![]() ![]() "I think this version will give those who know A Christmas Carol all the things they expect, but not as they’ve experienced them before. "It’s been a fascinating challenge to adapt such a beloved and often-told story," Donnelly said. ![]() Donnelly is satisfied with the result and hopes fans will be as well, which could end up with Scrooge: A Christmas Carol becoming a new holiday classic that's regularly watched every holiday season for years to come. Scrooge: A Christmas Carol director Stephen Donnelly has promised that there will be more than enough surprises to keep viewers engaged, even if some elements seem a bit familiar. At this stage, it would be an immense challenge for any filmmaker to reimagine a story that's been told so many times in different projects throughout the years. ![]()
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![]() Which is a lot to handle when Nick really just wants to finish his self-insert bakery AU fanfic. Long-held secrets and neglected truths are surfacing that challenge everything Nick knows about justice, family, and being extraordinary. ![]() When new Extraordinaries begin arriving in Nova City-siblings who can manipulate smoke and ice, a mysterious hero who can move objects with their mind, and a drag queen superhero with the best name and the most-sequined costume anyone has ever had-it's up to Nick and his friends Seth, Gibby, and Jazz to determine who is virtuous and who is villainous.Īnd new Extraordinaries aren't the only things coming to light. ![]() But having a superhero boyfriend isn't everything Nick thought it would be-he's still struggling to make peace with his own lack of extraordinary powers. Now instead of just writing stories about him, Nick actually gets to kiss him. Through bravery, charm, and an alarming amount of enthusiasm, Nick landed himself the superhero boyfriend of his dreams. ![]() Flash Fire is the explosive sequel to The Extraordinaries by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author TJ Klune! ![]() ![]() The guys on Greek Row meet their chaotic conclusion with this rivals-to-lovers romance full of pranks, shared hoodies, and secret meetings made in the dark.Įver since I read this a few months ago I have been eagerly awaiting Charles and Zeke' audio! It did not disappoint. I want to help him get to the bottom of it all.Īnd with his attention finally on me, I want to tell him how I feel. Pity I’ve never been more than an afterthought to him.īut when rumors start to circulate about hazing and the sources lead back to my house, it puts me square on Zeke’s radar. The appointment was made easier, though, when none other than Zeke Ariston took over Sigma house. I never wanted to become Kappa president. ![]() ![]() I need to find out who’s driving the lies. Now, instead of dialing back the stress, we’ve broken the number one rule on the row: Don’t get the dean’s attention. I might not know where they’re coming from, but I know they’re total BS. Idiot brothers, epic pranks, a list of organizational duties long enough to make my eyes bleed.īut senior year is almost over, and I’m ready to take a step back. ![]() ![]() One hell of a happy ending.īeing president of a frat house means everything is on my shoulders. ![]() ![]() ![]() I had been so desperate to read it following that first tantalising glimpse and I was lucky enough to be kindly provided with a review copy by the publisher in the UK, Jonathan Cape. The book in question is Glass Town by Isabel Greenberg, a title which promises to introduce readers to the Brontës’ worlds of Glass Town, Angria, and Gondal, as well as providing the biographical background which led to the creation of these worlds and characters such as Zamorna, Mary Percy, the Earl of Northangerland, and Glass Town gossip and celebrated author, Charles Wellesley. Pretty much anything connected with the Brontë juvenilia will get my attention but this interaction between creator and character in the form of a graphic novel was especially exciting. ![]() One of the snippets was an illustration of Charlotte Brontë’s adored hero from her worlds of Glass Town and Angria, the Duke of Zamorna, invading the real world in order to entice his creator to return to the paracosm she’d initially created along with her siblings in 1826. A few months back a very interesting looking book caught my eye due to some intriguing and exciting snippets that I spotted doing the rounds on Twitter. ![]() ![]() ![]() As the Marauder hurtles toward the unknown, and Mirabel hangs in the balance, the only certainty is that in a galaxy run on lies and illusion, no one can be trusted. The pieces of her deadly plan are about to fall into place, unleashing a plot that will tear Mirabel in two.Īndi and her crew embark on a dangerous, soul-testing journey that could restore order to their ship or just as easily start a war that will devour worlds. Meanwhile, across the galaxy, a ruthless ruler waits in the shadows of the planet Xen Ptera, biding her time to exact revenge for the destruction of her people. To those aboard her glass starship, Marauder, however, she's just Andi, their friend and fearless leader.īut when a routine mission goes awry, the Marauder's all-girl crew is tested as they find themselves in a treacherous situation and at the mercy of a sadistic bounty hunter from Andi's past. Most know Androma Racella as the Bloody Baroness, a powerful mercenary whose reign of terror stretches across the Mirabel Galaxy. ![]() ![]() Then, in two other chapters I have sketched in swift outline the two worlds within and without the Veil, and thus have come to the central problem of training men for life. In a third chapter I have pointed out the slow rise of personal leadership, and criticized candidly the leader who bears the chief burden of his race to-day. First, in two chapters I have tried to show what Emancipation meant to them, and what was its aftermath. I have sought here to sketch, in vague, uncertain outline, the spiritual world in which ten thousand thousand Americans live and strive. I pray you, then, receive my little book in all charity, studying my words with me, forgiving mistake and foible for sake of the faith and passion that is in me, and seeking the grain of truth hidden there. ![]() This meaning is not without interest to you, Gentle Reader for the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color line. Herein lie buried many things which if read with patience may show the strange meaning of being black here at the dawning of the Twentieth Century. ![]() ![]() They are enjoying the tail-end of a belated honeymoon and are planning to return to Barrayar in plenty of time for the birth of their twins – Aral Alexander and Helen Natalia – gestating away in uterine replicators. What worked for me (and what didn’t): A year and a half has passed since Miles and Ekaterin wed in A Civil Campaign. The downside of being a troubleshooter comes when trouble starts shooting back. Waiting on Graf Station are diplomatic snarls, tangled loyalties, old friends, new enemies, racial tensions, lies and deceptions, mysterious disappearances, and a lethal secret with wider consequences than even Miles anticipates: a race with time for life against death in horrifying new forms. But when duty calls in the voice of Barrayar’s Emperor Gregor, Miles, Gregor’s youngest Imperial Auditor (a special high-level troubleshooter) has no choice but to answer. ![]() Lord Miles Vorkosigan of Barrayar and his wife, Lady Ekaterin, have other things on their minds, such as getting home in time to attend the long-awaited births of their first children. ![]() ![]() What it’s about: (from Goodreads) A rich Komarran merchant fleet has been impounded at Graf Station, in distant Quaddiespace, after a bloody incident on the station docks involving a security officer from the convoy’s Barrayaran military escort. Why I read it: This is one from my own TBL. ![]() ![]() ![]() And now, a year after the big showdown, he mostly just hangs around listlessly, sharing a flat with Penelope, still in a romance with Baz, but one that seems to not be particularly romantic or much of anything at all. Now Simon is a former magician with no magical power, and he still has the enormous wings and tail he spelled onto himself before his magic went away. ![]() In Carry On, he beats the big bad (the Insidious Humdrum) and the other big bad (the Mage), but at the cost of his own magic. Note: Spoilers ahead for Carry on and Wayward Son! Your hero’s journey might be over – but your life has just begun. It’s another helping of sour cherry scones with an absolutely decadent amount of butter.Ĭome on, Simon Snow. And a book for everyone who was ever more curious about the second kiss than the first. With Wayward Son, Rainbow Rowell has written a book for everyone who ever wondered what happened to the Chosen One after he saved the day. They get so lost, they start to wonder whether they ever knew where they were headed in the first place… (Dragons, vampires, skunk-headed things with shotguns.) And they get lost. That’s how Simon and Penny and Baz end up in a vintage convertible, tearing across the American West. He just needs to see himself in a new light… ![]() What he needs, according to his best friend, is a change of scenery. So why can’t Simon Snow get off the couch? Now comes the good part, right? Now comes the happily ever after… Simon Snow did everything he was supposed to do. ![]() ![]() ![]() 47 great books to support positive mental health this Mental Health Awareness Week and every week.Which Domestic Noir Novel Should You Read? 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Technical Ecstasy (1976)īutler claimed Technical Ecstasy was Sabbath responding to punk. It’s perfectly serviceable, but Martin was an identikit metal singer: he sings about Satan with all the menace of someone offering cheese samples at Morrisons deli counter. They can make the case, but they’re wrong. ![]() Some Sabbath loyalists make a case for Headless Cross being a neglected classic. It often felt, though, as if the rest of the band were sanding down their leader’s riffs to fit an 80s template. The first album with singer Tony Martin opened with an Iommi riff that offered hope of redemption: The Shining was more polished than, say, Wheels of Confusion, but it suggested Sabbath might be able to claw their way out of their hole. The riffs are conventional mainstream metal: it would have sounded perfectly of its time five years earlier, but by 1990 – with Ozzy Osbourne-era Sabbath being exhumed by grunge and stoner bands – something more like the band of 20 years before might have hit home a lot harder. The 15th Sabbath album doesn’t sound much like Sabbath at all. Geoff Nicholls, Tony Iommi, Dave Spitz, Eric Singer and Glenn Hughes in 1985. ![]() |