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Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippman6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() By the following Friday I was frantically refreshing my library’s e-book site to see if it was my turn to read the third book in the series. A month later, I’ve already read the first seven Tess Monaghan books. Patience is not a virtue for me when it comes to reading.Įach novel I’ve read features complex cases that tackle universal themes like greed, love, and power. I started on Baltimore Blues, the first book in the series, on a Saturday. ![]() It turns out my fellow readers were right – I love this series. And three: it’s filled with well-plotted twists and turns, as any good crime novels worth their salt should be. ![]() Two: the series serves as a sort of love letter to Baltimore, which I’ve called home for close to a decade now. One: it features a female journalist-turned-private investigator, and I always prefer a female protagonist, especially one in a stereotypically male role. When I learned that Laura Lippman was going to serve as the honorary chair for the Maryland Humanities Council’s One Maryland One Book program this year, I got the final push I needed to start her popular Tess Monaghan series as my summer reading.įor years, I had been hearing from fellow discerning readers that this series would appeal to me on several levels. ![]()
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Frank miller man without fear6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Related: Batwoman's Future Costume Highlights Flaws in Female Character Design Instead of being seen as a human being, Karen represents the old trope of the "fallen woman," whose actions exist only to substantiate the moral authority of the protagonist. While sex work and drug use aren't inherently problematic, they are used to make Karen undesirable and a damsel in distress, incapable of helping herself or anyone else around her. ![]() Most notably, in Born Again, Karen becomes a sex worker addicted to heroin, and spends much of her time lamenting her condition, hoping that Matt will "save her" from herself. While Miller's Daredevil run is thought to be the definitive story for the Man Without Fear, it also features what many consider to be troubling depictions of women, especially for Karen Page. ![]()
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Hhhh heydrich6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() A seemingly effortless blend of historical truth, personal memory, and Binet's remarkable imagination, "HHhH "is a work at once thrilling and deeply engrossing-a historical novel and a profound meditation on the nature of writing and the debt we owe to history. The most lethal man in Hitlers cabinet, Reinhard Heydrich seemed. The winner of the prestigious Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman, Binet's "HHhH "is a novel unlike anything else. About HHhH: HHhH- Himmlers Hirn heisst Heydrich, or Himmlers brain is called Heydrich. From their heroic escape from Nazi-occupied Prague to their recruitment by the British secret services from their meticulous preparation and training to their harrowing parachute drop into a war zone from their stealth attack on Heydrich's car to their own brutal deaths in the basement of a Prague church, Binet narrates the compelling story of these two incredible men, rescuing their heroic acts from obscurity. ![]() ![]() But who exactly were the forgotten heroes who killed one of history's most notorious men? In Laurent Binet's captivating debut novel, "HHhH "("Himmlers Hirn heiBt Heydrich," or Himmler's brain is called Heydrich), we follow the lives of Jozef Gabcik and Jan Kubis, the Slovak and the Czech responsible for Heydrich's death. Everyone has heard of Reinhard Heydrich, "the Butcher of Prague." And most have heard stories of his spectacular assassination at the hands of two Czechoslovakian partisans. ![]()
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2666 bolanos6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() They trace the writer to the Mexican border town of Santa Teresa (read: Juarez), but there the trail runs dry, and it isn't until the final section that readers learn about Benno and why he went to Santa Teresa. The novel is divided into five parts (Bolaño originally imagined it being published as five books) and begins with the adventures and love affairs of a small group of scholars dedicated to the work of Benno von Archimboldi, a reclusive German novelist. This brilliant behemoth is grander in scope, ambition and sheer page count, and translator Wimmer has again done a masterful job. By the late Chilean-Mexican novelist Bolaño (1953–2003) garnered extraordinary sales and critical plaudits for a complex novel in translation, and quickly became the object of a literary cult. ![]()
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![]() ![]() She's also the owner of a decade's worth of daily newspapers, enough clothes and shoes to fill Big W three times over and a pen collection which, if laid end-to-end, would probably circle her house twice. Nic is a forty-five-year-old trivia buff, amateur nail artist and fairy godmother to the neighbourhood's stray cats. Where the Wild Mums Are by Katie Blackburn and Sholto Walker ![]() Because you are not alone and sometimes we all need a reminder that we're doing our best on this life-changing journey called motherhood. Let bestselling author Pip Lincolne remind you that it's fine to go slow as she helps you shift expectations (so many expectations!), drop the guilt, choose fresh ways to measure success, find yourself again and remember the things that delight you in the everyday. Days Like These is an uplifting guide to supporting yourself and other mums you know. ![]() Mums are the greatest yet least appreciated humans and it's time they had their own huggable book all about mum care! Whether your child is 2 or 20, it can be easy to get lost in day-to-day survival mode and forget the long game-the magic you have already made and that they really will be OK in the end. GIFT BOOKS Days Like These by Pip LincolneĪn exquisitely illustrated uplifting self-care guide for mothers by the bestselling author of When Life is Not Peachy. ![]() |