![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Simon Walden had been employed in the kitchen, as a chef of sorts, and apparently a great one. ![]() Jonathan is the founder/manager of the Woodyard Centre, a haven for those with learning disabilities and for those who take master’s level classes in art. The story like those set in the Shetland Islands weaves through the populace of North Devon and other nearby parts, as pieces of Simon Walden’s life and his reason for moving to North Devon, a village of sorts in the outskirts of Barnstaple, a larger town, is uncovered by Venn and his team.Īlong the way, Venn’s life from childhood as a son to parents who belong to a religious sect (The Brethren) to the present in a world removed from that as the spouse of Jonathan Church becomes entangled in this murder. Set in mostly North Devon District (England) The Long Call revolves around Detective Inspector Matthew Venn and his team’s investigation into the stabbing murder of Simon Walden who is found on the beach by passerbys. I watched the series on Netflix and absolutely loved it though it did take me a bit to get used to the dialect and language. Reading Ann Cleeves’ latest novel, The Long Call, the first in the series Two Rivers, brought me back to Shetland Islands. Review of Ann Cleeves’ The Long Call May 25, 2019 ![]()
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![]() ![]() Patrons can test out the Zoom software on their device of choice ahead of the performance date by joining a test meeting. The virtual performance will be presented using Zoom Webinar. Do not share this link with others, as each link can only be used on one device. Starting one week before their scheduled performance, ticket buyers will be emailed a unique URL links to access the webinar. ![]() This performance is presented using Zoom Webinar. ![]() Screwball zaniness ensues at a fast pace crashing into a very happy ending. The show becomes an over-the-top soap opera full of crazy antics and goofball zaniness. In order to keep it interesting, they decide to shorten a 2-hour epic into 12 minutes. ![]() It’s the age-old story of two lovers and a miserly father (Pantalone) who refuses to let them get married since he wants his child to be married to a true magnate, a rich person, very relatable. A troupe of actors attempt to perform a condensed version of “the false magnate”, a (fictional) classic play. This is an adaptation of a classic Commedia Dell’Arte sketch for a virtual online performance. (Based on a play from the book Commedia Plays by Barry Grantham) ![]() ![]() ![]() When she refuses the pyre, she is banished to a temple in subjugated Ahiranya that witnessed atrocities: the immolation of the temple children. Still, Chandra isn’t quite confident enough to set his sister on fire unless she goes consenting. Malini is a skilled politician, hardened by her younger brother’s lifelong cruelty burning her and her handmaidens is both a punishment for her resistance and something you get the feeling Chandra has been building up to for years. Literally: we start with women being burned to death, sacrifices to an ancient tradition and to punish an imperial princess who believes the wrong brother sits on the throne. The Jasmine Throne starts a new series ( The Burning Kingdoms) and if the themes are familiar to readers of The Books of Ambha, it’s all about the execution. I’m all strangled vowels and twisted feelings and a deep-burning satisfaction that yes, actually, THIS is how you do fantasy right. I barely know where to start with a review of The Jasmine Throne. ![]() Chandra’s cruelty may set the whole Empire alight. But allies are sometimes found in the strangest places, and Malini is not alone in her fear of the Emperor. When his rebellious sister refuses to be sacrificed, she is imprisoned. The new Parijatdvipan Emperor is a tyrant and a zealot, fond of ‘purifying’ women with flame. ![]() ![]() ![]() The reality- selling herself to survive- is a dehumanizing grind that pushes her further away from real love, towards a fascination with pure physical pleasure. A chance meeting in Rio takes her to Geneva, but the glittering life she hoped for was a fantasy. “Love is a terrible thing that will make you suffer…” so says Maria, a young Brazilian girl convinced from an early age that she will never find true love. ![]() Also, this book won Ex Libris Award in 2004. The author’s book has sold around 140 million copies and translated into 72 languages. Initially, the book was published in Portuguese and was translated into English by Margaret Jull Costa. The book ELEVEN MINUTES by Paulo Coelho is published in 2003 by Harper Collins. Let’s dive in! ELEVEN MINUTES by PAULO COELHO About the book Finally, I am here with the review of the book that kicked my reading slump. Hey folks! Welcome back to the reader’s corner. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Both are about delightfully implausible adventures, both are about teenage boys ready to take on rough and tumble scenarios typically the province of adults, both are fast paced thrillers with a dose of mystery. I knew Stormbreaker was different from the adventures of Frank and Joe Hardy, but at first I was focused on the close similarities. ![]() Stormbreaker is about fourteen-year-old Alex Rider, an orphan, who upon the mysterious death of his uncle, suddenly finds himself recruited into MI6 as a spy, and sent to scout out the secret plots of an apparently philanthropic businessman who has offered to donate state-of-the-art computers to all the schools across England. Whatever I expected from Stormbreaker, the first book in the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz, I did not expect the initial urge to compare the book to the classic Hardy Boys series. ![]() ![]() Whether there is benefit in one over the other is, I guess, down to personal preference. ![]() ![]() The fourth printing in 2005 was printed on thinner paper in quarter blue-grey buckram and a blue-grey matching slip case, again as part of the 'Castaway's Choice' series. Similarly, The Odyssey was originally published in the quarter "leather" series binding, as were the second and third printings. In 2006 a version bound in quarter dark red buckram, with a dark red slipcase, was produced to coincide with the selection of this title as one of a number of 'Castaway's Choices'. The Iliad was originally published in 1996, and its first five printings (through to 2001) all used the "Classical and Mythological" series quarter "leather" binding which commenced in 1992 with Herodotus' Histories. ![]() There have indeed been many printings of the Fagles version of The Iliad and The Odyssey. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() That’s not it, there is a message scrawled on the rear windscreen – Rehearsal. The victim in Lindsay’s case is a professional player who is shot in the head while sitting in his parked car outside a restaurant. The targets are people of dubious achievements, the media cannot make up their collective mind whether to call these victims heroes or villains but for Lindsay Boxer, these are murders to be solved. and Chicago sets off this pulse pounding thriller. ![]() Sniper hits of military precision across three cities of San Francisco, L.A. My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – 20th Victim *Hope you have liked reading this Book Review, look out for the review of the 21st Book of the series – 21st Birthday (released this March) by the end of this week!*.Conclusion – Book Review of 20th Victim.Book Review – The 20th Victim by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. ![]() ![]() Maurice Bendrix, a novelist and the first person narrator of this novel, begins the story in the middle. I guess as I continue to get to know these “Catholic” authors, this coincidence of timing could be, uh, providential? It looks like Greene himself consciously used Brideshead as a jumping off point. Further research into the matter showed that I was far from the first to make this connection. Interestingly, while reading it, I found myself thinking back on my recent introduction to Evelyn Waugh and his Brideshead Revisited. (Please let me know if I’m missing other “musts” in this list.) The End of the Affair‘s small size pushed it up to the top of the Greene TBR pile. ![]() After warming up to Greene with The Tenth Man and The Quiet American I have wasted very little time figuring out what else he’s written that I should read. I know that Brighton Rock, The Heart of the Matter, and The Power and the Glory are musts, and I also found The End of the Affair highly praised. ![]() ![]() As their friendship grows and faith is questioned, Mike may be forced to choose between the comfortable life he's always lived and a chance at the love he never thought he deserved. When an awkward confrontation with Chris leads to an unexpected kiss instead of a much-expected punch, Mike's world is turned upside down. ![]() What's worse, the pastor's son, Chris, suddenly seems hell-bent on adopting Mike and his friends and he has no idea why. ![]() His family’s life revolves around the church, a church run by the vocally intolerant Pastor Myers, so Mike has resolved to spend his life in the closet. He's going to be outed, ostracized by their community, condemned by the pastor, maybe even homeless. In sixteen-year-old Mike Hernandez’s life, only one thing is clear: Gay is NOT okay. When his sketchbook goes missing in the middle of Sunday school, Mike is sure his life is over. He pours his complicated emotions into risqu drawings he keeps in a secret sketchbook. His only escape-besides the occasional, anonymous gay make-out session-is his art. ![]() His family's life revolves around the church, a church run by the vocally intolerant Pastor Myers, so Mike has resolved to spend his life in the closet. In sixteen-year-old Mike Hernandez's life, only one thing is clear: Gay is NOT okay. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() centennial in 1876, when its significance was reconsidered in light of the war’s outcome and in the larger context of the young country’s history. Lincoln’s speech did not garner much attention during his lifetime in many ways, it was forgotten and lost to popular memory until the U.S. The following day, Everett wrote to Lincoln: “I should be glad, if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you did in two minutes.” In about 260 words, beginning with the famous phrase, “Four score and seven years ago,” Lincoln honored the Union dead and reminded the listeners of the purpose of the soldier’s sacrifice: equality, freedom, and national unity. ![]() Everett spoke for two hours, from memory, before Lincoln took the podium. ![]() Invited to give a “few appropriate remarks,” Lincoln was not the featured speaker at the dedication Edward Everett, a famous orator and former politician and educator, was. The Gettysburg Address is the speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln at the November 19, 1863, dedication of Soldier’s National Cemetery, for Union soldiers killed at the Battle of Gettysburg. ![]() |