it read too much like a transplanted Dungeons & Dragons campaign. He is a major personality online and can often be found by his hilarious tweets and loud voice about the genre. If you follow any fantasy authors on Twitter, you are probably at least aware of Sykes. Seven Blades in Black is the first novel in a new series by Sam Sykes. ![]() My title is a pretty clever pun, but you won’t get it unless you read this book – which you should. ![]() |