![]() ![]() The DeFao murders, which definitely did happen, provide a nice set-up for the “true story”. Most of the interesting things about The Amityville Horror: A True Story is looking into the real history of the house. Things like Jodie the Pig, the hooded figure in white, and the strange red room in the basement all provide bigger scares than the standard ghost stuff, but they do combine with them to entertain. ![]() ![]() These are often effectively used to provide the creeps, but I think some of the stranger stuff is the stuff which is specific to this story. Slamming doors, loud marching, cold chills, items missing or moving, etc. What does happen in the story is a lot of standard ghost stuff. The book is compelling in that it does flow, but it is also the type of book that ends most of its sentences in exclamation points! For emphasis! Seriously! Most of the events in the story aren’t scary or frightening enough to deserve these exclamation points…but Anson sure tries. It is a definitely a beach type book with short chapters and easy to pick-up and put down. ![]() It is a style similar to crime fiction as it tells the story straightforward with no frills. The style of writing of The Amityville Horror: A True Story is very simple and easy to read. ![]()
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![]() ![]() However, it might help, since some events are alluded to. Once Upon a Broken Heart picks up after all the craziness of the Caraval trilogy, though you don’t have to read those to be able to understand this novel. And Once Upon a Broken Heart didn’t disappoint–it had enchanting magic, gorgeous gowns, potentially passionate love stories, and, perhaps best of all–Jacks, that tragically handsome Fate. ![]() I was so excited to dive back into a new book of Stephanie Garber’s after the stunningly-written Caravalseries. He has plans for Evangeline, plans that will either end in the greatest happily ever after or the most exquisite tragedy…. In exchange for his help, he asks for three kisses, to be given at the time and place of his choosing.īut after Evangeline’s first promised kiss, she learns that bargaining with an immortal is a dangerous game-and that the Prince of Hearts wants far more from her than she’d pledged. Affiliate Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links, which means if you click on them and make a purchase, I will receive a small commission (at no extra charge to you).ġst in the Once Upon a Broken Heart Seriesįor as long as she can remember, Evangeline Fox has believed in true love and happy endings…until she learns that the love of her life will marry another.ĭesperate to stop the wedding and to heal her wounded heart, Evangeline strikes a deal with the charismatic but wicked Prince of Hearts. ![]() ![]() ![]() From a distance, cute, maybe even heartwarming. The best way I can describe him is he’s exactly like a human grizzly bear. An internal contrast of characteristics that jarring makes him by far the most fun character. Every line of dialogue, every action he takes, if not over-the-top violence, suggests over-the-top violence-all that mixed with a heart of gold. ![]() Finally, and the real visceral reason I love this novel, Sir John Cornwall, no relation to the author, a major character in the story, a real person who fought at Agincourt, steals every scene he’s in from every other character. ![]() The plot, while important, isn’t worth anything if we don’t care about the people who live through that plot. Cornwell understands that readers primarily want to get to know, relate to, and understand the protagonist and the people in his life. Also, I really appreciate Cornwell’s character work regarding the hero of the story and the major and minor characters that surround him. ![]() ![]() ![]() Saul Leiter was born in Pittsburgh in 1923. It is edited by Margit Erb and Michael Parillo of the Saul Leiter Foundation, and is embellished with texts that describe how Leiter assembled his slide archive and how it is being catalogued and restored. This volume contains works discovered through this project-specifically, color photography from slides never before published or seen by the public. ![]() His studio in the East Village, where he lived from 1952 until his death in 2013, is now the home of the Saul Leiter Foundation, which has commenced a full-scale survey of his more than 80,000 works. Choosing to shoot in color when black and white was the norm, Leiter portrayed midcentury New York’s street life with a gorgeous painterliness that evoked the sensuality of his Abstract Expressionist contemporaries Rothko and Newman. Now firmly established as one of the world’s greatest photographers, Saul Leiter (1923–2013) was relatively little known until the 2006 publication of Saul Leiter: Early Color, when he was already in his eighties. A thrilling trove of newly discovered color works from the photographer celebrated for his pioneering painterly vision ![]() ![]() ![]() Gradgrind, and his opposition of creativity and imagination in the education system of Victorian England during the Industrial Revolution, and proves that the philosophy of utilitarianism and self-interest are inefficient and prevent children from gaining the proper skills to improve their lives during such a difficult and chaotic time.įor example, Dickens starts this work with characterizing the man who created the school in Coketown, Thomas Gradgrind. Dickens uses satire to criticise the ruthlessness of Mr. This method is often used throughout literature, including brilliant works like Charles Dickens’ Hard Times. ![]() Satire provides a strong message while entertaining the reader. ![]() Satire is a writing technique utilized by writers to expose and criticize the corruption or stupidity of an individual or a society, using humor to improve humanity by denouncing its shortcomings. ![]() ![]() She was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta in 1983 and became a priest one year later. in religion at Emory University in 1973 and her Master of Divinity degree from Yale University in 1976. She described that with clear-eyed affection in her bestselling 2006 memoir, "Leaving Church." In 2010, the Georgia Center for the Book chose An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith" for inclusion on its list of "25 Books All Georgians Should Read."īarbara Brown Taylor was born September 21, 1951, in Atlanta. She was the pastor of several Episcopal churches in the state before deciding to leave the formal ministry and undertake her own spiritual journey outside the church. She is also a teacher, essayist and author of a dozen books who now makes her home in rural Northeast Georgia. ![]() ![]() Clarkesville, Habersham County, Born in Atlantaīarbara Brown Taylor is one of America's most acclaimed and eloquent preachers. ![]() ![]() ![]() It covers the whole cycle: the story of Uther Pendragon, Merlin and Nimue, the youth of Arthur and the sword in the stone, the establishment of the Round Table at Camelot, the story of Tristan and Isolde, the Fisher King, the quest of the Grail and the adventures of Gawain, Percival, Bors, Galahad, Lancelot and Guinevere, and finally the plots of Morgan Le Fay and Mordred, the battle of Camlann and the end of the fellowship. ![]() Lancelyn Green’s book, however, is not a complete redesign of the old tales: instead, it is a straightforward and condensed retelling of the Arthurian legends, intended for young readers who are, for the most part, unfamiliar with this vast body of literature. White’s The Once and Future King… Let’s say that the romances of chivalry were all the rage in the 1950s - just as dragons and magic fantasies have been all the rage since the 1990s, with George R.R. King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table was published a few years after World War II, around the same time as Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia and T. He is, nonetheless, one of the major popularisers of ancient myths and legends in English culture - Neil Gaiman recently acknowledged (in his introduction to Norse Mythology) that Lancelyn Green’s books profoundly influenced his early vocation as a writer. Roger Lancelyn Green may not be quite as famous as his teachers and fellow Oxfordians, C.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Change on the Fly” by Maren Moore asks what it would be like to fall in love with your best friend’s brother. She also loves to spend a lot of time chasing after her children, spending time with family, reading on her Kindle and binge watching TV series on Netflix. When she is not writing her novels, she can usually be found browsing Pinterest for the athletic men who inspire her romance novels. She has since then become one of the most prolific authors in the genre with more than nine titles to his name. Maren got her start when she published “Change on the Fly,” the debut novel of the “Totally Pucked” series of novels in 2021. For years, she wanted to write happily ever afters with a dash of romantic comedy, which is why she came up with the Maren pseudonym.Īs a top 20 bestselling novelist, Maren Moore is the author’s best friend material heroines and romantic sports comedies. Maren Moore is the pseudonym for dark romance author who wanted to try her hand at something different. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s only an hour from New York, but feels a world away. His 1973 debut album Greetings from Asbury Park thrust the town – and its pushers, peddlers and conmen – into rock’n’roll imagination. This town is best known for fostering the state’s most beloved export: Bruce Springsteen. Sea myst floats off the Atlantic, toward attractions like the pinball museum and its life-sized fiberglass Elvis.Īsbury Park’s long history of false starts at redevelopment, in many ways, allowed these groups to continue to live in the 1.5 sq mile town, bordered by more affluent and conservative stretches of beach. It’s bordered on the east by a kitsch-filled stretch of boardwalk along the Atlantic.Įven on a cloudy day in the middle of the week, the air smells vaguely of hotdogs and funnel cake (a calorie bomb of fried dough covered in icing sugar). The stage was flanked by stacks of old guitar amps (they’re just for decoration), and an after-work crowd nodded along.Īsbury Park is a seaside town, part of Jersey shore, where working-class surfers, artists, musicians, gay men and women and African American culture mixed for decades. “I live just over the river in Philly,” he said, and traded out another guitar before sinking back into the music. ![]() ![]() “It’s good to be back,” Vile told the crowd. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He was very patriotic and never smoked, drank, or gambled.Īs the story opens, Barney Northrup is selling apartments to a carefully selected group of tenants. ![]() (Despite its name, Sunset Towers faces east – into the sunrise.) Sam Westing was a wealthy businessman who made his fortune in paper products. Sunset Towers is a new apartment building on Lake Michigan, north of Milwaukee and just down the shore from the mansion owned by reclusive self-made millionaire Samuel W. It has been adapted as the 1997 feature film Get a Clue (also distributed as The Westing Game). The Westing Game was ranked number nine all-time among children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal in 2012. It won the Newbery Medal recognizing the year's most distinguished contribution to American children's literature. The Westing Game is a mystery book written by Ellen Raskin and published by Dutton on May 1, 1978. ![]() |