5/31/2023 0 Comments The sunset song bookBut after her parents die in quick succession (in separate, gravely dramatic incidents) she marries Ewan Tavendale (Kevin Guthrie), a young farmhand, and settles down with him on her family’s property, until they’re wrenched apart by his military service in the war. “Sunset Song,” based on the 1932 novel by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, traces the fortunes of a young woman, Chris Guthrie (Agyness Deyn), who lives in an isolated farm village in Scotland, from around 1910 until the end of the First World War.īrutalized by her tyrannical father (Peter Mullan) and unprotected by her long-suffering mother (Daniela Nardini), the sharp-minded Chris plans to leave the farm and become a teacher. None of his dramatic features are set in the present day, and whether he is filming his own childhood experience (as in his first features, “Distant Voices, Still Lives” and “The Long Day Closes”) or adapting works of literature, his subject is memory, and its blend of the intimate with the historical. Davies’s career-long obsession is emotional archeology.
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5/31/2023 0 Comments The coddlingIt’s about the premier annihilating any trace of a relationship with Poilievre’s Tories ― treating him as a political non-entity in Canada’s biggest electoral battleground.įord is forever saying that he shares both an economic and political base with the federal Liberals. It’s not merely about Ford triangulating with Trudeau. Why is Ford so aligned with Trudeau and so misaligned with Poilievre? This isn’t the first time two first ministers from rival political parties have been so close ― Bill Davis and Pierre Trudeau also came together on the Constitution.īut there is no recent precedent for a PC premier coddling a Liberal PM so amicably ― while so pointedly ignoring, snubbing and distancing himself from his federal Conservative counterpart. Doug Ford and Justin Trudeau: So far apart and yet so closely connected.ĭoug Ford and Pierre Poilievre: So similar in party branding and yet so disconnected in political marketing.Īs Ontario’s Progressive Conservative premier, Ford keeps sharing the same stage with Trudeau, the Liberal prime minister - subsidizing the same factories and laughing at each other’s jokes (even at the expense of Poilievre). I noticed some of editing mishaps, but it wasn’t dire or in any way hindering me from enjoying the book. “I’m going to tell your prince that you are having an affair with a dragon.” And there be dragons! One of the most adorable ones I had read believe me. The storyline was unexpected yet believable, it was such a nice combination. The book was solid, not once was I lost or confused, it had a very charming world rich of cultures and differences. I totally wasn’t expecting the meticulous world building and the plot that entailed. This book was such a nice surprise, indeed. It’s been awhile since I last read anything by Megan Derr, and I had forgotten how she had a way with her fantasy world. But before he can settle into his new life, tragedy strikes, and Vellem isn’t certain he’s up to rebuilding the ruin left in its wake. The marriage promises not just a fresh start in a new land, but a challenge to his famed skills in building roads and bridges. Then his brother provides him with an unexpected chance, and now Vellem’s marriage to the young prince of a neighboring kingdom is only months away. Vellem eventually found solace in the Royal Army Corp of Engineers, but still could not entirely escape. His father hides from his problems in alcohol, his mother hides from her misery in drugs, and his brother fled to the relative safety of the royal palace. Lord Vellem is a man desperate for escape. 5/31/2023 0 Comments Catfishing on the catnetI was actually surprised by how much I liked this one. I love cats and well it sold me! I obviously knew it wasn’t about cats but hey, its eye catching. One thing that caught my attention when it came to this book was the cover. When a threat from Steph’s past catches up to her and ChesireCat’s existence is discovered by outsiders, it’s up to Steph and her friends, both online and IRL, to save her.Ĭatfishing on CatNet is a surprising, heartfelt near-future YA thriller by award-winning author Naomi Kritzer, whose short story “Cat Pictures Please” won the Hugo Award and Locus Award and was a finalist for the Nebula.” (Goodreads) What Steph doesn’t know is that the admin of the site, CheshireCat, is a sentient A.I. Her only constant is an online community called CatNet-a social media site where users upload cat pictures-a place she knows she is welcome. “Because her mom is always on the move, Steph hasn’t lived anyplace longer than six months. EARC provided by publisher through NetGalley. |