![]() ![]() This is the “urge” of the world which calls to him. Instead, he rejects talk of the past or future for an experience in the now. Whitman says that he has heard “what the talkers were talking, the talk of the / beginning and the end,” but he refuses to talk of either. Instead, he seeks to “go to the bank by the wood” and become naked and undisguised where he can hear all of nature around him. Whitman then describes a house in which “the shelves are / crowded with perfumes” and he breathes in the fragrance though he refuses to let himself become intoxicated with it. ![]() He is thirty-seven years old and “in perfect health” and begins his journey “Hoping to cease not till death.” He puts all “Creeds and schools in abeyance” hoping to set out on his own, though he admits he will not forget these things. ![]() He says that he celebrates himself and that all parts of him are also parts of the reader. Whitman begins this poem by naming its subject – himself. ![]()
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![]() A Curse as Dark as Gold seems to be set in the Victorian Age, where the Industrial Revolution was just kicking in. ![]() And I’ve read my fair share of Rumpelstiltskin ones ~ all of them quite good. ![]() I absolutely absolutely love fairy tale re-tellings and folklore or any sorts. I read it all in one day, mostly because I was afraid that if I didn’t, I’d be reading it while I was supposed to be writing an essay or doing a chemistry problem set. Stories were my life! But, I’ve been much too busy with the science half of my life these past few months (years more like) to pick up something to read just for the simple pleasure of it.Ī Curse as Dark as Gold was quite good. I used to be the biggest bookworm, with some book tucked under my arm wherever I went and a booklist I proudly wrote in every day. I do have to read my usual English Lit books, but, apart from them, I haven’t gone out of my way to a library or bookstore to take a look at what sort of books are out there lately. ![]() Let me start by saying I haven’t really been keeping up with my reading lately. ![]() ![]() ![]() The aliens encountered in Blindsight suffer no such malady of consciousness. Can intelligence exist without consciousness, without self-awareness, and without the baggage that self-awareness carries? Watts’ thesis, backed by copious references at the back of the book, seems to say that human progress has been stunted by our consciousness and our continued struggle with self-doubt, second-guessing, and yearning for validation in nearly every endeavor we undertake or decision we make. Under the layers, it’s a treatise on the effects of consciousness, intelligence and instinct on the human condition, and those differences in the aliens we encounter. At its basic level, it’s a tale of humanity’s first contact with alien life, while at the same time aspiring to be so much more. ![]() It’s been an age since I’ve written a book review or any review for that matter, but as I’ve just finished Blindsight by Peter Watts it has compelled me to dust off the keyboard and pound fingers to plastic for a few hundred words. Blīndsīt / noun / the ability to respond to visual stimuli without consciously perceiving them. ![]() ![]() We can also say as a stay point Bagrot Valley, Besham City, Kargah Nallah, Shukogah, and finally, Skardu. Some other Valleys appear on the way to Hunza. The pink flowers are a sight to behold every spring, they captivate tourists worldwide.Īs the cherry blossoms bloom each year, a new and colorful spectrum of fragrances wafts through the Northern Valleys of Gilgit Baltistan, Hunza Valley, Nagar Valley, Gojal Valley, Ghizar Valley, Astore Valley, Skardu Valley, Shigar Valley, Khaplu Valley. Tourists come from all over to witness the beautiful array of colors, and the atmosphere is simply enchanting. Pakistan’s diverse climate is a wonder to behold, and the cherry blossom season is a truly magical time. Imagine being in this pink fantasyland, surrounded by flourishing cherry blossom trees, watching wispy clouds floating in the sky. The ideal time for a cherry blossom glimpse is four to seven days after heavy blooming starts. ![]() This season is short, lasting only two weeks. The blossom season marks the end of chilly winters and the beginning of spring. ![]() Do you believe in falling for nature at a glance? If not, the charming cherry blossom flowers may leave you in awe with their warmth, comfort, and beauty.Įach spring, the full bloom of the cherry blossoms converts the Northern Areas of Pakistan into a rosy heaven. ![]() ![]() This is Kristoff at the top of his game, and is only just the beginning of Gabriel de León’s story. Vampires, violence, sex, drugs, and characters you can sink your teeth into come to a head in this epic story of love, friendship, loss, and revenge. "Empire of the Vampire is sensational a deliciously bloody slice of dark fantasy that leaves you thirsting for more. A story of legendary battles and forbidden love, of faith lost and friendships won, of the Wars of the Blood and the Forever King and the quest for humanity’s last remaining hope: See why thousands of readers are using Bookclubs to stay connected. ![]() Imprisoned by the very monsters he vowed to destroy, the last silversaint is forced to tell his story. But even the Silver Order couldn’t stem the tide once daylight failed us, and now, only Gabriel remains. Ever since, vampires have waged war against humanity building their eternal empire even as they tear down our own. Gabriel de León is a silversaint: a member of a holy brotherhood dedicated to defending realm and church from the creatures of the night. ![]() Now, only a few tiny sparks of light endure in a sea of darkness. For nearly three decades, vampires have waged war against humanity building their eternal empire even as they tear down our own. Starring: Jun Fukuyama, Makoto Furukawa, Mutsumi Tamura. ![]() The streets of Shin-Yokohama will never be the same. ![]() A dashing vampire hunter begrudgingly teams up with a feared but shockingly weak vampire. It has been twenty-seven long years since the last sunrise. 2021 Maturity Rating: 16+ 2 Seasons Anime. ![]() ![]() The reward for these travails is getting to see the “almost unknown” and unimaginably quiet California coast. When the skins are caught among the trees, Dana is lowered down the face of the bluff to retrieve them. Utilizing this amazing script from GitHub: - As of the date. raised high into the air and then plunged below again.” Dana’s voyage includes months of toil collecting and curing cowhides at one stop, the hides must be tossed from a ridge down a 400-foot bluff from the ranch above to the waiting ship below. opensource A complete scrape of The Turn of the Screw - Henry James and The Turning (2020) fics on AO3, excluding works marked with the warning Major Character Deth. Adapted from Henry James' classic Gothic horror novella 'The Turn of the Screw,' the movie was once called 'Haunting' and was meant to mark Steven Spielberg's triumphant return to the horror. ![]() “We hardly knew whether we were on or off when the boom lifting us up. ![]() “The vessel, diving into two huge seas, one after the other, plunged us twice into the water up to our chins,” he writes. In “Two Years Before the Mast,” he records the harrowing details of life at sea as the crew outruns pirates, loses a sailor overboard (“like losing a limb”) and faces treacherous storms. leaves Harvard in 1834 and enlists as a seaman on a brig sailing from Boston to California by way of Cape Horn. To improve his failing eyesight, Richard Henry Dana Jr. Photo: TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images Two Years Before the Mastġ. A pair of white rhinoceros graze with the peak of Mount Kenya in the background. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book is a collection of very short stories of a neighbourhood very odd one thou, with a collage made of sweets a town full of odd characters and time has a fluid nature as some stories are immediate other last decades. The child in the story the secret lives under a cloth under a tree Are you playing hide and seek or something? It shook its head vigorousily from side to side. I couldn’t tell if it was a girl or a boy. “What’s the big idea?” Thwe child glared at me, It had narrow eyes but thick eyebrows. The book is narrated by an unnamed narrator.Ī white cloth was lying at the foot of zelkova tree, When I walked over and picked it up, I saw a child underneath. ![]() ![]() One of the first \i found was this very short collection of micro-stories from Hiromi Kawakami who is one of those writers who I had read when she had her debut book out here 9 years ago but haven’t got back to even though I like the Briefcase when I reviewed it so it felt like it was time to try her books again and this was the perfect afternoon read and the second book for this years January in Japan reads. I decided to go to the library for the first time in a long time as I thought I had a fine left from pre-Covoid as I had tried to order some books the other week but when I went in I must have paid the fine at the time it was just the card needed an update it was fun to browse again it had been to long and with the Booker international longlist coming up I will be trying to find some books I haven’t read before. People from my Neighbourhood by Hiromi Kawakami ![]() ![]() I have been a huge fan of Jemisin since 2015 when I binge-read both her Inheritance trilogy and her Dreamblood duology. And in the Hugo award-nominated short story “The City Born Great,” a young street kid fights to give birth to an old metropolis’s soul. A black mother in the Jim Crow south must figure out how to save her daughter from a fey offering impossible promises. ![]() In a parallel universe, a utopian society watches our world, trying to learn from our mistakes. Dragons and hateful spirits haunt the flooded city of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. ![]() In these stories, Jemisin sharply examines modern society, infusing magic into the mundane, and drawing deft parallels in the fantasy realms of her imagination. ![]() Publication Date: November 27th 2018 PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION ![]() ![]() ![]() Valentine’s abilities turn more toward the subtle control of the beliefs of commoner and elite alike, through powerfully convincing essays. Peter seeks to control the political process, to become a ruler. But they are driven by their jealousy of Ender, and by their inbred drive for power. Neither was found suitable for the military’s purpose. ![]() While Peter was too uncontrollably violent, Valentine very nearly lacks the capability for violence altogether. Ender’s two older siblings, Peter and Valentine, are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway almost as long. He will grow up fast.īut Ender is not the only result of the experiment. Ender Wiggin is six years old when it begins. The only way to find out is to throw Ender into ever harsher training, to chip away and find the diamond inside, or destroy him utterly. The result of genetic experimentation, Ender may be the military genius Earth desperately needs in a war against an alien enemy seeking to destroy all human life. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card What it is About?Īndrew “Ender” Wiggin thinks he is playing computer simulated war games he is, in fact, engaged in something far more desperate. ![]() ![]() ![]() Was someone beating on my skull? It felt like someone was beating on my skull, which was pretty rude if you asked me. The Romantic is a wake up married, opposites attract romance with tons of praise, an unforgettable massage, found family, and sweet moments on the pier. Our marriage is playing tricks on my heart because suddenly I’m wishing my happy ending can be with the husband who doesn’t think love is for him. He’s shown me I’m a sucker for praise, and lucky for me, he loves giving it to me. Better to amicably divorce later than own up to our screw up, right?Īll I’ve ever wanted is my happily ever after, and now I live with a serial hookup artist who never planned on settling down.īut then, why is Elliott so good to me? He takes me on dates, makes me laugh, and touches me like I’m someone to cherish. My parents had the perfect marriage until my mom passed, and since I’d hate for my father to discover what I did, Elliott and I decide to pretend we’re in love and stay married for six months. He doesn’t want to let them down by telling them it was a drunken mistake. We definitely aren’t supposed to wake up married…only, we do.īefore we can figure out what to do, Elliott’s family finds out. We’re not supposed to run into each other in Vegas or get drunk together. It’s definitely not Elliott Delgado Weaver, the shameless flirt who keeps asking me out. ![]() ![]() If there’s a jerk close by, I’ll find him. ![]() The one who’s looking for love in all the wrong places. When it comes to The Vers, the queer podcast I host with my best friends, I’m The Romantic. ![]() |