![]() Witty, romantic and filled with personality-after the slow start.Īfter praying to a Fate for help, Evangeline discovers the dangerous world of magic. Once characters deal with the ends-justify-the-means idea of sinking to Raiden’s level to fight him and reach the fight scenes, the story becomes a page-turner right to a cliffhanger. Vane is a bundle of charming contradictions-protective yet pacifistic, nobly loyal yet unable to hear “haboob” (a type of dust storm) without boob jokes. ![]() Tasked with many expository reveals, Audra’s narration doesn’t shine as brightly as Vane’s chapters. Conveying so much information causes the first act to progress slowly, resulting in weak tension until the vague stakes become specific and immediate. Meanwhile, Audra learns the dark secret to Raiden’s strength. ![]() They still hope Vane will fall for the last of the previous royal family and would be furious to know that the reason Vane broke off that arranged engagement was Audra. Luckily, the Gales don’t know that Audra also speaks Westerly, a result of the forbidden romance and magical bond between the two-another secret. The sylph army known as the Gales desperately wants to use Vane and his Westerly winds as a weapon against power-hungry, one-note Raiden, but Vane knows the Westerly nature is too peaceful. With Audra off dealing with fallout from revelations in Let the Sky Fall (2013), Vane is stuck by himself figuring out how to be a sylph king on the verge of war. ![]()
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6/30/2023 0 Comments Clarity yung pueblo![]() ![]() A part of that exploration also involved writing, and what began as a tool to process his own experiences eventually became a public writing practice. But a moment of reckoning would awaken him both to his need to refocus on mental and physical wellbeing, as well as recenter meaning in his work and life.Ī quest was set in motion, one that would eventually lead Diego into a 10-day vipassana meditation experience that had a profound impact and would set him on a path of self-discovery, and an ever-deepening devotion to a now years-long, 2-hour-a-day meditation practice, regular extended retreats, and the pursuit of truth and wisdom. He turned to activism and advocacy at a young age, then attended Wesleyan where his life devolved into partying and drugs that threatened to become his way of being as he moved into adulthood. Why is it that, so often, we need to be brought to our knees in order to wake up to, and reclaim, what really matters? And, does that have to be so? These are just a few of the questions we dive into with my guest today, Diego Perez, best known for his virtual moniker, Yung Pueblo.īorn in Guayaquil Ecuador, he moved with his family to Boston, where he saw his parents work relentless hours and struggle with poverty. ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments Essential labor garbes![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is highly skilled labor, work that impacts society at its most foundational level. Garbes contends that while the labor of raising children is devalued in America, the act of mothering offers the radical potential to create a more equitable society. In Essential Labor, Garbes reframes the physically and mentally draining work of meeting a child's bodily and emotional needs as opportunities to find meaning, to nurture a deeper sense of self, pleasure, and belonging. A first-generation Filipino-American, Garbes shares the perspective of her family's complicated relationship to care work, placing mothering in a global context-the invisible economic engine that has been historically demanded of women of color. In Essential Labor, Garbes explores assumptions about care, work, and deservedness, offering a deeply personal and rigorously reported look at what mothering is, and can be. In response to the increasing weight placed on mothers and caregivers-and the lack of a social safety net to support them-writer Angela Garbes found herself pondering a vital question: How, under our current circumstances that leave us lonely, exhausted, and financially strained, might we demand more from American family life? ![]() The Covid-19 pandemic shed fresh light on a long-overlooked truth: mothering is among the only essential work humans do. From the acclaimed author of Like a Mother comes a reflection on the state of caregiving in America, and an exploration of mothering as a means of social change. ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments Andre agassi autobiography review![]() ![]() I remember the press coverage during Andre’s last professional tennis match the 2006 U.S. ![]() I finished it in only four four days and I do not know how it took me four years to get around to reading it. Boy, was I surprised – the book is unbelievably vulnerable and absolutely incredible. When my mom recommended Andre Agassi’s autobiography Open: An Autobiography over Christmas I finally made the plunge after hearing about it for years. ![]() Growing up my mom used to play on a variety of club and competitive teams, in high school my best friend was captain of our tennis team, and in college I was friends with members of both the men’s and women’s varsity teams at Georgetown. Tennis has been a part of my life since I can remember. ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments Frog and toad are together![]() The classic Frog and Toad stories by Arnold Lobel have won numerous awards and honors, including a Newbery Honor (Frog and Toad Together), a Caldecott Honor (Frog and Toad Are Friends), ALA Notable Children's Book, Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book), School Library Journal Best Children's Book, and Library of Congress Children's Book. ![]() Whether shared at home or in a classroom, the engaging stories, longer sentences, and language play of Level Two books are proven to help kids take their next steps toward reading success. Winner of the Newbery Honor award, Frog and Toad Together is a Level Two I Can Read book, geared for kids who read on their own but still need a little help. School Library Journal called this story collection from Arnold Lobel a masterpiece of child-styled humor and sensitivity. And when both Frog and Toad are scared, they are brave together. When Toad bakes cookies, Frog helps him eat them. When Toad admires the flowers in Frog's garden, Frog gives him seeds to grow a garden of his own. ![]() ![]() The beloved classic about friendship-a Newbery Honor Book!įrog and Toad are best friends-they do everything together. Even though frogs and toads are both Anurans, an order of the class Amphibia, it is generally not advisable to keep them together in the same tank. ![]() |