![]() To keep track of the many lives that were changed by the events depicted in Bombshell, here’s a guide to the heroes and monsters in Roach’s take on the world of Fox News. The film depicts versions of recognizable faces (Megyn Kelly, Gretchen Carlson, and, briefly, Geraldo Rivera), but also fictional composites, as is the case with Golden Globe–nominated Margot Robbie’s character, Kayla Pospisil, the heart of this story inspired by at least 20 people with connections to the real events. One of the most high-profile battles of the Me Too movement took place in the Fox newsroom back in 2016, fought in part by conservative women who don’t subscribe to the word “feminism.” With Bombshell, director Jay Roach and Oscar-winning screenwriter Charles Randolph sought to re-create the toxic workplace helmed by Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, who was accused by several former employees of sexual harassment. Photo: Left: Lionsgate/Right: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images ![]() ![]() Charlize Theron (left) and the real Megyn Kelly (right). ![]()
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5/13/2023 0 Comments Wild Things by Bruce Handy![]() It’s a convivial performance sure to please anyone with a fondness for classic children’s books. Bruce Handy is currently a contributing editor of Vanity Fair. ![]() He has a consistent cadence like that of a professional narrator that keeps the prose moving along but is tinged with youthful exuberance, which proves essential as he narrates passages from the stories or discusses his children’s or his own initial reactions. WILD THINGS: THE JOY OF READING CHILDREN’S LITERATURE AS AN ADULT By Bruce Handy Simon & Schuster, 26, 336 pages Some people believe children’s books are only written for, and read by. In narrating, Handy clearly communicates his enthusiasm for rereading the books listeners can easily imagine him sitting next to his children’s bed reading to them. ![]() In each chapter, he explores a specific book, its background, related titles, and what he considers the most poignant elements of the story. Night Moon and Where the Wild Things Are and series such as the Oz, Narnia, and Ramona Quimby books. He discusses classic picture books such as Good. ![]() Wild Things The Joy of Reading Childrens Literature as an Adult. ![]() Reading his book in a friendly and welcoming voice, Handy revisits classic children’s literature from his youth and considers the staying power of each as he reads them to his own children. Wild Things by Bruce Handy - An irresistible, nostalgic, insightfuland consistently intelligent and funny (The New York Times Book Review). A clear-eyed love letter to the greatest childrens books and authors from Louisa May Alcott and L. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Fugitive telemetry martha wells![]() ![]() Now it just wants to be left alone to watch television, and maybe accidentally find some purpose in its existence. Yes, Murderbot's chosen name is apt: it did kill a bunch of people shortly after it hacked its own governor system and freed itself from its corporate owners. With All Systems Red, the first book in her blockbuster science fiction series, Martha Wells deftly upends that expectation. Robots have long been handy stand-in for our fears and anxieties about the future, and from the title alone, you'd be forgiven for thinking that. ![]() Without knowing anything about the name, it's an evocative one: it recalls classic robot villains like the T-1000 or Hal 9000, an artificial intelligence bent on exterminating any human it comes across. ![]() Martha Wells on her blockbuster series Murderbot: finding common ground with anxiety-driven killer robots, television, and second chances. Martha Wells on writing an anxious, relatable killbot ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Fear me bb reid read online![]() I have gone through every book in this series like a lost person in the desert would go through bottles of water! The start is kinda dark, the sex is raw and well explained, with lots of "scary" hurdles and antics along the way and ending with a beautiful HEA! I REALLY DESPERATELY WANT MORE!!! I love that this book goes back to following the original characters because they veered off for a while to their friends and family. There were a few times that I had to rewind and relisten wondering what I missed because it was clearly a flashback that I didn’t catch onto. The only thing I wish the editing would have done is made the flashbacks a little easier to decipher. The perfect mix of innocent and coming of age then throw in her ability to narrate the male voice and you can easily stay inside the book and not be pulled out by the narration at all. Ava Erickson is of course a brilliant narrator for the job. The book starts out just this simple but morphs into a book about so much more depravity that you will stunned as the hours tick by. Lake is the good girl who makes the right and good decisions and Kieran is the bad boy who has come to ruin her. Fear Me is where we meet all the characters in this series but is focused on Kieran and Lake. Reid to come to Audible is very exciting. ![]() ![]() I love dark books and there aren’t nearly enough on audio, so for B.B. I’ve read this series, so the start line is no surprise to me. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments King the mist![]() ![]() One where you actually don’t see everything that is out there, but what you do see… oh boy. This novella is a really fun creature story. The Mist may not be the scariest, but it definitely delivers lots of chills. It has always been some of his scariest work. While I’m not the world’s biggest King fan, I do love his earlier short stories. This edition was published in 2018 by Simon & Schuster. Published in 1980 for the short sotry collection Skeleton Crew. ![]() This exhilarating novella explores the horror in both the enemy you know-and the one you can only imagine. But what’s out there may be worse than what they left behind. Clearly, staying in the store may prove fatal, and the Draytons, along with store employee Ollie Weeks, Amanda Dumfries, Irene Reppler, and Dan Miller, attempt to make their escape. She insists a sacrifice must be made and two groups-those for and those against-are aligned. ![]() Carmody, begins to play on their fears to convince them that this is God’s vengeance for their sins. As the confinement takes its toll on their nerves, a religious zealot, Mrs. Once there, they become trapped by a strange mist that has enveloped the town. In the wake of a summer storm, terror descends…David Drayton, his son Billy, and their neighbor Brent Norton join dozens of others and head to the local grocery store to replenish supplies following a freak storm. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This item is not available but you can add this to your want list and we will notify you as soon as the product becomes available. Rated T Creatorsĭavid Michelinie (A/CA) Todd McFarlane ISBN/UPC The deadliest foe of Spider-Man During their acclai. writer David Michelinie and artist Todd McFarlane introduced an adversary for the ages: the. Venom By Michelinie and Mcfarlane Gallery Edition HC: (W) David Michelinie (A/CA) Todd McFarlane. ![]() Venom tales - and some of the most dynamic artwork of the era - in oversize glory! Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #300 and #315-317. VENOM BY MICHELINIE AND MCFARLANE GALLERY EDITION HC. Together, they emerged from the shadows to terrorize Mary Jane before turning their attention to their real target: Spider-Man! With all of Peter Parker's powers but much stronger and more vicious, Venom may be the one to shred the wall-crawler's web permanently, unless Spidey can find some weakness - and fast! But what will happen when Venom targets the Black Cat.and Aunt May?! This stunning Gallery Edition features Michelinie and McFarlane's unforgettable Spidey vs. The deadliest foe of Spider-Man! During their acclaimed run on AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, writer David Michelinie and artist Todd McFarlane introduced an adversary for the ages: the larger-than-life Venom! Peter Parker's spurned symbiote costume sought out Eddie Brock, whose thirst for vengeance matched its own. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments No turning back by tiffany snow![]() ![]() It's the opening gambit in a web of murder, deceit, conspiracy, and fraud that stretches to the law firm for which Kathleen works. Shock and horror are followed by gritty determination when it becomes clear that Sheila's death isn't random and it isn't the result of a jealous boyfriend. Slipping from bed with the intention of making sure everything is okay, Kathleen knocks on friend's door, only to find Sheila murdered, her naked body sprawled on sheets stained crimson with her blood. ![]() As disturbing as that is, it's the ominous sound of silence afterwards that keeps Kathleen from falling back to sleep. It's the middle of the night when Kathleen hears fighting coming from Sheila's apartment. One of those friends is her neighbor Sheila, though Kathleen can't say she's completely comfortable with Sheila's job choice as a high-dollar escort. ![]() She's made some friends in the few months she's been in Indy. More likely to assure she keeps her job, yes. And one of the senior partners is a dreamboat in that obscenely rich, disturbingly good looking, slightly snobbish sort of way.īefore she did a mortifying face plant in his lap during a meeting, she was quite happy ogling him from afar. She's a runner for a high-powered law firm in town, not the most prestigious of positions, but it and her part-time bartender gig at least pays the bills. She moved to Indianapolis to start seeing to them, but things aren't going quite as well as she'd hoped. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Nana by brandon massey![]() I was born June 9, 1973, in Waukegan, Illinois. (“Massey” is not pronounced “macy,” by the way. I’ve got plent Here’s a little about me, Brandon Massey. My newest suspense thriller, Covenant, was published in November 2010. Since then, I’ve published up to three books a year, ranging from thriller novels such as The Other Brother, to short story collections such as Twisted Tales, and anthologies such as Dark Dreams. in New York offered me a two-book contract, and published a new, revised edition of Thunderland in December 2002. After managing to sell a few thousand copies on my own, Kensington Publishing Corp. I originally self-published Thunderland, my first novel, in 1999. ![]() I grew up in Zion, a suburb north of Chicago. ![]() Think of “mass” instead.) I was born June 9, 1973, in Waukegan, Illinois. Here’s a little about me, Brandon Massey. ![]() ![]() ![]() Momma has that odd mix of a working woman’s humility and a rigid pride in her craft and food. It’s kinda like how they didn’t ride with seat belts.Ĭhapter 16: When you told your momma that the book was going to be called "The Best Cook in the World," she was a little bit skeptical.īragg: She was afraid that it would be seen as boasting. So my grandmother would take a stick and draw a line in the dirt, and to the boys - who were barely human, so wild that they were barely of this species - she would say, “OK, you can’t cross this line.” I’m sure she did a lot of death-defying things while holding a baby on one hip. Can you imagine a big roiling pot of oil, as big as a Fiat, with all these kids running around, throwing rocks, screaming, making mud pies? ![]() No, you cook down your pork fat to get lard, and the cracklings are just this wonderful extra, but it is deadly dangerous. A lot of people think that you render lard to get cracklings. So how does a woman who has six or seven tow-headed kids running around keep focused enough to make the cooking good?īragg: With great difficulty. Chapter 16: If there was anything that kind of tied the recipes and the cooking together, it’s that you had to pay attention. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments The far pavilions book review![]() Her autobiography has been published in three volumes, collectively entitled Share of Summer: The Sun in the Morning, Golden Afternoon, and Enchanted Evening. She also wrote and illustrated The Ordinary Princess, a children's book and authored a dozen detective novels, including Death in Kashmir and Death in Zanzibar. ![]() This was followed by Shadow of the Moon and Trade Wind. Kaye won worldwide fame for The Far Pavilions, which became a worldwide best-seller on publication in 1978. ![]() Kaye followed the drum to Kenya, Zanzibar, Egypt, Cyprus and Germany. After India's independence, her husband, Major-General Goff Hamilton of Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides (the famous Indian Army regiment featured in The Far Pavilions), joined the British Army and for the next nineteen years M. Her family ties with the country are strong: her grandfather, father, brother and husband all served the British Raj. Kaye (Mary Margaret) was born in India and spent her early childhood and much of her early-married life there. ![]() |