5/24/2023 0 Comments Brzrkr vol 1 book review![]() ![]() Following another commercially down period, Reeves made a successful comeback by playing the titular assassin in the John Wick film series, beginning in 2014. He played John Constantine in Constantine (2005) and starred in the romantic drama The Lake House (2006), the science fiction thriller The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008), and the crime thriller Street Kings (2008). Greater stardom came for playing Neo in the science fiction series The Matrix, beginning in 1999. He gained praise for playing a hustler in the independent drama My Own Private Idaho (1991) and established himself as an action hero with leading roles in Point Break (1991) and Speed (1994).įollowing several box office failures, Reeves's performance in the horror film The Devil's Advocate (1997) was well received. He had his breakthrough role in the science fiction comedy Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989), and he reprised his role in its sequels. Born in Beirut and raised in Toronto, Reeves began acting in theatre productions and in television films before making his feature film debut in Youngblood (1986). Keanu Charles Reeves is a Canadian actor. ![]()
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![]() ![]() In no time they are off the main highway and lost. And their driver, refusing to wait for another adult to replace their chaperones, sets off again with only the kids and a hidden bottle of booze in tow. Their adult chaperones contract food poisoning on the way back and must be dropped off at a hospital. This time will be like no other trip they've ever taken. And unbeknownst to his sister, Jake continues his one-man letter-writing campaign to the Governor, pleading for clemency for their mom.Īlong with an assortment of nervous, angry, and damaged kids, Jake and Shoshona take a community-provided school bus four times a year on the long overnight journey through New York State to visit their mother in jail. Both have found their own ways to cope: Shoshona has become a bossy mother figure Jake, who is a budding comic book artist, has created an alter ego named Jakeman. “Jake and his sister Shoshona have been under foster care since their single mother was arrested for possession and trafficking three years before. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments The haunting of brynn wilder![]() Alice knows things about Brynn, about all of them, that she shouldn't. But in this inviting refuge, where a century of souls has passed, a mystery begins to swirl. In her fellow lodgers, she finds a friendly company of strangers: the frail Alice, cared for by a married couple with a heartbreaking story of their own LuAnn, the eccentric and lovable owner of the inn and Dominic, an unsettlingly handsome man inked from head to toe in mesmerizing tattoos. Checking into a quaint boardinghouse for the summer, she hopes to put her life into perspective. ![]() ![]() After a devastating loss, Brynn Wilder escapes to Wharton, a tourist town on Lake Superior, to reset. From the #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author of Daughters of the Lake comes an enthralling spellbinder of love, death, and a woman on the edge. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Suzanne wright burn series![]() He’s also used to people fearing and obeying him. And when an unknown danger starts closing in on Harper, it seems that Knox is the only one who can keep her safe.Īs Prime of his Las Vegas lair and a successful businessman, Knox Thorne is used to being in control. No one seems to know what breed of demon Knox is, only that he’s more dangerous than anything she’s ever before encountered. She’s not so sure she wants either of those things. The billionaire also wants Harper in his bed. Compelling, full of secrets and armed with raw sexuality, Knox Thorne is determined to claim her as his anchor, creating a psychic bond that will prevent their inner demons from ever turning rogue. ![]() That changes overnight when she discovers that her psychic mate, or ‘anchor’, is a guy who’s rumored to be the most powerful demon in existence. ![]() Part of a small demon lair in North Las Vegas, tattooist Harper Wallis lives a pretty simple life. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments City life witold rybczynski![]() ![]() The answer to that question is the subject of James Stevens Curl’s controversial new book, Making Dystopia: The Strange Rise and Survival of Architectural Barbarism (Oxford University Press, 2018). ![]() ![]() Before the 1930s, the buildings are pretty good after that, not so much. The Board of Education Building dates from 1932. “I wish they hadn’t built that,” is my all too common reaction. And then there is the second category: utilitarian apartment slabs with unrelieved gridded façades, infill condo housing that looks as if it had been trucked in from the suburbs, a grim precast concrete retirement home that takes up a whole block. “How nice that someone actually took the trouble,” I think as I walk by. ![]() There are those that offer visual pleasure, whether they are modest run-of-the-mill brick row houses or the rather grand Board of Education Building, an Art Deco-ish pile topped by busts of Sir Isaac Newton, Ben Franklin, and Alexander Graham Bell. The buildings in my neighborhood, Logan Square in downtown Philadelphia, fall roughly into two categories. Michael Froio Exterior detail on the Board of Education Building in Philadelphia ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Hood River Zero by K. Webster![]() ![]() The Hood River incident involved the removal of sixteen Nisei servicemen's names from the county "roll of honor" in Hood River, Oregon, by the local American Legion Post 22. Originally, the city was part of Wasco County, but it became the seat of Hood River County when the county was first established in 1908. Hood River (originally called Dog River) post office was established (named by Mary Coe) at the site of the present city on September 30, 1868, Īnd the city itself was incorporated in 1895. It is the only city in Oregon where public consumption of alcohol on sidewalks or parks is totally unrestricted. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 8,313. ![]() ![]() It is a port on the Columbia River, and is named for the nearby Hood River. The city of Hood River is the seat of Hood River County, Oregon, United States. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Strange maps by frank jacobs![]() He feels for the bag slung over his shoulder, mechanically runs his fingers over the hard edges of the rectangle it contains, thickened like scars under the skin, and he remembers, slowly, what’s inside – that heavy, friendly form. He slips on the left one it’s warm and fits him perfectly, as though hand and glove have known each other many years. He stares perplexed at the sturdy boots sticking out from underneath his cassock, at the tattered front of his faded woollen overcoat, at the gloves he’s holding in his hands. He can’t remember rising, or getting dressed, or whether he’s had breakfast. He’s used to getting up at dawn, but today he feels just half awake and has no idea how he even ended up here, alone in an ocean of fog. The vicar forane is standing on the porch of the presbytery, waiting for his carriage. ![]() ![]() It’s early morning, near the close of October. ![]() 5/23/2023 0 Comments The Wren Hunt by Mary Watson![]() Sent undercover as an intern to the Harkness Foundation – enemy headquarters – her family’s survival rests on finding a secret meant to stay hidden. If they knew she was an augur, their sworn enemy, the game would turn deadly.īut Wren is on the hunt, too. The boys who haunt her are judges, powerful and frightening pursuers, who know nothing of her true identity. ‘Thrilling and otherworldly’ SUNDAY TIMESĮvery winter, Wren Silke is chased through the forest in a warped version of a childhood game. ‘Watson’s writing has the sort of poise rarely found in a debut’ KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE ‘Beautiful, eerie, dark and dreamy’ MELINDA SALISBURY ![]() SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS TEEN/YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 ![]() NOMINATED FOR THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019 ![]() 5/23/2023 0 Comments Josh malerman books![]() They also say that Daphne is still out there, obsessed with revenge, and will appear to kill again anytime someone thinks about her.Īfter Kit hears the story, her teammates vanish, one by one, and Kit begins to suspect that the stories about Daphne are real. And some say that Daphne is a murderer herself. Some say she was murdered, others that she died by her own hand. The last summer before her life begins.īut the night before the big game, one of the players tells a ghost story about Daphne, a girl who went to their school many years ago and died under mysterious circumstances. The last summer with her high school basketball team, and with Dana, her best friend. ![]() It’s the last summer for Kit Lamb: The last summer before college. ![]() A brutal, enigmatic woman stalks a high school basketball team in a reimagining of the slasher genre by the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box. ![]() |