![]() ![]() Witty, wise, and timely, this new edition of The Change offers a crucial twenty-first-century guide to the change that every woman faces. She argues that menopause marks the point in a woman's life when she should be able to stop apologizing and bask in the freedom and joy that come with her later years. In this updated edition of her groundbreaking book, Greer debunks stubborn myths and presents a vital new perspective on the emotional and physical changes-including up-to-date medical details-women face today when they go through what's known as "the change." Greer also addresses cultural changes that surround female aging today, launching a clear and necessary protest against the notion that women should shrink into the background as they grow older. After decades, the same misinformation and ineffective methods are still being widely touted and proliferating at an alarming rate due to the rise of the Internet. ![]() Despite improvements over the last few years, discussions about menopause are still hampered by a huge variance in conventional wisdom about what happens, when it happens, when it can be said to be over, and how to deal with it. An updated edition of Germaine Greer's revolutionary discussion of menopause, which the New York Times Book Review called "a brilliant, gutsy, exhilarating, bruising, exasperating fury of a book." A quarter of a century after the first publication of Germaine Greer's now canonical look at women's experience later in life, the renowned feminist and prolific author updates and expands her essential book, The Change. ![]()
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![]() ![]() → content warnings: death, infant death, murder, domestic abuse, suicide, mental illness, kidnapping, rape Those who enjoyed Erin Kelly’s The Skeleton Key or who prefer crime fiction should read this. While putting the pieces of the mystery, suspenseful puzzle together, the writing style makes for a simple and exciting read. ![]() This book was complex and horrific, with strange characters, many points of view, and twists and turns that kept me reading into the wee hours of the morning. This is one of Caroline Mitchell’s many works that I’ve read, and one thing about her that I admire is that she isn’t afraid to dig into the nitty-gritty aspects of crime. The bone house, the bone house is calling for you” ![]() “It whispers your name in the dead of night ![]() ![]() ![]() All his women have a weak, whiny quality to their voices. The cast of characters is very large, and the narrator does not use much variety with his voices or accents, especially with the females. The narration is weak, and if you're picky about that in an audio book, I suggest you listen to the sample for a long time before you decide to buy this book. We are shown the open debauchery, decadence, and brutal violence of the time very vividly by Francine Rivers, who gives us a "meaty" story that will satisfy both Christians and non-Christians alike. This story is full of wonderful characters dealing with the real issues of life in ancient Rome. ![]() Rarely does a book shine the light of Jesus so clearly, while not denying the truth of what living in the world is really like. Although I've been a Christian for most of my life, I'm almost always disappointed by Christian fiction due to it's lack of honesty. ![]() ![]() ![]() I found this series before I even knew about Goodreads or blogging. Publication Dates: October 2009 – October 2012 Genre: Young Adult, Romance, Paranormal, Angels # of Books: 4 (Hush, Hush Crescendo Silence Finale) And when she tries to seek some answers, she finds herself near a truth that is way more unsettling than anything Patch makes her feel.įor she is right in the middle of an ancient battle between the immortal and those that have fallen – and, when it comes to choosing sides, the wrong choice will cost Nora her life. She can’t decide whether she should fall into his arms or run and hide. Patch seems to be everywhere she is and seems to know more about her than her closest friends. With his easy smile and eyes that seem to see inside her, Patch draws Nora to him against her better judgment.īut after a series of terrifying encounters, Nora’s not sure whom to trust. She’s never been particularly attracted to the boys at her school, no matter how hard her best friend, Vee, pushes them at her. Romance was not part of Nora Grey’s plan. Synopsis for Hush, Hush (from Goodreads): ![]() ![]() Series Review: Is this series worth your time? Does it get better as the novels progress? Or does it get worse? Find out below: ![]() ![]() ![]() After the death of his brother, his actions start to haunt him. In this book, we really get to see Marcus’ characterization as Emperor. I knew that I didn’t trust him, but when he revealed that he was the Nightbringer, I was so upset for Laia that she fell into his trap and gave up her armband. It had been a few years since I’d read this book, so I forgot about Keenan’s betrayal until I was rereading it. Laia, Helene, and Elias were all characters I rooted for, and I have hated the Commandant since she first appeared, which is a sign of a great villain. Sabaa Tahir does an amazing job of easing you into the world and not throwing everything at you at once. I love the trials, I love watching Laia’s characterization throughout the span of the book, and I love how all of the characters and the world is introduced. Of all the books in the series, right now this is my favorite one. This book was, and still is, one of my all-time favorites. ![]() ![]() ![]() I’m going to break it down book by book, and there will be spoilers for each book, so be aware of that before reading on! I recently reread An Ember in the Ashes and A Torch Against the Night, so that I could finally read A Reaper at the Gates. I wanted to talk about my thought process while rereading these books, and my thoughts about the series so far. This post is going to be a little different than my typical reviews. ![]() ![]() ![]() Working with these resources, she recalls her 1950s tomboy ways in small-town, rural Pennsylvania, and records growing into the 1970s through radical feminism and the affirmations of gay liberation. To address this foreign body, she calls upon the readerly pleasures of narrative, critical feminist and queer thinking, and the concentrated language of lyric poetry. She writes about a body shot through with neurological pain, disoriented in time and space, incapacitated by paralysis and deadened sensation. In A Body, Undone, Crosby puts into words a broken body that seems beyond the reach of language and understanding. Her chin took the full force of the blow, and her head snapped back. ![]() As she crested a hill, she caught a branch in the spokes of her bicycle, which instantly pitched her to the pavement. ![]() She was a respected senior professor of English who had celebrated her fiftieth birthday a month before. ![]() A woman's fight to reclaim her body after a paralysis-inducing cycling accident In the early evening on October 1, 2003, Christina Crosby was three miles into a seventeen mile bicycle ride, intent on reaching her goal of 1,000 miles for the riding season. ![]() ![]() ![]() Even new players who had never previously heard of the game went mad over it, and The Last of Us Part II ended up winning the Game of the Year award. ![]() ![]() So, when the next game was released in 2020 and people swarmed in so that they could get their hands on it and continue with Joel and Ellie’s story, it came as a surprise to no one. With the intense combat encounters, Ashley Johnson and Troy Baker’s brilliant voice acting, the amazing emotional storytelling, and incredible visual detail, there was no question that the younger sibling to the Uncharted series had become a beloved game. The US game The Last of Us Part I has been a hit with gamers since it first hit the shelves back in 2013. ![]() RELATED: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 3 – What We Want In The Sequel But what can we expect from the follow-up game? Naughty Dog‘s The Last of Us Part 3 will probably be the final chapter in Ellie and Joel’s epic story. ![]() ![]() ![]() You Season 1 was heavily inspired by the first book of the series, You, published in 2014, whereas Season 2, released in 2019, is loosely based on the events described in the second book of the series, Hidden Bodies, published in 2016. The books written for the You series are the following: Joe Goldberg is the protagonist of You, a character created and developed by the American writer Caroline Kepnes in her book series. The show counts four seasons, released in this sequence: The TV series You debuted in 2018 and followed the adventures of Joe Goldberg, the character created by Caroline Kepnes in her books. You Season 4: how it fits in the book series by Caroline Kepnes You can watch the official trailer for You Season 4 here on Youtube. ![]() The TV show is heavily inspired by the book series by Caroline Kepnes, but at some point, the Netflix show took an autonomous direction, and now people are curious to understand where Season 4 stands within the story told in the books. Season 4 was out in 2023, and once again, Joe Goldberg caught the viewers with his life made of obsessive relationships, murders, and books. You is definitely one of the most successful TV series ever released on Netflix. ![]() ![]() ![]() It also got banned from at least one public library, ostensibly because of the book’s nudity but perhaps really because it wasn’t considered the sort of book that kids should be wrapping their head around on their own. Solidly within this tradition is Craig Thompson’s autobiographical novel Blankets, which propelled him to stardom in the comics world and won him just about every award that a graphic novel can get. ![]() This trend started in 1978 with Will Eisner’s A Contract with God and has only continued through the works of such artists as Chris Ware ( Jimmy Corrigan, Rusty Brown ), Kristen Radtke ( Imagine Wanting Only This, Seek You ), and Alison Bechdel ( Fun Home). Once a genre devoted to bombastic action and over-the-top unbelievability, comics-um, excuse me, graphic novels -have now pivoted to being the ideal platform for tales of personal reflection, loneliness, and isolation. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Normally, that'd be a deal-breaker for me, but I thought about series all night after I finished, re-imaging different scenarios for the ending, and I'm still thinking about it. I won't spoil it-suffice it to say it was not for me. There were times I thought I must have missed something earlier. I *really* liked the audiobook narrator and listened to all three books (I usually listen to the first book and skim the others because I'm too impatient to savor the story. There are, of course, some convenient plot points AND the whole "she's exceptionally beautiful and doesn't know it" thing, but overall, these things are actually satisfactorily explained as part of the plot, I think. I thought most of the series was fantastic with original paranormal/dystopian concepts. Dystopian with aliens? How did I not pick this up sooner? ![]() I went into book 1 without knowing anything about it other than the book had a rating of more than 4 stars and interesting genre tags. ![]() |