6/9/2023 0 Comments Murakami the strange library![]() ![]() ![]() He hasn’t told anyone what happened, and he has done his best to to put the ordeal behind him, though he admits that he sometimes still thinks of it: We suspect it isn’t real, it can’t be, and the boy himself confirms our suspicions at the end, long after he has escaped from the library basement. As in a dream, the passage of time becomes uncertain and the action unfolds in a sequence of increasingly disturbing images and events that shouldn’t hold together but somehow do. ![]() If this strikes you as the stuff of dreams-or nightmares-then you’re on the right track. ![]() Two other characters are trapped in the labyrinth with the boy: one is a man dressed in a sheepskin, who makes the best fried doughnuts the boy has ever tasted, and the other is a mysterious, beautiful girl, who can’t speak and who may or may not exist, but who does her best to help the boy make sense of his predicament. The boy’s captor is an old librarian who wants to eat his brains-but only after the boy has memorized the contents of three obscure and weighty tomes on the subject of tax collection in the Ottoman Empire. It tells the story of a lonely, unnamed boy who finds himself imprisoned in a labyrinth beneath a library. The Strange Library, a novella by Haruki Murakami with illustrations by Chip Kidd, is an odd, beautiful little book. ![]()
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I realize that the Story may be broadly used by TS. I am submitting a story (collectively with any related images, video, or audio material and with any related material provided at a later date, the “Story”) to Creste LLC (“TS”) via the story sharing feature of the website. ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments Lore alexandra bracken series![]() ![]() ![]() And finally, when it's all gone, you sit and blink a bit and try to figure out where it all went. Even when you realize you're almost out, that the bag is almost empty or the bar mostly devoured, you can only slow down a little bit. You eat more, more, more and you eat it faster, faster, faster- tea forgotten, savoring forgotten, seeking only to consume as much of it as possible as fast as possible because somehow you got the idea while you were eating it that the chocolate will go away if you don't eat it now and so it is absolutely imperative that you do so. But eventually the lure of the sugar and cocoa is too strong. If you're weird like me you drink tea with your chocolate so that your mouth is always warm enough to soften it before you chew and it spreads over your tongue and makes a layer of deliciousness that you wash down with yet more tea. You try to eat the rest of it- the bar, the bag of chocolate chips, those little Dove eggs- slowly, and for a while it works. You know that first piece of chocolate, the small piece you take because it's a treat and maybe you haven't had it in a while and you want to savor it? And you roll it around in your mouth a little, let it get all melty, experience the taste as fully as possible. I've said it before and I'll say it again: This book is like chocolate. ![]() ![]() ![]() Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelyn's story near its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique's own in tragic and irreversible ways. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the '80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. ![]() Summoned to Evelyn's luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. Regardless of why Evelyn has selected her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. ![]() Why her? Why now? Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life.īut when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. From the author of Daisy Jones & The Six -an entrancing novel "that speaks to the Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor in us all" (Kirkus Reviews), in which a legendary film actress reflects on her relentless rise to the top and the risks she took, the loves she lost, and the long-held secrets the public could never imagine. ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments The maidens a novel![]() Mariana Andros is a brilliant but troubled group therapist who becomes fixated on The Maidens when one member, a friend of Mariana’s niece Zoe, is found murdered in Cambridge. A handsome and charismatic Greek tragedy professor at Cambridge University, Fosca is adored by staff and students alike-particularly by the members of a secret society of female students known as The Maidens. Lucy Foley, New York Times bestselling author of The Guest Listįrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient comes a spellbinding tale of psychological suspense, weaving together Greek mythology, murder, and obsession, that further cements “Michaelides as a major player in the field” ( Publishers Weekly).Įdward Fosca is a murderer. ![]() I loved this even more than I loved The Silent Patient and that's saying something!" "A deliciously dark, elegant, utterly compulsive read -with a twist that blew my mind. "Alex Michaelides’s long-awaited next novel, 'The Maidens,' is finally here.the premise is enticing and the elements irresistible." ![]() ![]() **THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** ![]() ![]() The author's recent works focus on Malaysian history for children. His collection of tales, Horror Stories, is a significant best-selling book in Malaysia and his latest retrospective collection Scream to the Shadows published by Penguin Random House SEA will expand his readership in Asia and internationally. His latest novel, A Malaysian Restaurant in London, is more conventional, being a paranormal love story. His novel, Last Breath, is seen as taking a step away from the genre into "a mixture of character drama, satire, alternate history and magic realism". ![]() By delving into Malay myth, legends and folklore his writing is regarded as "World Gothic". His novel Vermillion Eye was a study text at the National University of Singapore. The author's fiction primarily falls within the dark fantasy and horror genre. Tunku Halim bin Tunku Abdullah (born 1964) is a Malaysian novelist, short story, non-fiction writer and lawyer. ![]() The Arabic-derived word "bin" or "binti"/"binte", if used, means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively. The name Tunku Abdullah is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Halim. In this Malay name, there is no family name. ![]() ![]() But when a misunderstanding arises, their lifelong friendship suddenly threatens to tear apart. ![]() The two find solace, developing a bond that keeps their spirits alive. As the years pass, through famine and rebellion, they reflect upon their arranged marriages, loneliness, and the joys and tragedies of motherhood. With the arrival of a silk fan on which Snow Flower has composed for Lily a poem of introduction in nu shu, their friendship is sealed and they become "old sames" at the tender age of seven. They painted letters on fans, embroidered messages on handkerchiefs, and composed stories, thereby reaching out of their isolation to share their hopes, dreams, and accomplishments. Some girls were paired with laotongs, "old sames", in emotional matches that lasted throughout their lives. ![]() In 19th-century China, when wives and daughters were foot-bound and lived in almost total seclusion, the women in one remote Hunan county developed their own secret code for communication: nu shu ("women's writing"). She has nothing but time now, as she recounts the tale of Snow Flower, and asks the gods for forgiveness. Lily is haunted by memories of who she once was, and of a person, long gone, who defined her existence. ![]() With the period detail and deep resonance of Memoirs of a Geisha, this lyrical and emotionally charged novel delves into one of the most mysterious of human relationships: female friendship. ![]() Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a brilliantly realistic journey back to an era of Chinese history that is as deeply moving as it is sorrowful. ![]() 6/7/2023 0 Comments Empty book by suzanne weyn![]() Readers who persevere will find the ending somewhat rushed and tainted by deus ex machina. If you liked Empty by Suzanne Weyn, here are some books like this: Gravity Fever Crumb. Weyn (Distant Waves) nicely handles the teen romance and the attempts to deal with the crisis, but clumsy exposition and infodumps often drag down the first half of the book. Take a look at the WSIRN Gift Store for great products and gift ideas. As the situation escalates, the lack of oil leads to food and power shortages, creating a snowballing series of crises. They all find their traditional teenage concerns overshadowed (if not obviated) by the growing oil crisis, which has led to insanely high gas prices, shortages of everyday products such as ballpoint pens, and a looming war with Venezuela. ![]() Tom, in turn, wants to date vain cheerleader Niki. Weyn's near-future novel avoids many of the traditional dystopian trappings in favor of looking at a handful of teens just as the world runs out of usable oil "It was right in front of everybody's faces, but they pretended it wasn't happening." Goth outcast Gwen, living with her petty criminal brother after being abandoned by their parents, has a crush on her neighbor, Tom. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Murder is far from no one’s thoughts in this delicious new romantic mystery from Abigail Wilson. Meanwhile she must convince everyone that her marriage is a genuine love match if her new husband has any hope of uncovering the enemy.ĭetermined to keep her son’s true identity a secret, Elizabeth will need to remain one step ahead of her fragile heart, her uncertain future, and the relentless fiend bent on her new family’s ruin.Įarly Praise for Masquerade at Middlecrest Abbey: There she is met by Torrington’s beautiful grown daughters, a vicious murder, and an urgent hunt for the missing intelligence that could turn the war with France. Trapped not only by her duty to her country but also by her limited options as an unwed mother, Miss Elizabeth Cantrell and her infant son are whisked away to Middlecrest Abbey by none other than the elder brother of her son’s absent father. Stranded on the road with an unconscious young woman, he is forced to propose marriage to protect his identity and her reputation, as well as his dangerous mission. When the widowed Lord Torrington agreed to spy for the crown, he never planned to impersonate a highwayman, let alone rob the wrong carriage. ![]() She is not, however, prepared to protect her life. In this new Regency romance, a young unwed mother must protect her heart from the charms of her convenient new husband, Lord Torrington. ![]() ![]() ![]() |a Frustration in children |0 subjects/sh85052194 |v Juvenile fiction. |a Alexander |c (Fictitious character from Viorst) |0 id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2022062265 |v Juvenile fiction. You may also be glad to find that some days are like that for other people too. What do you do on a day like that? Well, you may think about going to Australia. Everything went wrong, right down to lima beans for supper and kissing on TV. It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. He could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. When he got out of bed, he tripped over his skateboard and by mistake dropped his sweater in the sink while the water was running. He went to sleep with gum in his mouth and woke up with gum in his hair. |a Alexander could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. |a "New preface by Judith Viorst and Ray Cruz." |a 32 unnumbered pages : |b color illustrations |c 20 x 26 cm |a New York : |b Atheneum Books for Young Readers, |c 2009. |a Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day / |c Judith Viorst illustrated by Ray Cruz. |a DLC |b eng |c DLC |d IG# |d XY4 |d CNEDM |d EHH |d BDX |d OCLCF |d YDXCP |d CZL |d OCLCO |d OCLCQ |d OCLCO |d NDS |d OCLCO |d OCL |d OCLCO |d HFU ![]() |