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![]() ![]() He can also be Sir Anthony Hopkins, living embodiment of a stale theatrical tradition that always seems classy to American (or in this case Australian) directors. Lecter, or Picasso, or in the mad scenes in Titus. Hopkins, as we've seen, can be an evil delight as Dr. (The fact that she suspects such a thing proves what a silly creature she is.) ![]() Events come to a head when Liz leaves her son for the weekend, despite her suspicions that the old man might be unnaturally fond of boys. He has the gift of second sight, and is a fugitive from mysterious pursuers. ![]() The aging, world-weary stranger Ted Brautigan (Anthony Hopkins) moves into the apartment upstairs. In 1960, in a New England town, the fatherless boy Bobby Garfield (Anton Yelchin) is being raised, sort of, by his mom Liz (Hope Davis, better than her role). Here he's working in the Norman Rockwell field, in a story that crosses Needful Things with Stand by Me. On the other hand, the film is very close to the dregs of the bottomless barrel of Stephen King. ![]() On the one hand people have been softened up by recent terror and are ready to have the nostalgia nerve pinched. IT'S HARD TO figure how audiences will react to this film. 'Hearts in Atlantis': Stephen King in Norman Rockwell's shoes Metroactive Movies | 'Hearts in Atlantis'Ĭreature Comforts: Anthony Hopkins takes a young boy (Anton Yelchin) under his wing. ![]() ![]() ![]() Johnson digs and drinks alongside archaeologists, chases them through the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, and even Machu Picchu, and excavates their lives. Marilyn Johnson's Lives in Ruins is an absorbing and entertaining look at the lives of contemporary archaeologists as they sweat under the sun for clues to the puzzle of our past. Where are the archaeologists behind these stories? What kind of work do they actually do, and why does it matter? Archaeological research tantalizes us with possibilities (are modern humans really part Neandertal?). The news is full of archaeology: treasures found (British king under parking lot) and treasures lost (looters, bulldozers, natural disaster, and war). Pompeii, Machu Picchu, the Valley of the Kings, the Parthenon - the names of these legendary archaeological sites conjure up romance and mystery. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Piper doesn’t want any distractions, especially feelings for a man who sails off into the sunset for weeks at a time. The fun-loving socialite and the gruff fisherman are polar opposites, but there’s an undeniable attraction simmering between them. ![]() ![]() How bad could it really be She’s determined to show her stepfather-and the hot, grumpy local-that she’s more than a pretty face.Įxcept it’s a small town and everywhere she turns, she bumps into Brendan. So what if Piper can’t do math, and the idea of sleeping in a shabby apartment with bunk beds gives her hives. Piper hasn’t even been in Westport for five minutes when she meets big, bearded sea captain Brendan, who thinks she won’t last a week outside of Beverly Hills. So he cuts her off, and sends Piper and her sister to learn some responsibility running their late father’s dive bar. When too much champagne and an out-of-control rooftop party lands Piper in the slammer, her stepfather decides enough is enough. Piper Bellinger is fashionable, influential, and her reputation as a wild child means the paparazzi are constantly on her heels. where she butts heads with a surly, sexy local who thinks she doesn’t belong. The first in a spicy and unforgettable rom-com duology from #1 New York Times bestseller and tik tok favorite Tessa Bailey, in which a Hollywood “It Girl” is cut off from her wealthy family and exiled to a small Pacific Northwest beach town. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() First of all, body cast? For a broken leg? The medical field has come far since the 1960’s. In her middle-grade debut, Ruth Behar detailed the year of her youth spent bedridden in a body cast after breaking her leg. The writing adage goes, “Write what you know,” but not every experience in your life is created equal in the eyes of storytelling. I'll be recommending this to everyone this year. Sometimes the Spanish integration feels clunky, but that's about the only criticism I have. The story is very sweet and should allow a lot of kids to identify with it, whether it's through the disability lens, Jewish lens, immigrant lens, or whatever other intersectional combination available. And her New York City, populated with immigrants from India, Belgium, and Mexico Puerto Ricans and white people dedicated to civil rights, is so real. ![]() This will (deservedly) get comparisons to Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, and it's even more complex, since it deals with a secular Jewish family (finally!) and allows the child character complete freedom to pick and choose bits of different religions that allow her to make meaning of her life as she goes through a trauma. ![]() And with a cast of diverse characters (read: characters from the real world, not the pale-topia of so many other children's book writers) that you never get to see in books. ![]() ![]() ![]() Everything Is Illuminated is about history, heritage, and the wisdom that can be gained from uncovering the past. ![]() The tone of the film, however, shifts when Jonathan and Alex do finally meet the woman they're looking for, and suddenly, this adorable comedy turns into a heart-breaking historical drama about a Jewish village that was annihilated during the Nazi occupation. I'm thinking of packing it all up and moving to the former Soviet state. The Ukrainian countryside has never looked so breath taking. Alex is a hip-hop-lovin' Ukrainian break-dancer who, along with his grandfather, helps Jonathan find the woman who saved Jonathan's grandfather's life during World War II. While Elijah Wood is charming as ever as Jonathan Safran Foer (the real-life author of the novel Everything Is Illuminated), it's Eugene Hutz (playing Jonathan's Ukrainian tour-guide and translator, Alex) who truly steals this film. Oh, how I've been waiting for this to arrive in Austin. Everything Is Illuminated is sweetly and sublimely funny from the first delicious line of dialogue. ![]() ![]() ![]() If anything, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac remind me of why I'm glad my years as a teenager are coming to an end: way too much drama. So Naomi begins the book not-quite- tabula-rasa, and you expect her to grow and change as she becomes a brand new person, right? Not so much. Zevin uses a good deal of creative license when it comes to Naomi's amnesia-which she's allowed to do, both because it's her book and we still don't precisely understand the workings of the brain anyway. The premise is interesting: Naomi Porter is a teenage yearbook editor who hits her head when she falls down the steps at her school, causing her to forget the last four years of her life. While Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac isn't a terrible book, I finished it with a profound feeling of "So what?" ![]() ![]() I'm not sure that was the right decision. After not enjoying Elsewhere, I was hesitant to read this book, but decided to go through with it anyway. ![]() ![]() ![]() Though Sanderson makes veiled criticisms of elements of the Harry Potter series, his own work bears a striking resemblance to it in its basic elements. ![]() On his thirteenth birthday, he is suddenly introduced to a more exciting world, hidden in plain sight, in which he gradually discovers his powers and his “heroism.” Sound familiar? It should. ![]() This is the story of a tormented thirteen-year-old orphan who has lived most of his life in the care of foster parents, all the time unaware of a magical world in which he has unwittingly been playing the part of savior-yet-to-come. Having read the entire series to date, I am, despite the saying, confirmed in my judgment of the book by its cover. the Evil Librarians, the first book of the Evil Librarian series by Brandon Sanderson, I immediately suspected that it was yet another poor-quality Harry Potter knock off. ![]() ![]() ![]() To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email, and be sure to describe your book or include a link to your Readers' Favorite review page or Amazon page. What sites your reviews are posted on (B&N, Amazon, etc.) and whether you send digital (eBook, PDF, Word, etc.) or hard copies of your books to each other for review is up to you. Simply put, you agree to provide an honest review an author's book in exchange for the author doing the same for you. This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Book Review Exchange Program, which is open to all authors and is completely free. To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email. 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This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Free Book Program, which is open to all readers and is completely free. ![]() ![]() ![]() : 24 She also learned how to sew and work creatively with fabric from her mother. : 28 Because of her chronic asthma, Ringgold explored visual art as a major pastime through the support of her mother, often experimenting with crayons as a young girl. : 27 Her childhood friend, Sonny Rollins, who would grow up to be a prominent jazz musician, often visited her family and practiced saxophone at their parties. ![]() After the Harlem Renaissance, Ringgold's childhood home in Harlem became surrounded by a thriving arts scene – where figures such as Duke Ellington and Langston Hughes lived just around the corner. They raised her in an environment that encouraged her creativity. Ringgold's mother was a fashion designer and her father, as well as working a range of jobs, was an avid storyteller. ![]() : 24 Her parents, Andrew Louis Jones and Willi Posey Jones, were descendants of working-class families displaced by the Great Migration. The American People Series #20: Die (1967)įaith Ringgold (born Octoin Harlem, New York City) is an American painter, writer, mixed media sculptor, and performance artist, best known for her narrative quilts.įaith Ringgold was born the youngest of three children on October 8, 1930, in Harlem Hospital, New York City. The American People Series #18: The Flag is Bleeding (1967) ![]() |
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