Janet evanovich 125/30/2023 Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deathsĪmount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult BookĬrime Thriller - Yes Crime plotlets: - escape/rescue from kidnappers General Crime (including known murderer) - Yes Who's the criminal enemy here? - catching con-artist Main Character Gender - Male (people, objects, places) 20% Tone of story - Dry-cynical of violence and chases 35% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives 20% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development 25% How society works & physical descript. Click on a plot link to find similar books! Plot & Themes Composition of Book descript.
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Never let me go5/30/2023 The story begins with Kathy H., who describes herself as a carer, talking about looking after organ donors. It was originally titled “The Student’s Novel.” Plot Ishiguro started writing Never Let Me Go in 1990. Never Let Me Go, Ishiguro’s sixth novel, takes place in an alternate reality of England during the 1990s in which human cloning is authorized and performed. A film adaptation directed by Mark Romanek was released in 2010 a Japanese television drama aired in 2016. It also received an ALA Alex Award in 2006. Time magazine named it the best novel of 2005 and included the novel in its " 100 Best English-language novels published since 1923-the beginning of TIME". Clarke Award and for the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award. It was shortlisted for the 2005 Man Booker Prize (an award Ishiguro had previously won in 1989 for The Remains of the Day), for the 2006 Arthur C. Never Let Me Go is a 2005 dystopian science fiction novel by the British author Kazuo Ishiguro. Dominic by la casey5/30/2023 Attention from everyone except the beautiful brunette with a sharp tongue.ĭominic wants Bronagh and the only way he can get to her, is by dragging her from the boxed off corner she has herself trapped in the only way he knows how… by force.ĭominic wants her, and what Dominic wants, Dominic gets. Dominic is used to attention, and when he and his brothers move to Dublin, Ireland for family business, he gets nothing but attention. When Dominic Slater enters her life, ignoring him is all she has to do to get his attention. If she doesn’t befriend people, talk to them or acknowledge them in any way they leave her alone just like she wants. After a car accident killed her parents when she was a child, Bronagh Murphy chose to box herself off from people in an effort to keep herself from future hurt. Rossetti may have been a lingering fear due to their class difference (Marsh and Nunn 116). A fear of being rejected for marriage by D.G. There may be a personal connection to this poem and watercolor for Siddal. “Nay now, my child,” said Alice the nurse, “I will speak it out, for I dare not lie. In the story, the natural mother of the heroine begs her daughter to conceal her humble origins so Lord Ronald won’t withdraw his offer of marriage. Lady Clare was the only painting completed as it was worked up from studies, a typical technique of Pre-Raphaelite artists in the 1850s (Marsh and Nunn 116). Siddal’s designs included St Cecilia from The Palace of Art and Jephtha’s Daughter from A Dream of Fair Women. Siddal may have first seen the poem in a newspaper, and her interest in the poet eventually led her, Millais, Hunt, Rossetti, and others to illustrate his 1857 edition of Poems. The literary reference for this painting was Tennyson’s Lady Clare from Poems (1842). Thank mr falker5/30/2023 Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions (e.g., spelling and punctuation), media techniques, figurative language, and genre to create, critique, and discuss print and nonprint texts.ġ1. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts, their word identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features (e.g., sound-letter correspondence, sentence structure, context, graphics).Ħ. Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts. Students read a wide range of literature from many periods in many genres to build an understanding of the many dimensions (e.g., philosophical, ethical, aesthetic) of human experience.ģ. Among these texts are fiction and nonfiction, classic and contemporary works.Ģ. Students read a wide range of print and nonprint texts to build an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United States and the world to acquire new information to respond to the needs and demands of society and the workplace and for personal fulfillment. Tinker creek book5/30/2023
Get Real and Get In by Aviva Legatt5/30/2023 It also features a variety of useful exercises and candid stories from many influential figures, which teach students to look beyond just getting into a "good" college and focus more actively on identifying and attaining their long term goals. Through engaging, accessible, and empathetic prose, this book forms an inspirational roadmap for readers to uncover their true passions and leverage them to create applications that truly stand out from the crowd. Get Real and Get In teaches readers to think outside of the box and focus on what admissions officers are really looking for-young people who dare to be their most authentic selves. What were once considered best practices for "doing high school right" are now so commonplace that they have become a liability. Aviva Legatt has spent her career in higher education as a professor, counselor, and admissions officer in the Ivy League, and she wants to let students in on a secret: admissions offices are sick of seeing the same cookie-cutter applications. An insider's college admissions guide that teaches students to identify and harness their unique passions, stand out from the crowd, and achieve their dreams. It isn't that far off to think they could all be in the same universe. Moreover, we already know that the Wicked Villians series happens in the same universe as the Sabine Valley series. And in both series they mention "The Thirteen" and talk about how Zeus, Poseidon and Hades are legacy titles. Also, in both series Zeus is a rapist, murderous SOB. In Wicked Villians Hercules is Zeus' youngest son, he has older brothers, and he flees Olympus and starts working as a waitress in Carver City and eventually falls for Hades and Meg. Is it possible that they are father and son and they don't know each other is alive?Īlso, in Neon Gods it's mentioned that Zeus' youngest son, Hercules, has fled Olympus. And Hades' (Dark Olympus) father is alive and he doesn't know it. What i'm thinking is that Hades' (Wicked Villains) son is alive and he doesn't know it. Hear me out, Neon Gods Hades is about 30 and the Hades in Wicked Villains is in his 50s. Is it possible everything happens in the same universe? I'm specifically referring to the Dark Olympus series and the Wicked Villians series. SPOILER ALERT FOR NEON GODS AND LEARN MY LESSON Song of the forever rains5/29/2023 I will write quick to -We all know I have the best penmanship so should be-By the lost gods, be thankful you are safely away from this redheaded thorn. Have you found anything yet? What is Lachlan like? Is there anything to entertain on such a waterlogged territory?-I am sorry for that nonsense, Lark. My Our dearest sister, I will warn you now this letter may be complicated, for Niya is standing over my shoulder, inked quill in hand, ready to -Let us not waste paper on cordial beginnings. Sitting on the windowsill of the grand library-a converted watchtower, where a winding metal staircase rose from the middle and connected to various balconies of books-Larkyra read over the words that fought each other for prominence on the page. The only thing in the following days that helped ease the ache of Zimri’s departure was the letter Larkyra received from her sisters. He charts his titanic feuds with Jefferson, Adams, Madison, Monroe and Burr his highly public affair with Maria Reynolds his loving marriage to his loyal wife Eliza and the notorious duel with Aaron Burr that led to his death in July 1804. In this masterful work, Chernow shows how the political and economic power of America today is the result of Hamilton's willingness to champion ideas that were often wildly disputed during his time. It's an amazing biography' LIN-MANUEL MIRANDAĪlexander Hamilton was an illegitimate self-taught orphan from the Caribbean who overcame all the odds to become George Washington's aide-de-camp and the first Treasury Secretary of the United States.įew figures in American history are more controversial than Alexander Hamilton. And it's uniquely an immigrant story and it's uniquely a story about writers. I thought it 'out-Dickens' Dickens in the unlikeliness of this man's rise from his humble beginnings in Nevis in the Caribbean, to changing, helping shape our young nation. Ron Chernows Alexander Hamilton chronicles the life of the first Secretary of the Treasury, the titular Alexander Hamilton.The biography begins with Hamiltons birth on a Caribbean island, argued. You've seen the show, you've sung the songs, now read the full story of America's most misunderstood founding father. |