![]() ![]() Thereafter she to receive all profits of the estate after payment of a share of my wife's annuity. My plantation called Mangrove or Gauiors in St Philip to my trustees during the minority of my daughter Frances Albouy Wood until age 20 years or be married, my trustees to pay to her after payment of a share of my wife's annuity any money as may be necessary for her maintenance and education until age 20 or marriage. Trustees to convey the estate to him at age 24 years. My plantations called Colebrooke in St Philip to my trustees during the minority of my son John Thomas Wood until age 24 years, my trustees to pay the proceeds to John Thomas Wood after payment of a share of my wife's annuity. ![]() An annuity of £1000 per annum current gold and silver money to my wife for her natural life, chargeable on the net proceeds of my three plantations in Antigua. My household furniture and other furniture, busts, plate, books, liquors, bed and table linen and other things whatsoever in my dwellinghouses except cash or securities of money to my dear wife Margaret Gilbert Wood. ![]() John Adams Wood at present of the island of Antigua but intending shortly to depart for Europe. ![]()
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![]() ![]() I hit page 175 and I told myself life is too short to do something I have no love for. A 600-page tome of a book that is not even complete because it’s just Volume One. ![]() The one other book I gave up on is Kaoru Takamura’s Lady Joker. I gave up on Slow Horses but only for the super entertaining TV series to encourage me to pick it up again. This is so good I already ordered Miller’s The Song of Achilles. Get ready to meet gods, warriors, monsters, titans, divinities, nymphs and many more. Thousands of years condensed into 385 pages. Utterly readable, the novel is not mired in old English vocabulary and the scope is immense. This is a story of a woman who is ostracised and marginalised, but yet eventually comes into her own in a male-dominated world. Miller collapses that unreachable distance between the past and the present into mere air and she could somehow make the story so relevant in these present times. ![]() ![]() Written with a clear-eye focus and prose that is so propulsive. I tend to stay away from the classics like The Iliad and The Odyssey, but this I can take, hook, line and sinker. There she finds her calling – witchcraft. This is Greek mythology told from the point of view of Circe, a child devoid of her parents’ love and banished to an island for eternity. Out of this 14 my favourite has to be Madeline Miller’s Circe. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When Sunny discovers her grandfather is "trying" to quit smoking, it brings up a problem with another one of Sunny's relatives, forcing her to confront a family secret that's been bothering her for a while. The dialogue is simple and straightforward, allowing this to be a quick read for kids who naturally fly through books or a more contemplative journey for kids who really sink into the story and/or pay attention to the details in the illustrations. It's easy to keep track of the then and the now thanks to simple text tags with the month and year as well as a different haircut for Sunny - longer hair last year, shorter hair this year. Throughout the story, flashbacks to the previous year reveal important things about Sunny's home life with her parents and two brothers. Together they dream up fun and easy ways to help others and earn some pocket money. Sunny also makes a friend in Buzz, a boy her age who introduces her to the wonderful world of comic books. Luckily, her lively grandpa has lots of activities planned for them - like going to the grocery store! hanging out with the neighbors! eating dinner super early! His sunny disposition gives his granddaughter a newfound appreciation for the simple joys in life. It's the first time she's been away from her family for such a stretch of time, and hanging out with retired folks in Snoozeville is not exactly how she envisioned her summer. Sunny (real name: Sunshine) is spending the summer in Florida with her grandfather. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Snyder graduated from Brown University in 1998 with a degree in creative writing, and then worked at Walt Disney World for about a year. Scott Snyder is a multiple award-winning and bestselling American writer known for his 2006 short story collection Voodoo Heart, and his work in comic books, including American Vampire, Detective Comics, Batman, Batman: Gates of Gotham and Swamp Thing. Much like the works of Mary Shelley and the other writers of the Villa Diodati." -"Paste Magazine" "Snyder has tackled horror before, but "Wytches" sets out to be an entirely new level of scary."" -Complex Magazine" "An awesome and at times terrifying tale." "-IGN" "Wytches" are like nothing horror fans have ever seen" -"USA Today" "Very, very scary. "The most terrifying comic you've ever read." -"MTV News" "Dark and brutal. But something evil is waiting for them in the woods just beyond town. When the Rooks family moves to the remote town of Litchfield, NH to escape a haunting trauma, they're hopeful about starting over. "Wytches" takes the mythology of witches to a far creepier, bone-chilling place than readers have dared venture before. ![]() They are much darker, and they are much more horrifying. ![]() "Wytches" are like nothing horror fans have ever seen" -"USA Today" Everything you thought you knew about witches is wrong. A triumph." -Stephen King "Dark and brutal. ![]() ![]() ![]() I was always talking to friends about the best book I read last night.” “Everyone was talking about ‘ Twilight’, and I never grew out of that. We went to high school in the ‘ Twilight’ era,” Wibberly said. “Being in high school surrounded by other people who loved to read, that was what we talked about. Wibberly cites the “ Twilight” series, which had recently been released, as particularly influential in shaping her love for young adult fiction. Siegemund-Broka and Wibberly met during their sophomore year English class at Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, Calif. Siegemund-Broka and Wibberly have been writing young adult and romance novels together for six years, and are continuing to explore today’s literary trends and their own creative muses through their work. Their heartfelt connection is reflected in their novels, which they have written together for the last six years. ![]() ![]() ![]() But they’re just so funny and kind, it’s hard to believe anyone is immune to their charms. Authors Emily Wibberly and Austin Siegemund-Broka are the kind of couple you love to hate: Seemingly idyllic relationship, enviable careers, a home in Hermosa Beach, Calif., and a cute dog eager to go on walks at the beach. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Loveless is both a bildungsroman and a coming-out story, which means it uses building blocks from both. When you read as much as I do-and if you’re reading an amateur’s book review blog, I’m reasonably certain that you do-you start to see patterns across books, and that goes double when you gravitate towards certain types of stories or particular genres. It’s not surprising to me that Loveless is one of the best of the bunch, but I was a little sad that it falls into some of the same pitfalls as the others: namely, having to spend an inordinate time explaining what asexuality actually is. I was quite excited for this one both because I’ve loved all Oseman’s earlier books and because I try to read diversely if I can and while I’ve found a few books with asexual characters, there still aren’t many. Americans, you are sleeping on Alice Oseman. I had to get both I Was Born for Thisand Loveless from Book Depository even though I work in a bookstore. Radio Silenceand Solitaireare available here, but not widely, and Heartstopper is even harder to find (and it’s the only one I haven’t read I don’t buy graphic novels because they’re not generally something I reread and my library doesn’t carry it). It deeply frustrates me how difficult it is to find her work in the United States. I’ve reviewed all her novels here and they’ve made appearances on lots of my “best books” lists. It’s no secret on this blog that Alice Oseman is one of my favorite writers. ![]() ![]() ![]() Cleverly, yet subtly, the author marks the extra burdens that women had to bear in a society that was fair to few of its subjects. ![]() Frances Temple's The Ramsay Scallop and Karen Cushman's Catherine, Called Birdie are recent novels that offer a view of the Middle Ages from the female perspective, but this story adds a dimension by populating its world primarily with women, including a band of renegade nuns. Agnes is also the mother of a young outlaw named Robert, who Marian dislikes at first sight. Among them is the girl's former nurse, Agnes, whose commonsense and prowess at healing has earned her the mantle of Forestwife-the wise woman people come to when they are in dire need. Rather than marry an elderly widower who stinks of ale, 15-year-old Marian runs away to join the forest folk, who live by their own rules. ![]() Using the Robin Hood legends as a springboard, Tomlinson heads deep into the heart of the forest, but the hero of this story is not the prince of thieves rather, it is Marian, who becomes the benevolent Green Lady of the forest. ![]() Jacket illustration copyright © Dennis Nolan. The Forestwife, by Theresa Tomlinson The Forestwife by Theresa Tomlinson jacket illustration by Dennis Nolan ![]() ![]() ![]() In all, Bradbury has published more than thirty books, close to 600 short stories, and numerous poems, essays, and plays. Other works include The October Country, Dandelion Wine, A Medicine for Melancholy, Something Wicked This Way Comes, I Sing the Body Electric!, Quicker Than the Eye, and Driving Blind. ![]() In an attempt to salvage their history and culture, a group of rebels memorize entire works of literature and philosophy as their books are burned by the totalitarian state. ![]() Next came The Illustrated Man and then, in 1953, Fahrenheit 451, which many consider to be Bradbury's masterpiece, a scathing indictment of censorship set in a future world where the written word is forbidden. ![]() His reputation as a writer of courage and vision was established with the publication of The Martian Chronicles in 1950, which describes the first attempts of Earth people to conquer and colonize Mars, and the unintended consequences. He became a full-time writer in 1943, and contributed numerous short stories to periodicals before publishing a collection of them, Dark Carnival, in 1947. street corners from 1938 to 1942, spending his nights in the public library and his days at the typewriter. Although his formal education ended there, he became a "student of life," selling newspapers on L.A. He graduated from a Los Angeles high school in 1938. Ray Douglas Bradbury, American novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright, screenwriter and poet, was born Augin Waukegan, Illinois. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Queen is an in-depth look at the woman at the centre of it all and is the only biography to take Elizabeth II seriously as the subject of historical biography, or to examine the influences that formed her and the ideas she represents. An updated edition of Ben Pimlott's classic biography of the Queen: 'There is no better biography of Elizabeth II.' PETER HENNESSY, Independent on Sunday 'A magisterial biography and the only one that seriously deals with her constitutional and political role' Tim Shipman, Sunday Times The royal family have been through a tumultuous decade, but with the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton, Prince Philip's 90th birthday and the forthcoming Diamond Jubilee celebrations, there is renewed interest and appreciation of our monarchy. ![]() ![]() ![]() Missed Hobbit Day? You can also use the following menu when holding a Hobbit movie marathon, hosting a Hobbit games night, throwing a Hobbit themed birthday, or celebrating J.R.R. I also provide a schedule you can follow to make recipe prep smoother leading up to your party, as well as shortcuts for those deciding to celebrate last minute. The recipes are well researched from historical British cookbooks, so you know you’re presenting your guests with an authentic Hobbit experience. This page is the hub for all the recipes seen served at Bilbo Baggins’ during the Unexpected Party. ![]() Known for their love of food and good hospitality, the truest way to honour a Hobbit is by providing good food for your guests (and enough of it!) Tolkien, celebrating Hobbit Day on September 22 is a must. First posted January 2013.įor fans of the Hobbit, Lord of the Rings or J.R.R. Post rewritten and recipes updated January 2021. “Quite a merry gathering! I hope there is something left for the latecomers to eat and drink!” The Hobbit, J.R.R. “Now we are all here!” said Gandalf, looking at the row of thirteen hoods- the best detachable party hoods- and his own hat hanging on the pegs. ![]() |