My next book The Light Fantastic, a follow up book to Immortal Coil I gave only a 2 rating. I enjoyed reading this one and gave it a 4 rating. Next was a Star Trek book Immortal Coil by Jeffery Lang. My second problem is the violent nature of the book. Book 2 ends abruptly with book 3 beginning the next chapter. The first is the author not writing a book that is whole and complete in itself. I enjoyed the book and gave it a 4 rating.Įmber Falls, book 2 in the green ember series, I also gave it a 4 rating.Įmber Rising, book 3 in the green ember series, another 4.Įmber's End, book 4 in the green ember series.
The Green Ember, book 1 in the green ember series.
Push the single stone down the long path toward the. At the split in the path, go south (not east, as that is the way out).
Next a series of 4 books also for young readers. On the next floor down, push the boulder right and down to get past. The Little Prince by Antoine du Saint-Expury, a book that my wife and I read at the same time. Sample B: “The thing about me is, I am an empath.”īack on topic - I'm reading Mary Beard's delightful SPQR. Sample A: “My being the mother is the very reason why my feelings should not be tried. In 2018, we released the third book in The Green Ember Series and it was another big hit It's easy to quickly move past these milestones, so I'm slowing down a bit and putting together some highlights from last year and sharing Sam's journey (both literally and metaphorically). Sample B: “It’s often said that if you’re a five in London, you’re a 10 in Bath.” He did not mean to say that there were no pretty women, but the number of the plain was out of all proportion.” Sample A: “The worst of Bath was the number of its plain women. Sample B: “A heartbeat ago, there were no two people more in rhythm than Wentworth and I. Now they were as strangers nay, worse than strangers, for they could never become acquainted. Sample A: “There could have never been two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison, no countenances so beloved. To begin with a perhaps quintessentially Jane Austen question: Which of these two do you prefer? I think sometimes people make too much of that as far as I’m concerned, the story is the story and “relevance” is irrelevant, but I think the author makes some points that resonate. There was an interesting article about Persuasion in yesterday’s Washington Post it was sparked by the Netflix series (which does sound terrible), but the point is that Persuasion is peculiarly reflective of current times. * (it would have got 5/5 if some Power to Mary the gift had given to see herself as other saw her) It was a HUGE help in getting much more out of the book than I would have otherwise. As sweet as the core romance was, it was her oh-so-understated savageries that really made me smile, delightful darts delivered demurely and deftly.Īlso, I am particularly pleased that I read this annotated version by David Shapard. Miss Austen's frightening skill at writing a utterly loathsome lead character made Emma an odious chore to finish, but here she put that prodigious talent to work writing a story that left me smiling. SO pleased I finally got around to reading this one.