![]() ![]() He looks forward to one day seeing the aurora borealis. ![]() He presently lives in northern California with his rescue greyhound Baldwin and several houseplants. His books include Gaston and Antoinette, written by Kelly DiPucchio, and the #1 New York Times bestseller Last Stop on Market Street, written by Matt de la Peña, which was awarded a Caldecott Honor, a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, and the Newbery Medal. He studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts and would later work with the Sesame Workshop and Pixar Animation Studios before becoming an illustrator of books for children. Drawing became a way to make space for himself and to create the kind of world he wanted to see. He grew up in a small one-bedroom apartment with his brother, two cousins, aunt, and grandmother. You can find out more about Kelly and her books at .Ĭhristian Robinson was born in Hollywood, California. She lives with her husband and three children in Michigan. ![]() ![]() Kelly DiPucchio is the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Grace for President and numerous other books for kids, including Super Manny Stands Up! Crafty Chloe, Zombie in Love, Gaston, and Antoinette. ![]()
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![]() ![]() We loved it, and watched it repeatedly, even long after Christmas was over and Hulu had removed it from the current streaming offerings I located the video stram in the cache and we were able to watch it for another month or so. Scott version some Christmases ago, when it was featured on Hulu. While I am fond of Patrick Stewart’s version, especially the audio only one-man show, my all time favorite version of A Christmas Carol is the one starring George C. Stewart’s version was soon published on CD, and he subsequently starred in a video production. ![]() In December of 2015 Neil Gaiman used that script for a live performance at NYPL, still available as a podcast.ĭickens’ A Christmas Carol is very much a Christmas tradition for me, ever since the first time I saw Patrick Stewart’s one-man version of it at UCLA. He soon took to the road to stage one-man shows The New York Public Library still has the script he used as his prompt copy in his performances, complete with Dickens’ own annotations. The publication of A Christmas Carol was a pet project for Dickens, and it was popular immediately, if not lucrative. ![]() The Morgan Library has the original manuscirpt. He had written it at a feverish pace for six weeks beginning it in October of that year and determined that it should be published in time for Christmas. Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was first published on December 19, 1843. ![]() ![]()
![]() “The basic ingredients of quantum physics are: paying attention, thinking and choosing, and consequence.” Dr. “How we think not only affects our own spirit, soul, and body but also people around us.” Dr. Thinking and speaking out the problem serves as the signal that makes it a reality.” Dr. “By the same token, if you choose to add a signal-for example, saying something like, ‘My mother had depression and that’s why I have depression, and now my daughter is suffering from depression’-then the epigenetic marks are activated. So our thoughts, imagination, and choices can change the structure and function of our brains on every level.” Dr. “Our choices-the natural consequences of our thoughts and imagination-get ‘under the skin’ of our DNA and can turn certain genes on and off, changing the structure of the neurons in our brains. You cannot control the events or circumstances of your life, but you can control your reactions.” Dr. ![]() ![]() ![]() “What your mind creates only your mind can take away.” Dr. ![]() ![]() ![]() He was also an executive producer of the film Gods and Monsters, which won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.īarker's paintings and illustrations have been shown in galleries in the United States, and have appeared in his books. ![]() His fiction has been adapted into films, notably the Hellraiser series, the first installment of which he also wrote and directed, and the Candyman series. He has since written many novels and other works. Barker at the Science Fiction Museum in 2007Īuthor, film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, playwright, painter, illustrator, visual artist, game producer, comic writer and comic artistĬlive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English novelist, playwright, author, film director, and visual artist who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories, the Books of Blood, which established him as a leading horror writer. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s now 2017 and her niece Carly, who has always been fascinated by the mystery of her Aunt Viv, is at a point in her life where she thinks it’s the right time to get the answers she has always longed for. Written in a very cinematic way, in that I was already picturing this as a movie before I had finished chapter two, this is a story about an out-of-the-way motel in upstate New York where Viv Delaney disappeared in 1982. The story driving the book forward is clearer and more exciting, as well. In both books, the main character of the current-day timeline is seeking answers to some family mystery that no one can, or will, provide.īut the characters in The Sun Down Motel feel more dynamic, more memorable, and more vivid than in her previous book. There are other similarities between the two novels, including the dual timelines running throughout, with each timeline populated by members of the same family. Those who enjoyed her previous book, The Broken Girls, will immediately remember the ghost-story vibe that she expertly imbues into her work. James’s new thriller, The Sun Down Motel, those words are spot-on perfect descriptors! ![]() Words like ‘un-put-down-able’ and ‘page-turner’ are so often overused, but in the case of Simone St. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Nada tells the story of Andrea who, like Laforet herself, leaves her native Canary Islands at the age of 18 to live in her grandmother's house in Barcelona, with the intention of studying literature at the university. ![]() Read in Argentina before the military dictatorship, it spoke to us of a state of fear and oppression that we could not know was threatening us read in English today, it retains, within the now alien world it depicts, a note of warning and salutary unease. With Nada, Laforet broke Spanish literature free from the cumbersome shadow of 19th-century prose and the cold, censored rhetoric of Spanish fascism. The author was 23, and it is hard to understand how someone so young, within the isolation of Franco's Spain, should have been able to produce such an accomplished novel, so powerful in its story and so polished in its style. ![]() ![]() ![]() I'm a big fan of apocalyptic scenarios and coming of age heroic tales, so "Bounty Hunter" was right up my alley The book was well-written, thoroughly engaging, had fully formed and relatable characters, and kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time. ![]() I have to say that this book immediately caught my attention. ![]() I will definitely be looking out for future books by the author In summary, I really enjoyed the story, it is clever and written really well and honestly much better than I had anticipated. This was the reason why I picked up the book, after reading the description - I thought that the idea was smart but the way that it was executed throughout the story was even more impressive in my opinion.Īnother factor that stood out to me about this book is the originality regarding the characters, they all fit together really well and have some dynamic interactions and relationships with each other, plus there's a plenty of humour throughout the book that added an extra bonus of keeping it entertaining for me. ![]() I really enjoyed the uniqueness of the story itself, I think that it's a really smart twist on the dystopian/apocalyptic genre - definitely different than most that I have came across. It's evident to me that the author is really talented due to the smooth, flawless scenes and character dialogue plus there were many twists and turns that I never saw coming at all, which gives the story a sort of suspenseful feel to it in some chapters. The writing style of this book really stood out to me over the other books that I have read this year. ![]() ![]() Romantic Comedy Books The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa All of them will be romance books like Red, White & Royal Blue. Modern royalty, romantic comedy, hate-to-love trope, etc. I decided to categorize this list so you can find the aspect you loved the most in this book in other books. If you are into romance, fake relationships, two people who can’t stand each other but surprisingly fall in love, you totally need to read this book. ![]() When I saw all my Twitter friends talking about it, I was like “what is this about?” but soon after, I knew all about this book. Red, White & Royal Blue is the little novel that could,” Samantha Leach wrote in Glamour magazine. ![]() First there was Twitter chatter, then came the New York Times best-seller list, and soon a film adaptation was in the works. If you want to know more, continue reading. “Please recommend to me books like Red, White & Royal Blue!” “I need something that gives me the same feelings!” and so on. So it was not a surprise when people wanted more books like this one. It also won in two categories of the Goodreads Choice Award, for Debut Novel and Romance. Loved by so many online publications like Glamour, Vanity Fair, NPR, and more, Red, White, and Royal Blue was one of the most beloved books of 2019. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A couple of decades came and went while the old bridge stood silently straddling the Mississippi and gathering rust. Mostly the cousins don’t want their time together to end.Īlthough it was never officially accredited as a landmark, the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge was widely recognized as one, and the city of Madison was loathe to have it torn down. Tom, in particular, has developed a close bond with his cousins, Julie and Robin, and on his last night in town, he sneaks out to visit the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge, where Julie, an aspiring poet, has left some of her poetry by way of graffiti. Both sides of the family are there, so the siblings have lots of cousins to hang with and it’s a happy time. In 1991, 16-year-old Cummins, her younger sister, Kathy, 14, and older brother, Tom, 18, are vacationing in St. It was a school night and that’s way past light’s out for me, but I just couldn’t stop reading it. I was about 40 pages along when I settled in to read the other night and I finally had to turn off my light at 2 a.m. I had the same experience with her memoir/true crime A Rip in Heaven. It was only a few months ago that I read Jeanine Cummins’s American Dirt, a novel that, though not without controversy, I could not put down. ![]() |