![]() ![]() ![]() He appears to be a curious person, questioning how someone as diligent as Jean is able to press on so tenaciously, and insists that he will find the answer to his own inquiry. Additionally, he is also somehow able to recall many of the events that occurred in Mondstadt from thousands of years ago, including stories of Andrius, the Wolf King of the North and Dvalin, the Dragon of the East. ![]() Official Twitter EN and JP VA Announcementĭainsleif is an enigmatic character, but glimpses of his persona can be captured through the narrations of the Collected Miscellany videos and the Teyvat Chapter Storyline video.ĭainsleif claims that his memory has "all but faded," yet is seemingly able to vividly recall the events of the Fall of Khaenri'ah. ![]()
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![]() He would like to feel it now, and under his control. He would like to have arrested that moment. ![]() Just as he would like to have the feeling of Odette’s face imprinted into his memory at the birth of his love – the moment of their first kiss – so now he would like to have sensed the feeling of the moment of its death. In fact, he thinks with “terror” and sadness of the passing away, as in death, of Jealous-Swann that is, a self that has ceased to be. It’s not simply that love falls away and he can blithely sail off to another love or even a lesser dalliance, for example, to that attractive Mme Cambremer that he encountered at Mme Euverte’s. This passing ought to be a relief, as after a painful illness. Jealous-Swann is becoming Not-Jealous Swann. ![]() ![]() The closing pages of Swann in Love tell of Swann falling out of love that is, they tell of the passing away of his jealousy and suffering (which amounts to the passing away of love). ![]() ![]() ![]() “Beauty, coveted though it was, could not outlive you. I just have a lot of feelings towards this book. Wow, where to start? I’m obsessed with this book so much? Everything in it gives me life? Incredible main characters? Definitely one of my all time favorites? Yep, yep, yep and yep. ![]() But what Gauri and Vikram will soon discover is that there’s nothing more dangerous than what they most desire. New trials will test their devotion, strength, and wits. It seems like a foolproof plan-until Gauri and Vikram arrive at the tournament and find that danger takes on new shapes: poisonous courtesans, mischievous story birds, a feast of fears, and twisted fairy revels. Together they can team up and win the Tournament of Wishes, a competition held in a mythical city where the Lord of Wealth promises a wish to the victor. ![]() But should she trust Vikram, the notoriously cunning prince of a neighboring land? He promises her freedom in exchange for her battle prowess. Now that she faces a future of exile and scorn, Gauri has nothing left to lose. She is the princess of Bharata-captured by her kingdom’s enemies, a prisoner of war. For one young princess in a state of peril, a dangerous wish could be the only answer… ![]() ![]() It also showed me the ways in which rural families were affected by white supremacy.īuy Now: Brown Girl Dreaming on Bookshop | Amazon It showed me the Civil Rights Movement through the eyes of a child. In the book, Woodson tells the stories of her upbringing. But I reread it when I was 10 years old and I loved it. My aunt gave this to me when I was 9, and I struggled to read it because I didn’t know much about poetry. It was the book that sparked the #1000BlackGirlBook campaign. Middle Grade (Grades 3–6) Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson I did the same thing to my parents, and now I have a dog!īuy Now: One Word from Sophia on Bookshop | Amazon She has to put her convincing skills to use in order to get the pet of her dreams. Sophia wants a giraffe for her birthday so badly. ![]() I sometimes make a mess of my room, so I understand Ada well.īuy Now: Ada Twist, Scientist on Bookshop | Amazon One Word from Sophia by Jim Averbeck A curious, intelligent and spunky girl, Ada Twist wants to explore everything around her and make a little bit of a mess doing it. ![]() ![]() ![]() Thank goodness I ignored my skepticism, because I am now a card carrying member of the cult of Max Monroe. No one knows who he or she is – we only know Max is a team of two successful romance authors. ![]() (Is that his hand down his pants?) I thought the overwhelmingly positive reviews might be manufactured and the product of the brilliant marketing tactic of the mysterious Max Monroe. I had read the internet hoopla in romancelandia about Tapping – the first book in the series – but the cover and title lean towards the cheesy. I am late to the Max Monroe and Billionaire Bad Boy series party. ![]() ![]() I conceded and shacked up with the cat downstairs to uninhibitedly enjoy Tapping the Billionaire, and it is hilarious, a great abdominal workout and a kick-ass, heartfelt love story. This just caused the bed to faintly shake and the stink eye turned into the Stare of Death. I was too lazy to move and he didn’t appreciate my suggestion of earplugs therefore, I clenched my stomach muscles to silence my mirth. I honestly could not control my outbursts of giggling and cackling, and I literally LOLed until my husband gave me the stink eye and requested I leave the bedroom so he could go to sleep. I am NOT a demonstrative reader – until now. Huh? I cry silently, laugh internally and rarely even alter my stoic facial expression when I read. Until Max Monroe’s Tapping the Billionaire, I had never been asked to read elsewhere because my reading was disturbing someone. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Reading aloud is so important to help develop literacy skills in all ages. If you have this book, you can follow along as you listen. Join me this time in reading Interstellar Cinderella. This book, for ages 3 and up, is a whimsical and modern twist of a classic most of us are familiar with! After reading, we explore an activity to do that relates back to Interstellar Cinderella. Today, we are going to focus on the book Interstellar Cinderella, by Deborah Underwood. This blog is all about why story time is important, with some good information for grownups to know, and then we’ll focus on a few different activities that could tie into the book. One of our most popular daily programs that happens twice(!) daily is our Story Time in the Early Childhood Learning Center. ![]() ![]() Tracy is a member of the Pacific Northwest Writers Association, Dog Writers Association of America, and Sisters in Crime. She loves sharing her passion for yoga and animals in any form possible. ![]() Tracy Weber is a certified yoga teacher and the founder of Whole Life Yoga, an award-winning yoga studio in Seattle, where she currently lives with her husband, Marc, and German shepherd, Tasha. Giveaway: Murder Strikes a Pose by Tracy Weber ![]() Overall though, I found the story enjoyable and for a lighthearted, cozy style mystery, and a good weekend read, pick up a copy of Murder Strikes a Pose and be sure to drop by and let us know what you thought. I would rate it about PG-13 due to language, situations, etc. If this debut is any indication, I think she’ll do well in the mystery field. This is an author whose next work I would be glad to look at. There was the twists and turns in the main plot, as well as a secondary plot involving Kate’s friend and her friends husband. ![]() The characters were interesting, the plot was just intricate enough to keep the pace going, and for a debut mystery I thought the author did a really good job. ![]() I found this to be a very entertaining mystery. Kate Davidson – Yoga instructor and amateur detective.Ī woman who owns a yoga studio is pulled into a murder investigation when a homeless man is murdered. ![]() ![]() I got to hand it to their algorithm because it does a pretty good job determining our likes. I was guided to this book, like many of us are, by Amazon recommendations. How much time does it take you to read your average 300 page book? 10 hours? 20 hours? I would say on average it takes most of us about a week or two to get through a book - that’s a good chunk of time out of our busy lives so let’s make sure we choose wisely. ![]() Who knows … these recommendations might say more about you than they do about the book.Īs I do in all my book reviews, let’s first delve into the reason I chose to read this book. ![]() In this review of The Guest List by Lucy Foley, I will tell you who I would recommend this book to and who I wouldn’t. ![]() ![]() ![]() They are clearly on the track to some romance, only to be separated after they get off their flight thanks to stupid airport security. ![]() He helps her with her claustrophobia during their flight, and they talk all night and have some adorable sexual tension laden moments. Turns out, he’s sitting next to her on her new, rescheduled flight to London, and he’s a good-looking Brit (don’t you love when that happens?). She misses her flight and has the usual unpleasant interactions with strangers in the airport when she meets Oliver, a boy her age that is willing to extend some much-needed kindness her way. Hadley is on a flight to London to be in her father’s wedding to her new British stepmother whom she’s never met. My pragmatic and romantic sides are constantly battling each other, and this book is a good example of that. Love is more than just liking how someone looks or feeling a spark during eye contact (I have learned this the hard way before). I used to argue vehemently about how love at first sight was an urban myth. It’s a mouthful, like, I even have trouble typing it, but the title grabbed my interest. ![]() ![]() Chapter 12: Landscape, Science, and Social Reproduction: The Long-Reaching Influence of Carolyn Merchant's Insight - Laura Alice Watt.Part 3: The Politics of Landscapes, Embodiment, and Epistemologies.Chapter 11: Carolyn Merchant and the Environmental Humanities in Scandinavia - Sverker Soerlin.Chapter 10: The Other Scientific Revolution: Calvinist Scientists and the Origins of Ecology - Mark Stoll.Chapter 9: All Our Relations: Reflections on Women, Nature, and Science - Debora Hammond.Chapter 8: Carolyn Merchant and The Ecological Indian - Shepard Krech III.Chapter 7: Personal, Political, and Professional: The Impact of Carolyn Merchant's Life and Leadership - Nancy C.Chapter 6: Leading and Misleading Metaphors: From Organism to Anthropocene - Holmes Rolston, III.Chapter 5: Bewitching Nature - Elizabeth Allison. ![]() Chapter 4: From a Partnership to a Fidelity Ethic: Framing an Old Story for a New Time - Norman Wirzba.Chapter 3: Carolyn Merchant's The Death of Nature: Launching new trajectories in interdisciplinary research - Heather Eaton.Chapter 2: The Death of Nature or Divorce from Nature? - Kenneth Worthy.Chapter 1: Before The Death of Nature: Carolyn Iltis, the Carolyn Merchant Few People Know - J.Part 1: Environmental Philosophy and Ethics and Ecofeminism.Introduction - Kenneth Worthy, Elizabeth Allison, & Whitney A.Acknowledgements Foreword - Susan Griffin.Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index. ![]() |