![]() “I believe Await Your Reply, which sends three characters on parallel journeys of reinvention, would be a captivating novel no matter what structure Chaon chose to use. But his book about serial killer Gary Gilmore is a masterpiece, and it changed the way I write.” Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon It’s almost as if some people confuse the question ‘Which books influenced you?’ with ‘Which writers do you uncritically adore, and do you also approve of them stabbing their spouses?’ I don’t like most of the Mailer books that I’ve read. ![]() “I get some strange looks when I cite this book as an influence. Ondaatje’s text was revelatory: I think it was the first time I understood how beautiful prose could be.” The Executioner’s Song by Norman Mailer “I requested this novel for Christmas when I was 14 or 15. All these years later, I retain strangely vivid images of scenes in Stevenson’s book.” The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje ![]() I was slow to pick up reading - I struggled until I was 7 - and I still remember the joy I felt when the pieces suddenly clicked into place. “Stevenson’s 1883 page-turner was the first full-length book I ever read. ![]()
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![]() Had Miep Gies not been there daily, Anne Frank’s writing would have been lost.Ī Small Light is the story of this remarkable woman who maintained that she was anything but. They have been translated into 70 languages and sold about 30 million copies. She was 15.Įventually, Miep presented the journals to the only surviving member of the Secret Annex, Anne’s father, Otto Frank, who published them. ![]() She planned to return them to the girl after the war.Īnne Frank died of typhus in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. ![]() After, Miep snuck back upstairs, collected Anne’s diaries, and put them in a drawer for safekeeping. It’s not much of a spoiler to say that the Nazis hauled off everyone in the attic toward the war’s end. They sit close to each other at a small table and acknowledge that as much as they have learned about these remarkable heroes, they’re still in awe of them and their bravery.įor 25 months, Miep smuggled food to Anne and the seven others in hiding with her. And by now, she and Joe Cole, who plays her onscreen husband, Jan Gies, had bonded. ![]() The premiere-two episodes on National Geographic on May 1, then streaming the next day on Hulu and Disney+-was still six months away. ![]() ![]() ![]() Offill and I live close to each other in the Hudson Valley. She sympathizes with the flawed and the flailing she investigates and instigates survival strategies, and, like Offill herself, she finds the “quiet radiance” despite it all. Yet Lizzie attempts, even achieves, something heroic by the novel’s end. of Speculation, Lizzie is a keen, often hilarious observer, fiercely intelligent but utterly ignored and relatively powerless. ![]() As she grows “edgy and restless,” she listens to podcasts and lectures about glaciers, and to the seemingly trivial worries of Uber drivers and competitive mothers she meditates with Buddhists before watching TV shows about extreme shopping and drug addicts ambushed by their families. ![]() Lizzie, a librarian “not young or pretty enough to matter,” moves through a stunned city during and after an election. She allows us to see the world anew, as a place where we can-and must-encounter both discord and poetry. of Speculation, Offill captures both the “terrible music” and the “quiet radiance” of contemporary life. “Their radiance was faint and fainter still beneath the terrible music.” In Weather, as in her groundbreaking novel Dept. “All around us things tried to announce their true nature,” observes Lizzie, the heroine of Jenny Offill’s new novel, Weather. ![]() 6/27/2023 Latin@ Rising An Anthology of Latin@ Science Fiction and Fantasy by Matthew David GoodwinRead Now![]() Fantasy fiction, with its true blood tendencies and white wizard drama, fares no better.Ĭut to Rising, a nuanced and necessary anthology that seeks to bring brown voices to the speculative fore. ![]() This genre of anticipatory dreams and hallucinatory dread has never had a problem espousing Übermensch ideals or pushing fascistic eugenics as go-to plot points. Rising: An Anthology of Science Fiction & FantasyĮdited by Matthew David Goodwin (Wings Press, 2017)īeyond the onboard inclusiveness of the original Star Trek series or the fantasies of mutant acceptance in the X-Men comics, science fiction is not the most inviting sandbox for people of color to play in. ![]() ![]() ![]() Reading this book, you feel the rush and desperation for human connection during war time. He invited the English to find their courage with one awe-inspiring speech after another. ![]() He was bold enough to counterattack Berlin and not wait for the war to ravage his home. His diplomatic and eloquent letters to President Roosevelt encouraging American support were incredibly insightful and proved to be the right course of action to protect the world from Hitler. ![]() He spoke with total authority of “the essential human freedoms: speech, worship, and freedoms from want and fear.” The leadership and courage that Churchill displayed in this year of his life was inspiring. The tactics that Churchill employed truly changed the course of history. I lean toward fiction in my reading taste, but The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson’s captivating and inspiring story about the twists and turns of Winston Churchill’s first year as Prime Minister in 1940, grabbed me from page one. “Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few.” -Winston Churchill ![]() ![]() ![]() The author’s fans, though, won’t have a hard time forgiving the flaws. The first two-thirds are riveting, with mysteries unspooled at a steady pace and believable stepfamily angst, but unfortunately the final act slips into some loopy turns. Marshal who’s familiar with Owen’s past encourages Hannah to cooperate as Hannah and Bailey find themselves in danger. Bailey does remember Texas, though her memories don’t track with what Owen had told both of them. Still, Hannah remains uncertain, and after she remembers how a man claimed to have recognized Owen from high school in Austin, Tex., despite Owen having said he’s from the East Coast, Hannah and Bailey travel there in hopes of triggering Bailey’s early childhood memories. Bailey and her stepmother, Hannah Hall, aren’t close, but they work together to uncover what made Owen flee, convinced he is innocent. Before Owen Michaels disappears, he smuggles a note to his beloved wife. Read before you watch The runaway bestseller from Laura Dave - now in paperback About a woman who thinks she’s found the love of her lifeuntil he disappears. ![]() ![]() Before Owen Michaels disappears, he manages to smuggle a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect. Laura Dave (Goodreads Author) Release date: May 04, 2021. Owen Michaels, a coder for a prominent tech company, vanishes just before his boss is arrested for corruption, leaving his 16-year-old daughter, Bailey, over half a million dollars in cash. From internationally bestselling author Laura Dave comes a riveting new suspense novel about how one woman must learn the truth of her husband's disappearanceno matter the cost. In Dave’s suspenseful latest (after Hello Sunshine), a Bay Area woman copes with her husband’s sudden disappearance. ![]() ![]() With their lives in chaos, every day brings a new challenge bigger than the last. This single, shocking moment throws boss and assistant together into an intimacy neither could have imagined. ![]() Her life is about power, success, and dominance-not a baby! When the unthinkable happens, Vivian’s regimented world is turned upside-down. She might be smack in the middle of a messy divorce, but you have to make sacrifices to be the best. Vivian Carlisle helms the internationally revered fashion publication Du Jour. It’s a tough job, but her ice queen boss won’t settle for less than perfection. Jules Moretti is newly single, an aspiring writer, and the hyper-competent assistant to the most powerful woman in fashion. What happens when the world’s fiercest fashion editor learns she’s pregnant-and her distracting assistant is the only one she can turn to? This wildly popular age-gap lesbian romance mixes humor and chaos with self-discovery. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy "Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe)" by Mary J. Morale & the Big Steppers" by Kendrick Lamar "Bad Habit" by Steve Lacy Album of the Year ![]() "You and Me on the Rock" by Brandi Carlile feat. Here Are All 18 Hollywood Stars Who Have an EGOT Ahead, see the complete list of 2023 Grammy winners. Some of the other 2023 Grammy winners include Kendrick Lamar with best rap song, best rap album, and best rap performance, Harry Styles with album of the year for "Harry's House," Lizzo for record of the year, and Viola Davis, who officially reached EGOT status by winning best audio book, narration, and storytelling recording. Leading the pack was Beyoncé with nine total nominations for her "Renaissance" album - making her the most nominated woman in Grammys history - four of which she won. 15, the Recording Academy revealed the 2023 nominations across all 91 categories. This year's main event was, once again, hosted by Trevor Noah (he also served as the MC in 20) who, in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, teased that it would be "the most star-studded room the Grammys has been for many, many years." Going into the show, the 2023 Grammy nominee pool was stacked with heavy-hitting artists. But she wasn't alone in her success: other performers also cleaned up with exciting wins. 5 when Beyoncé became the most-awarded artist in the Recording Academy's history. ![]() That's a wrap on the 2023 Grammy Awards! The show got off to a great start on Feb. ![]() ![]() In 2020, the world is suffering through the Covid-19 pandemic and its economic fallout, and those alliances are under more stress than ever before. When each party is transparent about what they want out of the relationship – much like negotiators of a treaty of alliance – employees can work with their managers and employers to steer their careers on a track that transforms both company and employee. Only by being honest with employees could companies and managers build alliances based on mutual trust, investment, and understanding. The core of the book was the concept of a Tour of Duty– an explicit agreement between manager and employee that defined the employee’s mission, the company objectives that mission would support, and the career-accelerating benefits the employee would reap for successfully accomplishing that mission. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book argued that in the modern economy, the key to a stronger, healthier, longer-lasting employee relationship was to be honest about the temporary nature of nearly every job. ![]() In 2014, we (along with our friend, Ben Casnocha of Village Global) published The Alliance. ![]() ![]() ![]() Introduction: The Hook Model The importance of habits in business ![]() ![]() You can read excerpts from the first half of our review below or download the full audio and text summary here, as part of our free business starter kit: ![]() This is why we decided to make it easy for you: We read the entire book and summarized the key concepts of each chapter! But for those who are pressed for time, it can be hard to set aside time to read the entire book. Ever wonder what makes certain products "stickier" than others? What compels us to check our phones up to 80 times a day? Or automatically go to Google when we have a question (rather than any other search engine)?Īccording to Nir Eyal, author of the best-selling book "Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products," all of the most addictive products use what he calls the Hook Model to associate users' emotions and routines to a product, prompting them to return to it time after time, without having to resort to expensive advertising.Ī Silicon Valley favorite, "Hooked" is a fascinating read that will give you insight into the intersection between technology, business and psychology. ![]() |