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![]() ![]() ![]() Given the paucity of strong, biracial female characters, it is disappointing that no mention is made (as in a previous entry) of the fact that Audrey Rose has an Indian mother and a white father. The book’s love triangle provides a steamy, consensual romance that refreshingly positions her as the arbiter of her own fate. Audrey Rose is a witty, resourceful feminist who refuses to bow to Victorian-era gender norms. ![]() The deeper she goes, the more confused she becomes about the killer-and her own desires. As the body count mounts, Audrey Rose goes undercover to investigate the onboard carnival helmed by a mysterious ringmaster, Mephistopheles. But a young woman is murdered, setting off a string of killings that forces Audrey Rose to practice her autopsy skills under the guidance of her uncle, a renowned forensic scientist, and in partnership with Thomas Creswell, her fellow apprentice and, she hopes, future husband. ![]() When forensic scientist-in-training Audrey Rose Wadsworth boards the luxurious Etruria, she anticipates a much-needed vacation before joining a criminal investigation in New York. In the winter of 1889, a luxury cruise liner leaves Liverpool, England, with a murderer on board. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And any notion that Bella was ever “too consumed with her love interest, as if that’s somehow just a girl thing” should become irrelevant with the introduction of this new perspective. In making Bella a man in the new book, Meyer says that character now becomes a more universal “human in distress” who dispels the idea that falling in love is a gender-specific experience. ![]() Meyer explained on Good Morning America that the idea behind the new 442-page book was to put to rest repeated criticism of the original series that it reduced Bella to a “damsel in distress” trope. In this version, Bella is Beau, a teen boy who moves to Forks, Washington, and finds himself enamored with the vampire Edythe, the female version of Edward. Meet Beau and Edythe, main characters of the newly feminist reading of the series now dubbed Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined, out today. In celebration of the first book’s anniversary, Meyer has rewritten Twilight with the genders of the saga’s star-crossed lovers reversed. ![]() Surprise! Twilight is still a thing: Ten years after Edward Cullen and Bella Swan made vampires virtually inescapable, Stephenie Meyer is back to turn your tweens once again. Photo: ANDREW COOPER/Summit Entertainment ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Some are simple and straightforward but worth remembering, some are just phrased beautifully, and some will make you think. I highly recommend picking up a copy if you get a chance, but here are some things to think about in the meantime. After getting all serious about usability, I’ve re-read Steve Krug’s Don’t Make Me Think and pulled out what I consider to be the most insightful and best thoughts in this book. UX Booth has been open for more than half a year now, and when we started I was always regarded as the layperson of the group. For more advanced users, it’s a great refresher course. ![]() This book explains briefly and concisely everything one needs to know about getting started with web usability. Many people in the usability community regard Steve Krug’s book Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition as the laypersons usability bible. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Meena hurried onto the subway car and grabbed hold of one of I'm curious about what's to come next, so I'll be reading Overbite.Įast Seventy-seventh Street and Lexington Avenue Overall, Insatiable was a bit predictable, but still entertaining. The only character that I wasn't too sold on was Meena's brother, Jon. As the book progressed he grew on me more and more. I understand he has a chip on his shoulder because of what happened to his friend, but he let that cloud his judgement. Anyway, in the beginning, Alaric seemed pretty narrow minded and a touch self centered. He's got the whole vampire swoony swagger thing down too. He's got a lot on his shoulders right now though so he has to stay focused. Lucien was dark and broody at times, but he too could lighten up. Meena as pretty light hearted considering she can tell when a person is going to die. ![]() It wasn't until after I finished reading the book that I watched the book trailers. The overall story was goofy and fun though, so that made me wonder if the similarities weren't a round about way of making fun of the vampire popularity. There were a lot of similarities to other book and tv/movie series that are out there right now. This is the first Meg Cabot book I've read so far, and it was pretty entertaining. ![]() Insatible is book one in the Insatiable series by Meg Cabot. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I could tell you a King Vidor picture, a Capra picture. I can always tell you a Hitchcock picture. If you have any kind of style, the discerning ones will detect it. You’re trying to make as good and as entertaining a picture as you possibly can. You may ask me, ‘Do you remember that in a picture you wrote in 1935, the motive of the good guy was charity, and then the echo in that sentiment reappears in four more pictures. When you see movies, you decide to put some kind of connective theory to them. That’s the way I look at it, that’s the way I conceive it. ![]() We’re not aware that ‘This picture will be in this genre.’ It comes naturally, just the way you do your handwriting. As a picture-maker, and I think most of us are this way, I am not aware of patterns. Or like Minnelli, doing the great Metro musicals. As he once said, “I don’t make only one kind of movie, like say Hitchcock. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the meantime, she'll settle for a temporary escape. Working as the personal assistant to one of Hollywood's cruelest divas has left Amanda Queen more determined than ever to sell her screenplay and gain her independence. ![]() ![]() "Heart-melting.a perfect fit for fans of contemporary romance authors Jasmine Guillory and Alexa Martin."įrom award-winning author Rebekah Weatherspoon comes a thoroughly modern take on the timeless tale of a struggling Cinderella who finds her prince charming at the eleventh hour-and the adventure that ensues the morning after. "An adorable retelling, engaging and character-rich.this kind of mutual empowering is one of Weatherspoon's hallmarks." A Bustle Best Books of Fall 2020 SelectionĪn Apple Books Best of the Month SelectionĪ Best Book of Fall 2020 by NPR's Boston AffiliateĪ Bookish Most Anticipated Books Selection ![]() ![]() ![]() 100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more.This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history.#WTFact Videos In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find. ![]() Demystified Videos In Demystified, Britannica has all the answers to your burning questions. ![]() ![]() In 2012, Keret’s work »Suddenly, a Knock on the Door« also appeared in German. I don’t want to give my readers answers all I want is for them to start asking questions.« ![]() »I want to slap people with my stories so that they wake up and start to ponder. Although the depicted reality is often threatening, the stories appear emphatically casual and testify to a dry and bizarre sense of humor. He combines the everyday with the surreal the fantastic and the absurd. Keret counteracts the problems in his homeland with ruthless directness, irony, and optimism. He has published several short story collections as well as children’s books and graphic novels in which he highlights different aspects of modern Israeli society: racism, love, the military, longing, and fear. ![]() Etgar Keret was born in Tel Aviv in 1967 and is considered one of the most renowned Isreali writers of his generation. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Apparently, the actual significance of the concept of racism cannot be assessed solely through the lenses of sociology and economics, as proponents of multiculturalism continue to insist upon, but also through the lenses of biology and psychology – it is namely the fact that racist attitudes originate out of the depths of people’s unconsciousness, which explains why these attitudes can hardly be effectively addressed within a framework of logic. However, one does not have to be overly smart to realize that these types of suggestions do not correspond to the objective reality – nowadays, virtually not a single day goes by without Medias reporting on the outbreaks of racially motivated violence in this country. In its turn, this prompts many contemporary social scientists to suggest that, as of today, there are no objectively existing obstacles of the way of American society continuing to grow increasingly multicultural and tolerant. We live in time when the legacy of racism in America is now being assumed a thing of the past, with more and more people adopting interracial tolerance as the integral component of their existential mode. ![]() |