![]() ![]() ![]() Let me first give a brief introduction to each story. Here’s my feeble attempt at a compelling blurb!Ĭity of Glass: The first story is also the longest, coming in at 130 pages in my edition. Daniel Quinn is a mystery writer who lost his wife and young son a few years ago in an accident. Lonely, he almost feels more at home in his pen-name William Wilson, or even in his character’s persona. One late night, he gets a phone call for a Paul Auster, the detective. I feel I had the good fortune to read it in one of its newest editions with a pulp feel and cover art from Art Speigelman. The three were compiled almost right away (which was the point all along) into a single work: The New York Trilogy. Indeed, even while they were being written they were referred to as The New York Trilogy. While all three are unique, each also ties to themes and even passages of another. I’d go so far as to say that in order to fully enjoy them, they should each be read and in order (and maybe read again). ![]() See, this is the first book by Paul Auster that I’ve read. Thankfully, I can (sort of) say that I’ve read three of Auster’s books as this is a “trilogy.” Here we have three pieces: “City of Glass” (1985), “Ghosts” (1986), and “The Locked Room” (1986). It seems that by writing these reviews I’m actually making my ignorance increasingly apparent. ![]()
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![]() Still superior to most of the contemporary anti-drug novels, this one will be popular with The Outsiders' many fans. In contrast, the acid trip and its effects are overdone and the whole hippie scene unconvincing. A friend is killed protecting the narrator-protagonist from two tough Texans, and the fight scenes still contain Hinton's most effective writing. And though the lights with the Socs are said to have "slacked off," greasers manage to get beaten up and sent to the hospital with the old regularity. and the Socs tried to look poor." Changes in the young author's style are similarly skin-deep: there is a bit more philosophizing of the "give a damn and you get blasted" variety, but the same sentimental, heavy-handed treatment of illustrative incident. Now the greasers wore their hair down over their foreheads instead of slicked back. Now, "it was hard to tell a Soc from a greaser. The 'greaser' territory of The Outsiders is the scene of an updated novel in which Ponyboy Curtis is a minor character and gang fights have given way to drugs as the major youth problem. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Princess Diaries: Princess in Training.The Princess Diaries: Princess In Waiting.The Princess Diaries: Princess in the Spotlight.Then the day comes when her divorced parents sit her down together and tell her that, since her father is the prince of Genovia, she's the princess! Now, on top of everything else, she has princess lessons with her prissy grandmother, and a slew of popular kids only wish to befriend her because it's cool to hang out with a princess. She hates algebra, she's fighting with her best friend, and her mother is dating her math teacher! She has a weird haircut and the only boy she likes is intimidated by her intelligence. ![]() She's too tall, too thin, and too flat-chested. For fourteen-year-old Mia Thermopolis, life doesn't get much worse than high school. Now she has to pass Algebra, take princess classes, and lie to all her friends about who she really is. These are the diaries of a teenage girl, Amelia "Mia" Thermopolis, who in addition to having to deal with normal teen issues, has just found out that she is a princess of a small European country. ![]() This book format is a journal, written by Mia herself. The Princess Diaries is a book series, written by Meg Cabot and it revolves around the life of Mia Thermopolis. ![]() ![]() ![]() Evangeline has always trusted her heart, but this time she’s not sure she can.Ī Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Stephanie Garber’s THE BALLAD OF NEVER AFTER is the jaw-dropping sequel to the ONCE UPON A BROKEN HEART, starring Evangeline Fox and the Prince of Hearts on a new journey of magic, mystery, and heartbreakNot every love is meant to be. ![]() To break it, Evangeline and Jacks will have to do battle with old friends, new foes, and a magic that plays with heads and hearts. Stephanie Garbers The Ballad of Never After is the fiercely-anticipated sequel to the 1 New York Times bestseller Once Upon a Broken Heart, starring Evangeline Fox and the Prince of Hearts on a new journey of magic, mystery, and heartbreak. Instead of a love spell wreaking havoc on Evangeline’s life, a murderous spell has been cast. ![]() In fact, he might be the only one she can trust, despite her desire to despise him. Jacks isn’t the only force Evangeline needs to be wary of. Now that she’s discovered her own magic, Evangeline believes she can use it to restore the chance at happily ever after that Jacks stole away.īut when a new terrifying curse is revealed, Evangeline finds herself entering into a tenuous partnership with the Prince of Hearts again. Stephanie Garber's The Ballad of Never After is the fiercely-anticipated sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller Once Upon a Broken Heart, starring Evangeline Fox and the Prince of Hearts on a new journey of magic, mystery, and heartbreak.Īfter Jacks, the Prince of Hearts, betrays her, Evangeline Fox swears she'll never trust him again. ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() Unlike drug-fueled personal conflagrations, this holds none of the entertaining catastrophes. That doesn't make it any more enjoyable to watch. The incessant self-destruction of anti-hero Neil McCormick borders on absurd, until you learn it's largely true. ![]() ![]() "Killing Bono" is the marginally true story of how one guy didn't make it, and repeatedly almost did. There is no Hollywood payoff, where the plucky kids do make it. This is probably why I didn't really like "Killing Bono", Hamm's "tribute to failure."Īt its core, that's exactly what this is. We don't want to hear about it, much less think about it. A sort of fatalism that, yep, everything is probably going to go pear shaped, so don't be surprised when it does. But with Americans, and our chronic Horatio Alger optimism, the mere mention of failure is like a cancer. ![]() It was his opinion that the average Brit accepts, possibly even expects, failure. Director Nick Hamm had an interesting take on the reception of his movie, "Killing Bono", with American versus British audiences. ![]() ![]() ![]() This particular Tommy and Tuppence novel puts the spotlight on Tuppence, which is great to see since she’s the more interesting of the two protagonists. Mrs Lancaster cryptically says to Tuppence: “Was it your poor child? There behind the fireplace.” A chilling question.Īfter Ada passes away, they return to the home to find that Mrs Lancaster has been taken away by a relative.īefore Ada died, Mrs Lancaster gifted her a painting of a house that feels oddly familiar to Tuppence. ![]() There, Tuppence meets a strange woman named Mrs Lancaster. We begin with Tommy and Tuppence visiting Tommy’s aunt Ada in a retirement home. This is the fourth Tommy and Tuppence novel (a pair of protagonists who feature in five Agatha Christie novels).īy the Pricking of My Thumbsis just as engrossing and intricately woven as we have come to expect from the best Agatha Christie books. ![]() ![]() ![]() In some cases, this is because the main characters of one book series are related to (or a side character) in another series (especially Percy Jackson and The Olympians.) Chronological Book Order Some of the main characters like Annabeth and Percy appear in other books. The important part is that the first three-book series ( Percy Jackson, Heroes of Olympus, and Kane Chronicles) are read in order. The Trials of Apollo – Books include The Hidden Oracle, The Dark Prophecy, The Burning Maze, The Tyrant’s Tomb, and The Tower of Nero.Īs long as you read each series in order, it’s no big deal if you read Magnus Chase or Trials of Apollo first.Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard – Books include The Sword of Summer, The Hammer of Thor, and The Ship of The Dead. ![]()
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