But Anne and her powerful family will not yield without a ferocious struggle. Over three terrifying weeks, Anne is ensnared in a web of conspiracy, while the demure Jane Seymour stands waiting her turn for the poisoned wedding ring. When the discarded Katherine dies in exile from the court, Anne stands starkly exposed, the focus of gossip and malice.Īt a word from Henry, Thomas Cromwell is ready to bring her down. She has failed to give him a son and her sharp intelligence and audacious will alienate his old friends and the noble families of England. Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. Note: If you are not already familiar with the story of Henry VIII and his six wives, and are not comfortable with the politics and the people of the time, this book and this review is going to make no sense to you.Īnd now, on to the book itself. At no point does the wonderful writing overshadow the story. But Mantel is not an author in love with her writing. It’s fast-paced, taut, and has a very tense quality in it, which is very surprising for a historical novel.Īnd yes, the language is out of the mind beautiful. Usually award-winning books are such powerful experiences, that I need to take a break to clean up my mind a bit.īut Bring up the Bodies hardly feels like a Booker prize winner. Two Man Booker prize-winning novels in a row.
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The result is a gripping account of a great scientific advancement and of the dedicated scientists who realized it. It primarily focuses on Jennifer Doudna, who received the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with French microbiologist Emmanuelle Charpentier for their work on the gene-editing tool CRISPR. Born in 1964, Doudna grew up in Hawaii, where she felt isolated and, “like many others who have felt like an outsider, she developed a wide-ranging curiosity about how we humans fit into creation.” Praising her sharp mix of curiosity and competitiveness, Isaacson tracks her role in the race to develop CRISPR technology (which can easily and precisely cut human DNA sequences to change genes), explores the promises of the technique (such as potential cures for sickle cell anemia and cancer) and describes fears that it might herald a world of genetically engineered “designer babies.” Isaacson offers an impassioned take on CRISPR-“I look into the microscope and see them glowing green!” he remarks, peering at a culture of gene-edited cells-along with vivid portraits of the scientists Doudna worked with, including the “guarded but engaging” Emmanuelle Charpentier, with whom she won the Nobel Prize. The Code Breaker is an account of the science of genetic editing, beginning with the discovery of the concepts of evolution and heredity. Biographer Isaacson ( Leonardo da Vinci) depicts science at its most exhilarating in this lively biography of Jennifer Doudna, the winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in chemistry for her work on the CRISPR system of gene editing. Kane doesn't know what to believe or who he can trust. And when strange things start happening around him, Kane isn't sure where to turn.Īnd then three of his classmates show up, claiming to be his friends and the only people who can tell him what's truly going on. The world as he knows it feels different-reality seems different. The only thing he knows for certain is that the police found him half-dead in the river. ) young adult fantasy from debut author Ryan La Sala, Reverie is a wildly imaginative story about dreams becoming reality, perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Laini Taylor.Ī few weeks ago, Kane Montgomery was in an accident that robbed him of his memory. A B&N's YA Book Club Pick * Walmart Buzz Pick * Indie Next Pick * Book of the Month Club YA Box Sometimes they have adventures and these include fantastic moments wherein girls fly and horses talk (ever-so briefly, but they do), but mostly the girls inhabit the everyday. When they play paper dolls (which are cut from fashion magazines and stored between the pages of those magazines), the “five-year-olds were the most important members of the large doll families” (49). Sometimes they sit on a bench at the end of the street, sometimes they play in their piano box, which is their “headquarters, their playhouse, the center of all their games” (21). Tacy lives in the rambling white house opposite Betsy’s, the last house on that side of Hill Street she has red ringlets, freckles, and thin legs, and her mother has ten children besides her. I hoped to surprise myself and read more than the first two volumes, but October brings out the under-achiever in me, so I just met my challenge goal and read no further.īetsy Tacy is primarily about those two little girls: Betsy Ray and Tacy Kelly.īetsy lives in the small yellow cottage, last on Hill Street she is middle-sized with plump legs and short short brown braids which stuck out behind her ears, and she is almost always smiling. I kept re-reading the third and fourth volumes of the series and never filled in the gaps, so Sarah’s Second Maud Hart Lovelace Reading Challenge was the impetus to get reacquainted. I first met Betsy, Tacy and Tib when I was nine or ten, but I didn’t know them as well as I might have. Two months after Elizabeth Holland's dramatic homecoming, Manhattan eagerly awaits her return to the pinnacle of society. But sometimes the most practiced smiles hide the most scandalous secrets. In the thrilling third installment of Anna Godbersen's bestselling Luxe series, Manhattan's most envied residents appear to have everything they desire: Wealth. Gossip Girl meets the Gilded Age in this delicious and compelling novel, the third in the New York Times bestselling series from author Anna Godbersen. Picking up where "Rumors" leaves off-a union that has left the best families in 1899 New York stunned silent-this third installment of the "New York Times"-bestselling series reveals that everyone knows something earth-shattering is on the horizon-and it's not just the dawn of the 20th century. 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It purports to detail the Bard’s affair with a black prostitute who inspired the Dark Lady sonnets.īurgess’s mother died during the 1918 flu pandemic, as did his sister, Muriel. Nothing Like the Sun: A Story of Shakespeare’s Love Life is a fictional biography of William Shakespeare, published in 1964. There, they encounter Francis Xavier Enderby. The book uses science fiction and fantasy, as well as bringing reades into the future. Enderby was the first of a set of four comic novels. It addresses themes of overpopulation, religion, and the government. The Wanting Seed is a dystopian novel that was published in 1962. It’s often funny, outrageous, and strange. Earthly Powers tells the story of Kenneth Toomey’s life over the course of 82 chapters. It features Burgess’s famous Nadsat slang. It follows Alex, a teenage criminal, who is brainwashed into nonviolent behavior. Burgess remarried six months after his first wife’s death.Ī Clockwork Orange is Burgess’s best-known novel.He was friends with Joseph Heller, the author of Catch-22.He worked as a professor at Princeton for a time.Burgess spent time as a Nursing Orderly in the Royal Army Medical Corps.His mother died during the 1918 flu pandemic, as did his sister, Muriel. Around the time Eliade was admitted to the prestigious Spiru-Haret high school in 1917, he began reading novels and detective stories while simultaneously developing a passionate interest in the natural sciences, chemistry, zoology, and entomology.įirst Publications In the spring of 1921 his first article, “The Enemy of the Silkworm,” was published in Journal of Popular Sciences. They moved into a house whose attic was to play an almost mythical role in the writer's life. Because of his father's military postings, the Eliades moved twice between Tecuci and Bucharest, finally settling in the capital city soon after the outbreak of World War I in August 1914. Works in Biographical and Historical ContextĪ Budding Intellect Mircea Eliade was born in Bucharest, Romania, to Gheorghe, an army officer and a native of Moldavia, and Ioana, a native of the western region of Oltenia. Thus, as a writer of fiction, his work continues to belong only to Romanian literature: In his native land, Romania, where he is better known for his fantastic and realistic fiction, he ranks among the nation's most significant writers. Unfortunately, his literary works, written in Romanian, equally masterful but less frequently translated, are less known. Mircea Eliade is best known in the West for his scholarly works and studies in comparative religion, written in French and English. A History of Religious Ideas (1976–1983) Overview By using an alias in London, he also manages to displace any negative gossip about himself onto his fictional brother. Jack pretends that he has a dissolute brother named Ernest whom he must visit in London frequently. There, he is the guardian to Cecily Cardew, a young heiress, and must maintain his reputation with her as an upstanding, sober man. When “Ernest” asks Algernon for permission to propose to Algernon’s cousin Gwendolen Fairfax, Algernon demands to know why his friend’s cigarette case has an engraving addressed to “Uncle Jack.” Jack has been living a double life, going by the name Ernest in London and by his legal name in the country. The play centers upon two young men, Algernon Moncrieff and Jack “Ernest” Worthing, and the farcical misunderstandings that trip up their respective courtships. Thank you, audio gods, for pairing wonderful writers with wonderful narrators. So when I saw that an audio version had been released with LORI PRINCE, one of my all-time favorite narrators voicing it, I basically swooned with excitement! They could NOT have found a better narrator to bring out all the tones of this book, from the sexy to the playful to the emotional and inspiring. It’s hot, sweet, poignant and at times surprisingly tear-jerking. I’ve probably read their story 3 or 4 times by now. From the first read I fell in love with gorgeous, driven, trailblazing Charlotte, who swears she’s impervious to love and sweet, adorably awkward Sutton, who knocks down all Charlotte’s walls just by existing in the world as a “beautiful, bright ray of redheaded sunshine,” as Regan calls her. This book has had a special place in my heart since the first time I read it months ago. |