![]() ![]() This essay resonates strongly with me because in medicine, as a junior doctor, my gut feelings may well be wrong. It shouldn’t subjectively feel right, but it should objectively have compelling reasoning behind it. In this essay, Epictetus stresses that a decision should not be taken based on firm conviction, but by the strength of evidence there is to support this decision. ‘To people who cling hard to certain of their decisions’ is, personally, one of my favorite essays. First time readers can be put off by the style. ![]() There are better introductions to stoicism and unless you have read someone who comes across as more humble, the lessons in this books can be easily lost. They are preachy and while the idea is admirable, the execution leaves a lot to be desired. Each essay tackles an important topic, and while some are memorable, others just fall flat as plainly unattractive reads. ![]() Written as an amalgamation between philosophical theory and some variety of the Socratic method, the basic ideas are simple and Epictetus constructs dialogue around a certain thought. This small book from Penguin contains, apparently, the distilled version of Epictetus’ discourses. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Stiefvater delivers a stunningly imaginative tale that is by turns dark, funny, tragic, romantic, and surreal. is reluctant government agent Carmen Farooq-Lane, whose organization hunts and kills dreamers to try and forestall a widely prophesized apocalypse. Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C., art forger Jordan Hennessy sleeps in 20-minute bursts for fear of entering REM sleep, during which she creates sentient clones of herself, each of which “physically cost her something.” Neither knows the other exists until mysterious fellow dreamer Bryde visits Ronan’s dreamspace and sends him to save Jordan. Ronan yearns to follow his boyfriend, Harvard student Adam Parrish, to Massachusetts, but until he can better control his propensity for manifesting elements of his dreams (“monsters and machines, weather and wishes, fears and forests”), he’s stuck living on his family’s Virginia farm. ![]() ![]() Book one of Stiefvater’s Dreamer Trilogy, spun off from the Raven Cycle, centers on orphaned high school dropout Ronan Lynch. ![]() ![]() ![]() The daunting list of writers taking on the heroine of France begins with Shakespeare, whose Joan swings in “Henry VI, Part 1” from pious saint to possible tart (or just someone who’ll say anything to avoid being burned at the stake) - scholars still debating whether Shakespeare’s La Pucelle is an uncommonly incoherent character or an inherently comic one. And books? In her 2000 essayistic biography “Joan of Arc,” Mary Gordon counts some 20,000 Joan titles in Paris’s Bibliothèque Nationale alone. ![]() Chen is certainly not the first writer to view such a mysterious life through the lens of contemporary genre.ĭozens of filmmakers have given it a go, trying everything from war-film “realism” to rock music interludes to a young Ingrid Bergman. ![]() Wowing crowds with feats of strength, breaking bones with her bare hands, this is Joan of Arc, Action Hero. Chen takes a lively stab, imagining the illiterate teenager as an abused child who uses her anger (and a remarkable tolerance for pain) to become an avenging warrior. In “Joan,” her affecting and adventurous new novel, Katherine J. Yet it’s equally difficult to imagine a character more incomprehensible to the modern ear than the 15th-century French mystic, martyr and war hero. It’s hard to name a historical figure who has inspired more writers than Joan of Arc. ![]() ![]() Many of the dogs then head out into the wilderness like Edgar had before, determined to take their chances. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski is the most recent pick for Oprah's Book Club and it is a thoughtful literary masterpiece worthy of 5 stars. Yet in the end, Edgar is killed by Claude and Claude is killed by a collapsing barn. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle is a spellbinding tale of love and loss, and the ultimate search of finding oneself. Edgar than flees with three dogs into the wilderness, ultimately returning home determined to evict his uncle. ![]() Gar's ghost appears to his son and Edgar is determined to confront his uncle, but accidentally kills family friend and local veterinarian Doctor Papineau. However, old animosity between Gar and his brother Claude resurfaces, resulting in Claude's murdering Gar. ![]() ![]() Edgar's Uncle Claude comes to stay at the farm for a while following his leaving the Navy. David Wroeblewski's "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" has been described as a modern American retelling of Shakespeare's "Hamlet." The novel deals with the life and events surrounding Edgar Sawtelle, a mute teenager who has the special ability to wordlessly communicate with dogs through hand signs.Įdgar lives in northern Wisconsin with his mother Trudy and father Gar on the Sawtelle family farm where they raise a fictional breed of dogs. ![]() ![]() The ANC and the South African government must rescind the withdrawal from the ICC Court and intensify its lobby for the ratification of the Malabo Protocol.” Further, noting that only a few countries in our continent have ratified the Malabo Protocol, thus delaying the establishment of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights. Noting the ANC’s previous position on the continental approach signalling countries of the continents’ withdrawal and robust engagement have positively impacted and contributed to the ICC being substantively reformed for the better. Here is point 63 of the ANC’s 2022 conference resolutions on international relations in full: So pleased with these reforms was the ANC that it went further to state that “the South African government must rescind the withdrawal from the ICC Court”. The resolution stated that the party was pleased that the International Criminal Court had been “substantively reformed for the better”. ![]() ![]() Free shipping on orders over 50 euros to any country in Europe. Free shipping on orders over 50 euros to the Czech Republic. Free shipping on orders over 50 euros to Portugal. Free shipping on orders over 50 euros to Switzerland. Free shipping on orders over 50 euros to Norway. 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When Marcella discovers her husband has been cheating on her for the better part of twelve years, she attempts to kill him. Marcus Riggins, her husband, is involved in the mob in the city of Merit. ![]() The book opens with the death of Marcella Riggins. ***** Everything below is a SPOILER ***** What happened in Vengeful? Special thanks to Hanna, a new BSR contributor who wrote this great recap! Visit her Tumblr page to keep up with what she’s reading. ![]() This page is full of spoilers, so beware! If you are wondering what happened in Vengeful, then you are in the right place! Read a full summary of Vengeful, the first book in the Villains series. ![]() ![]() But then Kagawa did a lot of:Īnd then Stephanie said the plot was slow, and I was like.Īnd then I got to the end and Allie was like. So then I was worried about the writing since I’d been on the fence about The Iron Fey. Then stuff with them happened and I was like. Then Zeke is like ewwww Vampires suck and I was like. So then Allie goes trekking through the woods and I’m like.Īnd then she meets up Zeke and I was like. Right away from the beginning of the novel Allie was pretty ass kicking.Īnd then Kanin the vampire showed up and I was like. ![]() ![]() Then she gets turned into a vampire and struggles with the morality of being a monster.Ī comparable representation on the scale of awesomeness - not a literal depiction. So Allie is an orphaned teenager in a dystopian fantasy where people are enslaved by vampire masters. ![]() ![]() ![]() Not only do I not read romances, but until last year I was one of those horrendous snobs who looked down upon Romances, capital R, as being somehow lesser than my precious spec-fic. Let’s get this out of the way: I do not read romances. ![]() ![]() Trigger warnings for the book are listed at the end of the review. In a court where monarchs are obeyed and sexual hierarchies are strict, one wrong move could end the Prince for ever. ![]() But in a world fraught with hidden dangers, her terms are not open for discussion, not when their thirst for one another could doom them both. And Lydia has awoken in his world with no memory of her life before to find that she has been given to him: as a pet, a plaything, and, if he so desires, a lover.Īs Lydia comes to realize that the Prince is as much a prisoner to his culture's ways as she is, her resentment slowly unfurls into pity, curiosity, and a deeply unpredictable and confusing lust. He is humanoid but not human-fascinating, sensual, at the cusp of maturity, and accustomed to getting what he wants. Representation: Black bisexual MC, alien gender system, physically agender major character who transitions to male against social convention Genres: Queer Protagonists, Science Fantasy ![]() ![]() The story itself was a good connection between Hades and Persephone and the real world I think it made sense that they were both so damaged in order to fit together. There was definitely passion but a lot of darker kink things that I don’t personally find attractive (blood play)- but to each their own. I was worried when I started this book because I’d just finished the fourth book in a series I adored and I wasn’t sure if I was ready to fall into another world but I was instantly thrown into that world. ![]() ![]() Shattered her virtue and devoured her soul like a succulent pomegranate.Įmbedded my evil as deep as I could possibly get and tried to set her free. Goddess of springtime, lover of poetry, angel of my nightmares. Imprinted his crimson fingerprints on my psyche and tried to set me free. Usurped my fiancé and filled the cracks in my heart with empty promises. ![]() Harbinger of death, keeper of souls, frequenter of nightmares. ![]() |