Overseeing this piteous declaration of faith in the power of human love are Majella Cullagh’s Moon and Owen Gilhooly’s Sun, in aloof counterpoint to the soaring thrills of Kim Sheehan’s Nightingale. This develops as an orchestrated commentary on a romantic little bird’s decision to give her life’s blood so that a lover can find a red rose for a girl who doesn’t deserve it. These are considerable, written as intricate variations for nine instrumentalists doubling as a group of appropriate Muses and in some cases as the wild creatures of the nightingale’s environment. Of course O’Brien, the composer, director and, with Éadaoin O’Donoghue, writer of the opera, knows his choral kin: the house has his back, and the response is in tune, in time and in sympathy with the musical demands of the score. The case could be made that the audience should be up there also in a disarming introduction, O’Brien himself conducts the patrons in a rehearsal of a theme to be sung at two critical points. The Everyman, Cork ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The technical virtuosity enlivening this world premiere of John O'Brien's operatic version of the Oscar Wilde story is such that it is no surprise when the entire production crew joins the cast for what would be a curtain call if there were a curtain.
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LibraryThing: 36 reviews with an overall rating of 4.11. īookbub: where they begrudgingly email notifications of my new releases to my followers. Goodreads: 200+ ratings/reviews with an average rating of 4.xx and over 21,000 books shelved. Then again, you just might feel naughty and want to read them anyway. If you find such offensive, you might not want to read my work. My books contain adult themes, adult situations, sexual situations, cursing, intoxication and violence. My books are very character-driven with a focus on flawed, dynamic, culturally-diverse characters and strong, smart female protagonists.Īlso, please note: I do not write children's books. Grea (pronounced Gray) Alexander is a female writer of African American, Native American and Caucasian.American descent who does not write her profiles in the 3rd person.īorn and raised in Houston, TX, I have successfully wormed my way across many a border and have, in effect, managed to infect all that I survey with my particular brand of grea-ness. You can meet other course participants in the Terrace Bar which opens at 18:15. Please plan to arrive between 16:30 and 18:30. After dinner on Saturday, there will be an illustrated talk setting Herodotus in his literary context. The classes are led by the tutor, but with full participation from the students, so that all will have the opportunity to take their turn in reading the Greek text aloud, and translating into English, and joining in discussion of the text in its historical setting. You are asked to read the Greek text in advance of the course, so that the language content of the classes can focus on ironing out any difficulties in the vocabulary, grammar and syntax encountered during preparation, and translating into English (we will aim for fluency without departing too far from the Greek). It exemplifies characteristic themes: change over time, the interaction of Greek and barbarian, and the ambiguities of self-interested leadership. It forms a bridge between his ethnographic survey of the known world and his narrative of the Persian Wars. The reading material is Herodotus’ account of the Ionian Revolt of 499 BC (precipitated by a message tattooed on a slave’s head), in which the Greek cities of Asia Minor attempted to throw off their Persian overlords. Understand the text in its historical and literary setting.Develop your appreciation of Greek prose style. Read an extended section of the Histories.The course includes 7 x 90-minute sessions with plenty of opportunity for further conversations and networking during breaks and mealtimes. He'd tell her not to do stuff 'cause it wasn't cool or that people didn't like it when she did this or that and why and his advice helped her. He treated her well and knew how to deal with her as a person with Asperger's almost naturally. Their mother had died many years ago when Caitlin was a baby and Devon had really become her rock. One of the students who was shot is Caitlin's older brother, Devon. The local junior high was hit by two gun wielding students who managed to kill one teacher and two students before the police shot one perpetrator and apprehended the other. There can be wide differences in how males and females present and I think the author managed to bring those out in Caitlin, though the intense plot does put Caitlin in a situation above and beyond normal everyday life.Ī small town has been devastated. As a female with Asperger's I felt that Caitlin was portrayed realistically. I came away from this book very satisfied. Reason for Reading: I have Asperger's and when I saw a book that featured a female protagonist with Asperger's I was elated and HAD to read the book. Iris has her own story filled with heartache and tragedy, but OMG she’s definitely got fight in her, and I loved that! Iris’s thoughts are funny because she can be so crude and tends to hyper-focus on the feeling of throwing up or passing gas during stressful situations…a bit immature, but so funny! I liked the hero, Dex Locke, he had great sex appeal…masculine, brooding, moody, but very interested….I loved how Iris and Dex clashed at first, but that’s where all of the body language came into play. The story is told through Iris’s POV and she is an interesting character. This was a really fun and enjoyable audiobook! I thought Callie Dalton did a great job narrating and representing the heroine, Iris Taylor well. Review 1: Under Locke audiobook by Yvette ALL ABOUT THE BODY LANGUAGE IN THIS ONE! Here are the top 3 reviews and comments that readers love about this fascinating book. How their lives happen, invite you to follow this good story. She loves Dex Locke, the impatient and rude guy. After moving to Austin, unemployed in her hometown quickly found a new job here. She has terrible pain and tragedy, is an interesting person. Under Locke is the love story of the heroine Iris Taylor. When Hollis left her after a petty fight, March waited for him three long years, wondering what she had done wrong.Įncountering Hollis again makes March acutely aware of the choices that she has made, and the choices everyone around her has made-including Mrs. Yet March and Hollis’s passionate love was hardly a normal sibling relationship. March’s father had taken the teenaged Hollis, an abandoned child, and the product of a series of detention homes, into his house as a boarder, and treated him like a son. Yet returning to her hometown also brings her back to Hollis, March’s former soul mate and lover. After nearly twenty years of living in California, March Murray, along with her fifteen-year-old daughter, Gwen, returns to the sleepy Massachusetts town where she grew up to attend the funeral of Judith Dale, the beloved housekeeper who raised her. Ĝreative exercises to foster alternate “if this was you” discussions.Thought-provoking questions made for deeper examinations.Overall brief plot synopsis and author biography as refreshers.ĝiscussion aid which includes a wealth of information and prompts.
She makes him feel things he has never felt before. Patrick has never been in a relationship and it is sweet the way he tries to figure out how to win Ariana. Ariana was in a bad relationship and she is nervous about jumping into a relationship with Patrick and she also worries that if she is involved with Patrick, it might jeopardize her job. Patrick tries to keep her safe from her ex and as he gets to know her, he starts to fall in love. She is a sweet and genuine person but unfortunately, she is having problems with her former boyfriend. She is the team's yoga Instructor and massage therapist and touch is an important part of her job. Patrick is stoic, doesn't like to be touched, sticks to himself and is uncomfortable getting too close to people.Īriana also works for the Brooklyn Bruisers and she is the complete opposite of Patrick. Hockey is all Patrick has it has been his whole life. Patrick O’Dual is the captain of the Brooklyn Bruisers hockey team and also the team's enforcer, but at thirty-one, he is starting to wonder how much longer his body can take the abuse. It has suspense, an interesting storyline, engaging characters with lots of chemistry between them. My attention was immediately captured as I read this sweet story. This is the second book in the Brooklyn Bruisers series and it is another charming hockey story by Sarina Bowen. Just long enough for his newlywed mother to be murdered, and for his new stepdad’s cop colleagues to decide Thomas is the primary suspect. Thomas Bellweather hasn’t been in town long. "A refreshingly human paranormal romance. Brigid Kemmerer Synopsis: Thicker Than Water is a standalone novel by Brigid Kemmerer. "Magic, suspense, and enough twists to keep you reading until sunrise.!" -Award winning author Erica O'Rourke Praise for Brigid Kemmerer and The Elemental Series There will be blood on the ground tonight. But Michael isn't the white flag type anyway. She's got a kid of her own, and a job as a firefighter that could end her life without a moment's notice.īut there are people who have had enough of Michael's defiance, his family's "bad luck." Before he knows it, Michael's enemies have turned into the Merricks' enemies, and they're armed for war. Now an Elemental Guide has it out for his family, and he's all that stands in the way. His power to control Earth could kill someone if he miscalculates. He's the only parent his three brothers have had for years. "Kemmerer will melt your heart and blow your mind." -#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. There was some repetition within the descriptions of coven relationships when characters were in the same coven. I thought that questions like these would be answered and that got me a little down. While we did find out much about each characters history, there were huge questions left unanswered (like who is Embry Call’s father?). I also thought that it would be written from an omniscient narrator perspective where all that remained as a question in the books would be answered since it does provide geneologies on the characters and family trees. From the authors interviews throughout the years I thought it would be a compilation of all that she revealed, in different mediums, about the characters but that wasn’t included in the four original books. I have been waiting since 2008 for this book when Stephenie announced she would be working on it. I just bought and read the book within 2 days. |
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