Like Müller, the arch-enemy is living in the UK as a country gentleman (archaeologist rather than doctor though). Standfast has one part which takes place on a Scottish island (no castle, though).īoth these Hannay novels have, as the enemy, a ring of spies and secret agents working for Germany, whose leader is the 'bald man who can hood his eyes like a hawk'. Standfast (both Richard Hannay novels) deal with Scotland in parts, and Mr. Well.I started replying to the original email message, and happened to open the Tintinologist forum and see the post while I was doing it, so I figured I may as well post here instead.Īs a side, note, searching for 'tintin buchan' on Google brings my Good books list up as the second result! :)Īs regards the Tintin-Hannay connection (this is off the top of my head - I can research this in more depth, as I have the necessary books): The Thirty-Nine Steps and Mr.
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Intrepid was previously under an overall deal at Netflix. A project like this, I wouldn’t want to be involved in it at all If we were taking it in a direction that was going to be blasphemous to the Stephen King material, but he’s been very, very supportive and very excited about what we’d like to do with it.” “And it was in response to that, that he gave us the rights. “This happened because I sent him a very, very detailed outline of what I wanted to do with it,” Flanagan said. And yes, he has spoken with King himself about plans for the adaptation, which is far from the first time Hollywood has tried to bring this King work to the screen, the most recent being the 2017 film starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey. Variety has confirmed that the “Dark Tower” project was carved out of Flanagan and Macy’s new deal at Amazon, though sources say that doesn’t necessarily mean the series won’t end up on Prime Video - just that others do have a shot at it, as well.įlanagan says he envisions his adaptation of “The Dark Tower,” for which he’s already written a pilot script, as a five-season show, with two standalone feature films as followups. Those rights lapsed and Flanagan and Macy picked them up before setting their new pact with Amazon, which was announced Dec. Amazon previously had the rights to “The Dark Tower” themselves and were working on a project that only made it to the pilot phase. Sure, she could be defensive and rude, but she had a really good heart and truly cared about the ones she loved. Aideen had such a distinctive voice, and reading her story was very entertaining and humorous! I loved the way Smyth wrote the chapters as often in books the chapters can be quite generic, but Smyth smashed Aideen’s voice perfectly – it was one of the strongest voices I’ve read to date!Īideen’s whole character was perfectly planned, to be completely honest with you. I think if I had to pinpoint the one thing which made this book stand out so much it would have to be the narrative voice. There was just something about it which made it stand out from other books in the genre, and I really enjoyed reading it – I could barely put it down once I started! It’s definitely one of my favourite reads of the year so far. I think it’s safe to say that Not My Problem was very different from other contemporaries I’ve read this year. Aideen soon discovers that she has a knack for solving other students’ problems – the only problem is, she can’t seem to solve any of her own. It all starts when she ends up pushing overachiever Maebh down the stairs in a bid to save her from her hectic schedule – and it completely explodes from there. Not My Problem follows the protagonist, Aideen, and her journey with fixing other people’s problems. Hi everyone! Today I’m going to be reviewing Not My Problem by Ciara Smyth. If there’s any way to tell this story in a way that’s appropriate for middle-graders, Allies is it. Their story is the main plot thread weaving through the narrative, but D-Day itself is the plot, once the boys’ Higgins boat discharges them a few fatal feet short of Omaha Beach. That’s something he dares not tell his best buddy Sid Jacobstein, who has sworn to kill every German he finds. He fudged his birth certificate to get in the fight, but he fudged something else, too: his real name is Dietrich Zimmerman, and he was born in Germany. This vast company is represented by the personal stories of a Canadian paratrooper, a British tank driver, a Moroccan French partisan, and a number of American boys, beginning with sixteen-year-old “Dee” Carpenter. Operation Overlord, otherwise known as D-Day, was the largest seaborne invasion in history, involving almost 25,000 paratroopers and 160,000 soldiers from eight countries. Soon Bix creates “Own Your Unconscious.” This technology allows you to access and share your memories. Bix is on the hunt for the latest technology when he finds a group experimenting with “externalizing” memories. The Candy House picks up with Bix Bouton, who owns a successful tech company called Mandala and is well known to everyone. I learned that many characters cross over, and I wonder if reading this first book would have given more context to this story. After finishing the story, I checked out more about this book and learned that The Candy House is the continuation of A Visit from the Good Squad. In this case, I wish I had done a little more research. This is my first book from Egan, and I like to start a new author without gathering too much information about them. Her book A Visit from the Goon Squad won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Award. The Candy House is the sixth fiction novel by American author Jennifer Egan. The third and final book in Duncan''s series is headed our way next spring, and we should really start preparing our emotions for it now. Dense, expansive, and totally immersive, this is one of the best contemporary fantasy series we''ve read." - NERDIST, "19 New Books We Can''t Wait to Read in 2021" " As a reader, you can always tell when you''re reading an excellent trilogy when you''re simultaneously excited to see how the story ends and loathe to leave the universe it''s created behind. PRAISE FOR BLESSED MONSTERS : BOOKISH, "The Netgalley Team''s Most-Anticipated Books of 2021" FROLIC, "The 20 Most Anticipated YA Books of 2021" GOODREADS, "56 of the Most Anticipated Young Adult Books of 2021" UNITED BY POP, "270+ Must Read 2021 YA Book Releases" CULTURESS, "21 upcoming YA book releases we can''t wait to read in 2021" " Duncan''s stunning cosmic horror fantasy series continues here with this highly anticipated third entry. Researchers suggest that harmful stereotypes about Asian-American women as hypersexual, meek or submissive make them seem like easy targets. Last year alone, women of Asian descent were screamed at, shoved, coughed on or spit at, shunned, assaulted and subjected to other forms of harassment or discrimination that coupled hateful remarks with sexist, misogynistic language. 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About three in 10 Asian-Americans - a number higher than those of any other groups surveyed - reported that they had been subjected to slurs or jokes because of their race or ethnicity since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, according to a Pew Research Center survey of nearly 10,000 Americans in June 2020. The shootings come amid a surge of anti-Asian discrimination and violence in the past year. Josh is a “skinny Chinese kid with glasses” most other characters read as white. Conversational prose, imaginative worldbuilding, and the cast’s respective struggles balancing their e-sports dreams with reality add nuance to this fast-paced escapist adventure. Danger’s graphic maps and intricate avatar design expertly complement the high-stakes thrills, written with an infectious passion for gaming. 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As some of the top-ranked players of Affinity, an online pvp game, Josh, Larkin, Hannah, and Wheatley are invited to compete in an e-sports tournament sponsored by the platform’s creators, Hurricane Games. England’s ( Spellhacker) action-packed series opener follows four intrepid gamers teaming up in a virtual tournament for a mysterious grand prize. Other James Patterson kids books include the highly popular Max Einstein and Middle School series. James Patterson’s YA fantasy novels have all the action and tension of his adult books but with plenty of humour and a coming of age story. James Patterson is one of the world’s top thriller authors and in this series, has turned his hand to books for teens. Then there are their missions to save their friends, find out more about their history, seek revenge and ultimately, save the world. To start with, there are the Erasers, wolf-like creatures with a taste for flying humans. Now Max and the Flock are free, but that does not mean that life is simple. They grew up in a biotech lab called the School, where they were experimented on and made into human-avian hybrids. Max and her gang of friends – Fang, Iggy, Nudge, the Gasman and Angel – are pretty normal in most ways, except one major thing - that they are 98% human, 2% bird. The books follow fourteen-year-old Maximum “Max” Ride and her “family” - six kids of varying ages, known as the Flock. Maximum Ride is a young adult fantasy adventure series written by bestselling author James Patterson. The alternative required making a really big scene, and Simon had long since learned that he didn't do well with scenes. Simon had no choice but to walk toward Daphne. “I'm sure Mother will change her mind given the proper encouragement. Simon foresaw a long and terrifyingly roguish future for the boy.Īnthony's fist found its way to the small of Simon's back, and he started to propel him forward. “I'd thought to ask you to take me 'round.” “A good portion of it undeserved,” Simon muttered, not entirely certain why he was defending himself. “You must really have a black reputation.” There was an awkward pause, and then Simon said, “Well, good sport or not, I'm not going over there to save her, because she told me quite specifically that your mother forbade her ever to be seen in my presence.” |