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I really enjoyed Hill's forward and loved his characters. I thought the art was good.
I was saddened by the death of the officer on the highway, but then remembered that's the way of apocalyptic events.
I really liked this one, it made me feel and root for the characters. Templeton was fantastic.
How odd that I neglected to mark this one as read. I checked it out via hoopla in late October and probably finished it in November. It was okay, I recall some of it, but I do remember not loving the main character and thinking the survival of her brother and that everyone seemed to be attracted to him was a bit far fetched, but eh, it's fiction.
Like a proper mystery, it had a lot of characters, many of whom were interconnected.
I could see it becoming a mini-series produced by Netflix, haha.
Very sweet, with a heartfelt afterward from LeVar.I love that he's so considerate. He's worried that he would not be able to pull off a love story between two women and he wanted to do the story justice as he views reading the story as love letter of sorts to his daughter.This story can also be found in [b:GlitterShip: Spring 2017 36008257 GlitterShip Spring 2017 Keffy R.M. Kehrli https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1502560686l/36008257.SX50.jpg 72902125]
Informative pages that were then followed by 106 plates of Dürer's work. Beautiful, I loved the art work,mother informative pages were a little dense but did provide so history and some context.
So good!
I enjoyed the interview at the end that provided some context and backstory, which enriches the experience of the story. Love the insight that the characters represent pillars of different aspects of society, and how they should be rebuffed/resisted. The governess Miss Prism represents education, the reverend Frederick Chasuble is the church, and Aunt Agusta is the aristocracy.
Read like an episode: gets one back to the status quo and you Jack gets to be awesome.
Thanks Hoopla.Seeing Spider-Man made me think of the Mr. Boop comics. Also recently read [b:No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics 11871319 No Straight Lines Four Decades of Queer Comics Justin Hall https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1343083032l/11871319.SX50.jpg 16828870]I really liked Skelly's colorful art and line style. I'm unsure if I'll read more of her work as I did want more...narrative? maybe, something like that.
I believe this sharpened what I already knew and that which I didn't know probably won't stick too much.
Interesting history of the British monarchy in more of their less than flattering times.
Read on hoopla.
Great pictures and easy to understand text. Was surprised to learn that praying mantis can be a predator of hummingbirds.
I am so bad with dinosaurs and I've had so many learners be enthralled with them as well as preschoolers ask, ‘What's this one?'
Sadly I did not retain the info from this and also one of my older learners told me about how there's so much outdated stuff out there so I don't know what to trust, haha.
[b:A House Is a House for Me 833171 A House Is a House for Me Mary Ann Hoberman https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1178755406l/833171.SX50.jpg 2645610] is superior to this, but I think that this book does a good job of demonstrating that things change and language can explain/show that change, eg branches are branches until they come off the tree and then they are sticks.With a good guide this can be expanded to have kids generate other associated words/concepts, eg twigs, logs, wicker, wood, etc.Or towards the end of the book, I was sad that the book said something like “Day is day until it is dark, then it is night”. If I were reading that I'd ask kiddos to name all the parts of the changing light: sunset, dusk, twilight, etc.
Really liked: Eastman Johnson's ‘The Girl I Left Behind', Benjamin West's ‘Helen Brought to Paris', Albert Bierstadt's ‘Among the Sierra Nevada, California', James Peale's ‘Mrs. John McCluney', Frank Blackwell Mayer's ‘Independence (Squire Jack Porter)', Daniel Chester French's ‘Spirit of Life', Maria Oakley Dewing ‘Garden in May', Robert Reid's ‘The Mirror', Everett Shinn ‘The White Ballet', Frank Harmon Myers ‘Sunny Jim', Norman Rockwell ‘Save Freedom of Speech', Gene Davis ‘Wall Stripes No. 3', and Max Weber ‘Foundry in Baltimore'.
Might use this as a jumping off point to find and (re)discover others.
Read at: https://americanliterature.com/author/guy-de-maupassant/short-story/the-hand
For those who also enjoyed ‘The Most Dangerous Game'.
I was a little disappointed because I picked it up not knowing that it was an entire book of covers. However, many of them are lovely, clever, or otherwise wonderful.
I enjoy the way that Nick Hornby writes about music. I had recently encountered that in ‘Long Way Down' in the character JJ, but I liked ‘Juliet, Naked' better. There were some great characters and good commentary on life.
At times incredibly cheesy, but at others I felt that there was a good message. There was commentary about region, time, what it means to be human, gender...
Overall, very enjoyable; I was a bit surprised given the art style and the cliches.
Going to now listen to her TED talk and a few of the songs that were mentioned.
Loved listening to her authentic voice (whoever read the introduction sounded a bit inexperienced) and the story that she told. Many beautiful ideas (yay art family and body acceptance!) and good metaphors.
Really enjoyed hearing about her relationship with Neil and her mentor Anthony.
So good with lovely prose, such as:
“Someone” is a serpent of a word. It has fangs, and it can bite. It had bitten me, and now I had to go.
and
When I was very small, no more than a comma of a creature compared to the pages and paragraphs of my parents, they used to tell me stories of the world outside the wood. “It's terrible there,” said my mother, shivering. “Their sense is nonsense, and their nonsense is sense. You can trust nothing outside the wood. Nothing. All of it waits only to destroy you.”
Fantastic, albeit arguably ‘additional', world building, “The distance between the Tulgey Wood and the City of Hearts is always the same. When the city grows beyond its current borders, the road will stretch like the finest taffy, carrying it farther from the tree line, and keeping the people of both places safe.”
More great prose: Mirrors coated the walls, bouncing our reflections back and forth between them until we became an infinity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_to_the_Troops_at_Tilbury
I forget with year in high school we read this.
one of the editions:
My loving people.
We have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit our selves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery; but I assure you I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear. I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good-will of my subjects; and therefore I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live and die amongst you all; to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust.
I know I have the body but of a weak, feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm; to which rather than any dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field.
I know already, for your forwardness you have deserved rewards and crowns; and We do assure you on a word of a prince, they shall be duly paid. In the mean time, my lieutenant general shall be in my stead, than whom never prince commanded a more noble or worthy subject; not doubting but by your obedience to my general, by your concord in the camp, and your valour in the field, we shall shortly have a famous victory over these enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people.
I'm not sure how to feel about this one. It discusses concepts (without using the terms) such as rigid thinking and sensory overload.
I did like the ‘what about you?' questions that popped up as I feel that they can foster empathy and understanding, but wished it had also addressed the concept of rigid thinking for the reader.
Did not appreciate the ‘different planet' comment; did appreciate ‘don't expect him or her to “grow out of it”.