![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Again it was written before the internet is as efficient as today, I'm just saying there should be a parody of it. Cleaning toilets and all these travel routes etc. Simon Murray tells the reality of things, and reading it the reality, reality is disappointing. It's been a long time since I read it but I dreamed upon it through various dreams, I'm not here to tell how the legion should do their job but eventually some outcast is going to fix up and modernize the legion. The book describes the French foreign legion in the continent of Africa like the Huns from the Mulan movie where they go "help" the African countries around the French colonies. It needs an update though and I wish there was a version talking about what new intellectual property the French foreign legion is currently or Goin to use. ![]()
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![]() ![]() I hope the author takes this in the spirit intended and remedies the situation. Regretfully, I am giving it three as I consider the manuscript near-unreadable. ![]() I actually wonder if the wrong manuscript got uploaded at publishing time. After a while, I was able to limit my reaction to a small eyeroll because I was invested in the story, but really, I shouldn’t have to be steeling myself against a raw, unfinished manuscript. My reading flow was constantly screeching to a halt. Lots of little words, and sometimes bigger significant words, simply aren’t there. There are literally hundreds of missing words. Davis present seventeen original and exciting Sword and Soul tales focusing on black women. Yes, I know an editor is listed in the front matter, but believe me when I say the editing never happened. I owe this to the author and all potential readers. So again I ask, what’s not to love? Unfortunately, I have to be honest. ![]() What’s not to love? Certainly this story is fantastic, from start to finish. ![]() I enjoyed the adventure from start to finish. The treasure hunt is of a sort I’ve never read about before, which gave it a fresh, exciting feel. The characters are engageable, interestingly flawed, impressively courageous and genuinely interesting. So naturally, I eagerly dove into this ‘steamfunk’ story. I love a good treasure romp – and I love steampunk – and I love high adventure in far off exotic lands. ![]() ![]() ![]() An acceptable book request includes at least one of the following: Low-effort book requests will be removed. Book requests must be specific and request something that cannot be found with a simple search of the sub.“What was that book called” posts are exempt from this rule, as they are unlikely to show up in future searchesīook requests must be specific and contain detail.Book request titles must contain details about the kind of book you’re looking for.Inflammatory titles like Does Anyone Else, Unpopular Opinion, or similar are not allowed.Gush and critique posts should contain the book title/author if applicable. ![]()
![]() ![]() ![]() Amused by Schlesinger’s surprisingly evenhanded review of one of my books, Vidal wrote, “As no bandwagon is complete without ‘there is this pendulum’ clinging to its buckboard, you seem to have launched a juggernaut out of Batavia.” Not exactly. On a Sunday afternoon of torrential rains and crashing thunder (sound effects supplied by the Almighty in winking tribute to the anti-theist Vidal), I sat down and read through the sheaf of letters constituting our long epistolary friendship.Įach missive arrived in a pale blue envelope bearing the return address “La Rondinaia/Ravello (Salerno)/Italy.” His tone was often light self-mockery, unless the subject was, say, Arthur Schlesinger Jr. ![]() ![]() Gore Vidal was explicator, dramatist, and even avatar of these American currents-which have no place in the dreary humorless social-democratic textbook history that bores our children and suffocates our discourse. So many healthy springs once fed our politics: they were rural, populist, patrician, pacifist, libertarian, anti-monopolist, prairie socialist, Main Street isolationist. This land was made for you and me? Of course it was. Debs, America and its protagonists were his. From Aaron Burr and Daniel Shays to Eugene V. Gore Vidal’s favorite subject was his country. Plus it would have appealed to Gore’s fair vanity. Well, why not? Edwin Stanton’s grandiloquent sendoff for the martyred Lincoln applies to Gore Vidal, author of the best fictive treatment our 16th president is ever likely to get. ![]() ![]() Teens will identify with Kristi and care about what she's going through."- KLIATT, "If you ever thought reading people's minds would make it easier to understand other people, Amy Kathleen Ryan is here to tell you that you're dead wrong. Kristi's eccentric habit of crafting her wardrobe from found objects, the content of her psychic visions, and the mismanagement of the relationships in her life add personality, and the result is a sweet, undemanding, yet consistently entertaining read with a good deal of insight into the way slightly off-center teenage girls construct their manic inner worlds."- The Bulletin "Ryan's novel humorously explores the mind of a teenager grappling with issues of self-esteem, creativity, and self-worth. the surprising details make this a worthwhile addition to a teen romance collection. Funny, fresh, and heartfelt, Vibes zigs when you expect it to zag, and will have you laughing out loud."-Barry Lyga, author of The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl and Boy Toy ". ![]() ![]() "If you ever thought reading people's minds would make it easier to understand other people, Amy Kathleen Ryan is here to tell you that you're dead wrong. ![]() |