![]() ![]() The multiple voices and perspectives is refreshing. These books blend history and fiction in such a way that you want to believe every word that is written. – EthosDaimon A Brief History Of Seven Killings by Marlon James and Apeirogon by Colum McCann Riveting historical fiction, which also features the story of a Soviet night witch. The last book I couldn’t put down was The Huntress, by Kate Quinn, about a small group on Nazi hunters in Vienna in 1950, hunting down a woman war criminal and this woman’s reinvention of herself in the US after the war. ![]() On the one hand a story about bullying and the shutdown response that comes from that on the other hand a story about building social confidence and learning to cope with the inevitable miscommunications that come from daily interactions. It’s a fantasy story that spends more time looking at its characters than wallowing in the fantasy aspect. – Sean Davey Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura A superbly researched and written book from a journalist who tells a story from Iraq, not from a western perspective. This book reveals the terror that was brought on a country in extremely personal circumstances and it seems that no one was left unscathed. The NYT bureau chief in Baghdad from 2017-18, Coker takes the reader inside the war in Iraq from the perspective of Iraqis themselves, some of who fought Isis and some who decided to help them. ![]() Read more The Spymaster of Baghdad by Margaret Coker ![]()
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![]() ![]() She ends up deploying to space and another planet and working as an orc translator. Mae signs up for the military with the hope that her Uncle June will receive protection and sanctuary in return. The opening short story of A Phoenix First Must Burn certainly sets the tone for all the stories to come, I think. When Life Hands You A Lemon Fruitbomb by Amerie follows what happens when earth is invaded by aliens that the main character Mae calls orcs. ![]() When Life Hands You A Lemon Fruitbomb by Amerie I have literally no ability to be objective – this post is absolutely subjective. Also - I do want to say that I read these stories from the perspective of a white person, so please take my opinions with a grain of salt. That’s amazing and there needs to be more like this out there. I also am so glad this exists for Black teen girls to see themselves starring in every single story. ![]() In fact, I walked away with a desire to read more from specific authors in this anthology and I think that’s really wonderful. Not a single story in this anthology was a dud. ![]() There are all kinds of speculative fiction genres explored. Maybe because there’s a feeling of accomplishment when reading one or two short stories per day. A Phoenix First Must Burn edited by Patrice Caldwell is a spectacular anthology that’s essentially a celebration of Black Girl Magic. I don’t know what it is about this pandemic, but I am really ripping through short story anthologies. ![]() ![]() ![]() There are aspects of this story that we recognise but what is special about this book is that the spotlight is on two women whose stories have not been told, whose names are rarely spoken of. ![]() This epic narrative told the story of Troy many people will be familiar with – the famous warrior Achilles and his dual with Hector, the battle to win Helen and the city of Troy. For The Most Beautiful is inspired by Iliad, a poem written by Homer around 2,500 years ago. I was first drawn to this novel as I had not read any books that focus on Greek mythology. ‘Choose to which of us the apple most belongs.’ ‘Choose,’ she says, reaching out towards him. The publication of For The Most Beautiful has introduced an exciting new voice to the genre, and I couldn’t wait to get reading. I have always enjoyed reading historical fiction novels as it allows readers to get a glimpse into a world different from today, one which we have not explored. ![]() I was excited to be invited to take part in the blog tour for Emily Hauser’s debut novel, For The Most Beautiful. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The stage is set for a Europe ruled by Incas and Aztecs, and for a great war that will change history forever. Fortunately, he has a recent bestseller as a guidebook to acquiring power-Machiavelli's The Prince. But most of all he finds downtrodden populations ready for revolution. He finds a continent divided by religious and dynastic quarrels, the Spanish Inquisition, Luther's Reformation, capitalism, the miracle of the printing press, endless warmongering between the ruling monarchies, and constant threat from the Turks. Over five hundred years later, Atahualpa, the last Inca emperor, arrives in Europe in the ships stolen from Columbus. But nobody ultimately knows what became of them. They meet local tribes, exchange skills, are taken prisoner, and get as far as Panama. An ambitious and highly entertaining novel of revisionist history from the author of the international bestseller HHhHįreydis is a woman warrior and leader of a band of Viking explorers setting out to the south. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Despite the ending, she leaves the reader with a sense of hope, that it will get better although never easier. To conclude, Niven has addresses not only depression and also suicide with a seriousness and realism. It was found that the novel depicts all elements of cognitive distortions in Beck's Cognitive Theory of Depression (All-Or-Nothing Thinking, Overgeneralization, Magnification and Minimizing, Personalizing, Mental Filter, Jumping to Conclusions, Labelling, Emotional Reasoning, Mind Reading and Disqualifying the Positive). Each text was descriptively examined using textual analysis and coded using a coding book. The writers chose to study the two main characters, Theodore Finch and Violet Markey, and explored the elements of depression behaviors in the novel. This study discussed and discovered the elements of depression behaviors depicted in the novel ―All the Bright Places‖ by Jennifer Niven (2015). The majority of research that exists on mental illness refers to the portrayals of adults with mental illness in films and television shows but limited research has been conducted on the portrayals of teenagers suffering from mental illness through a medium such as young adult literature. ![]() |