#robert cowley

[jadeseadragon]

Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe (British, 1901 - 1979), Tarka and the Owl, c. 1940, pen and ink on scraperboard, 7½ × 5 inches. Illustration for Robert H Cowley (ed), The Magic of Literature. A Miscellany for Boys and Girls, Book 2, London: Blackie, 1940, Page 209, 'Tarka the Otter' by Henry Williamson.

#charles frederick tunnicliffe #c.f. tunnicliffe #owls #otters #b&w post #nature #predation #birds of prey #mustelidae #mustelids

[mastersoftheair]

some screencaps from the trailer. if you’ve been following this blog, you may recognize some faces (callum turner as john “bucky” egan, austin butler as gale “bucky” cleven, harry ames as august gaspar, james murray as neil “chick” harding, branden cook as alexander jefferson, nathen solley as john hoerr, ben radcliffe as john brady, jon-paul bell as john burgin, darragh cowley as glenn graham, tim preston as robert speas, and max hastings as kenneth allen). see if you can spot them!

#i feel like i can see elliot warren in one of these but that could also be my mind playing tricks on me #masters of the air #hbo war #john egan #gale cleven #august gaspar #chick harding #alexander jefferson #john hoerr #john brady #john burgin #glenn graham #robert speas #kenneth allen #callum turner #austin butler #harry ames #james murray #branden cook #nathen solly #ben radcliffe #jon-paul bell #darragh cowley #tim preston #max hastings

[phoenixflames12]

Work in Progress Wednesday

A snippet of something I'm slowly chipping away at, set in the Constance Morse Lives AU

Dorothea Louise Frazil died peacefully in her sleep at her home in Oxford on 12th September 1990 surrounded by close family and friends. Dorothea attended St Margaret Hall and began her journalistic career in the newsroom at the Oxford Mail before being deployed to the battlefields of Korea where she worked tirelessly to ensure that the common voice of Korean citizens was heard by the press and the wider world. She returned to the Oxford Mail and has been the newspaper’s longest running and first female editor in chief.

Dorothea was witty, charming, caring and a verbal sparring partner to anyone who found themselves having a conversation with her. An avid smoker in her youth, in her later years, she campaigned for more awareness in schools on the dangers of lung cancer whilst also starting ‘The Campaign Against Living Miserably’ to raise awareness about young men and mental health.

She was the youngest child of General Sir Robert Frazil and Rose, nee Lady Martindale, sister to Captain Peter George Frazil and Henry Louis Frazil. She is survived by her middle brother, sister-in-law Venetia Frazil, her nieces Alice and Tatiana, her nephew E. Morse and his wife Monica Morse, and her great nieces and nephews, Constance Lucy Morse, Joyce Dorothea Morse, Frederick Francis Morse, and Peter Robert Morse.

A service of thanksgiving will be held at St Bartholomew’s Chapel, Cowley Road, Oxford- OX4 2AJ on 30th September 1990.

For any further information, please contact Henry Frazil or E. Morse.

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis.

#mine #writing #fanfiction #work in progress wednesday #itv endeavour #endeavour morse #dorothea frazil #thoughts?

[globalworship]

Mary Did You Know (revised lyrics), sung by Gloria Fanchiang

Gloria Fanchiang is a friend and leader involved with multicultural worship. She says, "enjoy this rewrite of 'Mary Did You Know' by Jennifer Henry that honors Mary's voice, power and agency."

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“Mary, Did You Know?” is a Christmas song with lyrics written by Mark Lowry in 1984, and music written by Buddy Greene in 1991.

New lyrics by Jennifer Henry, an "activist, theologian, strategist" with the United Church of Canada. https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.henry27

Mary did you know, that your ancient words would still leap off our pages? Mary did you know, that your spirit song would echo through the ages?

Did you know that your holy cry would be subversive word, that the tyrants would be trembling when they know your truth is heard?

Mary did you know, that your lullaby would stir your own Child’s passion? Mary did you know, that your song inspires the work of liberation?

Did you know that your Jubilee is hope within the heart of all who dream of justice, who yearn for it to start?

The truth will teach, the drum will sound, healing for the pain The poor will rise, the rich will fall. Hope will live again

Mary did you know, that we hear your voice for the healing of the nations? Mary did you know, your unsettling cry can help renew creation?

Do you know, that we need your faith, the confidence of you, May the God that you believe in, be so true.

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Gloria sings the powerful words with a clear and clarion voice. And the new lyrics by Jennifer are close to Mary's original song of the Magnificat.

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Modern Magnificat written by Joy Cowley (New Zealand) based on Luke 1:46-55. Art and lettering by Robert Henry. Learn more at https://globalworship.tumblr.com/post/154312698145/a-modern-magnificat

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Check out Gloria Fanchiang's justice-themed Advent songs: "Lift Our Heads" - https://song.link/3spgbgv3jbr6k " Trust and Endure" - https://song.link/hsdjtwgtsw4wk

More original worship music from Gloria: http://gloriafanchiang.com/music/

Website: http://www.gloriafanchiang.com/

#Youtube

[the-shooting-star]

Thank you @booksnpictures for tagging me. <3 I'm so sorry to be this late. I just haven't had the time. I've been really busy for months and gosh! I long for a break that certainly doesn't seem to come around. I haven't had much time to read either this year because I'm just dealing with a lot.

Amount of books you’ve read so far: 15 books and 3 audiobooks.

Best book you’ve read so far in 2022: Reread Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoï. Nothing tops this book. I feel like this book is a study of humans and how they behave in certain circumstances. I'll never not recommend it. Don't even look at the blurb, just read it.

Another book worth mentioning which wasn't a reread is My Policeman by Bethan Roberts. The writing is magnificently beautiful. It's about this school teacher falling in love with a guy who's gay and they marry each other. Later on we find out that this guy shares an intimate affair with a museum curator who's also homosexual. The book is very intimate and delicate. It offers a really good insight into homophobia. Oh, and the book's being adapted to a movie that's releasing this year, I suppose. If you're thinking of watching the movie, I beg you to read the book too.

Best sequel you’ve read so far in 2022: I didn't read any series so none.

New release you haven’t read yet but want to: On Sun Swallowing by Dakota Warren. I really want to read this.

Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: Well, I've never been good at keeping up with book news...

Biggest surprise favourite new author (debut or new to you): Bethan Roberts, I guess. Also, a poet not an author, Silas Denver Melvin. She writes so beautifully. Her poems made me question a lot of things.

Newest fictional crush: Nah there isn't any.

Book that made you cry: My Policeman, again.

Book that made you happy: Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews, First Series by Malcolm Cowley.

Happy won't be the perfect word for how it made me feel. Content, yes.

Most beautiful book you’ve bought so far this year (or received): I bought What we talk about when we talk about love by Raymond Carver (Vintage Classics) and I love the cover, really. I haven't finished reading it yet. I'm loving the book, by the way.

What books do you need to read by the end of the year? There's no such book that I need to read by the end of this year. I'll read whatever I feel like.

Open tag. Anyone who feels like doing this, go ahead.

#tagged

[committingtothetbr]

The List.

Hi Everyone! After some demand, people would like to see the current TBR that I have in place for myself! For all the 63 books, we have a lot of different options. I kinda read everything haha (Please note that if I have the same series, I plan to read the series at least for the first book. If I like it, I will continue on.)

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

Too Hot to Handle by Tessa Bailey

The Witch Collector by Charissa Weaks

Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez

Lightlark by Alex Aster

The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

That Dark Infinity by Kate Pentecost

Book of Night by Holly Black

Sinner by Sierra Simone

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

Bite of Loyalty by R.L. Caulder

The City of Brass by S.A. Charkraborty

Furyborn by Claire Legrand

For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten

Where the Crawdad Sings by Delia Owens

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

In Five Years by Rebecca Serle

The Shadow Between Us by Tricia Levenseller

The Secret Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab

Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard

Namesake by Adrienne Young

Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore

The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal

Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren

The Beautiful by Renee Ahdieh

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec

Think Again by Adam Grant

These Twisted Bonds by Lexi Ryan

Kingdom of the Feared by Kerri Maniscalco

Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber

Beach Read by Emily Henry

The Chain by Adrian McKinty

King of Battle & Blood by Scarlett St. Clair

A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross

Yinka, Where is your Husband? by Lizzie Damilolam Blackburn

The War of Two Queens by Jennifer L. Armentrout

A Darker Shade of Magiv by V.E. Schwab

The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

The Traitor Queen by Danielle L. Jensen

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa

The Curse of Saints by Kate Dramis

A Soul of Ash & Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

Vicious by V.E. Schwab

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson

The Awakening by Nora Roberts

The Girl Who Could Move Shit With Her Mind by Jackson Ford

Deal with the Elf King by Elise Kova

Once More Upon a Time by Roshani Chokshi

The Duke & I by Julia Quinn

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Any recommendations on where to begin? I could use help!

#a darker shade of magic #a river enchanted #a soul of ash and blood #abby jimenez #acotar #adam grant #adrian mckinty #adrienne young #alex aster #andrea stewart #beach read #bite of loyalty #book of night #book reviews #bookish #books #booktok #bridgerton #bringing down the duke #charissa weaks #christina lauren #claire legrand #danielle l. jensen #deal with the elf king #delia owens #divine rivals #elise kova #emily henry #erin #evie dunmore

[cucamonga-springs]

Now playing:

Fantastic Voyage Various Artists (Saint Etienne)

By the turn of the 80s, the impact of David Bowie’s ground-breaking Berlin recordings – the synths, the alienation, the drily futuristic production - was being felt on music across Europe. What’s more, the records being made were reflecting back and influencing Bowie’s own work – 1979’s “Lodger” and 1980’s “Scary Monsters” owed a debt to strands of German kosmische (Holger Czukay), new electronica (Patrick Cowley, Harald Grosskopf), and the latest works from old friends and rivals like Robert Fripp, Peter Gabriel and Scott Walker, all of whom had been re-energised by the fizz of 1977.

#david bowie #synthwave #punk #new wave #there's old wave and new wave and then there's david bowie

[longlistshort]

The Arts Annual at Creative Pinellas is always a great way to see what the artists in the area are creating. For 2023’s larger than ever edition, there is also a separate space for a video program that includes short films, theater productions, poetry readings, musical performances and more.

Artist included in the exhibition-

Tatiana Baccari, Elizabeth Barenis, Christina Bertsos, Daniel Barojas, Chomick + Meder, Courtney Clute, Neverne Covington, Sheila Cowley, Patricia Kluwe Derderian, Nikki Devereux, Javier T Dones, Dunedin Music Society, Sara Ries Dziekonski, Sarah Emery, Roxanne Fay, Jean Blackwell Font, John Gascot, Denis Gaston, Mason Gehring, Donald Gialanella, Jim Gigurtsis, Kevin Grass, Sheree L. Greer, Jason Hackenwerth, Steph Hargrove, Patrick Arthur Jackson, Reid Jenkins, Kenny Jensen, Charlotte Johnson, Victoria Jorgensen, Steven Kenny, Candace Knapp, Akiko Kotani, Teresa Mandala, Cora Marshall, Carol Mickett & Robert Stackhouse, Miss Crit, Mark Mitchell, Chad Mize, Desiree Moore, Zoe Papas, Gianna Pergamo, Rose Marie Prins, Gabriel Ramos, Babs Reingold, George Retkes, Heather Rippert, Ashley Rivers, Marlene Rose, Ric Savid, Tom Sivak, Sketzii, Emily Stehle, Rachel Stewart, Erica Sutherlin, Takeya Trayer, Judy Vienneau, Kirk Ke Wang, Angela Warren, and Joseph Weinzettle

The show is on view until 12/31/23.

Below are some additional selections.

Reid Jenkins, “Holding Court”, Acrylic

Candace Knapp, “What the Blue Heron Sees” and “The Light Within” Acrylic on canvas

Daniel Barojas, “Future Ancestor”, Gouache, acrylic, gold leaf on canvas and “Future Ancestor #3”, Gouache and resin on paper

Rachel Stewart, “Caribbean Currents” Colored pencil, oil stick and collage on Archers archival paper; “Under a Different Sky”, Wall installation Painted relief wood construction with cooper and mixed media materials; Printing Ink and collage on rice paper

Mark Mitchell, “The BurgHive”, Acrylic on Hexagonal canvases

Sketzii,”Out of the Pink Concrete”, “Reclamando Mis Raices” and “A Señora’s Dream”, Acrylic on canvas

Steph Hargrove, “Catch You Later”, Acrylic paint, paper on canvas

Marlene Rose, “Three Bell Tower”, Sandcast glass and “Map Triptych” Sandcast glass

Heather Rippert, “Shakti” (center) and “Hawk 1, 2, and 3”, acrylic on canvas

#creative pinellas #florida artists #florida art shows #creative pinellas arts annual 2023 #art #art shows #painting #mixed media #sculpture #reid jenkins #heather rippert #mark mitchell #marlene rose #candace knapp #rachel stewart #daniel barojas #sketzii #steph hargrove #ceramic art #glasswork

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 8.6

Beer Birthdays

Timothy Taylor (1826)

Dave Suurballe (1949)

Don Erickson (1961)

Mark Cowley (1964)

Marc Rosenblum (1972)

Paul Sangster

Five Favorite Birthdays

Piers Anthony; English writer (1934)

Paul Bartel; film director, writer, actor (1938)

Richard Hofstadter; historian, writer (1916)

Allan Holdsworth; English guitarist (1946)

Robert Mitchum; actor (1917)

Famous Birthdays

Alfred, Lord Tennyson; English writer, poet (1809)

Lucille Ball; actor (1911)

Peter Bonerz; actor (1938)

Asia Carrera; porn actor (1973)

Paul Claudel; French writer (1868)

Kimberly Conrad; Playmate of the Year 1989 (1962)

Alexander Fleming; bacteriologist (1881)

Soleil Moon Frye; actor (1976)

Melissa George; actor (1976)

Hoot Gibson; actor (1892)

Geri Halliwell; pop singer (1972)

Catherine Hicks; actor (1951)

Jess; artist (1923)

Marisa Miller; model (1978)

Scott Nearing; sociologist, natural-food advocate (1883)

Jon Postel; computer scientist (1943)

M. Night Shyamalan; film director (1970)

Andy Warhol; artist (1928)

Michelle Yeoh; actor (1962)

#Birthdays

[khelinski]

Books I've read in 2022... Ring, by: Koji Suzuki The Lost Years, by: Brian Lumley Resurgence, by: Brian Lumley Beloved, by: Toni Morrison Gwendy’s Final Task, by: Stephen King/Richard Chizmar Lost Moon, by: Jim Lovell/Jeffrey Kluger Who Censored Roger Rabbit?, by Gary Wolf A Gentle Reminder, by: Bianca Sparacino Who P-P-P-Plugged Roger Rabbit?, by: Gary Wolf The Strength in Our Scars, by: Bianca Sparacino Who Wacked Roger Rabbit?, by: Gary Wolf The Gray House, by: Mariam Petrosyan The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, by: John Koenig Invaders, by Brian Lumley West Side Story, by: Irving Shulman Nightmare at 20000 feet, by: Richard Matheson Mice, by: Jackie Sonnenberg Defilers, by: Brian Lumley The Paper Palace, by: Miranda Cowley Heller Light From Uncommon Stars, by: Ryka Aoki Avengers. By: Brian Lumley The Testaments, by: Margaret Atwood The Touch, by: Brian Lumley Harry and the Pirates, by: Brian Lumley The Plague-Bearer, by: Brian Lumley The Möbius Murders, by: Brian Lumley Long Live the Pumpkin Queen, by: Shea Ernshaw The Sandman – Book One, by: Neil Gaiman Kiki's Delivery Service, by: Eiko Kadono Not Dead Yet, by: Phil Collins Fairy Tale, by; Stephen King The Halloween Tree, by: Ray Bradbury Poltergeist, by: James Kahn The Hacienda, by: Isabel Cañas Complete Tales & poems, by: Edgar Allan Poe Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - The Illustrated Edition, by: J.K. Rowling/Jim Kay/Neil Packer The Time Traveler's Wife, by: Audrey Niffenegger Somewhere in Time, by: Richard Matheson Frankenstein, by: Mary Shelley It's Alive!, by: Julian David Stone The Wandering Heart, by: Mary Malloy Here’s Negan, by: Robert Kirkman/Charlie Adlard Spiral, by: Koji Suzuki Loop, by: Koji Suzuki

#books #reading #2022

[costumersguildwest]

Thank you to the 2021-2022 CGW Board of Directors! Costumer’s Guild West, Inc. would like to thank the outgoing Board of Directors for all their many hours of service over the course of the past year. All of you spent many hours supporting the organization. We would especially like to thank these departing Board Members: *Danelle Garrison - Being Vice President during the pandemic was not an easy task, but you pulled it off with aplomb. Thank you for all your efforts not only as Vice President, but also as our Thursday Night Welcome Party Mistress at Costume College! What a great kick-off event! *Gina Cowley - You were an amazing Dean of Costume College 2022, and a wonderful Recording Secretary. Thank you for all your work in returning to an in-person Costume College after a two year hiatus and helping us get back on our feet. We know this wasn’t easy. Kudos! *Natalie Meyer - Your presence as a Director at Large is always a benefit. We will always appreciate the hours you gave the Board over the past year, and your positive outlook and vast knowledge helped us navigate a return to an in-person event. Your continued support as bookkeeper is much appreciated. Thank you so much. *Jill Woiteshek - Thank you for your help as Director at Large for the past two years, and your help with both Costume College 2021 and Costume College 2022. We look forward to working with you in your new role as Parliamentarian. *Diane Yoshitomi - Thank you so much for all you have done as a Director at Large and as Parliamentarian. Your encyclopedic knowledge of Robert’s Rules, and your continuous efforts towards proofreading, has helped guide us many times in navigating our way through. We appreciate all your efforts towards making CGW a better organization. . . .

#CostumersGuildWest #CGW #board #thankyou

[poshwithmimi]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Bad Business (Spenser Series Book ) - Robert B Parker - Paperback.

#31

[stickyeyeslikes]

Marfa from The Brothers McLeod on Vimeo.

A town on the borderlands of Texas. A place out of time. A desert where strange lights dance in the night sky. A mecca for lovers of minimalist art. A landscape of lost horses, freaks and food trucks. And then there’s the giant lemon. An award winning film by The Brothers McLeod. bromc.uk

Awards: Nominated for BAFTA Film Award, British Short Animation, 2019 Winner of Best of British Award (Animation), Encounters Film Festival, 2018 Winner of the WTF Award at Flatpack Film Festival 2018 Best Animation Short Film, Short to the Point August 2018 Short Pick of the Day, Cartoon Brew, September 2018 Honorable Mention, Documentary Short, Oak Cliff Film Festival 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Nominee for Short Film Grand Jury Prize, 2018 Nominated for the McLaren Award (Edinburgh Int'l Film Festival), 2018 Queen Palm International Film Festival, Gold Winner, October 2018 Ed. Staff Pick, Vimeo Best of the Month selection, Vimeo Best of the Year nominee, Travel category, Vimeo Winer of Best Sound, Canterbury Anifest

Screening at: Sundance Film Festival 2018 Tampere Film Festival 2018 Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen 2018 Internationales Trickfilm Festival Stuttgart, 2018 Animation Dingle 2018 Glas Animation 2018 Cardiff Animation Festival 2018 Filmfest Dresden 2018 Flatpack Film Festival 2018 Fest Anča International Animation Festival 2018 Sundance Film Festival: London, 2018 Animation Day in Cannes, 2018 Marfa Film Festival, 2018 The Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2018 Rooftop Films, Brooklyn, 2018 Animation Block Party, 2018 Southside Film Festival, 2018 Oak Cliff Film Festival, 2018 Encounters Short Film Festival, 2018 Message to Man International Film Festival, 2018 New Orleans Film Festival, 2018 Quebec City Film Festival, 2018 KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival, 2018 Manchester Animation Festival, 2018 Aesthetica Film Festival, 2018 Short to the Point (August), 2018 Queen Palm International Film Festival (October), 2018 London International Animation Festival, 2018 St. Louis International Film Festival, 2018 PÖFF, 2018 Kerry Film Festival, 2018 Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival, 2019 London Short Film Festival, 2019 Bucharest Short Film Festival, 2018 Rising of Lusitania Festival, 2019 31st Minimalen Short Film Festival, 2019 Athens International Film and Video Festival, 2019 Animafest Zagreb, 2019 Canterbury Anifest, 2019 Festival Regard, 2019 Festival Cinema du Monde de Sherbrooke, 2019 Melbourne International Animation Festival, 2019 Ulju Mountain Film Festival, South Korea, 2019

A Film by The Brothers McLeod

Animated by Greg McLeod

Poem by Myles McLeod

Poem read by Stephanie Hunt

Interviews by Greg McLeod

Sound Design by Tom Angell

Music by Tom Angell, Adam Cross, Chris Cataleana and the Native Americans, Christian Bland and the Revelators, Barolo

Contributors: Alex Hannaford, Scout Hannaford, Jon Johnson, Aase, Alannah Campion, Robin Lambaria

Footage Stabilization by Kieran Baxter

French subtitles by Lise Morel

Kickstarter supporters: Tom Angell, Gaia Banks, Rob Blackham, Jen Campbell, Greg Childs, Sean Connolly, Laura-Beth Cowley, Sarah Cox, Ludovic Dachet, M Dadela, Hanne Dale, Erica Darby, Ian Deeming, Mark Dennis, Dan Efergan, Sue Elliott, Gareth Evans, Tom Evans, Edwin Falker, Ben Foster, Steven Fraser, Tim Frost, Michael Fukushima, Rozi Fuller, Beth Gardiner, Andrew Haines, Brian Hartley, Peter Howell, Seph Itz, Alex Joliffe, Darren Jones, Jim Le Fevre, Andrew Lees, Ben Lynch, Hugh MacLeod. Sam Morrison, Meghan Oretsky, Sai Pathmanathan, Joanna Quinn, Chris Randall, Ian Ravenscroft, Janet Record, Melanie Reed, Thomas Roberts, Jilli Rose, Will Rose, Cindy Scroggins, Olesya Shchukina, Carol Sobral-Kilmister, Jez Stewart, Yamination Studios, Kate Sullivan, Heather Tilert, Sam Tipper, Sharon Walpole, Abigail White, Nathan Wilkes, Ben Wood, Gary Yershon, Carol Younghusband, Tieg Zaharia

Thanks to: Erica Darby, Amy Nicholson, Flavia Kropf, Kim Stuart, Harry Goodfellow, Our Families

Special thanks: Catherine Webber, Dave Webber

Copyright The Brothers McLeod 2017

[rockislandadultreads]

Book Recommendations: Atmospheric and Leisurely Paced 

The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

It is a perfect July morning, and Elle, a fifty-year-old happily married mother of three, awakens at "The Paper Palace" - the family summer place which she has visited every summer of her life. But this morning is different: last night Elle and her oldest friend Jonas crept out the back door into the darkness and had sex with each other for the first time, all while their spouses chatted away inside. Now, over the next twenty-four hours, Elle will have to decide between the life she has made with her genuinely beloved husband, Peter, and the life she always imagined she would have had with her childhood love, Jonas, if a tragic event hadn't forever changed the course of their lives. As Heller colors in the experiences that have led Elle to this day, we arrive at her ultimate decision with all its complexity. Tender yet devastating, The Paper Palace considers the tensions between desire and dignity, the legacies of abuse, and the crimes and misdemeanors of families.

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled from polite society following an ill-conceived diatribe at a dinner party. He enters the forest, spellbound by the beauty of the Canadian wilderness, and suddenly hears the notes of a violin echoing in an airship terminal - an experience that shocks him to his core. Two centuries later a famous writer named Olive Llewellyn is on a book tour. She's traveling all over Earth, but her home is the second moon colony, a place of white stone, spired towers, and artificial beauty. Within the text of Olive's bestselling pandemic novel lies a strange passage: a man plays his violin for change in the echoing corridor of an airship terminal as the trees of a forest rise around him. When Gaspery-Jacques Roberts, a detective in the Night City, is hired to investigate an anomaly in the North American wilderness, he uncovers a series of lives upended: The exiled son of an earl driven to madness, a writer trapped far from home as a pandemic ravages Earth, and a childhood friend from the Night City who, like Gaspery himself, has glimpsed the chance to do something extraordinary that will disrupt the timeline of the universe.

Under the Golden Sun by Jenny Ashcroft

Rose Hamilton is in desperate need of a life change when she reads the want ad in the newspaper for a companion needed to escort a young orphaned child to Australia. There are so many reasons she should ignore the advertisement―the war, those treacherous winter seas, her family, her fiancé but she can't help herself. Within weeks she is boarding an enormous convoy, already too attached to five-year-old Walter. Unfortunately, the cattle station home of Walter's family isn't anything like either of them were told to expect. Rose can't leave this little boy who she's grown to love until he is happy and settled, and she knows the key to this is Walter's wounded fighter pilot uncle. But how will she ever part with Walter? And what if he isn't the only reason she wants to stay?

The Searcher by Tana French

Retired detective Cal Hooper moves to a remote village in rural Ireland. His plans are to fix up the dilapidated cottage he's bought, to walk the mountains, to put his old police instincts to bed forever. Then a local boy appeals to him for help. His brother is missing, and no one in the village, least of all the police, seems to care. And once again, Cal feels that restless itch. Something is wrong in this community, and he must find out what, even if it brings trouble to his door.

#fiction #to read #tbr #TBR pile #booklr #library books #reading recommendations #book recs #book recommendations

[macrolit]

Fitzgerald and the Jazz Age, Malcolm Cowley and Robert Cowley

#Fitzgerald and the Jazz Age #malcolm cowley #robert cowley #lit crit #f. scott fitzgerald #the great gatsby #jazz age #literary criticism

[humanoidhistory]

Tony Roberts illustration from Spacewreck: Ghostships and Derelicts of Space by Stewart Cowley, 1979.

#space #science fiction #scifi #spacewreck #illustration #1979 #1970s #tony roberts #stewart cowley