![]() ![]() ![]() I’m also a crazy cat person, and I would adopt all stray dogs from Spain if I could (I have one already, wish I could add more to my fur family!) I’m chronically single, a romantic at heart, and a wee bit on the kinky side. I love where I live, so it sort of ended up starring in a series because the environment is such a bit part of the story there. Pretty much like the town in my shifter series, the one that’s closest to the farm. Tia: First of all, thank you for having me! I live in the middle of nowhere town in eastern Finland. Why don’t we start out by having you tell us a little bit about yourself: hobbies, interests, things we might not know about you but should? TNA: Hi, Tia, thanks so much for being here with us today. ![]()
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We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. ![]() ![]() ![]() We're accustomed to perceiving our world and all the objects in it by naming them. ![]() Naming is the origin of all particular things." The second line of Mitchell's translation opens up the nature of the dysfunction. It's the compulsive need to answer unanswerable questions that is, in Taoist philosophy, the mind's great dysfunction. If that first line resembles the famous zen koan "what is the sound of one hand clapping?", it is because it's derived from a parallel philosophical tradition, and exists to fulfil the same purpose. Many readers derive more anger than comfort from the philosophy of the Tao Te Ching. Mitchell does a remarkable job of interpreting the more abstruse metaphors of the fourth-century mind for modern audiences - although, this does of course leave the possibility that it is actually the wisdom of Mitchell, not Laozi, shining through these words. The third is from the most popular modern translation by Stephen Mitchell. The tao that can be told, is not the eternal Tao. The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao. Take this collection of more than 100 versions of the famous opening verse: Texts as old as the Tao Te Ching are subject to the problems of both translation and interpretation. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Though he wants to be a famous crime solving detective like his comic heroes Slam Bradley and Dick Tracy, Trueman, and his Aspergers, teaches readers that sometimes the bravest things we are required to do in life are those that we take for granted - being able to cross the street, and make true friends., The writing style is very simple, straightforward language - in keeping with the thought processes of the protagonist - but the plot twists are complex and interesting, and fit together well., Let me start by saying I didn't know a lot about Asperger's Syndrome prior to reading this. Trueman Bradley is an endearing, plucky, and determined protagonist who has readers cheering for him throughout the book. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Martha Wells writes fantasy the way it was meant to be poignant, evocative, and astonishing. “A great kick-off for a continuing series.” - Locus “I already can’t wait for the next one.” - The Verge ![]() “Wells gives depth to a rousing but basically familiar action plot by turning it into the vehicle by which SecUnit engages with its own rigorously denied humanity.” - Publishers Weekly starred review And that reading about this sulky, soap-opera-loving cyborg killing machine might be one of the most human experiences you can have in sci-fi right now."- NPR “Not only a fun, fast-paced space-thriller, but also a sharp, sometimes moving character study that will resonate with introverts even if they're not lethal AI machines.” -Malka Older, author of Infomocracy "Endearing, funny, action-packed, and murderous." -Kameron Hurley, author of The Stars are Legion "Clever, inventive, brutal when it needs to be, and compassionate without ever being sentimental." -Kate Elliott, author of the Spirit Walker trilogy Come for the gunfights on other planets, but stay for the finely drawn portrait of a deadly robot whose smartass goodness will give you hope for the future of humanity." -Annalee Newitz, author of Autonomous "The Murderbot series is a heart-pounding thriller that never lets up, but it's also one of the most humane portraits of a nonhuman I've ever read. "I love Murderbot!" -Ann Leckie, author of Ancillary Justice ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Yosef and Yael attempt to help, but Ben Simon and his family die. Later, Ben Simon and his family become sick with fever, because the desert is a thankless, unforgiving place. While in the desert, she begins an affair with Ben Simon despite the proximity of his family, and despite the fact that Sia had attempted to be kind to her and be friendly. Yael was born with bright red hair which attracts unwanted attention, and as a result she has learned to keep to herself. Her father was an assassin, killing political opponents. Yael’s mother died in childbirth, and she knows her father blames her for this, and has always resented her. ![]() Yael reflects on the events in Jerusalem where the Romans moved troops into the city to subdue the rebelling Jews, driving her and her father out of their house along with many of their neighbors, leaving Jerusalem empty and abandoned behind them. The story opens with Yael, a young Jewish woman, telling the story of how she came to be wandering the desert with her father, Yosef, and a man named Ben Simon, his wife Sia, and their family. A work of historical fiction, it is set during the first Roman-Jewish War in the first century CE the famous siege of the fortress of Masada is a major component of the plot. The Dovekeepers is a novel by Alice Hoffman, published in 2011. ![]() ![]() ![]() I simply couldn't help laughing when his mom's pimp treated me to six utterances of, "You are one fucked-up bitch." In a row.Īfter the prologue, we're right back in Anastasia's head (it's a good thing there's room for us in there). We begin with a prologue of Christian Grey having a night terror regarding a childhood memory. My reaction to that sentence was a snort of laughter. I'll be using more source material this time around (but don't worry, there will still be gifs). Now, the first installment in this series made me so angry, I could barely write a coherent review. No matter, it's still bad, and I'm still going to have a hell of a lot of fun writing about it. Or maybe I've built up a bit of an immunity. ![]() Don't get me wrong, it was still awful, but the rage-inducing badness of the first wasn't quite as powerful here. Unfortunately (for me), Fifty Shades Darker wasn't quite as bad as as its predecessor. Plus, I had a few people tell me they couldn't wait for my reviews of the second and third Fifty books. Reading books this awful actually brings a certain amount of joy into my life. ![]() Why, for the fun factor, of course! Bad writing tends to make me giddy because I'm much better at being a horribly judgmental person critic than I am at.well, most anything else. Why, you ask? Why, when I so thoroughly despised Fifty Shades of Grey, would I do this to myself? ![]() ![]() Meg sees this restriction as denying her the ability to be her true self and chafes against it. Her need to cut herself to prophesy the future is understood as a harmful addiction that must be forbidden rather than as the price she pays for a rare gift. She is valued but she is also seen as vulnerable and in need of protection. Meg took refuge in The Courtyard, home to The Others, apex predator shapeshifters, vampires and Elementals who rule the planet, restricting humans to a specific territory.Īt the start of “A Murder of Crows” Meg’s cassandra sangue status has won her acceptance as more than human at The Courtyard. ![]() ![]() ![]() “A Murder of Crows” continues on directly from “Written In Red” which told the tale of Meg Corbyn a cassandra sangue, on the run from The Controller who had held her, and others of her kind, prisoner to exploit her ability to see the future when her skin is cut. ![]() ![]() She’s doing her own thing and has moved on from Carlos. ![]() Mia is all grown up and living in New York City. This story follows Mia, daughter to Ford and Tara from The Sweetest Thing. Jill Shalvis is one of my favorites and even her short stories are the bomb. With love and holiday spirit everywhere, Mia wonders who will kiss her this Christmas under the mistletoe. ![]() Only to find that he is happily dating someone else. Mia Hutchinson, Tara and Ford's daughter from THE SWEETEST THING, has asked her college boyfriend, Nick, to travel to Lucky Harbor for her aunt Maddie's Christmas Eve wedding.ĭespondent when Nick refuses her invitation, Mia returns home alone and faces her high school sweetheart Carlos Rodriguez for the first time since refusing his marriage proposal. ![]() Under the Mistletoe (Lucky Harbor, #6.5) by Jill ShalvisĪlso in this series: Simply Irresistible, Forever and a Day, Once in a Lifetime, It's In His Kiss, He's So Fine, One in a Million, Merry Christmas, Baby, At Last (Lucky Harbor, #5)Īmazon | Barnes & Noble | The Ripped Bodice | Google Play Books ![]() ![]() ![]() in Biblical and Theological Studies from Western Seminary to learn how to rightly divide the Word, and how to encourage other women to study the Bible.ĭavid and Doreen discuss concerns about discernment in the church, sound doctrine, baptism, revivals, and Christian entertainment including Jesus Revolution and The Chosen. The Miraculous Story of a Hugely Successful New Age Teacher’s Conversion to Christianity In this brilliant, utterly captivating memoir, Doreen Virtue chronicles her journey in discovering everything she. ![]() Read millions of eBooks and audiobooks on the web, iPad, iPhone and Android. Doreen currently lives on a 47-acre estate in Hawaii, where she moved with her 5th husband, Michael, from their estate in Maui to better care for more than 100 rescue animals of all kinds. Read Deceived No More by Doreen Virtue with a free trial. in Counseling Psychology from Chapman University, and she is currently working on an M.A. In 1999, Virtue divorced Tienharra and married Steven Farmer. She left the new age, denounced her previous books and practices, and is the author of Deceived No More: How Jesus Led Me out of the New Age and into His Word.ĭoreen Virtue holds a B.A. TODAY’S GUEST: Doreen Virtue, former New Age author, raised in the religion of Christian Science, and after becoming the top-selling new age author at a major publishing house, Doreen began studying the Bible and surrendered her life to Jesus. ![]() |