![]() ![]() Jack, his wife Wendy, and the clairvoyant Danny move into the Overlook. Jack also plans to write a new play, believing the isolation will inspire him. After being expelled from his teaching position and giving up drinking, Jack accepts a job as a winter caretaker at the large, isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado to prove that he has recovered from alcoholism and is now a responsible person. He is trying to rebuild his life after previously breaking his son Danny's arm and assaulting a pupil at a Vermont prep school where he was a teacher. Jack Torrance, a loving father when sober, is a temperamental alcoholic and aspiring writer. There are plans to stage it again, but the Covid-19 Pandemic has delayed those plans. The production enjoyed strong reviews and sold out performances. In 2016 the Minnesota Opera Company staged an opera based on both the novel and the 1980 movie. ![]() It has been made into an iconic horror movie of the same title, starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall and a miniseries that was aired on TV in the 90's. It deals with many of King's recurring themes, including alcoholism, domestic violence, misfit, yet gifted children and the insanity of authors. This classic novel is arguably King's most famous story. ![]()
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He flaps a forepaw feebly, like an ailing patient. Uggie descends from the mattress, stretching on to a pouffe at the foot of the bed. ![]() ![]() ![]() Highly recommended to anyone who enjoys well-crafted books. But in some ways, this is a novel that happens to be a mystery. You might figure out who is murdering people now - the clues are there. You can put together clues and perhaps figure out the person who murdered in the past. The author does play fair with the reader in this book. I *know* those people, have lived in that area, and understand the ebb and flow of life. ![]() Now I love the book because of the insights about the land and the people in the fictional Colleton County. I related to her problems, her thoughts, her career choices. ![]() I remembered it fondly, and how could I go wrong with a book that won the 1992 Agatha Award and the 1993 Anthony, Edgar, and Macavity awards for best novel.īack in the 1990s, I loved the book because Deborah Knott, the main character, was about the same age as I was. I decided to start with Bootlegger's Daughter. When I heard that Margaret Maron had passed away, I knew I needed to reread (in some cases read) her books again. ![]() ![]() ![]() Thoughtful, intense, and moving, Hostage takes a profound look at what drives our will to survive in the darkest of moments. ![]() With a dry wit and a clean line, Delisle makes the most of his time spent in Asia overseeing outsourced production for a French animation company. ![]() Working in a pared down style with muted colour washes, Delisle conveys the psychological effects of solitary confinement, compelling us to ask ourselves some difficult questions regarding the repercussions of negotiating with kidnappers and what it really means to be free. Shenzhen is entertainingly compact with Guy Delisle’s observations of life in urban southern China, sealed off from the rest of the country by electric fences and armed guards. Marking a departure from the author's celebrated first-person travelogues, Delisle tells the story through the perspective of the titular captive, who strives to keep his mind alert as desperation starts to set in. Close to twenty years later, award-winning cartoonist Guy Delisle ( Pyongyang, Jerusalem, Shenzhen, Burma Chronicles) recounts André's harrowing experience in Hostage, a book that attests to the power of one man's determination in the face of a hopeless situation. For three months, André was kept handcuffed in solitary confinement, with little to survive on and almost no contact with the outside world. In the middle of the night in 1997, Doctors Without Borders administrator Christophe André was kidnapped by armed men and taken away to an unknown destination in the Caucasus region. HOW DOES ONE SURVIVE WHEN ALL HOPE IS LOST? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His philosophy has been summarized by his own often repeated phrase: "Follow your bliss." 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The Complete Cthulhu Mythos Tales collects 23 of Lovecraft's greatest weird tales, including „The Call of Cthulhu,” "The Colour out of Space," „The Dunwich Horror,” "The Shadow over Innsmouth," and „The Shadow out of Time.” It also features six collaborative „revisions” through which Lovecraft expanded the scope of his dark mythology, as well as an Introduction by scholar S. ![]() ![]() Lovecraft's greatest contribution to supernatural literature: a series of stories that evoked cosmic awe and terror through their accounts of incomprehensibly alien monsters and their horrifying incursions into our world. ![]() ![]() It was a decent listen, but didn't blow me away like it evidently did for other people. The reviews I read were alot more effusive than what I experienced. It is clearly the beginning of a series, and the story does need conclusion. What do you think the narrator could have done better?ĭo you think The Gift needs a follow-up book? Why or why not? Thus, a neater ending would have been desirable. in the context of the amount of dedication we all put in to commit to the story. ![]() It is clearly the beginning of a series, and as such the ending is rather open ended, esp. How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable? Again, not enough to preclude giving him another try. I certainly would not preclude him from my list! Jeff Cummings.sometimes comes across as trying too hard, but on balance a good performance with some pretty technical, or complex, dialogue. ![]() ![]() He has good chops and technical knowledge, and has alot of potential in this category of fiction. Would you try another book from Dave Donovan and/or Jeff Cummings?ĭave Donovan.I would give it a try. ![]() ![]() ![]() Excellent romance and world-building, extremely likeable and relatable characters, solid plot and subplots. It's the little things in life, right? □□ For the most part, I found this story terrific. Not to mention its additional grumpy x sunshine trope that I also find delightful and have been reading a lot of lately. It was humorous, sweet, emotional, and delightfully romantic in that specific haters-to-lovers trope kind of way. The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy may have a pretty simple yet straightforward plot, but its execution was very well done. Another blessing is that I deeply enjoyed all three of these ARCs even if they weren't all 5 ⭐ reads. I don't know how I managed to pick three different ARCs, all of them great, and all of them including adorable pet dogs that made the stories 100x better. ⚠️ Trigger Warning: Various depictions of death⚠️ ❗ This is a spoiler-free ARC review from NetGalley❗ ![]() I feel very strongly that you deserve a friend more worthy of you than I am in reality. ![]() ![]() ![]() They travel the world together, living life to the fullest and seizing every opportunity for adventure. 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