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A bookaholic's dream: the best online - publishing for authors and readers alike

Love to read a hot novel on your way to work, but your bag is already bursting at the seams? Fantasize about other universes before bed, but your husband freaks out about turning pages? Or maybe you're an author who wants to consult on new chapters with readers? Then you go straight to the website of e-book publisher Celluloza. (zelluloza.ru).

Here's how the publisher itself positions itself: ""Celluloza" is a platform where authors publish their works to sell them to readers in parts. You can start selling your book before you finish writing it, which allows the author to get funding to continue the book, and authors can get feedback from readers. We don't let you download the posted books; they can only be read from the site <…> Every writer will find their readers here. And any reader will find new books, plots, characters, thoughts, ideas. Here books are designed not only for the mass reader, but also for those who are close in spirit." Pulp's website is very user-friendly, you definitely won't get lost. On the main page we are greeted by a selection of the best, according to the rating, books for the current month. For those who want to read something new, but have not decided on a choice - this is an ideal feature, as well as, scrolling a little lower, you will find a selection of works that users have already added to their checklist, as well as recommendations from writers in the choice of literature, user reviews of books, novelties, reviews and even a sale.

Let's break down the "header" of the site. Here we see several navigation categories at once: from books to the forum and information about the publisher itself. Each tab will tell us about everything in its own category. For example, through "books" we can see the rating of both books and writers, as well as see all the new products. The tab "my library" helps to solve all the organizational moments, so that you do not get lost in your luggage of knowledge. In "search" you can filter by genre and book status. In the tab "Communication" you will find the forum, as well as all the reviews, reviews and so on. Interested? I haven't gotten to the most interesting part yet. "Publishing" will tell you about everything: how to become a writer, about all the services, screenings and the like, they can even order a script.

In general, the functionality is unparalleled, I've already looked up a couple of stories for my leisure time and added them to my check(wish)-list. For the laziest or just those who do not want to search and would rather spend this time reading some new fantasy or detective, I leave a link)

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Catch me if you can, Mr. Holmes.

"Moriarty the patriot" anime

I think there is not a single person in the world, and I am no exception, who has not heard about the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his equally famous adversary Professor Moriarty. There are many stories about Holmes: his victories, defeats, brilliant mind. But about Professor Moriarty we know only in passing, as a dangerous and a little bit crazy enemy of the famous detective, who can compare with him in genius of thinking. And now it's time to learn the story of William James Moriarty himself.

London. Mid-19th century. A time when the boundaries between high and low society, aristocrats and commoners, were clearly divided. Where the rich considered themselves better off than the less fortunate. On the streets of the old city lived two orphans, two brothers. They had been taken into an orphanage and were trying to survive as best they could. The older brother, whose name was never revealed to us, was amazing in his intelligence and deduction, he was ready to help anyone and everyone. And most of all he craved justice, and was ready to confront those who considered him dust at their feet. That's when fate brought the boy and his brother Lewis together with Albert Moriarty, the son of aristocrats. His views differed from those of his family. He hated their shortsightedness, hypocrisy, attitude to people as dust. The young man takes the orphans to his house and is ready to take care of them in exchange for the intelligence of his older brother. In the end, Albert literally by the hands of these children destroys his family and calls them his younger brothers. This is how William James Moriarty is born, destined to become a genius of the underworld.

First and foremost, I was hooked by the elaboration of the key characters. William was presented as a young and brilliant math professor. He is intelligent, educated and well-mannered, though he was not of noble birth. His thoughts are pure and clear: he longed to help the defenseless. He was eager to help those who were rejected by the aristocrats, to reach out and do whatever it took to make justice prevail. What fascinated me most was how deftly he turned someone who thought he was superior into a victim. I looked at him in a completely different way, he was not a mad killer, just his methods were tougher than Holmes'.

Sherlock, on the other hand, is shown here as he is often portrayed, impulsive and emotional. In the shot when William meets the detective, they were in many ways similar, but nevertheless very different. Holmes is impulsive and Moriarty is reserved, but both had sharp wit and observation. That contrast stunned me. And in general, each character was unique, having their own personality.

As a result, the series demonstrates that any situation or actions can be looked at from a different point of view. On the one hand the professor was a genius manipulator killing people (playing as in the theater, and instead of puppets using people) in an exquisite way, but on the other hand he used his intelligence and wit to help people who have no one to turn to, sort of demonstrating an act of justice or fairness.

I literally swallowed every episode, watching with delight as Moriarty destroyed all those who elevated themselves above the rest, and then with the same awe I watched the confrontation between William and Sherlock Holmes, it was unforgettable.

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Happiness is not a place or even circumstances, happiness is people around you

Review of the dorama "Happiness"

Happiness is not a place or even circumstances, happiness is people around you.

In the time grid of doramas of the beginning of December 2021, "Happiness" with the final episodes was confidently leading in terms of viewing ratings. There is nothing to say about the reasons for the project's popularity - they are transparent. From the very first episode we are waiting for the attraction of covid flashbacks with a set of realities that have become everyday realities: qr-codes, sanitizers, wearing masks, mode of (self-)isolation. All things we have only recently mastered and experienced. Months of social disconnection, clashing views on things, on the value of life, on the price of freedom, increasing levels of fear and panic. Covid humor is brilliant.

Do you know what we learned about during COVID-19?

The importance of hand washing?

Korean doramamakers decided to go further by exaggerating this situation, limiting the characters' action space (an apartment complex) and exacerbating the scale of the problem to the point of being overwhelming (zombies in post-covid time). This technique was reminiscent of the not-so-famous "Squid Game". While the latter presents a model of survival in a capitalist world, "Happiness" becomes a model of survival in an infected world.

This hyperbolization allows us to look at the problem at the level of completeness of the previous one, facilitating its full comprehension. Thus, it is interesting to observe the behavior of people in the situation. Who are the monsters? Infected or living next to us, sharing the walls of our outwardly happy apartment buildings?

The main scene, as mentioned, is the apartment building complex. It is invariably unsettling to watch "one's" space, which a priori should provide security, become "alien". One can always think that Wuhan is somewhere very far away, that Africa is in another world altogether. The dorama inexorably broadcasts the idea that nothing is eternal and durable.

The characters, as far as I'm concerned, were revealed just fine, and I quickly became 'kindred' with them.

Yoon Sae-Beom - serves in the special forces, she is strong, smart, confident and incredibly attractive with her simplicity and charm.

Jung I-Hyun is a detective in the police, he is also strong, smart, fair, calm and restrained (well, almost always), he attracts with his loyalty to himself, attitude to the world, people and also immense charm.

Secondary characters. From the 'elite' to the 'simpletons' - everyone is good. Each character performed their functions as they should: the one who should piss off - pissed off, the one who should cause increased empathy - caused, and so on.

The leitmotif of the dorama is in its very title. Happiness is mentioned in almost every episode. And if at first it is equated with solving the housing issue, then closer to the finale the priorities of the characters change. Warm, touching, sometimes naive, but very natural.

The evolution of the idea of happiness is shown most vividly by the example of Sae Bum (Han Hye Ju). If at first it is just a beautiful box in which she feels comfortable, then in the end those who are in the box with her become important. The box itself ceases to be the goal and becomes the means, while the one who was the means becomes the goal.

The on-screen interaction between Park Hyung Shik (Jeon Yi Hyun) and Han Hye Joo (Yoon Se Bom) was minimal in terms of romance. That said, even without the formulaic dorama scenes, only a blind man could not see the love, sacrifice, care, and devotion that bound these characters together.

I would not like to analyze in detail the plot holes, the fantasy of situations (sometimes reaching absurdity), contradictions in the logic of actions and decisions of the heroes, but they are there (especially closer to the finale). Yes and will be with them.

Happiness cannot be reduced to a high-rise building. It represents simple warm human relationships. Love received and love given. And we saw it all here…. on a clear day. with a beautiful blue sky. happiness.