![]() The brilliance of this show is that it is perfectly paced. Katara and Sokka are equally appealing characters, as well as Toph. Aang is a good character too, but he's a bit of a goody-two-shoes half the time. The progression and development of this character is incredible and captures perfectly the transition from villain to antihero to hero. ![]() All the characters are written for and performed expertly, save for maybe some of the guest characters (*cough cough* Jet). ![]() For every element to be adopted into its own nation, reflecting the psyches and philosophies attributed to the respective element is truly inspiring. Of course, this isn't the first form of media that has incorporated the power of the elements, but their method of how they do it here is remarkable. For a TV station like Nickelodeon, best known for its wacky shows like SpongeBob, Rocko's Modern Life and their sitcoms like Drake and Josh, to suddenly come out with this anime-inspired animated series with deep philosophical themes as well as tackling genocide and war, this was a massive step forward. OK, so I was 12 when this show came out and needless to say, I was completely enamored by it. ![]()
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![]() Set against the panorama of explosive American history, this unique story offers a rarely-seen look at the relationship shared among the three women - during the Camelot years and beyond. Three women who married into America's royal family and became forever linked in legend. Lewis George Orwell Mary Pope Osborne LeUyen Pham Dav Pilkey Roger Priddy Rick Riordan J.
![]() Rotten Tomatoes’ editorial team ranked The Expanse no. ![]() Centering on humanity’s exploration of the solar system and beyond a few hundred years into the future, the series combines a richly developed world with memorable characters and brisk pacing. Along with the television series-which has aired on two different networks-have come nine books, numerous complementary novellas and comics, role-playing and board games, and hundreds upon hundreds of plot twists, shifting alliances, and torpedo rounds fired by the Rocinante, the series’ flagship and spiritual-if not also physical-home.Įven in a mass of bold, imaginative space operas that have reinvigorated the genre in the last decade, The Expanse shines bright. ![]() Its callback this season emphasizes just how far The Expanse’s story has traveled. “The Canterbury? I haven’t thought about that in a while,” one says.Īnd neither, most likely, have the series’ fans-the Canterbury exploded six years ago, for television viewers, or 10 years ago, for readers of the novels upon which the show is based. ![]() ![]() Midway through the sixth and final season of The Expanse, which premieres on Amazon on Friday, two characters reminisce about the Canterbury, the ice hauler whose destruction all the way back in the show’s pilot catalyzes the exhilarating plot to come. Editor’s note: Following the series finale of The Expanse, we are recirculating this piece, which originally ran prior to the Season 6 premiere. ![]() ![]() Orifinally published in 1963, Clifford the Big Red Dog launched a popular children's book series, now with more than ninety million books in print. ![]() Clifford is Emily Elizabeth's, and everyone's, favorite big red dog! He's an adorable dog whose well-meaning bumblings have great kid-appeal. This is how it all began-in 1963, Norman Bridwell published his very first Clifford book, and kids have loved Clifford ever since. Also like other dogs, Clifford chases cats-big cats, like lions! When Clifford messes up, he messes up big time! Like other dogs, Clifford digs in the garden but while other dogs may dig up a few flowers, Clifford can dig up a whole tree. Like other dogs, Clifford sometimes chases cars unlike other dogs, Clifford catches them. But most of all, Clifford knows how to be a good friend! ![]() Meet Clifford & Emily Elizabeth in the original Clifford book! Clifford is big. ![]() ![]() ![]() The author’s blend of mythological accuracy and standard YA tropes is impressive, as she adds her own perchant for the spectacular into the mix. It incorporates elements of this inside of its pages, to great effect too… I shan’t give any spoilers…īlood Scion is epic fantasy based on the Yoruba culture, of Yoruba lore and mythology. For me, your work has now become the standard for African Mytho-Fantasy, at least until you go one better by giving us an even more impressive sequel to Blood Scion. ![]() Of all the writers I know who have delved into this particular mythology (a certain, ahem, Tomi Adeyemi, inclusive), your work stands head and shoulders above them all. You are a writer of considerable potential (I believe you can do so much more), and I’m truly amazed at your natural talent. ![]() Instead, I will begin by thanking you for introducing our lore and mythology to the West in such a brilliant manner. Falaye, I will not dwell too much on the astounding cover (sentiments well documented). First will come an open, short message to the author. Resulting from my present state of elation, I shall be writing this review in a different way. ![]() ![]() ![]() Passed down over generations, the Book is Cameron’s only connection to his parents who disappeared one fateful night, two years ago.Įver since, his grandmother has kept the Book locked away, but it calls to Cameron. “Cameron Battle grew up reading The Book of Chidani, cherishing stories about the fabled kingdom that cut itself off from the world to save the Igbo people from danger. Here’s the publisher description, just to get you up to speed: ![]() For you see, CAMERON appears to be the current fantasy darling out there. How the heck is today’s post supposed to compete with friggin’ Mardi Gras, I ask you?Īnd yet, compete it does. But, y’know, the bar got raised pretty high with that PILAR RAMIREZ interview yesterday with all those dancing girls. ![]() Perry about his new book CAMERON BATTLE AND THE HIDDEN KINGDOMS. Okay, that’s a pretty random way to open any blog post, let alone one that is ostensibly an interview with author Jamar J. ![]() ![]() Or that Isis is served a plate of “fish jerky” (p. 65) from characters who are supposed to have lived thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt. Once the readers have accepted the fact that the author has reached out to a 21st century audience, they may not mind such statements as “Cut him some slack” (p. ![]() Hollywood has long used British or foreign accents to set that kind of mood, but it is much more difficult in writing. Writing about the ancient past for a modern audience must be a constant juggling act for authors, as they struggle with making their narrative accessible to as many readers as possible while keeping the mood old fashioned enough to reflect whichever time period in which their story is set. 116), a technology not invented before the last century. 5), a word she certainly would not have known, or the fact that Isis conjured up a “hologram” (p. And then there are all these anachronisms, such as the claim that Isis could cure “tuberculosis” (p. Oh dear, I thought, there’s a grammatical mistake in the very first sentence: the preposition “like” used as a conjunctive before a verb, an infelicity repeated numerous times throughout the book. ![]() ![]() I thought this would be a nice break from all the fiction I have been reading. However, having all this time off due to the madness that is going on around us, my pace for reading has definitely picked up and I’m ploughing through book after book. ![]() Only having to wait a couple of weeks before the book arrived I was quite excited to say the least but unfortunately my focus was taken up by other books on my TBR list and it has sat on my bookshelf till now. On the show she detailed some of her life which I thought was hilarious and was baffled by the fact that I didn’t really know who she was. I actually pre-ordered this book after watching Lady Glenconnor being interviewed alongside Olivia Coleman and Helena Bonham Carter on the Graham Norton show. It is actually since finishing this book that my love for The Crown has been reignited and I have decided to start watching it again from the beginning. ![]() I’m writing this review whilst watching The Crown. ![]() ![]() "Whenever you find an insect in a trap, it probably is established." Richard Hoebeke, a Cornell senior extension associate in entomology. Where there's one, there's likely to be more, says E. One target would be loblolly pines in Georgia.įinding one bug in a trap is no small matter. If established in the United States, it would threaten pines coast-to-coast, particularly in the pine-dense states in the Southeast. The discovery of a single specimen of Sirex noctilio Fabricius, an Old World woodwasp, raises red flags across the nation because the invasive insect species has devastated up to 80 percent of pine trees in areas of New Zealand, Australia, South America and South Africa. Taken captive in Fulton, N.Y., and identified by a Cornell University expert, the adult female alien is the only one of its kind ever discovered in the eastern United States. ports, a public enemy has infiltrated the nation's borders. ![]() ![]() An adult female woodwasp, similar to the one recently discovered in Fulton, N.Y., and the first of its kind ever found in the eastern United States.ĭespite dozens of interceptions at U.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I was waiting for action but I got bored. ![]() I think the main reason is that I felt as her chapters were redundant. Maya Banks and a few other authors like Kaitlyn O’Connor (and her hundred of other pen names) are those that I do not question myself: once released, I buy them and devour them like candies. She is my first menage author I ever read years ago and of course I have a soft spot for her. ![]() I would like to say it is a great story, yet I cannot really say that… yet. But what if they just kept her there? Between them. Not when it could compromise her future with Cade and Merrick.Ĭade has his own set of issues when it comes to Elle, and it quickly becomes clear to the two men that for the first time in their friendship, a woman is coming between them. Merrick is training for the title shot in the heavyweight division as a mixed martial artist and can’t afford distractions, but neither can he turn his back on the woman who tugs at his heartstrings.Įlle feels safe with her two protectors, and the longer she spends with them, the more she realizes that she has no desire to remember her past. When Cade Winslow and Merrick Sullivan find Elle hiding in the cabinet of a gun store, they know they can’t just walk away from the fragile woman with no memory of who she is or who tried to kill her. Series: Tangled Hearts Trilogy, Book 1/3 ![]() |