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As a professional, I saw how some of his anxieties. There were some instances though when I disagreed with him. It was helpful to read to know you’re not alone. It was helpful to read that he had something similar to say. There is no reason for me to be depressed. By all intents and purposes, my life is good. It felt validating to read about someone else’s experience where there is no specific trigger, no specific cause and when things can actually seem quite okay in your life. When I read the book, it was timely given my own fragile mental health. He also looks at toxic masculinity and how that impacted him as well as the impact of societal pressures these days which contribute to our fragile mental health. In the end, these are also some of the reasons he stays alive. For Haig, running, yoga, meditation, writing, and his family seem to be the things that have helped him. He did not seek therapy but tried to make gradual changes on his own after struggling significantly for over a year. Haig admits he tried medication briefly but it didn’t help him and his anxiety about medications made it worse. It took years of battling through it to be okay. Haig was close to ending his life after the black dog seemed to appear out of nowhere when he was in Ibiza with his girlfriend, now wife. Matt Haig’s Reasons to stay alive is a memoir about his journey with anxiety and depression from his twenties. In this analysis of the Lord Darlington quotation, he is saying that human beings may have nothing, but ‘some of us are looking at the stars’: in other words, some of us have the ability to appreciate the beauty, even from our rather wretched and low (literally low) position. And ‘in the gutter’ is usually glossed as a reference to the luckless and downtrodden state of humankind. This is of interest because Wilde’s line is frequently interpreted as being a reference to ‘we’ in the broadest sense: that is, all of humankind, men and women. Observe that he is talking specifically about men and their moral qualities (or rather, lack thereof) when it comes to the treatment of the women in their life: a key theme for Lady Windermere’s Fan. Note that the line in question is often slightly misinterpreted: Lord Darlington says ‘we are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars’ in response to Dumby’s line, ‘I don’t think we are bad.’ We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars? Upon my word, you are very romantic to-night, Darlington. The cultures of Earthsea are literate non-industrial civilizations and not direct analogues of the real world. The largest island, Havnor, at approximately 380 miles (610 km) across, is about the size of Great Britain. Earthsea contains no large continents, with the archipelago resembling Indonesia or the Philippines. The world of Earthsea is one of sea and islands: a vast archipelago of hundreds of islands surrounded by mostly uncharted ocean. In 2018, all the novels and short stories were published in a single volume, The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition, with artwork by Charles Vess. Beginning with A Wizard of Earthsea (1968), The Tombs of Atuan, (1970) and The Farthest Shore (1972), the series was continued in Tehanu (1990), and Tales from Earthsea and The Other Wind (both 2001). The Earthsea Cycle, also known as Earthsea, is a series of high fantasy books written by the American writer Ursula K. Print ( hardcover and paperback), audiobook Parnassus Press, Atheneum Books, Harcourt, Saga Press (US) Fantasy, young adult fiction (first three books) So in order to properly judge this round, we have to look at the characters overall and see which version did a better job with most of them. “The Stand” is known for its ensemble, without really have a “main character” (although Stu does fit that profile the most). So, in the interest of horror and Stephen King fandom, we thought it would interesting (and fun) to look at both adaptations of “The Stand” and objectively determine which one reigns supreme! In both cases, the series is set in “modern” day to when it was released, and in both cases, they’re very much a representation of that time. Given how massive a story it is, adapting it is no easy task, but it’s been done twice (once in 1994 and again in 2020/2021), both with incredibly different results. King has called his own version of “Lord of the Rings” with an epic journey being set in America, and there’s no denying its impact on his career, as well as horror as a whole. To this day, “The Stand” remains Stephen King’s longest novel ever written and is an absolute behemoth of a story (and a physical book). These overnight stays bounce back and forth between the grating (Douglas always worried about missing a reservation for a spot at a tourist destination) and more illuminating (Douglas always walking just a few steps ahead of everyone as he works to get them on time). In the face of this monumental shift in their family, Douglas ultimately pushes for the two of them and their son Albie (Tom Taylor) to follow through on their plans for a grand European holiday, winding through cities in the Netherlands, Italy, and Spain, among other tourist-friendly stops. Over the course of a morning, Connie (Saskia Reeves) informs her husband Douglas ( Tom Hollander) that she’s decided to leave him. It’s a paradox not readily apparent in “ Us,” based on David Nicholls’ book of the same name and the latest presentation of PBS’ long-running “ Masterpiece.” At the outset, the show offers up a surprisingly blunt telling of a familiar story. Sometimes, it’s possible for a TV series’ greatest strength to also be the source of its greatest shortcoming. Susan married Stanley Wells, a Shakespeare scholar in the year 1975 and has a couple of daughters, Jessica Ruston and Clemency who were born in 19. Susan wrote her first novel before graduating, which got published through the Hutchinson when she was in the first year of university. She studied English, Latin, History and French and graduated with a degree in English from the King’s College of London. Later, she joined the Barr’s Hill school for girls in Coventry due to her fathers transfer, who worked in an aircraft factory. Susan attended the Scarborough Convent School and was interested in literature and theater since her childhood days. In 2012, Susan was appointed as the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for her services to English literature. Her novel ‘I’m the King of the Castle’ has fetched her the Somerset Maugham Award in the year 1971. She has received many awards for her contribution to literature. Susan was born in the year 1942 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire and has been pursuing her writing career for the past five decades. His works also include non-fiction and children-oriented books as well. Susan Hill is an English author who has written mainly mystery and thriller novels and books related to fiction and literature genre. And of course the gamers were out to make money. Whereas the hippies - or at least some of the influential folks in that scene - actually cared about the rest of the world. (There's some interesting moments of cognitive dissonance of the radical openness within the lab vs the military funding for the lab.) Which meant they were doing fascinating crazy stuff, but it didn't necessarily have any effect on the masses. Those MIT guys really got to lock themselves away from everything, and they really liked it that way. My pet theory is that it relates to engagement with the rest of the world. Shockingly, the hippie hacker community actually manage to get more shit done. The first section is all MIT hackers, the other two are west coast focused (hippie hackers and the gaming biz). Note: this is a really long and somewhat rambling review.Ī few themes stick out, notably West coast vs East coast. (the goodreads entry says this has more pages than the copy I have, btw.) All the status updates I posted are notes I wrote on paper while I was reading, alas I ran out of scraps while sick in bed, somewhere around pg 350. I'm still sort of processing this book a week later. She created and led its Archives Committee for many years. In recent years, she organized “Song Swaps” for local musicians to share traditional songs and new arrangements.Īnne was one of the early members of the North Fork Women for Women Fund which provides health care grants to women on the North Fork. She was an ardent folklorist and collector of early American folk songs and built her own dulcimers to play on. She also organized a number of theatrical presentations to help celebrate women’s liberation activities in New York City. She authored the nonfiction book, “Wolf Girls at Vassar,” about lesbian lives on campus in the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s.Īnne spent her career as a teacher in New York City, teaching theater and performance at The Dalton School and Horace Mann Preparatory School. She taught countless friends to fish, clam, kayak and sail in the waters around Orient.Īnne graduated from Vassar College and was a supporter of the college her whole life, honored in 2010 for her leadership in lesbian and gay activities on campus. This began a lifelong love of the North Fork and its natural habitat. The late Anne MacKay (deceased 2012 at the age of 84) first visited Orient to stay with her grandparents who lived “on the hill” there. Definitely engaging and will catch your attention the minute you open to the first page!, Teen angst and the paranormal make a combustible mix as Noel utilizes typical themes and gives them a dangerous and eerie twist. Definitely a book that fans of Stephenie Meyer and Melissa Marr should add to their collections. It is a very quick read, with all the interesting twist and turns., Evermore is a wonderful book that I believe would be a lovely addition to any library. I am a fan of the Twlight series and I recommend this book to those who like the series as well. Evermore 's suspense, eerie mystery, and strange magic were interestingly entertaining.I found Ever to be a character I could really respect.Recommended., Alyson Noel creates a great picture of each and every character in the book. |