![]() ![]() Foster’s talk will include not only Portland locations, but other points of significance in Cleary’s childhood and adult life. Foster, whose latest work, Walking with Ramona (Microcosm Publishing, 2016), explores the streets, schools, characters and neighborhoods of Cleary’s Portland. On Tues., August 30, we are pleased to host local author Laura O. ![]() ![]() During a 2011 interview with the Los Angeles Times, at age 95, she said, “I’ve had an exceptionally happy career.” The first book in the series, Henry Huggins, was published back in 1950, and since then, kids around the globe have enjoyed these tales about ordinary kids growing up in an ordinary Portland.Ĭleary celebrated her 100th birthday this past April, and currently lives in California. Since school is starting back up in just a couple weeks, this month’s History Pub at the Old Church in Wilsonville is geared toward kids, including kids-turned-adults, about beloved author and McMinnville native Beverly Cleary’s Oregon. Anyone out there familiar with the Ramona Quimby books? Yeah, we thought so. ![]()
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![]() ![]() She played Detective Constable Georgia Trotman, who transfered to AC-12. Jenny Lee was played by English accent Jessica Raine, and she also had an appearance in season 2 of Line of Duty. ![]() If you need a recap of who Jenny was ahead of Call the Midwife 2021, we have got everything you need to know. She left the programme after season three, but definitely made her mark on audiences during her time on the show. Before joining Nonnatus House, she trained and worked as a nurse and her character is based on Jennifer Worth, the author of the Call the Midwife memoirs (opens in new tab).Īs the series goes on, Jenny deals with a number of complicated storylines such as trying to help a mother with an abusive husband and delivering a baby with spina bifida, a birth defect that occurs when the spine and spinal cord don't form properly. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I loved being inside her head for this story.Īunt Karla was another lovable and hilarious character. As well, her little freak-outs and overall thought process were really funny to me. She had so much energy and a passion for music and theater and often showed it in funny ways. Jerzie, the main character, was such a big part of bringing in the humor. There was enough time to get to know them both and get to know them together so I was okay with it.Īlso, the humor in this book was top notch. I’m normally not really a fan of the insta-love trope, but I was okay with this one. There is a bit of insta-love/love at first sight (because it’s a retelling of Romeo and Juliet), but it wasn’t too bad. ![]() Jerzie and Zepplin were so cute together. I wish I could copy + paste a million heart eye emojis here. It is an absolute must-read of 2021!Ĭan I start with the romance? I’m going to start with the romance. And I was totally here for it!! Humor, heart, and raw energy come together to create this beautiful book. This book was Romeo and Juliet inception a retelling of Romeo and Juliet where the main characters are in a play about Romeo and Juliet. ![]() ![]() There she is part of a team with Yoshi, Masako and Kuniko. (A similar set-up was used in the later The Devotion of Suspect X (2005), by Keigo Higashino in that novel an ex-husband is murdered, but the wife is assisted by her neighbour rather than colleagues.) They work the night shift (because it pays better than daytime hours) at a factory unit in a nondescript area of Tokyo where town and country rub together, producing bento, boxed lunches. ![]() Fortunately she can call on her workmates, associates rather than close friends, to help her out. ![]() In a fit of anger she strangles him but is left with the problem of what to do with the body. Yayoi snaps because of her husband Kenji’s ill-treatment of her, his gambling, on which he has spent all their savings, and his lusting after a woman who works in a club. Natsuo Kirino deftly depicts the complications arising from a domestic murder in this densely-plotted Japanese thriller. ![]() ![]() ![]() one night she joins them partying out at the cove. carefree, pretty, and falling in love with the boy next door, but her greatest passion is the water. While that may work for Hocking's established fan-base of starry-eyed teenage girls, there is scarcely anything original to offer more jaded readers. The Watersong series by Amanda Hocking is centered around Gemma, a sixteen year old girl who it would seem has everything. ![]() Wake ticks most of the right boxes when it comes to fulfilling expectations of its genre, being heavier on romance and action than actual paranormal activity. Despite her misgivings, Harper readily brushes them off as ordinary outsiders until they cast their spell over Gemma. Wake opens with the arrival of Penn, Thea and Lexi, an eye-catching trio who raise the ire of sisters Gemma and Harper because of their "creepy" presence. It's usually best to be leery of any writer crowned with the title "the next Stephanie Meyer" (by The Independent), though Wake comes vampire-free and with a triple dose of drop-dead gorgeous mythical creatures in disguise.Īfter the successes of the Trylle Trilogy and Hollowland, Amanda Hocking sticks to her comfort zone of urban fantasy, with Wake being the first book of her new Watersong series.įor those still wary of the Stephanie Meyer comparisons, Hocking's prose is less superfluous and her characters slightly more realistic as far as teenage fiction goes. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Robb plots against his despised Lannister enemies, even as they hold his sister hostage at King's Landing, the seat of the Iron Throne. But young Robb, of House Stark, still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, the victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. A STORM OF SWORDS Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken. Martin's stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. ![]() Martin's magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings. THE BOOK BEHIND THE THIRD SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES, AN ORIGINAL SERIES NOW ON HBO. ![]() ![]() ![]() Delving into subplots of roommate drama, affairs, and extortion, Foley takes occasional detours from Ben’s disappearance. The pace is rather slow and focuses more on developing the personalities of apartment building’s inhabitants than on the main mystery at hand. Foley spends much of the first half of her novel unwinding the threads connecting each character to Ben and their potential motives for his disappearance. From the very start, every character has something to hide. ![]() Jess, a Londoner escaping her less-than-ideal job, arrives in Paris to stay with her brother, Ben, only to find him missing. A sinister apartment building and its inhabitants are the suspects in Lucy Foley’s newest novel, “The Paris Apartment.” A thriller with short chapters narrated by characters full of secrets, “The Paris Apartment” is quick to draw in the reader and will leave them hooked with anticipation. ![]() ![]() Marcus has once again teamed up with performance psychologist Katie Warriner and journalist Carl Anka, his collaborators on the award-winning book You Are a Champion, to help you achieve your dreams. ![]() The Marcus Rashford You Are a Champion Action Planner is an interactive guide that will show you how to become a champion in anything you put your mind to!Marcus has inspired millions of children around the world in his empowering and bestselling guide for life, You Are a Champion - now, he's created a fun and engaging action planner packed with positive activities, brilliant advice and inspiring challenges that will help you reach your full potential. The more you picture that, the easier it becomes to make that dream happen. ![]() One of the best things you can do for yourself is imagine a world where you can reach your full potential. ![]() ![]() Glinda is an entirely unremarkable character, but I can forgive that. So we have our witches three, and here is where things go sour. to kill her, claiming she's the wicked witch responsible for the death of the old king. Glinda (Michelle Williams) is first encountered, for reasons not entirely clear, in a dark and spooky graveyard at the back end of the dark forest. Weisz plays the villain convincingly, with enough menace and restraint to pull it off.įinally, there's Glinda the Good, replete with her flying bubbles. Evanora (Rachel Weisz) is the manipulator, the real wicked witch, and-as far as I'm concerned-easily the best character in the whole film. ![]() Then there's Evanora, Theodora's older sister. She falls instantly and unconvincingly in love with the wizard, Oz, who also happens to be a terrible rake and lady's man. Theodora (Mila Kunis) is a young, naive thing, susceptible to love, bouts of fury, and her sister's manipulations. In Oz the Great and Powerful we have Theodora, Evanora, and Glinda. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The result is his new book, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth - a historical look at Jesus in the context of his time and Jewish religion, and against the backdrop of the Roman Empire.Īuthor Interviews 'Zealot' Tells The Story Of Jesus The Man, Not The Messiah ![]() I began to really reject the concept of Christ."īut Aslan continued his Christian scholarship, and he found that he was increasingly interested in Jesus as a historical figure. He came to the realization that Jesus of Nazareth was quite different from the Messiah he'd been introduced to at church. "My parents were certainly surprised," Aslan tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross.Īs Aslan got older, he began his studies in the history of Christianity, and he started to lose faith. from Iran, and Aslan's conversion was, in a sense, an adolescent's attempt to fit into American life and culture. His secular Muslim family had fled to the U.S. Writer and scholar Reza Aslan was 15 years old when he found Jesus. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Zealot Subtitle The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth Author Reza Aslan ![]() |