![]() ![]() Kristie 1: It was that Hunter Just Wouldn’t Shut Up about how good they’d be together, about how much he wanted her and on and on. But that was just a tiny thing compared to what started to bother me when reading on. Kristie 1: I’m not quite sure, it was never explained enough to my satisfaction. Hunter wants to have a sizzling affair with Natalia, and while she thinks he’s the bee’s knees and the cats’ pajamas, she doesn’t want to have one with him. Our hero Hunter and heroine Natalia, as he calls her, meet just before the wedding of their best friends – though I did find it a bit odd that considering how close the two of them were to their friends they’d never met before. Kristie 2: But it’s a Vi Keeland book and you like her books a lot. Kristie 1: Well, in all honesty, it’s more like not a lot, since I was disappointed in her previous book. ![]() Kristie 2: Why on earth not? It’s a Vi Keeland book and you love her books. Kristie 1: I don’t think I’m going to finish this book. ![]() I had a serious conversation with myself about this book and whether to finish it. Kristie J’s review of Sex, Not Loveby Vi KeelandĬontemporary Romance published by Amazon Digital Services 13 Jan 18 ![]()
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![]() Music is a combination of specific building blocks. So, can we come up with a definition for music? What is music? While some people think that only classical music is real, other people are fans of Elvis Presley or Michael Jackson. Big Idea #1: When basic elements of sound combine in a meaningful way, it gives rise to music. In this article, you’ll learn what makes music unique from other sounds why certain songs are so catchy and memorable and how hearing that old song can bring back a lot of memories. Musicians are sexy because they have musical talent. It arises from the brain and has connections with memory. Music is an auditory phenomenon that produces a feeling of pleasure in the listener. ![]() The rise of modern neuroscience is shedding new light on the phenomenon that is music, and although there’s still much to discover about it, it’s clear – music is an integral part of our brain. It was used to tell stories and engage people in different cultures. Throughout history, music has been a central part of human culture. ![]() ![]() 1-Page Summary of This Is Your Brain On Music Overview ![]() ![]() ![]() Miami Dade College is an equal access/equal opportunity institution which does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, marital status, age, religion, national origin, disability, veteran’s status, ethnicity, pregnancy, sexual orientation or genetic information. ![]() In this timely anthology, Glory Edim brings together original essays by some of our best black women writers to shine a light on how important it is that we all-regardless of gender, race, religion, or ability-have the opportunity to find ourselves in literature. Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves (Ballantine Books) is an inspiring collection of essays by black women writers, curated by the founder of the popular book club Well-Read Black Girl, on the importance of recognizing ourselves in literature. ![]() She serves on the board of New York City's Housing Works Bookstore. Most recently, she was the Publishing Outreach Specialist at Kickstarter. She has worked as a creative strategist for over ten years at startups and cultural institutions. In fall 2017 she organized the first-ever Well-Read Black Girl Festival. ![]() Glory Edim is the founder of Well-Read Black Girl, a Brooklyn-based book club and digital platform that celebrates the uniqueness of Black literature and sisterhood. ![]() ![]() ![]() The sports trophy looks exactly like one that went missing from the home of a young man who was killed two years ago. But when they meet the neighbors next door, that calm begins to erode as she spots a familiar object displayed on the husband's office shelf. Finally, she's found some stability and peace. Hen (short for Henrietta) is an illustrator and works out of a studio nearby, and has found the right meds to control her bipolar disorder. ![]() Hen and her husband Lloyd have settled into a quiet life in a new house outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Catching a killer is dangerous-especially if he lives next door From the hugely talented author of The Kind Worth Killing comes an exquisitely chilling tale of a young suburban wife with a history of psychological instability whose fears about her new neighbor could lead them both to murder. ![]() ![]() ![]() He uses the institution of marriage as a means to become rich: “I come to wive it wealthily in Padua / If wealthily, then happily in Padua” (1, 11). He sends clear signals that the love which grows through understanding alone can survive. He is very cruel to his wife: “She eat no meat today” he says, but his intention is clear: “This is a way to kill a wife with kindness” (1V, 1). This must be the reason for creating a character like Petruchio. However, what is pragmatic is revealed by the dramatist n the play. ![]() The spectators are left to have their conclusions. Shakespeare does not take any side he simply depicts what goes on in his society. This is what is surely implied in the word “taming”. The urge to dominate the other or the attempt to make the other submissive is what is at the root of the problems between a husband and a wife. By taking both the courtly love and the practical love for comparison and contrast, Shakespeare can go to the very bottom of all marital problems, which spring from selfishness and pride. In other words, these two marriages can be taken as an example for the psychological study of the man-woman relationship. They serve as a contrast, to study what can exactly provide lasting happiness in family life. ![]() Though there are three marriages in the play, only two of them, between Petruchio and Katharina, and Lucentio and Bianca, are taken up here for scrutiny. ![]() |