Not since Misery has King played with the notion of a reader whose obsession with a writer gets dangerous. Decades later, a boy named Pete Saubers finds the treasure, and now it is Pete and his family that Bill Hodges, Holly Gibney, and Jerome Robinson must rescue from the ever-more deranged and vengeful Morris when he’s released from prison after thirty-five years. Morris hides the money and the notebooks, and then he is locked away for another crime. Morris kills Rothstein and empties his safe of cash, yes, but the real treasure is a trove of notebooks containing at least one more Gold novel. Morris Bellamy is livid, not just because Rothstein has stopped providing books, but because the nonconformist Jimmy Gold has sold out for a career in advertising. The genius is John Rothstein, an iconic author who created a famous character, Jimmy Gold, but who hasn’t published a book for decades. “Wake up, genius.” So begins King’s instantly riveting story about a vengeful reader. A masterful, intensely suspenseful novel about a reader whose obsession with a reclusive writer goes far too far-a book about the power of storytelling, starring the same trio of unlikely and winning heroes King introduced in Mr.
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MCCONAUGHEY MOVED to Austin 12 years ago, and he’s been home nonstop since spring-save for “one little out to Hawaii for a week and a half to get outside and get some sun.” He’s “hunkered down” now with his wife, their three children, and his 88-year-old mother. They didn’t pay the rent, but they bought me a few drinks.” The grin seems to linger forever. And it paid 150 bucks,” he says with a grin. They rise now in front of the screen on a Zoom interview, when McConaughey is asked about the first time we ever saw him. The fingers swell around two rings-one silver and copper to protect the owner from evil thoughts, the other a wedding band. It was the face by which he would be judged. In our universe, it was the face that paid the bills. Perhaps there exists a universe in which that hand is all we ever saw of McConaughey, a universe in which that was all we remembered or judged him by. They had not yet gripped trophies or pounded bongos or worn handcuffs. They’d built tree houses and spun truck wheels and driven golf balls far down Texas fairways. Matthew McConaughey’s right hand resting open across his tuxedo buttons in a commercial for Al’s Formal Wear, in 1991.īack then, they were working hands. Where are we to turn for lucid hope, then, in cultural moments that inflame despair, which so easily metastasizes into cynicism? That is what the inimitable Zadie Smith explores in a piece titled “On Optimism and Despair,” originally delivered as an award acceptance speech and later adapted for her altogether fantastic essay collection Feel Free ( public library). I have long believed that critical thinking without hope is cynicism, but hope without critical thinking is naïveté. We forget that the present always looks different from the inside than it does from the outside - something James Baldwin knew when, in considering why Shakespeare endures, he observed: “It is said that his time was easier than ours, but I doubt it - no time can be easy if one is living through it.” We forget that our particular moment, with all its tribulations and triumphs, is not neatly islanded in the river of time but swept afloat by massive cultural currents that have raged long before it and will rage long after. “It isn’t that the evil thing wins - it never will - but that it doesn’t die.”Ĭaught in the maelstrom of the moment, we forget this cyclical nature of history - history being merely the rosary of moments the future strings of its pasts. “All the goodness and the heroisms will rise up again, then be cut down again and rise up,” John Steinbeck wrote to his best friend at the peak of WWII. But when Kaya's past reaches out from the shadows to call her back, she must decide between protecting a dark alliance that could shatter her dreams of joining the team and a truth that could not only forfeit Aric's faith in her, but bring the enemy right to the Order's door.Ĭlaimed in Shadows A Midnight Breed Series 15 Their unwanted partnership soon erupts into a desire neither of them can resist. Eager to prove herself, she is thrilled to be given the chance at a key operation - even if she must share the mission with an arrogant, far-too-seductive Breed male who's practically Order royalty. Having grown up in squalor and neglect on the streets of Montreal, she longs for the close-knit family she's found during her training to be a warrior. Independent and driven, Kaya wants nothing more than to become a full-fledged member of the Order. His rare ability to daywalk lands Aric an assignment in Montreal, where he learns he's to be teamed with another new recruit, a beautiful but tough-as-nails Breedmate named Kaya Laurent. With his training completed, all he needs is one successful mission before he can join the fight to destroy the Order's chief nemesis, Opus Nostrum. As the son of a formidable Breed warrior, Aric Chase has been devoted to the Order all his life. When the people forced Marcos from the palace and the country in 1986, little changed under the new democratic leadership for the country’s ruined economy or its practice of sending its workers abroad. It was during the Marcos regime that the Philippine government began shunting off its unemployed from a stagnant economy, most often to the oil-producing countries of the Middle East. It was a remarkable non-violent revolt in response to the decades of corruption and decadence of a regime that suppressed speech, took over businesses, and embezzled government funds. That year, from February 22-25, two million Filipino citizens, joined by political, military, and religious groups, occupied Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, a main thoroughfare in Metro Manila. This February marks the thirtieth anniversary of the People Power Revolution that ended the Marcos regime in the Philippines in 1986. This bundle includes 65 pages, 200 questions, and will save you time, effort, and money! If you were to purchase each bundle individually, you'd spend $30. SAVE MORE with the 9-12 Text Structure Poetry Bundle, which includes the 5 9-10 titles plus 5 11-12 titles. But with the bundle, you'll save three dollars, which is like getting one of this resource for free! If you were to purchase each item individually, you'd spend $15.
I know I messed up, but I can fix everything I’ve broken. Oh, please, if this is all a dream, don’t let me wake up. I can’t bear a world where I never knew what it was like to be lost in those magnificent blue eyes, to feel his caress against my face, his lips against my own…him loving me deep inside. I kept telling myself it was nothing more than a dream, but now, the thought of awakening from our life together terrifies me. Now, I’m head over heels for my best friend’s father. We couldn’t keep away from each other, and one lust-filled encounter after another birthed a connection, which turned into so much more. We told ourselves it was nothing more than a fantasy – a beach vacation we could treat like a dream, cherishing it in our hearts but evading the real-life repercussions of our actions. We both knew where the line was, yet we crossed it because it was the only way we could be close to one another. It began with his electric touch and a hurricane of frenzied passion that ravaged my body, my mind, my soul…my entire life. It was really strange at first, like breaking in a new pair of shoes." King commented on the amount of research it required, saying "I've never tried to write anything like this before. The novel required considerable research to accurately portray the late 1950s and early 1960s. 11/22/63 won the 2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Mystery/Thriller and the 2012 International Thriller Writers Award for Best Novel, and was nominated for the 2012 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel and the 2012 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. It stayed on The New York Times Best Seller list for 16 weeks. The novel was published on Novem and quickly became a number-one bestseller. A short excerpt was released online on June 1, 2011, and another excerpt was published in the October 28, 2011, issue of Entertainment Weekly. The novel was announced on King's official site on March 2, 2011. It is the 60th book published by Stephen King, his 49th novel and the 42nd under his own name. Kennedy, which occurred on Novem(the novel's titular date). 11/22/63 is a novel by Stephen King about a time traveller who attempts to prevent the assassination of United States President John F. But the truth is a much more complicated story. Suspicion immediately focuses on the parents. But one night when they are at a dinner party next door, a terrible crime is committed. A good thriller should move at a quick pace, and these two books in particular had short punchy chapters, which I love.īlurb (from GoodReads): Anne and Marco Conti seem to have it all–a loving relationship, a wonderful home, and their beautiful baby, Cora. I think the structure of thrillers works well for me. It was still pretty good though! Once again, I read it all within one 24 hour period. I think I read them in the wrong order- because there was just no way The Couple Next Door was going to have as many twists and turns as Sometimes I Lie. Following the fantastic Sometimes I Lie, I was very excited to pick up The Couple Next Door. But it’s a promising start that honours the spirit of the traditional Archie story while expanding it to a serialized, 22-page format.īut since today is the day when a new era begins for Archie, I thought I would talk a bit about the past of Archie, and specifically, recommend some great Archie comics. Other devices, like Archie talking to the reader a la Zach Morris or Ferris Bueller, will take some getting used to, and it’s too early to tell if future issues will be as funny as the very best Archie work. Writer and artist do a particularly good job on Jughead, a character who’s easy to get wrong he’s completely right here, in attitude, look (he has his beanie, of course it’s been out of date since the ’40s, but you can’t have Jughead without it) and body language. Staples’s art is the highlight of the first issue with colourists Andre Szymanowicz and Jen Vaughn, she’s doing a beautiful job creating an art style that’s less “cartoony” but still appropriate for a light comedy. Mark Waid ( The Flash, Daredevil) is the writer and the first three issues will be drawn by Canadian artist Fiona Staples ( Saga). Today’s the day! Today’s the day Archie launches its new #1 issue, revamping the world’s longest-running, anachronistic humour comic in a slightly more modern way. |