![]() ![]() I’ve just reread Don’t Bite The Sun and whilst reading it realised, that although the society is based on a sixties hippy culture of sex and drugs and rock n roll, it has a prescience in relation to today’s popular culture and youth lifestyle. However, her most interesting books of that time were Don’t Bite The Sun (1976) and Drinking Sapphire Wine (1977), which are set in a utopian society of the far future. I even read one of its sequels Quest for the White Witch which I liked as well. I recently reread it and I must admit I quite enjoyed it. I have practically a whole shelf full of her books, original first edition paperbacks published by DAW Books, including her debut novel The Birthgrave – a rich swords and sorcery fantasy featuring a heroine with super powers. One of the authors whom I was very taken with back in the 1970s, was Tanith Lee. ![]() What a wealth of books to be rediscovered are hidden there! ![]() Rummaging through my fantasy book collection for book covers to display on my Eye Candy for Bibliophiles Blog, I have come to realise that I haven’t looked at, let alone opened many books in this category for several decades. ![]()
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![]() One day Marshall says something that Chad doesn’t like very much and Marshall becomes an outcast in his class, Chad starts bullying Marshall a lot, and one day challenges him to a fight after school. The main part of the story is when a kid named Chad moves to their Pennsylvania town and very quickly becomes popular because of his blatant lies that everyone believes. There are parts of the book that can be difficult to follow, because dialogue of a court case is constantly disrupting the flow of the book. ![]() The plot of Fuzzy Mud is very intriguing and shows a reality that is very scary because of how possible it really is. The way they develop is through the plot. They have a pretty good friendship to watch and they only develop later into the book. Tamara Dhilwaddi is the main character of the book, and she used to have a crush on a seventh-grader named Marshall but he had been off recently and she didn’t know if she liked him anymore. I am going to talk about the characters, the plot, and the ending of the book.įuzzy Mud has some pretty good characters that are unfortunately slightly predictable, even though they are predictable, they are still fun to follow. Fuzzy Mud isn’t Louis Sachar's most popular book, but in my opinion, it is his best. If there was ever a sequel made to it I would absolutely read it. ![]() Fuzzy Mud is an amazing book, I’ve read it many times since I first read it when I was in fifth grade. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Another wanted a recommendation for “a dark romance that's so dark and toxic that it's mentally concerning,” while someone else was looking for “dark romance where the is being abused/sexually assaulted or self-harms.” Someone else simply asked, “Dark romance with realistic non-con?” “Dark romance books that are more focused on the toxicity and cruelty than the happy relationship?” one reader asked. The dark romance community particularly thrives on Reddit, where commenters ask for recommendations for books with dynamics so destructive that just reading the requests may lead you to choke (and not in a fun way). In other books, though, characters end up in relationships with stalkers, serial killers, and human traffickers, with varying degrees of sexual coercion and free will.Īnd even though we’re in the post-#MeToo era, the women who read dark romance-because its readers are largely women-adore it. ![]() Sometimes, the darkest part of the plot may involve a forced marriage to a hitman who turns out to be a fairly normal guy, murderous profession aside. And finally, the book tends to take a dim view of the law and morality. First, the male protagonist is typically an antihero or outright villain, like a mafia boss, a biker, or a billionaire who refuses to listen to “no.” Second, there’s often violence. Still, there are usually three signs that you’re reading a dark romance. Dark romance is a little like pornography: You know it when you read it. ![]() ![]() ![]() Statistically speaking, you’re probably sitting on a fat, old average like the rest of us. For posterity I'm going to list exactly which ones and why.ġ.ĝon’t assume that your audience isn’t as smart as you. Kind of like a checklist to ensure that their novel is going to be good. ![]() I'm sorry, was I supposed to agree with absolutely everything the evil villain said and wait, with baited breath, for her to kill Lucinda Price painfully on my behalf? Even if your death wouldn't accomplish something so long-awaited, glorious, and grand, I'd still relish this moment, killing you." "In this lifetime you're nothing more than you appear to be: a stupid, selfish, ignorant, spoiled little girl who thinks the world lives or dies on whether she gets to go out with some good-looking boy at school. ![]() |