![]() ![]() What was the piece of this story that first inspired you? Was it an image, a character, or an idea? Welcome to the OneFour blog, Ellen and congrats on your debut! PROPHECY is set in a rich world of tangled family relations and old magic. Intrigue and mystery, ancient lore and action-packed fantasy come together in this heart-stopping first book in a trilogy. ![]() With only the guidance of the cryptic prophecy, Kira must battle demon soldiers, an evil shaman, and the Demon Lord himself to find what was once lost and raise a prince into a king. ![]() He may be the savior predicted in the Dragon King’s prophecy, but the legendary lost ruby treasure just might be the true key to victory. Murdered kings and discovered traitors point to a demon invasion, sending Kira on the run with the young prince. She’s a demon slayer and an outcast, hated by nearly everyone in her home city of Hansong. Kira’s the only female in the king’s army, and she’s also the prince’s bodyguard. The greatest warrior in all of the Seven Kingdoms. Without further ado, I shall now entice you with the blurb: We’re kicking off the year by interviewing the first Lucky13 debut author, Ellen Oh! And how better to begin the debuting adventure than with an ancient PROPHECY? I was lucky (ha ha) enough to find myself with an ARC of this delightful tale and even luckier (heh he he) to win the chance to interview her. ![]()
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![]() ![]() They had two daughters, Sally and Jane, and settled in New York State, spending summers on Scott Island, a small island off Little Deer Isle in East Penobscot Bay. In 1940, he married Peggy Durand, daughter of the children's writer Ruth Sawyer. After Vesper George he moved to New York City for study at the National Academy of Design. ![]() McCloskey was born in Hamilton, Ohio, during 1914 and reached Boston in 1932 with a scholarship to study at Vesper George Art School. He was also the writer for Make Way For Ducklings, as well as the illustrator for The Man Who Lost His Head. Four of those eight books were set in Maine: Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine, Time of Wonder, and Burt Dow, Deep-water Man the last three all on the coast. He both wrote and illustrated eight picture books and won two Caldecott Medals from the American Library Association recognizing the year's best-illustrated picture book. John Robert McCloskey was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. ![]() ![]() ![]() The author of the work, Xavier Tricot, also pays close attention to the figure of Christ in James Ensor's work. The series combines various motifs which Ensor also executed in oil paint. These drawings can be considered as a link between the Ostend master's early and later oeuvre. In 1929 the drawings were made into lithographs and published in the form of an album by Galerie Georges Giroux in Brussels. Among the works in the series is a drawing in which Ensor portrays himself as Christ, confronted with a dozen Belgian art critics who have gathered before him. Some compositions are quite conventional, others typically 'Ensorian', and some even humorous. In it, Ensor managed to combine the sublime and the grotesque in an unsurpassed manner. The series depicts different episodes from the lives of Jesus and the Virgin Mary. Each drawing on paper measures about 15 by 21 cm. In 1912-1913, James Ensor produced a series of 32 drawings in coloured pencil titled Scènes de la vie du Christ.
![]() ![]() ![]() When I bought the book, I really wasn’t expecting it to be a “Greek-myth” related book though. I really enjoyed the book! It is written base on Orpheus and Eurydice myth instead of normal Greek myth that normally includes the 3 “big” gods – Zeus, Poseidon and Hades (Well….the story did touched a little on Hades). And he’ll do whatever it takes to bring her back, this time as his queen.Īs Nikki’s time on the Surface draws to a close and her relationships begin slipping from her grasp, she is forced to make the hardest decision of her life: find a way to cheat fate and remain on the Surface with Jack or return to the Everneath and become Cole’s queen. Cole wants to take over the throne in the underworld and is convinced Nikki is the key to making it happen. ![]() ![]() But there’s just one problem: Cole, the smoldering immortal who enticed her to the Everneath in the first place, has followed Nikki home. Nikki longs to spend these precious months forgetting the Everneath and trying to reconnect with her boyfriend, Jack, the person most devastated by her disappearance-and the one person she loves more than anything. She has six months before the Everneath comes to claim her, six months for good-byes she can’t find the words for, six months to find redemption, if it exists. Now she’s returned-to her old life, her family, her boyfriend-before she’s banished back to the underworld. Last spring, Nikki Beckett vanished, sucked into an underworld known as the Everneath. ![]() ![]() It doesn’t help that she’s falling for Jule despite herself. With Win and Jule squabbling over her affections, and the entire rebel group growing increasingly suspicious of each other, Skylar feels her chances of saving Earth slipping away. ![]() The Enforcers are still intent on tracking down the rebels, and it becomes clear that someone within the resistance is leaking information to the enemy. Unfortunately, that doesn’t make her position any less precarious. ![]() Her keen attention to detail and skill with numbers start to earn the Kemyates’ respect. The other rebels don’t quite treat her as an equal, but Skylar copes with her homesickness in this alien environment by throwing herself into work on the weapon they must finish assembling to save Earth. Whisked to the immense space station that Win and the rest of the Kemyates call home, Skylar escapes suspicion by passing as an Earthing “pet” of Win’s rival, a brash and cocky boy named Jule. But now that she’s been drawn into Win’s group of rebels, she can’t walk away until their mission is completed and her Earth is free. Skylar never imagined that she’d end up helping a boy from another planet search through Earth’s history for a way to end his people’s secret control over her world. ![]() ![]() ![]() Profound encounters between characters when one soul seems to say to the other, “There you are – I’ve been looking for you.” There are meetings in books that stand out, that alter the course of the story. She enjoys comparing her life to the books she reads: ![]() Jane Austen, Emily Bronte are her world and she retreats into these book often. Growing up with an abusive father, she turned to books and their fantasy worlds for escape. Her name is also a source of great amusement for others…in particular our hero: Sarah Mirabelle Zinnia Von Titebottumis a librarian and when I say she has a passion for books, it’s an understatement. Henry tries to behave and learn but he gets bored at this castle and when Henry is bored – naughty things happen. She starts to have him read, and read, and read and even sends him to a remote castle to get his head on straight. ![]() His grandmother, the Queen, is alive and well, but she is elderly and she knows Henry must take this job seriously. He likes women and alcohol…and more women and more alcohol. And oh how happy he is *insert all the sarcasm* Henry doesn’t really care for responsibility. Henry is the second-son in the royal Wessco family but after his older brother abdicated for true love in the last book, the burden of becoming King falls to Henry. ![]() Royally Matched by Emma Chase (Royally #2)Ī wild-child heir to the throne and a shy librarian? This is my candy – although it’s not quite as good as book one. ![]() ![]() Each game they design together is a window into who they are, how they see the world and their relationship with each other. Sam and Sadie first meet as children, then again as adults, but their shared love of games is what always holds them together, despite the many things that life throws at them. ![]() Zevin digs really deeply and effectively into the fabric that makes up a friendship and creative partnership that spans over thirty years. I completely fell in love with both the main characters Sam and Sadie and didn’t get that sometimes itchy feeling I get when the perspective changes and I wish I was with a different character. It examines human relationships and heartbreak and how we use games to cope with and process our lives. ![]() Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow reminded me a ton of one of my favorite TV shows, Halt and Catch Fire. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her new memoir is about the choices she's made about her work and home life, including the time she quit NPR so she could spend more time with her children. The nurse said Kelly's son was very sick, and she needed to come right away, which of course, was impossible. She was on a Black Hawk helicopter about to take off when she got a call from her younger son's school nurse. She spent time away from home reporting from around the world, sometimes in war zones, reporting from Iraq while covering a visit by the secretary of defense. The juggling act has been especially complicated for her. ![]() Like every working mother, she's had to juggle her work and parenting. My guest, Mary Louise Kelly, is a host of All Things Considered and prior to that, reported on national security for NPR for about two decades. ![]() ![]() ![]() They include, Max Woosey, 13, who slept in a tent at his Devon home to raise more than £750,000 for his grandmother’s hospice during the pandemic, and Manju Malhi, a professional chef who offered remote cookery classes during lockdown.Īdditionally, 400 young people representing charitable organisations had the opportunity to watch the Coronation service and procession at a special private viewing from St Margaret’s Church. Separately, it was announced on April 8 that over 1,250 volunteers and young people had been invited to either attend the ceremony itself or be part of one of its surrounding events.īuckingham Palace revealed 450 ‘Covid heroes’ had been invited to attend the service. Meanwhile, six representatives from the Prince’s Foundation, the King’s educational charity established in 1986, were also in attendance. The King invited people from all parts of the Prince’s Trust to attend the service, including five beneficiaries from Britain, five international beneficiaries, as well as three people from the Trust’s Canadian, Australian and New Zealand branches. QUEEN & COUNTRY, the Eisner Award-winning and critically lauded espionage series from acclaimed novelist and comic book author Greg Rucka, is back in a new series of definitive editions collecting the entire classic series in just four, affordable softcovers. Representatives from many of the King's charity affiliations and a large cross section from the voluntary sector were present at the ceremony. ![]() ![]() ![]() There’s an almost Mary Poppins-like quality to her that I especially enjoyed. Mika also has a huge heart, as we quickly see once she arrives at Nowhere House and starts working with the children. I felt tremendous sympathy for her knowing what an isolated life she had been living for so many years. Mika is an easy character to fall in love with. Mika therefore is used to living a lonely life, but when an opportunity arises for her to move to a place called Nowhere House to teach three young witches how to control their magic, Mika jumps at the chance, having no idea how much her life is about to change. The story follows Mika Moon, a young orphaned witch who has been raised to hide her magic from others and to stay away from other witches so as not to draw the attention of non-witches. ![]() This book is pure magic in every sense of the word – it’s whimsical, full of heart, and it has a found family vibe that reminds me of TJ Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea. If there was a literary genre called cozy fantasy, that’s where The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna would be. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches GoodreadsįTC Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of this book from Netgalley. I’m a sucker for a good found family story so I’m thrilled to share my thoughts on both of these with you. Bring on the sweater weather! Anyway, I’m back today with reviews for two brand-new releases that share a common theme – found families. Happy Friday! How in the world is it September already? I have to admit I’m ready for fall though. ![]() |