![]() ![]() The transgression is revealed 10 years after the fact, after Lewis, Gabe, Rick and Cass have settled into adulthood. For centuries, the fertile forestlands helped preserve a rich hunting and fishing culture that sets the stage for Stephen Graham Jones’ latest horror novel, “The Only Good Indians.” In this stark page-turner, four Native American men get their comeuppance after disrespecting the sacredness of an elk kill. ![]() Though it was formally established by the Treaty of 1896, the Blackfeet thrived on this territory long before its encroachment by British traders and American settlers. ![]() The Blackfeet Nation, one of the largest Native American tribes in the U.S., resides on a 1.5-million-acre reservation in northwest Montana. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The night the sisters turn sixteen, the battle begins. ![]() And its not just a game of win or s life or death. But becoming the Queen Crowned isnt solely a matter of royal birth. Arsinoe, a naturalist, is said to have the ability to bloom the reddest rose and control the fiercest of lions. Katharine is a poisoner, one who can ingest the deadliest poisons without so much as a stomachache. Mirabella is a fierce elemental, able to spark hungry flames or vicious storms at the snap of her fingers. In every generation on the island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets is born: three queens, all equal heirs to the crown and each possessor of a coveted magic. ![]() ![]() Book Synopsis New York Times Bestseller * New York Public Library Best Book of 2016 * Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2016 * Kirkus Best Book of the Year Fans of acclaimed author Kendare Blakes Anna Dressed in Blood will devour Three Dark Crowns, the first book in a dark and inventive fantasy series about three sisters who must fight to the death to become queen. About the Book The acclaimed author of Anna Dressed in Blood launches a dark and inventive fantasy series about three sisters-triplets-separated at a young age, who must fight to the death to become Queen. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Retold also is the story of Hetty Green, wicked witch of Wall Street, who enjoyed destroying people and who, as a result of her obsession with money, became the richest woman in the world. Implied is the idea that their infirmities were somehow overcome. His first alone is enough to make you a doubter of the rest: in 1887, five elderly Vermonters, crippled and past the age of usefulness, were drugged, stripped naked, frozen for the winter in a big wooden box, then revived the following May and fed a hearty meal. The author declares his stories to be strange but mainly true, though they-re taken from older Vermont collections, archives, libraries, journals, periodicals, and newspapers-and thus are recycled, or even paranormally refurbished, yet Citro tells us that many are seeing print for the first time. Vermont is a region of enchantment for these several dark tales collected by Citro (Shadow Child, 1998, not reviewed) from every county in the state. ![]() ![]() ![]() You’re also invited to follow me on my author blog Thanks. You can also subscribe to and/or follow the site to keep up with future updates. Hillhouse (author of The Boy from Willow Bend, Dancing Nude in the Moonlight, Oh Gad!, Musical Youth, With Grace, and Lost! A Caribbean Sea Adventure). See also: ‘i-shake-hands-with-you-in-my-heartĪs with all content (words, images, other) on, except otherwise noted, this is written by Joanne C. His latest collection, via Peepal Tree Press, is New and Collected Poems. McDonald though best known for The Hummingbird Tree has kept writing from his home in Guyana. Both Baynes and McDonald are listed for their writings in the bibliography of Antiguan and Barbudan Writings. He is also the grandson of Hilda McDonald, the first female member of the Antiguan House of Assembly. ![]() The Trinidad born Guyanese based writer is a descendent of Edward Dacres Baynes, his five times great grandfather who was a colonial civil servant in the Leewards in the 1800s, eventually settling in Antigua, where he and his wife raised their 15 children. ![]() Did you know that Ian McDonald, author of Caribbean classic The Hummingbird Tree (1969), has Antiguan roots. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I also listened to a lot of music of the time. Outside of the documentary I just started creating an archive on my laptop, just a folder - I would add photos to it that I would find online or links to articles with interviews that people had done about their experiences at Paradise Garage, for example. JOSEPH CASSARA: First it started with the documentary Paris is Burning: besides watching it a thousand times, trying to look for different things each time that I was watching it, sometimes I was looking for the setting, others I was looking at the clothes, other times I was just watching for the speech patterns in the characters. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: You didn’t experience the queer scene in ’80s New York, yet you manage to resurrect it with such vivid detail here - tell me about the process behind creating the world of House of Xtravaganza. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I was provided an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review by the book’s publicist. Will Izumi crumble under the weight of the crown, or will she live out her fairytale, happily ever after? Izzy soon finds herself caught between worlds, and between versions of herself-back home, she was never “American” enough, and in Japan, she must prove she’s “Japanese” enough. There are conniving cousins, a hungry press, a scowling but handsome bodyguard who just might be her soulmate, and thousands of years of tradition and customs to learn practically overnight. But being a princess isn’t all ball gowns and tiaras. ![]() In a whirlwind, Izzy travels to Japan to meet the father she never knew and discover the country she always dreamed of. Which means outspoken, irreverent Izzy is literally a princess. But then Izzy discovers a clue to her previously unknown father’s identity…and he’s none other than the Crown Prince of Japan. ![]() Raised by a single mother, it’s always been Izumi-or Izzy, because “It’s easier this way”-and her mom against the world. Izumi Tanaka has never really felt like she fit in-it isn’t easy being Japanese American in her small, mostly white, northern California town. ![]() ![]() ![]() Having broken away from the Catholic church and declared himself Supreme Head of the Church of England, the King, with the help of Thomas Cromwell, has begun the process of dissolution of the country’s monasteries. I noticed last week that my library had the whole series available as ebooks, so it seemed as good a time as any to get started with the first one, Dissolution.ĭissolution is set in the winter of 1537, just after the death of Henry VIII’s third wife, Jane Seymour. Reading C J Sansom’s alternate history novel Dominion a few months ago reminded me that I still hadn’t read any of his Shardlake books, despite meaning to for years. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() What is Fingersmith, if not a Dickens novel that reminds the world gay women have always existed? Waters, in particular, is notable for the ways she redefines a historical narrative for the queer woman, inserting them into eras where they lacked a sturdy lineage of fiction. ![]() Over the past couple of decades, the category saw a mainstream resurgence thanks to the acclaimed works of women like Sarah Waters, Jeanette Winterson and Alice Walker, and an array of wonderful young adult fiction. The second wave of feminism saw a rise in the political lesbian novel, from the works of Adrienne Rich to Audre Lord and Rita Mae Brown’s Rubyfruit Jungle. Pioneers like Radclyffe Hall’s The Well of Loneliness established sympathetic narratives of lesbians in fiction that emphasised the pain of being marginalized by a homophobic society, while Virginia Woolf’s ground breaking modernist classic Orlando broke down gender barriers and was re-examined by scholars as a key lesbian novel (partly based on the rumour of the story being inspired by Woolf’s lover, Vita Sackville West). And, of course, my favourite: Satan Was a Lesbian.įor any LGBTQ reader looking for historical representation in literature, particularly queer women, the pickings can be slim. ![]() ![]() ![]() The gods are real and active characters, seen by others and interacted with not infrequently. Miller incorporates the mythology of the Greek gods and their histories into the story. ![]() He is an ordinary young boy thrown into extraordinary circumstances, awed by the character and mythology of Achilles while also in love with the real life person in front of him. Patroclus as narrator and especially as an awkward teenager felt entirely believable to me. His accidental murder of another boy leads to his banishment and his ultimate meeting and friendship with Achilles. We meet Patroclus as a young boy, a prince but ignored and not honoured in his own household. ![]() One of the questions that kept me reading was, of course, how can Patroclus tell this story when his own death is one of the great impetuses of the Trojan War? Patroclus is the narrator, not quite the hero but the focus of the story is tight on him and particularly his relationship with and view of Achilles. (Warning: This review is going to assume that you have some knowledge of the story of the Trojan War and as such may contain spoilers.) This re-telling of the story of Achilles is told from the point of view of Patroclus. It’s amazing that a tale so old and so familiar can still be compelling and yet Madeline Miller had me rushing through this novel to find out what happens. The story of the Trojan War has been told countless times and in countless ways. The Song of Achilles – Madeline Miller (Ecco, 2012) ![]() ![]() Stefania and Helena make the extraordinary decision to hide Max, and eventually twelve more Jewish people. ![]() One day, Max Diamant knocks on her door-he’s jumped from a train headed to a death camp. The Diamants are forced into the ghetto, and Stefania is alone in an occupied city, the only one left to care for Helena, her six-year-old sister. But everything changes when the German army invades Przemsyl. ![]() It is 1943, and for four years, sixteen-year-old Stefania has been working for the Diamants, a Jewish family in Przemsyl, Poland. The Light in Hidden Places is based on the extraordinary true story of Stefania Podgórska, a teenage girl who made the brave choice to hide 13 Jewish people in her attic while taking care of her six-year-old sister. This book exceeds all my expectations.” - Ed Burzminski, son of Stefania Podgórska “Sharon Cameron’s exciting novel weaves together the lightheartedness, sheer terror, and incredible inner strength of this young woman, my mom. An incredible true story of bravery, survival, and defiance.” - Alan Gratz, New York Times bestselling author of Refugee “Harrowing, heartbreaking, and yet so full of hope.” - Jennifer Donnelly, New York Times bestselling author of Stepsister Book Club Giveaway: THE LIGHT IN HIDDEN PLACES ![]() |