Advantages: Gives a new perspective on heaven! Disadvantages: Had to end.
A while ago my younger sister had a book clearout, knowing my love of reading she ?donated? them to my ongoing book club that I run through my workplace, hence the review.
The book I will now review is - ?Poison Arrows by Morag Prunty?
This is a shock book to me. I only picked this book up to read as it was on the top of the pile and my daughter was asleep and I didn?t want to disturb her?.. Not really a reason is it! But by god (excuse the pun), I?m glad I did!
I will try to do a general overview, there is rather a varied storyline happening so bear with me!
Christian is a cupid, this means he is a messenger of God and aids in the ?pairing? of suitable couples on earth, he is by design also gay, something that makes for some great lines from fellow cupids further on in the book, especially from a cupid called Mayday who has ...
This one could have been called "Unlawful Entry 2: The Unfriendly Skies." Ray Liotta does his patented psycho act as a pissed off serial killer who takes over a commercial jetliner bound for L.A. He spends most of the transcontinental flight stalking Lauren Holly's stewardess as the pilot-less plane sails into the mother of all storms. Holly does what she can as the imperiled heroine and her attempts to land the 747 are somewhat interesting from a technical perspective, but it's the auto-pilot with more lives than a cat that steals the show. As a so-called action-thriller, Turbulence is about as exciting as a flight simulator game and takes longer to get going. ...
Advantages: You may gain insight into a turbulent time in English History - the War of the Roses (white and red) Disadvantages: It is not always easy to unravel who is on which side at which time; sentences can be long and complicated.
I have always delighted in some authors' ability to take a period in history and illuminate it, just a bit, for the poor unsuspecting reader intent on a quick action thriller to while away an hour or two at a time.
Robert Lewis Stevenson, like Charles Dickens, initially wrote many of his stories for weekly consumption as a serial (money was the driving force behind such). Perhaps the modern day equivalent would be weekly episodes of television programmes ~ but the book (or the weekly magazine) has the advantage of being subject to the reader, to be read at his leisure, at a time of the reader's own choosing ~ and not pushed at you by a producer's prime-time scheduling ~ competing with dinner, homework and family time.
When serialised for "Young Folks" magazine in 17 weekly instalments in 1883, the title was "The Black Arrow ...
